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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 10, 1998.
REGISTRATION NO. 333-56667
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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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CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. DELAWARE 94-1444798
CNF TRUST II DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
CNF TRUST III DELAWARE APPLIED FOR
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS (STATE OR OTHER (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
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3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
(650) 494-2900
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANTS' PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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EBERHARD G.H. SCHMOLLER
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
(650) 494-2900
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS)
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COPIES TO:
ERIC S. HAUETER
BROWN & WOOD LLP
555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104
(415) 772-1200
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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.
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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, please 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. [_]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
PROPOSED MAXIMUM
MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED(1) REGISTERED(1) PER UNIT(1) PRICE(1)(2) FEE
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Debt Securities of CNF Transportation Inc.
(the "Company")(3)(4).................... --
Preferred Stock of the Company(5)......... --
Common Stock of the Company(5)(6)......... --
Common Stock Warrants of the Company(7)... (10) -- 225,000,000(10) $66,375.00*
Depositary Shares(5)(8)................... --
Trust Preferred Securities of CNF Trust II
and CNF Trust III (the "Trusts")(5)...... --
Guarantees of Trust Preferred
Securities(9)............................ --
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(Footnotes on next page)
* Paid previously.
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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. 333-26595 and Registration Statement No. 33-60619 previously
filed by the Company under the Securities Act. This Registration Statement also
constitutes post-effective amendment No. 2 to such Registration Statement No.
333-26595 and post-effective amendment No. 4 to such Registration Statement No.
33-60619 and such post-effective amendments 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.
(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 applicable Registrant in connection
with the issuance by such Registrant of the securities registered
hereunder.
(3) Debt Securities include senior and subordinated Debt Securities;
subordinated Debt Securities include senior subordinated Debt Securities,
subordinated Debt Securities and junior subordinated Debt Securities and
subordinated Debt Securities with any other ranking. 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.
(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, Depositary Shares
or Trust Preferred Securities, for which no consideration will be received
by the Registrants, and such aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities
as may be issued and sold to any Trust in connection with the issuance by
the Trust of Trust Preferred Securities. Any Debt Securities sold to any
Trust as aforesaid may be distributed, under certain circumstances, to the
holders of Trust Preferred Securities for no additional consideration.
(5) Such indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock,
and such indeterminate number of Depositary Shares and Trust Preferred
Securities, as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate prices. In
addition to any Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock and Trust
Preferred Securities 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, Depositary Shares or Trust Preferred
Securities, as the case may be, for which no separate consideration will
be received by the Registrants.
(6) 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.
(7) Common Stock Warrants will represent rights to purchase Common Stock
registered hereby.
(8) Depositary Shares will represent fractional interests in shares of
Preferred Stock registered hereby.
(9) The Company is also registering hereby all other obligations that it may
have with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities issued by any of the
Trusts, including, without limitation, the Company's obligations with
respect to such Trust Preferred Securities under such Trust's declaration
of trust and the Company's indenture relating to the Debt Securities
issued to such Trust, in each case as the same may be amended, restated or
supplemented from time to time. No separate consideration will be received
for any Guarantee.
(10) In addition to the proposed maximum offering price set forth above, a
total $25,000,000 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 $25,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies,
currency units or composite currencies) is being carried forward from
Registration Statement Nos. 333-26595 and 33-60619 previously filed by the
Company under the Securities Act; filing fees of $8,620.69 were previously
paid to register such securities under such prior registration statements.
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Subject to Completion, Dated November 10, 1998
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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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PROSPECTUS
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares,
Common Stock and Common Stock Warrants
CNF TRUST II AND CNF TRUST III
Trust Preferred Securities guaranteed to the extent set forth herein by CNF
Transportation Inc.
CNF Transportation 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") representing fractional
interests in shares of Preferred Stock; (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"). The Subordinated Debt Securities
may include senior subordinated, subordinated or junior subordinated debt
securities of the Company, or may have such other ranking as is described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement (as defined blow).
CNF Trust II and CNF Trust III (the "Trusts"), each a statutory business trust
created under the laws of the State of Delaware, may each offer preferred
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such
Trust ("Trust Preferred Securities"). The payment of periodic cash
distributions ("distributions") with respect to Trust Preferred Securities out
of moneys held by the applicable Trust, and payment on liquidation, redemption
or otherwise with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities, will be
guaranteed by the Company to the extent described herein (a "Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee"). See "Description of Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantees." Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the Company's obligations under a Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the
Company and will rank pari passu in right of payment with the most senior
preferred stock, if any, issued from time to time by the Company, except that
the Company's obligations under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will
be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Company's Series B
Preferred Stock (as defined herein). A series of Subordinated Debt Securities
may be issued and sold to the applicable Trust, or a trustee of such Trust, in
connection with the investment of the proceeds from the offering of the Trust
Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities (as defined herein, together,
"Trust Securities") of such Trust. The Subordinated Debt Securities purchased
by a Trust may be subsequently distributed pro rata to holders of its Trust
Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities in connection with the
dissolution of such Trust upon the occurrence of certain events as may be
described in an accompanying supplement to this Prospectus (a "Prospectus
Supplement"). A Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, when taken together with
the Company's other obligations under the Subordinated Debt Securities sold to
the applicable Trust, the Indenture (as defined herein) relating to such
Subordinated Debt Securities and the Declaration (as defined herein) of such
Trust, including the Company's obligations to pay certain costs, expenses,
debts and liabilities of such Trust (other than with respect to its Trust
Securities), will provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated
basis by the Company of payments due on the Trust Preferred Securities of such
Trust.
The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock, Common
Stock Warrants and Trust Preferred Securities (collectively, the "Securities")
may be offered from time to time for an aggregate initial public offering price
of up to $250,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currencies, currency units
or composite currencies (each, a "Currency")). 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,
Preferred Stock and Trust Preferred Securities 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 or any Trust, as the case may be, in respect of the Securities may
likewise be payable in U.S. dollars or other Currencies.
(continued on following page)
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 6 OF THIS PROSPECTUS FOR CERTAIN
INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
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.
The date of this Prospectus is , 1998.
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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, the right of the Company, if any, to defer payment of
interest on such Debt Securities and the maximum length of any such deferral
period, 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; (v) the initial public offering price
and the net proceeds to the Company and other specific terms related to the
Offered Securities; and (vi) the terms of any Trust Preferred Securities
offered, including, where applicable, the specific designation, number of Trust
Preferred Securities, distribution rate (or method of calculation) and time of
payment thereof, liquidation amount, any redemption or repayment terms, any
conversion or exchange provisions, any voting rights, the right of the
applicable Trust, if any, to defer payment of distributions on the Trust
Preferred Securities and the maximum length of any such deferral period, and
other specific terms not described in this Prospectus.
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.
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 from the sale of Securities 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 and the Trusts may also sell
Securities directly to investors on their own behalf. In the case of sales made
directly by the Company or the Trusts, no commission will be payable. See "Plan
of Distribution" for possible indemnification arrangements for dealers,
underwriters and agents.
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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. Such material may also be accessed
electronically by means of the Commission's home page on the Internet at
http://www.sec.gov. 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 and the Trusts 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, the Trusts 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.
No separate financial statements of the Trusts have been included herein. The
Company does not consider that such financial statements would be material to
holders of the Trust Preferred Securities because (i) all of the voting
securities of the Trusts will be owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company,
a reporting company under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Trusts have no independent
operations but exist for the sole purpose of issuing securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the respective Trusts and
investing the proceeds thereof in Subordinated Debt Securities issued by the
Company, and (iii) the Company's obligations described herein and in any
accompanying Prospectus Supplement under the applicable Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, when taken together with the Company's other obligations
under the Subordinated Debt Securities sold to the applicable Trust, the
Indenture relating to such Subordinated Debt Securities and the Declaration of
such Trust, including the Company's obligations to pay certain costs, expenses,
debts and liabilities of such Trust (other than with respect to its Trust
Securities), will provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated
basis by the Company of payments due on the Trust Preferred Securities of such
Trust. See "Description Of Debt Securities" and "Description Of Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantees."
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission and
are incorporated herein by reference: the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1998 and June 30, 1998.
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, in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement 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: CNF
Transportation Inc., Office of the Corporate Secretary, at 3240 Hillview
Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304 (telephone (650) 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 or the
Trusts 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
CNF Transportation Inc. (the "Company") is a holding company which participates
through subsidiaries in regional less-than-truckload ("LTL") highway trucking
services, truckload and intermodal rail services, domestic and international
air cargo delivery services, ocean forwarding, contract logistics and related
transportation activities. These operations are organized into three primary
business segments: regional trucking and full-service truckload services (Con-
Way Transportation Services); air freight and ocean forwarding (Emery
Worldwide); and a third segment which is comprised of a third-party contract
logistics company (Menlo Logistics), Road Systems, a trailer manufacturer, and
VantageParts, a wholesale truck parts distributor, and also includes the
Company's operations under the Priority Mail Contract (as defined herein).
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 (650)
494-2900). Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
all references in this Prospectus to the Company include CNF Transportation
Inc. and its subsidiaries.
THE TRUSTS
Each of CNF Trust II and CNF Trust III (each, a "Trust") is a statutory
business trust created under Delaware law pursuant to (i) a trust agreement (as
the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, a
"Declaration") executed by the Company, as sponsor (the "Sponsor"), and certain
of the CNF Trustees (as defined herein) for such Trust and (ii) the filing of a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State. Each Trust exists
for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing its Trust Preferred Securities and
common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
such Trust (the "Trust Common Securities" and, together with the Trust
Preferred Securities, the "Trust Securities"), (ii) investing the gross
proceeds of its Trust Securities in a specific series of Subordinated Debt
Securities and (iii) engaging in only those other activities necessary or
incidental thereto. All of the Trust Common Securities will be directly or
indirectly owned by the Company. The Trust Common Securities of each Trust will
rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Trust
Preferred Securities of such Trust except that upon an event of default under
the Declaration of such Trust, the rights of the holders of its Trust Common
Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the
holders of its Trust Preferred Securities. In connection with the issuance of
Trust Preferred Securities by a Trust, the Company will, directly or
indirectly, acquire Trust Common Securities of such Trust in an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to approximately 3% of the total capital of such
Trust. Each Trust's business and affairs will be conducted by the trustees
(with respect to each Trust, the "CNF Trustees") appointed by the Company, as
the direct or indirect holder of all the Trust Common Securities of such Trust.
Except in certain limited circumstances, the holder of the Trust Common
Securities of a Trust will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace any of,
and to increase or reduce the number of, the CNF Trustees of such Trust. The
duties and obligations of the CNF Trustees of each Trust shall be governed by
its Declaration. A majority of the CNF Trustees (the "Regular Trustees") of
each Trust will be persons who are employees or officers of or affiliated with
the Company. One CNF Trustee of each Trust will be a financial institution
which will be unaffiliated with the Company and which shall act as property
trustee and as indenture trustee (the "Property Trustee") of such Trust for
purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture
Act"). In addition, unless the Property Trustee of a Trust maintains a
principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the
requirements of applicable law, one CNF Trustee of each Trust will have its
principal place of business or reside in the State of Delaware (the "Delaware
Trustee"). The Regular Trustees, Property Trustee and Delaware Trustee of a
Trust may be different from the Regular Trustees, Property Trust and Delaware
Trust of the other Trust. The Company will pay all fees and expenses related to
the Trusts and the offering of Trust Securities. The payment of periodic
distributions with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities of a Trust out of
moneys held by such Trust, and payment on liquidation, redemption or otherwise
with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, will be guaranteed by the
Company to the extent described herein. See "Description of Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantees." Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the Company's obligations under each Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other
liabilities of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with the
most senior preferred stock, if any, issued from time to time by the Company,
except that the Company's obligations under each Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Company's
Series B Preferred Stock. The principal place of business of the Trusts shall
be c/o CNF Transportation Inc., 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California
94304 (telephone (650) 494-2900).
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RISK FACTORS
Certain statements included or incorporated by reference herein and in the
accompanying Prospectus Supplement constitute "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the
Exchange Act and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Any such
forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference herein or in
the accompanying Prospectus Supplement should not be relied upon as predictions
of future events. Certain such forward-looking statements can be identified by
the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "may,"
"will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or
"anticipates" or the negative thereof or other variations thereof or comparable
terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Such forward-
looking statements are necessarily dependent on assumptions, data or methods
that may be incorrect or imprecise and they may be incapable of being realized.
In that regard, the following factors, among others and in addition to the
matters discussed below and elsewhere in this Prospectus, the accompanying
Prospectus Supplement and the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, could cause actual results and other matters
to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements: changes in
general business and economic conditions; increasing domestic and international
competition and pricing pressure; changes in fuel prices; uncertainties
regarding the Company's Priority Mail contract with the USPS (as defined
herein); labor matters, including changes in labor costs, negotiation of labor
contracts and the risk of work stoppages or strikes; changes in governmental
regulation; environmental and tax matters, including the aviation excise tax
and aircraft maintenance tax matters discussed herein; and matters relating to
the spin-off of CFC (as defined herein). As a result of the foregoing, no
assurance can be given as to future results of operations or financial
condition.
Prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities should carefully consider the
following factors, together with the other information included or incorporated
by reference in this Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
RISKS RELATING TO PRIORITY MAIL CONTRACT
On April 23, 1997, the United States Postal Service (the "USPS") awarded Emery
Worldwide Airlines, Inc. ("EWA"), a subsidiary of the Company, a new contract
(the "Priority Mail Contract") for the sortation and transportation of Priority
Mail (a second-day delivery service) in portions of 13 states in the eastern
United States. The Company is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties
relating to the Priority Mail Contract.
At the time the Priority Mail Contract was first entered into, the USPS
indicated that the Company could receive revenues of approximately $1.7 billion
over the initial 58-month term of the contract. However, this amount was an
estimate and is subject to a number of assumptions and uncertainties, and there
can be no assurance that the revenues actually realized by the Company under
the contract will not be substantially less than this amount. Among other
things, this estimate was based on assumptions regarding the volume and
relative proportion of, and resultant prices to be received by the Company for,
various types (i.e., letters and parcels) of Priority Mail to be handled under
the contract and a projected growth rate for that volume over the life of the
contract. This estimate also assumed that the Company would meet the
performance standards established by the contract. In that regard, although the
contract does not specifically set forth a minimum volume of Priority Mail to
be handled by the Company, current revenue run rates are consistent with the
Company receiving at least the projected $1.7 billion of revenue over the life
of the contract.
Among other things, the Priority Mail Contract requires that the Company lease
or acquire, improve, equip and fully staff ten new Priority Mail processing
centers ("PMPCs"). All ten of those PMPCs were operational as of June 30, 1998.
Total start-up costs incurred in connection with the contract through June 30,
1998 have exceeded the projected amounts used by the Company in bidding for the
contract. Although productivity at the PMPCs has been improving, continued
productivity improvements will be required for the Company to reduce operating
expenses per piece of Priority Mail to projected levels. While the Company
believes it will be able to reach projected productivity levels, any failure to
do so could have a material adverse effect on the portion of the Company's
business relating to the Priority Mail Contract.
The Priority Mail Contract also contains a number of specific service standards
that the Company is required to meet. In particular, the contract specifies a
benchmark of 96.5% on-time and accurate handling by the Company and provides
financial disincentives, which could be substantial, if the Company fails to
meet that standard. Although the Company's performance under the contract has
been improving, continued performance improvements will be required for the
Company to avoid potential assessment of significant financial disincentives
under the contract. Accordingly, failure by the Company to meet the service
standards under the contract could have a material adverse effect on the
portion of the Company's business relating to the Priority Mail Contract.
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The Priority Mail Contract provides that EWA is to receive a specified price
per piece of Priority Mail, which price depends upon both the type of mail
(i.e., parcel or letter) and the cities where the piece originates and is to be
delivered. In addition, the contract contains a volume adjustment schedule
which, in certain circumstances, causes prices to be reduced as overall volume
increases. Volume run rates for Priority Mail being handled under the contract
have been significantly above those estimated by the USPS, the product mix has
contained a significantly higher proportion of lower-priced Priority Mail than
had been forecast, and numerous modifications to the scope of the work have
been implemented at the request of the USPS. These factors have resulted in the
Company incurring additional costs and receiving a significantly lower average
price per piece under the contract than it had anticipated.
As a result of the foregoing, the effect of the Priority Mail Contract on the
Company's results of operations will depend in large part upon the Company's
ability to manage and control its costs of providing services and to meet the
performance standards under the contract, and to obtain adequate adjustments to
the pricing terms under the contract. Any failure by the Company to achieve one
or more of the foregoing objectives could have a material adverse effect on the
portion of the Company's business relating to the Priority Mail Contract.
In addition, the award and terms of the Priority Mail Contract may be subject
to challenge by labor unions and competitors of the Company and the USPS. Among
other things, it is possible that labor unions could initiate legal or other
proceedings seeking to challenge, modify or void the contract. Such
proceedings, if successful, could require material adverse changes in the terms
of the contract or could lead the USPS, in certain circumstances, to terminate
the contract (or certain portions thereof) under the provisions described
below. In that regard, the USPS has informed the Company that, in 1997, the
American Postal Workers Union filed a grievance seeking to rescind the contract
and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union filed a grievance challenging the
contract. The Company believes that hearings on those grievances are not likely
to occur before 1999. While the Company believes that, in the event of a
termination of the contract, the Company has the right, in certain cases, to
recoup certain expenditures made in connection with the contract, to the extent
that any of the foregoing proceedings were successful, they could have a
material adverse effect on the portion of the Company's business relating to
the Priority Mail Contract.
The Priority Mail Contract may be terminated by the USPS for failure by EWA to
perform its obligations thereunder and, as is common with government contracts
generally, it may also be terminated by the USPS "for convenience" (i.e.,
without cause), although the USPS would be required, following termination for
convenience, to reimburse the Company for certain expenditures associated with
the contract. Any such termination of the contract could have a material
adverse effect on the portion of the Company's business relating to the
Priority Mail Contract.
RISKS RELATING TO SPIN-OFF OF CFC
On December 2, 1996, the Company completed the spin-off to its shareholders of
CF MotorFreight, an LTL motor carrier. The spun-off businesses are currently
operating under the name of Consolidated Freightways Corporation ("CFC").
The Company is or may be subject to substantial liabilities with respect to
certain matters relating to CFC's business and operations, including, without
limitation, guarantees of certain indebtedness of CFC and liabilities for
employment-related, tax and environmental matters. Although CFC is, in general,
either the primary or secondary obligor or jointly and severally liable with
the Company with respect to these matters, a failure to pay or other default by
CFC with respect to the obligations as to which the Company is or may be, or
may be perceived to be, liable, whether because of CFC's bankruptcy or
insolvency or otherwise, could lead to substantial claims against the Company.
As a result, any failure to pay or other default by CFC with respect to those
obligations could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
CERTAIN TAX MATTERS RELATING TO EMERY WORLDWIDE
The Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") has proposed adjustments that would
require that Emery Worldwide pay substantial additional aviation excise taxes
for the period from January 1, 1990 through September 30, 1995. The Company has
filed protests contesting these proposed adjustments and is engaged in
discussions with the administrative conference division (Appeals Office) of the
IRS.
The Company believes that there is legal authority to support the manner in
which it has calculated and paid the aviation excise taxes and, accordingly,
the Company intends to continue to vigorously challenge the proposed
adjustments. Nevertheless, the Company is unable to predict the ultimate
outcome of this matter. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Company
will not have to pay a substantial amount of additional aviation excise taxes
for the 1990 through 1995 tax period. In addition, it is possible
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that the IRS may seek to increase the amount of the aviation excise tax payable
by Emery Worldwide for periods subsequent to September 30, 1995. As a result,
there can be no assurance that this matter will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company.
The IRS has also proposed a substantial adjustment for tax years 1987 through
1990 based on the IRS' position that certain aircraft maintenance costs should
have been capitalized rather than expensed for federal income tax purposes. In
addition, the Company believes it likely that the IRS will propose an
additional adjustment, based on the same IRS position with respect to aircraft
maintenance costs, for subsequent tax years. The Company believes that its
practice of expensing these types of maintenance costs is consistent with
industry practice. However, if this issue is determined adversely to the
Company, there can be no assurance that the Company will not have to pay
substantial additional tax. The Company is unable to predict the ultimate
outcome of this matter and intends to vigorously contest the proposed
adjustment. There can be no assurance, however, that this matter will not have
a material adverse effect on the Company.
COMPETITION
The trucking and air freight industries are intensely competitive. Principal
competitors of the Company's Con-Way Transportation Services business segment
include both national LTL companies (some of which have continued to extend
into regional markets and to acquire and combine formerly independent regional
carriers into inter-regional groups) and regional companies. Principal
competitors of Emery Worldwide include other integrated air freight carriers,
air freight forwarders and international airlines and, to a lesser extent,
trucking companies, passenger and cargo air carriers and others. Competition in
the trucking and air freight industries is based on, among other things,
freight rates, quality of service, reliability, transit times and scope of
operations. Over the past 15 years, periods of overcapacity in the trucking
industry have led to intense competition and price discounting, resulting in
decreased margins and a significant number of business failures. There can be
no assurance that the Company will be successful in meeting the competitive
demands of the trucking and air freight industries.
Menlo Logistics ("Menlo"), the Company's third-party contract logistics
company, operates in a relatively new business area and has a limited number of
major competitors. Nonetheless, competition for the provision of logistics
services is intense. Menlo's competitors include both domestic and foreign
logistics companies and the logistics arms of integrated transportation
companies. Competition in the logistics business is based largely on computer
system skills and the ability to rapidly implement logistics solutions.
LABOR MATTERS
As of June 30, 1998, less than 8% of the Company's employees were represented
by various labor unions. This percentage includes EWA's pilots who, on July 2,
1997, voted to approve representation by the Air Line Pilot's Association
("ALPA"). Although contract negotiations between the Company and ALPA have
begun, the Company is unable to predict the outcome of those negotiations or
their effect on its results of operations.
There can be no assurance that efforts to unionize Company employees will not
be successful, that the Company will not become subject to additional work
rules imposed by agreements with labor unions, or that work stoppages or other
labor disturbances will not occur in the future, any of which could have a
material adverse effect on the Company. Similarly, there can be no assurance
that union opposition to the Company's new contract with the USPS will not have
a material adverse effect on the Company. See "-- Risks Relating to Priority
Mail Contract."
EFFECT OF ECONOMIC AND MARKET CONDITIONS
Interest rate fluctuations, increases in fuel prices, fuel shortages, economic
recession, changes in currency exchange rates, and changes in customers'
business cycles and business practices are among the factors over which the
Company has no control, but which may adversely affect its financial condition
or results of operations. For instance, prices for both diesel and jet fuel
increased significantly during 1996 and a part of 1997. The Company was able to
recoup a portion of these increased costs through fuel surcharges and fuel
index fees to its customers, but there can be no assurance that the Company
will be able to do so in the future. The operations of the Company are
primarily conducted in the United States but, to an increasing extent, are
conducted in major foreign countries. As a result, the Company is subject to
the foregoing factors both domestically and, to an increasing extent,
internationally.
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GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
The Company's business is subject to extensive regulation by various federal,
state and foreign governmental entities, and there can be no assurance that
changes in applicable laws and regulations, or costs of complying with current
or future laws and regulations, will not have a material adverse effect on the
Company. For example, deregulation of the trucking industry allows easier
access to the industry by new trucking companies, and has removed many
restrictions on expansion of services by existing carriers and increased price
competition. These and other factors have contributed to a consolidation in the
trucking industry, as a number of trucking companies have either merged or gone
out of business. Likewise, airlines such as EWA are subject to, among other
things, maintenance, operating and other safety-related regulations by the
Federal Aviation Administration (the "FAA"), including Airworthiness Directives
promulgated by the FAA which require airlines such as EWA to make modifications
to aircraft. In that regard, EWA expects that it will be required to make
expenditures to reinforce the floors and modify the doors of up to 17 of its
Boeing 727 aircraft to comply with Airworthiness Directives. Likewise, the
relative age of EWA's aircraft fleet may increase the likelihood that the
Company will be required to make expenditures in order for its aircraft to
comply with future government regulations.
During recent years, operations at several airports have been subject to
restrictions or curfews on arrivals or departures during certain night-time
hours designed to reduce or eliminate noise for surrounding residential areas.
None of these restrictions has materially affected Emery Worldwide's
operations. However, if such restrictions were to be imposed with respect to
the airports at which Emery Worldwide's activities are centered (particularly
Emery Worldwide's leased air cargo facility at the Dayton International
Airport, which is the hub of its air freight operations), and no alternative
airports were available to serve the affected areas, there could be a material
adverse effect on the Company. Under applicable law, the FAA is authorized to
establish aircraft noise standards and the administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency is authorized to issue regulations setting forth standards
for aircraft emissions. The Company believes that its present fleet of owned,
leased and chartered aircraft is operating in substantial compliance with
currently applicable noise and emission laws.
The Aviation Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 established a national aviation
noise policy. The FAA has promulgated regulations under this Act regarding the
phase-in requirements for compliance. This legislation and the related
regulations will require all of the Company's owned and leased aircraft
eligible for operation in the contiguous United States to either undergo
modifications or otherwise comply with Stage 3 noise restrictions in phases
ending at year-end 1999. Although the ultimate cost of complying with these
requirements cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company will be required
to make expenditures, which could be substantial, to modify owned or leased
aircraft in order to comply with these requirements.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
The Company is subject to stringent laws and regulations that (i) govern
activities or operations that may have adverse environmental effects, such as
discharges to air and water, as well as handling and disposal practices for
solid and hazardous wastes, and (ii) impose liability for the costs of cleaning
up, and certain damages resulting from, sites of past spills, disposals or
other releases of hazardous materials. In particular, under applicable
environmental laws, the Company may be responsible for remediation of
environmental conditions and may be subject to associated liabilities
(including liabilities resulting from lawsuits brought by private litigants)
relating to its operations and properties. Environmental liabilities relating
to the Company's properties may be imposed regardless of whether the Company
leases or owns the properties in question and regardless of whether such
environmental conditions were created by the Company or by a prior owner or
tenant, and also may be imposed with respect to properties which the Company
may have owned or leased in the past.
The Company's operations involve the storage, handling and use of diesel and
jet fuel and other hazardous substances. In particular, the Company is subject
to stringent environmental laws and regulations dealing with underground fuel
storage tanks and the transportation of hazardous materials. The Company has
been designated as a potentially responsible party by the Environmental
Protection Agency with respect to the disposal of hazardous substances at
various sites, although the Company expects that its share of the clean-up
costs will not have a material adverse effect on the Company. In addition, the
Company expects that the costs of complying with existing and future
environmental laws and regulations will continue to increase. There can be no
assurance that matters relating to environmental conditions or compliance with
environmental laws will not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
CERTAIN ANTITAKEOVER PROVISIONS
The Company's Amended Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain certain
provisions which may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a
change of control of the Company. In addition, the Company is subject to
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which limits the ability
of a publicly held Delaware corporation such as the Company from
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engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested stockholder" for a
certain period of time. Moreover, the approval of holders of at least two-
thirds of the outstanding shares of the Company's outstanding Series B
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock is required, under certain
circumstances, for a consolidation or merger of the Company or the sale or
other transfer of certain assets of the Company. The foregoing provisions may
deter any potential unfriendly offers or other efforts to obtain control of the
Company and could deprive holders of capital stock of the Company and, under
certain circumstances, holders of Trust Preferred Securities of opportunities
to realize a premium on such securities if a third party were to seek to
acquire or otherwise take control of the Company. See "Description of Capital
Stock."
PROVISIONS OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS
Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, none of the
Securities will contain provisions which would give the holders thereof the
right to require the Company or, in the case of Trust Preferred Securities, the
applicable Trust to repurchase or repay such securities in the event of a
takeover, recapitalization or similar event, a decline in the credit rating on
the Company's or a Trust's securities, or otherwise. However, holders of the
Company's outstanding 9 1/8% Notes due 1999 and certain restructured notes
issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock Plan (the "TASP") which are guaranteed
by the Company have the right to require the Company to repurchase such notes
upon the occurrence of certain changes in control of the Company or similar
events coupled with certain declines in the credit rating on the Company's
long-term senior debt; the aggregate principal amount of the 9 1/8% Notes due
1999 and the restructured TASP notes outstanding at June 30, 1998 was $117.7
million and $29.1 million, respectively. Holders of non-restructured notes
issued by the TASP with an outstanding principal amount of $110.5 million at
June 30, 1998 have the right to require that the Company repurchase such notes
if, among other things, both Moody's and Standard & Poor's have publicly rated
the Company's long-term senior debt at less than investment grade, unless,
within 45 days, the Company shall have obtained, through a guarantee, letter of
credit, other permitted credit enhancement or otherwise, a credit rating for
such notes of at least "A" from Moody's or Standard & Poor's (or another
nationally recognized rating agency selected by the holders of such notes) and
shall maintain a rating on such notes of "A" or better thereafter. The
Company's long-term senior debt is currently rated Baa3 by Moody's and BBB by
Standard & Poor's; Baa3 is the lowest investment grade rating from Moody's and
BBB is the next to lowest investment grade rating from Standard & Poor's.
Holders of both the restructured and non-restructured Series A TASP notes also
have the right to require the Company to repurchase the notes, in whole or in
part, on July 1, 1999. In addition, the Company's $350 million bank credit
facility (the "Credit Facility"), which is guaranteed by the Company's material
subsidiaries, permits the lenders to require immediate repayment of all
borrowings thereunder upon a change of control or similar event with respect to
the Company. The occurrence of any event or condition requiring the Company to
repurchase or repay any such notes or borrowings could have a material adverse
effect on the Company. Moreover, there can be no assurance that the Company
would have sufficient funds to repurchase or repay such notes or borrowings in
the event that it were required to do so or that it would be able to arrange
financing for that purpose.
Certain of the Company's debt instruments contain restrictive covenants that
could limit the amount of dividends payable by the Company or the redemption or
repurchase of capital stock by the Company. In particular, under the terms of
the restructured notes issued by the TASP, the Company is restricted from
paying dividends in an aggregate amount in excess of $10 million plus one-half
of its cumulative adjusted consolidated net income from November 3, 1992. As of
June 30, 1998, the Company would have been permitted to pay approximately $165
million of dividends on its Common Stock under the terms of the restructured
TASP Notes. In addition, CNF Trust I, a Delaware business trust and subsidiary
of the Company (the "Existing Trust"), has outstanding 2,500,000 of its $2.50
term convertible securities, series A (the "Convertible Trust Securities").
Subject to certain conditions, the Company and Existing Trust have the right to
defer quarterly cash distributions on the Convertible Trust Securities, in
which case the Company would be prohibited, subject to certain limited
exceptions, from paying dividends on or acquiring shares of its capital stock.
POSSIBLE PRICE VOLATILITY
The trading price of the Securities offered by a Prospectus Supplement will be
subject to fluctuations in response to a variety of factors, including
quarterly variations in the Company's operating results, conditions in the
trucking and air freight industries generally, comments or recommendations
issued by analysts who follow the Company, its competitors or the industry
segments in which it operates, and general economic and market conditions. In
addition, securities markets have from time to time experienced extreme price
volatility. These fluctuations may be unrelated to the operating performance of
particular companies whose shares are traded. Market fluctuations may adversely
affect the trading price of the Securities offered by a Prospectus Supplement.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the trading price of the Securities
offered by a Prospectus Supplement will not decline below the applicable public
offering price, or that the trading price of such Securities will not be
subject to substantial fluctuations in the
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future. In addition, certain Securities offered by a Prospectus Supplement may
not be listed on any securities exchange or automated quotation system, and
there can be no assurance that a trading market will exist for such Securities
or as to the liquidity of any such market which may exist.
HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE
The Debt Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees will be
obligations exclusively of the Company, and the Common Stock and Preferred
Stock offered by any Prospectus Supplement will represent equity interests only
in 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) and to pay amounts due in respect of its other obligations
(including the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees), and therefore the
ability of the Trusts to make distributions and other payments on their
respective Trust Preferred Securities, as well as the ability of the Company to
pay dividends on its Preferred Stock and Common Stock, are dependent upon the
results of operations of the Company's subsidiaries and the distribution of
funds by such subsidiaries to the Company. The ability of such subsidiaries to
provide funds to the Company is contingent upon the results of operation and
financial condition of such subsidiaries, may be limited by restrictive
covenants in various instruments and agreements and is subject to various other
business considerations. See "-- Provisions of Certain Indebtedness."
Because the Company is a holding company, its obligations under the Debt
Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees will be effectively
subordinated to all existing and future liabilities (including 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 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 will still be effectively subordinated 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 other financial obligations.
At June 30, 1998, the Company's consolidated subsidiaries had outstanding
liabilities (excluding intercompany liabilities) aggregating approximately
$1,180 million and approximately $28 million of outstanding letters of credit
and, at December 31, 1997, these subsidiaries were subject to long-term non-
cancelable operating leases requiring future minimum lease payments of
approximately $508 million through the year 2018. In addition, the Company's
material subsidiaries have guaranteed amounts due under the Credit Facility; at
June 30, 1998, no borrowings were outstanding under the Credit Facility and
letters of credit of approximately $84 million were outstanding under the
Credit Facility.
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 or used to temporarily repay indebtedness under credit
facilities. The proceeds from the sale of Trust Securities will be invested by
the respective Trusts in Subordinated Debt Securities.
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CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The Company's consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and of earnings
to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for each of the periods
indicated are as follows:
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ENDED JUNE 30, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1998 1997 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges(1)........................ 3.4x 3.0x 3.3x 2.6x 2.8x 3.2x 1.8x
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed
Charges and Preferred Stock
Dividends(2)...................... 3.2x 2.9x 3.2x 2.6x 2.8x 2.8x 1.5x
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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 from continuing operations 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) The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock
dividends is unaudited for all periods presented. The ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends was derived by
dividing earnings before fixed charges and income taxes by combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends. For this purpose, earnings and fixed
charges are computed as described in note (1) above. The Series C
Conversion Preferred Stock was issued in March 1992 and all of the
outstanding shares thereof were converted into Common Stock in March 1995.
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 or subordinated
unsecured obligations (the "Subordinated Debt Securities") of the Company
issued in one or more series. The Subordinated Debt Securities of any series
may be senior subordinated, subordinated or junior subordinated obligations of
the Company, or may have such other ranking as is described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. The Debt Securities will be issued under one or more
Indentures (each, a "New Indenture") to be entered into by the Company and a
trustee (each, a "New Trustee") whose name will be set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement or, in the case of a certain Subordinated Debt
Securities, under the Indenture dated as of June 11, 1997, as amended and
supplemented (the "'Existing Indenture" and, together with the New Indentures,
the "Indentures"), between the Company and the First National Bank of Chicago,
as trustee (the "Existing Trustee" and, together with the New Trustees, the
"Trustees"). The forms of the Indentures have been filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement. The terms of any series of Debt Securities will be
those set forth in the applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities and those
made part of such Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act. 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
CNF Transportation Inc., excluding, unless otherwise expressly stated or the
context shall otherwise require, its subsidiaries.
In the event that Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a Trust or a
trustee of such Trust in connection with the issuance of its Trust Securities,
such Subordinated Debt Securities may subsequently be distributed pro rata to
the holders of such Trust Securities in connection with the dissolution of such
Trust upon the occurrence of certain events described in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such Trust Securities. Only one series of Subordinated
Debt Securities will be issued to a Trust or a trustee of such Trust in
connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such Trust.
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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. To
the extent that any particular terms of the Debt Securities described in a
Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such
terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such
Prospectus Supplement.
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 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 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, if any, 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) if applicable, 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 and, if Subordinated
Debt Securities, whether such Subordinated Debt Securities will be senior
subordinated, subordinated, or junior subordinated obligations of the Company
or will have another ranking and the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" and a
summary of the subordination provisions applicable to such 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.
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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 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 Indentures, 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, any estate the income of which is subject to United States
federal income taxation regardless of its source, or any trust whose
administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court
and which has one or more United States fiduciaries who have the authority to
control all substantial decisions of the trust, 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
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Securities shall be payable in U.S. dollars, payment with 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 of each series 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 of each series will be unsecured obligations of
the Company and will be subordinated in right of payment to all existing and
future Senior Indebtedness (which term will be defined in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series of Subordinated Debt Securities) of the
Company. The Subordinated Debt Securities of any series may be senior
subordinated, subordinated or junior subordinated obligations of the Company,
or may have such other ranking as is described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Accordingly, the Subordinated Debt Securities of any series may
rank, in priority of payment, senior to, on a parity with or junior to any
other series of Subordinated Debt Securities and the definition of "Senior
Indebtedness" applicable to any series of Subordinated Debt Securities may be
different from the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" applicable to any other
series of Subordinated Debt Securities. If this Prospectus is being delivered
in connection with the offering of a series of Subordinated Debt Securities,
the accompanying Prospectus Supplement will describe the subordination
provisions and set forth the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" applicable to
such Subordinated Debt Securities, and such Prospectus Supplement or the
information incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will
set forth the approximate amount of such Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of
a recent date. There are no limitations in any of the Indentures on the
issuance or incurrence of indebtedness (including Senior Indebtedness) by the
Company.
The Debt Securities will be 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
dependent upon the results of operations of such subsidiaries and the
distribution of funds by such subsidiaries to the Company. In addition, because
the Company is a holding company, the Debt Securities will be effectively
subordinated to all existing and future liabilities (including indebtedness,
trade payables, guarantees, lease obligations and letter of credit obligations)
of the Company's subsidiaries. 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 other financial
obligations. See "Risk Factors -- Holding Company Structure."
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 (other than the Trusts) 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, guarantees, lease
obligations or other financial obligations that may be incurred by the Company
and its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, none of the Debt Securities or the Indentures will contain
provisions which would give holders of Debt Securities the right to require the
Company to repurchase or repay their Debt Securities in the event of a
takeover, recapitalization or similar event, a decline in the credit rating on
the Company's securities, or otherwise. However, holders of certain of the
Company's outstanding indebtedness (including its 9 1/8% Notes due 1999, notes
issued by the TASP which are guaranteed by the Company, and indebtedness under
the Credit Facility, which is guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the
Company), 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.
See "Risk Factors -- Provisions of Certain Indebtedness".
Covenant Applicable to Senior Debt Securities -- Limitation on Liens
The following covenant will be applicable to Senior Debt Securities but not to
Subordinated Debt Securities. The Company will covenant that, so long as any of
the Senior Debt Securities remains 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).
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
the applicable Senior Debt Securities are originally issued; (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 mechanics'
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and materialmens' 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 or providing for the payment of all or any
part of the purchase price thereof, or any Indebtedness incurred to finance the
purchase 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 Applicable to All Debt Securities -- 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 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 unless (a)
such Person (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume 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" means, as of any particular time,
the aggregate amount of the Consolidated Assets (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 "Consolidated Assets"
means all amounts that would be shown as assets on a consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (as defined) prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term "Restricted
Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company (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 the applicable Senior Debt
Securities are originally issued 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. The term
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, (a) any liability of such
Person (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 such Person 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
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, 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
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when due upon maturity, redemption or otherwise; (iii) default in the deposit
of any sinking fund payment 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
with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in excess of $35,000,000
(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) certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of the Company; or (vii) 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 and its consequences
may be rescinded and 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 requiring each Trustee, during
the continuance of 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.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indentures, the holder of any Debt
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such
Debt Security on the respective due dates therefor (as the same may be
extended, if applicable, in accordance with the terms of such Debt Security)
and to institute suit for enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not be impaired without the consent of such holder. In addition, in the case of
a Subordinated Debt Security issued to a Trust, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and such Event of Default is attributable to the
failure by the Company to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or interest,
if any, on such Subordinated Debt Security, then a holder of Trust Preferred
Securities of such Trust may directly institute a proceeding against the
Company for payment.
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 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 on or after the stated maturity
thereof (as the same may be extended in accordance with the terms of 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
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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 a series of Subordinated Debt Securities, modify any of the
subordination provisions applicable thereto or the definition of Senior
Indebtedness applicable thereto in a manner adverse to the holders of such
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.
If a Trust or the Property Trustee of such Trust holds a series of Subordinated
Debt Securities, no such amendment, modification or waiver which requires ap-
proval of holders of a certain percentage in principal amount of the outstand-
ing Subordinated Debt Securities of such series shall be effective as to such
series of Subordinated Debt Securities, without the approval of the holders of
at least the same percentage of aggregate liquidation amount of outstanding
Trust Securities of such Trust.
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 defective
or 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 Applicable
to Senior Debt Securities -- Limitation on Liens" (which covenant is applicable
only to Senior Debt Securities). 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 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 and, if
applicable, any coupons appertaining thereto, have become due and payable or
will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or are to
be called
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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 -- Covenant Applicable to
Senior Debt Securities -- Limitation on Liens" (which covenant is applicable
only to Senior Debt Securities) and certain other restrictive covenants, if
any, 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
or, if applicable, upon redemption, and/or Government 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 scheduled due dates therefor or the applicable redemption date, as the case
may be.
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 relating
to indebtedness for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or is bound,
(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 and (iii) if the cash and Government
Obligations deposited are sufficient to pay the outstanding Debt Securities of
such series provided such Debt Securities are redeemed on a particular
redemption date, the Company shall have given the applicable Trustee
irrevocable instructions to redeem such Debt Securities on such date. It shall
also be a condition to the effectiveness of such defeasance or 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 such deposit
into trust and, solely in the case of defeasance, no Event of Default described
in clause (vi) of the first paragraph under "--Events of Default" above shall
have occurred and be continuing 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
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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 Applicable to Senior Debt Securities -- Limitation on Liens" (which
covenant is applicable only to Senior Debt Securities 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.
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.
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. To the
extent that any particular terms of any Preferred Stock described in a
Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such
terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such
Prospectus Supplement.
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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.
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, 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 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 -- 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
of the Company's debt instruments contain restrictive covenants that could
limit the amount of dividends payable by the Company or 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. Likewise, the Company and the Existing
Trust have the right, subject to certain conditions, to defer quarterly cash
distributions on the Existing Trust's outstanding Convertible Trust Securities,
in which case the Company would be prohibited, subject to certain limited
exceptions, from paying dividends on or acquiring its capital stock (including
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 dependent upon the results of operations of such subsidiaries and the
distribution of funds by such subsidiaries to the Company. See "Risk Factors --
Provisions of Certain Indebtedness" and "Risk Factors -- Holding Company
Structure."
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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 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 for all past
dividend periods (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
for all past dividend periods (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 -- 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.
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
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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 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) so as to materially and adversely affect any
right, preference or privilege of such affected series of Offered Preferred
Stock; provided, however, that neither (a) any increase in the number of
authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock or in the number of
authorized shares of any other class of capital stock of the Company, nor (b)
the creation or authorization of any class of capital stock of the Company
which provides that the relative preferences of the shares of such class (or
any series thereof) shall be established from time to time by the Board of
Directors of the Company, nor (c) the authorization, creation or issuance of
shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Company (including,
without limitation, any other series of Preferred Stock) ranking, in each case
described in this clause (c), 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 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
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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 has been or 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. Certain other terms of any such
Depositary Shares and the related Deposit Agreement will be described in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of
the Depositary Shares or the related Deposit Agreement described in a
Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such
terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such
Prospectus Supplement.
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.
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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.
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
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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.
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
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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
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
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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 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 has been or 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.
To the extent that any particular terms of the Common Stock Warrants or the
related Common Stock Warrant Agreement described in a Prospectus Supplement
differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms described
herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Supplement.
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 Common
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Stock 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 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 June 30, 1998, (i) 54,606,055 shares of Common Stock were issued and
outstanding and an additional 6,948,075 shares of Common Stock were issued and
held in the Company's treasury and (ii) 1,100,000 shares of the Company's
Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred
Stock") had been authorized and 859,400 such shares were outstanding.
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The following summary of certain provisions of the Common Stock, Preferred
Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, and the Company's Amended Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation
(including the certificate of designations establishing the terms of the 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 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 of the Company's debt instruments contain restrictive covenants that
could limit the amount of dividends payable by the Company or 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 Common Stock. Likewise, the
Company and the Existing Trust have the right, subject to certain conditions,
to defer quarterly cash distributions on the Existing Trust's outstanding
Convertible Trust Securities, in which case the Company would be prohibited,
subject to certain limited exceptions, from paying dividends on or acquiring
its capital stock (including 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 dependent upon the results of operations of
such subsidiaries and the distribution of funds by such subsidiaries to the
Company. See "Risk Factors -- Provisions of Certain Indebtedness" and "Risk
Factors -- 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.
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 June 30, 1998, 859,400 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 June 30, 1998,
the Series B Preferred Stock was convertible into Common Stock at the rate of
4.71 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 June 30, 1998, 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
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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) 4.71 shares of
Common Stock (the conversion rate at June 30, 1998), 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 (as defined), 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 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, 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 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.
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The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable, in whole or in part, at the
Company's option at a redemption price of $155.98 per share if redeemed during
the twelve months ending July 1, 1997, 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
relating to federal income tax matters, 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, upon notice from the holder of the
Series B Preferred Stock to the Company, 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.
Upon consummation of any consolidation, merger, reclassification or similar
transaction involving the Company in which the outstanding Common Stock is by
operation of law exchanged solely for or changed solely into stock of any
successor or resulting company (including the 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) with respect to a holder of Series B Preferred Stock, 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 "qualifying employer
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 by operation of law exchanged for or
changed into other securities, cash or other property other than "qualifying
employer securities," holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock are
entitled to receive the same securities, cash or other property 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 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.
SECTION 203 OF THE DELAWARE LAW
The Company is subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the "DGCL"). Generally, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware
corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested
stockholder" for a period of three years following the time that such
stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless (i) prior to such time
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) employee stock plans in which
employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether
shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer,
or (iii) on or after such time 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 or
consolidations with an interested stockholder, certain asset sales and
transfers to an interested stockholder, certain issuances of capital stock to
an interested stockholder and certain other transactions resulting in financial
benefit to an interested stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is, in
general, a person who, together with "affiliates" and "associates" (as
defined), owns 15% or more of the corporation's outstanding voting stock or is
an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more
of the corporation's outstanding voting stock at any time during the prior
three years, subject to certain exceptions. 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
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could have the effect of delaying or preventing a merger, tender offer, or
other attempted takeover of the Company, and therefore may discourage attempts
to acquire 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
or for nomination by any stockholder of persons for election to the Board of
Directors; (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 favorable vote, at a stockholders meeting,
of at least 80% of the then outstanding shares of the Company's capital stock
entitled to vote. In addition, the approval of the holders of at least two-
thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock is required, under
certain circumstances, for a consolidation or merger of the Company or the sale
or other transfer of certain assets by the Company. See "-- Preferred Stock --
Series B Preferred Stock" above.
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.
DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
Each Trust may issue only one series of Trust Preferred Securities which shall
have terms described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. The
Declaration of each Trust will authorize its Regular Trustees to issue on
behalf of such Trust one series of its Trust Preferred Securities. Each
Declaration will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
The forms of Declaration have been or will be filed or incorporated by
reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement. The terms of each
Declaration will be those set forth in the Declaration and those made part of
the Declaration by the Trust Indenture Act. The summary of certain provisions
of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Declarations set forth below and in
any 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
Declarations and the Trust Preferred Securities, which provisions (including
defined terms) are incorporated herein by reference.
The following description of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Declaration
of any Trust sets forth certain general terms and provisions of such Trust
Preferred Securities and Declaration to which any Prospectus Supplement may
relate. Certain other specific terms of such Trust Preferred Securities and
Declaration will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the
extent that any particular terms of any Trust Preferred Securities or
Declaration described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms
described herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been
superseded by such Prospectus Supplement.
The Trust Preferred Securities of any Trust will have such terms, including
distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation, conversion rights and such
other preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions as shall
be set forth in the Declaration of such Trust or made part of such Declaration
by the Trust Indenture Act, and which will generally mirror the terms of the
Subordinated Debt Securities held by such Trust and described in the Prospectus
Supplement related thereto. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement
relating to the Trust Preferred Securities of any Trust for specific terms,
including (i) the designation of such Trust Preferred Securities; (ii) the
number of such Trust Preferred Securities; (iii) the annual distribution rate
(or method of determining such rate) for such Trust Preferred Securities and
the date or dates upon which such distributions shall be payable; (iv) whether
distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities shall be cumulative, and, in
the case of Trust Preferred Securities having such cumulative distribution
rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which
distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities shall be cumulative; (v) the
amount or amounts which shall be paid out of the assets of such Trust to the
holders of such Trust Preferred Securities upon voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, winding-up or termination of such Trust; (vi) the right or
obligation, if any, of such Trust to purchase or redeem such Trust Preferred
Securities and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within
which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such Trust Preferred Securities
shall or may be purchased or redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
right or obligation; (vii) the voting rights, if any, of such Trust Preferred
Securities in addition to those (if any) required by law, including the number
of votes per Trust Preferred Security and any requirement for the approval by
the holders of such Trust Preferred Securities, as a
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condition to specified action or amendments to the applicable Declaration;
(viii) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Trust Preferred
Securities may be converted into or exchanged for shares of Common Stock or
other Securities, including the conversion price per share or conversion rate
and the circumstances, if any, under which any such conversion right shall
expire; (ix) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Subordinated Debt
Securities held by such Trust may be distributed to holders of such Trust
Preferred Securities; (x) if applicable, any securities exchange upon which
such Trust Preferred Securities shall be listed; and (xi) any other relevant
rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or restrictions of such Trust
Preferred Securities. All Trust Preferred Securities offered hereby will be
guaranteed by the Company to the extent set forth below under "Description of
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees." Certain United States federal income
tax considerations applicable to any offering of Trust Preferred Securities
will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
In connection with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities by any Trust,
such Trust will issue one series of Trust Common Securities. The Declaration of
such Trust will authorize its Regular Trustees to issue on behalf of such Trust
one series of Trust Common Securities having such terms including
distributions, redemption, voting and liquidation rights or such restrictions
as shall be set forth therein. The terms of the Trust Common Securities of a
Trust will be substantially identical to the terms of the Trust Preferred
Securities of such Trust, and such Trust Common Securities will rank pari
passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with such Trust Preferred
Securities except that, if an event of default under the Declaration occurs and
is continuing, the rights of the holders of such Trust Common Securities to
payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of such Trust
Preferred Securities. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Trust Common
Securities of a Trust will also carry the right to vote to appoint, remove or
replace any of the Trustees of such Trust. All of the Trust Common Securities
will be directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
In connection with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities by a Trust, such
Trust will purchase a series of Subordinated Debt Securities from the Company.
The ability of such Trust to make distributions and other payments on such
Trust Preferred Securities will depend upon the receipt by such Trust of
interest and other payments made by the Company on such Subordinated Debt
Securities. Such Subordinated Debt Securities will be obligations exclusively
of the Company and, because the Company is a holding company substantially all
of whose consolidated assets are held by its subsidiaries, the cash flow of the
Company and the consequent ability to service its debt, including such
Subordinated Debt Securities, will be dependent upon the results of operations
of such subsidiaries and the distribution of funds by such subsidiaries to the
Company. In addition, because the Company is a holding company, such
Subordinated Debt Securities will be effectively subordinated to all existing
and future liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries. See "Risk Factors--
Holding Company Structure" and "Description of Debt Securities--Ranking of Debt
Securities; Holding Company Structure."
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
If an event of default under the Declaration of any Trust occurs and is
continuing, then the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of such Trust
would rely on the enforcement by the Property Trustee of such Trust of its
rights as a holder of the Subordinated Debt Securities held by such Trust
against the Company. In addition, the holders of a majority in liquidation
amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such Trust will have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to such Property Trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or
power conferred upon such Property Trustee under the Declaration of such Trust,
including the right to direct such Property Trustee to exercise the remedies
available to it as a holder of the Subordinated Debt Securities held by such
Trust. If such Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under such
Subordinated Debt Securities, a holder of the Trust Preferred Securities of
such Trust, to the fullest extent permitted by law, may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Company to enforce such Property Trustee's
rights under such Subordinated Debt Securities without first instituting any
legal proceeding against such Property Trustee or any other person or entity.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an event of default under the Declaration of
such Trust has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the
failure of the Company to pay the principal of or premium or interest, if any,
on such Subordinated Debt Securities on the date such principal, premium or
interest, as the case may be, is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a holder of the Trust Preferred
Securities of such Trust may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of
payment to such holder of the principal, premium or interest, as the case may
be, on such Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such holder
(a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in such
Subordinated Debt Securities. In connection with such Direct Action, the
Company will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of the Trust Preferred
Securities under the Declaration of such Trust to the extent of any payment
made by the Company to such holder of Trust Preferred Securities in such Direct
Action.
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DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
Set forth below is a summary of information concerning the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Agreements (the "Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees") which will
be executed and delivered by the Company for the benefit of the holders from
time to time of Trust Preferred Securities of the respective Trusts. Each Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee will be qualified as an indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act. A trustee whose name will be set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement will act as the trustee (the "Preferred Guarantee
Trustee") under each Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for purposes of the
Trust Indenture Act. The Company will enter into a separate Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities of each
Trust, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustees under such Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantees may be different. The forms of Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantees have been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits
to the Registration Statement. The terms of each Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee will be those set forth in such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee
and those made part of such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee by the Trust
Indenture Act. The summary of certain provisions of the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantees set forth below and in any Prospectus Supplement does not
purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by
reference to all of the provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantees, which provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees
(including defined terms) are incorporated herein by reference. Each Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee will be held by the applicable Preferred
Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities of the applicable Trust.
The following description of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees sets
forth certain general terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other specific
terms of the applicable Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be described
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the extent that any particular
terms of a Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee described in a Prospectus
Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms
described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus
Supplement.
GENERAL
Pursuant to each Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Company will agree,
to the extent set forth therein, to pay in full, to the holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust, the Guarantee Payments (as
defined herein) (except to the extent paid by such Trust), as and when due,
regardless of any defense, right of setoff or counterclaim which such Trust may
have or assert. The following payments with respect to the Trust Preferred
Securities of the applicable Trust, to the extent not paid by such Trust (the
"Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to the Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee thereof (without duplication): (i) any accumulated and unpaid
distributions which are required to be paid on such Trust Preferred Securities,
to the extent such Trust shall have funds available therefor; (ii) the
redemption price (if any) set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement
(the "Redemption Price"), which will not be lower than the liquidation amount,
and all accumulated and unpaid distributions, to the extent such Trust has
funds available therefor, with respect to any such Trust Preferred Securities
called for redemption by such Trust and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, winding-up or termination of such Trust (other than in connection
with the distribution of Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of its
Trust Preferred Securities or the conversion or redemption of all of its Trust
Preferred Securities), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation
amount and all accumulated and unpaid distributions on its Trust Preferred
Securities to the date of payment, to the extent such Trust has funds available
therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of such Trust remaining available for
distribution to holders of its Trust Preferred Securities in liquidation of
such Trust. The Company's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be
satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Company to the
holders of Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust or by causing
such Trust to pay such amounts to such holders.
A Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will not apply to any payment of
distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust except
to the extent such Trust shall have funds available therefor. If the Company
does not make interest payments on the Subordinated Debt Securities purchased
by such Trust, such Trust will not pay distributions on the Trust Preferred
Securities issued by such Trust and will not have funds available therefor. A
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, when taken together with the Company's
obligations under the Subordinated Debt Securities sold to the applicable
Trust, the Indenture relating to such Subordinated Debt Securities and the
Declaration of such Trust, including the Company's obligations to pay certain
costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of such Trust (other than with respect
to its Trust Securities), will provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a
subordinated basis by the Company of payments due on the Trust Preferred
Securities of such Trust.
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The Company will also agree separately to guarantee the obligations of each
Trust with respect to its Trust Common Securities (each, a "Trust Common
Securities Guarantee") to the same extent as the Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee relating to the Trust Preferred Securities of such Trust, except that
upon an event of default under the Indenture pursuant to which the Subordinated
Debt Securities held by such Trust were issued, holders of such Trust Preferred
Securities shall have priority over holders of such Trust Common Securities
with respect to distributions and payments on liquidation, redemption or
otherwise.
Certain covenants of the Company to be set forth in the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee relating to the Trust Preferred Securities of any Trust
will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
MODIFICATION OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES; ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect the
rights of holders of Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust (in
which case no vote will be required), a Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee
may be amended only with the prior approval of the holders of not less than a
majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities of
such Trust. The manner of obtaining any such approval of holders of such Trust
Preferred Securities will be as set forth in an accompanying Prospectus
Supplement. All guarantees and agreements contained in a Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees
and representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the
holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust then
outstanding.
TERMINATION
A Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will terminate (a) upon full payment of
the redemption price of, plus accumulated and unpaid distributions on, all
Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust, (b) upon distribution of
the Subordinated Debt Securities held by such Trust to the holders of its Trust
Preferred Securities or the conversion, if applicable, of all of such Trust
Preferred Securities into Common Stock or other securities, or (c) upon full
payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration of such Trust
upon liquidation of such Trust. A Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will
continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time any holder of Trust Preferred Securities of the applicable Trust must
restore payment of any sums paid under the Trust Preferred Securities of such
Trust or such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under a Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will occur
upon (a) the failure of the Company to perform any of its payment or other
obligations thereunder or (b) if applicable, the failure by the Company to
deliver Common Stock or other applicable securities upon an appropriate
election by the holder or holders of Trust Preferred Securities of the
applicable Trust to convert such Trust Preferred Securities into shares of
Common Stock or other applicable securities, as the case may be.
The holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred
Securities of the applicable Trust have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
applicable Preferred Guarantee Trustee in respect of the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred
upon such Preferred Guarantee Trustee under such Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee. If such Preferred Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee, any holder of Trust Preferred Securities
guaranteed thereby may institute a legal proceeding directly against the
Company to enforce such Preferred Guarantee Trustee's rights under such Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the applicable Trust, such Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any other
person or entity. The Company will waive any right or remedy to require that
any action be brought first against the applicable Trust or any other person or
entity before proceeding directly against the Company.
STATUS OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
Each Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Company and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all other liabilities of the Company except any liabilities that may
be pari passu expressly by their terms, (ii) pari passu in right of payment
with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by
the Company, if any (except that each Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will
be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the Series B Preferred Stock),
and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Company in respect
of any preferred or preference stock of any affiliate of the Company and (iii)
senior to Common Stock. The terms of the Trust Preferred Securities of
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each Trust will provide that each holder of such Trust Preferred Securities by
acceptance thereof agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of
the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee relating thereto.
Each Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be an obligation 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 and to pay amounts
due in respect of its other obligations (including the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantees), will be dependent upon the results of operations of
such subsidiaries and the distribution of funds by such subsidiaries to the
Company. In addition, because the Company is a holding company, each Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee will be effectively subordinated to all existing
and future liabilities of the Company's subsidiaries. See "Risk Factors --
Holding Company Structure."
Each Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of
payment and not of collection (that is, the guaranteed party may institute a
legal proceeding directly against the guarantor to enforce its rights under the
guarantee without instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or
entity).
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEES
Each Preferred Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default with
respect to the applicable Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, will undertake
to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in such Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee and, after default, shall exercise the same
degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or
her own affairs. Subject to such provisions, a Preferred Guarantee Trustee is
under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the
applicable Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request of any holder of
the Trust Preferred Securities guaranteed thereby, unless offered reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
thereby.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company or either of the Trusts, as the case may be, may sell Securities to
one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell
Securities through agents which solicit or receive offers on behalf of the
Company or such Trust, as the case may be, or through dealers or through a
combination of any such methods of sale, and the Company and the Trusts may
also sell Securities directly to investors. 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 or the Trusts, as the case may be, may, from
time to time, authorize agents acting on a best or reasonable efforts basis 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 or the applicable Trust, as the
case may be, in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions or other
underwriting compensation 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 or the applicable Trust 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 or the applicable Trust) may be deemed to be underwriters, and any
discounts, commissions or other underwriting compensation 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 or the applicable
Trust, as the case may be, underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in
the distribution of Securities may be entitled to indemnification 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
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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 offering made hereby will be
passed upon for the Company by Eberhard G.H. Schmoller, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, and by Brown & Wood llp, San
Francisco, California. As of June 30, 1998, Mr. Schmoller owned approximately
4,444 shares of Common Stock, held options to acquire approximately 184,866
additional shares of Common Stock, owned 10,500 shares of restricted Common
Stock, and beneficially owned approximately 120 shares of Series B Preferred
Stock, which, on such date, were convertible into approximately 565 shares of
Common Stock. The validity of the Trust Preferred Securities will be passed
upon for the Company and the Trusts by Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington,
Delaware.
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
and therein 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................... $ 66,375
Blue Sky fees and expenses...................................... 10,000
Rating agency fees.............................................. 150,000
Legal fees and expenses......................................... 250,000
Accounting fees and expenses.................................... 50,000
Trustees' fees and expenses..................................... 20,000
Printing and engraving.......................................... 75,000
Miscellaneous................................................... 28,625
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Total......................................................... $650,000
========
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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.
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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
(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 of the DGCL 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 or
incorporated by reference or to be included or incorporated by reference 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
(incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (No. 33-60619))
1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement for the other Securities registered
hereby(a)
4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 1987)
4(b) By-Laws of the Company, as amended(b)
4(c) Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference
from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-
26595))
4(d)(i) Form of Indenture for senior Debt Securities, senior subordinated
Debt Securities, subordinated Debt Securities, junior subordinated
Debt Securities and Debt Securities of any other ranking(b)(e)
4(d)(ii) Form of Indenture for senior Debt Securities, senior subordinated
Debt Securities, subordinated Debt Securities, junior subordinated
Debt Securities and Debt Securities of any other ranking(b)(e)
4(e) Form of Indenture dated as of June 11, 1997 between the Company and
The First National Bank of Chicago (incorporated by reference from
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 1997)
4(f) Form of First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 11, 1997
between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago
(incorporated by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K dated June 11, 1997)
4(g) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement(b)
4(h) Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock(a)
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4(i) Form of certificate evidencing senior Debt Securities, senior subordinated Debt Securities,
subordinated
Debt Securities, junior subordinated Debt Securities and Debt Securities of any other ranking(b)
4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement including form of Depositary Receipt(b)
4(k) Certificate of Trust of CNF Trust II(b)
4(l) Certificate of Trust of CNF Trust III(b)
4(m) Trust Agreement of CNF Trust II(b)
4(n) Trust Agreement of CNF Trust III(b)
4(o) Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of CNF Trust II, including form of Trust Preferred
Security(b)
4(p) Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of CNF Trust III, including form of Trust
Preferred
Security(b)
4(q) Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement with respect to Trust Preferred Securities of CNF
Trust II(b)
4(r) Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement with respect to Trust Preferred Securities of CNF
Trust III(b)
5(a) Opinion of Brown & Wood llp as to the validity of the Securities other than the Trust Preferred
Securities(b)
5(b) Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger as to the validity of the Trust Preferred Securities(b)
12(a) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the five years ended December 31, 1997(d)
12(b) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for the
five years ended December 31, 1997(d)
12(c) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for the six months ended June 30, 1997 and
1998(b)
12(d) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for the
six months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998(b)
23(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants(b)
23(b) Consent of Brown & Wood llp (included in Exhibit 5(a))
23(c) Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5(b))
24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors(d)
25(a) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the trustee or trustees for Debt Securities(c)
25(b) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of The First National Bank of Chicago(b)
25(c) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with respect to Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of CNF Trust II(c)
25(d) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with respect to Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of CNF Trust III(c)
25(e) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with respect to Preferred Securities Guarantee
Agreement
of CNF Trust II(c)
25(f) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with respect to Preferred Securities Guarantee
Agreement
of CNF Trust III(c)
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(a) To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b) Filed herewith.
(c) To be filed in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939.
(d) Filed previously.
(e) This form of Indenture permits the issuance thereunder of Debt Securities
with any one or more different rankings. The Company is filing separate
forms of Indenture to permit the Company to enter into separate Indentures
with different trustees.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(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 a registrant 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
Company'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
registrants, pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 or otherwise,
each 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 a 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
registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
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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.
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a
form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or
(4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part
of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
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.
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the
purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee under subsection (a) of
Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
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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 November 10,
1998.
CNF Transportation Inc.
/s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
By: _________________________________
Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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 indicated on November 10, 1998.
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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<C> <S>
/s/ Donald E. Moffitt* Chairman of the Board and Director
____________________________________
Donald E. Moffitt
/s/ Gregory L. Quesnel* President and Chief Executive Officer and
____________________________________ Director
Gregory L. Quesnel (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Chutta Ratnathicam* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
____________________________________ Officer
Chutta Ratnathicam (Principal Financial and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert Alpert* Director
____________________________________
Robert Alpert
/s/ Earl F. Cheit* Director
____________________________________
Earl F. Cheit
/s/ Richard A. Clarke* Director
____________________________________
Richard A. Clarke
/s/ Margaret G. Gill* Director
____________________________________
Margaret G. Gill
/s/ Robert Jaunich II* Director
____________________________________
Robert Jaunich II
/s/ W. Keith Kennedy, Jr.* Director
____________________________________
W. Keith Kennedy, Jr.
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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<C> <S>
/s/ Richard B. Madden*
____________________________________ Director
Richard B. Madden
/s/ Michael J. Murray*
____________________________________ Director
Michael J. Murray
/s/ Robert D. Rogers*
____________________________________ Director
Robert D. Rogers
/s/ William J. Schroeder*
____________________________________ Director
William J. Schroeder
/s/ Robert P. Wayman*
____________________________________ Director
Robert P. Wayman
</TABLE>
/s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
*By: ____________________________
Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
Attorney-in-Fact
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, CNF Trust II
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 November 10,
1998.
CNF Trust II
By:CNF Transportation Inc.,
as Sponsor
/s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
By: _________________________________
Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, CNF Trust III
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 November 10,
1998.
CNF Trust III
By:CNF Transportation Inc.,
as Sponsor
/s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
By: _________________________________
Eberhard G.H. Schmoller
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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SEQUENTIALLY
EXHIBIT NUMBERED
NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for
Debt Securities (incorporated by reference from the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
33-60619))..........................................
1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement for the other
Securities registered hereby(a).....................
4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference from the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1987).....................................
4(b) By-Laws of the Company, as amended (b)..............
4(c) Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
(incorporated by reference from the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-
26595)).............................................
4(d)(i) Form of Indenture for senior Debt Securities, senior
subordinated Debt Securities, subordinated Debt
Securities, junior subordinated Debt Securities and
Debt Securities of any other ranking(b)(e)..........
4(d)(ii) Form of Indenture for senior Debt Securities, senior
subordinated Debt Securities, subordinated Debt
Securities, junior subordinated Debt Securities and
Debt Securities of any other ranking(b)(e)..........
4(e) Form of Indenture dated as of June 11, 1997 between
the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago
(incorporated by reference from the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 1997).....
4(f) Form of First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
June 11, 1997 between the Company and The First
National Bank of Chicago (incorporated by reference
from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
June 11, 1997)......................................
4(g) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement(b)...........
4(h) Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred
Stock(a)............................................
4(i) Form of certificate evidencing senior Debt
Securities, senior subordinated Debt Securities,
subordinated Debt Securities, junior subordinated
Debt Securities and Debt Securities of any other
ranking(b)..........................................
4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement including form of
Depositary Receipt(b)...............................
4(k) Certificate of Trust of CNF Trust II(b).............
4(l) Certificate of Trust of CNF Trust III(b)............
4(m) Trust Agreement of CNF Trust II(b)..................
4(n) Trust Agreement of CNF Trust III(b).................
4(o) Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
CNF Trust II, including form of Trust Preferred
Security(b).........................................
4(p) Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
CNF Trust III, including form of Trust Preferred
Security(b).........................................
4(q) Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement
with respect to Trust Preferred Securities of
CNF Trust II(b).....................................
4(r) Form of Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement
with respect to Trust Preferred Securities of
CNF Trust III(b)....................................
5(a) Opinion of Brown & Wood llp as to the validity of
the Securities other than the Trust Preferred
Securities(b).......................................
5(b) Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger as to the
validity of the Trust Preferred Securities(b).......
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SEQUENTIALLY
EXHIBIT NUMBERED
NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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12(a) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for
the five years ended December 31, 1997(d)..............
12(b) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed
Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for the five
years ended December 31, 1997(d).......................
12(c) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges for
the six months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998(b).........
12(d) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed
Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for the
six months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998(b).............
23(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants(b)...........
23(b) Consent of Brown & Wood llp (included in Exhibit
5(a))..................................................
23(c) Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in
Exhibit 5(b))..........................................
24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and
directors(d)...........................................
25(a) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the trustee or
trustees for Debt Securities(c)........................
25(b) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of The First National
Bank of Chicago(b).....................................
25(c) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with
respect to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
CNF Trust II(c)........................................
25(d) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with
respect to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
CNF Trust III(c).......................................
25(e) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with
respect to Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement of
CNF Trust II(c)........................................
25(f) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee with
respect to Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement of
CNF Trust III(c).......................................
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(a) To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b) Filed herewith.
(c) To be filed in accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939.
(d) Filed previously.
(e) This form of Indenture permits the issuance thereunder of Debt Securities
with any one or more different rankings. The Company is filing separate
forms of Indenture to permit the Company to enter into separate Indentures
with different trustees.
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EXHIBIT 4(b)
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
BYLAWS
As Amended September 28, 1998
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.
SECTION 2. Other Offices. The Corporation shall also have and maintain a
principal office or place of business at such place as may be fixed by the
Board of Directors, and may also have other offices at such other places both
within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
SECTION 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation
shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as
may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or, if not so
designated, then at the principal office of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Annual Meetings. The annual meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation for the purpose of election of directors and for such other
business as may lawfully come before the meetings shall be held on a date and
at a time designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. No business
may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business
that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement
thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly
authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the
annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly
authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the
annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder
of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section
2 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in this Section 2.
In addition to any other applicable requirement, for business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the
Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to
the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of
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stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is
called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so
received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following
the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public
disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs.
To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must set
forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before this annual
meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before
the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual
meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class
or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are
owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person
or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such
business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in
business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in
person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the
meeting.
Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be
conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 2.
The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and
declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the
meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2, and if he should
so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business shall
not be transacted.
SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the
Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by the Chief Executive
Officer or the Board of Directors at any time. Upon written request of any
stockholder or stockholders holding in the aggregate a majority of the voting
power of all stockholders, the Secretary shall call a meeting of stockholders
to be held not less than thirty (30) and not more than ninety (90) days after
the receipt of the request, on such date and at such time and place as may be
designated by the Board of Directors. If the Secretary, within forty-five (45)
days following receipt of the request, shall neglect or refuse to call the
meeting in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence, the
stockholder or stockholders making the request may do so.
SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders
shall be given not less than ten nor more than 50 days before the date of the
meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, directed to his address
as it appears upon the books of the Corporation; said notice to specify the
place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting. When a meeting is
adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned
meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which
the
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adjournment is taken unless the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or
unless after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, in which event a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to
each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Notice of the
time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in
writing, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any
stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy. Any stockholder
so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any
such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
SECTION 5. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise
provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by the Bylaws,
the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a
majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. Shares, the voting of which at said
meeting has been enjoined, or which for any reason cannot be lawfully voted at
such meeting shall not be counted to determine a quorum at said meeting. In the
absence of a quorum any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to
time, by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat,
but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum is present or represented any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. The
stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is
present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding
the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
all action taken by the holders of a majority of the voting power represented
at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon
the Corporation.
SECTION 6. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in
whose names shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the
Corporation on the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to
vote at said meeting shall be entitled to vote at such meeting. Shares
standing in the names of two or more persons shall be voted or represented in
accordance with the determination of the majority of such persons, or, if only
one of such persons is present in person or represented by proxy, such person
shall have the right to vote such shares and such shares shall be deemed to be
represented for the purpose of determining a quorum. Every person entitled to
vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by
an agent or agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or
his duly authorized agent, which proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of
the Corporation at or before the meeting at which it is to be used. Said proxy
so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted on after three
years from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
SECTION 7. List of Stockholders. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger
of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every
meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote
at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and
the
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number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be
open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the
meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days
prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to
be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if
not specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list
shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole
time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
SECTION 8. Action Without Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a
meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any
corporate action by any provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of
Incorporation, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with: (1)
if all of the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote upon the action
if such meeting were held shall consent in writing to such corporate action
being taken; or (2) if the Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the action
to be taken with the written consent of the holders of less than all of the
stock who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if a meeting were
held, then on the written consent of the stockholders having not less than
such percentage of the number of votes as may be authorized in the Certificate
of Incorporation; provided that in no case shall the written consent be by the
holders of stock having less than the minimum percentage of the vote required
by statute for the proposed corporate action, and provided that prompt notice
must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a
meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.
SECTION 9. Rules of Conduct. The Board of Directors of the Company shall be
entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of
stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to
such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of
the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules,
regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such
chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of
the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of
business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such
meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized
and constituted proxies, and such other persons as the chairman shall permit,
restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement
thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for
balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless, and to the
extent, determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting,
meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with
rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
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SECTION 1. Powers. The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised, its
business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Number, Qualifications and Classification. (a) A majority of the
directors holding office may by resolution increase or decrease the number of
directors, provided, however, that the number thereof shall never be less than
twelve nor greater than fifteen. A director need not be a stockholder. The
directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and
Class III, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors
permits. At the 1985 annual meeting of stockholders, Class I directors shall be
elected for a one-year term, Class II directors for a two-year term and Class
III directors for a three-year term. At each succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders beginning in 1986, successors to the class of directors whose term
expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the
number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned
among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as
nearly equal as possible, and any additional directors of any class elected to
fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a
term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case
will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent
director. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in
which his term expires and until his successor shall be elected and shall
qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification or removal from office. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors,
including any vacancy that results from an increase in the number of directors,
may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, although
less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to
fill a vacancy shall have the same remaining term as that of his predecessor.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more
classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the
right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or
special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of
vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the
terms of the Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such
directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to these
Bylaws unless expressly provided by such terms.
(c) Any amendment, change or repeal of this Section 2 of Article III, or any
other amendment to these Bylaws that will have the effect of permitting
circumvention of or modifying this Section 2 of Article III, shall require the
favorable vote, at a stockholders' meeting, of the holders of at least 80 of
the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote.
SECTION 3. "Intentionally Omitted."
SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to
exist in the case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if
the number of directors constituting the whole Board be increased, or if the
stockholders, at any meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be
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elected, fail to elect the number of directors then constituting the whole
Board.
SECTION 5. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his
written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it
will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall
be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 6. Meetings. (a) The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be
held at such time and place as the Board may determine. No notice of the annual
meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary if such meeting is held
immediately after the annual stockholders meeting and at the place where such
stockholders meeting is held. If the annual meeting of the Board of Directors
is held on a different date, or at a different time or place, notice of the
date, time and place of such annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be
furnished to each director in accordance with the procedures of Article III,
Section 6(c) of these Bylaws. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other
business as may lawfully come before it.
(b) Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place
within or without the State of Delaware, and at such times as the Board may
from time to time determine, and if so determined no notice thereof need be
given.
(c) Special meetings may be called at any time and place within or without the
State of Delaware upon the call of the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary or
any two directors. Notice of the date, time, place and purposes of each special
meeting, and notice of the date, time and place of each annual and regular
meeting for which notice is required to be given, shall be sent by mail at
least seventy-two hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by telegram
at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by
facsimile at least twenty-four hours in advance of the time of the meeting, to
the address or facsimile number (as applicable) of each director. Notice of
any special meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the
meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat.
SECTION 7. Quorum and Voting. (a) A majority of the whole Board of Directors
shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, provided, however, at any meeting
whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present
may adjourn from time to time and place to place, within or without the State
of Delaware, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.
(b) At each meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present all questions and
business shall be determined by a vote of a majority of the directors present,
unless a different vote be required by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation.
SECTION 8. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted
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to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee
thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or of such
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
SECTION 9. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall not receive any stated salary
for their services as directors, but, by resolution of the Board, compensation
in a reasonable amount may be fixed by the Board, including, without
limitation, compensation in the form of an annual retainer, a fee for each
Board or Board Committee meeting attended, reimbursement for expenses of
attendance at any such meeting, or any combination of any of the foregoing.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from
serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee,
or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.
SECTION 10. Maximum Age of Directors. Directors who have attained the age of 72
years shall be ineligible to stand for election or reelection as a director.
Except as may otherwise be determined by the Board of Directors, a director who
has attained the age of 72 years whose term as a director continues beyond the
annual meeting of shareholders next following attainment of 72 years shall
retire and resign as a director at the first directors meeting following such
annual meeting of shareholders. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of
Directors in accordance with the preceding sentence, for this purpose such
resignation will be automatic and need not meet the requirements for
resignation set forth in Section 5 of this Article III.
SECTION 11. Nominations of Persons for Election to the Board of Directors. Only
persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures set forth
in these Bylaws shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation.
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at
any annual meeting of stockholders (a) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder
of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the
giving of the notice provided for in this Section 11 and on the record date
for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote and (II) who complies
with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11.
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made
by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in
proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the
anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders;
provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a
date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date,
notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later
than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which
notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the
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date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs.
To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must set
forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for
election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence
address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the
person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv)
any other information relating to the person that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to
Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the |Exchange
Act|), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the
stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of such
stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of
the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder,
(iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such
stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons
(including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by
such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to
appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate the persons
named in its notice and (v) any other information relating to such stockholder
that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings
required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election
of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a
written consent of each proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve
as a director if elected. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to
furnish any other information that may reasonably be required by the
Corporation to determine the qualifications of such proposed nominee to serve
as a director of the Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as
a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth herein. These provisions shall not apply to nomination of
any persons entitled to be separately elected by holders of Preferred Stock.
The Chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and
declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the
foregoing procedures, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the
meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. Officers Designated. The executive officers of the Corporation shall
be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be the Chairman of the Board, the
President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, one or more Assistant
Secretaries, the Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other
executive officers as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate.
The Board of Directors shall designate either the Chairman of the Board or the
President as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The officer so
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designated shall have charge of the actual conduct and operation of the
business of the Corporation, subject to the control and direction of the Board
of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall, with the consent of the Board
of Directors, assign such additional titles to Vice Presidents as he shall
deem appropriate and designate the succession of officers to act in his stead
in his absence or disability. He may appoint additional Vice Presidents who
shall not, however, be executive officers. He shall assign all duties not
otherwise specified by these Bylaws to all officers and employees of the
Corporation.
SECTION 2. Election, Qualification, Tenure of Office, and Duties of Executive
Officers and Other Officers. (a) At the annual meeting of the Board of
Directors following their election by the stockholders, the directors shall
elect all executive officers of the Corporation. Any one person may hold any
number of offices of the Corporation at any one time unless specifically
prohibited therefrom by law. The Chairman of the Board shall be a director but
no other officer need be a director.
(b) Each executive officer shall hold office from the date of his election
either until the date of his voluntary resignation, or death, or until the next
annual meeting of the Board of Directors and until a successor shall have been
duly elected and qualified, whichever shall first occur; provided that any such
officer may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the
best interest of the Corporation will be served thereby, and the Board may
elect another in the place and stead of the person so removed.
(c) Chairman of the Board: The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders, of the Board of Directors, and of the Executive
Committee. He shall have the responsibility of keeping the directors informed
on all policy matters, and shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Board.
(d) President: The President shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board
preside at all meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and the
Executive Committee. He shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of
the other duties of the Chairman of the Board in the absence of the Chairman of
the Board. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Chairman of the Board.
(e) Vice Presidents: The Vice Presidents shall have such duties and have such
other powers as shall be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. Such Vice
President as may be designated by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the
Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders.
(f) Secretary: The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the meetings
of the Corporation and of the directors in a book or books kept for that
purpose. He shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices on behalf of
the Corporation. He shall have the custody of the corporate seal and affix the
same to such instruments as may be required. He shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive
Officer.
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(g) Assistant Secretaries: Assistant Secretaries shall assist the Secretary in
the performance of his duties and any one of the Assistant Secretaries may
perform all of the duties of the Secretary if at any time he shall be unable to
act. Assistant Secretaries shall have such other powers and perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer.
(h) Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have charge of the custody, control and
disposition of all funds of the Corporation and shall account for same. He
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be
prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer.
(i) Assistant Treasurers: Assistant Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in
the performance of his duties and any one of the Assistant Treasurers may
perform all of the duties of the Treasurer if at any time he shall be unable
to act. Assistant Treasurers shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer.
SECTION 3. Committees. (a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors shall,
by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint an Executive
Committee of not less than three members, all of whom shall be directors. The
Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law, shall have and may
exercise when the Board of Directors is not in session all powers of the Board
in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may
authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Corporation to record
the minutes of all actions of the Executive Committee.
(b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole Board, from time to time appoint such other committees as
may be permitted by law. The Chief Executive Officer may appoint such other
committees as he finds necessary to the conduct of the Corporation's business.
Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be
prescribed by the body or person appointing such committee.
(c) Term; Number of Committee Members. The members of all committees of the
Board of Directors shall serve a term coexistent with that members remaining
term as a member of the Board of Directors, or until such time as the Board of
Directors shall replace that member on such committee or ask that member to
accept another committee assignment in its stead. The Board, subject to the
provisions of subsection (a) and (b) of this Section 3, may at any time
increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the
existence of a committee; provided, that no committee, while it exists, shall
consist of less than three members. The membership of a committee member shall
terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation, but the Board may
at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the
Board may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or
increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may
designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, to
replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If
the qualified members of
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a committee, in attendance at a committee meeting, believe that the absence or
disqualification of one or more members of that committee seriously impairs the
function of that committee, such remaining qualified members, whether or not
constituting a quorum, may by unanimous action appoint another member of the
Board of Directors to act as a committee member at that meeting.
(d) Notice of Committee Meetings. Notice of the date, time and place of each
committee meeting shall be sent to each committee member by mail at least
seventy-two hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by telegram at
least forty-eight hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by facsimile
at least twenty-four hours in advance of the time of the meeting, to the
address or facsimile number (as applicable) of each committee member.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1. Form and Execution of Certificates. Certificates for the shares of
stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as are consistent with the
Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the
Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name
of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice
President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the
Corporation. Where such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent other
than the Corporation or its employee, or by a registrar other than the
Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be a
facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or
whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased
to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is
issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were
such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
SECTION 2. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming
the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue
of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal
representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require
and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with
respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
SECTION 3. Transfers. Transfers of record of shares of the capital stock of the
Corporation shall be made upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or
by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a certificate or
certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by
a properly endorsed stock power.
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SECTION 4. Fixing Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or
any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in
respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of
any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record
date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the
date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If
no record date is fixed: (1) the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given,
or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding
the day on which the meeting is held; and (2) the record date for determining
stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the
day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
SECTION 5. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner
of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or
shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or
other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE VI
OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the Corporation, other
than stock certificates, may be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by
the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile
of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or such
other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall
be authenticated by a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond,
debenture or other corporate securities shall be issued, the signatures of the
persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or
other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of
such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or
other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be
signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, or such
other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted
thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any person who shall
have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or
whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon,
shall have ceased to be an officer before the bond, debenture or other
corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond,
debenture or other
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corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the Corporation and issued
and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile
signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of
the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
Power to Vote. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer, or any officer designated in writing by the Chief Executive
Officer, shall have full power and authority in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation, to vote and to act either in person or by proxy at any meeting of
the holders of stock or securities in any corporation upon and in respect of
any securities therein which the Corporation may hold, and shall possess and
may exercise in the name of the Corporation any and all rights and powers
incident to the ownership of such stock or securities which, as the owner
thereof, the Corporation shall possess and might exercise including the right
to give written consents in respect to action taken or to be taken. The Board
of Directors may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or
persons.
ARTICLE VIII
CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the inscription, CNF
Transportation Inc. Corporate Seal Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be repealed, altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by
written consent of stockholders in the manner authorized by Section 8 of
Article II or at any meeting of the stockholders, either annual or special, by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such
meeting. The Board of Directors shall also have the authority to repeal, alter
or amend these Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws by unanimous written consent or by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board at any annual, regular,
or special meeting subject to the power of the stockholders to change or
repeal such Bylaws.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in these Bylaws and wherever the context shall
require, the word |person| shall include associations, partnerships and
corporations as well as individuals; words in the masculine gender shall
include the feminine and associations, partnerships and corporations; words in
the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural may mean only
the singular, and words |additional compensation| shall mean and include all
bonus, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation, and all other
additional compensation plans or arrangements affecting persons individually
or as a group.
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SECTION 2. Notices. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is
required to be given to any stockholder, the same shall be given in writing,
timely and duly deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, and
addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of
the Corporation or its transfer agent. Any notice required to be given to any
director may be given by the method hereinabove stated, by personal delivery,
or by telegram, except that such notice, other than one which is delivered
personally, shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in
writing with the Secretary of the Corporation, or, in the absence of such
filing, to the last known post office address of such director. If no address
of a stockholder or director be known, such notice may be sent to the
principal office of the Corporation. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a
duly authorized and competent employee of the Corporation or its transfer
agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the
name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or
stockholders, director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or
were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall be conclusive
evidence of the statements therein contained. All notices given by mail, as
above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing
and all notices given by telegram shall be deemed to have been given as at the
sending time recorded by the telegraph company transmitting the same. It shall
not be necessary that the same method of giving be employed in respect of all
directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or
more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect
of any other or others.
The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any
option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or
within which any directors may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any
privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall
not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or
such director to receive such notice. Whenever any notice is required to be
given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of
Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Whenever notice is required
to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of the Corporation, to any person with whom communication is
unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and
there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a
license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting
which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom
communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such
notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the
Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any
provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate shall
state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to
all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom
communication is unlawful.
SECTION 3. Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Employees and Agents.(a)
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Right to Indemnification. 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, whether civil, criminal, administrative,
or investigative (hereinafter a |Proceeding|), by reason of the fact that he,
or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving
as a director, officer, employee, or agent, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but,
in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment
permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than were
permitted prior to amendment) against all expenses, liability, and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties,
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered
by such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that except as to
actions to enforce indemnification rights pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
Section, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking
indemnification in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred
in this Article shall be a contract right for the benefit of the Corporation's
directors, officers, employees, and agents.
(b) Authority to Advance Expenses. Expenses incurred (including attorneys'
fees) by an officer or director (acting in his capacity as such) in defending
a Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such Proceeding, provided, however, that if required by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, such expenses shall be advanced
only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as
authorized in this Article or otherwise. Such expenses incurred by other
employees or agents of the Corporation (or by the directors or officers not
acting in their capacity as such, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans) may be advanced upon such terms and conditions as the Board of
Directors deems appropriate.
(c) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty days after a
written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any
time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall
be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys' fees) of
prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than
an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending a
Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking
has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the
standards of conduct that make it
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permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to
indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. The burden of proving such a
defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
its stockholders) that the claimant had not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(d) Provisions Nonexclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Section
shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office.
(e) Authority to Insure. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to
protect itself and any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or
agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability,
expense, or loss asserted against or incurred by such person, whether or not
the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability,
expense, or loss under applicable law or the provisions of this Article.
(f) Survival of Rights. The rights provided by this Section shall continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and
shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such
a person.
(g) Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, repeal, or modification of this Section
shall not (a) adversely affect any right or protection of any director,
officer, employee, or agent existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, or
modification, or (b) apply to the indemnification of any such person for
liability, expense, or loss stemming from actions or omissions occurring prior
to such amendment, repeal, or modification.
CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, Secretary of CNF TRANSPORTATION INC., does hereby certify that
the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Bylaws of CNF TRANSPORTATION
INC., as amended to date hereof.
In witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and affixed the
seal of said corporation this day of , . Secretary of CNF Transportation Inc.
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CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
INCORPORATED IN DELAWARE AUGUST 13, 1958
UNDER THE CORPORATE NAME OF
CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS COMPANY
BYLAWS
As Amended September 28, 1998
CFI-0114 (9/98)Litho in U.S.A.
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EXHIBIT 4(d)(i)
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CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
Issuer
to
#,
Trustee
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INDENTURE
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Dated as of #
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act")
and Indenture
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Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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<S> <C>
(S)310(a)(1) ............................................ 607
(a)(2) ............................................ 607
(b) ............................................ 608
(S)312(a) ............................................ 701
(b) ............................................ 702
(c) ............................................ 702
(S)313(a) ............................................ 703
(b)(2) ............................................ 703
(c) ............................................ 703
(d) ............................................ 703
(S)314(a) ............................................ 704
(c)(1) ............................................ 102
(c)(2) ............................................ 102
(e) ............................................ 102
(f) ............................................ 102
(S)316(a) (last sentence) ............................................ 101
(a)(1)(A) ............................................ 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) ............................................ 513
(b) ............................................ 508
(S)317(a)(1) ............................................ 503
(a)(2) ............................................ 504
(b) ............................................ 1003
(S)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
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Recitals................................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions................................................... 2
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.......................... 10
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee........................ 11
Section 104. Acts of Holders............................................... 11
Section 105. Notices, etc.................................................. 13
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver....................... 13
Section 107. Language of Notices........................................... 14
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................. 14
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...................... 14
Section 110. Successors and Assigns........................................ 14
Section 111. Separability Clause........................................... 14
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture......................................... 15
Section 113. Governing Law................................................. 15
Section 114. Legal Holidays................................................ 15
Section 115. Counterparts.................................................. 15
Section 116. Judgment Currency............................................. 15
Section 117. Extension of Payment Dates.................................... 16
Section 118. Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents
of the Company............................................. 16
ARTICLE TWO
Securities Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally............................................... 16
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
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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
Section 404. Effect on Subordination Provisions............................ 37
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default............................................. 38
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.......................................... 43
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal
and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts............ 43
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
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Section 602. Notice of Defaults............................................ 47
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........ 47
Section 604. May Hold Securities........................................... 48
Section 605. Money Held in Trust........................................... 48
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement................................ 48
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility....................... 49
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............................................ 54
Section 704. Reports by Company............................................ 55
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger and Sales
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.................................. 55
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted for Company...................... 56
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders............ 56
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............ 59
Section 906. Effect on Senior Indebtedness................................. 60
Section 907. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act........................... 60
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.................................................... 60
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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.......................................... 63
Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................. 64
Section 1007. Company Statement as to Compliance........................... 64
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article..................................... 64
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee........................ 64
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed............ 65
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption......................................... 65
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................. 67
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date........................ 67
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................. 68
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article..................................... 68
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities........ 69
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.................... 69
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Repayment at the Option of Holders
Section 1301. Applicability of Article..................................... 70
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Securities in Foreign Currencies
Section 1401. Applicability of Article..................................... 70
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.................... 70
Section 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings........................... 71
Section 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings......................... 71
Section 1504. Quorum; Action............................................... 71
Section 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings.................................... 72
Section 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............. 73
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
Subordination of Subordinated Securities
Section 1601. Agreement to Subordinate..................................... 74
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INDENTURE, dated as of # (the "Indenture"), among CNF TRANSPORTATION 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 #, a banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America (hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
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, to have
such relative rankings in priority of payment, 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; provided that such amounts are specifically identified as "Additional
Amounts" in the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental
indenture, as the case may be, establishing the terms of such Securities
pursuant to Section 301 hereof; and, provided, further, that the term Additional
Amounts shall not include any amounts identified as "additional interest" or
"compound interest" or "#" which may be payable with respect to the Securities
of any series unless otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"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; and the term "Affiliated" has a meaning
correlative to the foregoing. For the purposes of
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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.
"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, 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.
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"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 a Vice
President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"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 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 #, Attention: #.
"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.
"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.
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"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency,
including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more
countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such government.
"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 the relevant 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 with respect to any Person (a) any liability of such
Person (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 such Person 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 originally executed or 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),
provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as
Trustee under this
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instrument, "Indenture" shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally
executed or 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 shall include the terms of those particular series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee established pursuant to Section 301,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other
series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted.
"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.
"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 a Redemption Date
for such Security.
"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 a Vice President, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
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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, 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 and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, unless there
shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
and to the Company 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
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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 (other than a Trust) 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.
"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.
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"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 or employee of the Trustee to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of
Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness," when used with respect to the Subordinated
Securities of any series, shall have the meaning established pursuant to Section
301(24) with respect to the Subordinated Securities of such series.
"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.
"Subordinated Security" or "Subordinated Securities" means Securities
which, pursuant to Section 301(24), are expressly made subordinate in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness.
"Subordination Provisions", when used with respect to the Subordinated
Securities of any series, shall have the meaning established pursuant to Section
301(24) with respect to the Subordinated Securities of such series.
"Trust" means CNF Trust II and CNF Trust III, each a Delaware business
trust, and their respective successors.
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"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 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, its 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.
"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, any estate the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or any trust
whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States
court and which has one or more United States fiduciaries who have the authority
to control all substantial decisions of the 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, unless otherwise 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 or pursuant to this Indenture,
upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under any provision of
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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 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 upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Company unless such counsel knows 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 made, 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
made, 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
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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.
(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
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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.
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, with a copy addressed to the attention
of its General Counsel, in each case 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
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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 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 Securities or
Coupons, and, in the case of the Subordinated Securities of any series, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, 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 sum due in respect of the principal of, or
premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on
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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. The
provisions of this Section 116 shall not be applicable with respect to any
payment due on a Security which is payable in Dollars.
Section 117. Extension of Payment Dates.
In the event that (i) the terms of any Security or Coupon appertaining
thereto established in or pursuant to this Indenture permit the Company or any
Holder thereof to extend the date on which any payment of principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, with
respect to such Security or Coupon is due and payable and (ii) the due date for
any such payment shall have been so extended, then all references herein to the
Stated Maturity of such payment (and all references of like import) shall be
deemed to refer to the date as so extended.
Section 118. Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of
the Company.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced
thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future stockholder, employee,
officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor,
either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor, under
any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of
any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the
Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
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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
officer of the Company executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by the
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 officer of the Company executing such Securities or Coupons,
as evidenced by the 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.
#,
as Trustee
By __________________________________
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
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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 one or more Board Resolutions 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 Security of such series
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pursuant to Article Thirteen or upon surrender in part of any Security for
conversion or exchange into Common Stock or other securities pursuant to
its terms);
(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, the date as of which any such Bearer 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;
(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 and manner of determining the
exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to
be payable and the Currency in which
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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;
(23) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of
such 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 such 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 Security will be paid if other than in the manner provided
in this Indenture;
(24) If the Securities of such series are Subordinated Securities,
the terms pursuant to which the Securities of such series will be made
subordinate in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness and the definition
of such Senior Indebtedness with
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respect to such series (in the absence of an express statement to the
effect that the Securities of such series are subordinate in right of
payment to all such Senior Indebtedness, the Securities of such series
shall not be subordinate to Senior Indebtedness and shall not constitute
Subordinated Securities); and, in the event that the Securities of such
series are Subordinated Securities, a Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, establishing the
terms of such series shall expressly state which articles, sections or
other provisions thereof constitute the "Subordination Provisions" with
respect to the Securities of such series; and
(25) 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 the Board Resolution, 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 Board
Resolution, 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 Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and
conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Board
Resolution, 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 as contemplated by this Section 301, a series may be
reopened from time to time without consent of any Holder 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.
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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 or one of its Vice Presidents under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by one of its Vice Presidents,
its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, 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;
(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 (if
applicable), executed and attested under the Company's corporate seal 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).
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If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the Company Order, Board Resolution,
indentures supplemental hereto, Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel at
the time of issuance of each Security of such series if such documents (with
such modifications as the Company or legal counsel, as the case may be, may deem
appropriate) are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
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 or as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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
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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 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.
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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
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 for such Securities notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depository for the global
Security or at any time the Depository for such Securities ceases to be a
clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and no successor Depository for such Securities shall have been
appointed within 90 days of
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such notification or of the Company becoming aware of the Depository's ceasing
to be so registered, as the case may be, (ii) the Company, in its sole
discretion, 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 such 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
Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and
in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the 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 Depository, 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 such other 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.
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All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange 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, or portion thereof, so selected for redemption, except in the case of
any Registered 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 simultaneously
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
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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 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 (to the
extent lawful) 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
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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 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
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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.
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
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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.
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 1106,
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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, if applicable, 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 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 606 and, if money
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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, 404, 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 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) of this paragraph, 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,
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powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this
Section 402 and Sections 403 and 404. The Company may exercise its option under
this Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
Section 402(3) 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 Section 1005 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(8) 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
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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 or the
applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, 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 relating to indebtedness for
borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) 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, and, solely in the case of defeasance under
Section 402(2), no Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto under clause (6) or (7) of Section 501 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 under clause (6) or (7) of Section 501 shall have occurred and be
continuing at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition to defeasance
under Section 402(2) 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 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) If the monies or Government Obligations or combination thereof, as
the case may be, deposited under clause (a) above are sufficient to pay the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on and, to the
extent applicable, Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such
Securities provided such Securities are redeemed on a particular Redemption
Date, the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
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instructions to redeem such Securities on such date and to provide notice
of such redemption to Holders as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
(g) 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 (other
than 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.
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
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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 (other than 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 Subordinated Securities of any series, the provisions of Article Sixteen
hereof, insofar as they pertain to the Subordinated Securities of such series,
and the Subordination Provisions established pursuant to Section 301(24) with
respect to such series 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
such series, such Securities shall thereupon cease to be so subordinated and
shall no longer be subject to the provisions of Article Sixteen or the
Subordination Provisions established pursuant to Section 301(24) with respect to
such series 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 or such Subordination
Provisions.
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
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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 deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by
the terms of a Security of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture or 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 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 with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in
excess of $35,000,000, 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 the Company is contesting in good faith 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;
(6) 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
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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
(7) 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
(8) 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, and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, thereon 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, as the case may be,
and such accrued and unpaid interest 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 which have become due otherwise
then by such declaration of acceleration 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
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Amounts with respect thereto and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities,
(c) to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest upon
installments of any interest, if any, which have become due otherwise then
by such declaration of acceleration 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 permitted by applicable law, 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
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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.
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.
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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 with respect to
the Securities of any series, shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal, or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts,
upon presentation of such Securities or the Coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto, 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: If such Securities of such series are Subordinated
Securities, to the payment of amounts then due and unpaid to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, to the extent required
pursuant to the Subordination Provisions established with respect to the
Securities of such series pursuant to Section 301(24);
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;
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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, if any, and (subject to
Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, 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), in each case as the same may be extended, if
applicable, pursuant to the terms of such Security or Coupon, 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.
To the extent permitted by applicable law and 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,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, 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, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
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.
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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;
(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
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(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.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties as Trustee hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
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),
or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts or any sinking 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(4) or 501(8) 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 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
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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:
(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, or 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(6) or 501(7) 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.
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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 indentures 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: (a) this Indenture with respect to series of
Securities that rank equally in right of payment, (b) the Indenture dated as of
August 1, 1989 between the Company and Bank One, Columbus, NA, as successor
trustee, with respect to any series of debt securities thereunder that rank
equally in right of payment to any series of Securities, and (c) the Indenture
dated as of June 11, 1997 between the Company and The First National Bank of
Chicago, as trustee, with respect to any series of debt securities thereunder
that rank equally in right of payment to any series of Securities.
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 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
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(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
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
Company Request, Company Order or 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 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
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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 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, 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.
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(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,
provided that such Corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under
this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor by
merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
In case any Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor
Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such
Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the
full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee.
Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may, with the prior written consent of the Company, 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
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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, with the prior written consent of the
Company, may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable
to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
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.
#,
As Trustee
By______________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By______________________________________
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
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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.
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 [June 1] and [December 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
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in said Sections 313(a) and 313(b)(2) which may have occurred since the later of
the immediately preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(3) Reports pursuant to this Section 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, unless:
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(1) either the Company shall be the continuing or successor Person, or the
Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety
shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture (or indentures, if at such time there is more
than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form reasonably 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 Outstanding 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;
(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 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 and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, if a supplemental indenture is required as aforesaid, such supplemental
indenture complies with this Article and that the conditions precedent provided
in clause (1) and (3) of this Section 801 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 reasonably 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 which may be 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, whether pursuant to a covenant or other
term of any Securities 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 or in any Securities (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, or change the Place of
Payment where or the 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), in each case as such Stated Maturity, Redemption
Date or date for repayment may be extended in accordance with the terms of such
Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, 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
1006, 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, if any, to convert
or exchange any Security for Common Stock or other securities in accordance with
its terms, or
(6) in the case of Subordinated Securities of any series, modify any of
the Subordination Provisions or the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" relating
to such series in a manner adverse to the holders of such Subordinated
Securities.
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 Sections 315(a) through 315(d) 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
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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.
No supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate
the Subordination Provisions or the definition of "Senior Indebtedness"
applicable with respect to the Subordinated Securities of any series in any
manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of such series of
Subordinated Securities to such Senior Indebtedness without the prior written
consent of the Holders of such 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, 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 London Stock Exchange 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
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the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such
exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment at the
place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in
or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment
of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices
or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other Office or
Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York as
the Company's Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York
for such purpose and as Security Registrar. The Company may subsequently
appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York and a different Security Registrar 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 any 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
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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 any 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, or 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 any
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 such
premium or interest or Additional Amount 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, not later than 30 days after the Company's request for such repayment, at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper in each Place of Payment for
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such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series,
or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal
and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and
payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to
the Company.
Section 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.
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Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Section 1005, 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 1007. 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 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 or an Officers' Certificate. 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.
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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 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, unless otherwise directed by the Company, 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,
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(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of
Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after
the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price
and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of
any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all
Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and 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, as applicable, 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.
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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.
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, if any) 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,
unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and Additional Amounts with respect thereto to but
excluding 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, or, at the option of the
Company, after payment to the Trustee for the benefit of the Company of, 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
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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 or, if no rate is prescribed therefor in the Security, at the rate of
interest, if any, borne by such 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.
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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 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.
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,
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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.
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
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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 at least 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
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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. If
the Securities of such series are issuable in minimum denominations of less than
$1,000, then a Holder of such a Security in a principal amount of less than
$1,000 shall be entitled to a fraction of one vote which is equal to the
fraction that the principal amount of such Security bears to $1,000. 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.
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED SECURITIES
Section 1601. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees,
and each Holder of Subordinated Securities of any series 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 Subordinated Securities of such series shall
be expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in the
Subordination Provisions established with respect to the Subordinated Securities
of such series pursuant to Section 301(24) hereof, in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series.
* * * * *
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 as of the day and year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
By__________________________________
Name:
Title:
#,
as Trustee
By___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 4(d)(ii)
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CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
Issuer
to
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Trustee
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INDENTURE
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Dated as of #
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Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act")
and Indenture
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Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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(S)310(a)(1) ............................................ 607
(a)(2) ............................................ 607
(b) ............................................ 608
(S)312(a) ............................................ 701
(b) ............................................ 702
(c) ............................................ 702
(S)313(a) ............................................ 703
(b)(2) ............................................ 703
(c) ............................................ 703
(d) ............................................ 703
(S)314(a) ............................................ 704
(c)(1) ............................................ 102
(c)(2) ............................................ 102
(e) ............................................ 102
(f) ............................................ 102
(S)316(a) (last sentence) ............................................ 101
(a)(1)(A) ............................................ 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) ............................................ 513
(b) ............................................ 508
(S)317(a)(1) ............................................ 503
(a)(2) ............................................ 504
(b) ............................................ 1003
(S)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
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Recitals................................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions................................................... 2
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.......................... 10
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee........................ 11
Section 104. Acts of Holders............................................... 11
Section 105. Notices, etc.................................................. 13
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver....................... 13
Section 107. Language of Notices........................................... 14
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................. 14
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents...................... 14
Section 110. Successors and Assigns........................................ 14
Section 111. Separability Clause........................................... 14
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture......................................... 15
Section 113. Governing Law................................................. 15
Section 114. Legal Holidays................................................ 15
Section 115. Counterparts.................................................. 15
Section 116. Judgment Currency............................................. 15
Section 117. Extension of Payment Dates.................................... 16
Section 118. Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents
of the Company............................................. 16
ARTICLE TWO
Securities Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally............................................... 16
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
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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
Section 404. Effect on Subordination Provisions............................ 37
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default............................................. 38
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.......................................... 43
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal
and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts............ 43
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
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Section 602. Notice of Defaults............................................ 47
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........ 47
Section 604. May Hold Securities........................................... 48
Section 605. Money Held in Trust........................................... 48
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement................................ 48
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility....................... 49
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............................................ 54
Section 704. Reports by Company............................................ 55
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger and Sales
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.................................. 55
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted for Company...................... 56
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders............ 56
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............ 59
Section 906. Effect on Senior Indebtedness................................. 60
Section 907. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act........................... 60
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.................................................... 60
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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.......................................... 63
Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................. 64
Section 1007. Company Statement as to Compliance........................... 64
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article..................................... 64
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee........................ 64
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed............ 65
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption......................................... 65
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................. 67
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date........................ 67
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................. 68
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article..................................... 68
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities........ 69
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.................... 69
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Repayment at the Option of Holders
Section 1301. Applicability of Article..................................... 70
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Securities in Foreign Currencies
Section 1401. Applicability of Article..................................... 70
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.................... 70
Section 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings........................... 71
Section 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings......................... 71
Section 1504. Quorum; Action............................................... 71
Section 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings.................................... 72
Section 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............. 73
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
Subordination of Subordinated Securities
Section 1601. Agreement to Subordinate..................................... 74
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INDENTURE, dated as of # (the "Indenture"), among CNF TRANSPORTATION 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 #, a banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America (hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
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, to have
such relative rankings in priority of payment, 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; provided that such amounts are specifically identified as "Additional
Amounts" in the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental
indenture, as the case may be, establishing the terms of such Securities
pursuant to Section 301 hereof; and, provided, further, that the term Additional
Amounts shall not include any amounts identified as "additional interest" or
"compound interest" or "#" which may be payable with respect to the Securities
of any series unless otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"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; and the term "Affiliated" has a meaning
correlative to the foregoing. For the purposes of
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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.
"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, 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.
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"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 a Vice
President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"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 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 #, Attention: #.
"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.
"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.
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"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency,
including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more
countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such government.
"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 the relevant 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 with respect to any Person (a) any liability of such
Person (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 such Person 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 originally executed or 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),
provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as
Trustee under this
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instrument, "Indenture" shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally
executed or 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 shall include the terms of those particular series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee established pursuant to Section 301,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other
series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted.
"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.
"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 a Redemption Date
for such Security.
"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 a Vice President, the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
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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, 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 and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, unless there
shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
and to the Company 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
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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 (other than a Trust) 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.
"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.
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"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 or employee of the Trustee to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of
Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness," when used with respect to the Subordinated
Securities of any series, shall have the meaning established pursuant to Section
301(24) with respect to the Subordinated Securities of such series.
"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.
"Subordinated Security" or "Subordinated Securities" means Securities
which, pursuant to Section 301(24), are expressly made subordinate in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness.
"Subordination Provisions", when used with respect to the Subordinated
Securities of any series, shall have the meaning established pursuant to Section
301(24) with respect to the Subordinated Securities of such series.
"Trust" means CNF Trust II and CNF Trust III, each a Delaware business
trust, and their respective successors.
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"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 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, its 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.
"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, any estate the income of which is subject to
United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or any trust
whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States
court and which has one or more United States fiduciaries who have the authority
to control all substantial decisions of the 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, unless otherwise 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 or pursuant to this Indenture,
upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under any provision of
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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 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 upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Company unless such counsel knows 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 made, 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
made, 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
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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.
(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
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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.
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, with a copy addressed to the attention
of its General Counsel, in each case 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
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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 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 Securities or
Coupons, and, in the case of the Subordinated Securities of any series, the
holders of Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, 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 sum due in respect of the principal of, or
premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on
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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. The
provisions of this Section 116 shall not be applicable with respect to any
payment due on a Security which is payable in Dollars.
Section 117. Extension of Payment Dates.
In the event that (i) the terms of any Security or Coupon appertaining
thereto established in or pursuant to this Indenture permit the Company or any
Holder thereof to extend the date on which any payment of principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, with
respect to such Security or Coupon is due and payable and (ii) the due date for
any such payment shall have been so extended, then all references herein to the
Stated Maturity of such payment (and all references of like import) shall be
deemed to refer to the date as so extended.
Section 118. Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of
the Company.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced
thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future stockholder, employee,
officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor,
either directly or through the Company or any predecessor or successor, under
any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of
any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the
Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
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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
officer of the Company executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by the
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 officer of the Company executing such Securities or Coupons,
as evidenced by the 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.
#,
as Trustee
By __________________________________
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
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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 one or more Board Resolutions 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 Security of such series
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pursuant to Article Thirteen or upon surrender in part of any Security for
conversion or exchange into Common Stock or other securities pursuant to
its terms);
(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, the date as of which any such Bearer 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;
(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 and manner of determining the
exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to
be payable and the Currency in which
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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;
(23) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of
such 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 such 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 Security will be paid if other than in the manner provided
in this Indenture;
(24) If the Securities of such series are Subordinated Securities,
the terms pursuant to which the Securities of such series will be made
subordinate in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness and the definition
of such Senior Indebtedness with
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respect to such series (in the absence of an express statement to the
effect that the Securities of such series are subordinate in right of
payment to all such Senior Indebtedness, the Securities of such series
shall not be subordinate to Senior Indebtedness and shall not constitute
Subordinated Securities); and, in the event that the Securities of such
series are Subordinated Securities, a Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture, as the case may be, establishing the
terms of such series shall expressly state which articles, sections or
other provisions thereof constitute the "Subordination Provisions" with
respect to the Securities of such series; and
(25) 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 the Board Resolution, 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 Board
Resolution, 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 Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and
conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Board
Resolution, 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 as contemplated by this Section 301, a series may be
reopened from time to time without consent of any Holder 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.
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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 or one of its Vice Presidents under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by one of its Vice Presidents,
its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, 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;
(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 (if
applicable), executed and attested under the Company's corporate seal 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).
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If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the Company Order, Board Resolution,
indentures supplemental hereto, Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel at
the time of issuance of each Security of such series if such documents (with
such modifications as the Company or legal counsel, as the case may be, may deem
appropriate) are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
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 or as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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
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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 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.
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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
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 for such Securities notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depository for the global
Security or at any time the Depository for such Securities ceases to be a
clearing agency registered as such under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and no successor Depository for such Securities shall have been
appointed within 90 days of
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such notification or of the Company becoming aware of the Depository's ceasing
to be so registered, as the case may be, (ii) the Company, in its sole
discretion, 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 such 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
Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and
in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the 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 Depository, 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 such other 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.
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All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same
debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or
the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange 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, or portion thereof, so selected for redemption, except in the case of
any Registered 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 simultaneously
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
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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 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 (to the
extent lawful) 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
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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 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
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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.
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
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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.
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 1106,
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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, if applicable, 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 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 606 and, if money
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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, 404, 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 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) of this paragraph, 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,
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powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this
Section 402 and Sections 403 and 404. The Company may exercise its option under
this Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
Section 402(3) 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 Section 1005 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(8) 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
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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 or the
applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, 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 relating to indebtedness for
borrowed money to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) 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, and, solely in the case of defeasance under
Section 402(2), no Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto under clause (6) or (7) of Section 501 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 under clause (6) or (7) of Section 501 shall have occurred and be
continuing at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition to defeasance
under Section 402(2) 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 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) If the monies or Government Obligations or combination thereof, as
the case may be, deposited under clause (a) above are sufficient to pay the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on and, to the
extent applicable, Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such
Securities provided such Securities are redeemed on a particular Redemption
Date, the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
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instructions to redeem such Securities on such date and to provide notice
of such redemption to Holders as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
(g) 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 (other
than 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.
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
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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 (other than 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 Subordinated Securities of any series, the provisions of Article Sixteen
hereof, insofar as they pertain to the Subordinated Securities of such series,
and the Subordination Provisions established pursuant to Section 301(24) with
respect to such series 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
such series, such Securities shall thereupon cease to be so subordinated and
shall no longer be subject to the provisions of Article Sixteen or the
Subordination Provisions established pursuant to Section 301(24) with respect to
such series 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 or such Subordination
Provisions.
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
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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 deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by
the terms of a Security of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of
the Company in this Indenture or 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 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 with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in
excess of $35,000,000, 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 the Company is contesting in good faith 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;
(6) 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
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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
(7) 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
(8) 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, and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, thereon 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, as the case may be,
and such accrued and unpaid interest 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 which have become due otherwise
then by such declaration of acceleration 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
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Amounts with respect thereto and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities,
(c) to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest upon
installments of any interest, if any, which have become due otherwise then
by such declaration of acceleration 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 permitted by applicable law, 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
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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.
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.
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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 with respect to
the Securities of any series, shall be applied in the following order, at the
date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such
money on account of principal, or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts,
upon presentation of such Securities or the Coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto, 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: If such Securities of such series are Subordinated
Securities, to the payment of amounts then due and unpaid to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, to the extent required
pursuant to the Subordination Provisions established with respect to the
Securities of such series pursuant to Section 301(24);
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;
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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, if any, and (subject to
Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, 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), in each case as the same may be extended, if
applicable, pursuant to the terms of such Security or Coupon, 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.
To the extent permitted by applicable law and 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,
to the extent permitted by applicable law, 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, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
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.
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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;
(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
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(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.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties as Trustee hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
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),
or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts or any sinking 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(4) or 501(8) 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 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
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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:
(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, or 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(6) or 501(7) 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.
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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 indentures 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: (a) this Indenture with respect to series of
Securities that rank equally in right of payment, (b) the Indenture dated as of
August 1, 1989 between the Company and Bank One, Columbus, NA, as successor
trustee, with respect to any series of debt securities thereunder that rank
equally in right of payment to any series of Securities, and (c) the Indenture
dated as of June 11, 1997 between the Company and The First National Bank of
Chicago, as trustee, with respect to any series of debt securities thereunder
that rank equally in right of payment to any series of Securities.
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 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
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(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
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
Company Request, Company Order or 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 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
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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 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, 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.
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(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,
provided that such Corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under
this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor by
merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
In case any Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor
Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such
Securities, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the
full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee.
Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may, with the prior written consent of the Company, 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
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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, with the prior written consent of the
Company, may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable
to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
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.
#,
As Trustee
By______________________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By______________________________________
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
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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.
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 [June 1] and [December 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
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in said Sections 313(a) and 313(b)(2) which may have occurred since the later of
the immediately preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(3) Reports pursuant to this Section 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, unless:
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(1) either the Company shall be the continuing or successor Person, or the
Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which
leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety
shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture (or indentures, if at such time there is more
than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form reasonably 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 Outstanding 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;
(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 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 and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, if a supplemental indenture is required as aforesaid, such supplemental
indenture complies with this Article and that the conditions precedent provided
in clause (1) and (3) of this Section 801 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 reasonably 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 which may be 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, whether pursuant to a covenant or other
term of any Securities 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 or in any Securities (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, or change the Place of
Payment where or the 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), in each case as such Stated Maturity, Redemption
Date or date for repayment may be extended in accordance with the terms of such
Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, 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
1006, 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, if any, to convert
or exchange any Security for Common Stock or other securities in accordance with
its terms, or
(6) in the case of Subordinated Securities of any series, modify any of
the Subordination Provisions or the definition of "Senior Indebtedness" relating
to such series in a manner adverse to the holders of such Subordinated
Securities.
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 Sections 315(a) through 315(d) 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
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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.
No supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate
the Subordination Provisions or the definition of "Senior Indebtedness"
applicable with respect to the Subordinated Securities of any series in any
manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of such series of
Subordinated Securities to such Senior Indebtedness without the prior written
consent of the Holders of such 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, 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 London Stock Exchange 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
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the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such
exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any
Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment at the
place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in
or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment
of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by
check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if
amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars,
payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of
such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices
or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other Office or
Agency. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York as
the Company's Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York
for such purpose and as Security Registrar. The Company may subsequently
appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York and a different Security Registrar 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 any 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
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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 any 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, or 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 any
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 such
premium or interest or Additional Amount 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, not later than 30 days after the Company's request for such repayment, at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper in each Place of Payment for
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such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series,
or both, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal
and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and
payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to
the Company.
Section 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.
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Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in Section 1005, 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 1007. 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 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 or an Officers' Certificate. 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.
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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 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, unless otherwise directed by the Company, 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,
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(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which
relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon
surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without
charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the
principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due
and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if
applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of
Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after
the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price
and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of
any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all
Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and 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, as applicable, 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.
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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.
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, if any) 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,
unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and Additional Amounts with respect thereto to but
excluding 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, or, at the option of the
Company, after payment to the Trustee for the benefit of the Company of, 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
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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 or, if no rate is prescribed therefor in the Security, at the rate of
interest, if any, borne by such 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.
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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 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.
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,
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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.
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
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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 at least 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
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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. If
the Securities of such series are issuable in minimum denominations of less than
$1,000, then a Holder of such a Security in a principal amount of less than
$1,000 shall be entitled to a fraction of one vote which is equal to the
fraction that the principal amount of such Security bears to $1,000. 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.
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED SECURITIES
Section 1601. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees,
and each Holder of Subordinated Securities of any series 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 Subordinated Securities of such series shall
be expressly subordinated, to the extent and in the manner provided in the
Subordination Provisions established with respect to the Subordinated Securities
of such series pursuant to Section 301(24) hereof, in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series.
* * * * *
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 as of the day and year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
By__________________________________
Name:
Title:
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as Trustee
By___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 4(g)
FORM OF WARRANT AGREEMENT
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CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
and
As Warrant Agent
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of
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ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE, EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
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Section 1.1 Issuance of Warrant Certificates...................... 1
Section 1.2 Form of Warrant Certificate........................... 1
Section 1.3 Execution and Authentication of Warrant Certificates.. 2
Section 1.4 Temporary Warrant Certificates........................ 2
Section 1.5 Payment of Taxes...................................... 3
Section 1.6 Definition of Holder.................................. 3
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ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
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Section 2.1 Warrant Price......................................... 3
Section 2.2 Duration of Warrants.................................. 3
Section 2.3 Exercise of Warrants.................................. 4
Section 2.4 Reservation of Shares................................. 5
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ARTICLE III
OTHER TERMS OF WARRANTS
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Section 3.1 [Call of Warrants by the Corporation.................. 5
Section 3.2 Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number
of Shares Purchasable or Number of Warrants......... 5
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ARTICLE IV
REGISTRATION, EXCHANGE, TRANSFER AND SUBSTITUTION OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES
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Section 4.1 Registration, Exchange and Transfer of Warrant
Certificates........................................ 8
Section 4.2 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Warrant
Certificates........................................ 9
Section 4.3 Persons Deemed Owners................................. 10
Section 4.4 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates.................. 10
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ARTICLE V
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT
CERTIFICATES
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Section 5.1 No Rights as Stockholders Conferred by Warrants
or Warrant Certificates............................. 10
Section 5.2 Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights...... 10
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ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
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Section 6.1 Warrant Agent......................................... 11
Section 6.2 Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations............. 11
Section 6.3 Resignation, Removal and Appointment of Successor..... 12
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 7.1 Consolidations and Mergers of the Corporation and
Sales, Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to
Certain Conditions.................................. 14
Section 7.2 Rights and Duties of Successor Company................ 14
Section 7.3 Amendment............................................. 14
Section 7.4 Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent.. 14
Section 7.5 Notices to Warrant Holders............................ 15
Section 7.6 Addresses............................................. 16
Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW......................................... 16
Section 7.8 Delivery of Prospectus................................ 16
Section 7.9 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals................... 16
Section 7.10 Persons Having Rights Under Warrant Agreement........ 16
Section 7.11 Headings............................................. 16
Section 7.12 Counterparts......................................... 17
Section 7.13 Inspection of Agreement.............................. 17
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Exhibit A - Form of Warrant Certificate
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THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of between CNF Transportation Inc.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the "Company"), and , a organized and existing under
the laws of , as Warrant Agent (herein called the "Warrant Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [IF OTHER SECURITIES AND WARRANTS -
title of other Securities being offered] (the "Offered Securities") with]
warrant certificates (such warrant certificates and other warrant certificates
issued pursuant to this Agreement herein called the "Warrant Certificates")
evidencing one or more warrants (the "Warrants" or, individually, a "Warrant")
each representing the right to purchase shares of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.625 per share (the "Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the
issuance, exchange, exercise and replacement of the Warrant Certificates, and in
this Agreement wishes to set forth, among other things, the form and provisions
of the Warrant Certificates and the terms and conditions on which they may be
issued, exchanged, exercised and replaced;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE, EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION
OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
Section 1.1 Issuance of Warrant Certificates. [IF WARRANTS ALONE -- Upon
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issuance, each Warrant Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants.] [IF
OFFERED SECURITIES AND WARRANTS -- Warrant Certificates shall be [initially]
issued in units with the Offered Securities and shall [not] be separately
transferable [before (the "Detachable Date").] Each such unit shall
consist of and a Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing an
aggregate of Warrants.] Each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent
the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase
[one] share of Stock, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2.
Section 1.2 Form of Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Certificates
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(including the form[s] of exercise [and assignment] to be set forth on the
reverse thereof) shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A
hereto, shall be printed, lithographed, photocopied, word processed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced in any manner determined by
the officers of the Company executing such Warrant Certificates, with the
execution thereof by such officers conclusively evidencing such determination,
and the Warrant Certificates may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which the
Warrant Certificates may be listed or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers of the Company executing such Warrant Certificates,
with the execution thereof by such officers conclusively evidencing such
determination.
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Section 1.3 Execution and Authentication of Warrant Certificates. The
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Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman,
its President, its Chief Executive Officer, any of its Vice Presidents (any
reference to a Vice President of the Company herein shall be deemed to include
any Vice President of the Company whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "Vice President"), or its
Treasurer (each, an "Authorized Officer") and attested by any Vice President,
its Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Warrant Certificates
may be manual or facsimile and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Warrant Certificates.
Warrant Certificates evidencing the right to purchase up to shares
of Stock (except as provided in Sections 1.4, 2.3(c), 4.1 and 4.2) may be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent upon the execution of
this Warrant Agreement or from time to time thereafter. The Warrant Agent shall,
upon receipt of Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company,
authenticate such Warrant Certificates and shall deliver such Warrant
Certificates to or upon the written order of the Company signed by an Authorized
Officer. Subsequent to such original issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the
Warrant Agent shall authenticate a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant
Certificate is issued in exchange or in substitution for one or more previously
authenticated Warrant Certificates or in connection with their transfer, as
hereinafter provided.
Each Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication by
the Warrant Agent.
No Warrant Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced
thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate has been
authenticated by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such signature by
the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed on behalf of the
Company (as provided in this Section 1.3) shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that the Warrant Certificate so authenticated has been duly
issued hereunder.
Warrant Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of any
individual who was at the time a proper officer of the Company shall bind the
Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office
prior to the authentication and delivery of such Warrant Certificates or did not
hold such office at the date of such Warrant Certificates.
Section 1.4 Temporary Warrant Certificates. Pending the preparation of
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definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and upon the written
order of the Company signed by an Authorized Officer, the Warrant Agent shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Warrant Certificates which are printed,
lithographed, photocopied, typewritten, word processed, mimeographed or
otherwise produced substantially of the tenor of the definitive Warrant
Certificates in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Warrant Certificates may determine, with the execution thereof by
such officers conclusively evidencing such determination.
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If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary Warrant
Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates upon
surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at the corporate trust office of
the Warrant Agent [or at ], without charge to the Holder (as defined in
Section 1.6 hereof) so long as the definitive Warrant Certificates are
registered in the same names as the temporary Warrant Certificates so
surrendered. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary
Warrant Certificates, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Warrant Certificates
representing the same aggregate number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Warrant Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Agreement as definitive Warrant Certificates.
Section 1.5 Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all stamp taxes and
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other duties, if any, to which, under the federal laws of the United States of
America, this Agreement or the original issuance of the Warrant Certificates may
be subject.
Section 1.6 Definition of Holder. The term "Holder" as used herein shall
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mean [IF OFFERED SECURITIES AND WARRANTS ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE -- prior
to the Detachable Date, the registered owner of the Offered Security to which
such Warrant Certificate is attached, and, after such Detachable Date,] the
person in whose name at the time such Warrant Certificate shall be registered
upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for that purpose pursuant
to Section 4.1. [IF OFFERED SECURITIES AND WARRANTS ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY
DETACHABLE -- Prior to the Detachable Date, the Company will, or will cause the
registrar of the Offered Securities to, make available to the Warrant Agent such
information as is necessary to keep the Warrant Agent's records up to date with
respect to the Holders of the Offered Securities.]
ARTICLE II
WARRANT PRICE, DURATION AND EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Section 2.1 Warrant Price. During the period set forth in Section 2.2,
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each Warrant shall entitle the Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, to purchase from the Company [one] share of Stock at the exercise
price of $ ([as the same may be adjusted from time to time as herein
provided,] the "Exercise Price").
Section 2.2 Duration of Warrants. Any Warrant may be exercised, in whole
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and not in part, at any time, as specified herein, on or after [the date
thereof] [ , ] and at or before 5:00 p.m. New York City time
on , (the "Expiration Date"). Each Warrant not exercised at or
before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become void,
and all rights of the Holder of such Warrant, under this Agreement or otherwise,
shall cease.
Section 2.3 Exercise of Warrants. (a) During the period specified in
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Section 2.2, any whole number of Warrants may be exercised by surrendering the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants, with the form of exercise set
forth in the Warrant Certificate duly executed, accompanied by payment in full,
in lawful money of the United States of America, [in cash or by certified check
or official bank check in immediately available funds] [by wire transfer in
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immediately available funds,] of the Exercise Price for each Warrant exercised,
to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office [or at ]. The later
of the date on which payment in full of the Exercise Price for a Warrant and the
date on which the Warrant Certificate together with a duly executed and
completed form of exercise are received by the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to
be the date on which such Warrant is exercised; provided that any such payment
or certificate received after 5:00 p.m. New York City time on any day shall be
deemed to have been received on the next succeeding business day. The Warrant
Agent shall deposit all funds received by it as payment for the exercise of
Warrants to the account of the Company maintained with it for such purpose (or
shall transfer such funds in accordance with the instructions of any Authorized
Officer of the Company) and shall advise the Company by telephone at the end of
each day on which such a payment is received of the amount so deposited to its
account or transferred, as the case may be. The Warrant Agent shall promptly
confirm such telephonic advice to the Company in writing.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall from time to time, as promptly as practicable
after the exercise of any Warrants in accordance with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the Warrant Certificates, advise the Company of (i) the
number of Warrants so exercised, (ii) the instructions of each Holder of the
Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the
certificate or certificates representing shares of Stock to which such Holder is
entitled upon such exercise, and instructions of such Holder as to delivery of
Warrant Certificates evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining
after such exercise, and (iii) such other information as the Company may
request.
(c) As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrants, the Company
shall issue to or upon the order of the Holder of the Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Warrants, a certificate or certificates representing the number
of shares of Stock to which such Holder is entitled, registered in such name or
names as may be directed by such Holder; and, if fewer than all of the Warrants
evidenced by such Warrant Certificate were exercised, the Company shall execute
and the Warrant Agent shall authenticate and deliver a new Warrant Certificate
evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.
(d) The Company shall not be required to pay any stamp or other tax or
other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with any transfer
involved in the issuance of the Stock; and in the event that any such transfer
is involved, the Company and the Warrant Agent shall not be required to issue or
deliver any shares of Stock until such tax or other charge shall have been paid
or it has been established to the Company's and the Warrant Agent's satisfaction
that no such tax or other charge is due.
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Section 2.4 Reservation of Shares. For the purpose of enabling it to
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satisfy any obligation to issue shares of Stock upon exercise of Warrants, the
Company will, at all times through 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the
Expiration Date, reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights and out
of its authorized but unissued shares of Stock, the number of shares of Stock
deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. In addition, so long
as the Stock is listed on a national stock exchange or is quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ"), the
Company will use its best efforts to list, or to be quoted, as the case may be,
subject to notice of issuance, the Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
Warrants on any such stock exchange or on NASDAQ, as the case may be.
The Company covenants that all shares of Stock issued upon exercise of the
Warrants will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, be
fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive rights.
ARTICLE III
OTHER TERMS OF WARRANTS
Section 3.1 [Call of Warrants by the Company. IF WARRANTS ISSUED
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HEREUNDER ARE CALLABLE BY THE COMPANY -- The Company shall have the right to
call and repurchase any or all Warrants on or after , (the "Call
Date") and upon the occurrence of [describe events or circumstances under which
the Company may call the Warrants] (the "Call Terms") at a price of $ per
Warrant (the "Call Price"). Notice of such Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms
shall be given to registered Holders of Warrants in the manner provided in
Section 7.5.]
Section 3.2 Adjustment of Exercise Rate. [TO BE REVISED AS APPROPRIATE --
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The number of shares of Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant (the
"Exercise Rate") shall be subject to adjustment as provided in this Section.
(a) If the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in or make a distribution of
shares of its capital stock, whether in shares of Stock or shares of its capital
stock of any other class, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Stock into a
greater number of shares of Stock, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Stock
into a smaller number of shares of Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital
stock in a reclassification of the Stock (including any such reclassification in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation), the Exercise Rate immediately prior thereto and the exercise
privilege shall be adjusted so that the Holder of each Warrant shall be entitled
to receive the kind and number of shares of Stock or other securities of the
Company which such Holder would have owned or been entitled to receive
immediately after the happening of any of the events described above, had such
Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event or any
record date with respect thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph
(a) shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event,
retroactive to immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following
the record date, if any, for such event.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of
shares of its Stock, without any charge to such holders, entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Stock at
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a price per share less than the current market price (determined as provided in
paragraph (e) of this Section 3.2) per share of Stock on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants, the
Exercise Rate shall be adjusted by dividing such Exercise Rate by a fraction of
which (i) the numerator shall be the number of shares of Stock outstanding at
the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number
of shares of Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of
shares of Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such
current market price and (ii) the denominator shall be the number of shares of
Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such
determination plus the number of shares of Stock so offered for subscription or
purchase. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are
issued, retroactive to immediately prior to the opening of business on the day
following the date fixed for such determination. If at the end of the period
during which such rights or warrants are exercisable, not all such rights and
warrants shall have been exercised, the Exercise Rate shall be immediately
readjusted to what it would have been if the adjustment made pursuant to the
foregoing formula had been based upon the number of options or warrants which
were actually exercised. For the purposes of this paragraph (b), the number of
shares of Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the
treasury of the Company. The Company will not issue any rights or warrants in
respect of shares of Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(c) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all
holders of shares of Stock evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including
securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section 3.2 or any dividend or distribution paid in cash out
of net income for the then current or the immediately preceding fiscal year or
out of capital surplus), the Exercise Rate shall be adjusted by dividing the
Exercise Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date
fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the current
market price (determined as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 3.2) per
share of Stock on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair
market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly
authorized committee thereof, in the exercise of its sole and absolute
discretion and whose determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the
assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share of
Stock and (ii) the denominator shall be such current market price per share of
Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such distribution is made and
shall be made retroactive to immediately prior to the opening of business on the
day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such distribution.
(d) In the event of any capital reorganization or any reclassification of
the Stock (except as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) above), any Holder
of Warrants upon exercise thereof shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the
Stock to which he or she would have become entitled upon exercise immediately
prior to such reorganization or reclassification, the shares (of any class or
classes) or other securities or property of the Company that he or she would
have been entitled to receive at the same aggregate Exercise Price upon such
reorganization or reclassification if his or her Warrants had been exercised
immediately prior thereto.
(e) Current Market Price. For the purpose of any computation under
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paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 3.2, the current market price per share
of Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing
prices (as defined) for the consecutive trading days selected
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by the Company commencing not less than nor more than trading
days before the day in question. The closing price for each day shall be the
last reported sales price regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes
place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices
regular way, in either case on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") or, if
such Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, on the principal
United States national securities exchange on which such Stock is listed or
admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any United
States national securities exchange, on NASDAQ or, if such Stock is not listed
or admitted to trading on any United States national securities exchange or
quoted on NASDAQ, the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the over-
the-counter market as furnished by any NYSE member firm selected from time to
time by the Company for such purpose. In the event that no such trading market
exists, the current market price will be determined by a nationally recognized
investment banking firm selected by the Company in such manner as the Board of
Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof deems
appropriate.
(f) Adjustments for Tax Purposes. The Company may make such adjustments in
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the Exercise Price, in addition to those required by paragraphs (a), (b), (c)
and (d) of this Section 3.2, as it considers to be advisable in order that any
event treated for federal income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or stock
rights shall not be taxable to the recipients.
(g) No Adjustment Below Par Value. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
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Section 3.2, the Exercise Rate shall not be increased such that the price paid
per share of Stock would be less than the par value thereof as a result of any
adjustment made hereunder unless, under applicable law then in effect, Warrants
may be exercised at such Exercise Rate for legally issued, fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Stock.
(h) Permitted Distributions. Anything herein to the contrary
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notwithstanding, the granting, issuance or distribution of rights or options to
purchase shares of Stock (whether from treasury shares or otherwise) pursuant to
(i) any dividend or interest reinvestment plan or stock purchase plan providing
for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the
Company and/or the investment of periodic optional payments or any similar plan
or (ii) any stock option plan and/or employee or director benefit or similar
plans , or the issuance or distribution of rights pursuant to any shareholder
rights or similar plan, shall not require any adjustment to the Exercise Rate or
Exercise Price or other adjustment under this Section 3.2.
(i) No Adjustments Necessary. No adjustment in the Exercise Rate shall be
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required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least one percent in such Exercise Rate, provided, however, that any adjustment
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which by reason of this paragraph (i) is not required to be made shall be
carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All
calculations under this Section 3.2 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the
nearest 1/100 of a share, as the case may be.
(j) Company Determination Final. Any determination by the Company or the
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Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof
pursuant to this Section 3.2 is conclusive.
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(k) Adjustments and Warrant Certificates. Irrespective of any adjustments
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in the number or kind of shares or property purchasable upon the exercise of the
Warrants, Warrant Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to
express the same number and kind of shares per Warrant as are stated on the
Warrant Certificates initially issuable pursuant to this Agreement.
(l) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not
be required to issue fractions of shares of Stock upon exercise of the Warrants
or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares. If more than one
Warrant shall be surrendered for exercise at any one time by the same Holder,
the number of shares of Common Stock which shall be delivered upon exercise
thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of the Warrants
so surrendered. In lieu of fractional shares, there shall be paid to the Holders
of Warrants at the time the Warrant Certificates are exercised as herein
provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the closing price of a
share of Stock. For purposes of this paragraph (l), the closing price of a share
of Stock shall be the closing price (determined as set forth in Section 3.2(e))
of a share of Stock on the trading day immediately prior to the date of such
exercise.
(m) To the extent the Warrants become convertible into cash, no adjustment
need be made thereafter as to the amount of cash into which such Warrants are
exercisable. Interest will not accrue on the cash.
(n) [Whenever the Exercise Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the
Exercise Price payable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Stock
purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to such
adjustment, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Stock
so purchasable immediately thereafter.]]
ARTICLE IV
REGISTRATION, EXCHANGE, TRANSFER AND
SUBSTITUTION OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
Section 4.1 Registration, Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates.
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The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its corporate trust office [and at ],
books in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it
shall register Warrant Certificates and transfers of outstanding Warrant
Certificates.
[IF OFFERED SECURITIES AND WARRANTS WHICH ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE --
Prior to the Detachable Date, a Warrant Certificate may be exchanged or
transferred only together with the Offered Security to which such Warrant
Certificate was initially attached, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in
conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of such Offered Security.
Additionally, on or prior to the Detachable Date, each transfer or exchange of
an Offered Security [on the register of the Offered Securities] shall operate
also to transfer or exchange the Warrant Certificate or Certificates to which
such Offered Security was initially attached. After
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the Detachable Date, upon] [IF OFFERED SECURITIES AND WARRANTS WHICH ARE
IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE OR IF WARRANTS ALONE -- Upon] surrender at the corporate
trust office of the Warrant Agent [or at ] of Warrant Certificates
properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer and
accompanied by written instructions for [transfer or] exchange, all in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates may
be exchanged for other Warrant Certificates or may be transferred in whole or in
part; provided that Warrant Certificates issued in exchange for or upon transfer
of surrendered Warrant Certificates shall evidence the same aggregate number of
Warrants as the Warrant Certificates so surrendered. No service charge shall be
made for any exchange or transfer of Warrant Certificates, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such exchange or
transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates are so surrendered for exchange or
transfer, the Company shall execute and an authorized officer of the Warrant
Agent shall manually authenticate and deliver to the person or persons entitled
thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates as so requested. The
Warrant Agent shall not be required to effect any exchange or transfer which
would result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a
Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant
Certificates issued upon any exchange or transfer of Warrant Certificates shall
evidence the same obligations, and be entitled to the same benefits under this
Agreement, as the Warrant Certificates surrendered for such exchange or
transfer.
Section 4.2 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Warrant Certificates. If
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any mutilated Warrant Certificate is surrendered to the Warrant Agent, the
Corporation shall executed and an officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Warrant Certificate of like
tenor, evidencing a like number of Warrants, and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Company and
the Warrant Agent (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Warrant Certificate and of the ownership thereof 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 Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request an officer of the
Warrant Agent shall manually authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate of like
tenor, evidencing a like number of Warrants, and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate
under this Section 4.2, 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 Warrant
Agent) connected therewith. Every new Warrant Certificate issued pursuant to
this Section 4.2 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate
shall evidence an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant Certificate shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant
Certificates duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, the
provisions of this Section 4.2 are exclusive and shall preclude all other rights
and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Warrant Certificates.
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Section 4.3 Persons Deemed Owners. [IF OFFERED SECURITIES AND WARRANTS
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WHICH ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE -- Prior to the Detachable Date, the
Company, the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the owner of any
Offered Security as the owner of the Warrant Certificates initially attached
thereto for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights
represented by the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates, any notice
to the contrary notwithstanding. After the Detachable Date, and] Prior to due
presentment of a Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company,
the Warrant Agent and all other persons may treat the Holder as the owner
thereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights
represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 4.4 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant Certificate
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surrendered for exchange, transfer or exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby
shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and all
Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall be
promptly cancelled by it and shall not be reissued and, except as expressly
permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be issued hereunder in
lieu or in exchange thereof. The Company may at any time deliver to the Warrant
Agent for cancellation any Warrant Certificates previously issued hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Warrant
Certificates so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent. All
cancelled Warrant Certificates held by the Warrant Agent shall be disposed of,
as instructed by the Company, subject to applicable law.
ARTICLE V
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES
Section 5.1 No Rights as Stockholders Conferred by Warrants or Warrant
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Certificates. No Warrant Certificate or Warrant evidenced thereby shall entitle
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the Holder thereof to any of the rights of a stockholder, including, without
limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
Section 5.2 Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights.
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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any Holder of any
Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent or the Holder of
any other Warrant Certificate, may, on its own behalf and for its own benefit,
enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against
the Company suitable to enforce or otherwise in respect of its right to exercise
the Warrant or Warrants evidenced by his or her Warrant Certificate in the
manner provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
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ARTICLE VI
CONCERNING THE WARRANT AGENT
Section 6.1 Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints as Warrant
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Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants and the Warrant Certificates
upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and hereby
accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have the power and authority
granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant Certificates and hereby and such
further power and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Company may
hereafter grant to or confer upon it in writing. All of the terms and provisions
with respect to such power and authority contained in the Warrant Certificates
are subject to and governed by the terms and provisions hereof.
Section 6.2 Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The Warrant Agent
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accepts its obligations herein set forth, upon the terms and conditions hereof,
including the following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which
the rights hereunder of the Holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates shall be subject:
(a) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees to pay the
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Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all
services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred
by the Warrant Agent in connection with the services rendered hereunder by the
Warrant Agent. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent,
arising out of or in connection with its acting as such Warrant Agent hereunder,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance at any time of
its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Corporation under this
subsection (a) shall survive the exercise of the Warrant Certificates and the
resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.
(b) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant Agreement and in
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connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is acting solely as
agent of the Company and does not assume any obligation or relationship of
agency or trust for or with any of the owners or Holders of the Warrant
Certificates.
(c) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel, which may
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include counsel for the Company, and the written advice of such 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.
(d) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
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liability for or in respect of any action taken or omitted by it in reliance
upon any Warrant Certificates, notice, direction, consent, certificate,
affidavit, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
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(e) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent, any of its officers,
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directors and employees, or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any
Warrant Certificates, with the same rights that it would have if it were not
such Warrant Agent, officer, director, employee or other agent, and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, it may engage or be interested in any
financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as
depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of securities
or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not such Warrant
Agent, officer, director, employee or other agent.
(f) No Liability for Interest. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any
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liability for interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any
of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant Certificates unless
otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company and the Warrant Agent and except
for the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the Warrant Agent.
(g) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall not incur any
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liability with respect to the validity of this Agreement or any of the Warrant
Certificates.
(h) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent shall not be
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responsible for any of the recitals or representations contained herein or in
the Warrant Certificates (except as to the Warrant Agent's certificate of
authentication thereon), all of which are made solely by the Company.
(i) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to
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perform such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates specifically
set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement
or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall
not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may tend to
involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which within a reasonable
time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall
not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for the use by the
Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the Warrant Agent
and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or for the
application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant Certificates or any
exercise of the Warrants evidenced thereby. The Warrant Agent shall have no duty
or responsibility in case of any default by the Company in the performance of
its covenants or agreements contained herein or in the Warrant Certificates or
in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a Holder of a Warrant
Certificate with respect to such default, including, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt
to initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in
Section 7.4 hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.
Section 6.3 Resignation, Removal and Appointment of Successor. (a) The
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Company agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Warrant
Certificates, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until
all of the Warrant Certificates are no longer exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by giving
written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying the date
on which it desires its
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resignation to become effective; provided that, without the consent of the
Company, such date shall not be less than three months after the date on which
such notice is given. The Warrant Agent hereunder may be removed at any time by
the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the
Company by an Authorized Officer and specifying such removal and the date on
which the Company expects such removal to become effective. Such resignation or
removal shall take effect upon the appointment by the Company of a successor
Warrant Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers) by an instrument in writing filed with such successor Warrant
Agent and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent
pursuant to Section 6.3(d) hereof.
(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or be removed, or
shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent,
or shall file a petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States
Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or under any other applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy law or similar law or make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors or consent to the appointment of a receiver or
custodian of all or any substantial part of its property or assets, or shall
admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a
receiver or custodian of it or of all or any substantial part of its property or
assets shall be appointed, or if an order of any court shall be entered for
relief against it under the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, as
now constituted or hereafter amended, or under any other applicable Federal or
State bankruptcy law or similar law, or if any public officer shall have taken
charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property, assets or affairs for
the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, it shall be
disqualified from serving as Warrant Agent and a successor Warrant Agent,
qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in
writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment as
aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the latter of such
appointment, the Warrant Agent so disqualified shall cease to be the Warrant
Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant
Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all
the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations of
such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent
hereunder, and such predecessor shall thereupon become obligated to transfer,
deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to
receive, all monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by
such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation or other entity into which the Warrant Agent hereunder
may be merged or converted or any corporation or other entity with which the
Warrant Agent may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be
a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially
all of the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, provided that it shall
be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under this
Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto.
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Consolidations and Mergers of the Company and Sales, Leases
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and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. The Company shall not
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merge or consolidate with or into, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise convey
all or substantially all of its assets to, any other corporation or other entity
unless, in any such case, either (i) the Company shall be the continuing
corporation or other entity or (ii) the corporation or other entity (if other
than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or which shall have acquired such assets by sale, transfer, lease or
other conveyance shall expressly assume the obligations of the Company
hereunder.
Section 7.2 Rights and Duties of Successor Company. In case of any such
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consolidation, merger, sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance referred to in
Section 7.1 hereof in which the Company is not the continuing corporation or
other entity, the successor corporation or entity shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein, and the predecessor, except in the event of a lease, shall be relieved
of any further obligation under this Agreement and the Warrants. Such successor
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name of the Company, any or all of the Warrant Certificates issuable pursuant to
the terms hereof.
In case of any such sale, lease, transfer or other conveyance referred to
in Section 7.1 hereof in which the Company is not the continuing corporation or
other entity, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be
made in Warrant Certificates thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 7.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties
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hereto, without the consent of the Holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the
purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any
defective provision contained herein, or making such provisions in regard to
matters or questions arising under this Agreement as the Company may deem
necessary or desirable; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of the Warrant Certificates in any material respect.
Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement or the Warrants that has a
material adverse effect on the interests of Holders of any series of Warrants
shall require the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the then
outstanding Warrants of such series; provided that, except as set forth in
Section 3.2 hereof, the consent of each Holder of a Warrant affected shall be
required for any amendment pursuant to which (i) the Exercise Price would be
increased or (ii) the number of shares of Stock purchasable upon exercise of
Warrants would be decreased. The Warrant Agent may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any amendment to this Agreement which affects the Warrant Agent's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section 7.4 Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent. If the
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Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by the
Holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or
the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice
or demand to the Company.
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Section 7.5 Notices to Warrant Holders. Upon any adjustment of the
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Exercise Rate [or the Exercise Price] pursuant to Section 3.2, the Company
within 60 calendar days thereafter shall (i) cause to be filed with the Warrant
Agent a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer setting forth the Exercise
Rate [or Exercise Price], as the case may be, after such adjustment and setting
forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which
such adjustment are made, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of the matters set forth therein, and (ii) cause to be given to each
of the registered Holders of the Warrant Certificates at such Holder's address
appearing on the Warrant register written notice of such adjustments by first-
class mail, postage prepaid. Where appropriate, such notice may be given in
advance and included as part of the notice required to be mailed under the
provisions of this Section 7.5.
Pursuant to Sections 3.1 [add other sections as applicable], the Company
shall cause written notice of such Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms
[reference other items as applicable], as the case may be, to be given as soon
as practicable to the Warrant Agent and to each of the registered Holders of the
Warrant Certificates by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at such Holder's
address appearing on the Warrant register.
If:
(a) the Company shall declare any dividend payable in any securities upon
its shares of Stock or make any distribution (other than a cash
dividend) to the holders of its Stock; or
(b) the Company shall offer to the holders of its Stock any additional
shares of Stock or securities convertible into shares of Stock or any
right to subscribe thereto; or
(c) there shall be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Corporation (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger, or
sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of its
assets);
then the Company shall cause written notice of such event to be filed with the
Warrant Agent and shall cause written notice of such event to be given to each
Holder of Warrant Certificates at such Holder's address appearing on the Warrant
register, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, such giving of notice to be
completed at least calendar days prior to the date fixed as a record date
or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights, or
for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on such proposed
dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall specify such record
date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case may be. The failure
to give the notice required by this Section 7.5 or any defect therein shall not
affect the legality or validity of any distribution, right, warrant,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up or the vote upon or any other action
taken in connection therewith.
Section 7.6 Addresses. Any communications from the Company to the
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Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to ,
Attention: , and any communications from the Warrant Agent to the Company
with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to CNF Transportation Inc.,
3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304, Attention: (or such
other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or by the
Company).
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Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH WARRANT CERTIFICATE
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ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 7.8 Delivery of Prospectus. The Company will furnish to the
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Warrant Agent sufficient copies of a prospectus, appropriately amended or
supplemented, relating to the Stock (the "Prospectus"), and the Warrant Agent
agrees that upon the exercise of any Warrant and simultaneously with or prior to
the delivery of any shares of Stock issuable upon such exercise, the Warrant
Agent will deliver a Prospectus to each person designated to receive any shares
of Stock.
Section 7.9 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company will
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from time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep
effective any and all permits, consents and approvals under United States
Federal and State securities laws (including, without limitation, to the extent
required, the maintenance of the effectiveness of a registration statement in
respect of the Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may be
required in connection with the original issuance and delivery of the Stock
issued upon exercise of the Warrants.
Section 7.10 Persons Having Rights Under Warrant Agreement. Nothing in
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this Agreement expressed or implied and nothing that may be inferred from any of
the provisions herein is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon, or
give to, any person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and
the Holders of the Warrant Certificates any right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or
agreement hereof; and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and
agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent and their successors and of the
Holders of the Warrant Certificates.
Section 7.11 Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the
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Table of Contents are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction of any of the provisions hereof.
Section 7.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
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number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 7.13 Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be
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available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust office of the
Warrant Agent [and at ] for inspection by the Holder of any Warrant
Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such Holder to submit its Warrant
Certificate for inspection by it.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
[NAME OF WARRANT AGENT]
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[Face of Warrant Certificate]
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<S> <C>
[Form of Legend if Offered Securities with [Prior to , this Warrant Certificate may be
Warrants which are not immediately transferred or exchanged if and only if the
detachable] [Title of Security] to which it was initially
attached is so transferred or exchanged.]
[Form of Legend if Warrants are not [Prior to , Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
immediately exercisable] Certificate cannot be exercised in whole or in part.]
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EXERCISABLE ONLY IF AUTHENTICATED BY THE WARRANT
AGENT AS PROVIDED HEREIN
VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. (NEW YORK CITY TIME) ON ,
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
Warrant Certificate representing
Warrants to purchase
[name of security]
as described herein.
No. Warrants
This certifies that or registered assigns is the registered owner
of the above indicated number of Warrants, each Warrant entitling such
registered owner to purchase, at any time [after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on , , and] on or before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on ,
(the "Expiration Date"), [one] share of the common stock, par value
$0.625 per share (the "Stock"), of CNF Transportation Inc. (the "Company"), on
the following basis.* During such period, each Warrant shall entitle the Holder
thereof, subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement (as defined below),
to purchase from the Company [one] share of Stock at the exercise price of
$ (the "Exercise Price"). The Holder of this Warrant Certificate may
exercise the Warrants evidenced hereby, in whole or in part, by surrendering
this Warrant Certificate, with the exercise form set forth hereon duly
completed, accompanied by payment in full, in lawful money of the United States
of America, [in cash or by certified check or official bank check in immediately
available funds] [by wire transfer in immediately available funds], the
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*Complete and modify the following provisions as appropriate to reflect the
terms of the Warrants.
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Exercise Price for each Warrant exercised, to the Warrant Agent (as
hereinafter defined), at the corporate trust office of [name of Warrant Agent],
or its successor, as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent") [or at ], and
upon compliance with and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement. The number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants evidenced hereby and certain other terms relating thereto are subject
to adjustment on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Warrant Agreement referred to below.
The term "Holder" as used herein shall mean [IF OFFERED SECURITIES WITH
WARRANTS WHICH ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE -- prior to , (the
"Detachable Date"), the registered owner of the Company's [title of Offered
Securities] to which such Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and after
such Detachable Date,] the person in whose name at the time such Warrant
Certificate shall be registered upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant
Agent for that purpose pursuant to the Warrant Agreement.
Any whole number of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may be
exercised to purchase [any number of whole] shares of Stock. Upon any exercise
of fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, there
shall be issued to the registered owner hereof a new Warrant Certificate
evidencing the number of Warrants remaining unexercised.
This Warrant Certificate is issued under and in accordance with the Warrant
Agreement dated as of , (the "Warrant Agreement") between the
Company and the Warrant Agent and is subject to the terms and provisions
contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and provisions the
Holder of this Warrant Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. Copies of the
Warrant Agreement are on file at the above-mentioned office of the Warrant Agent
[and at ].
[IF OFFERED SECURITIES WITH WARRANTS WHICH ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE
- -- Prior to , (the "Detachable Date"), this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged
or transferred only together with the [title of Offered Security] (the "Offered
Security") to which this Warrant Certificate was initially attached, and only
for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, an exchange or transfer of
such Offered Security. Additionally, on or prior to the Detachable Date, each
transfer of such Offered Security on the register of the Offered Securities
shall operate also to transfer this Warrant Certificate. After the Detachable
Date, this] [IF OFFERED DEBT SECURITIES WITH WARRANTS WHICH ARE IMMEDIATELY
DETACHABLE OR WARRANTS ALONE -- This] Warrant Certificate and all rights
hereunder, may be transferred when surrendered at the corporate trust office of
the Warrant Agent [or at ] by the registered owner or his assigns, in
person or by an attorney duly authorized in writing, in the manner and subject
to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.
[IF OFFERED SECURITIES WITH WARRANTS WHICH ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE
- -- Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, after] [IF OFFERED
DEBT SECURITIES WITH WARRANTS WHICH ARE IMMEDIATELY DETACHABLE OR WARRANTS
ALONE -- After] authentication by the Warrant Agent and prior to the
Expiration Date, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged at the corporate
trust office of the Warrant Agent [or at ] for Warrant Certificates
representing the same aggregate number of Warrants.
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This Warrant Certificate shall not entitle the registered owner hereof to
any of the rights of a stockholder, including, without limitation, the right [to
vote or] to receive dividends.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant
Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid obligatory for any purpose
until authenticated by the Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed.
Dated: _______________
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
___________________________
Name:
Title:
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Warrant Certificates referred to in the within-mentioned
Warrant Agreement.
___________________________
As Warrant Agent
By:________________________
Authorized Signature
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[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
[Reverse Face of Warrant Certificate]
(Instructions for Exercise of Warrants)
To exercise any Warrants evidenced hereby, the Holder of this Warrant
Certificate must pay [in cash or by certified check or official bank check
payable in immediately available funds] [by wire transfer in immediately
available funds], the Exercise Price in full for each of the Warrants exercised,
to , Corporate Trust Department, , Attn: [or at ],
which payment should specify the name of the Holder of this Warrant Certificate
and the number of Warrants exercised by such Holder. In addition, the Holder of
this Warrant Certificate should complete the information required below and
present in person or mail by registered mail this Warrant Certificate to the
Warrant Agent at the addresses set forth below.
[FORM OF EXERCISE]
(To be executed upon exercise of Warrants.)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise Warrants, represented
by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase ____________ shares of the common
stock, par value $0.625 per share (the "Stock"), of CNF Transportation Inc. and
represents that he or she has tendered payment for such shares of Stock [in cash
or by certified check or official bank check payable in immediately available
funds] [by wire transfer in immediately available funds] to the order of CNF
Transportation Inc., in the amount of $____________ in accordance with the terms
hereof. The undersigned requests that said shares of Stock be registered in
such names and delivered, all as specified in accordance with the instructions
set forth below.
If said number of shares of Stock is less than all of the shares of Stock
purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate
representing the remaining balance of the Warrants evidenced hereby be issued
and delivered to the undersigned unless otherwise specified in the instructions
below.
Dated:
Name: ___________________________
(Please Print)
_________________________
(Insert Social Security
or Other Identifying
Number of Holder)
Address: _____________________________
______________________________________
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_______________________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of Holder as specified on the front face
of the Warrant Certificate and must be
guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor
institution," that is, a bank, stockbroker,
savings and loan association or credit union
meeting the requirements of the Warrant Agent,
which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer
Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such
other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Warrant Agent in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.)
Signature Guaranteed: ____________________________
___________________________________________________
This Warrant may be exercised at the following addresses:
By hand at: ______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
By mail at: ______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
(Instructions as to form and delivery of certificates representing shares
of Stock and/or Warrant Certificates):
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(TO BE EXECUTED TO TRANSFER
THE WARRANT CERTIFICATE)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ____________________________ hereby sells, assigns and
transfers unto
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
Please print name and address
(including zip code)
Please insert social security or
other identifying number
______________________________________
__________________________________________________________
the right represented by the within Warrant Certificate and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint __________, Attorney, to transfer said
Warrant Certificate on the books of the Warrant Agent with full power of
substitution.
Dated:
___________________________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform in all respects to name
of Holder as specified on the front face of the
Warrant Certificate and must be guaranteed by an
"eligible guarantor institution," that is, a
bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association
or credit union meeting the requirements of the
Warrant Agent, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities
Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may
be determined by the Warrant Agent in addition
to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.)
Signature Guaranteed:
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EXHIBIT 4(i)
[LEGEND FOR INCLUSION IN GLOBAL SECURITY -- THIS [NOTE/DEBENTURE] IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
[NOTE/DEBENTURE] IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR [NOTES/DEBENTURES] REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR [NOTES/DEBENTURES] IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS
[NOTE/DEBENTURE] MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO
A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY.]
[LEGEND FOR INCLUSION IN GLOBAL SECURITY IF DTC IS DEPOSITORY -- UNLESS THIS
[NOTE/DEBENTURE] IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
[NOTE/DEBENTURE] ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
No.:
CUSIP No.: Principal Amount: $
CNF Transportation Inc.
#% [Title] due #
CNF Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to [on the reverse hereof/below]), for value received, hereby promises
to pay to #, or registered assigns, the principal sum of # DOLLARS ($#) on #,
and to pay interest thereon from #, # or from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on # and # of each
year (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing #, #, and at Maturity, at
the rate of #% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made
available for payment. Interest on this [Note/Debenture] shall be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest so
payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date
will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
[Note/Debenture] (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the # or # (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the
Person in whose name this [Note/Debenture] (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to the Holder of this [Note/Debenture] not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the [Notes/Debentures] may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
Payment of the principal of and [premium, if any, and] the interest on this
[Note/Debenture] will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private
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debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company, interest may be
paid by check mailed 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 located in the United States.
This [Note/Debenture] is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of
the Company (herein called the ["Notes/Debentures"]) issued and to be issued in
one or more series under an Indenture dated as of #, 199# (herein called,
together with [ADD REFERENCE TO ANY EXISTING SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES OR ANY
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE ESTABLISHING THE TERMS OF SUCH SERIES] and all [other]
indentures supplemental thereto, the "Indenture") between the Company and #, as
trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the [Notes/Debentures], and the terms upon which the
[Notes/Debentures] are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
[Note/Debenture] is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited
(subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture [and subject to the right of
the Company to reopen such series for issuances of additional Securities of such
series]) in aggregate principal amount to $#,000,000.
[INCLUDE FOR SUBORDINATED SECURITIES-- Subject to Section [404] of the
Indenture, the payment of the indebtedness evidenced by this [Note/Debenture]
is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture, expressly
subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (as such term is defined in the #
Supplemental Indenture dated as of # between the Company and the Trustee) of the
Company. This [Note/Debenture] is issued subject to such provisions of the
Indenture, and each Holder of this [Note/Debenture], by accepting the same,
agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and authorizes and directs the
Trustee on his behalf, as between the Holders of the [Notes/Debentures] and the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness, to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate such subordination as provided in the Indenture and
appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.]
[INCLUDE IF SECURITIES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION PRIOR TO MATURITY --
The [Notes/Debentures] are not subject to redemption prior to the Stated
Maturity of the principal thereof.]
[INCLUDE IF SECURITIES ARE REDEEMABLE PRIOR TO MATURITY OR INSERT OTHER
APPLICABLE REDEMPTION PROVISIONS -- The [Notes/Debentures] shall not be subject
to redemption prior to #. The Company shall have the right to redeem the
[Notes/Debentures], in whole or in part from time to time, on or after #, upon
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at the following prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the [Notes/Debentures] to
be redeemed) together (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) with
accrued and unpaid interest, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, if redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning # of the years set forth below:
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# #
# #
# #
# #
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and 100% of the principal amount thereof if redeemed on or after #; provided,
however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to a
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of the [Notes/Debentures] (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) registered as such at the close of business on
the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of
the Indenture.]
If an Event of Default with respect to the [Notes/Debentures] shall occur
and be continuing, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the
[Notes/Debentures] may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series issued
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this [Note/Debenture] shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this [Note/Debenture]
and of any [Notes/Debentures] issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or
in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent
or waiver is made upon this [Note/Debenture].
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
[Note/Debenture] or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
[premium, if any, and] interest on this [Note/Debenture], at the time, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein, the transfer of this [Note/Debenture] may be registered on the Security
Register upon surrender of this [Note/Debenture] for registration of transfer at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for the purpose in any place
where the principal of and interest on this [Note/Debenture] are payable, duly
endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the
Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one
or more new [Notes/Debentures], of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The [Notes/Debentures] are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in the denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in
the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the
[Notes/Debentures] are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
[Notes/Debentures] of authorized denominations as requested by the Holders
surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge and any other expenses (including fees and
expenses of the Trustee) that may be imposed in connection therewith, other than
in certain cases provided in the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this [Note/Debenture] for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this [Note/Debenture] is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this [Note/Debenture] be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company may be discharged
from its obligations with respect to the [Notes/Debentures] (subject to certain
exceptions) or (ii) the Company may be released from its obligations under
specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company
irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations sufficient
to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all [Notes/Debentures], and
satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
In addition, the Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (subject to
certain exceptions) with respect to the [Notes/Debentures] when (1) either (A)
all [Notes/Debentures] previously authenticated and delivered have been
delivered (subject to certain exceptions) to the Trustee for cancellation, or
(B) all [Notes/Debentures] (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will become
due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year or [(iii) are to be
called for redemption within one year] and, in the case of (i), (ii) [or (iii)]
above, the Company has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee money in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all such
[Notes/Debentures] not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
and (2) the Company satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully
provided in the Indenture.
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This [Note/Debenture] shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
All terms used in this [Note/Debenture] which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, this [Note/Debenture] shall not be entitled to any
benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
[Seal] CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
Attest: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
#, as Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM--as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - - _________ Custodian ______
TEN ENT--as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN--as joint tenants with right of survivorship Under Uniform Gifts to
and not as tenants in common Minors Act
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(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
______________________________________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
____________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________
the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
Attorney
________________________________________________________________________
to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
__________________________________________________________________________
Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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EXHIBIT 4(j)
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT dated as of [ ] among CNF TRANSPORTATION INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and [NAME OF DEPOSITARY], a [ ], as
Depositary, and all holders from time to time of Receipts (as hereinafter
defined) issued hereunder.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit
Agreement, for the deposit of shares of the Company's Preferred Stock (as
hereinafter defined) with the Depositary (as hereinafter defined) for the
purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the issuance hereunder of
the Receipts (as hereinafter defined) evidencing Depositary Shares (as
hereinafter defined) representing fractional interests in the shares of
Preferred Stock deposited; and
WHEREAS, the Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications
and omissions, as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein, it is
agreed by and among the parties hereto as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 The following definitions shall apply to the respective terms
(in the singular and plural forms of such terms) used in this Deposit
Agreement and the Receipts:
"Certificate of Designation" shall mean the [Certificate of Powers,
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Designations, Preferences and Rights] of the [ ]% Series [ ] [Cumulative]
[Redeemable] [Convertible] [Exchangeable] Preferred Stock of the Company,
setting forth the terms of the Preferred Stock, filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, including any certificate subsequently filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the DGCL
and setting forth a statement that a specified decrease in the number of shares
of Preferred Stock has been authorized by the Company.
"Certificate of Incorporation" shall mean the amended certificate of
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incorporation, as the same may be further amended or restated from time to time,
of the Company, including all certificates of designation filed as part of such
certificate of incorporation.
"Company" shall mean CNF Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
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its successors.
"Corporate Office" shall mean the corporate office of the Depositary at
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which at any particular time its business in respect of matters governed by this
Deposit Agreement shall be
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administered, which at the date of this Deposit Agreement is located at the
office of the Depositary's service agent [ ].
"DGCL" means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as in
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effect from time to time, or any successor thereto.
"Deposit Agreement" shall mean this agreement, as the same may be amended,
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modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Depositary" shall mean [Name of Depositary], a [ ], having its principal
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office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000, and any successor as depositary hereunder, which successor
shall also have its principal office in the United States and a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000.
"Depositary Share" shall mean a fractional interest of [ ]th of a share of
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Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary hereunder and the same
proportionate interest in any and all other property received by the Depositary
in respect of such share of Preferred Stock and held under this Deposit
Agreement, all as evidenced by the Receipts issued hereunder. Subject to the
terms of this Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Share representing
deposited Preferred Stock is entitled, proportionately with all other owners of
Depositary Shares representing deposited Preferred Stock, to all rights,
preferences and privileges of the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary
Shares, including the dividend, voting, distribution, redemption and liquidation
rights contained in the Certificate of Designation and any other rights,
preferences and privileges contained in the Certificate of Incorporation.
"Depositary's Agent" shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary as
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provided, and for the purposes specified, in Section 7.5.
"New York Office" shall mean the office maintained by the Depositary in the
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Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the execution and delivery,
transfer, surrender and exchange, split-up, combination[, exchange][,
conversion][, repurchase] and redemption of Receipts (and payment of amounts due
upon such redemption [or repurchase]), payment and distribution of all other
monies and property payable or distributable in respect of Receipts, and deposit
and withdrawal of Preferred Stock, which office at the date of this Deposit
Agreement is located at [ ].
"Preferred Stock" shall mean the Company's [ ]% Series [ ] [Cumulative]
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[Redeemable] [Convertible][Exchangeable] Preferred Stock, no par value per
share.
"Receipt" shall mean a depositary receipt issued hereunder to evidence one
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or more Depositary Shares, whether in definitive or temporary form,
substantially in the form (subject to Section 2.1) set forth as Exhibit A
hereto.
"record date" shall mean the date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4.
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"record holder" or "holder" as applied to a Receipt shall mean the person
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in whose name such Receipt is registered on the books maintained by the
Depositary for such purpose.
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"Registrar" shall mean [Name of Registrar] or any bank or trust company
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appointed to register ownership and transfers of Receipts or the Preferred
Stock, as the case may be, as herein provided.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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"Transfer Agent" shall mean [Name of Transfer Agent] or any bank or trust
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company appointed to transfer the Receipts or the Preferred Stock, as the case
may be, as herein provided.
ARTICLE II
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF PREFERRED STOCK,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER,
SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
Section 2.1 Form and Transferability of Receipts. Definitive Receipts
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shall be engraved or printed or lithographed with steel-engraved borders and
underlying tint and shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A
annexed to this Deposit Agreement, with appropriate insertions, modifications
and omissions, as hereinafter provided. Pending the preparation of definitive
Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of the Company delivered in
compliance with Section 2.2, shall execute and deliver temporary Receipts
which may be printed, lithographed, typewritten, word-processed, mimeographed
or otherwise reproduced, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts
in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such
Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If
temporary Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause
definitive Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be
exchangeable for definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts
at the Corporate Office, the New York Office and such additional offices, if
any, as the Depositary may designate, without charge to the holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the
Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts
representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by the
surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at the
Company's expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Preferred Stock
deposited, as definitive Receipts.
Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a
duly authorized signatory of the Depositary, provided that such signature may be
a facsimile if a Registrar (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed
and such Receipts are countersigned by manual signature of a duly authorized
signatory of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be entitled to any benefits under
this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless it shall
have been executed as provided in the preceding sentence. The Depositary shall
record on its books each Receipt executed as provided above and delivered as
hereinafter provided.
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Except as the Depositary may otherwise determine, Receipts shall be in
denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. All Receipts shall be
dated the date of their issuance.
Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such
legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required to comply
with any applicable law or regulation or with the rules and regulations of any
securities exchange upon which the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the
Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular
Receipts are subject.
Title to any Receipt (and to the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt) that is properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer or endorsement shall be transferable by delivery with the
same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that
until a Receipt shall be transferred on the books of the Depositary as provided
in Section 2.4, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary,
treat the record holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for
the purpose of determining the person entitled to distribution of dividends or
other distributions, the exercise of any conversion rights or to any notice
provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
Section 2.2 Deposit of Preferred Stock; Execution and Delivery of
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Receipts in Respect Thereof. Concurrently with the execution of this Deposit
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Agreement, the Company is delivering to the Depositary a certificate or
certificates, registered in the name of the Depositary and evidencing [number
of firm shares] shares of Preferred Stock, properly endorsed or accompanied,
if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or
endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary. In the event that the
over-allotment option granted to the underwriters pursuant to the
[Underwriting/Purchase] Agreement dated [ ] between the Corporation, [Managing
Underwriter] and the other underwriters named therein is exercised in whole or
in part and the issuance of the Depositary Shares issuable upon exercise of
such option occurs after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall, on or
prior to the date of delivery of such Depositary Shares, deliver to the
Depositary a certificate or certificates, registered in the name of the
Depositary and evidencing the shares of Preferred Stock represented by such
Depositary Shares (which shall not exceed [number of option shares] shares of
Preferred Stock in the aggregate), properly endorsed or accompanied, if
required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or
endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary. Concurrently with each
delivery of certificates, the Company is delivering or shall deliver, as the
case may be, to the Depositary (i) all such certifications as may be required
by the Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement
and (ii) a written order of the Company directing the Depositary to execute
and deliver to, or upon the written or oral order of, the person or persons
stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the Depositary Shares
representing such deposited Preferred Stock. The Depositary acknowledges
receipt of the deposited Preferred Stock delivered on the date of this Deposit
Agreement and shall be deemed to acknowledge receipt of any deposited
Preferred Stock delivered after the date of this Deposit Agreement in
connection with any exercise of such over-allotment option, together in each
case with all related documentation, and agrees to hold such deposited
Preferred Stock in an account to be established by the Depositary at the
Corporate Office or at such other office as the
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Depositary shall determine. The Company hereby appoints [the Depositary] as
the Registrar, Transfer Agent and paying agent for the Preferred Stock in
[City, State of Corporate Office] and the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, and the Depositary hereby accepts such appointment and, as such,
will reflect changes in the number of shares (including any fractional shares)
of deposited Preferred Stock held by it or any Depositary's Agent by notation,
book-entry or other appropriate method.
If required by the Depositary, Preferred Stock presented for deposit by the
Company at any time, whether or not the register of stockholders of the Company
is closed, shall also be accompanied by an agreement or assignment, or other
instrument satisfactory to the Depositary, that will provide for the prompt
transfer to the Depositary or its nominee of any dividend or right to subscribe
for additional Preferred Stock or to receive other property that any person in
whose name the Preferred Stock is or has been registered may thereafter receive
upon or in respect of such deposited Preferred Stock or in lieu thereof such
agreement of indemnity or other agreements as shall be satisfactory to the
Depositary.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for
Preferred Stock deposited hereunder, together with the other documents specified
above, and upon registering such Preferred Stock in the name of the Depositary,
the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement,
shall execute and deliver to, or upon the order of, the person or persons named
in the order delivered to the Depositary referred to in the first paragraph of
this Section 2.2, a Receipt or Receipts for the number of whole Depositary
Shares representing the Preferred Stock so deposited and registered in such name
or names as may be requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall
execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the New York Office or, if
requested by the person requesting such delivery, at the Corporate Office,
except that, at the request, risk and expense of any person requesting such
delivery, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be designated by
such person.
Other than in the case of splits, combinations or other reclassifications
affecting the Preferred Stock, or in the case of dividends or other
distributions of Preferred Stock, if any, there shall be deposited hereunder not
more than the number of shares constituting the Preferred Stock as set forth in
the Certificate of Designation, as such may be amended from time to time.
The Company shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time such
quantities of Receipts as the Depositary may request to enable the Depositary to
perform its obligations under this Deposit Agreement.
Section 2.3 Optional Redemption of Preferred Stock for Cash[; Repurchase
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at Option of Holders]. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem deposited
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shares of Preferred Stock for cash in accordance with the provisions of the
Certificate of Designation, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with
the Depositary) give the Depositary not less than 60 days' prior written
notice of the date of such proposed redemption and of the number of such
shares of Preferred Stock held by the Depositary to be redeemed and the
applicable redemption price, as set forth in the Certificate of Designation,
including the amount, if any, of accrued and unpaid dividends (including,
without limitation, accumulated dividends, if any, for prior dividend periods)
to the date of such redemption. The Depositary shall mail, first-class postage
prepaid, notice furnished by the Company of the redemption of the Preferred
Stock and the proposed
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simultaneous redemption of the Depositary Shares representing the Preferred
Stock to be redeemed, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption of such Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares (the
"cash redemption date"), to the holders of record
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at the close of business on the record date fixed for such notice pursuant to
Section 4.4 hereof of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to be so
redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as the same appear on the records
of the Depositary, but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more
such holders nor any defect in any such notice shall affect the validity of
the proceedings for redemption except as to any holder to whom notice was
defective or not given. The Company shall provide the Depositary with such
notice, and each such notice shall state: (i) the cash redemption date; (ii)
the cash redemption price; (iii) the number of shares of deposited Preferred
Stock and Depositary Shares to be redeemed; (iv) the place or places (which
shall [include/be in] the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) where
Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares to be redeemed are to be surrendered for
payment of the cash redemption price; (v) that dividends on the shares of
Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease
to accrue from and after such cash redemption date, and (vi) if fewer than all
the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts held by any holder are to be
redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to be so
redeemed. If fewer than all the outstanding Depositary Shares are to be
redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as
nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional Depositary Shares) or
by lot or by any other equitable method determined by the Company. The Company
shall also cause notice of redemption to be published in the Wall Street
Journal or, if such newspaper is not then being published, any other daily
newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York at least once a week
for two successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the cash redemption date.
In the event that notice of redemption has been made as described in the
immediately preceding paragraph and the Company shall then have paid in full to
the Depositary the cash redemption price (determined pursuant to the Certificate
of Designation) of the Preferred Stock deposited with the Depositary to be
redeemed (including any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, without
limitation, accumulated dividends, if any, for prior dividend periods) to the
date of redemption), the Depositary shall redeem, as of the same redemption date
as the Preferred Stock being so redeemed, the number of Depositary Shares
representing such Preferred Stock so called for redemption by the Company and
from and after the cash redemption date (unless the Company shall have failed to
redeem the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the
Company's notice provided for in the preceding paragraph and to pay all amounts
due upon such redemption) all dividends in respect of the shares of Preferred
Stock called for redemption shall cease to accrue, the Depositary Shares called
for redemption shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and all rights of the
holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (except the right to
receive the cash redemption price together with accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon [(including, without limitation, accumulated dividends, if any, for
prior dividend periods)], and any money or other property to which holders of
such Receipts were entitled upon such redemption) shall, to the extent of such
Depositary Shares, cease and terminate. Upon surrender in accordance with said
notice of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares representing such
Preferred Stock so called for redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for
transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be
redeemed at a cash redemption price per Depositary Share of $[ ], plus [ ]th
of the accrued and unpaid dividends (including, without limitation, accumulated
dividends, if any, for prior
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dividend periods), if any, payable on one share of Preferred Stock upon such
redemption, plus [ ]th of any other money and other property payable in
respect of one such share of Preferred Stock upon such redemption. The
foregoing shall be further subject to the terms and conditions of the
Certificate of Designation.
[Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the holders of record of
Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing Preferred Stock at the close
of business on a record date for the payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock
will be entitled to receive the dividend payable with respect to the Preferred
Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts on the
corresponding dividend payment date for the Preferred Stock notwithstanding the
redemption of such Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares after such record date
and on or prior to such dividend payment date or the Company's default in the
payment of the dividend due on such dividend payment date, in which case the
amount payable upon redemption of such Depositary Shares will not include any
amount in respect of such dividend (and the full amount of the dividend payable
for the applicable dividend period shall instead be paid on such dividend
payment date to the holders of record of such Receipts on such record date as
aforesaid).]
If fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are
called for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt
upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with payment of the cash
redemption price for and all other amounts payable in respect of the Depositary
Shares called for redemption, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares
evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for redemption.
[If applicable, insert provisions relating to repurchase of Receipts at the
option of holders.]
Section 2.4 Registration of Transfer of Receipts. The Company hereby
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appoints the Depositary as the Registrar, Transfer Agent and paying agent for
the Receipts in [City, State of Corporate Office] and the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York and the Depositary hereby accepts such
appointment and, as such, shall register on its books from time to time
transfers of Receipts upon any surrender thereof by the holder in person or by
a duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly
executed instrument of transfer or endorsement. No service charge will be made
for any registration of transfer or exchange of Receipts, but the Company or
the Depositary may require payment of any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith. Upon such surrender, the Depositary
shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts and deliver the same to or upon the
order of the person entitled thereto evidencing the same aggregate number of
Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
Section 2.5 Combinations and Split-ups of Receipts. Upon surrender of a
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Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office, the New York Office or such other
office as the Depositary may designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up
or combination of Receipts, subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts in
the authorized denominations requested evidencing the same aggregate number of
Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
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Section 2.6 Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of Preferred Stock. Any
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holder of a Receipt or Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing
deposited Preferred Stock may withdraw any or all of the deposited Preferred
Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or Receipts
and all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares
by surrendering such Receipt or Receipts at the Corporate Office, the New York
Office or at such other office as the Depositary may designate for such
withdrawals, provided that a holder of a Receipt or Receipts may not withdraw
such Preferred Stock (or money and other property, if any, represented thereby)
which has previously been called for redemption. After such surrender, without
unreasonable delay, the Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the
person or persons designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number
of whole or fractional shares of such Preferred Stock and all such money and
other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the
Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for withdrawal, but, except as provided below
in this Section 2.6, holders of such whole or fractional shares of Preferred
Stock will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such Preferred Stock hereunder
or to receive Depositary Shares therefor. If the Receipt or Receipts delivered
by the holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall
evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary
Shares representing the number of whole or fractional shares of deposited
Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in
addition to such number of whole or fractional shares of Preferred Stock and
such money and other property, if any, to be withdrawn, deliver to such holder
or (subject to Section 2.4) upon his order, a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing
such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of such Preferred Stock and
such money and other property being withdrawn may be made by the delivery of
such certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary
may deem appropriate, which, if required by the Depositary, shall be properly
endorsed or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer.
If the deposited Preferred Stock and the money and other property being
withdrawn are to be delivered to a person or persons other than the record
holder of the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Preferred
Stock, such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order
so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or
Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Preferred
Stock be properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer or endorsement in blank.
The Depositary shall deliver the deposited Preferred Stock and the money
and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
Receipts surrendered for withdrawal at the New York Office or, if requested by
the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts, at the Corporate Office,
except that, at the request, risk and expense of the holder surrendering such
Receipt or Receipts and for the account of the holder thereof, such delivery may
be made at such other place as may be designated by such holder.
Section 2.7 Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Split-up,
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Combination, Surrender and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to
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the execution and delivery, transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or
exchange of any Receipt[ or conversion [or exchange] right referred to in
Section 2.10,], the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company
may require any or all of the following: (i) payment to it of a sum sufficient
for the payment (or, in the event that the Depositary or the Company shall have
made such payment, the
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reimbursement to it) of any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable with respect thereto (including any such tax or charge with respect to
the Preferred Stock being deposited or withdrawn[; provided, however, that,
the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax
or other similar governmental charge due on the issuance of the Common Stock
or other securities upon such conversion [or exchange]; and provided, further
that the holder of such Receipt shall pay the amount of any tax or other
governmental charge resulting from the issuance of Common Stock (as defined in
Section 2.10) or such other securities in a name other than that of such
holder)]; (ii) production of proof satisfactory to it as to the identity and
genuineness of any signature (or the authority of any signature); and (iii)
compliance with such reasonable regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the
Company may establish consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement
or as may be required by any securities exchange upon which the deposited
Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be included for
quotation or listed.
The deposit of Preferred Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts
against Preferred Stock may be suspended, the transfer of Receipts may be
refused, and the transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or exchange of
outstanding Receipts may be suspended [and the exercise of any conversion [or
exchange] right referred to in Section 2.10 may be suspended,] (i) during any
period when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any
such action is deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any
of the Depositary's Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time
because of any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or
commission, or under any provision of this Deposit Agreement.
Section 2.8 Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be mutilated or
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destroyed or lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may execute and
deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and substitution for such
mutilated Receipt or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or
stolen Receipt, provided that the holder thereof provides the Depositary with
(i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction, loss
or theft of such Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of his ownership
thereof and (ii) reasonable indemnification satisfactory to the Depositary and
the Company.
Section 2.9 Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. All
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Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary's Agent shall be
cancelled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or
regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy such Receipts so
cancelled.
Section 2.10 Conversion [or Exchange] of Preferred Stock into Common
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Stock [or Other Securities] [to be revised according to conversion/exchange
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rights]. It is understood and agreed that the Depositary Shares are not
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convertible into [or exchangeable for ] Common Stock, $.625 par value per
share ("Common Stock"), of the Company or any other securities or property of
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the Company. Nevertheless, as a matter of convenience, the Company hereby
agrees to cause the Depositary to accept (or to cause the Company's conversion
agent [or exchange agent, as the case may be,] to accept) the delivery of
Receipts for the purpose of effecting conversions [or exchanges] of the
Preferred Stock utilizing the same procedures as those provided for delivery
of Preferred Stock certificates to effect such conversions [or exchanges] in
accordance with the
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terms and conditions of the Certificate of Designations; provided, however,
that only whole Depositary Shares may be so submitted for conversion[ or
exchange].
Receipts may be surrendered with written instructions to the Depositary to
instruct the Company to cause the conversion [or exchange] of any specified
number of whole [or fractional] shares of Preferred Stock that is represented by
the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts into the number of whole shares
of Common Stock [or whole number of other securities of the Company] obtained by
dividing the aggregate liquidation preference of the total number of shares of
Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares by the Conversion Price
(as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designations) [or Exchange Ratio
(as defined in the Certificate of Designations) then in effect], as such
Conversion Price [or Exchange Ratio] may be adjusted by the Company from time to
time as provided in the Certificate of Designations. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Deposit Agreement and the Certificate of Designations, a
holder of a Receipt or Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing whole
or fractional shares of Preferred Stock may surrender such Receipt or Receipts
to the Depositary at the Corporate Office or to such office or to such
Depositary's Agents as the Depositary may designate for such purpose, together
with (i) a notice of conversion [or exchange] thereof, as the case may be, duly
completed and executed (a "Notice of Conversion[/Exchange]"), and (ii) any
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payment in respect of dividends required by the fifth paragraph of this Section
2.10, thereby directing the Depositary to instruct the Company to cause the
conversion [or exchange, as the case may be,] of the number of shares or
fractions thereof of underlying Preferred Stock specified in such Notice of
Conversion[/Exchange] into whole shares of Common Stock or a whole number of
other securities of the Company. In the event that a holder delivers to the
Depositary for conversion [or exchange] a Receipt or Receipts which in the
aggregate are convertible into[ or exchangeable for] less than (i) one whole
share of Common Stock or any number of whole shares of Common Stock plus an
excess constituting less than one whole share of Common Stock or (ii) one of
such securities or any whole number of such securities plus an excess
constituting less than one security, the holder shall receive payment in lieu of
such fractional shares of Common Stock or fractional number of such securities
otherwise issuable in accordance with the last paragraph of this Section 2.10.
If more than one Receipt shall be delivered for conversion[ or exchange, as the
case may be,] at one time by the same holder, the number of whole shares of
Common Stock or the whole number of such securities issuable upon conversion [or
exchange] thereof[, as the case may be,] shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts so delivered.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of one or more Receipts, together with a
duly completed and executed Notice of Conversion[/Exchange], the Depositary
shall, on the date of receipt of such Notice of Conversion[/Exchange], instruct
the Company (i) to cause the conversion [or exchange, as the case may be,] of
the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts so surrendered for conversion
[or exchange] as specified in the Notice of Conversion[/Exchange] and (ii) to
cause the delivery to the holder or holders of such Receipts of a certificate or
certificates evidencing the number of whole shares of Common Stock or the whole
number of such securities and the amount of money, if any, to be delivered to
the holders of Receipts surrendered for conversion[ or exchange] in payment of
any fractional shares of Common Stock or of any fractional number of such
securities otherwise issuable, as the case may be. The Company shall, as
promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, cause the delivery to such holder
or holders of (i) a certificate or certificates evidencing the number of whole
shares of Common
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Stock or the whole number of such securities into or for which the Preferred
Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt or
Receipts has been converted [or exchanged, as the case may be, ]and (ii) any
money or other property to which the holder or holders are entitled. The
person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for
shares of Common Stock or for such securities shall be issuable upon such
conversion [or exchange, as the case may be, ]shall be deemed to have become
the holder or holders of record of the shares or securities represented
thereby at the close of business on the date such Receipt or Receipts shall
have been surrendered to and a Notice of Conversion[/Exchange] received by the
Depositary, unless the transfer books of the Company shall be closed on that
date, in which event such person or persons shall be deemed to have become
such holder or holders of record on the next succeeding day on which such
transfer books are open. Upon such conversion [or exchange,] the Depositary
(i) shall deliver to the holder a Receipt evidencing the number of Depositary
Shares, if any, which such holder has elected not to convert[ or exchange] in
excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing Preferred Stock which
has been so converted [or exchanged, as the case may be, ](ii) shall cancel
the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts surrendered for conversion [or
exchange, as the case may be, ]and (iii) shall deliver for cancellation to the
transfer agent for the Preferred Stock the shares of Preferred Stock
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts so surrendered
and so converted[ or exchanged, as the case may be].
If any Preferred Stock convertible into [or exchangeable for] Common Stock
or other securities of the Company shall be called by the Company for
redemption, the Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Stock may be
converted into[ or exchangeable for] Common Stock or such securities as provided
in this Deposit Agreement until and including, but not after, the close of
business on the cash redemption date (as defined in Section 2.3) unless the
Company shall default in making payment of the redemption price. Upon receipt
by the Depositary of a Receipt or Receipts representing any Preferred Stock
called for redemption, together with a properly completed and executed Notice of
Conversion[/Exchange], the shares of Preferred Stock held by the Depositary
represented by such Depositary Shares as to which conversion[ or exchange, as
the case may be,] is requested shall be deemed to have been received by the
Company for such conversion[ or exchange].
Upon any conversion[ or exchange, as the case may be,] of the Preferred
Stock underlying the Depositary Shares, no allowance, adjustment or payment
shall be made with respect to accrued dividends upon such Preferred Stock,
except that if any holder of a Receipt surrenders such Receipt with instructions
to the Depositary for conversion[ or exchange] of the underlying Preferred Stock
evidenced thereby during the period between the opening of business on any
dividend record date and the close of business on the corresponding dividend
payment date (except shares called for redemption on a redemption date during
such period), such Receipt must be accompanied by a payment equal to the
dividend thereon, if any, which the holder of such Receipt is entitled to
receive on such dividend payment date in respect of the underlying Preferred
Stock to be converted[ or exchanged].
Upon the conversion[ or exchange] of any shares of Preferred Stock for
which a duly completed and executed Notice of Conversion[/Exchange] has been
received by the Depositary, all dividends in respect of such Depositary Shares
shall cease to accrue, such Depositary Shares shall be deemed no longer
outstanding, all rights of the holder of the Receipt with respect to such
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Depositary Shares (except the right to receive the Common Stock or other
securities of the Company, any cash payable with respect to any fractional
shares of Common Stock or fractional number of such securities, as the case may
be, as provided herein and any cash payable on account of accrued dividends in
respect of the Preferred Stock so converted[ or exchanged] and any Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares not so converted[ or exchanged]) shall terminate,
and the Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares shall be cancelled in
accordance with Section 2.9 hereof.
No fractional shares of Common Stock or fractional number of securities, as
the case may be, shall be issuable upon conversion[ or exchange] of Preferred
Stock underlying the Depositary Shares. If, except for the provisions of this
Section 2.10 and the Certificate of Designations, any holder of Receipts
surrendered to the Depositary for conversion[ or exchange] of the underlying
Preferred Stock would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock or a
fractional number of securities, as the case may be, upon such conversion[ or
exchange], the Company shall cause to be delivered to such holder an amount in
cash for such fractional share or security determined in accordance with the
Certificate of Designations.
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, if less than all of the Depositary Shares
are to be exchanged, the Depositary Shares to be exchanged will be selected by
the 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.]
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
Section 3.1 Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any
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person presenting Preferred Stock for deposit or any holder of a Receipt may be
required from time to time to file such proof of residence or other information,
to execute such certificates and to make such representations and warranties as
the Depositary or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The
Depositary or the Company may withhold or delay the delivery of any Receipt, the
transfer, redemption or exchange of any Receipt, the withdrawal of the deposited
Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt,
the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the sale of any rights
or of the proceeds thereof, [the exercise of any conversion or exchange right
referred to in Section 2.10 or the delivery of Common Stock or other securities
of the Company upon such conversion or exchange] until such proof or other
information is filed, such certificates are executed or such representations and
warranties are made.
Section 3.2 Payment of Fees and Expenses. Holders of Receipts shall be
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obligated to make payments to the Depositary of certain fees and expenses, as
provided in Section 5.7, or to provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Depositary that such fees and expenses have been paid. Until such payment is
made, transfer of any Receipt or any withdrawal of the Preferred Stock or money
or other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Receipt may be refused, any dividend or other distribution on such
Preferred Stock may be withheld, and any part or all of the Preferred Stock or
other property represented by the
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Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may be sold for the account of the
holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder a
reasonable number of days prior to such sale). Any dividend or other
distribution so withheld and the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to
any payment of such fees or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining
liable for any deficiency.
Section 3.3 Representations and Warranties as to Preferred Stock. In
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the case of the initial deposit of the Preferred Stock hereunder, the Company
and, in the case of subsequent deposits thereof, each person so depositing
Preferred Stock under this Deposit Agreement shall be deemed thereby to
represent and warrant that such Preferred Stock and each certificate therefor
are valid and that the person making such deposit is duly authorized to do so.
The Company hereby further represents and warrants that such Preferred Stock,
when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such
representations and warranties shall survive the deposit of the Preferred
Stock and the issuance of Receipts.
Section 3.4 Representation and Warranty as to Receipts and Depositary
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Shares. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Receipts, when
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issued, will evidence legal and valid interests in the Depositary Shares and
each Depositary Share will represent a legal and valid [ ]th fractional
interest in a deposited share of Preferred Stock. Such representation and
warranty shall survive the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the issuance of
Receipts.
Section 3.5 [Covenants and Representation and Warranty as to Common
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Stock. In the event that the Depositary Shares evidence Preferred Stock
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convertible into [or exchangeable for] Common Stock, the Company covenants
that it will give written notice to the Depositary of any adjustments in the
Conversion Price [or Exchange Ratio] made pursuant to the Certificate of
Designation. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion or exchange of the Preferred Stock, when issued, will
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such
representation and warranty shall survive the conversion or exchange of the
Preferred Stock into such Common Stock. [to be modified if convertible into or
exchangeable for other securities of the Company]
ARTICLE IV
THE PREFERRED STOCK; NOTICES
Section 4.1 Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive
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any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the deposited Preferred Stock,
the Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.2 and the last sentence of this
Section 4.1, distribute to record holders of Receipts evidencing Depositary
Shares representing deposited Preferred Stock on the record date fixed
pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts of such sums as are, as nearly as
practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of such Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided, however, that in
case the Company or the Depositary shall be required by law to withhold and
shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash distribution in respect of
the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares which are evidenced
by the Receipts held by any holder an amount on account of taxes, the amount
made available for distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares
evidenced by such Receipts shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary shall
distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may
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be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing to
any holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so
distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest
thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received
by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts evidencing
Depositary Shares representing Preferred Stock then outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if less than all of the outstanding Depositary
Shares are to be redeemed as contemplated by Section 2.3 hereof and the
Depositary Shares to be so redeemed are not selected pro rata, then only the
holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares selected for
redemption will be entitled to receive the cash redemption price therefor or
any other amounts payable upon such redemption.
Section 4.2 Distributions Other Than Cash. Whenever the Depositary shall
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receive any distribution other than cash on the deposited Preferred Stock, the
Depositary shall, subject to Section 3.2 and the last sentence of Section 4.1,
distribute to record holders of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares
representing deposited Preferred Stock on the record date fixed pursuant to
Section 4.4 such amounts of the securities or property received by the
Depositary in respect of the deposited Preferred Stock as are, as nearly as
practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of such Depositary Shares
evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders in any manner that the Depositary
and the Company may deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such
distribution. If, in the opinion of the Depositary after consultation with the
Company, such distribution cannot be made proportionately among such record
holders of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing Preferred Stock or
if for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the
Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes) the Depositary deems, after
consultation with the Company, such distribution not to be feasible, the
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 the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities or property
thus received or any part thereof, at such place or places and upon such terms
as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to
Section 3.2, be distributed or made available for distribution, as the case may
be, by the Depositary to record holders of the applicable Receipts as provided
by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in cash. The Company
shall not make any distribution of such securities or property unless the
Company shall have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel stating that
such securities or property have been registered under the Securities Act or do
not need to be registered.
Section 4.3 Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the
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Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose
names deposited Preferred Stock is registered on the books of the Company any
rights, preferences or privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any
securities or any rights, preferences or privileges of any other nature, such
rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be made
available by the Depositary, subject to the last sentence of Section 4.1, to
the record holders of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares representing such
Preferred Stock in such manner as the Company shall instruct (including by the
issue to such record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences
or privileges); provided, however, that (a) if at the time of issue or offer
of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Company determines upon
advice of its legal counsel that it is not lawful or feasible to make such
rights, preferences or privileges available to the holders of Receipts (by the
issue of warrants or otherwise) or (b) if and to the extent instructed by
holders
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of Receipts who do not desire to exercise such rights, preferences or
privileges, the Depositary shall then, if so instructed by the Company, and if
applicable laws or the terms of such rights, preferences or privileges so
permit, sell such rights, preferences or privileges of such holders at public
or private sale, at such place or places and upon such terms as it may deem
proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject to Section 3.2, be
distributed by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts entitled
thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a distribution received in
cash. The Company shall not make any distribution of such rights, preferences
or privileges unless the Company shall have provided to the Depositary an
opinion of counsel stating that such rights, preferences or privileges have
been registered under the Securities Act or do not need to be registered.
If registration under the Securities Act of the securities to which any
rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for holders of
Receipts to be offered or sold the securities to which such rights, preferences
or privileges relate, the Company agrees that it will promptly file a
registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act with respect to such
rights, preferences or privileges and securities and use its best efforts and
take all steps available to it to cause such registration statement to become
effective as promptly as practicable and, in any event, sufficiently in advance
of the expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such
persons to exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall
the Depositary make available to the holders of Receipts any right, preference
or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless and until
such a registration statement shall have become effective and the Company shall
have provided to the Depositary an opinion of legal counsel to such effect or
unless the offering and sale of such securities to such persons are exempt from
registration under the provisions of the Securities Act and the Company shall
have provided to the Depositary an opinion of counsel to such effect.
If any other action under the law of any jurisdiction or any governmental
or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in order for such
rights, preferences or privileges or related securities or any securities or
property referred to in Section 4.2 to be made available to holders of Receipts,
the Company agrees to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or
permit prior to the distribution of such rights, preferences or privileges or
such securities or property referred to in Section 4.2, as the case may be, and
further agrees, in the case of any such related securities, to use its best
efforts to take such action or obtain such authorization, consent or permit as
promptly as practicable and, in any event, sufficiently in advance of the
expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to
exercise such rights, preferences or privileges.
Section 4.4 Notice of Dividends; Fixing of Record Date for Holders of
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Receipts. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash distribution shall become
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payable, any distribution other than cash shall be made, or any rights,
preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered with respect to the
deposited Preferred Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of
(i) any meeting at which holders of such Preferred Stock are entitled to vote
or of which holders of such Preferred Stock are entitled to notice or (ii) any
election on the part of the Company to redeem any such shares of Preferred
Stock, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which
shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to
the Preferred Stock, as the case may be) for the determination of the holders
of Receipts who shall be entitled (x) to receive such dividend, distribution,
rights, preferences or privileges or the
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net proceeds of the sale thereof, or (y) to give instructions for the
exercise of voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such
meeting or redemption.
Section 4.5 Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at
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which the holders of deposited Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the
Depositary, as soon as practicable thereafter, shall mail to the record
holders of Receipts a notice, which shall be provided by the Company and which
shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice of meeting,
(ii) a statement that the holders of Receipts at the close of business on a
specified record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 will be entitled, subject
to any applicable provision of law, to instruct the Depositary as to the
exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Preferred Stock, represented
by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a brief statement as to the
manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written request of a
holder of a Receipt on such record date (which shall be the same as the record
date for the Preferred Stock), the Depositary shall vote or cause to be voted
the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in such request. Each
share of Preferred Stock is entitled to [ ] votes and, accordingly, each
Depositary Share is entitled to one vote. The Company hereby agrees to take
all reasonable action that may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order
to enable the Depositary to vote such Preferred Stock or cause such Preferred
Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific instructions from the holder of
a Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from voting to the extent of the
Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt. The Depositary shall not be required to exercise discretion in voting
any Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt.
Section 4.6 Changes Affecting Preferred Stock and Reclassifications,
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Recapitalization, etc. Upon any change in the liquidation preference, or upon
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any split-up, combination or any other reclassification of Preferred Stock, or
upon any recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation affecting the
Company or to which it is a party or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets, the Depositary shall, upon the instructions of the Company,
(i) make such adjustments in the fraction of an interest represented by one
Depositary Share in one share of Preferred Stock, purchase price per Depositary
Share to the redemption price or purchase price, as the case may be, of a share
of Preferred Stock, in each case as may be required to fully reflect the effects
of such change in liquidation preference, split-up, combination or other
reclassification of Preferred Stock, or of such recapitalization,
reorganization, merger, consolidation or sale and (ii) treat any shares of stock
or other securities or property (including cash) that shall be received by the
Depositary in exchange for or upon conversion of or in respect of the Preferred
Stock as new deposited property under this Deposit Agreement, and Receipts then
outstanding shall thenceforth represent the proportionate interests of holders
thereof in the new deposited property so received in exchange for or upon
conversion or in respect of such Preferred Stock. In any such case the
Depositary may, in its discretion, with the approval of the Company, execute and
deliver additional Receipts, or may call for the surrender of all outstanding
Receipts to be exchanged for new Receipts specifically describing such new
deposited property. Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, holders of
Receipts shall have the right from and after the effective date of any such
change in liquidation preference, split-up, combination or other
reclassification of the Preferred Stock or any such recapitalization,
reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all the
assets of the Company, to surrender such Receipts to the Depositary with
instructions to convert, exchange or
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surrender the Preferred Stock represented thereby only into or for, as the
case may be, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and
property and cash into which the deposited Preferred Stock evidenced by such
Receipts might have been converted or for which such Preferred Stock might
have been exchanged or surrendered immediately prior to the effective date of
such transaction. The Company shall cause effective provision to be made in
the charter or other governing instruments of the resulting, surviving or
transferee entity (if other than the Company) for protection of such rights as
may be applicable upon exchange of the deposited Preferred Stock for
securities or property or cash of the surviving entity in connection with the
transactions set forth above. The Company shall cause any such surviving
entity (if other than the Company) expressly to assume the obligations of the
Company hereunder, by written instrument or agreement executed and delivered
on or prior to the effective date of such transaction.
Section 4.7 Inspection of Reports. The Depositary shall make available
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for inspection by holders of Receipts at the Corporate Office, the New York
Office and at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable
during normal business hours any reports and communications received from the
Company that are both received by the Depositary as the holder of deposited
Preferred Stock and made generally available to the holders of the Preferred
Stock. In addition, the Depositary shall transmit certain notices and reports
to the holders of Receipts as provided in Section 5.5.
Section 4.8 List of Holders of Receipts. Promptly upon request from
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time to time by the Company, the Depositary shall furnish to the Company a
list, as of a recent date specified by the Company, of the names, addresses
and holdings of Depositary Shares of all persons in whose names Receipts are
registered on the books of the Depositary.
Section 4.9 Tax and Regulatory Compliance. The Depositary shall be
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responsible for (i) preparation and mailing of Internal Revenue Service Forms
1099 for all open and closed accounts, (ii) foreign tax withholding, (iii)
back-up withholding (or any withholding as may be required at the then
applicable rate) on dividends paid and other distributions made to eligible
holders of Receipts, (iv) mailing Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9 to new
holders of Receipts without a certified taxpayer identification number, (v)
processing certified Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9, (vi) preparation and
filing of state information returns and (vii) escheatment services.
Section 4.10 Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
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Deposit Agreement, in the event that the Depositary determines that any
distribution in property is subject to any tax which the Depositary is
obligated by law to withhold, the Depositary may dispose of all or a portion
of such property in such amounts and in such manner as the Depositary deems
necessary and practicable to pay such taxes, by public or private sale, and
the Depositary shall distribute the net proceeds of any such sale or the
balance of any such property after deduction of such taxes to the holders of
Receipts entitled thereto in proportion to the number of Depositary Shares
held by them respectively.
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ARTICLE V
THE DEPOSITARY AND THE COMPANY
Section 5.1 Maintenance of Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the
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Depositary and the Registrar. The Depositary shall maintain (i) at the New York
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Office facilities for the execution and delivery, transfer, surrender and
exchange, split-up, combination[, exchange] [, conversion] [, repurchase] and
redemption of Receipts (and payment of amounts due upon such redemption[ or
repurchase]) and for other payments and distributions in respect of the
Depositary Shares and the Receipts, and deposit and withdrawal of Preferred
Stock and (ii) at the Corporate Office and at the offices of the Depositary's
Agents, if any, facilities for the execution and delivery, transfer, surrender
and exchange, split-up, combination and redemption of Receipts (and payment of
amounts due upon such redemption) and for other payments and distributions in
respect of the Depositary Shares and the Receipts and deposit and withdrawal of
Preferred Stock, all in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit
Agreement. Without limitation to the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.1,
the Company shall at all times maintain a paying agent, Transfer Agent and
Registrar for the Receipts and the Preferred Stock in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York.
The Depositary shall keep books at the Corporate Office for the
registration and transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times shall
be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts. The Depositary may
close such books, at any time or from time to time, when deemed expedient by it
in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder.
If the Receipts or the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby or the Preferred
Stock represented by such Depositary Shares shall be listed on the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other stock exchange, the Depositary shall, with the
approval of the Company, appoint a Registrar (acceptable to the Company) for
registration of such Receipts or Depositary Shares in accordance with the
requirements of such exchange. Such Registrar (which may be the Depositary if
so permitted by the requirements of such exchange) may be removed and a
substitute Registrar appointed by the Depositary upon the request or with the
approval of the Company. If the Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such
Preferred Stock are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Depositary
will, at the request and expense of the Company, arrange such facilities for the
delivery, transfer, surrender, redemption, purchase and exchange of such
Receipts, such Depositary Shares or such Preferred Stock as may be required by
law or applicable stock exchange regulations.
Section 5.2 Prevention or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the
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Depositary's Agents, the Registrar or the Company. Neither the Depositary, any
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Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the Company shall incur any liability to
any holder of any Receipt, if by reason of any provision of any present or
future law or regulation thereunder of the United States of America or of any
other governmental authority or, in the case of the Depositary, any Depositary's
Agent or any Registrar, by reason of any provision, present or future, of the
Certificate of Incorporation (including the Certificate of Designation) or, in
the case of the Company, the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent or any
Registrar, by reason of any act of God or war or other circumstance beyond the
control of the relevant party, the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any
Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden from doing or
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performing any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide
shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent,
any Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any holder of a Receipt by
reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as aforesaid, in the performance
of any act or thing that the terms of this Deposit Agreement provide shall or
may be done or performed, or by reason of any exercise of, or failure to
exercise, any discretion provided for in this Deposit Agreement.
Section 5.3 Obligations of the Depositary, the Depositary's Agents, the
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Registrar and the Company. Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any
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Registrar nor the Company assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any
liability under this Deposit Agreement or any Receipt to holders of Receipts
other than from acts or omissions arising out of conduct constituting bad faith,
gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Deposit Agreement.
Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the
Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
action, suit or other proceeding with respect to the deposited Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares or Receipts that in its reasonable opinion may involve it in
expense or liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense
and liability be furnished as often as may be reasonably required.
Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the
Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance
upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information provided
by any person presenting Preferred Stock for deposit, any holder of a Receipt or
any other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
information. The Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar and the
Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written
notice, request, direction or other document believed by it in good faith to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
In the event the Depositary shall receive conflicting claims, requests or
instructions from any holders of Receipts, on the one hand, and the Company, on
the other hand, the Depositary shall be entitled to act on such claims, requests
or instructions received from the Company and shall be entitled to the full
indemnification set forth in Section 5.6 hereof in connection with any action so
taken.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any
instruction to vote any of the deposited Preferred Stock or for the manner or
effect of any such vote made, as long as any such action or non-action is in
good faith and does not result from gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Depositary. The Depositary undertakes, and any Registrar shall be required
to undertake, to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Deposit Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Agreement against the Depositary or any Registrar.
The Depositary, its parent, affiliates, or subsidiaries, any Depositary's
Agent, and any Registrar may own, buy, sell or deal in any class of securities
of the Company and its affiliates and in Receipts or Depositary Shares or become
pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company or its affiliates
may be interested or contract with or lend money to or
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otherwise act as fully or as freely as if it were not the Depositary or the
Depositary's Agent hereunder. The Depositary may also act as transfer agent or
registrar of any of the securities of the Company and its affiliates or act in
any other capacity for the Company or its affiliates.
It is intended that neither the Depositary nor any Depositary's Agent shall
be deemed to be an "issuer" of the securities under the federal securities laws
or applicable state securities laws, it being expressly understood and agreed
that the Depositary and any Depositary's Agent are acting only in a ministerial
capacity as Depositary for the deposited Preferred Stock; provided, however,
that the Depositary agrees to comply with all information reporting and
withholding requirements applicable to it under law or this Deposit Agreement in
its capacity as Depositary.
Neither the Depositary (or its officers, directors, employees or agents)
nor any Depositary's Agent makes any representation or has any responsibility as
to the validity of the registration statement pursuant to which the Depositary
Shares are registered under the Securities Act, the deposited Preferred Stock,
the Depositary Shares, the Receipts (except its signature or countersignature
thereon) or any instruments referred to herein or therein, or as to the
correctness of any statement made herein or therein; provided, however, that the
Depositary is responsible for its representations in this Deposit Agreement and
for the validity of any action taken or required to be taken by the Depositary
in connection with this Deposit Agreement.
The Company agrees that it will register the deposited Preferred Stock and
the Depositary Shares in accordance with the applicable securities laws.
Section 5.4 Resignation and Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of
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Successor Depositary. The Depositary may at any time resign as Depositary
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hereunder by notice of its election to do so delivered to the Company, such
resignation to take effect upon the appointment of a successor depositary and
its acceptance of such appointment as hereinafter provided.
The Depositary may at any time be removed by the Company by notice of such
removal delivered to the Depositary, such removal to take effect upon the
appointment of a successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment as
hereinafter provided.
In case at any time the Depositary acting hereunder shall resign or be
removed, the Company shall, within 60 days after the delivery of the notice of
resignation or removal, as the case may be, appoint a successor depositary,
which shall be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United
States of America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000. If a successor depositary shall not have been appointed in 60
days, the resigning Depositary may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint a successor depositary. Every successor depositary shall execute and
deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument in writing accepting
its appointment hereunder and pursuant to which it shall agree to become the
depositary under this Agreement, and thereupon such successor depositary,
without any further act or deed, shall become fully vested with all the rights,
powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor and for all purposes shall be
the Depositary under this Deposit Agreement, and such predecessor, upon payment
of all sums due it and on the written request of the Company, shall promptly
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor all rights and
powers of such predecessor hereunder, shall duly assign, transfer and
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deliver all rights, title and interest in the deposited Preferred Stock and
any moneys or property held hereunder to such successor and shall deliver to
such successor a list of the record holders of all outstanding Receipts that
may be in the possession of the predecessor. Any successor depositary shall
promptly mail notice of its appointment to the record holders of Receipts
whose names and addresses have been furnished to such successor Depositary.
Any corporation, association or other entity into or with which the
Depositary may be merged, consolidated or converted shall be the successor of
such Depositary without the execution or filing of any document or any further
act. Such successor depositary may execute the Receipts either in the name of
the predecessor depositary or in the name of the successor depositary.
Section 5.5 Notices, Reports and Documents. The Company agrees that it
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will deliver to the Depositary, and the Depositary will, promptly after receipt
thereof, transmit to the record holders of Receipts, in each case at the
addresses recorded in the Depositary's books, copies of all notices and reports
(including financial statements) required by law, by the rules of any national
securities exchange upon which the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares or the
Receipts are included for quotation or listed or by the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Company's by-laws or the Certificate of Designation to be
furnished by the Company to holders of the deposited Preferred Stock and, if
requested by the holder of any Receipt, a copy of this Deposit Agreement, the
form of Receipt, the Certificate of Designation and the form of Preferred Stock
certificate. Such transmission will be at the Company's expense and the Company
will provide the Depositary with such number of copies of such documents as the
Depositary may reasonably request. In addition, the Depositary will transmit to
the record holders of Receipts at the Company's expense such other documents as
may be requested by the Company.
Section 5.6 Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to
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indemnify the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar against,
and hold each of them harmless from, any liability, costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees) that may arise out of, or in connection
with, its acting as Depositary, Depositary's Agent or Registrar, respectively,
under this Deposit Agreement and the Receipts, except for any liability
arising out of the willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith on the
part of any such person or persons. The obligations of the Company set forth
in this Section 5.6 shall survive any succession of any Depositary, Registrar
or Depositary's Agent or termination of this Deposit Agreement.
Section 5.7 Fees, Charges and Expenses. No charges or expenses of the
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Depositary or any Depositary's Agent hereunder shall be payable by any person,
except as provided in this Section 5.7. The Company shall pay all transfer and
other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of this
Deposit Agreement. The Company shall also pay all fees and expenses of the
Depositary in connection with the deposit of the Preferred Stock and the initial
issuance of the Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts, any redemption of
the Preferred Stock at the option of the Company, all withdrawals of the
Preferred Stock by holders of Depositary Shares, and in connection with all
other services provided, and all other duties performed, by the Depositary under
this Agreement. If a holder of Receipts requests the Depositary to perform
duties not required under this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall notify
the holder of the cost of the performance of such duties prior to the
performance thereof. Such holder will be liable for the charges and expenses
related to such performance. All other
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fees and expenses of the Depositary and any Depositary's Agent hereunder and
of any Registrar (including, in each case, fees and expenses of counsel)
incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will be
promptly paid as agreed between the Depositary and the Company from time to
time. The amount of the fees and expenses of the Depositary, any Depositary's
Agent and any Registrar which are payable by the Company pursuant to this
Section 5.7 shall be as agreed upon by the Company and the Depositary, such
Depositary's Agent or such Registrar, as the case may be, from time to time.
The Depositary shall present its statement for fees and expenses to the
Company every month or at such other intervals as the Company and the
Depositary may agree.
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
Section 6.1 Amendment. The Receipts and any provision of this Deposit
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Agreement (including any provision of the form of Receipt attached as Exhibit A
hereto) may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between
the Company and the Depositary in any respect that they may deem necessary or
desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment which (i) shall materially
and adversely alter the rights of the holders of Receipts or (ii) would be
materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
the Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designation shall be
effective unless such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of
Receipts evidencing at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then
outstanding (or such greater proportion as may be required by the rules of any
securities exchange on which the Depositary Shares may be listed). In no event
shall any amendment impair the right, subject to the provisions of Section 2.6,
Section 2.7 and Article III hereof, of any holder of any Depositary Shares to
surrender the Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares with instructions to the
Depositary to deliver to the holder the deposited Preferred Stock, together with
all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to
comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law. Every holder of an
outstanding Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be
deemed, by continuing to hold such Receipt, to consent and agree to such
amendment and to be bound by this Deposit Agreement as amended thereby.
Section 6.2 Termination. This Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the
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Company upon not less than 60 days' prior notice to the Depositary if the
holders of Receipts evidencing at least a majority of the outstanding Depositary
Shares consent to such termination, whereupon the Depositary shall deliver or
make available to each holder of a Receipt, upon surrender of the Receipt held
by such holder, such number of whole or fractional shares of deposited Preferred
Stock as are represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt,
together with any cash or other property held by the Depositary in respect of
such Receipt. This Deposit Agreement will automatically terminate if (i) all
outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed pursuant to Section
2.3[,] [or] (ii) [all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall have been
converted into[or exchanged for] shares of Common Stock or other securities of
the Company pursuant to Section 2.10, as the case may be, or (iii)] there shall
have been made a final distribution in respect of the deposited Preferred Stock
in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and
such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Receipts
entitled thereto.
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Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its
obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar under
Section 5.6 and Section 5.7.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in any
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number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered,
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
a signature page to this Deposit Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Deposit Agreement.
Section 7.2 Exclusive Benefits of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is
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for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors
hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim to any other person whatsoever.
Section 7.3 Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the
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provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts shall be or
become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall
in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
Section 7.4 Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company
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hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail, by overnight
courier, or by telegram or facsimile transmission confirmed by letter,
addressed to the Company at:
CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: Eberhard G. H. Schmoller
Telephone No.: (650) 494-2900
or at any other address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary
in writing.
Any notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the Receipts
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally
delivered or sent by mail, by overnight courier, or by telegram or telex or
telecopier confirmed by letter, addressed to the Depositary at the Corporate
Office.
Any notices given to any record holder of a Receipt shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail,
by overnight courier, or by telegram or telex or telecopier confirmed by letter,
addressed to such record holder at the address of such record holder as it
appears on the books of the Depositary at its address provided to the Depositary
by the Company or, if such holder shall have filed with the Depositary in a
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timely manner a written request that notices intended for such person be mailed
or delivered to some other address, at the address designated in such request.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by telegram or telex or telecopier
shall be deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter
containing the same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or
telex or telecopier message) is deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office
letter box. The Depositary or the Company may, however, act upon any telegram
or telex or telecopier message received by it from the other or from any holder
of a Receipt, notwithstanding that such telegram or telex or telecopier message
shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter as aforesaid.
Section 7.5 Depositary's Agents. The Depositary may from time to time
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appoint Depositary's Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the
purposes of this Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional
Depositary's Agents and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary's
Agents. The Depositary will notify the Company of any such action, except that
no such notice shall be required if the Depositary's Agent in question is [ ].
Section 7.6 Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of Receipts
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from time to time shall be deemed to be parties to this Deposit Agreement and
shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Receipts
by acceptance of delivery thereof.
Section 7.7 Governing Law. This Deposit Agreement and the Receipts and
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all rights hereunder and thereunder and provisions hereof and thereof shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York
applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said State.
Section 7.8 Inspection of Deposit Agreement and Certificate of Designation.
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Copies of this Deposit Agreement and the Certificate of Designation shall be
filed with the Depositary and the Depositary's Agents and shall be open to
inspection during business hours at the Corporate Office, the New York Office
and the respective offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any, by any holder of
any Receipt.
Section 7.9 Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this
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Deposit Agreement (including Exhibit A hereto) and in the Receipts have been
inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as a part of this
Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or
interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CNF Transportation Inc. and [Name of Depositary] have
duly executed this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set
forth and all holders of Receipts shall become parties hereto by and upon
acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts issued in accordance with the terms
hereof.
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
[NAME OF DEPOSITARY]
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Receipt
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[FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT]
The Company (as defined herein) will furnish to any holder hereof who so
requests and any other stockholder who so requests, without charge, the powers,
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. The Company will
also furnish without charge to each holder hereof who so requests, without
charge, a copy of the Deposit Agreement (as defined below) and a copy of the
Certificate of Designation with respect to the Stock (as defined below) of the
Company. Any such request may be made to the Secretary of the Company at its
principal office or to the Depositary (as defined below).
DRC- This Depositary Receipt is transferable in
[City, State of Corporate Office] or
New York, New York.
See reverse for certain definitions.
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES CUSIP
EACH REPRESENTING [ ]th OF A SHARE OF
[ ]% SERIES [ ][CUMULATIVE][REDEEMABLE][CONVERTIBLE][EXCHANGEABLE]
PREFERRED STOCK
OF
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
[Name of Depositary], as Depositary (the "Depositary", which term includes
any successor depositary under the Deposit Agreement referred to below), hereby
certifies that ____________________________________ is the registered owner of
____________ DEPOSITARY SHARES ("Depositary Shares"), each Depositary Share
representing [ ]th of one share of [ ]% Series [ ][Cumulative]
[Redeemable][Convertible][Exchangeable] Preferred Stock, no par value
per share (the "Stock"), of CNF Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company", which term, as used herein, includes it successors), on
deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the benefits
of the Deposit Agreement dated as of [ ] (as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, the "Deposit Agreement") among the Company,
the Depositary and the holders from time to time of depositary receipts
("Receipts") issued thereunder. By accepting this Receipt, the holder hereof
becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and conditions of
the Deposit Agreement. This Receipt shall not be valid or obligatory for any
purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit Agreement unless it
shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of a duly
authorized signatory of the Depositary, provided that, if a Registrar in
respect of the Receipts (other than the Depositary) shall have been appointed,
then this Receipt may be signed by the facsimile signature of a duly
authorized signatory of the Depository so long as it is countersigned by the
manual signature of a duly authorized signatory of such Registrar.
This Receipt is continued on the reverse hereof and the additional
provisions therein set forth (including, without limitation, those relating to
redemption) for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Dated:
[NAME OF DEPOSITARY],
as Depositary, Transfer Agent and Registrar
By:________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT]
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
1. THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. Receipts, of which this Receipt is one, are
made available upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Deposit Agreement
(as defined on the face hereof). The Deposit Agreement (copies of which are on
file at the Corporate Office of the Depositary and at the office of any agent of
the Depositary) sets forth the rights of holders of Receipts and the rights and
duties of the Depositary. The statements made on the face and the reverse of
this Receipt are summaries of certain provisions of the Deposit Agreement and
are subject to the detailed provisions thereof, to which reference is hereby
made. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Receipt and
the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement
will govern.
2. DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise expressly herein provided, all defined
terms used in this summary of the Deposit Agreement shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Deposit Agreement.
3. REDEMPTION OF STOCK. Whenever the Company shall elect to redeem shares
of Stock, it shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) give
the Depositary not less than 60 days' notice of the date of such proposed
redemption and of the number of such shares of Stock held by the Depositary to
be redeemed and the applicable redemption price. The Depositary shall mail,
first-class postage prepaid, notice furnished by the Company of the redemption
of Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of Depositary Shares
representing the Stock to be redeemed, not less than 30 and not more than 60
days prior to the date fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares,
to the holders of record at the close of business on the record date fixed for
such redemption pursuant to the Deposit Agreement of the Receipts evidencing the
Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as the
same appear on the records of the Depositary. Any such notice shall also be
published in the manner specified in the Deposit Agreement. On the date of such
redemption, the Depositary shall redeem the number of Depositary Shares
representing such Stock so called for redemption; provided, that the Company
shall then have paid in full to the Depositary the cash redemption price of the
Stock to be redeemed (including any accrued and unpaid dividends (including,
without limitation, accumulated dividends, if any, for prior dividend periods)
to the date of redemption). If fewer than all the outstanding Depositary Shares
are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro
rata or by lot or by any other equitable method determined by the Company.
Notice having been mailed as aforesaid, from and after the redemption date
(unless the Company shall have failed to redeem the shares of Stock to be
redeemed by it as set forth in the notice of redemption and to pay in full the
redemption price therefor (including accrued and unpaid dividends (including
accumulated dividends, if any, for prior dividend periods)), all dividends in
respect of the shares of Stock called for redemption shall cease to accrue, the
Depositary Shares called for redemption shall be deemed no longer to be
outstanding and all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary
Shares (except the right to receive the redemption price together with accrued
and unpaid dividends, if any, thereon (including, without limitation,
accumulated dividends, if any, for prior dividend periods) and any money or
other property to which holders of such Receipts were entitled upon
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such redemption) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and
terminate. Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the Receipts
evidencing such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer,
if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall be redeemed
at a cash redemption price per Depositary Share of $[ ], plus [ ]th of the
accrued and unpaid dividends (including, without limitation, accumulated
dividends, if any, for prior dividend periods), if any, payable on one share
of Stock upon such redemption, plus [ ]th of any other money and other
property payable in respect of one such share of Stock upon such redemption.
The foregoing is subject to the further terms and conditions of the
Certificate of Designation and the Deposit Agreement. If fewer than all of the
Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt are called for redemption, the
Depositary will deliver to the holder of this Receipt upon its surrender to
the Depositary, together with the cash redemption price, a new Receipt
evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not
called for redemption.
[Add Conversion/Exchange provision, if applicable]
4. SURRENDER OF RECEIPTS AND WITHDRAWAL OF STOCK. Upon surrender of this
Receipt to the Depositary at the Corporate Office or the New York Office or at
such other office as the Depositary may designate, and subject to the provisions
of the Deposit Agreement, the holder hereof is entitled to withdraw, and to
obtain delivery, without unreasonable delay, to or upon the order of such
holder, any or all of the Stock (in whole or fractional shares of Stock) and all
money and other property, if any, represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced
by this Receipt; provided, however, that, in the event this Receipt shall
evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary
Shares representing the number of whole or fractional shares of deposited Stock
to be withdrawn, the Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such
number of whole or fractional shares of Stock and such money and other property,
if any, to be withdrawn, deliver to or upon the order of such holder, a new
Receipt or Receipts evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares.
5. TRANSFERS, SPLIT-UPS, COMBINATIONS. Subject to the Deposit Agreement,
this Receipt is transferable on the books of the Depositary upon surrender of
this Receipt by the holder hereof in person or by a duly authorized attorney to
the Depositary, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer or endorsement, together with evidence of the payment of
any transfer taxes as may be required by law. Upon such surrender the
Depositary shall sign and deliver a Receipt or Receipts to or upon the order of
the person entitled thereto, all as provided in and subject to the Deposit
Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, this Receipt may be
split into other Receipts or combined with other Receipts into one Receipt
evidencing the same aggregate number of Depositary Shares evidenced by the
Receipt or Receipts surrendered; provided, however, that the Depositary shall
not issue any Receipt evidencing a fractional Depositary Share.
6. CONDITIONS TO SIGNING AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, ETC. OF RECEIPTS. As a
condition precedent to the execution and delivery, transfer, split-up,
combination, surrender or exchange of this Receipt, the Depositary, any of the
Depositary's Agents or the Company may require any or all of the following: (i)
payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in the event that the
Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement to it)
of any transfer tax or similar governmental charge with respect thereto
(including any such tax or charge with respect to the Stock being deposited or
withdrawn); (ii) production of proof
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satisfactory to it as to the identity and genuineness of any signature (or the
authority of any signature); and (iii) compliance with such reasonable
regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish consistent
with the provisions of the Deposit Agreement or as may be required by any
securities exchange upon which the deposited Stock, the Depositary Shares or
the Receipts may be included for quotation or listed.
7. SUSPENSION OF DELIVERY, TRANSFER, ETC. The deposit of Stock may be
refused, the delivery of this Receipt against Stock may be suspended, the
transfer of Receipts may be refused, and the transfer, split-up, combination,
surrender or exchange of this Receipt may be suspended (i) during any period
when the register of stockholders of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such
action is deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Depositary, any of the
Depositary's Agents or the Company at any time or from time to time because of
any requirement of law or of any government or governmental body or commission,
or under any provision of the Deposit Agreement.
8. AMENDMENT. The Receipts and any provision of the Deposit Agreement
(including any provision of the form of Receipt attached as an exhibit thereto)
may at any time and from time to time be amended by agreement between the
Company and the Depositary in any respect that they may deem necessary or
desirable; provided, however, that no such amendment which (i) shall materially
and adversely alter the rights of holders of Receipts or (ii) would be
materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of
the Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designation shall be effective unless
such amendment shall have been approved by the holders of at least two-thirds of
the Depositary Shares evidenced by Receipts then outstanding. The holder of
this Receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective shall be deemed,
by continuing to hold this Receipt, to consent and agree to such amendment and
to be bound by the Deposit Agreement as amended thereby. In no event shall any
amendment impair the right, as provided in the Deposit Agreement, of the owner
of the Depositary Shares evidenced by this Receipt to surrender this Receipt
with instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the holder the deposited Stock
and all money and other property, if any, represented thereby, except in order
to comply with mandatory provisions of applicable law.
9. CHARGES AND EXPENSES. The Company will pay all transfer and other
taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the
depositary arrangement, except such charges as are expressly provided in the
Deposit Agreement to be at the expense of holders of Receipts.
10. TITLE TO RECEIPTS. Title to this Receipt (and to the Depositary
Shares evidenced hereby), when properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly
executed instrument of transfer or endorsement, is transferable by delivery with
the same effect as in the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however,
that until this Receipt is transferred on the books of the Depositary as
provided in the Deposit Agreement, the Depositary may, notwithstanding any
notice to the contrary, treat the record holder hereof at such time as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of determining the person entitled to
distribution of dividends or other distributions or to any notice provided for
in the Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
11. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. Whenever the Depositary shall receive
any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the deposited Stock, the
Depositary shall, subject to the
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provisions of the Deposit Agreement, distribute to record holders of Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares representing the deposited Stock on the record
date fixed pursuant to the Deposit Agreement such amounts of such sums as are,
as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective numbers of such
Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such holders; provided,
however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required by law
to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash
distribution in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares
which are evidenced by the Receipts held by any holder an amount on account of
taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in respect of
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipts shall be reduced accordingly. The
Depositary shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case
may be, only such amount, however, as can be distributed without attributing
to any holder of Receipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so
distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest
thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received
by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Receipts then
outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if less than all of the
outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed and the Depositary Shares to
be so redeemed are not selected pro rata, then only the record holders of the
Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares selected for redemption will be
entitled to receive the cash redemption price therefor or any other amounts
payable upon such redemption.
12. SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS, PREFERENCES OR PRIVILEGES. If the Company shall
at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose names deposited
Stock is registered on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or
privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights,
preferences or privileges of any other nature, such rights, preferences or
privileges shall in each such instance, subject to the provisions of the Deposit
Agreement, be made available by the Depositary to the record holders of Receipts
in such manner as the Company shall instruct (including by the issue to such
record holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences and
privileges).
13. NOTICE OF DISTRIBUTIONS, FIXING OF RECORD DATE. Whenever any cash
dividend or other cash distribution shall become payable, any distribution other
than cash shall be made, or any rights, preferences or privileges shall at any
time be offered with respect to the deposited Stock, or whenever the Depositary
shall receive notice of (i) any meeting at which holders of such Stock are
entitled to vote or of which holders of such Stock are entitled to notice or
(ii) any election on the part of the Company to redeem any such shares of Stock,
the Depositary shall in each such instance fix a record date (which shall be the
same date as the record date fixed by the Company with respect to the Stock) for
the determination of the holders of Receipts who shall be entitled (x) to
receive such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the
net proceeds of the sale thereof, or (y) to give instructions for the exercise
of voting rights at any such meeting or to receive notice of such meeting or
whose Depositary Shares are to be so redeemed.
14. VOTING RIGHTS. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the
holders of deposited Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary, as soon as
practicable thereafter, shall mail to the record holders of Receipts a notice,
which shall be provided by the Company and which shall contain (i) such
information as is contained in such notice of meeting, (ii) a statement that the
holders of Receipts at the close of business on a specified date fixed as
provided in the Deposit Agreement will be entitled, subject to any applicable
provisions of law, to instruct the
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Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Stock
represented by their respective Depositary Shares and (iii) a brief statement
as to the manner in which such instructions may be given. Upon the written
request of a holder of this Receipt on such record date, the Depositary shall
vote or cause to be voted the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by this Receipt in accordance with the instructions set forth in
such request. The Company hereby agrees to take all reasonable action that may
be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the Depositary to
vote such Stock or cause such Stock to be voted. In the absence of specific
instructions from the holder of this Receipt, the Depositary will abstain from
voting to the extent of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares
evidenced by this Receipt. The Depositary shall not be required to exercise
discretion in voting the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced
by this Receipt.
15. REPORTS, INSPECTION OF TRANSFER BOOKS. The Depositary shall transmit
to the record holders of Receipts at the addresses recorded in the Depositary's
books copies of all notices and reports (including financial statements)
required by law, by the rules of any national securities exchange upon which the
Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts are included for quotation or
listed or by the Articles of Incorporation, the Company's by-laws or the
Certificate of Designation to be furnished by the Company to holders of the
deposited Stock that are received by the Depositary from the Company. The
Depositary shall keep books at the Corporate Office and the New York Office for
the registration and transfer of Receipts, which books at all reasonable times
will be open for inspection by the record holders of Receipts.
16. LIABILITY OF THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR
AND THE COMPANY. Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar
nor the Company shall incur any liability to any holder of this Receipt, if by
reason of any provision of any present or future law or regulation thereunder of
the United States of America or of any other governmental authority or, in the
case of the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent or any Registrar, by reason of
any provision, present or future, of the Articles of Incorporation or the
Certificate of Designation or, in the case of the Company, the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent or any Registrar, by reason of any act of God or war or other
circumstances beyond the control of the relevant party, the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent, any Registrar or the Company shall be prevented or forbidden
from doing or performing any act or thing that the terms of the Deposit
Agreement provide shall be done or performed; nor shall the Depositary, any
Depositary's Agent, any Registrar or the Company incur any liability to any
holder of this Receipt by reason of any nonperformance or delay, caused as
aforesaid, in the performance of any act or thing that the terms of the Deposit
Agreement provide shall or may be done or performed, or by reason of any
exercise of, or failure to exercise, any discretion provided for in the Deposit
Agreement.
17. OBLIGATIONS OF THE DEPOSITARY'S AGENTS, THE REGISTRAR AND THE COMPANY.
Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the Company
assumes any obligation or shall be subject to any liability under the Deposit
Agreement or this Receipt to the holder hereof other than from acts or omissions
arising out of conduct constituting bad faith, gross negligence or willful
misconduct in the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in
the Deposit Agreement.
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Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the
Company shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any
action, suit or other proceeding with respect to the deposited Stock, Depositary
Shares or Receipts that in its reasonable opinion may involve it in expense or
liability, unless indemnity satisfactory to it against all expense and liability
be furnished as often as may be reasonably required.
Neither the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar nor the
Company shall be liable for any action or any failure to act by it in reliance
upon the written advice of legal counsel or accountants, or information provided
by any person presenting Stock for deposit, any holder of this Receipt or any
other person believed by it in good faith to be competent to give such
information. The Depositary, any Depositary's Agent, any Registrar and the
Company may each rely and shall each be protected in acting upon any written
notice, request, direction or other document believed by it in good faith to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
18. TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. The Deposit Agreement may be
terminated by the Company upon not less than 60 days' prior notice to the
Depositary if the holders of Receipts evidencing a majority of the outstanding
Depositary Shares consent to such termination, whereupon the Depositary shall
deliver or make available to each holder of a Receipt, upon surrender of the
Receipt held by such holder, such number of whole or fractional shares of
deposited Stock as are represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such
Receipt, together with any cash or other property held by the Depositary in
respect of such Receipt. Upon the termination of the Deposit Agreement, the
Company shall be discharged of all obligations thereunder except for its
obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's Agent and any Registrar under
Sections 5.6 and 5.7 of the Deposit Agreement.
19. GOVERNING LAW. The Deposit Agreement and this Receipt and all rights
thereunder and hereunder and provisions thereof and hereof shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York applicable to
agreements made and to be performed in said State.
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The following abbreviations when used in the instructions on the face of
this Receipt shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _________________ Custodian _________________
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as tenants
in common
_________________________________
(State)
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
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For value received,______________________________________________________
hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfers) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
Please Print Or Typewrite Name And Address Including Postal Zip Code Of Assignee
_________ Depositary Shares represented by the within Receipt, and do(es) hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint __________________________________
Attorney to transfer the said Depositary Shares on the books of the within named
Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ____________ Signed:_____________________________
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS RECEIPT IN EVERY
PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY
CHANGE WHATEVER
Signature(s) Guaranteed:
__________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE
GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS) WITH
MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
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EXHIBIT 4(k)
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF CNF TRUST II
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This Certificate of Trust of CNF Trust II (the "Trust"), dated as of May
29, 1998, is being duly executed and filed by First Chicago Delaware Inc., a
Delaware corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee, and
R. Guy Kraines, not in his individual capacity, but solely as trustee, to form a
business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. (S)3801, et
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seq.).
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1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CNF Trust II.
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2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
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Trust in the State of Delaware are First Chicago Delaware Inc., 300 King Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon
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filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the only trustees of the Trust,
have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first-above written.
First Chicago Delaware Inc., not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee
By: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
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Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
/s/ R. Guy Kraines
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R. Guy Kraines, not in his individual
capacity, but solely as trustee
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EXHIBIT 4(l)
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF CNF TRUST III
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This Certificate of Trust of CNF Trust III (the "Trust"), dated as of May
29, 1998, is being duly executed and filed by First Chicago Delaware Inc., a
Delaware corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee, and
R. Guy Kraines, not in his individual capacity, but solely as trustee, to form a
business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. (S)3801, et
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seq.).
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1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CNF Trust III.
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2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
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Trust in the State of Delaware are First Chicago Delaware Inc., 300 King Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon
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filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the only trustees of the Trust,
have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first-above written.
First Chicago Delaware Inc., not in its individual
capacity but solely as trustee
By: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
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Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
/s/ R. Guy Kraines
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R. Guy Kraines, not in his individual
capacity, but solely as trustee
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 4(m)
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
CNF TRUST II
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of May 29, 1998 (this "Trust Agreement"),
by and among CNF Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Sponsor (the
"Sponsor"), First Chicago Delaware Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trustee
("Delaware Trustee"), and R. Guy Kraines, as trustee (the Delaware Trustee and
R. Guy Kraines being hereinafter jointly referred to as the "Trustees"). The
Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "CNF Trust II" (the
"Trust"), in which name the Trustees or the Sponsor, to the extent provided
herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts, and
sue and be sued.
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the
Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such amount
in trust from the Sponsor, which amount shall constitute the initial trust
estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate in
trust for the Sponsor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust
created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. (S) 3801, et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that
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this document constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust
with the Delaware Secretary of State in such form as the Trustees may approve.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated
Trust Agreement or Declaration satisfactory to each such party and substantially
in the form to be included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form
S-3, including any subsequent registration statements filed under Rule 462(b)
(collectively, the "1933 Act Registration Statement") referred to below, or in
such other form as the Trustees and the Sponsor may approve, to provide for the
contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. Prior to the
execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement or
Declaration, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or
with respect of the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law
or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any
licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustees may take all actions deemed proper
as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.
4. The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the Sponsor,
as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and to execute, in the case of the 1933 Act
Registration Statement and 1934 Act Registration Statement (as herein defined),
on behalf of the Trust, (a) the 1933 Act Registration Statement, including pre-
effective or post-effective amendments to such
<PAGE>
Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), of the Preferred Securities of the
Trust, (b) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto
relating to the Preferred Securities required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the 1933 Act, and (c) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other
appropriate form (the "1934 Act Registration Statement") (including all pre-
effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the registration
of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New York Stock
Exchange and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all
other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments
as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of
the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents
as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under
the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on
behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable; (iv) to execute, deliver
and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting agreement with the Sponsor
and the underwriter or underwriters of the Preferred Securities of the Trust;
(v) to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust a purchase
agreement with the Sponsor for the purchase by the Trust of certain debt
securities to be issued by the Sponsor; and (vi) to execute, deliver and
perform on behalf of the Trust, a common securities purchase agreement with
the Sponsor for the purchase by the Sponsor of the common securities to be
issued by the Trust. In the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i)-
(iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the
New York Stock Exchange or state securities or Blue Sky laws to be executed on
behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the Trustees, in their capacities as
trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized and directed to join in any such
filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it
being understood that Delaware Trustee, in its capacity as trustee of the
Trust, shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf
of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or state securities or Blue Sky
laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, each of the Trustees, solely in
their capacities as trustees as the Trust, and the Sponsor hereby constitutes
and appoints Gregory L. Quesnel, Eberhard G. H. Schmoller, Chutta Ratnathicam
and R. Guy Kraines and as his or its, as the case may be, true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubsititution for the Sponsor or such Trustee or in the Sponsor's or such
Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to
the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-
fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the Sponsor or such Trustee might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact
and agent or his respective substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
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6. The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be two and
thereafter the number of trustees of the Trust shall be such number as shall be
fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor which may
increase or decrease the number of trustees of the Trust; provided, however,
that to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust
shall either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or,
if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in
the State of Delaware. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to
appoint or remove without cause any trustee of the Trust at any time. Any
trustee of the Trust may resign upon thirty days' prior notice to the Sponsor.
7. First Chicago Delaware Inc., in its capacity as Delaware Trustee, shall
not have the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein (except as may be
required under the Business Trust Act) and shall be a trustee hereunder for the
sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Business Trust Act.
8. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware (with regard to conflict of laws
principles).
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
as Sponsor
By: /s/ R. Guy Kraines
_______________________________
Name: R. Guy Kraines
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE INC., not
in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee
By: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
_______________________________
Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
/s/ R. Guy Kraines
__________________________________
R. GUY KRAINES, not in his individual
capacity but solely as Trustee
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EXHIBIT 4(n)
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
CNF TRUST III
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT is made as of May 29, 1998 (this "Trust Agreement"),
by and among CNF Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Sponsor (the
"Sponsor"), First Chicago Delaware Inc., a Delaware corporation, as trustee
("Delaware Trustee"), and R. Guy Kraines, as trustee (the Delaware Trustee and
R. Guy Kraines being hereinafter jointly referred to as the "Trustees"). The
Sponsor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as "CNF Trust III" (the
"Trust"), in which name the Trustees or the Sponsor, to the extent provided
herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts, and
sue and be sued.
2. The Sponsor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the
Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such amount
in trust from the Sponsor, which amount shall constitute the initial trust
estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate in
trust for the Sponsor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust
created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. (S) 3801, et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that
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this document constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees
are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a certificate of trust
with the Delaware Secretary of State in such form as the Trustees may approve.
3. The Sponsor and the Trustees will enter into an amended and restated
Trust Agreement or Declaration satisfactory to each such party and substantially
in the form to be included as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form
S-3, including any subsequent registration statements filed under Rule 462(b)
(collectively, the "1933 Act Registration Statement") referred to below, or in
such other form as the Trustees and the Sponsor may approve, to provide for the
contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance of the
Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. Prior to the
execution and delivery of such amended and restated Trust Agreement or
Declaration, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or
with respect of the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law
or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any
licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustees may take all actions deemed proper
as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated herein.
4. The Sponsor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the Sponsor,
as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") and to execute, in the case of the 1933 Act
Registration Statement and 1934 Act Registration Statement (as herein defined),
on behalf of the Trust, (a) the 1933 Act Registration Statement, including pre-
effective or post-effective amendments to such
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Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), of the Preferred Securities of the
Trust, (b) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus or supplement thereto
relating to the Preferred Securities required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
under the 1933 Act, and (c) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other
appropriate form (the "1934 Act Registration Statement") (including all pre-
effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the registration
of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New York Stock
Exchange and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all
other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments
as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of
the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents
as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under
the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as the Sponsor, on
behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable; (iv) to execute, deliver
and perform on behalf of the Trust, an underwriting agreement with the Sponsor
and the underwriter or underwriters of the Preferred Securities of the Trust;
(iv) to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust an underwriting
agreement with the Sponsor and the underwriter or underwriters of the
Preferred Securities of the Trust; (v) to execute, deliver and perform on
behalf of the Trust a purchase agreement with the Sponsor for the purchase by
the Trust of certain debt securities to be issued by the Sponsor; (vi) to
execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust a common securities
purchase agreement with the Sponsor for the purchase by the Sponsor of the
common securities to be issued by the Trust. In the event that any filing
referred to in clauses (i)-(iii) above is required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or state securities
or Blue Sky laws to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the
Trustees, in their capacities as trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized
and directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust
any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that Delaware Trustee, in
its capacity as trustee of the Trust, shall not be required to join in any
such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any such document unless
required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock
Exchange or state securities or Blue Sky laws. In connection with all of the
foregoing, each of the Trustees, solely in their capacities as trustees as the
Trust, and the Sponsor hereby constitutes and appoints Gregory L. Quesnel,
Eberhard G. H. Schmoller, Chutta Ratnathicam and R. Guy Kraines and as his or
its, as the case may be, true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubsititution for the Sponsor or such Trustee or
in the Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including all pre-effective and
post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934
Act Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting
unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Sponsor or
such Trustee might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his respective substitute or
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts.
6. The number of trustees of the Trust initially shall be two and
thereafter the number of trustees of the Trust shall be such number as shall be
fixed from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Sponsor which may
increase or decrease the number of trustees of the Trust; provided, however,
that to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one trustee of the Trust
shall either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or,
if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in
the State of Delaware. Subject to the foregoing, the Sponsor is entitled to
appoint or remove without cause any trustee of the Trust at any time. Any
trustee of the Trust may resign upon thirty days' prior notice to the Sponsor.
7. First Chicago Delaware Inc., in its capacity as Delaware Trustee, shall
not have the powers or duties of the Trustees set forth herein (except as may be
required under the Business Trust Act) and shall be a trustee hereunder for the
sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Business Trust Act.
8. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Delaware (with regard to conflict of laws
principles).
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
as Sponsor
By: /s/ R. Guy Kraines
_______________________________
Name: R. Guy Kraines
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
FIRST CHICAGO DELAWARE INC., not
in its individual capacity but solely
as Trustee
By: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
_______________________________
Name: Steven M. Wagner
Title: Vice President
/s/ R. Guy Kraines
_____________________________________
R. GUY KRAINES, not in his individual
capacity but solely as Trustee
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EXHIBIT 4(o)
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CNF TRUST II
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AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION
OF TRUST
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Dated as of #, 199#
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION
Section 1.1 Definitions....................................................... 2
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.................................. 9
Section 2.2 List of Holders of Securities..................................... 9
Section 2.3 Reports by the Institutional Trustee.............................. 9
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Institutional Trustee......................... 10
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.................. 10
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver......................................... 10
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.......................................... 12
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name.............................................................. 12
Section 3.2 Office............................................................ 12
Section 3.3 Purpose........................................................... 13
Section 3.4 Authority......................................................... 13
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.................................... 13
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees......................... 13
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.............. 16
Section 3.8 Legal Title to the Debentures..................................... 17
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee.. 19
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee.......................... 20
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee................................................. 22
Section 3.12 Execution of Documents........................................... 23
Section 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........... 23
Section 3.14 Duration of Trust................................................ 23
Section 3.15 Mergers.......................................................... 23
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ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities........................... 25
Section 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor................................... 25
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Number of Trustees................................................ 26
Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee.................................................. 26
Section 5.3 Institutional Trustee; Eligibility................................ 26
Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Regular Trustees
and Delaware Trustee Generally.................................... 27
Section 5.5 Regular Trustees.................................................. 27
Section 5.6 Delaware Trustee.................................................. 28
Section 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.................. 28
Section 5.8 Vacancies among Trustees.......................................... 29
Section 5.9 Effect of Vacancies............................................... 29
Section 5.10 Meetings......................................................... 29
Section 5.11 Delegation of Power.............................................. 30
Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...... 30
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions..................................................... 31
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities........................... 31
Section 7.2 Execution and Authentication...................................... 31
Section 7.3 Form and Dating................................................... 32
Section 7.4 Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent]............................... 32
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Termination of Trust.............................................. 33
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities............................................ 34
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Section 9.2 Transfer of Certificates.......................................... 35
Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders........................................... 35
Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests.............................................. 35
Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency........................................ 36
Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.......................... 36
Section 9.7 Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates.................. 37
Section 9.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates................. 37
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 10.1 Liability........................................................ 38
Section 10.2 Exculpation...................................................... 38
Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty................................................... 39
Section 10.4 Indemnification.................................................. 40
Section 10.5 Outside Business................................................. 42
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
Section 11.1 Fiscal Year...................................................... 43
Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters....................................... 43
Section 11.3 Banking.......................................................... 43
Section 11.4 Withholding...................................................... 44
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 12.1 Amendments....................................................... 44
Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities;
Action by Written Consent........................................ 46
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee.......... 47
Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee............... 48
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Notices.......................................................... 48
Section 14.2 Governing Law.................................................... 50
Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties......................................... 50
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Section 14.4 Headings......................................................... 50
Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns........................................... 50
Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability........................................... 50
Section 14.7 Counterparts..................................................... 50
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ANNEX I TERMS OF SECURITIES............................................ I-1
EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE................... Al-1
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE............................ A2-l
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE/*/
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SECTION OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION OF
OF 1939, AS AMENDED DECLARATION
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310(a) 5.3(a)
310(b) 5.3(c)
310(c) Inapplicable
311(c) Inapplicable
312(a) 2.2(a)
312(b) 2.2(b)
313 2.3
314(a) 2.4; 3.6(j)
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 2.5
314(d) Inapplicable
314(f) Inapplicable
315(a) 3.9(b)
315(c) 3.9(a)
315(d) 3.9(a)
316(a) 2.6
316(c) 3.6(e)
317(b) 3.8(h)
317(b) 3.8(h)
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/*/ This Cross-Reference table does not constitute part of the Declaration and
shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CNF TRUST II
#, 199#
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration")/*/ dated and
effective as of #, 199#, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as
defined herein) and by the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial
interests in the Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this
Declaration;
WHEREAS, certain trustees and the Sponsor established CNF Trust II
(the "Trust"), a trust under the Business Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant
to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May #, 1998 (the "Original Declaration") and a
Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on May 29, 1998, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
investing the proceeds thereof in certain Debentures (as defined herein) of the
Sponsor;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been issued;
WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this Declaration, amend
and restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration;
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue
the Trust as a business trust under the Business Trust Act and that this
Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such business trust, the
Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust
for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued
hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration.
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/*/ Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, (i)
bracketed language relating to conversion of the Trust Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities will be included only if the Trust Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities are convertible into CNF Common Stock
or other securities; and (ii) all references to specific sections of the
Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture are subject to change. In
addition, if the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are
convertible into securities other than CNF Common Stock, all references to
CNF Common Stock will be appropriately modified.
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION
Section 1.1 Definitions.
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Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the
preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this
Section 1.1, and capitalized terms used in this Declaration and defined
in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in
such preamble;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has the same meaning
throughout;
(c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to this
Declaration as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time and
include all Annexes and Exhibits hereto, which Annexes and Exhibits are
expressly incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Declaration;
(d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections and Annexes
and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits
to this Declaration unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration
or unless the context otherwise requires; and
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the
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Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent, Registrar [or Conversion Agent].
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"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
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bind such Person.
"Base Indenture" means the # Indenture dated as of #, 199#, between the
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Company and the Debenture Trustee.
"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate,
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ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day
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on which banking institutions in New York, New York are permitted or required by
any applicable law to close.
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"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12
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Del. C. Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or any
successor legislation.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a Trust Preferred
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Security Certificate.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
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pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as depositary for the
Trust Preferred Securities and in whose name or in the name of a nominee of that
organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake
to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Trust Preferred Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
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institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing Agency
effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means #, 199#.
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["CNF Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which
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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. However, subject
to the provisions of Article [VII] of the Supplemental Indenture, shares
issuable on conversion of the Convertible Debentures shall include only shares
of the class designated as the common stock of the Company on the date of the
Supplemental Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting from any
reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have 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 are
not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time
there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class
then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number
of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the
total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.]
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
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time, or any successor legislation.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
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thereto.
"Common Security" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1
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"Common Securities Guarantee" means the Common Securities Guarantee
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Agreement dated as of #, 199# of the Sponsor in respect of the Common
Securities.
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in fully
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registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2.
"Company" means CNF Transportation Inc. until a successor Person shall have
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become the "Company" (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the
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Indenture, and thereafter the "Company" shall mean such successor Person, and
any other obligor upon the Indenture.
"Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Regular Trustee; (b) any
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Affiliate of any Regular Trustee; (c) any officer, director, shareholder,
member, partner, employee, representative or agent of any Regular Trustee; or
(d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates; provided that
the term "Company Indemnified Person" shall not include any Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.
["Conversion Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 7.4.]
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["Convertible Debentures" has the same meaning as the term "Debentures."]
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"Corporate Trust Office" means either (A) the principal corporate trust
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office of the Institutional Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
original execution of this Declaration is located at #, Attention: #, or (B) for
purposes of Section 7.4 hereof (and any similar provisions of this Declaration
concerning the office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered
for payment, surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange[, or
surrendered for conversion]), "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 the original
execution of this Declaration is located at c/o #, Attn: #; 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 Declaration to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the
Institutional Trustee. "Corporate Trust Office" means any office referred to in
clause (A) or (B) of this paragraph.
"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, trustee, shareholder,
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partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) the
Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.
"Debenture Trustee" means #, as trustee under the Indenture until a
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successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the #% [Convertible [Subordinated/Junior Subordinated]]
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Debentures due #, 20# to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture; a
form of the certificate evidencing the Debentures appears as Exhibit # to the
Supplemental Indenture.
"Declaration" means this Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as the
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same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
its terms.
"Declaration Event of Default" has the same meaning as the term "Event of
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Default."
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
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"Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates" has the meaning set
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forth in Section 9.4.
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"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 6(b) of Annex I
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hereto.
"Dissolution Tax Opinion" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of
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Annex I hereto.
"Distribution" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency.
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"Event of Default," as used in this Declaration (including Annex I and the
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Exhibits hereto) and the certificates evidencing the Securities, means an
Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the
Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended from
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time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section
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10.4(b).
"Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
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"Global Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
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"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a Security
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is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Business Trust Act.
"Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary
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Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental
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Indenture, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
"Indenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the
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Supplemental Indenture.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
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Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
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amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex
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I hereto.
"Institutional Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
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requirements set forth in Section 5.3.
"Institutional Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
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3.8(c).
"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).
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"List of Holders" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
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"Majority in liquidation amount" of the Securities means, except as
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provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust
Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single
class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred
Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a
class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation
amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption,
liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon
which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of
the relevant class.
"No Recognition Opinion" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I
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hereto.
"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
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signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person, provided that, with respect to
any Officer's Certificate to be delivered by the Regular Trustees, such
certificate shall be signed by two Regular Trustees or, if at the time there is
only one Regular Trustee, such Regular Trustee. Any Officer's Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Declaration shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the certificate has read the
covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Option Closing Date" means the date of closing of any sale of [Additional
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Securities - conform to definition in Underwriting Agreement] (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement).
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Sections 3.8(h) and 7.4.
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"Payment Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
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estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Quorum" means a majority of the Regular Trustees or, if there are only two
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Regular Trustees, both of them.
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"Redemption Tax Opinion" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I
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hereto.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4 hereof.
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"Regular Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).
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"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or indirect
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wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that owns, directly
or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee, any
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officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee,
including any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer of the
Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act.
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"Securities" means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred
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Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
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time, or any successor legislation.
"Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities Guarantee and the Trust
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Preferred Securities Guarantee.
"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I hereto.
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"Sponsor" means the Company or any successor entity in its capacity as
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sponsor of the Trust.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b).
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"Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).
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"Successor Institutional Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
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5.7(b).
"Successor Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).
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"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii).
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"Supplemental Indenture" means the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
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#, 199# between the Company and the Debenture Trustee pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued.
"Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I hereto.
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"10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as provided in
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the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act,
Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the
context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or
Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are
the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including
the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise,
plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting
percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
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temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trust" means CNF Trust II, a Delaware statutory business trust, until a
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successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Declaration, and thereafter "Trust" shall mean such successor Trust.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this Declaration
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as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in accordance with
the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to time be duly
appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such
Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
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from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" means the Trust Preferred Securities
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Guarantee Agreement dated as of #, 199#, between the Sponsor and #, as guarantee
trustee.
"Trust Preferred Security" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
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"Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book
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Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing
Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance
with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Trust Preferred Security Certificate" means a certificate representing a
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Trust Preferred Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement dated #, 199#,
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among the Company, the Trust and the underwriters named therein for the offering
and sale of Trust Preferred Securities.
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ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
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(a) This Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Declaration and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee
for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this Declaration limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
(d) The application of the Trust indenture Act to this Declaration shall
not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
Section 2.2 List of Holders of Securities.
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(a) Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide the Institutional Trustee (i) within 14 days after each record
date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Institutional
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Securities ("List of Holders") as of such record date, provided that neither the
Sponsor nor the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to
provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ
from the most recent List of Holders given to the Institutional Trustee by the
Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust, and (ii) at any other
time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request for a List of
Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given
to the Institutional Trustee; provided, however, that so long as the
Institutional Trustee or an Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee is the
Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished. The Institutional
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in
the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity) provided that the
Institutional Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on
receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Section 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Institutional Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, the Institutional Trustee shall
provide to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities such reports as are
required by Section 313 of the Trust
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Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act. The Institutional Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Institutional Trustee.
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Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Institutional Trustee such documents, reports and information as
may be required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the
compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the
form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Institutional
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Institutional Trustee's
receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Sponsor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Institutional Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
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Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Institutional Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Declaration that relate to
any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(l) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Trust Preferred
Securities, waive any past Event of Default in respect of the Trust Preferred
Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Indenture
Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of Default under the
Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of (x) holders of Debentures
representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures (a "Super Majority") or (y) each holder of
Debentures affected thereby to be waived under the Indenture, then the
Event of Default under the Declaration may only be waived by the vote of,
in the case of (x) above, Holders of Trust Preferred Securities
representing at least such specified percentage of the aggregate
liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or, in the
case of (y) above, each Holder of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities
affected thereby.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the
Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the
Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any such
default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with
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respect to the Trust Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been cured, for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to
the Trust Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent there on. Any
waiver by the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of an Event of Default
with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to
constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Event of
Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this
Declaration without any further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the
Common Securities.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common
Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Indenture
Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the Holders of
the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under
the Declaration as provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of
Default under the Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of (x) a Super Majority or (y) each
holder of Debentures affected thereby to be waived, except where the
Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of
Default under the Declaration as provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the
Event of Default under the Declaration may only be waived by the vote of,
in the case of clause (x) above, Holders of Common Securities representing
at least such specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of
the outstanding Common Securities or, in the case of clause (y) above, each
holder of outstanding Common Securities affected thereby;
provided further, each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived
any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the
Trust Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and
until such Events of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities have
been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Institutional Trust will be
deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities and only the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the
right to direct the Institutional Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of
Section 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(l)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such
Section 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(l)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby
expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b),
upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default
with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to
the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Institutional Trustee
at the direction of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities constitutes a
waiver of the
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corresponding Event of Default under this Declaration. The foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust
Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby
expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
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(a) The Institutional Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of
an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Holders of the Securities, notices of all defaults with respect to the
Securities actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee,
unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term
"defaults" for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a) being hereby defined to be an
Indenture Event of Default with respect to the Debentures, not including any
periods of grace provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of any
notice provided therein); provided that, except for a default in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Securities.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
default with respect to the Debentures except:
(i) a default with respect to the Debentures under (A) [Section 501(1)]
of the Base Indenture, as amended and restated by [Section 2.9(c)] of the
Supplemental Indenture, or (B) [Section 501(2)] of the Base Indenture; or
(ii) any default with respect to the Debentures as to which the
Institutional Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a
Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee charged with the
administration of the Declaration shall have actual knowledge.
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name.
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The Trust is named "CNF Trust II" as such name may be modified from time to
time by the Regular Trustees following written notice to the Holders of
Securities and the other Trustees. The Trust's activities may be conducted under
the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Regular
Trustees.
Section 3.2 Office.
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The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o CNF Transportation
Inc., 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304. On ten Business Days'
written notice to the
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Holders of Securities and the other Trustees, the Regular Trustees may designate
another principal office.
Section 3.3 Purpose.
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The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell
Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, and
(b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those other activities
necessary, or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue
securities other than the Securities, issue debt, make investments other than in
the Debentures or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its
assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that
would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust.
Section 3.4 Authority.
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Subject to the limitations provided in this Declaration and to the specific
duties of the Institutional Trustee, the Regular Trustees shall have exclusive
and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken
by the Regular Trustees in accordance with their powers shall constitute the act
of and serve to bind the Trust and an action taken by the Institutional Trustee
on behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of
and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of
the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the
Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely
conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this
Declaration.
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.
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Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the Debentures and the
Institutional Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration,
legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders
shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall
have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees.
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The Regular Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and authority to
cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue and sell the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities in accordance with this Declaration; provided, however, that the
Trust may issue no more than one series of Trust Preferred Securities and no
more than one series of Common Securities, and, provided further, that there
shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Securities, and the issuance
of Securities shall be limited to a simultaneous issuance of both Trust
Preferred Securities and Common Securities on the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any;
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred
Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to:
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(i) file with the Commission the registration statement on Form S-3
prepared by the Sponsor, including any amendments thereto, pertaining to,
among other securities, the Trust Preferred Securities;
(ii) file any documents prepared by the Sponsor, or take any acts as
determined by the Sponsor to be necessary in order to qualify or register
all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities in any State in which the
Sponsor has determined to qualify or register such Trust Preferred
Securities for sale;
(iii) file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market for listing upon notice of issuance of any Trust Preferred
Securities;
(iv) file with the Commission a registration statement on Form 8-A,
including any amendments thereto, prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the
registration of the Trust Preferred Securities and, if deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Regular Trustees, the guarantee of the Sponsor in
respect of the Trust Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act; and
(v) enter into the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
Trust Preferred Securities;
(c) to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale of the Trust
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the
Regular Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of record
in the name of the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of Common Securities;
(d) to give the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee prompt written notice
of the occurrence of a Special Event; provided that the Regular Trustees shall
not be required to give such notice unless any Regular Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Special Event; and provided,
further, that the Regular Trustees shall consult with the Sponsor and the
Institutional Trustee before taking or refraining from taking any Ministerial
Action in relation to a Special Event;
(e) subject to Section 2(c) of Annex I hereto, to establish a record date
with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be
established, including and with respect to, for the purposes of Section 316 (c)
of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and
exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Trust Preferred
Securities and Holders of Common Securities as to such actions and applicable
record dates;
(f) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be required of the
Regular Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to
legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust
("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e), the Institutional Trustee
has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;
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(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be
designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors, and
consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations under the
Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the Institutional Trustee, which certificate may be executed by
any Regular Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to carry out any of
the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar and transfer
agent for the Securities;
(m) to give prompt written notice to the Holders of the Securities of any
notice received from the Sponsor of its election to defer payments of interest
on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period under the Indenture,
and the Regular Trustee shall give such notice;
(n) to execute all documents, certificates, agreements or instruments,
perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust
in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;
(o) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the
preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was
created;
(p) to conduct the affairs of and to operate the Trust and to take any
action, not inconsistent with this Declaration or with applicable law, that the
Regular Trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable in
carrying out the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6,
including, but not limited to:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to be classified for United States federal
income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(iii) cooperating with the Sponsor to ensure that the Debentures will
be treated as indebtedness of the Sponsor for United States federal income
tax purposes,
provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of Holders;
and
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(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax returns and
tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust
to be duly prepared and filed by the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust.
The Regular Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.6
in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
out in Section 3.3, and the Regular Trustees shall not take any action that is
inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section
3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Regular Trustees shall have none of the
powers or the authority of the Institutional Trustee set forth in Section 3.8.
Any expenses incurred by the Regular Trustees pursuant to this Section 3.6
shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor.
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.
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(a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the Institutional
Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any activity other than as
required or authorized by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not
and the Trustees (including the Institutional Trustee) shall cause the Trust not
to:
(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of Securities
pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the Securities;
(ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein;
(iii) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;
(iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans
represented by the Debentures;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the
Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever;
(vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership to
or beneficial interest in the Trust other than the Securities; or
(vii) other than as provided in this Declaration, (A) direct the time,
method and place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive any past
default that is waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to
rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures
shall be due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be
required unless the Trust shall have received an opinion of counsel to the
effect that such modification will not cause more than an insubstantial
risk that for United States federal income tax purposes the Trust will not
be classified as a grantor trust.
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Section 3.8 Legal Title to the Debentures.
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(a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and held of record
in the name of the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of
the Institutional Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each
Person who may hereafter be appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance
with Section 5.7. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective
whether or not conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been
executed and delivered.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and
interest in the Debentures to the Regular Trustees or to the Delaware Trustee
(if the Institutional Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee). [The
Trust and the Institutional Trustee shall not convert any Debentures held by
either of them except pursuant to a notice of conversion delivered to the
Conversion Agent by a Holder of Trust Securities.]
(c) The Institutional Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust
account (the "Institutional Trustee Account") in the name of and under the
exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee on behalf of the Holders of
the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect
of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds
into the Institutional Trustee Account and make payments to the Holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from
the Institutional Trustee Account in accordance with Section 6.1. Funds in
the Institutional Trustee Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed
in accordance with this Declaration. The Institutional Trustee Account
shall be an account that is maintained with a banking institution (which
may be the Institutional Trustee) the rating on whose long-term unsecured
indebtedness is at least equal to the rating assigned to the Trust
Preferred Securities by a "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization," as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under
the Securities Act;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect the redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities and
the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are redeemed or
accelerated or mature;
(iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the Regular
Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage in such
ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the
distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the occurrence
of certain Special Events; and
(iv) take such ministerial action as may be requested by the Regular
Trustees in connection with the winding up of the affairs of or liquidation
of the Trust in accordance with this Declaration and the preparation,
execution and filing of a certificate of cancellation or other appropriate
certificates with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and other
appropriate governmental authorities.
(d) The Institutional Trustee shall take all actions and perform such
duties as may be specifically required of the Institutional Trustee pursuant to
the terms of the Securities.
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(e) The Institutional Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out
of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of
the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or the Institutional Trustee's
duties and obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act. The
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities
will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or to direct
the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee
under the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee
to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures. If the
Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures, a Holder
of Trust Preferred Securities, to the fullest extent permitted by law, may
institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company to enforce the
Institutional Trustee's rights under the Debentures without first instituting
any legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person;
provided further, that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on the date such principal,
premium or interest, as the case may be, is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities
may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder
directly of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust
Preferred Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the
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respective due date specified in the Debentures or the Indenture.
Notwithstanding any payments made to such Holder by the Company, in connection
with such Direct Action, the Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on such Debentures, and the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Company to such Holder of Trust Preferred
Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the preceding sentences
of this paragraph, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall have no right
or power to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the
Debentures.
(f) The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee until
either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds of the
liquidation distributed to the Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.7.
(g) The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise all of
the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the Indenture
and, if an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Institutional Trustee occurs and is continuing, the Institutional Trustee shall,
for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as holder of
the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of
such Securities.
(h) The Institutional Trustee may authorize one or more Persons (each, a
"Paying Agent") to pay Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation
payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities and any such
Paying Agent shall comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
Paying Agent may be removed by the Institutional Trustee at
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any time and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents may be
appointed at any time by the Institutional Trustee.
(i) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Institutional Trustee shall have none
of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Regular Trustees set
forth in Section 3.6.
The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
out in Section 3.3.
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional
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Trustee.
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(a) The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6)
of which a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee has actual
knowledge, the Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve the
Institutional Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing
or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Institutional Trustee shall
be determined solely by the express provisions of this Declaration and
the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set
forth in this Declaration, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee;
and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Institutional
Trustee, the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Institutional Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Declaration; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall be under a
duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Declaration;
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(ii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Institutional
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Institutional Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional
Trustee under this Declaration;
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the Institutional
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not
reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Declaration or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Institutional Trustee against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(v) the Institutional Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the
Institutional Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in a
similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property for
its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration and the Trust
Indenture Act;
(vi) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or
with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the
Debentures or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in
connection therewith;
(vii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any interest
on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing
with the Sponsor, and money held by the Institutional Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Institutional Trustee Account maintained by the Institutional Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required
by law; and
(viii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Regular Trustees or the Sponsor with their
respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the Institutional
Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the Regular Trustees or
the Sponsor.
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
(i) the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument,
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opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(ii) a direction or act of the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees
contemplated by this Declaration shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the Regular
Trustees;
(iv) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any
financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities
laws) or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof;
(v) the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection
or other experts and the advice or opinion of such counsel and experts with
respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of such experts' area
of expertise 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 accordance with such advice or opinion; such counsel may be
counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its
employees; and the Institutional Trustee shall have the right at any time
to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from
any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at the request
or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the
Institutional Trustee security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to
the Institutional Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including
attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of the Institutional
Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be
incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such
reasonable advances as may be requested by the Institutional Trustee,
provided, that nothing contained in this Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken
to (a) require the Holders of Securities to offer such indemnity in the
event such Holders direct the Institutional Trustee to take any action it
is empowered to take under this Declaration following an Event of Default
or (b) relieve the Institutional Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in
it by this Declaration;
(vii) the Institutional 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, note other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Institutional Trustee in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit;
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(viii) the Institutional Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Institutional
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;
(ix) any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the
signature of the Institutional Trustee or its agents alone shall be
sufficient and effective to perform any such action and no third party
shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Institutional
Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and
provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be conclusively
evidenced by the Institutional Trustee's or its agent's taking such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this Declaration the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive written
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any
other action hereunder, the Institutional Trustee (i) may request written
instructions from the Holders of the Securities which instructions may only
be given by the Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the
Securities as would be entitled to direct the Institutional Trustee under
the terms of the Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action,
(ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other
action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected
in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action
that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration; and
(xii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Declaration.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any duty or
obligation on the Institutional Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise
any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Institutional Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Institutional
Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration other than this
Section 3.11, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers,
nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of
the Trustees described in this Declaration (except as required under the
Business Trust Act). Except as set forth in this Section 3.11, the Delaware
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Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act that the Trust have at
least one trustee with a principal place of business in Delaware. The duties of
the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (a) accepting legal process served on
the Trust in the State of Delaware and (b) the execution of any certificates
required to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State which the Delaware
Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the Business Trust Act.
Section 3.12 Execution of Documents.
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Except as otherwise required by the Business Trust Act or applicable law,
any Regular Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any
documents that the Regular Trustees have the power and authority to execute or
to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be
taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as
to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The
Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration or the Securities.
Section 3.14 Duration of Trust.
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The Trust, unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article 8
hereof, shall have existence until the date specified in Section 8.1(a)(vii)
hereof.
Section 3.15 Mergers.
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(a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, except as described in Section
3.15(b) and (c).
(b) The Trust may, with the consent of the Regular Trustees or, if there
are more than two, a majority of the Regular Trustees and without the consent of
the Holders of the Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional
Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust
organized as such under the laws of any State of the United States; provided
that:
(i) if the Trust is not the survivor, such successor entity (the
"Successor Entity") either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under
the Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Trust Preferred Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Preferred
Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor
Securities rank the same as the Trust
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Preferred Securities rank with respect to Distributions and payments
upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;
(ii) if the Trust is not the survivor, the Sponsor expressly
acknowledges or appoints a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses
the same powers and duties as the Institutional Trustee as the holder of
the Debentures;
(iii) the Trust Preferred Securities or any Successor Securities are
listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of
issuance, on any national securities exchange or with another organization
on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted;
(iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not
cause the Trust Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities)
to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization (as defined in Section 3.8 above);
(v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of
the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect
(other than with respect to any dilution of such Holders' interests in the
new entity, if any);
(vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially identical to
that of the Trust;
(vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, the Sponsor has received an opinion of a nationally recognized
independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters to the effect
that:
(A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does
not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of the
Holders' interest in the new entity);
(B) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity, if any, will
be required to register as an Investment Company; and
(C) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, the Trust (or the Successor Entity) will be treated as a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; and
(viii) if the Trust is not the survivor, the Sponsor guarantees the
obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at
least to the extent provided by the Securities Guarantees.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with the
consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate,
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merge with or into, or be replaced by any other Person or permit any other
Person to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or
Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.
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On the Closing Date and on any Option Closing Date the Sponsor will
purchase the Common Securities issued by the Trust, in an amount equal to at
least 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Trust Preferred
Securities are sold.
Section 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.
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In connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities,
the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the
following activities:
(a) to prepare for filing by, and execute on behalf of, the Trust with the
Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 in relation to the Trust
Preferred Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, including any
amendments thereto;
(b) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify
or register for sale all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee and to do any and all such acts, other than
actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it
must take, and prepare for filing and execute any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to
comply with the applicable laws of any such States;
(c) to prepare for filing by, and execute on behalf of, the Trust an
application to the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national stock
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing upon notice of issuance of
any Trust Preferred Securities and, if deemed necessary or advisable by the
Sponsor, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(d) to prepare for filing by, and execute on behalf of, the Trust documents
or instruments to be delivered to DTC relating to the Trust Preferred
Securities;
(e) to prepare for filing with the Commission by, and execute on behalf of,
the Trust a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of
the Trust Preferred Securities and, if deemed necessary or advisable by the
Sponsor, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee under Section 12(b) or 12(g)
of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto; and
(f) to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the Trust, the
Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities.
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ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Number of Trustees.
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The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by
written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be
increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of
the Common Securities; provided, however, that the number of Trustees shall in
no event be less than two; provided further that (1) one Trustee shall satisfy
the requirements of Section 5.2; (2) there shall be at least one Trustee who is
an employee or officer of, or is affiliated with the Sponsor (a "Regular
Trustee"); and (3) one Trustee shall be the Institutional Trustee for so long as
this Declaration is required to qualify as an indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it meets
the applicable requirements.
Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee.
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If required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee")
shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements of
applicable law; provided that, if the Institutional Trustee has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable law, then the Institutional Trustee shall also be the Delaware
Trustee and Section 3.11 shall have no application.
Section 5.3 Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.
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(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as
Institutional Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and
(ii) be a corporation or bank organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or
of the District of Columbia, or a corporation, bank or other Person
permitted by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the
Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and
subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
supervising or examining authority referred
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to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.3(a)(ii), the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 5.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately resign
in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.7(c).
(c) If the Institutional Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Institutional Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as if it were the
obligor referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(d) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Declaration for purposes of clause (i) of the
first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) The initial Institutional Trustee shall be: #.
Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Regular Trustees and Delaware
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Trustee Generally.
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Each Regular Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the Institutional
Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
Authorized Officers.
Section 5.5 Regular Trustees.
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The initial Regular Trustees shall be:
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#
#
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration and except if a
meeting of the Regular Trustees is called with respect to any matter over which
the Regular Trustees have power to act, any power of the Regular Trustees may be
exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Regular Trustee.
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees, and except as
otherwise required by the Business Trust Act or applicable law, any Regular
Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the
Regular Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute
pursuant to Section 3.6: and
(c) a Regular Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable
law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power
for the purposes of
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signing any documents which the Regular Trustees have power and authority to
execute or cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 5.6 Delaware Trustee.
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The initial Delaware Trustee shall be: #.
Section 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
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(a) Subject to Section 5.7(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed without
cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by written instrument
executed by the Sponsor; and
(ii) after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class
at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities.
(b) (i) the Trustee that acts as Institutional Trustee shall not be removed
in accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a successor Institutional Trustee (a
"Successor Institutional Trustee") has been an appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Institutional
Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a successor Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a
"Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware
Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his successor
shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation. Any
Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting)
by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor
and the Trust, which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon
such later date as is specified therein; provided, however, that:
(i) No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Institutional
Trustee shall be effective:
(A) Until a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such
Successor Institutional Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the
Sponsor and the resigning Institutional Trustee; or
(B) Until the assets of the Trust have been completely liquidated
and the proceeds thereof distributed to the Holders of the Securities;
and
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(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Delaware
Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such
Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the
resigning Delaware Trustee.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their best efforts to
promptly appoint a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, if the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section
5.7.
(e) If no Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee
shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section
5.7 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal,
the Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee resigning or being removed, as
applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of
a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the
acts or omissions to act of any Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 5.8 Vacancies among Trustees.
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If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of Trustees is
increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution
certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Regular Trustees or, if there
are more than two, a majority of the Regular Trustees shall be conclusive
evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a
Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.7.
Section 5.9 Effect of Vacancies.
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The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall
not operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Regular
Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a
Regular Trustee in accordance with Section 5.7, the Regular Trustees in office,
regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Regular
Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Regular Trustees by
this Declaration.
Section 5.10 Meetings.
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If there is more than one Regular Trustee, meetings of the Regular Trustees
shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Regular Trustee. Regular
meetings of the Regular Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by
resolution of the Regular Trustees. Notice of any in-person meetings of the
Regular Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48
hours
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before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Regular Trustee or
any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24
hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time,
place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person
or by telephone) of a Regular Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting except where a Regular Trustee attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground
that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided
otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Regular Trustees may be taken
at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Regular Trustees present (whether in
person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter,
provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written
consent of the Regular Trustees. In the event there is only one Regular Trustee,
any and all action of such Regular Trustee shall be evidenced by a written
consent of such Regular Trustee.
Section 5.11 Delegation of Power.
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(a) Any Regular Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
3.6; and
(b) the Regular Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to
such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Regular Trustees or otherwise as the Regular Trustees may deem expedient,
to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to
the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any Person into which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as
the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially
all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, provided such Person
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto; provided, however, such successor shall notify the Sponsor and
the Trust promptly of its succession.
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ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions.
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Holders shall receive Distributions in accordance with the applicable terms
of the relevant Holder's Securities. Distributions shall be made on the Trust
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the
preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and to the extent that the
Sponsor makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest (as defined
in the Indenture) and Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)),
premium and/or principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee
(the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Institutional
Trustee shall and is directed, to the extent funds are available for that
purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to
Holders.
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
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(a) The Regular Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust issue one class of
[convertible] Trust Preferred Securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex
I (the "Trust Preferred Securities") and one class of [convertible] common
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Common Securities").
The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the
Trust other than the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the
Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall
not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(c) Upon issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Trust Preferred Securities so issued shall be deemed to be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(d) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Trust Preferred
Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration,
shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall
be bound by, this Declaration.
Section 7.2 Execution and Authentication.
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(a) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by a Regular
Trustee. In case any Regular Trustee of the Trust who shall have signed any of
the Securities shall cease to be such Regular Trustee before the Certificates so
signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates nevertheless may be
delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates had
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not ceased to be such Regular Trustee; and any Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of such
Security, shall be the Regular Trustees of the Trust, although at the date of
the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such a
Regular Trustee.
(b) One Regular Trustee shall sign the Trust Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities for the Trust by manual or facsimile signature. Unless
otherwise determined by the Trust, such signature shall, in the case of Common
Securities, be a manual signature.
A Trust Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Institutional Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Trust Preferred Security has
been authenticated under this Declaration.
Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Regular Trustee, the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate the Trust Preferred Securities for
original issue.
The Institutional Trustee may appoint, with the consent of the Regular
Trustees, an authenticating agent acceptable to the Trust to authenticate Trust
Preferred Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Trust Preferred
Securities whenever the Institutional Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Declaration to authentication by the Institutional Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the
Institutional Trustee to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 7.3 Form and Dating.
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The Trust Preferred Securities and the Institutional Trustee's certificate
of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and the
Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration.
Certificates may be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any
other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced
by their execution thereof. The Securities may have letters, numbers, notations
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange or quotation system rule, agreements to which
the Trust is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend
or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Trust). The Trust at
the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend not contained in
Exhibit A-1 or A-2 to the Institutional Trustee in writing. Each Trust
Preferred Security Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of
Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this
Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional Trustee and the
Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 7.4 Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent].
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In the event that the Trust Preferred Securities are not in book-entry only
form, the Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York,
State of New York, an office or agency where the Trust Preferred Securities may
be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and a Registrar (as defined below)
[and a Conversion Agent (as defined below)]. The Trust shall
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maintain a Paying Agent[, an office or agency where Securities may be presented
for conversion ("Conversion Agent")] and an office or agency where Securities
may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange ("Registrar"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Trust Preferred Securities and of the
transfer and exchange thereof. The Trust may appoint the Paying Agent, Registrar
[and the Conversion Agent] and may appoint one or more additional paying agents,
one or more additional registrars [and one or more additional conversion agents]
in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Paying Agent" includes
any additional paying agent, the term "Registrar" includes any additional
registrar[, and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any additional conversion
agent]. The Trust may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or [Conversion Agent]
without prior notice to any Holder. The Trust shall notify the Institutional
Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Declaration. If the Trust fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Paying
Agent, Registrar [or Conversion Agent], the Institutional Trustee shall act as
such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
[Conversion Agent]. The Trust shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar and
[Conversion Agent] for the Common Securities. The Paying Agent, Registrar and
[Conversion Agent] shall be entitled to the rights and protections extended to
the Institutional Trustee when acting in such capacity.
The Trust initially appoints the Institutional Trustee, acting through its
Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York, as [Conversion Agent], Registrar
and Paying Agent for the Trust Preferred Securities.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Termination of Trust.
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(a) The Trust shall dissolve:
(i) upon the bankruptcy of the Sponsor;
(ii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent
with respect to the Sponsor; upon receipt by the Trust of the consent of
the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding
Securities voting together as a single class to dissolve the Trust and file
a certificate of cancellation with respect thereto, or the revocation of
the Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after the date of
revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
(iii) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
Sponsor or the Trust;
(iv) when all of the Securities shall have been called for redemption
and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to
the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities;
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(v) upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event pursuant to
which the Trust shall have been dissolved in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and, after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors (whether
by payment or reasonable provision for payment), when all of the Debentures
held by the Institutional Trustee shall have been distributed to the
Holders of Securities in exchange for all of the Securities;
[(vi) upon the conversion of all outstanding Trust Preferred
Securities into CNF Common Stock or other cash, securities or property, as
the case may be;]
(vii) the expiration of the term of the Trust on #; or
(viii) before the issuance of any Securities, with the consent of all
of the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor.
(b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to
in Section 8.1(a), after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors (whether by
payment or reasonable provision for payment), the Trustees shall file a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
and the Trust shall terminate.
(c) The provisions of Article 10 shall survive the termination of the
Trust.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities.
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(a) Where Trust Preferred Securities are presented to a Registrar with a
request to register the transfer thereof or to exchange them for an equal number
of Trust Preferred Securities represented by different certificates, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange. To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall issue and the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate certificates for the Trust Preferred
Securities at the Registrar's request. Securities may only be transferred, in
whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Declaration and in the terms of the Securities. Any transfer or purported
transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be
null and void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Trust Preferred Securities shall be freely
transferable.
(c) Subject to this Article IX, the Sponsor and any Related Party may only
transfer Common Securities to the Sponsor or a Related Party of the Sponsor;
provided that, any such transfer is subject to the condition precedent that the
transferor obtain the written opinion of nationally recognized independent
counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer would not cause more than
an insubstantial risk that:
(i) the Trust would not be classified for United States federal income
tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
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(ii) the Trust would be an Investment Company required to register
under the Investment Company Act or the transferee would become an
Investment Company required to register under the investment Company Act.
Section 9.2 Transfer of Certificates.
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The Regular Trustees shall provide for the registration of Certificates and
of transfers of Certificates, which will be effected without charge but only
upon payment (with such indemnity as the Regular Trustees may require) in
respect of any tax or other government charges that may be imposed in relation
to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the
Regular Trustees shall cause one or more new Certificates to be issued in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees. Every Certificate surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange, [or for conversion] or redemption,
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Registrar and Regular Trustees duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, or for redemption [or conversion], shall
be canceled by the Regular Trustees (in the case of Common Securities) or by the
Institutional Trustee (in the case of Trust Preferred Securities). A transferee
of a Certificate shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations
of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Certificate. By
acceptance of a Certificate, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by this Declaration.
The Regular Trustees will not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities during the period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the selection of any Securities to be redeemed (unless all of the
outstanding Securities are called for redemption) and ending at the close of
business on the day of that selection or register the transfer of or exchange
any Securities, or portions thereof, called for redemption, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. In the event that
any Securities are not held in book-entry form, Holders will be required to
surrender certificates evidencing such Securities to a Paying Agent [or
Conversion Agent] in order to receive payments due upon redemption [or in order
to convert such Securities, respectively].
Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders.
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The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be
registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such
Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes
of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and,
accordingly, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Certificate or in
the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of any Person,
whether or not the Trust shall have actual or other notice thereof.
Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests.
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Unless otherwise specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities,
the Trust Preferred Securities Certificates, on original issuance, will be
issued in the form of one or more fully registered, global Trust Preferred
Security Certificates (each a "Global Certificate"), to be
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delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust.
Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered on the books and records
of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Trust
Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Trust Preferred
Security Certificate representing such Trust Preferred Security Beneficial
Owner's interests in such Global Certificates, except as provided in Section
9.7. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Trust Preferred Security
Certificates (the "Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates") have been
issued to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section
9.7:
(a) the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including the payment of
Distributions on the Global Certificates and receiving approvals, votes or
consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities and the sole
holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Trust
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.4 conflict with any
other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall
control; and
(d) the rights of the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be
exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Trust Preferred Security
Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants, including receiving and transmitting payments of Distributions on
the Global Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants. DTC will make book
entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants; provided, that solely
for the purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of
Trust Preferred Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this
Declaration, so long as Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates have
not been issued, the Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected
in relying on, any written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the
Trustees by the Clearing Agency setting forth the Trust Preferred Security
Beneficial Owners' votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter to any
other Persons either in whole or in part.
Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency.
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Whenever a notice or other communication to the Trust Preferred Security
Holders is required under this Declaration, unless and until Definitive Trust
Preferred Security Certificates shall have been issued to the Trust Preferred
Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.7, the Regular Trustees shall
give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the
Trust Preferred Security Holders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
notice obligations to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.
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If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities
depositary with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, the Regular Trustees
may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect
to such Trust Preferred Securities.
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Section 9.7 Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates.
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If:
(a) the Clearing Agency notifies the Trust that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as Clearing Agency for the Global Certificates or if at any time the
Clearing Agency ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the
Exchange Act and no successor Clearing Agency shall have been appointed within
90 days of such notification or of the Trust becoming aware of the Clearing
Agency's ceasing to be so registered, as the case may be; or
(b) the Regular Trustees elect, in their sole discretion but after
consultation with the Sponsor, to terminate the book entry system through the
Clearing Agency with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, and any Regular
Trustee executes and delivers to the Institutional Trustee an order to the
effect that the Global Certificates will be exchangeable for Definitive Trust
Preferred Securities Certificates; or
(c) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
then:
(d) Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be prepared by
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the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust with respect to such Trust Preferred
Securities; and
(e) upon surrender of the Global Certificates by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Regular Trustees shall cause
Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates to be delivered to Trust
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Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the
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Clearing Agency. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may conclusively rely on
and shall be protected in relying on, said instructions of the Clearing Agency.
The Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be printed,
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lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably
acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by any
Regular Trustee, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Regular
Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any stock exchange on which Trust Preferred Securities may be listed, or to
conform to usage.
Section 9.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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If:
(a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Regular
Trustees, or, in the case of Trust Preferred Securities, the Institutional
Trustee, and if the Regular Trustees and, in the case of Trust Preferred
Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and
(b) there shall be delivered to the Institutional Trustee and the Regular
Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of
them and the Sponsor
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harmless, then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, any Regular Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall execute and deliver or, in the case of Trust Preferred Securities, any
Regular Trustee shall execute and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination. In connection
with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 9.8, the
Institutional Trustee or the Regular Trustees may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Institutional Trustee) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership
interest in the relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 10.1 Liability.
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(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the Securities
Guarantees and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:
(i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital
contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the Securities
which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; or
(ii) be required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of Securities any
deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.
(b) The Company shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the
Trust (other than with respect to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied
out of the Trust's assets.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act, the Holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of
personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit
organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 10.2 Exculpation.
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in
damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or
claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such
Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct (except as otherwise provided, in
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the case of the Institutional Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act) with respect
to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith
upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or
statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified
Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value
and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts
pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to
Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty.
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(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this
Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for
its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions
of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities
of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the
duties imposed on the Institutional Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are
agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of
such Indemnified Person.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between any
Covered Persons; or
(ii) whenever this Declaration or any other agreement contemplated
herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner
that is or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any
Holder of Securities, the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of
interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case
the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such
conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens
relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices,
and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles.
In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution,
action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall
not constitute a breach of this Declaration or any other agreement
contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person
at law or in equity or otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is permitted or
required to make a decision:
(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority the
Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors
as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or
obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors
affecting the Trust or any other Person; or
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(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard, the
Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be
subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Declaration or
by applicable law.
Section 10.4 Indemnification.
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(a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of
any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Company Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in
a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
to which such Company Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Company
Indemnified Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
(iii) To the extent that a Company Indemnified Person shall be
successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action
without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of
liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full extent
permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(iv) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section
10.4(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as
authorized in the
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specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Company
Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such
determination shall be made (1) by the Regular Trustees by a majority vote
of a quorum consisting of such Regular Trustees who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable,
or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Regular Trustees so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
Common Security Holder of the Trust.
(v) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a Company
Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and
(ii) of this Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such Company Indemnified Person to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to
be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section 10.4(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a
determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Regular Trustees
by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Regular Trustees, (ii) if
such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of
disinterested Regular Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion, or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that,
based upon the facts known to the Regular Trustees, counsel or the Common
Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such Company
Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such Company
Indemnified Person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that
such Company Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in
instances where the Regular Trustees, independent legal counsel or Common
Security Holder reasonably determine that such person deliberately breached
his duty to the Trust or its Common or Trust Preferred Security Holders.
(vi) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 10.4(a) shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor
or Trust Preferred Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to
action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office. All rights to indemnification under this Section
10.4(a) shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Sponsor
and each Company Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time
while this Section 10.4(a) is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this
Section 10.4(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.
(vii) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any Person who is or was a Company Indemnified Person against any
liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or
arising out of his status as such,
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whether or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a)
(viii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references to "the Trust"
shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any
constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger, so that any person who is or was a director,
trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee,
officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same
position under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the
resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such
constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
(ix) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided
when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person.
(b) The Sponsor agrees to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, (i) the Institutional Trustee, (ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) the Paying
Agent, [(iv) the Conversion Agent,] (v) any Affiliate of the Institutional
Trustee, and the Delaware Trustee, and (vi) any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians,
nominees or agents of the Institutional Trustee, the Paying Agent, [the
Conversion Agent] and the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through
(vi) being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified Person") for, and to hold
each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration or the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Declaration or the resignation or removal of
the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 10.5 Outside Business.
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Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional
Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any
nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to
the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall
have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures
or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture,
even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful
or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, or the
Institutional Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or
other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person
shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner
or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other
opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional
Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with
the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act
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as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of
holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
Section 11.1 Fiscal Year.
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The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or
such other year as is required by the Code.
Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
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(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Regular Trustees
shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books, records and supporting documents,
which shall reflect in detail, each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting in compliance
with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The Trust
shall use the accrual method of accounting for the United States federal income
tax purposes. The financial statements of the Trust for each of its Fiscal
Years shall be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
by a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Regular
Trustees.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each
of the Holders of Securities and the other Trustees, within 90 days after the
end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial statements of the Trust,
including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and
the related statement of income or loss for such Fiscal Year.
(c) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to
each of the Holders of Securities, any annual United States federal income tax
information statement, required by the Code, containing such information with
regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the
Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver any
such statement at a later date, the Regular Trustees shall endeavor to deliver
all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and filed with the
appropriate taxing authority, an annual United States federal income tax return,
on a Form 1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax
law, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.
Section 11.3 Banking.
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The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for the
sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in
respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee shall be made
directly to the Institutional Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust
shall be deposited in the Institutional Trustee Account. The sole signatories
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such accounts shall be designated by any of the Regular Trustees; provided,
however, that the Institutional Trustee shall designate the signatories for the
Institutional Trustee Account.
Section 11.4 Withholding.
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The Trust and the Regular Trustees shall comply with all withholding
requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Trust shall
request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates
as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to each
Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by
the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its
withholding obligations. The Regular Trustees shall file required forms with
applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly
established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder
to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to
withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions
or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a
distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any
claimed over-withholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the
applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld
from actual Distributions made, the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by
the amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 12.1 Amendments.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any applicable
terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a written
instrument approved and executed by the Regular Trustees (or, if there are more
than two Regular Trustees a majority of the Regular Trustees) and together with:
(i) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or
immunities of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee;
(ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations
or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Trustee; and
(iii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations
or immunities of the Sponsor, the Sponsor.
(b) no amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be
void and ineffective:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment, the Institutional
Trustee shall have first received an Officers' Certificate from each of the
Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to,
the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities);
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(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment which affects the
rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Institutional
Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall have first received:
(A) an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust and the
Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the
terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities); and
(B) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or
the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the
terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities); and
(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment would be to:
(A) cause the Trust to be classified for purposes of United
States federal income taxation as other than a grantor trust;
(B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the
Institutional Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act; or
(C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(c) at such time after the Trust has issued any Securities that remain
outstanding, any amendment that would adversely affect the rights, privileges or
preferences of any Holder of Securities may be effected only with such
additional requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities;
(d) (c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be amended without the consent of
all of the Holders of the Securities;
(e) Article 4 shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities;
(f) the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities under Article 5 to
increase or decrease the number of and appoint and remove Trustees shall not be
amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities; and
(g) notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Declaration and the Securities
may be amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to:
(i) cure any ambiguity;
(ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration
or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Declaration;
(iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the
Sponsor;
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(iv) modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Declaration to
the extent deemed necessary or advisable by any of the Regular Trustees to
ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal income
tax purposes as a grantor trust or to ensure that the Trust will not be
required to register as an Investment Company under the Investment Company
Act; and
(v) to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5 or written change in
interpretation or application of Rule 3a-5 by any legislative body, court,
government agency or regulatory authority which amendment does not have a
material adverse effect on the right, preferences or privileges of the
Holders.
Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written
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Consent.
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(a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any
time by the Regular Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to
consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are
entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of the Securities
or the rules of any stock exchange or quotation system or market on which the
Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Regular
Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so
by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of the Securities of such
class. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Regular Trustees one
or more calls in a writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish
to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the
meeting is to be called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall
specify in writing the Security Certificates held by the Holders of Securities
exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall
be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth
in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities,
the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of Securities:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of
Securities having a right to vote thereat at least 7 days and not more than
60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or
approval of the Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this
Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange or quotation system or
market on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for
trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders of
Securities owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in
liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action
at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right to vote
thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action
without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to
vote who have not consented in writing. The Regular Trustees may specify
that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holders for the purpose
of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust
within the time specified by the Regular Trustees;
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(ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it
by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is entitled to
participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or
participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of
11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of Securities
executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to
the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial
interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and
the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted
by the Regular Trustees or by such other Person that the Regular Trustees
may designate; and
(iv) unless the Business Trust Act, this Declaration, the terms of the
Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock
exchange or quotation system or market on which the Trust Preferred
Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Regular
Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions
relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the
time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on
by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by consent
without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements,
voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the
exercise of any such right to vote.
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL
TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee.
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The Trustee that acts as initial Institutional Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants, as applicable, to
the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee's
acceptance of its appointment as Institutional Trustee that:
(a) the Institutional Trustee is a national banking association with trust
powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing, with trust power
and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of, the Declaration;
(b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional Trustee of
the Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Institutional Trustee. The Declaration has been duly executed
and delivered by the Institutional Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to
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general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of
whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law);
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of the Declaration by the
Institutional Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
charter or by-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and
(d) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any state or federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Institutional Trustee of the Declaration.
Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee.
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The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants
to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each
Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor
at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
Delaware Trustee that:
(a) The Delaware Trustee is a Delaware corporation, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing, with full power and authority to execute and
deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, the
Declaration.
(b) The Delaware Trustee has been authorized to perform its obligations
under the Certificate of Trust and the Declaration. The Declaration under
Delaware law constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware
Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity
and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such
remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any Delaware or federal banking authority is required for the
execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of the Declaration.
(d) The Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State
of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place
of business in the State of Delaware. The Delaware Trustee satisfies for the
Trust the requirements set forth in Section 3807(a) of the Business Trust Act.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Notices.
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All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing, duly
signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or
mailed by first class mail, as follows:
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(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Regular Trustees at the Trust's
mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may give
notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
CNF Trust II
c/o CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the
Holders of the Securities):
#
#
#
Attention: #
(c) if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Institutional Trustee may give notice of to
the Holders of the Securities):
#
#
#
Attention: #
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address
of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the
Common Securities may give notice to the Trust):
CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books and
records of the Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, delivered by overnight courier, telecopied with receipt confirmed (by
telephone or otherwise) or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except
that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered
because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other
document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or
inability to deliver.
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Section 14.2 Governing Law.
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This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed
by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and all
rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles
of conflict of laws.
Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties.
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It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for
United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of
this Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention of the parties.
Section 14.4 Headings.
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The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings contained in this
Declaration are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the
interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof.
Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns.
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Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or referred
to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and
all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns,
whether so expressed.
Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability.
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If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such provision
to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances
other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Section 14.7 Counterparts.
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This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the signature
page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the signature of
each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such
counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the
same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature
page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.
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#, as Regular Trustee
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as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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as Institutional Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.,
as Sponsor
By:
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Title:
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ANNEX I
TERMS OF
[$#/#%] TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
[$#/#%] COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7. 1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust, dated as of #, 199# (as amended from time to time, the "Declaration"),
the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms
and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are
set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning
set forth in the Declaration or, if not defined in such Declaration, as defined
in the Prospectus referred to below):
1. DESIGNATION AND NUMBER.
(a) TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES. # Trust Preferred Securities of the
Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the
Trust of $#, and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of $# per
Preferred Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification
only as "[$#/#%] [Convertible] Trust Preferred Securities[, Series #]" (the
"Trust Preferred Securities"). The Preferred Security Certificates evidencing
the Trust Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1
to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions
therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform
to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are
listed.
(b) COMMON SECURITIES. # Common Securities of the Trust with an
aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $#, and
a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $# per Common
Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as
"[$#/#%] Common Securities" (the "Common Securities"). The Common Security
Certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall be in the form of Exhibit
A-2 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions
therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.
2. DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed at a rate per
annum of ____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $# per
Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be
held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one
quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate (to
the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used
herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments
are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to
the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount
of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly
Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and
for any period
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shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which Distributions are
computed. Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed per 30-day month.
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from #, 199#, and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on #, #, #
and # of each year, commencing on #, # except as otherwise described below. So
long as the Sponsor shall not be in default in the payment of interest on the
Debentures, the Sponsor has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time on the
Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and
payable on the Debentures, provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond
the date of maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures. As a consequence
of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral,
quarterly Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly
during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided
that such Extension Period together with all such previous and further
extensions thereof may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the
maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures. Payments of accumulated
Distributions will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records
of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then
due, the Sponsor may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders
thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the relevant
record dates. While the Trust Preferred Securities remain in book-entry only
form, the relevant record dates shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant
payment dates, which payment dates correspond to the interest payment dates on
the Debentures. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the
provisions of the Declaration, each such payment in respect of the Trust
Preferred Securities will be made as described under the heading ["Description
of the Trust Preferred Securities -- Book-Entry Only Issuance -- The Depository
Trust Company"] in the Prospectus Supplement dated #, 199#, to the Base
Prospectus dated #, 199# (together, the "Prospectus"), of the Trust included in
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Sponsor and the Trust. The
relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same record date as
for the Trust Preferred Securities. If the Trust Preferred Securities shall not
continue to remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates for the
Trust Preferred Securities shall conform to the rules of any securities exchange
on which the securities are listed and, if none, shall be selected by the
Regular Trustees, which dates shall be at least one Business Day before the
relevant payment dates, which payment dates correspond to the interest payment
dates on the Debentures. Distributions payable on any Securities that are not
punctually paid on any Distribution payment date, as a result of the Sponsor
having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, will cease to be payable
to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the relevant
record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the
Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date
or other specified date determined in a like manner as provided in [Section 307]
of the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions are payable on the
Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and
without any
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interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made
on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and
effect as if made on such date.
(d) [In the event of an election by the Holder to convert its
Securities through the Conversion Agent into CNF Common Stock pursuant to the
terms of the Securities as set forth in this Annex I to the Declaration, no
payment, allowance or adjustment shall be made with respect to accumulated and
unpaid Distributions on such Securities, or be required to be made; provided,
however, that if a Security is surrendered for conversion after the close of
business on any regular record date for payment of a Distribution and before the
opening of business on the corresponding Distribution payment date, then,
notwithstanding such conversion, the Distribution payable on such Distribution
payment date will be paid in cash to the person in whose name the Security is
registered at the close of business on such record date, and (other than a
Security or a portion of a Security called for redemption on a redemption date
occurring after such record date and on or prior to such Distribution payment
date) when so surrendered for conversion, the Security must be accompanied by
payment of an amount equal to the Distribution payable on such Distribution
payment date.]
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or
for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be
distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of the Securities.
3. LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION UPON DISSOLUTION.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up
or termination of the Trust, the Holders of the Securities on the date of the
dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may be, will be entitled to
receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of
Securities after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors an amount equal to the
aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $# per Security plus accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution"), unless, such dissolution, winding-up or termination
occurs in connection with a Special Event in which, in accordance with Section
4(c), Debentures in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate
stated liquidation amount of such Securities, with an interest rate equal to the
Coupon Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to
the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on, such Securities, shall be
distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for
such Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis.
4. REDEMPTION AND DISTRIBUTION.
(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures in whole or in part, whether
at stated maturity or upon redemption (either at the option of the Sponsor or
pursuant to a Special Event as described below), the proceeds from such
repayment or payment shall be simultaneously
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applied to redeem Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so repaid or redeemed at a
redemption price per Security equal to the redemption price of the Debentures,
together with accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon through the date of the
redemption, payable in cash (the "Redemption Price"). Holders will be given not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice of such redemption.
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so
redeemed, the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities will be
redeemed Pro Rata and the Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed will be as
described in Section 4(g) below.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each,
as defined below, a "Special Event") shall occur and be continuing, the Regular
Trustees may with the consent of the Sponsor, except in certain limited
circumstances in relation to a Tax Event described in this Section 4(c),
dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held
by the Institutional Trustee, having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the
Coupon Rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to accumulated and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as the Securities,
to be distributed to the Holders of the Securities in liquidation of such
Holders' interests in the Trust on a Pro Rata basis, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that such dissolution and distribution shall be conditioned on (i) the Trustees'
receipt of an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely
on published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that
the Holders of the Securities will not recognize any gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes as a result of the dissolution of the Trust
and the distribution of Debentures, (ii) in the case of a Tax Event, the Sponsor
or the Trust being unable to avoid, within the 90 Day Period, the Tax Event by
taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or
pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that has no adverse effect on the
Trust, the Sponsor, or the Holders of the Securities ("Ministerial Action"), and
(iii) the Sponsor's prior written consent to such dissolution and distribution.
If in the event of a Tax Event (i) after receipt of a Dissolution Tax
Opinion (as defined hereinafter) by the Regular Trustees, the Sponsor has
received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of a nationally recognized
independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that, as a result of a Tax
Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Sponsor would be
precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for United States
federal income tax purposes even after the Debentures were distributed to the
Holders of Securities in liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust as
described in this Section 4(c), or (ii) the Trustees shall have been informed by
such tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust,
the Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, for cash within 90 days following the occurrence of
such Tax Event. Following such redemption, Securities with an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
redeemed shall be redeemed by the Trust at the Redemption Price on a Pro Rata
basis; provided, however, that, if at any time there is available to the Sponsor
or the Trust the opportunity to
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eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Tax Event by taking some Ministerial
Action, the Trust or the Sponsor will pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of
redemption.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that, as a result of (a) any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the
laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, (b) any amendment to, or
change in, an interpretation or application of any such laws or regulations by
any legislative body, court or governmental or regulatory agency or authority
(including the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial
decision or regulatory determination) or (c) any interpretation or pronouncement
by any legislative body, court or governmental or regulatory agency or authority
that provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that
differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, which amendment or
change is enacted, promulgated, issued or announced or which interpretation or
pronouncement is issued or announced, in each case (collectively, a "Change in
Tax Law"), there is more than a substantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will
be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to federal income tax with
respect to interest accrued or received on the Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or
will be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to more than a de minimis
amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges or (iii) interest
(including original issue discount) payable by the Company to the Trust on the
Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof will not be, deductible
by the Company for United States income tax purposes on a current accrual basis
(by reason of deferral, disallowance or otherwise).
"Investment Company Event" means that each of the Regular Trustees
shall have received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to
the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation
or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulations by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change
in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or
will be considered an "investment company" which is required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the "1940 Act").
On and from the date fixed by the Regular Trustees for any
distribution of Debentures upon dissolution of the Trust: (i) the Securities
will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii) The Depository Trust Company
(the Depository") or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its
nominee), as the record Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, will receive a
registered certificate or certificates representing the Debentures to be
delivered upon such distribution, and (iii) any certificates representing
Securities, except for certificates representing Trust Preferred Securities held
by the Depository or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its
nominee), will be deemed to represent Debentures having an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest
rate identical to the Coupon Rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to
accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities until
such certificates are presented to the Sponsor or its agent for exchange.
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(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Securities
unless all accumulated and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all Securities
for all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or before the date of
redemption.
(e) If the Debentures are distributed to Holders of the Securities,
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Sponsor will use its best efforts to
have the Debentures listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other
national securities exchange or similar organization as the Trust Preferred
Securities were listed or quoted immediately prior to the distribution of the
Debentures.
(f) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice")
will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the
date fixed for redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of
the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given
pursuant to this Section 4(f), a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed
to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, or by such other means suitable to assure delivery of such written
notice, to Holders of Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be
addressed to the Holders of Securities at the address of each such Holder
appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the
Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with respect
to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(g) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Trust Preferred
Securities are to be redeemed, the Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed
shall be redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, it
being understood that, in respect of Trust Preferred Securities registered in
the name of and held of record by the Depository or its nominee (or any
successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) or any nominee, the distribution of
the proceeds of such redemption will be made to each Clearing Agency Participant
(or Person on whose behalf such nominee holds such securities) in accordance
with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.
(h) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the
Debentures are redeemed as set out in this Section 4 (which notice will be
irrevocable), then (A) while the Trust Preferred Securities are in book-entry
form, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, by 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Sponsor has paid the
Institutional Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related
redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee will deposit
irrevocably with the Depository or its nominee (or successor Clearing Agency or
its nominee) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with
respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and will give the Depository
irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, and (B) with respect to Trust
Preferred Securities issued in definitive form and Common Securities, provided
that the Sponsor has paid the Institutional Trustee a sufficient amount of cash
in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price to the Holders of
such Securities by
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check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder appearing on the books and
records of the Trust on the redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice
shall have been given and funds deposited as required, if applicable, then
immediately prior to the close of business on the required date of such deposit,
Distributions will cease to accumulate on the Securities so called for
redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities so called for redemption
will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the
Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price. Neither the
Regular Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be
registered the transfer of any Securities that have been so called for
redemption. If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business
Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on
the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day
falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made
on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the Redemption Price in respect
of any Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the
Institutional Trustee or by the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the relevant
Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Securities will continue to
accumulate from the original redemption date to the actual date of payment, in
which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for
redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(i) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Trust Preferred
Securities, the Depository or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or
its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or, if Definitive
Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holder thereof, and (B)
in respect of the Common Securities to the Holder thereof.
(j) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States federal securities laws), the Sponsor or any of its
subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Trust
Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or otherwise.
5. [CONVERSION RIGHTS.
The Holders of Securities shall have the right at any time prior to
the close of business on # (or, in the case of Securities called for redemption,
prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the redemption
date), at their option, to cause the Conversion Agent to convert Securities, on
behalf of the converting Holders, into shares of [CNF Common Stock] in the
manner described herein on and subject to the following terms and conditions:]
(a) [The Securities will be convertible at the office of the Conversion
Agent into fully paid and nonassessable shares of CNF Common Stock pursuant
to the Holder's direction to the Conversion Agent to exchange such
Securities for a portion of the Debentures theretofore held by the Trust on
the basis of one Security per $# principal amount of Debentures, and
immediately convert such amount of Debentures into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of CNF Common Stock at an initial rate of _____ shares
of CNF Common Stock per $# principal amount of Debentures (which is
equivalent to a conversion price of $# per share of CNF Common Stock,
subject to certain adjustments
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set forth in [Sections 7.3 and 7.4] of the Supplemental Indenture (as so
adjusted, "Conversion Price")).]
(b) [In order to convert Securities into CNF Common Stock the Holder shall
submit to the Conversion Agent at the office referred to above an
irrevocable request to convert Securities on behalf of such Holder (the
"Conversion Request"), together, if the Securities are in certificated
form, with such certificates. The Conversion Request shall (i) set forth
the number of Securities to be converted and the name or names, if other
than the Holder, in which the shares of CNF Common Stock should be issued
and (ii) direct the Conversion Agent (a) to exchange such Securities for a
portion of the Debentures held by the Trust (at the rate of exchange
specified in the preceding paragraph) and (b) to immediately convert such
Debentures on behalf of such Holder, into CNF Common Stock (at the
conversion rate specified in the preceding paragraph). The Conversion
Agent shall notify the Trust of the Holder's election to exchange
Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by the Trust and the Trust
shall, upon receipt of such notice, deliver to the Conversion Agent the
appropriate principal amount of Debentures for exchange in accordance with
this Section. The Conversion Agent shall thereupon notify CNF of the
Holder's election to convert such Debentures into shares of CNF Common
Stock. If a Security is surrendered for conversion after the close of
business on any regular record date for payment of a Distribution and
before the opening of business on the corresponding Distribution payment
date, then, notwithstanding such conversion, the Distribution payable on
such Distribution payment date will be paid in cash to the person in whose
name the Security is registered at the close of business on such record
date, and (other than a Security or a portion of a Security called for
redemption on a redemption date occurring after such record date and on or
prior to such Distribution payment date) when so surrendered for
conversion, the Security must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal
to the Distribution payable on such Distribution payment date. Except as
provided above, neither the Trust nor the Sponsor will make, or be required
to make, any payment, allowance or adjustment upon any conversion on
account of any accumulated and unpaid Distributions accumulated on the
Securities (including any Additional Amounts accumulated thereon)
surrendered for conversion, or on account of any accumulated and unpaid
dividends on the shares of CNF Common Stock issued upon such conversion.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the
close of business on the day on which a Notice of Conversion relating to
such Securities is received by the Trust in accordance with the foregoing
provision (the "Conversion Date"). The Person or Persons entitled to
receive CNF Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures shall
be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such CNF
Common Stock at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the
Conversion Date, CNF shall issue and deliver at the office of the
Conversion Agent a certificate or certificates for the number of full
shares of CNF Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, together with the
cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share to the Person or
Persons entitled to receive the same, unless otherwise directed by the
Holder in the notice of conversion and the Conversion Agent shall
distribute such certificate or certificates to such Person or Persons.]
(c) [Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof appoints the
Person serving as Conversion Agent under the Declaration as "Conversion
Agent" for the purpose of
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effecting the conversion of Securities in accordance with this Section. In
effecting the conversion and transactions described in this Section, the
Conversion Agent shall be acting as agent of the Holders of Securities
directing it to effect such conversion transactions. The Conversion Agent
is hereby authorized (i) to exchange Securities from time to time for
Debentures held by the Trust in connection with the conversion of such
Securities in accordance with this Section and (ii) to convert all or a
portion of the Debentures into CNF Common Stock and thereupon to deliver
such shares of CNF Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this
Section and to deliver to the Trust a new Debenture or Debentures for any
resulting unconverted principal amount.]
(d) [No fractional shares of CNF Common Stock will be issued as a result of
conversion, but in lieu thereof, such fractional interest will be paid in
cash by CNF to the Conversion Agent, which in turn will make such payment
to the Holder or Holders of Securities so converted.]
(e) [CNF shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued CNF Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the
conversion of the Debentures, free from any preemptive or other similar
rights, such number of shares of CNF Common Stock as shall from time to
time be issuable upon the conversion of all the Debentures then
outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CNF shall be entitled to
deliver upon conversion of Debentures, shares of CNF Common Stock
reacquired and held in the treasury of CNF (in lieu of the issuance of
authorized and unissued shares of CNF Common Stock), so long as any such
treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security
interests or encumbrances. Any shares of CNF Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Debentures shall be duly authorized, validly issued and
fully paid and nonassessable. The Trust shall deliver the shares of CNF
Common Stock received upon conversion of the Debentures to the converting
Holder free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests and
encumbrances, except for United States withholding taxes. Each of CNF and
the Trust shall prepare and shall use its best efforts to obtain and keep
in force such governmental or regulatory permits or other authorizations as
may be required by law, and shall comply with all applicable requirements
as to registration or qualification of CNF Common Stock (and all
requirements to list CNF Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
Debentures that are at the time applicable), in order to enable CNF to
lawfully issue CNF Common Stock to the Trust upon conversion of the
Debentures and the Trust to lawfully deliver CNF Common Stock to each
Holder upon conversion of the Securities.]
(f) [CNF will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the
issue or delivery of shares of CNF Common Stock on conversion of Debentures
and the delivery of the shares of CNF Common Stock by the Trust upon
conversion of the Securities. CNF shall not, however, be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issue and delivery of shares of CNF Common Stock in a name other than that
in which the Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue
has paid to the Trust the amount of any such tax, or has established to the
satisfaction of the Trust that such tax has been paid.]
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(g) [Nothing in the preceding Paragraph (f) shall limit the requirement of
the Trust to withhold taxes pursuant to the terms of the Securities or set
forth in this Annex I to the Declaration or to the Declaration itself or
otherwise require the Institutional Trustee or the Trust to pay any amounts
on account of such withholdings.]
6. VOTING RIGHTS - TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 6(b) and 8 and as otherwise
required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Subject to the requirements set forth in this paragraph, the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities,
voting separately as a class, may direct the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under
the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee, as
holder of the Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available under the
Indenture with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its
consequences that is waivable under [Section 513] of the Indenture, or (iii)
exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all
the Debentures shall be due and payable; provided, however, that, if an Event of
Default has occurred under the Indenture and is continuing, then the Holders of
25% in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, voting separately
as a class, may direct the Institutional Trustee, as holder of the Debentures,
to declare the principal amount of all the Debentures to be due and payable
immediately; and provided further that where a consent or other action under the
Indenture would require the consent or act of the Holders of greater than a
majority in principal amount of Debentures affected thereby (a "Super
Majority"), the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such
action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in
liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities which the relevant Super
Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding. The Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of
conducting any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the Debenture
Trustee as set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action
in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities under this paragraph unless each Trustee has obtained an opinion of
tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income
tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of
such action. The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust
Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee
or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional
Trustee under the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional
Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures.
If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures, a
Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Sponsor to enforce the
Institutional Trustee's rights under the Debentures without first instituting
any legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other person or
entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Sponsor to
pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or
principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of
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redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities
may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of
the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such
Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the
Debentures. Notwithstanding any payments made to such Holder by the Sponsor, in
connection with such Direct Action, the Sponsor shall remain obligated to pay
the principal or interest on such Debentures, and the Sponsor shall be
subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Sponsor to such Holder of Trust Preferred
Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the preceding sentences,
the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall have no right or power to
exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities may
be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities convened
for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust
or pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, or
of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be
taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of Trust Preferred Securities.
Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such
meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of
any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Trust Preferred Securities
or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms
of the Securities.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are
entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any
of the Trust Preferred Securities that are owned at such time by the Sponsor or
any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall,
for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not
outstanding.
7. VOTING RIGHTS - COMMON SECURITIES.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 7(b), (c) and 8 and as otherwise
required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Common Securities will
not have voting rights.
(b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance
with Article 5 of the Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any
Trustee or to increase or decrease the number of Trustees.
(c) Subject to Section 2.6 of the Declaration and only after any Event
of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities has been cured,
waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to
last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
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Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including (i) directing the time,
method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its
consequences that is waivable under [Section 513] of the Indenture, or (iii)
exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all
the Debentures shall be due and payable, provided that, where a consent or
action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the Holders of
greater than a majority in principal amount of Debentures affected thereby (a
"Super Majority"), the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take
such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion
in liquidation amount of the Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority
represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.
Pursuant to this Section 7(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any
action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and
place of conducting any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the
Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Common
Securities under this paragraph unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an
opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States
federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor
trust on account of such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce
its rights under the Declaration, any Holder of Common Securities may institute
a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the Institutional
Trustee's rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a legal
proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may be given
at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose,
at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or pursuant to
written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon
which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to
each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a
statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such
action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for
adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such
matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute
the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the
Securities.
8. AMENDMENTS TO DECLARATION AND INDENTURE.
(a) In addition to any requirements under Section 12.1 of the
Declaration, if any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than as described in
Section 8.1 of the Declaration, then the Holders of outstanding Securities
voting together as a single class, will be
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entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal (but not on any other amendment
or proposal) and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Securities affected thereby; provided, however, if any amendment or proposal
referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the Trust Preferred
Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the affected class will be
entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal
shall not be effective except with the approval of a Majority in liquidation
amount of such class of Securities.
(b) In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the
holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the
Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall
vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by
a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single
class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require
the consent of the holders of greater than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures (a "Super Majority"), the Institutional Trustee may
only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the
proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super
Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding; provided, further, that the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities
under this Section 8(b) unless each Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax
counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income tax
the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of
such action.
9. PRO RATA.
A reference in these terms of the Securities to any distribution or
treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities
according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the
relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all
Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default
under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds
available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Trust
Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
Trust Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, and only after
satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
10. RANKING.
The Trust Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon
shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities
to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the
Trust Preferred Securities.
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11. LISTING.
The Regular Trustees shall use their best efforts to cause the Trust
Preferred Securities to be listed for quotation on the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc.
12. ACCEPTANCE OF SECURITIES GUARANTEE AND INDENTURE.
Each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities, by
the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee, respectively,
including the subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the
Indenture.
13. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS.
The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive or similar
rights to subscribe for any additional securities.
14. MISCELLANEOUS.
These terms constitute a part of the Declaration.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee (as may be
appropriate), and the Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to
the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT - This
Preferred Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Declaration
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository Trust
Company (the "Depositary") or a nominee of the Depositary. This Preferred
Security is exchangeable for Trust Preferred Securities registered in the name
of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Declaration and no transfer of this Preferred
Security (other than a transfer of this Preferred Security as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to
the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary
or its nominee) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Preferred Security is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and any Preferred Security issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS
WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
Certificate Number: Number of Trust Preferred Securities: _____
CUSIP NO.
Certificate Evidencing Trust Preferred Securities
of
CNF Trust II
[$#/#%] Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $# per Preferred
Security)
CNF Trust II, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ____________ (the
"Holder") is the registered owner of Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
designated the [$#/#%] [Convertible] Trust Preferred Securities, [Series #]
(liquidation amount $# per Preferred Security) (the "Trust Preferred
Securities'). The Trust Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and
records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender
of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of #, 199#, as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), including the designation of the
terms of the Trust Preferred Securities as set forth in Annex I to the
Declaration. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning given them in
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the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a
copy of the Declaration, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration
and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income
tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Trust Preferred Securities
as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures.
Unless the Institutional Trustee's Certificate of Authentication hereon has
been properly executed, these Trust Preferred Securities shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Declaration or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate on _____________.
CNF Trust II
By:
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Preferred Security Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Declaration.
Dated: ____________________
#,
as Institutional Trustee or as Authenticating Agent
By: By:
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Preferred Security will be fixed at a rate
per annum of #% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $# per
Preferred Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the
Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears
for more than one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the
Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term
"Distributions" as used herein includes such cash distributions and any such
interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the
extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds
available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be
computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a full quarterly
Distribution period for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Trust Preferred
Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from #, 199# and will be payable
quarterly in arrears, on #, #, # and # of each year, commencing on #, 199#,
which payment dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the
Debentures, to Holders of record at the close of business on the regular record
date for such Distribution which shall be the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding such Distribution payment date unless otherwise provided in
the Declaration. The Sponsor has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time
on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period") provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the date
of the maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures and, as a consequence
of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral,
quarterly Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly
during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided
that such Extension Period together with all such previous and further
extensions thereof may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the
maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures. Payments of accrued
Distributions will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records
of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then
due, the Sponsor may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.
The Trust Preferred Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.
[The Trust Preferred Securities shall be convertible into shares of CNF
Common Stock, through (i) the exchange of Trust Preferred Securities for a
portion of the Debentures and (ii) the immediate conversion of such Debentures
into CNF Common Stock, in the manner and according to the terms set forth in the
Declaration.]
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[CONVERSION REQUEST
To: #, as Institutional Trustee of CNF Trust II
The undersigned owner of these Trust Preferred Securities hereby
irrevocably exercises the option to convert these Trust Preferred Securities, or
the portion below designated, into Common Stock of CNF Transportation, Inc. (the
"CNF Common Stock") in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, dated as of #, 199# (as amended from time to time, the
"Declaration"), by #, # and #, as Regular Trustees, #, as Delaware Trustee, #,
as Institutional Trustee, CNF Transportation, Inc., as Sponsor, and by the
Holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the Trust to be
issued pursuant to the Declaration. Pursuant to the aforementioned exercise of
the option to convert these Trust Preferred Securities, the undersigned hereby
directs the Conversion Agent (as that term is defined in the Declaration) to (i)
exchange such Trust Preferred Securities for a portion of the Debentures (as
that term is defined in the Declaration) held by the Trust (at the rate of
exchange specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities set forth as
Annex I to the Declaration) and (ii) immediately convert such Debentures on
behalf of the undersigned, into CNF Common Stock (at the conversion rate
specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities set forth as Annex I to
the Declaration).
The undersigned does also hereby direct the Conversion Agent that the
shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in
payment for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the
undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below.
If shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Date: _________________, ______
in whole in part
Number of Trust Preferred Securities to be Converted:
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If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the
spaces below the name or names in which the shares of CNF Common Stock are to be
issued, along with the address or addresses of such Person or Persons
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Signature (for conversion only)
Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Social
Security or Other Identifying Number
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Signature Guarantee:/*/ ________________________________________________________
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/*/ (Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that
is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Conversion Agent, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion
Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Conversion Agent in addition to, or in substitution for,
STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security Certificate to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Security
Certificate)
Signature Guarantee:/*/ ________________________________________________________
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/*/ Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE
Certificate Number: ________ Number of Common Securities: _______
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
CNF Trust II
[$#/#%] Common Securities
(liquidation amount $# per Common Security)
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION (AS DEFINED BELOW):
CNF Trust II, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ______________ (the "Holder")
is the registered owner of common securities of the Trust representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the ____% [$#/#%]
Common Securities (liquidation amount $# per Common Security) (the "Common
Securities"). The Common Securities are transferable on the books and records
of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be
subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
the Trust dated as of #, 199#, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Declaration"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities
as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Common Securities Guarantee to the extent
provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the
Common Securities Guarantee and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon
written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration
and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income
tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Securities as
evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this ___ day of
#, 199#.
CNF Trust II
By:
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at a rate per
annum of #% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $50 per
Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures
to be held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than
one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used
herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments
are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to
the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount
of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly
Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and
for any period shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which
Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Common Securities
will be cumulative, will accrue from #, 199# and will be payable quarterly in
arrears, on #, #, # and # of each year, commencing on #, 199#, which payment
dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the Debentures, to
Holders of record at the close of business on the regular record date for such
Distribution which shall be the close of business on the Business Day next
preceding such Distribution payment date unless otherwise provided in the
Declaration. The Sponsor has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time on the
Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period") provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the date
of maturity of the Debentures and, as a consequence of such deferral,
Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral, quarterly
Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any
such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided that such
Extension Period together with all such previous and further extensions thereof
may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the date of maturity of
the Debentures. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after
the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and the payment of all amounts then due, the Sponsor may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.
The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration.
[The Common Securities shall be convertible into shares of CNF Common
Stock, through (i) the exchange of Common Securities for a portion of the
Debentures and (ii) the immediate conversion of such Debentures into CNF Common
Stock, in the manner and according to the terms set forth in the Declaration.]
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[CONVERSION REQUEST
To: #
as Institutional Trustee of
CNF Trust II
The undersigned owner of these Common Securities hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert these Common Securities, or the portion below
designated, into Common Stock of CNF Transportation, Inc. (the "CNF Common
Stock") in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust dated as of #, 199# (as amended from time to time, the "Declaration"), by
#, # and #, as Regular Trustees, #, as Delaware Trustee, #, as Institutional
Trustee, CNF Transportation, Inc., as Sponsor, and by the Holders, from time to
time, of undivided beneficial interests in the Trust to be issued pursuant to
the Declaration. Pursuant to the aforementioned exercise of the option to
convert these Common Securities, the undersigned hereby directs the Conversion
Agent (as that term is defined in the Declaration) to (i) exchange such Common
Securities for a portion of the Debentures (as that term is defined in the
Declaration) held by the Trust (at the rate of exchange specified in the terms
of the Common Securities set forth as Annex I to the Declaration) and (ii)
immediately convert such Debentures on behalf of the undersigned, into CNF
Common Stock (at the conversion rate specified in the terms of the Common
Securities set forth as Annex I to the Declaration).
The undersigned does also hereby direct the Conversion Agent that the
shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in
payment for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the
undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below.
If shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Date: _________________, ______
in whole in part
Number of Common Securities to be Converted:
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If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the
spaces below the name or names in which the shares of CNF Common Stock are to be
issued, along with the address or addresses of such Person or Persons
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Signature (for conversion only)
Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Social
Security or Other Identifying Number
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Signature Guarantee:/*/ ________________________________________________________
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/*/ Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common
Security Certificate to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: _______________________________
Signature: __________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common
Security Certificate)
Signature Guarantee:/*/ ________________________________________________________
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/*/ Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 4(p)
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CNF TRUST III
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AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION
OF TRUST
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Dated as of #, 199#
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION
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Section 1.1 Definitions....................................................... 2
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.................................. 9
Section 2.2 List of Holders of Securities..................................... 9
Section 2.3 Reports by the Institutional Trustee.............................. 9
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Institutional Trustee......................... 10
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.................. 10
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver......................................... 10
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.......................................... 12
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name.............................................................. 12
Section 3.2 Office............................................................ 12
Section 3.3 Purpose........................................................... 13
Section 3.4 Authority......................................................... 13
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.................................... 13
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees......................... 13
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.............. 16
Section 3.8 Legal Title to the Debentures..................................... 17
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional Trustee.. 19
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee.......................... 20
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee................................................. 22
Section 3.12 Execution of Documents........................................... 23
Section 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........... 23
Section 3.14 Duration of Trust................................................ 23
Section 3.15 Mergers.......................................................... 23
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ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
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Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.................................... 25
Section 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor............................................ 25
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Number of Trustees......................................................... 26
Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee........................................................... 26
Section 5.3 Institutional Trustee; Eligibility......................................... 26
Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Regular Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally.. 27
Section 5.5 Regular Trustees........................................................... 27
Section 5.6 Delaware Trustee........................................................... 28
Section 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees........................... 28
Section 5.8 Vacancies among Trustees................................................... 29
Section 5.9 Effect of Vacancies........................................................ 29
Section 5.10 Meetings.................................................................. 29
Section 5.11 Delegation of Power....................................................... 30
Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business............... 30
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions.............................................................. 31
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.................................... 31
Section 7.2 Execution and Authentication............................................... 31
Section 7.3 Form and Dating............................................................ 32
Section 7.4 Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent]........................................ 32
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Termination of Trust....................................................... 33
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities..................................................... 34
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Section 9.2 Transfer of Certificates................................................... 35
Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders.................................................... 35
Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests....................................................... 35
Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency................................................. 36
Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency................................... 36
Section 9.7 Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates........................... 37
Section 9.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.......................... 37
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 10.1 Liability................................................................. 38
Section 10.2 Exculpation............................................................... 38
Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty............................................................ 39
Section 10.4 Indemnification........................................................... 40
Section 10.5 Outside Business.......................................................... 42
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
Section 11.1 Fiscal Year............................................................... 43
Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters................................................ 43
Section 11.3 Banking................................................................... 43
Section 11.4 Withholding............................................................... 44
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 12.1 Amendments................................................................ 44
Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent.......... 46
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee................... 47
Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee........................ 48
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Notices................................................................... 48
Section 14.2 Governing Law............................................................. 50
Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties.................................................. 50
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Section 14.4 Headings.................................................................. 50
Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns.................................................... 50
Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability.................................................... 50
Section 14.7 Counterparts.............................................................. 50
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ANNEX I TERMS OF SECURITIES................................... I-1
EXHIBIT A-1 FORM OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE.......... Al-1
EXHIBIT A-2 FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE................... A2-l
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE/*/
SECTION OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION OF
OF 1939, AS AMENDED DECLARATION
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310(a) 5.3(a)
310(b) 5.3(c)
310(c) Inapplicable
311(c) Inapplicable
312(a) 2.2(a)
312(b) 2.2(b)
313 2.3
314(a) 2.4; 3.6(j)
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 2.5
314(d) Inapplicable
314(f) Inapplicable
315(a) 3.9(b)
315(c) 3.9(a)
315(d) 3.9(a)
316(a) 2.6
316(c) 3.6(e)
317(b) 3.8(h)
317(b) 3.8(h)
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/*/ This Cross-Reference table does not constitute part of the Declaration and
shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CNF TRUST III
#, 199#
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration")/*/ dated and
effective as of #, 199#, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the Sponsor (as
defined herein) and by the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial
interests in the Trust (as defined herein) to be issued pursuant to this
Declaration;
WHEREAS, certain trustees and the Sponsor established CNF Trust III
(the "Trust"), a trust under the Business Trust Act (as defined herein) pursuant
to a Trust Agreement, dated as of May #, 1998 (the "Original Declaration") and a
Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
on May 29, 1998, for the sole purpose of issuing and selling certain securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and
investing the proceeds thereof in certain Debentures (as defined herein) of the
Sponsor;
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, no interests in the Trust have been issued;
WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this Declaration, amend
and restate each and every term and provision of the Original Declaration;
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue
the Trust as a business trust under the Business Trust Act and that this
Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such business trust, the
Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be held in trust
for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust issued
hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Declaration.
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/*/ Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, (i)
bracketed language relating to conversion of the Trust Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities will be included only if the Trust Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities are convertible into CNF Common Stock
or other securities; and (ii) all references to specific sections of the
Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture are subject to change. In
addition, if the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are
convertible into securities other than CNF Common Stock, all references to
CNF Common Stock will be appropriately modified.
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ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITION
Section 1.1 Definitions.
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Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Declaration but not defined in the
preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section
1.1, and capitalized terms used in this Declaration and defined in the preamble
above have the respective meanings assigned to them in such preamble;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Declaration has the same meaning
throughout;
(c) all references to "the Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to this
Declaration as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time and include
all Annexes and Exhibits hereto, which Annexes and Exhibits are expressly
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Declaration;
(d) all references in this Declaration to Articles and Sections and Annexes
and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this
Declaration unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration or unless
the context otherwise requires; and
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405 of the
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Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent, Registrar [or Conversion Agent].
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"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
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bind such Person.
"Base Indenture" means the # Indenture dated as of #, 199#, between the
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Company and the Debenture Trustee.
"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate,
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ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book
entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day
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on which banking institutions in New York, New York are permitted or required by
any applicable law to close.
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"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12
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Del. C. Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or any
successor legislation.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a Trust Preferred
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Security Certificate.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
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pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as depositary for the
Trust Preferred Securities and in whose name or in the name of a nominee of that
organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake
to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Trust Preferred Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial
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institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing Agency
effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means #, 199#.
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["CNF Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which
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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. However, subject
to the provisions of Article [VII] of the Supplemental Indenture, shares
issuable on conversion of the Convertible Debentures shall include only shares
of the class designated as the common stock of the Company on the date of the
Supplemental Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting from any
reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have 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 are
not subject to redemption by the Company; provided, however, that if at any time
there shall be more than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class
then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number
of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the
total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.]
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
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time, or any successor legislation.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
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thereto.
"Common Security" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1
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"Common Securities Guarantee" means the Common Securities Guarantee
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Agreement dated as of #, 199# of the Sponsor in respect of the Common
Securities.
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in fully
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registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2.
"Company" means CNF Transportation Inc. until a successor Person shall have
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become the "Company" (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the
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Indenture, and thereafter the "Company" shall mean such successor Person, and
any other obligor upon the Indenture.
"Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Regular Trustee; (b) any
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Affiliate of any Regular Trustee; (c) any officer, director, shareholder,
member, partner, employee, representative or agent of any Regular Trustee; or
(d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates; provided that
the term "Company Indemnified Person" shall not include any Fiduciary
Indemnified Person.
["Conversion Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 7.4.]
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["Convertible Debentures" has the same meaning as the term "Debentures."]
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"Corporate Trust Office" means either (A) the principal corporate trust
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office of the Institutional Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of
original execution of this Declaration is located at #, Attention: #, or (B) for
purposes of Section 7.4 hereof (and any similar provisions of this Declaration
concerning the office or agency where Securities may be presented or surrendered
for payment, surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange[, or
surrendered for conversion]), "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 the original
execution of this Declaration is located at c/o #, Attn: #; 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 Declaration to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the
Institutional Trustee. "Corporate Trust Office" means any office referred to in
clause (A) or (B) of this paragraph.
"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, trustee, shareholder,
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partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) the
Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.
"Debenture Trustee" means #, as trustee under the Indenture until a
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successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the #% [Convertible [Subordinated/Junior Subordinated]]
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Debentures due #, 20# to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture; a
form of the certificate evidencing the Debentures appears as Exhibit # to the
Supplemental Indenture.
"Declaration" means this Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as the
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same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
its terms.
"Declaration Event of Default" has the same meaning as the term "Event of
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Default."
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
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"Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates" has the meaning set
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forth in Section 9.4.
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"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 6(b) of Annex I
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hereto.
"Dissolution Tax Opinion" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of
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Annex I hereto.
"Distribution" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency.
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"Event of Default," as used in this Declaration (including Annex I and the
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Exhibits hereto) and the certificates evidencing the Securities, means an
Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the
Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended from
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time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in Section
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10.4(b).
"Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
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"Global Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
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"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a Security
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is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the
Business Trust Act.
"Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary
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Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental
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Indenture, and as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
"Indenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the
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Supplemental Indenture.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
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Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
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amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex
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I hereto.
"Institutional Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
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requirements set forth in Section 5.3.
"Institutional Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in Section
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3.8(c).
"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).
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"List of Holders" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
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"Majority in liquidation amount" of the Securities means, except as
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provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust
Indenture Act, Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single
class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred
Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a
class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation
amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption,
liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon
which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of
the relevant class.
"No Recognition Opinion" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I
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hereto.
"Officer's Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
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signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person, provided that, with respect to
any Officer's Certificate to be delivered by the Regular Trustees, such
certificate shall be signed by two Regular Trustees or, if at the time there is
only one Regular Trustee, such Regular Trustee. Any Officer's Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for
in this Declaration shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the certificate has read the
covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such officer
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Option Closing Date" means the date of closing of any sale of [Additional
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Securities - conform to definition in Underwriting Agreement] (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement).
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Sections 3.8(h) and 7.4.
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"Payment Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
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"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
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estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Quorum" means a majority of the Regular Trustees or, if there are only two
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Regular Trustees, both of them.
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"Redemption Tax Opinion" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I
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hereto.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4 hereof.
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"Regular Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).
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"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or indirect
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wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that owns, directly
or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Institutional Trustee, any
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officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee,
including any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer of the
Corporate Trust Office of the Institutional Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and
also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Rule 3a-5" means Rule 3a-5 under the Investment Company Act.
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"Securities" means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred
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Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
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time, or any successor legislation.
"Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities Guarantee and the Trust
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Preferred Securities Guarantee.
"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I hereto.
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"Sponsor" means the Company or any successor entity in its capacity as
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sponsor of the Trust.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b).
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"Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).
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"Successor Institutional Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
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5.7(b).
"Successor Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).
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"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii).
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"Supplemental Indenture" means the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of
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#, 199# between the Company and the Debenture Trustee pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued.
"Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4 of Annex I hereto.
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"10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as provided in
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the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or by the Trust Indenture Act,
Holder(s) of outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the
context may require, Holders of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or
Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a class, who are
the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including
the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise,
plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting
percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
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temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trust" means CNF Trust III, a Delaware statutory business trust, until a
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successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Declaration, and thereafter "Trust" shall mean such successor Trust.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this Declaration
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as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in accordance with
the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to time be duly
appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions
hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such
Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
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from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" means the Trust Preferred Securities
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Guarantee Agreement dated as of #, 199#, between the Sponsor and #, as guarantee
trustee.
"Trust Preferred Security" has the meaning specified in Section 7.1.
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"Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book
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Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing
Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance
with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Trust Preferred Security Certificate" means a certificate representing a
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Trust Preferred Security substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement dated #, 199#,
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among the Company, the Trust and the underwriters named therein for the offering
and sale of Trust Preferred Securities.
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ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
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(a) This Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Declaration and shall, to the extent
applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee
for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this Declaration limits,
qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
(d) The application of the Trust indenture Act to this Declaration shall
not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
Section 2.2 List of Holders of Securities.
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(a) Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide the Institutional Trustee (i) within 14 days after each record
date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Institutional
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Securities ("List of Holders") as of such record date, provided that neither the
Sponsor nor the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to
provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does not differ
from the most recent List of Holders given to the Institutional Trustee by the
Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust, and (ii) at any other
time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request for a List of
Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given
to the Institutional Trustee; provided, however, that so long as the
Institutional Trustee or an Affiliate of the Institutional Trustee is the
Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished. The Institutional
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all
information contained in Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in
the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in such capacity) provided that the
Institutional Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on
receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Section 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Institutional Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, the Institutional Trustee shall
provide to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities such reports as are
required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in
the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust
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Indenture Act. The Institutional Trustee shall also comply with the requirements
of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Institutional Trustee.
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Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Institutional Trustee such documents, reports and information as
may be required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the
compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the
form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Institutional
Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Institutional Trustee's
receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including
the Sponsor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Institutional Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
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Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide to the Institutional Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Declaration that relate to
any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(l) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Trust Preferred
Securities, waive any past Event of Default in respect of the Trust Preferred
Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Indenture
Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of Default under
the Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of (x) holders of Debentures
representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures (a "Super Majority") or (y) each holder of
Debentures affected thereby to be waived under the Indenture, then the
Event of Default under the Declaration may only be waived by the vote of,
in the case of (x) above, Holders of Trust Preferred Securities
representing at least such specified percentage of the aggregate
liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or, in the
case of (y) above, each Holder of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities
affected thereby.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in lieu of Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the
Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Declaration and the
Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any such
default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with
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respect to the Trust Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been cured, for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to
the Trust Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent there on. Any
waiver by the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of an Event of Default
with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to
constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Event of
Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this
Declaration without any further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the
Common Securities.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common
Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Indenture
Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the Holders of
the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under
the Declaration as provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of
Default under the Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of (x) a Super Majority or (y) each
holder of Debentures affected thereby to be waived, except where the
Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of
Default under the Declaration as provided below in this Section 2.6(b), the
Event of Default under the Declaration may only be waived by the vote of,
in the case of clause (x) above, Holders of Common Securities representing
at least such specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of
the outstanding Common Securities or, in the case of clause (y) above, each
holder of outstanding Common Securities affected thereby;
provided further, each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived
any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the
Trust Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and
until such Events of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities have
been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Institutional Trust will be
deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities and only the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the
right to direct the Institutional Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of
Section 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(l)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such
Section 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(l)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby
expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b),
upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and any Event of Default
with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to
the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Institutional Trustee
at the direction of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities constitutes a
waiver of the
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corresponding Event of Default under this Declaration. The foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust
Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby
expressly excluded from this Declaration and the Securities, as permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
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(a) The Institutional Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of
an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Holders of the Securities, notices of all defaults with respect to the
Securities actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee,
unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice (the term
"defaults" for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a) being hereby defined to be an
Indenture Event of Default with respect to the Debentures, not including any
periods of grace provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of any
notice provided therein); provided that, except for a default in the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any of the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Securities.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any
default with respect to the Debentures except:
(i) a default with respect to the Debentures under (A) [Section
501(1)] of the Base Indenture, as amended and restated by [Section 2.9(c)]
of the Supplemental Indenture, or (B) [Section 501(2)] of the Base
Indenture; or
(ii) any default with respect to the Debentures as to which the
Institutional Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a
Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee charged with the
administration of the Declaration shall have actual knowledge.
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name.
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The Trust is named "CNF Trust III" as such name may be modified from time
to time by the Regular Trustees following written notice to the Holders of
Securities and the other Trustees. The Trust's activities may be conducted under
the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Regular
Trustees.
Section 3.2 Office.
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The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o CNF Transportation
Inc., 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304. On ten Business Days'
written notice to the
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Holders of Securities and the other Trustees, the Regular Trustees may designate
another principal office.
Section 3.3 Purpose.
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The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to issue and sell
Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures, and
(b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in only those other activities
necessary, or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue
securities other than the Securities, issue debt, make investments other than in
the Debentures or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its
assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that
would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust.
Section 3.4 Authority.
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Subject to the limitations provided in this Declaration and to the specific
duties of the Institutional Trustee, the Regular Trustees shall have exclusive
and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken
by the Regular Trustees in accordance with their powers shall constitute the act
of and serve to bind the Trust and an action taken by the Institutional Trustee
on behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of
and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of
the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the
Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely
conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this
Declaration.
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.
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Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the Debentures and the
Institutional Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this Declaration,
legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders
shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall
have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees.
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The Regular Trustees shall have the exclusive power, duty and authority to
cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue and sell the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities in accordance with this Declaration; provided, however, that the
Trust may issue no more than one series of Trust Preferred Securities and no
more than one series of Common Securities, and, provided further, that there
shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Securities, and the issuance
of Securities shall be limited to a simultaneous issuance of both Trust
Preferred Securities and Common Securities on the Closing Date and the Option
Closing Date, if any;
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred
Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to:
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(i) file with the Commission the registration statement on Form S-3
prepared by the Sponsor, including any amendments thereto, pertaining to,
among other securities, the Trust Preferred Securities;
(ii) file any documents prepared by the Sponsor, or take any acts as
determined by the Sponsor to be necessary in order to qualify or register
all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities in any State in which the
Sponsor has determined to qualify or register such Trust Preferred
Securities for sale;
(iii) file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to the New York
Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market for listing upon notice of issuance of any Trust Preferred
Securities;
(iv) file with the Commission a registration statement on Form 8-A,
including any amendments thereto, prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the
registration of the Trust Preferred Securities and, if deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Regular Trustees, the guarantee of the Sponsor in
respect of the Trust Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act; and
(v) enter into the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of
the Trust Preferred Securities;
(c) to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale of the Trust
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the
Regular Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of record
in the name of the Institutional Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of Common Securities;
(d) to give the Sponsor and the Institutional Trustee prompt written notice
of the occurrence of a Special Event; provided that the Regular Trustees shall
not be required to give such notice unless any Regular Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Special Event; and provided,
further, that the Regular Trustees shall consult with the Sponsor and the
Institutional Trustee before taking or refraining from taking any Ministerial
Action in relation to a Special Event;
(e) subject to Section 2(c) of Annex I hereto, to establish a record date
with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be
established, including and with respect to, for the purposes of Section 316 (c)
of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and
exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Trust Preferred
Securities and Holders of Common Securities as to such actions and applicable
record dates;
(f) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be required of the
Regular Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to
legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust
("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e), the Institutional Trustee
has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;
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(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be
designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors, and
consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations under the
Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust
Indenture Act to the Institutional Trustee, which certificate may be executed by
any Regular Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to carry out any of
the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar and transfer
agent for the Securities;
(m) to give prompt written notice to the Holders of the Securities of any
notice received from the Sponsor of its election to defer payments of interest
on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period under the Indenture,
and the Regular Trustee shall give such notice;
(n) to execute all documents, certificates, agreements or instruments,
perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust
in all matters necessary or incidental to the foregoing;
(o) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the
preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
franchises and privileges as a statutory business trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was
created;
(p) to conduct the affairs of and to operate the Trust and to take any
action, not inconsistent with this Declaration or with applicable law, that the
Regular Trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable in
carrying out the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6,
including, but not limited to:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to be classified for United States federal
income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(iii) cooperating with the Sponsor to ensure that the Debentures will
be treated as indebtedness of the Sponsor for United States federal income
tax purposes,
provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of Holders;
and
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(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax returns and
tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust
to be duly prepared and filed by the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust.
The Regular Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.6
in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
out in Section 3.3, and the Regular Trustees shall not take any action that is
inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section
3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Regular Trustees shall have none of the
powers or the authority of the Institutional Trustee set forth in Section 3.8.
Any expenses incurred by the Regular Trustees pursuant to this Section 3.6
shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor.
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.
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(a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the Institutional
Trustee) shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any activity other than as
required or authorized by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not
and the Trustees (including the Institutional Trustee) shall cause the Trust not
to:
(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of Securities
pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the Securities;
(ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein;
(iii) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;
(iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans
represented by the Debentures;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the
Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever;
(vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership
to or beneficial interest in the Trust other than the Securities; or
(vii) other than as provided in this Declaration, (A) direct the time,
method and place of exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive any past
default that is waivable under the Indenture, (C) exercise any right to
rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures
shall be due and payable, or (D) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be
required unless the Trust shall have received an opinion of counsel to the
effect that such modification will not cause more than an insubstantial
risk that for United States federal income tax purposes the Trust will not
be classified as a grantor trust.
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Section 3.8 Legal Title to the Debentures.
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(a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and held of record
in the name of the Institutional Trustee (in its capacity as such) in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of
the Institutional Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each
Person who may hereafter be appointed as Institutional Trustee in accordance
with Section 5.7. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective
whether or not conveyancing documents with regard to the Debentures have been
executed and delivered.
(b) The Institutional Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and
interest in the Debentures to the Regular Trustees or to the Delaware Trustee
(if the Institutional Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee). [The
Trust and the Institutional Trustee shall not convert any Debentures held by
either of them except pursuant to a notice of conversion delivered to the
Conversion Agent by a Holder of Trust Securities.]
(c) The Institutional Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing trust
account (the "Institutional Trustee Account") in the name of and under the
exclusive control of the Institutional Trustee on behalf of the Holders of
the Securities and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect
of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee, deposit such funds
into the Institutional Trustee Account and make payments to the Holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities and Holders of the Common Securities from
the Institutional Trustee Account in accordance with Section 6.1. Funds in
the Institutional Trustee Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed
in accordance with this Declaration. The Institutional Trustee Account
shall be an account that is maintained with a banking institution (which
may be the Institutional Trustee) the rating on whose long-term unsecured
indebtedness is at least equal to the rating assigned to the Trust
Preferred Securities by a "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization," as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under
the Securities Act;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect the redemption of the Trust Preferred Securities and
the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are redeemed or
accelerated or mature;
(iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the Regular
Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Securities, engage in such
ministerial activities as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the
distribution of the Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the occurrence
of certain Special Events; and
(iv) take such ministerial action as may be requested by the Regular
Trustees in connection with the winding up of the affairs of or liquidation
of the Trust in accordance with this Declaration and the preparation,
execution and filing of a certificate of cancellation or other appropriate
certificates with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and other
appropriate governmental authorities.
(d) The Institutional Trustee shall take all actions and perform such
duties as may be specifically required of the Institutional Trustee pursuant to
the terms of the Securities.
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(e) The Institutional Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out
of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of
the Institutional Trustee has actual knowledge or the Institutional Trustee's
duties and obligations under this Declaration or the Trust Indenture Act. The
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities
will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or to direct
the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee
under the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee
to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures. If the
Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures, a Holder
of Trust Preferred Securities, to the fullest extent permitted by law, may
institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company to enforce the
Institutional Trustee's rights under the Debentures without first instituting
any legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person;
provided further, that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on the date such principal,
premium or interest, as the case may be, is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities
may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder
directly of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust
Preferred Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the
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respective due date specified in the Debentures or the Indenture.
Notwithstanding any payments made to such Holder by the Company, in connection
with such Direct Action, the Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on such Debentures, and the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Company to such Holder of Trust Preferred
Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the preceding sentences
of this paragraph, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall have no right
or power to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the
Debentures.
(f) The Institutional Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee until
either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds of the
liquidation distributed to the Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.7.
(g) The Institutional Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise all of
the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures under the Indenture
and, if an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Institutional Trustee occurs and is continuing, the Institutional Trustee shall,
for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as holder of
the Debentures subject to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of
such Securities.
(h) The Institutional Trustee may authorize one or more Persons (each, a
"Paying Agent") to pay Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation
payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities and any such
Paying Agent shall comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
Paying Agent may be removed by the Institutional Trustee at
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any time and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents may be
appointed at any time by the Institutional Trustee.
(i) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Institutional Trustee shall have none
of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Regular Trustees set
forth in Section 3.6.
The Institutional Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
out in Section 3.3.
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Institutional
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(a) The Institutional Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Declaration and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6)
of which a Responsible Officer of the Institutional Trustee has actual
knowledge, the Institutional Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and
powers vested in it by this Declaration, and use the same degree of care and
skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve the
Institutional Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Institutional Trustee shall
be determined solely by the express provisions of this Declaration and
the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable except for the
performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set
forth in this Declaration, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Declaration against the Institutional Trustee;
and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Institutional
Trustee, the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the
Institutional Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Declaration; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to
the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall be under a
duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Declaration;
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(ii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Institutional
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Institutional Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional
Trustee under this Declaration;
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the Institutional
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not
reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Declaration or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Institutional Trustee against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(v) the Institutional Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and the
Institutional Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in a
similar manner as the Institutional Trustee deals with similar property for
its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
afforded to the Institutional Trustee under this Declaration and the Trust
Indenture Act;
(vi) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or
with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the
Debentures or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in
connection therewith;
(vii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any interest
on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing
with the Sponsor, and money held by the Institutional Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Institutional Trustee Account maintained by the Institutional Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required
by law; and
(viii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Regular Trustees or the Sponsor with their
respective duties under this Declaration, nor shall the Institutional
Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the Regular Trustees or
the Sponsor.
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Institutional Trustee.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
(i) the Institutional Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument,
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opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(ii) a direction or act of the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees
contemplated by this Declaration shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Institutional Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the Regular
Trustees;
(iv) the Institutional Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any
financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities
laws) or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof;
(v) the Institutional Trustee may consult with counsel of its
selection or other experts and the advice or opinion of such counsel and
experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of such
experts' area of expertise 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 accordance with such advice or opinion; such
counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, and may
include any of its employees; and the Institutional Trustee shall have the
right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of
this Declaration from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Institutional Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at
the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have
provided to the Institutional Trustee security and indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Institutional Trustee, against the costs, expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses and the expenses of the
Institutional Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction,
including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Institutional
Trustee, provided, that nothing contained in this Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall
be taken to (a) require the Holders of Securities to offer such indemnity
in the event such Holders direct the Institutional Trustee to take any
action it is empowered to take under this Declaration following an Event of
Default or (b) relieve the Institutional Trustee, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Declaration;
(vii) the Institutional 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, note other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Institutional Trustee in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit;
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(viii) the Institutional Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Institutional
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;
(ix) any action taken by the Institutional Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the
signature of the Institutional Trustee or its agents alone shall be
sufficient and effective to perform any such action and no third party
shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Institutional
Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and
provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be conclusively
evidenced by the Institutional Trustee's or its agent's taking such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this Declaration the
Institutional Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive written
instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any
other action hereunder, the Institutional Trustee (i) may request written
instructions from the Holders of the Securities which instructions may only
be given by the Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the
Securities as would be entitled to direct the Institutional Trustee under
the terms of the Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action,
(ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other
action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be protected
in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Declaration, the
Institutional Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action
that is discretionary under the provisions of this Declaration; and
(xii) the Institutional Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably
believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or
powers conferred upon it by this Declaration.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be deemed to impose any duty or
obligation on the Institutional Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise
any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any
jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Institutional Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Institutional
Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Declaration other than this
Section 3.11, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers,
nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of
the Trustees described in this Declaration (except as required under the
Business Trust Act). Except as set forth in this Section 3.11, the Delaware
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Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the
requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust Act that the Trust have at
least one trustee with a principal place of business in Delaware. The duties of
the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (a) accepting legal process served on
the Trust in the State of Delaware and (b) the execution of any certificates
required to be filed with the Delaware Secretary of State which the Delaware
Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the Business Trust Act.
Section 3.12 Execution of Documents.
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Except as otherwise required by the Business Trust Act or applicable law,
any Regular Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any
documents that the Regular Trustees have the power and authority to execute or
to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall be
taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as
to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The
Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration or the Securities.
Section 3.14 Duration of Trust.
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The Trust, unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article 8
hereof, shall have existence until the date specified in Section 8.1(a)(vii)
hereof.
Section 3.15 Mergers.
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(a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be
replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, except as described in Section
3.15(b) and (c).
(b) The Trust may, with the consent of the Regular Trustees or, if there
are more than two, a majority of the Regular Trustees and without the consent of
the Holders of the Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional
Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust
organized as such under the laws of any State of the United States; provided
that:
(i) if the Trust is not the survivor, such successor entity (the
"Successor Entity") either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under
the Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Trust Preferred Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Preferred
Securities (the "Successor Securities") so long as the Successor
Securities rank the same as the Trust
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Preferred Securities rank with respect to Distributions and payments
upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;
(ii) if the Trust is not the survivor, the Sponsor expressly
acknowledges or appoints a trustee of the Successor Entity that possesses
the same powers and duties as the Institutional Trustee as the holder of
the Debentures;
(iii) the Trust Preferred Securities or any Successor Securities are
listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed upon notification of
issuance, on any national securities exchange or with another organization
on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted;
(iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not
cause the Trust Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities)
to be downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization (as defined in Section 3.8 above);
(v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not
adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of
the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect
(other than with respect to any dilution of such Holders' interests in the
new entity, if any);
(vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially identical to
that of the Trust;
(vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, the Sponsor has received an opinion of a nationally recognized
independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters to the effect
that:
(A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does
not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any
material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of the
Holders' interest in the new entity);
(B) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity, if any, will
be required to register as an Investment Company; and
(C) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
replacement, the Trust (or the Successor Entity) will be treated as a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes; and
(viii) if the Trust is not the survivor, the Sponsor guarantees the
obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at
least to the extent provided by the Securities Guarantees.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not, except with the
consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate,
amalgamate,
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merge with or into, or be replaced by any other Person or permit any other
Person to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger or replacement would cause the Trust or
Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.
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On the Closing Date and on any Option Closing Date the Sponsor will
purchase the Common Securities issued by the Trust, in an amount equal to at
least 3% of the capital of the Trust, at the same time as the Trust Preferred
Securities are sold.
Section 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.
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In connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities,
the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to engage in the
following activities:
(a) to prepare for filing by, and execute on behalf of, the Trust with the
Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 in relation to the Trust
Preferred Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, including any
amendments thereto;
(b) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify
or register for sale all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee and to do any and all such acts, other than
actions which must be taken by the Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it
must take, and prepare for filing and execute any documents to be executed and
filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to
comply with the applicable laws of any such States;
(c) to prepare for filing by, and execute on behalf of, the Trust an
application to the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national stock
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing upon notice of issuance of
any Trust Preferred Securities and, if deemed necessary or advisable by the
Sponsor, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(d) to prepare for filing by, and execute on behalf of, the Trust documents
or instruments to be delivered to DTC relating to the Trust Preferred
Securities;
(e) to prepare for filing with the Commission by, and execute on behalf of,
the Trust a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of
the Trust Preferred Securities and, if deemed necessary or advisable by the
Sponsor, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee under Section 12(b) or 12(g)
of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto; and
(f) to negotiate the terms of, and execute on behalf of the Trust, the
Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities.
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ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Number of Trustees.
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The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by
written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be
increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of
the Common Securities; provided, however, that the number of Trustees shall in
no event be less than two; provided further that (1) one Trustee shall satisfy
the requirements of Section 5.2; (2) there shall be at least one Trustee who is
an employee or officer of, or is affiliated with the Sponsor (a "Regular
Trustee"); and (3) one Trustee shall be the Institutional Trustee for so long as
this Declaration is required to qualify as an indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it meets
the applicable requirements.
Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee.
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If required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee")
shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements of
applicable law; provided that, if the Institutional Trustee has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable law, then the Institutional Trustee shall also be the Delaware
Trustee and Section 3.11 shall have no application.
Section 5.3 Institutional Trustee; Eligibility.
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(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as
Institutional Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and
(ii) be a corporation or bank organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or
of the District of Columbia, or a corporation, bank or other Person
permitted by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the
Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and
subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
supervising or examining authority referred
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to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.3(a)(ii), the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Institutional Trustee shall cease to be eligible to
so act under Section 5.3(a), the Institutional Trustee shall immediately resign
in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.7(c).
(c) If the Institutional Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Institutional Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as if it were the
obligor referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(d) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Declaration for purposes of clause (i) of the
first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) The initial Institutional Trustee shall be: #.
Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Regular Trustees and Delaware
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Trustee Generally.
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Each Regular Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the Institutional
Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural person who is
at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more
Authorized Officers.
Section 5.5 Regular Trustees.
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The initial Regular Trustees shall be:
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(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration and except if a
meeting of the Regular Trustees is called with respect to any matter over which
the Regular Trustees have power to act, any power of the Regular Trustees may be
exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Regular Trustee.
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees, and except as
otherwise required by the Business Trust Act or applicable law, any Regular
Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the
Regular Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute
pursuant to Section 3.6: and
(c) a Regular Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable
law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power
for the purposes of
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signing any documents which the Regular Trustees have power and authority to
execute or cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 5.6 Delaware Trustee.
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The initial Delaware Trustee shall be: #.
Section 5.7 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
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(a) Subject to Section 5.7(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed without
cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by written instrument
executed by the Sponsor; and
(ii) after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class
at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities.
(b) (i) the Trustee that acts as Institutional Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a successor Institutional
Trustee (a "Successor Institutional Trustee") has been an appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor
Institutional Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 5.7(a) until a successor Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a
"Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware
Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his successor
shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation. Any
Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting)
by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor
and the Trust, which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon
such later date as is specified therein; provided, however, that:
(i) No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Institutional
Trustee shall be effective:
(A) Until a Successor Institutional Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such
Successor Institutional Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the
Sponsor and the resigning Institutional Trustee; or
(B) Until the assets of the Trust have been completely liquidated
and the proceeds thereof distributed to the Holders of the Securities;
and
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(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Delaware
Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such
Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the
resigning Delaware Trustee.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities shall use their best efforts to
promptly appoint a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, if the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section
5.7.
(e) If no Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee
shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section
5.7 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal,
the Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee resigning or being removed, as
applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of
a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) No Institutional Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the
acts or omissions to act of any Successor Institutional Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 5.8 Vacancies among Trustees.
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If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of Trustees is
increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution
certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Regular Trustees or, if there
are more than two, a majority of the Regular Trustees shall be conclusive
evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a
Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.7.
Section 5.9 Effect of Vacancies.
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The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall
not operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Regular
Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of a
Regular Trustee in accordance with Section 5.7, the Regular Trustees in office,
regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Regular
Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Regular Trustees by
this Declaration.
Section 5.10 Meetings.
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If there is more than one Regular Trustee, meetings of the Regular Trustees
shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Regular Trustee. Regular
meetings of the Regular Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by
resolution of the Regular Trustees. Notice of any in-person meetings of the
Regular Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48
hours
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before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Regular Trustee or
any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24
hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time,
place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person
or by telephone) of a Regular Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting except where a Regular Trustee attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground
that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided
otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Regular Trustees may be taken
at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Regular Trustees present (whether in
person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter,
provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the unanimous written
consent of the Regular Trustees. In the event there is only one Regular Trustee,
any and all action of such Regular Trustee shall be evidenced by a written
consent of such Regular Trustee.
Section 5.11 Delegation of Power.
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(a) Any Regular Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
3.6; and
(b) the Regular Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to
such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Regular Trustees or otherwise as the Regular Trustees may deem expedient,
to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to
the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 5.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any Person into which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as
the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially
all the corporate trust business of the Institutional Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Institutional Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, provided such Person
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto; provided, however, such successor shall notify the Sponsor and
the Trust promptly of its succession.
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ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions.
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Holders shall receive Distributions in accordance with the applicable terms
of the relevant Holder's Securities. Distributions shall be made on the Trust
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the
preferences set forth in their respective terms. If and to the extent that the
Sponsor makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest (as defined
in the Indenture) and Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)),
premium and/or principal on the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee
(the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Institutional
Trustee shall and is directed, to the extent funds are available for that
purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to
Holders.
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
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(a) The Regular Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust issue one class of
[convertible] Trust Preferred Securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex
I (the "Trust Preferred Securities") and one class of [convertible] common
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Common Securities").
The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the
Trust other than the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the
Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall
not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(c) Upon issuance of the Trust Preferred Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Trust Preferred Securities so issued shall be deemed to be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
(d) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Trust Preferred
Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration,
shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall
be bound by, this Declaration.
Section 7.2 Execution and Authentication.
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(a) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by a Regular
Trustee. In case any Regular Trustee of the Trust who shall have signed any of
the Securities shall cease to be such Regular Trustee before the Certificates so
signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates nevertheless may be
delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates had
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not ceased to be such Regular Trustee; and any Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of execution of such
Security, shall be the Regular Trustees of the Trust, although at the date of
the execution and delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such a
Regular Trustee.
(b) One Regular Trustee shall sign the Trust Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities for the Trust by manual or facsimile signature. Unless
otherwise determined by the Trust, such signature shall, in the case of Common
Securities, be a manual signature.
A Trust Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Institutional Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Trust Preferred Security has
been authenticated under this Declaration.
Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Regular Trustee, the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate the Trust Preferred Securities for
original issue.
The Institutional Trustee may appoint, with the consent of the Regular
Trustees, an authenticating agent acceptable to the Trust to authenticate Trust
Preferred Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Trust Preferred
Securities whenever the Institutional Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Declaration to authentication by the Institutional Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the
Institutional Trustee to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 7.3 Form and Dating.
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The Trust Preferred Securities and the Institutional Trustee's certificate
of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and the
Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, each of
which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Declaration.
Certificates may be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any
other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced
by their execution thereof. The Securities may have letters, numbers, notations
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange or quotation system rule, agreements to which
the Trust is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend
or endorsement is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Trust). The Trust at
the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend not contained in
Exhibit A-1 or A-2 to the Institutional Trustee in writing. Each Trust
Preferred Security Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.
The terms and provisions of the Securities set forth in Annex I and the forms of
Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 are part of the terms of this
Declaration and to the extent applicable, the Institutional Trustee and the
Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this Declaration, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 7.4 Paying Agent [and Conversion Agent].
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In the event that the Trust Preferred Securities are not in book-entry only
form, the Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York,
State of New York, an office or agency where the Trust Preferred Securities may
be presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and a Registrar (as defined below)
[and a Conversion Agent (as defined below)]. The Trust shall
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maintain a Paying Agent[, an office or agency where Securities may be presented
for conversion ("Conversion Agent")] and an office or agency where Securities
may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange ("Registrar"). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Trust Preferred Securities and of the
transfer and exchange thereof. The Trust may appoint the Paying Agent, Registrar
[and the Conversion Agent] and may appoint one or more additional paying agents,
one or more additional registrars [and one or more additional conversion agents]
in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Paying Agent" includes
any additional paying agent, the term "Registrar" includes any additional
registrar[, and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any additional conversion
agent]. The Trust may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or [Conversion Agent]
without prior notice to any Holder. The Trust shall notify the Institutional
Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Declaration. If the Trust fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Paying
Agent, Registrar [or Conversion Agent], the Institutional Trustee shall act as
such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or
[Conversion Agent]. The Trust shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar and
[Conversion Agent] for the Common Securities. The Paying Agent, Registrar and
[Conversion Agent] shall be entitled to the rights and protections extended to
the Institutional Trustee when acting in such capacity.
The Trust initially appoints the Institutional Trustee, acting through its
Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York, as [Conversion Agent], Registrar
and Paying Agent for the Trust Preferred Securities.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Termination of Trust.
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(a) The Trust shall dissolve:
(i) upon the bankruptcy of the Sponsor;
(ii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent
with respect to the Sponsor; upon receipt by the Trust of the consent of
the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding
Securities voting together as a single class to dissolve the Trust and file
a certificate of cancellation with respect thereto, or the revocation of
the Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after the date of
revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
(iii) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
Sponsor or the Trust;
(iv) when all of the Securities shall have been called for redemption
and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to
the Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities;
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(v) upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event pursuant
to which the Trust shall have been dissolved in accordance with the terms
of the Securities and, after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors
(whether by payment or reasonable provision for payment), when all of the
Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee shall have been distributed to
the Holders of Securities in exchange for all of the Securities;
(vi) [ upon the conversion of all outstanding Trust Preferred
Securities into CNF Common Stock or other cash, securities or property, as
the case may be;]
(vii) the expiration of the term of the Trust on #; or
(viii) before the issuance of any Securities, with the consent of all
of the Regular Trustees and the Sponsor.
(b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to
in Section 8.1(a), after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors (whether by
payment or reasonable provision for payment), the Trustees shall file a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
and the Trust shall terminate.
(c) The provisions of Article 10 shall survive the termination of the
Trust.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities.
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(a) Where Trust Preferred Securities are presented to a Registrar with a
request to register the transfer thereof or to exchange them for an equal number
of Trust Preferred Securities represented by different certificates, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange. To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trust shall issue and the
Institutional Trustee shall authenticate certificates for the Trust Preferred
Securities at the Registrar's request. Securities may only be transferred, in
whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this
Declaration and in the terms of the Securities. Any transfer or purported
transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be
null and void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Trust Preferred Securities shall be freely
transferable.
(c) Subject to this Article IX, the Sponsor and any Related Party may only
transfer Common Securities to the Sponsor or a Related Party of the Sponsor;
provided that, any such transfer is subject to the condition precedent that the
transferor obtain the written opinion of nationally recognized independent
counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer would not cause more than
an insubstantial risk that:
(i) the Trust would not be classified for United States federal income
tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
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(ii) the Trust would be an Investment Company required to register
under the Investment Company Act or the transferee would become an
Investment Company required to register under the investment Company Act.
Section 9.2 Transfer of Certificates.
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The Regular Trustees shall provide for the registration of Certificates and
of transfers of Certificates, which will be effected without charge but only
upon payment (with such indemnity as the Regular Trustees may require) in
respect of any tax or other government charges that may be imposed in relation
to it. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the
Regular Trustees shall cause one or more new Certificates to be issued in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees. Every Certificate surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange, [or for conversion] or redemption,
shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Registrar and Regular Trustees duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's
attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, or for redemption [or conversion], shall
be canceled by the Regular Trustees (in the case of Common Securities) or by the
Institutional Trustee (in the case of Trust Preferred Securities). A transferee
of a Certificate shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations
of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee of a Certificate. By
acceptance of a Certificate, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by this Declaration.
The Regular Trustees will not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities during the period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the selection of any Securities to be redeemed (unless all of the
outstanding Securities are called for redemption) and ending at the close of
business on the day of that selection or register the transfer of or exchange
any Securities, or portions thereof, called for redemption, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. In the event that
any Securities are not held in book-entry form, Holders will be required to
surrender certificates evidencing such Securities to a Paying Agent [or
Conversion Agent] in order to receive payments due upon redemption [or in order
to convert such Securities, respectively].
Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders.
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The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be
registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such
Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes
of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and,
accordingly, to the extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Certificate or in
the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of any Person,
whether or not the Trust shall have actual or other notice thereof.
Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests.
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Unless otherwise specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities,
the Trust Preferred Securities Certificates, on original issuance, will be
issued in the form of one or more fully registered, global Trust Preferred
Security Certificates (each a "Global Certificate"), to be
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delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust.
Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered on the books and records
of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Trust
Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Trust Preferred
Security Certificate representing such Trust Preferred Security Beneficial
Owner's interests in such Global Certificates, except as provided in Section
9.7. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Trust Preferred Security
Certificates (the "Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates") have been
issued to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section
9.7:
(a) the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing
Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including the payment of
Distributions on the Global Certificates and receiving approvals, votes or
consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities and the sole
holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Trust
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.4 conflict with any
other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall
control; and
(d) the rights of the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be
exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Trust Preferred Security
Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants, including receiving and transmitting payments of Distributions on
the Global Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants. DTC will make book
entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants; provided, that solely
for the purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of
Trust Preferred Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this
Declaration, so long as Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates have
not been issued, the Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected
in relying on, any written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the
Trustees by the Clearing Agency setting forth the Trust Preferred Security
Beneficial Owners' votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter to any
other Persons either in whole or in part.
Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency.
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Whenever a notice or other communication to the Trust Preferred Security
Holders is required under this Declaration, unless and until Definitive Trust
Preferred Security Certificates shall have been issued to the Trust Preferred
Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.7, the Regular Trustees shall
give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the
Trust Preferred Security Holders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
notice obligations to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.
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If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities
depositary with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, the Regular Trustees
may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect
to such Trust Preferred Securities.
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Section 9.7 Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates.
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If:
(a) the Clearing Agency notifies the Trust that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as Clearing Agency for the Global Certificates or if at any time the
Clearing Agency ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such under the
Exchange Act and no successor Clearing Agency shall have been appointed within
90 days of such notification or of the Trust becoming aware of the Clearing
Agency's ceasing to be so registered, as the case may be; or
(b) the Regular Trustees elect, in their sole discretion but after
consultation with the Sponsor, to terminate the book entry system through the
Clearing Agency with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, and any Regular
Trustee executes and delivers to the Institutional Trustee an order to the
effect that the Global Certificates will be exchangeable for Definitive Trust
Preferred Securities Certificates; or
(c) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
then:
(d) Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be prepared by
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the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust with respect to such Trust Preferred
Securities; and
(e) upon surrender of the Global Certificates by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Regular Trustees shall cause
Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates to be delivered to Trust
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Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the
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Clearing Agency. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may conclusively rely on
and shall be protected in relying on, said instructions of the Clearing Agency.
The Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be printed,
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lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably
acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by any
Regular Trustee, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Regular
Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation
of any stock exchange on which Trust Preferred Securities may be listed, or to
conform to usage.
Section 9.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates.
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If:
(a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Regular
Trustees, or, in the case of Trust Preferred Securities, the Institutional
Trustee, and if the Regular Trustees and, in the case of Trust Preferred
Securities, the Institutional Trustee shall receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and
(b) there shall be delivered to the Institutional Trustee and the Regular
Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of
them and the Sponsor
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harmless, then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, any Regular Trustee on behalf of the Trust
shall execute and deliver or, in the case of Trust Preferred Securities, any
Regular Trustee shall execute and the Institutional Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in exchange for, or in lieu of, any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination. In connection
with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 9.8, the
Institutional Trustee or the Regular Trustees may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Institutional Trustee) connected therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership
interest in the relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 10.1 Liability.
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(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Declaration, the Securities
Guarantees and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:
(i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital
contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the Securities
which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; or
(ii) be required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of Securities any
deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.
(b) The Company shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the
Trust (other than with respect to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied
out of the Trust's assets.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act, the Holders of
the Trust Preferred Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of
personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit
organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 10.2 Exculpation.
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in
damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or
claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such
Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration or by law, except that
an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct (except as otherwise provided, in
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the case of the Institutional Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act) with respect
to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith
upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or
statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified
Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value
and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts
pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to
Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty.
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(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the
Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this
Declaration shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for
its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Declaration. The provisions
of this Declaration, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities
of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the
duties imposed on the Institutional Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are
agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of
such Indemnified Person.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between any
Covered Persons; or
(ii) whenever this Declaration or any other agreement contemplated
herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner
that is or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any
Holder of Securities, the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of
interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case
the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such
conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens
relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices,
and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles.
In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution,
action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall
not constitute a breach of this Declaration or any other agreement
contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person
at law or in equity or otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Declaration an Indemnified Person is permitted or
required to make a decision:
(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority the
Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors
as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or
obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors
affecting the Trust or any other Person; or
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(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard, the
Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be
subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Declaration or
by applicable law.
Section 10.4 Indemnification.
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(a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of
any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Company Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in
a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law,
any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of
the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
to which such Company Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Company
Indemnified Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
(iii) To the extent that a Company Indemnified Person shall be
successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action
without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of
liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full extent
permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(iv) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section
10.4(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Sponsor only as
authorized in the
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specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Company
Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii). Such
determination shall be made (1) by the Regular Trustees by a majority vote
of a quorum consisting of such Regular Trustees who were not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable,
or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Regular Trustees so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
Common Security Holder of the Trust.
(v) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by a Company
Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and
(ii) of this Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such Company Indemnified Person to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to
be indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section 10.4(a).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a
determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Regular Trustees
by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Regular Trustees, (ii) if
such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of
disinterested Regular Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion, or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust, that,
based upon the facts known to the Regular Trustees, counsel or the Common
Security Holder at the time such determination is made, such Company
Indemnified Person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such Company
Indemnified Person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that
such Company Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in
instances where the Regular Trustees, independent legal counsel or Common
Security Holder reasonably determine that such person deliberately breached
his duty to the Trust or its Common or Trust Preferred Security Holders.
(vi) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section 10.4(a) shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor
or Trust Preferred Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise, both as to
action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office. All rights to indemnification under this Section
10.4(a) shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Sponsor
and each Company Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time
while this Section 10.4(a) is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this
Section 10.4(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.
(vii) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any Person who is or was a Company Indemnified Person against any
liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or
arising out of his status as such,
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whether or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a)
(viii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references to "the Trust"
shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any
constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger, so that any person who is or was a director,
trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was
serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee,
officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same
position under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the
resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such
constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
(ix) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided
when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person.
(b) The Sponsor agrees to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, (i) the Institutional Trustee, (ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) the Paying
Agent, [(iv) the Conversion Agent,] (v) any Affiliate of the Institutional
Trustee, and the Delaware Trustee, and (vi) any officers, directors,
shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians,
nominees or agents of the Institutional Trustee, the Paying Agent, [the
Conversion Agent] and the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through
(vi) being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified Person") for, and to hold
each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or
in connection with the acceptance or administration or the trust or trusts
hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The provisions of this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the
satisfaction and discharge of this Declaration or the resignation or removal of
the Delaware Trustee or the Institutional Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 10.5 Outside Business.
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Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional
Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any
nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to
the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall
have no rights by virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures
or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture,
even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful
or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, or the
Institutional Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or
other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person
shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner
or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other
opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Institutional
Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with
the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act
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as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of
holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
Section 11.1 Fiscal Year.
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The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or
such other year as is required by the Code.
Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
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(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Regular Trustees
shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books, records and supporting documents,
which shall reflect in detail, each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting in compliance
with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The Trust
shall use the accrual method of accounting for the United States federal income
tax purposes. The financial statements of the Trust for each of its Fiscal
Years shall be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
by a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Regular
Trustees.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and delivered to each
of the Holders of Securities and the other Trustees, within 90 days after the
end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, annual financial statements of the Trust,
including a balance sheet of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and
the related statement of income or loss for such Fiscal Year.
(c) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to
each of the Holders of Securities, any annual United States federal income tax
information statement, required by the Code, containing such information with
regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the
Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver any
such statement at a later date, the Regular Trustees shall endeavor to deliver
all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be duly prepared and filed with the
appropriate taxing authority, an annual United States federal income tax return,
on a Form 1041 or such other form required by United States federal income tax
law, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.
Section 11.3 Banking.
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The Trust shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for the
sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of funds in
respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee shall be made
directly to the Institutional Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust
shall be deposited in the Institutional Trustee Account. The sole signatories
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such accounts shall be designated by any of the Regular Trustees; provided,
however, that the Institutional Trustee shall designate the signatories for the
Institutional Trustee Account.
Section 11.4 Withholding.
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The Trust and the Regular Trustees shall comply with all withholding
requirements under United States federal, state and local law. The Trust shall
request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates
as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to each
Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by
the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its
withholding obligations. The Regular Trustees shall file required forms with
applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly
established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder
to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to
withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions
or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a
distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any
claimed over-withholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the
applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld
from actual Distributions made, the Trust may reduce subsequent Distributions by
the amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 12.1 Amendments.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Declaration or by any applicable
terms of the Securities, this Declaration may only be amended by a written
instrument approved and executed by the Regular Trustees (or, if there are more
than two Regular Trustees a majority of the Regular Trustees) and together with:
(i) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations
or immunities of the Institutional Trustee, the Institutional Trustee;
(ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations
or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Trustee; and
(iii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations
or immunities of the Sponsor, the Sponsor.
(b) no amendment shall be made, and any such purported amendment shall be
void and ineffective:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment, the Institutional
Trustee shall have first received an Officers' Certificate from each of the
Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to,
the terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities);
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(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment which affects the
rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Institutional
Trustee, the Institutional Trustee shall have first received:
(A) an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust and the
Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the
terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities); and
(B) an opinion of counsel (who may be counsel to the Sponsor or
the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the
terms of this Declaration (including the terms of the Securities); and
(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment would be to:
(A) cause the Trust to be classified for purposes of United
States federal income taxation as other than a grantor trust;
(B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the
Institutional Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act; or
(C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(c) at such time after the Trust has issued any Securities that remain
outstanding, any amendment that would adversely affect the rights, privileges or
preferences of any Holder of Securities may be effected only with such
additional requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities;
(d) (c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be amended without the consent of
all of the Holders of the Securities;
(e) Article 4 shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities;
(f) the rights of the Holders of the Common Securities under Article 5 to
increase or decrease the number of and appoint and remove Trustees shall not be
amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities; and
(g) notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Declaration and the Securities
may be amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to:
(i) cure any ambiguity;
(ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration
or make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Declaration;
(iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the
Sponsor;
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(iv) modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Declaration to
the extent deemed necessary or advisable by any of the Regular Trustees to
ensure that the Trust will be classified for United States federal income
tax purposes as a grantor trust or to ensure that the Trust will not be
required to register as an Investment Company under the Investment Company
Act; and
(v) to conform to any change in Rule 3a-5 or written change in
interpretation or application of Rule 3a-5 by any legislative body, court,
government agency or regulatory authority which amendment does not have a
material adverse effect on the right, preferences or privileges of the
Holders.
Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written
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(a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any
time by the Regular Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to
consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are
entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of the Securities
or the rules of any stock exchange or quotation system or market on which the
Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Regular
Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so
by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of the Securities of such
class. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Regular Trustees one
or more calls in a writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish
to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the
meeting is to be called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall
specify in writing the Security Certificates held by the Holders of Securities
exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall
be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth
in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities,
the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of Securities:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of
Securities having a right to vote thereat at least 7 days and not more than
60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or
approval of the Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this
Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange or quotation system or
market on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for
trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders of
Securities owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in
liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action
at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right to vote
thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action
without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to
vote who have not consented in writing. The Regular Trustees may specify
that any written ballot submitted to the Security Holders for the purpose
of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust
within the time specified by the Regular Trustees;
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(ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it
by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is entitled to
participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or
participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of
11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of Securities
executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to
the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial
interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and
the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted
by the Regular Trustees or by such other Person that the Regular Trustees
may designate; and
(iv) unless the Business Trust Act, this Declaration, the terms of the
Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock
exchange or quotation system or market on which the Trust Preferred
Securities are then listed or trading, otherwise provides, the Regular
Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions
relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the
time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on
by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by consent
without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements,
voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the
exercise of any such right to vote.
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL
TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Institutional Trustee.
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The Trustee that acts as initial Institutional Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and
each Successor Institutional Trustee represents and warrants, as applicable, to
the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Institutional Trustee's
acceptance of its appointment as Institutional Trustee that:
(a) the Institutional Trustee is a national banking association with trust
powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing, with trust power
and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of, the Declaration;
(b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Institutional Trustee of
the Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Institutional Trustee. The Declaration has been duly executed
and delivered by the Institutional Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Institutional Trustee, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
moratorium, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and to
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general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of
whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law);
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of the Declaration by the
Institutional Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
charter or by-laws of the Institutional Trustee; and
(d) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any state or federal banking authority is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Institutional Trustee of the Declaration.
Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee.
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The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants
to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each
Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor
at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as
Delaware Trustee that:
(a) The Delaware Trustee is a Delaware corporation, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing, with full power and authority to execute and
deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, the
Declaration.
(b) The Delaware Trustee has been authorized to perform its obligations
under the Certificate of Trust and the Declaration. The Declaration under
Delaware law constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware
Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity
and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such
remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or
notice to, any Delaware or federal banking authority is required for the
execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of the Declaration.
(d) The Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State
of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place
of business in the State of Delaware. The Delaware Trustee satisfies for the
Trust the requirements set forth in Section 3807(a) of the Business Trust Act.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Notices.
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All notices provided for in this Declaration shall be in writing, duly
signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or
mailed by first class mail, as follows:
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(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Regular Trustees at the Trust's
mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may give
notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
CNF Trust III
c/o CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the
Holders of the Securities):
#
#
#
Attention: #
(c) if given to the Institutional Trustee, at the mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Institutional Trustee may give notice of to
the Holders of the Securities):
#
#
#
Attention: #
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address
of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the
Common Securities may give notice to the Trust):
CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books and
records of the Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, delivered by overnight courier, telecopied with receipt confirmed (by
telephone or otherwise) or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except
that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered
because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other
document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or
inability to deliver.
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Section 14.2 Governing Law.
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This Declaration and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed
by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and all
rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles
of conflict of laws.
Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties.
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It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for
United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of
this Declaration shall be interpreted to further this intention of the parties.
Section 14.4 Headings.
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The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings contained in this
Declaration are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the
interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof.
Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns.
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Whenever in this Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or referred
to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and
all covenants and agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns,
whether so expressed.
Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability.
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If any provision of this Declaration, or the application of such provision
to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances
other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Section 14.7 Counterparts.
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This Declaration may contain more than one counterpart of the signature
page and this Declaration may be executed by the affixing of the signature of
each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such
counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the
same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature
page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.
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#, as Regular Trustee
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#, as Regular Trustee
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#, as Regular Trustee
#,
as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
#,
as Institutional Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.,
as Sponsor
By:
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Name:
Title:
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ANNEX I
TERMS OF
[$#/#%] TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
[$#/#%] COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7. 1 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust, dated as of #, 199# (as amended from time to time, the "Declaration"),
the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms
and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are
set out below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein has the meaning
set forth in the Declaration or, if not defined in such Declaration, as defined
in the Prospectus referred to below):
1. DESIGNATION AND NUMBER.
(a) TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES. # Trust Preferred Securities of the
Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the
Trust of $#, and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of $# per
Preferred Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification
only as "[$#/#%] [Convertible] Trust Preferred Securities[, Series #]" (the
"Trust Preferred Securities"). The Preferred Security Certificates evidencing
the Trust Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1
to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions
therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform
to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are
listed.
(b) COMMON SECURITIES. # Common Securities of the Trust with an
aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $#, and
a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $# per Common
Security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as
"[$#/#%] Common Securities" (the "Common Securities"). The Common Security
Certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall be in the form of Exhibit A-
2 to the Declaration, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions
therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice.
2. DISTRIBUTIONS.
(a) Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed at a rate per
annum of ____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $# per
Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be
held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one
quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate (to
the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used
herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments
are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to
the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount
of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly
Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and
for any period
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shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which Distributions are
computed. Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed per 30-day month.
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from #, 199#, and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on #, #, #
and # of each year, commencing on #, # except as otherwise described below. So
long as the Sponsor shall not be in default in the payment of interest on the
Debentures, the Sponsor has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time on the
Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and
payable on the Debentures, provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond
the date of maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures. As a consequence
of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral,
quarterly Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly
during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided
that such Extension Period together with all such previous and further
extensions thereof may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the
maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures. Payments of accumulated
Distributions will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records
of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then
due, the Sponsor may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders
thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the relevant
record dates. While the Trust Preferred Securities remain in book-entry only
form, the relevant record dates shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant
payment dates, which payment dates correspond to the interest payment dates on
the Debentures. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the
provisions of the Declaration, each such payment in respect of the Trust
Preferred Securities will be made as described under the heading ["Description
of the Trust Preferred Securities -- Book-Entry Only Issuance -- The Depository
Trust Company"] in the Prospectus Supplement dated #, 199#, to the Base
Prospectus dated #, 199# (together, the "Prospectus"), of the Trust included in
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of the Sponsor and the Trust. The
relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same record date as
for the Trust Preferred Securities. If the Trust Preferred Securities shall not
continue to remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates for the
Trust Preferred Securities shall conform to the rules of any securities exchange
on which the securities are listed and, if none, shall be selected by the
Regular Trustees, which dates shall be at least one Business Day before the
relevant payment dates, which payment dates correspond to the interest payment
dates on the Debentures. Distributions payable on any Securities that are not
punctually paid on any Distribution payment date, as a result of the Sponsor
having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, will cease to be payable
to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the relevant
record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the
Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date
or other specified date determined in a like manner as provided in [Section 307]
of the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions are payable on the
Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on
such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and
without any
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interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date.
(d) [In the event of an election by the Holder to convert its
Securities through the Conversion Agent into CNF Common Stock pursuant to the
terms of the Securities as set forth in this Annex I to the Declaration, no
payment, allowance or adjustment shall be made with respect to accumulated and
unpaid Distributions on such Securities, or be required to be made; provided,
however, that if a Security is surrendered for conversion after the close of
business on any regular record date for payment of a Distribution and before the
opening of business on the corresponding Distribution payment date, then,
notwithstanding such conversion, the Distribution payable on such Distribution
payment date will be paid in cash to the person in whose name the Security is
registered at the close of business on such record date, and (other than a
Security or a portion of a Security called for redemption on a redemption date
occurring after such record date and on or prior to such Distribution payment
date) when so surrendered for conversion, the Security must be accompanied by
payment of an amount equal to the Distribution payable on such Distribution
payment date.]
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or
for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be
distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of the Securities.
3. LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION UPON DISSOLUTION.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up
or termination of the Trust, the Holders of the Securities on the date of the
dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may be, will be entitled to
receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution to Holders of
Securities after satisfaction of liabilities of creditors an amount equal to the
aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $# per Security plus accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution"), unless, such dissolution, winding-up or termination
occurs in connection with a Special Event in which, in accordance with Section
4(c), Debentures in an aggregate stated principal amount equal to the aggregate
stated liquidation amount of such Securities, with an interest rate equal to the
Coupon Rate of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to
the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on, such Securities, shall be
distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for
such Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis.
4. REDEMPTION AND DISTRIBUTION.
(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures in whole or in part, whether
at stated maturity or upon redemption (either at the option of the Sponsor or
pursuant to a Special Event as described below), the proceeds from such
repayment or payment shall be simultaneously
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applied to redeem Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so repaid or redeemed at a
redemption price per Security equal to the redemption price of the Debentures,
together with accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon through the date of the
redemption, payable in cash (the "Redemption Price"). Holders will be given
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice of such redemption.
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Securities are to be so
redeemed, the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities will be
redeemed Pro Rata and the Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed will be as
described in Section 4(g) below.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each,
as defined below, a "Special Event") shall occur and be continuing, the Regular
Trustees may with the consent of the Sponsor, except in certain limited
circumstances in relation to a Tax Event described in this Section 4(c),
dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held
by the Institutional Trustee, having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate identical to the
Coupon Rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to accumulated and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as the Securities,
to be distributed to the Holders of the Securities in liquidation of such
Holders' interests in the Trust on a Pro Rata basis, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that such dissolution and distribution shall be conditioned on (i) the Trustees'
receipt of an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely
on published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that
the Holders of the Securities will not recognize any gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes as a result of the dissolution of the Trust
and the distribution of Debentures, (ii) in the case of a Tax Event, the Sponsor
or the Trust being unable to avoid, within the 90 Day Period, the Tax Event by
taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or
pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that has no adverse effect on the
Trust, the Sponsor, or the Holders of the Securities ("Ministerial Action"), and
(iii) the Sponsor's prior written consent to such dissolution and distribution.
If in the event of a Tax Event (i) after receipt of a Dissolution Tax
Opinion (as defined hereinafter) by the Regular Trustees, the Sponsor has
received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of a nationally recognized
independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that, as a result of a Tax
Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Sponsor would be
precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for United States
federal income tax purposes even after the Debentures were distributed to the
Holders of Securities in liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust as
described in this Section 4(c), or (ii) the Trustees shall have been informed by
such tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust,
the Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days' notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part, at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, for cash within 90 days following the occurrence of
such Tax Event. Following such redemption, Securities with an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
redeemed shall be redeemed by the Trust at the Redemption Price on a Pro Rata
basis; provided, however, that, if at any time there is available to the Sponsor
or the Trust the opportunity to
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eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Tax Event by taking some Ministerial
Action, the Trust or the Sponsor will pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu
of redemption.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that, as a result of (a) any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the
laws or any regulations thereunder of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, (b) any amendment to, or
change in, an interpretation or application of any such laws or regulations by
any legislative body, court or governmental or regulatory agency or authority
(including the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial
decision or regulatory determination) or (c) any interpretation or pronouncement
by any legislative body, court or governmental or regulatory agency or authority
that provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that
differs from the theretofore generally accepted position, which amendment or
change is enacted, promulgated, issued or announced or which interpretation or
pronouncement is issued or announced, in each case (collectively, a "Change in
Tax Law"), there is more than a substantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will
be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to federal income tax with
respect to interest accrued or received on the Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or
will be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to more than a de minimis
amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges or (iii) interest
(including original issue discount) payable by the Company to the Trust on the
Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof will not be, deductible
by the Company for United States income tax purposes on a current accrual basis
(by reason of deferral, disallowance or otherwise).
"Investment Company Event" means that each of the Regular Trustees
shall have received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to
the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation
or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulations by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change
in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or
will be considered an "investment company" which is required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the "1940 Act").
On and from the date fixed by the Regular Trustees for any
distribution of Debentures upon dissolution of the Trust: (i) the Securities
will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii) The Depository Trust Company
(the Depository") or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its
nominee), as the record Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, will receive a
registered certificate or certificates representing the Debentures to be
delivered upon such distribution, and (iii) any certificates representing
Securities, except for certificates representing Trust Preferred Securities held
by the Depository or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its
nominee), will be deemed to represent Debentures having an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of, with an interest
rate identical to the Coupon Rate of, and accrued and unpaid interest equal to
accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities until
such certificates are presented to the Sponsor or its agent for exchange.
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(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Securities
unless all accumulated and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all Securities
for all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or before the date of
redemption.
(e) If the Debentures are distributed to Holders of the Securities,
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Sponsor will use its best efforts to
have the Debentures listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other
national securities exchange or similar organization as the Trust Preferred
Securities were listed or quoted immediately prior to the distribution of the
Debentures.
(f) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice")
will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed
or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the
date fixed for redemption of the Debentures. For purposes of the calculation of
the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given
pursuant to this Section 4(f), a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed
to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, or by such other means suitable to assure delivery of such written
notice, to Holders of Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be
addressed to the Holders of Securities at the address of each such Holder
appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the
Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with respect
to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(g) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Trust Preferred
Securities are to be redeemed, the Trust Preferred Securities to be redeemed
shall be redeemed Pro Rata from each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, it
being understood that, in respect of Trust Preferred Securities registered in
the name of and held of record by the Depository or its nominee (or any
successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) or any nominee, the distribution of
the proceeds of such redemption will be made to each Clearing Agency Participant
(or Person on whose behalf such nominee holds such securities) in accordance
with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.
(h) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the
Debentures are redeemed as set out in this Section 4 (which notice will be
irrevocable), then (A) while the Trust Preferred Securities are in book-entry
form, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, by 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Sponsor has paid the
Institutional Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related
redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the Institutional Trustee will deposit
irrevocably with the Depository or its nominee (or successor Clearing Agency or
its nominee) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with
respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and will give the Depository
irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, and (B) with respect to Trust
Preferred Securities issued in definitive form and Common Securities, provided
that the Sponsor has paid the Institutional Trustee a sufficient amount of cash
in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price to the Holders of
such Securities by
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check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder appearing on the books and
records of the Trust on the redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required, if applicable,
then immediately prior to the close of business on the required date of such
deposit, Distributions will cease to accumulate on the Securities so called
for redemption and all rights of Holders of such Securities so called for
redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to
receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price.
Neither the Regular Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or
cause to be registered the transfer of any Securities that have been so called
for redemption. If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a
Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will
be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such
Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and
effect as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the
Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or
refused and not paid either by the Institutional Trustee or by the Sponsor as
guarantor pursuant to the relevant Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such
Securities will continue to accumulate from the original redemption date to
the actual date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be
considered the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the
Redemption Price.
(i) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Trust Preferred
Securities, the Depository or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or
its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or, if Definitive
Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holder thereof, and (B)
in respect of the Common Securities to the Holder thereof.
(j) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States federal securities laws), the Sponsor or any of its
subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Trust
Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or otherwise.
5. [CONVERSION RIGHTS.
The Holders of Securities shall have the right at any time prior to
the close of business on # (or, in the case of Securities called for redemption,
prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the redemption
date), at their option, to cause the Conversion Agent to convert Securities, on
behalf of the converting Holders, into shares of [CNF Common Stock] in the
manner described herein on and subject to the following terms and conditions:]
(a) [The Securities will be convertible at the office of the
Conversion Agent into fully paid and nonassessable shares of CNF
Common Stock pursuant to the Holder's direction to the Conversion
Agent to exchange such Securities for a portion of the Debentures
theretofore held by the Trust on the basis of one Security per $#
principal amount of Debentures, and immediately convert such amount
of Debentures into fully paid and nonassessable shares of CNF Common
Stock at an initial rate of _____ shares of CNF Common Stock per $#
principal amount of Debentures (which is equivalent to a conversion
price of $# per share of CNF Common Stock, subject to certain
adjustments
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set forth in [Sections 7.3 and 7.4] of the Supplemental Indenture (as so
adjusted, "Conversion Price")).]
(b) [In order to convert Securities into CNF Common Stock the Holder shall
submit to the Conversion Agent at the office referred to above an
irrevocable request to convert Securities on behalf of such Holder (the
"Conversion Request"), together, if the Securities are in certificated
form, with such certificates. The Conversion Request shall (i) set forth
the number of Securities to be converted and the name or names, if other
than the Holder, in which the shares of CNF Common Stock should be issued
and (ii) direct the Conversion Agent (a) to exchange such Securities for a
portion of the Debentures held by the Trust (at the rate of exchange
specified in the preceding paragraph) and (b) to immediately convert such
Debentures on behalf of such Holder, into CNF Common Stock (at the
conversion rate specified in the preceding paragraph). The Conversion
Agent shall notify the Trust of the Holder's election to exchange
Securities for a portion of the Debentures held by the Trust and the Trust
shall, upon receipt of such notice, deliver to the Conversion Agent the
appropriate principal amount of Debentures for exchange in accordance with
this Section. The Conversion Agent shall thereupon notify CNF of the
Holder's election to convert such Debentures into shares of CNF Common
Stock. If a Security is surrendered for conversion after the close of
business on any regular record date for payment of a Distribution and
before the opening of business on the corresponding Distribution payment
date, then, notwithstanding such conversion, the Distribution payable on
such Distribution payment date will be paid in cash to the person in whose
name the Security is registered at the close of business on such record
date, and (other than a Security or a portion of a Security called for
redemption on a redemption date occurring after such record date and on or
prior to such Distribution payment date) when so surrendered for
conversion, the Security must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal
to the Distribution payable on such Distribution payment date. Except as
provided above, neither the Trust nor the Sponsor will make, or be required
to make, any payment, allowance or adjustment upon any conversion on
account of any accumulated and unpaid Distributions accumulated on the
Securities (including any Additional Amounts accumulated thereon)
surrendered for conversion, or on account of any accumulated and unpaid
dividends on the shares of CNF Common Stock issued upon such conversion.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the
close of business on the day on which a Notice of Conversion relating to
such Securities is received by the Trust in accordance with the foregoing
provision (the "Conversion Date"). The Person or Persons entitled to
receive CNF Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Debentures shall
be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such CNF
Common Stock at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the
Conversion Date, CNF shall issue and deliver at the office of the
Conversion Agent a certificate or certificates for the number of full
shares of CNF Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, together with the
cash payment, if any, in lieu of any fraction of any share to the Person or
Persons entitled to receive the same, unless otherwise directed by the
Holder in the notice of conversion and the Conversion Agent shall
distribute such certificate or certificates to such Person or Persons.]
(c) [Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof appoints the
Person serving as Conversion Agent under the Declaration as "Conversion
Agent" for the purpose of
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effecting the conversion of Securities in accordance with this Section.
In effecting the conversion and transactions described in this Section,
the Conversion Agent shall be acting as agent of the Holders of
Securities directing it to effect such conversion transactions. The
Conversion Agent is hereby authorized (i) to exchange Securities from
time to time for Debentures held by the Trust in connection with the
conversion of such Securities in accordance with this Section and (ii) to
convert all or a portion of the Debentures into CNF Common Stock and
thereupon to deliver such shares of CNF Common Stock in accordance with
the provisions of this Section and to deliver to the Trust a new
Debenture or Debentures for any resulting unconverted principal amount.]
(d) [No fractional shares of CNF Common Stock will be issued as a result of
conversion, but in lieu thereof, such fractional interest will be paid in
cash by CNF to the Conversion Agent, which in turn will make such payment
to the Holder or Holders of Securities so converted.]
(e) [CNF shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued CNF Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the
conversion of the Debentures, free from any preemptive or other similar
rights, such number of shares of CNF Common Stock as shall from time to
time be issuable upon the conversion of all the Debentures then
outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, CNF shall be entitled to
deliver upon conversion of Debentures, shares of CNF Common Stock
reacquired and held in the treasury of CNF (in lieu of the issuance of
authorized and unissued shares of CNF Common Stock), so long as any such
treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security
interests or encumbrances. Any shares of CNF Common Stock issued upon
conversion of the Debentures shall be duly authorized, validly issued and
fully paid and nonassessable. The Trust shall deliver the shares of CNF
Common Stock received upon conversion of the Debentures to the converting
Holder free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests and
encumbrances, except for United States withholding taxes. Each of CNF and
the Trust shall prepare and shall use its best efforts to obtain and keep
in force such governmental or regulatory permits or other authorizations as
may be required by law, and shall comply with all applicable requirements
as to registration or qualification of CNF Common Stock (and all
requirements to list CNF Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
Debentures that are at the time applicable), in order to enable CNF to
lawfully issue CNF Common Stock to the Trust upon conversion of the
Debentures and the Trust to lawfully deliver CNF Common Stock to each
Holder upon conversion of the Securities.]
(f) [CNF will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the
issue or delivery of shares of CNF Common Stock on conversion of Debentures
and the delivery of the shares of CNF Common Stock by the Trust upon
conversion of the Securities. CNF shall not, however, be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issue and delivery of shares of CNF Common Stock in a name other than that
in which the Securities so converted were registered, and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue
has paid to the Trust the amount of any such tax, or has established to the
satisfaction of the Trust that such tax has been paid.]
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(g) [Nothing in the preceding Paragraph (f) shall limit the
requirement of the Trust to withhold taxes pursuant to the terms of
the Securities or set forth in this Annex I to the Declaration or to
the Declaration itself or otherwise require the Institutional
Trustee or the Trust to pay any amounts on account of such
withholdings.]
6. VOTING RIGHTS - TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 6(b) and 8 and as otherwise
required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Subject to the requirements set forth in this paragraph, the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities,
voting separately as a class, may direct the time, method, and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional Trustee under
the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional Trustee, as
holder of the Debentures, to (i) exercise the remedies available under the
Indenture with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its
consequences that is waivable under [Section 513] of the Indenture, or (iii)
exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all
the Debentures shall be due and payable; provided, however, that, if an Event of
Default has occurred under the Indenture and is continuing, then the Holders of
25% in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, voting separately
as a class, may direct the Institutional Trustee, as holder of the Debentures,
to declare the principal amount of all the Debentures to be due and payable
immediately; and provided further that where a consent or other action under the
Indenture would require the consent or act of the Holders of greater than a
majority in principal amount of Debentures affected thereby (a "Super
Majority"), the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take such
action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in
liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities which the relevant Super
Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding. The Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of
conducting any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the Debenture
Trustee as set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take any action
in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities under this paragraph unless each Trustee has obtained an opinion of
tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income
tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of
such action. The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust
Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee
or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Institutional
Trustee under the Declaration, including the right to direct the Institutional
Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures.
If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures, a
Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Sponsor to enforce the
Institutional Trustee's rights under the Debentures without first instituting
any legal proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other person or
entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Sponsor to
pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or
principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of
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redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Trust Preferred
Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to
such Holder of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust
Preferred Securities of such Holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debentures. Notwithstanding any payments
made to such Holder by the Sponsor, in connection with such Direct Action, the
Sponsor shall remain obligated to pay the principal or interest on such
Debentures, and the Sponsor shall be subrogated to the rights of such Holder
of Trust Preferred Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Sponsor
to such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities in such Direct Action. Except as
provided in the preceding sentences, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities
shall have no right or power to exercise directly any other remedy available
to the holders of the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities may
be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities convened
for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust
or pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, or
of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be
taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of Trust Preferred Securities.
Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such
meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of
any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Trust Preferred Securities
or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms
of the Securities.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are
entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any
of the Trust Preferred Securities that are owned at such time by the Sponsor or
any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall,
for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not
outstanding.
7. VOTING RIGHTS - COMMON SECURITIES.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 7(b), (c) and 8 and as otherwise
required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Common Securities will
not have voting rights.
(b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance
with Article 5 of the Declaration, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any
Trustee or to increase or decrease the number of Trustees.
(c) Subject to Section 2.6 of the Declaration and only after any Event
of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities has been cured,
waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to
last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time,
method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
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Institutional Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Institutional Trustee under the Declaration, including (i) directing the time,
method, place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its
consequences that is waivable under [Section 513] of the Indenture, or (iii)
exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal of all
the Debentures shall be due and payable, provided that, where a consent or
action under the Indenture would require the consent or act of the Holders of
greater than a majority in principal amount of Debentures affected thereby (a
"Super Majority"), the Institutional Trustee may only give such consent or take
such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion
in liquidation amount of the Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority
represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.
Pursuant to this Section 7(c), the Institutional Trustee shall not revoke any
action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and
place of conducting any remedy available to the Institutional Trustee or the
Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Common
Securities under this paragraph unless the Institutional Trustee has obtained an
opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States
federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor
trust on account of such action. If the Institutional Trustee fails to enforce
its rights under the Declaration, any Holder of Common Securities may institute
a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the Institutional
Trustee's rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a legal
proceeding against the Institutional Trustee or any other Person.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may be given
at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose,
at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or pursuant to
written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon
which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to
each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a
statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such
action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for
adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such
matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute
the Debentures in accordance with the Declaration and the terms of the
Securities.
8. AMENDMENTS TO DECLARATION AND INDENTURE.
(a) In addition to any requirements under Section 12.1 of the
Declaration, if any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than as described in
Section 8.1 of the Declaration, then the Holders of outstanding Securities
voting together as a single class, will be
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entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal (but not on any other amendment
or proposal) and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of
the Securities affected thereby; provided, however, if any amendment or
proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the Trust
Preferred Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the affected
class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such
amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of a
Majority in liquidation amount of such class of Securities.
(b) In the event the consent of the Institutional Trustee as the
holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the
Institutional Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the
Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall
vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by
a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single
class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture would require
the consent of the holders of greater than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures (a "Super Majority"), the Institutional Trustee may
only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the
proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super
Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
outstanding; provided, further, that the Institutional Trustee shall not take
any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities
under this Section 8(b) unless each Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax
counsel to the effect that for the purposes of United States federal income tax
the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of
such action.
9. PRO RATA.
A reference in these terms of the Securities to any distribution or
treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities
according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the
relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all
Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default
under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds
available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Trust
Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
Trust Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, and only after
satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
10. RANKING.
The Trust Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon
shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities
to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption
and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the
Trust Preferred Securities.
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11. LISTING.
The Regular Trustees shall use their best efforts to cause the Trust
Preferred Securities to be listed for quotation on the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc.
12. ACCEPTANCE OF SECURITIES GUARANTEE AND INDENTURE.
Each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities, by
the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee, respectively,
including the subordination provisions therein and to the provisions of the
Indenture.
13. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS.
The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive or similar
rights to subscribe for any additional securities.
14. MISCELLANEOUS.
These terms constitute a part of the Declaration.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee (as may be
appropriate), and the Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to
the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT - This
Preferred Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Declaration
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository Trust
Company (the "Depositary") or a nominee of the Depositary. This Preferred
Security is exchangeable for Trust Preferred Securities registered in the name
of a Person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Declaration and no transfer of this Preferred
Security (other than a transfer of this Preferred Security as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to
the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary
or its nominee) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Preferred Security is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment, and any Preferred Security issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS
WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
Certificate Number: Number of Trust Preferred Securities: _____
CUSIP NO.
Certificate Evidencing Trust Preferred Securities
of
CNF Trust III
[$#/#%] Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $# per
Preferred Security)
CNF Trust III, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ____________ (the
"Holder") is the registered owner of Trust Preferred Securities of the Trust
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
designated the [$#/#%] [Convertible] Trust Preferred Securities, [Series #]
(liquidation amount $# per Preferred Security) (the "Trust Preferred
Securities'). The Trust Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and
records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender
of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of #, 199#, as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), including the designation of the
terms of the Trust Preferred Securities as set forth in Annex I to the
Declaration. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning given them in
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the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide
a copy of the Declaration, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration
and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income
tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Trust Preferred Securities
as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures.
Unless the Institutional Trustee's Certificate of Authentication hereon has
been properly executed, these Trust Preferred Securities shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Declaration or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate on __________.
CNF Trust III
By:___________________________________
Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
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[FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]
INSTITUTIONAL TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Preferred Security Certificates referred to in the
within-mentioned Declaration.
Dated:_______________________
#,
as Institutional Trustee or as Authenticating Agent
By:_____________________ By:_______________________
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Preferred Security will be fixed at a rate
per annum of #% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $# per
Preferred Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the
Debentures to be held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears
for more than one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the
Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term
"Distributions" as used herein includes such cash distributions and any such
interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the
extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the
Institutional Trustee and to the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds
available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be
computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a full quarterly
Distribution period for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Trust Preferred
Securities will be cumulative, will accrue from #, 199# and will be payable
quarterly in arrears, on #, #, # and # of each year, commencing on #, 199#,
which payment dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the
Debentures, to Holders of record at the close of business on the regular record
date for such Distribution which shall be the close of business on the Business
Day next preceding such Distribution payment date unless otherwise provided in
the Declaration. The Sponsor has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time
on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period") provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the date
of the maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures and, as a consequence
of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral,
quarterly Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly
during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such
Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided
that such Extension Period together with all such previous and further
extensions thereof may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the
maturity or any redemption date of the Debentures. Payments of accrued
Distributions will be payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records
of the Trust on the first record date after the end of the Extension Period.
Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then
due, the Sponsor may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.
The Trust Preferred Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Declaration.
[The Trust Preferred Securities shall be convertible into shares of CNF
Common Stock, through (i) the exchange of Trust Preferred Securities for a
portion of the Debentures and (ii) the immediate conversion of such Debentures
into CNF Common Stock, in the manner and according to the terms set forth in the
Declaration.]
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[CONVERSION REQUEST
To: #, as Institutional Trustee of CNF Trust III
The undersigned owner of these Trust Preferred Securities hereby
irrevocably exercises the option to convert these Trust Preferred Securities, or
the portion below designated, into Common Stock of CNF Transportation, Inc. (the
"CNF Common Stock") in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, dated as of #, 199# (as amended from time to time, the
"Declaration"), by #, # and #, as Regular Trustees, #, as Delaware Trustee, #,
as Institutional Trustee, CNF Transportation, Inc., as Sponsor, and by the
Holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the Trust to be
issued pursuant to the Declaration. Pursuant to the aforementioned exercise of
the option to convert these Trust Preferred Securities, the undersigned hereby
directs the Conversion Agent (as that term is defined in the Declaration) to (i)
exchange such Trust Preferred Securities for a portion of the Debentures (as
that term is defined in the Declaration) held by the Trust (at the rate of
exchange specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities set forth as
Annex I to the Declaration) and (ii) immediately convert such Debentures on
behalf of the undersigned, into CNF Common Stock (at the conversion rate
specified in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities set forth as Annex I to
the Declaration).
The undersigned does also hereby direct the Conversion Agent that the
shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in
payment for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the
undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below.
If shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Date: _________________, ______
in whole in part
Number of Trust Preferred Securities to be Converted:
____________________________________________________
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If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the
spaces below the name or names in which the shares of CNF Common Stock are to
be issued, along with the address or addresses of such Person or Persons
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
Signature (for conversion only)
_______________________________________
Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Social
Security or Other Identifying Number
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
____________________________________ _______________________________________
Signature Guarantee:/*/_______________________________________________________
_____________
/*/(Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that
is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union
meeting the requirements of the Conversion Agent, which requirements
include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents
Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as
may be determined by the Conversion Agent in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security Certificate to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:_______________________________
Signature:__________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred Security
Certificate)
Signature Guarantee:/*/_______________________________________________________
___________
/*/Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE
Certificate Number: ________ Number of Common Securities: _______
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
CNF Trust III
[$#/#%] Common Securities
(liquidation amount $# per Common Security)
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AS
DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION (AS DEFINED BELOW):
CNF Trust III, a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ______________ (the "Holder")
is the registered owner of common securities of the Trust representing undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the ____% [$#/#%]
Common Securities (liquidation amount $# per Common Security) (the "Common
Securities"). The Common Securities are transferable on the books and records
of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation,
rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of
the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be
subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of
the Trust dated as of #, 199#, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Declaration"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities
as set forth in Annex I to the Declaration. Capitalized terms used herein but
not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Common Securities Guarantee to the extent
provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Declaration, the
Common Securities Guarantee and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon
written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Declaration
and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for United States federal income
tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Securities as
evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this ___ day of
#, 199#.
CNF Trust III
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at a rate per
annum of #% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $50 per
Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures
to be held by the Institutional Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than
one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the Coupon Rate
(to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used
herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments
are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Institutional Trustee and to
the extent the Institutional Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount
of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly
Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and
for any period shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which
Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Common Securities
will be cumulative, will accrue from #, 199# and will be payable quarterly in
arrears, on #, #, # and # of each year, commencing on #, 199#, which payment
dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the Debentures, to
Holders of record at the close of business on the regular record date for such
Distribution which shall be the close of business on the Business Day next
preceding such Distribution payment date unless otherwise provided in the
Declaration. The Sponsor has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time on the
Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period") provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the date
of maturity of the Debentures and, as a consequence of such deferral,
Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral, quarterly
Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any
such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided that such
Extension Period together with all such previous and further extensions thereof
may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the date of maturity of
the Debentures. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after
the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and the payment of all amounts then due, the Sponsor may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.
The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Declaration.
[The Common Securities shall be convertible into shares of CNF Common
Stock, through (i) the exchange of Common Securities for a portion of the
Debentures and (ii) the immediate conversion of such Debentures into CNF Common
Stock, in the manner and according to the terms set forth in the Declaration.]
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[CONVERSION REQUEST
To: #
as Institutional Trustee of
CNF Trust III
The undersigned owner of these Common Securities hereby irrevocably
exercises the option to convert these Common Securities, or the portion below
designated, into Common Stock of CNF Transportation, Inc. (the "CNF Common
Stock") in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust dated as of #, 199# (as amended from time to time, the "Declaration"), by
#, # and #, as Regular Trustees, #, as Delaware Trustee, #, as Institutional
Trustee, CNF Transportation, Inc., as Sponsor, and by the Holders, from time to
time, of undivided beneficial interests in the Trust to be issued pursuant to
the Declaration. Pursuant to the aforementioned exercise of the option to
convert these Common Securities, the undersigned hereby directs the Conversion
Agent (as that term is defined in the Declaration) to (i) exchange such Common
Securities for a portion of the Debentures (as that term is defined in the
Declaration) held by the Trust (at the rate of exchange specified in the terms
of the Common Securities set forth as Annex I to the Declaration) and (ii)
immediately convert such Debentures on behalf of the undersigned, into CNF
Common Stock (at the conversion rate specified in the terms of the Common
Securities set forth as Annex I to the Declaration).
The undersigned does also hereby direct the Conversion Agent that the
shares issuable and deliverable upon conversion, together with any check in
payment for fractional shares, be issued in the name of and delivered to the
undersigned, unless a different name has been indicated in the assignment below.
If shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned,
the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.
Date: _________________, ______
in whole in part
Number of Common Securities to be Converted:
___________________________________________
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If a name or names other than the undersigned, please indicate in the
spaces below the name or names in which the shares of CNF Common Stock are to
be issued, along with the address or addresses of such Person or Persons
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
______________________________________
Signature (for conversion only)
Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Social
Security or Other Identifying Number
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
____________________________________ ______________________________________
Signature Guarantee:/*/______________________________________________________
____________
/*/Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common
Security Certificate to:
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
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agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date: _______________________________
Signature: __________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common
Security Certificate)
Signature Guarantee:/*/____________________________________________________
_____________
/*/Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" that is
a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting
the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or
participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance
with the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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EXHIBIT 4(q)
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CNF TRUST II
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TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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Dated as of #, 199#
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation..................................................................1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application................................................................4
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities..................................................................4
Section 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee......................................................5
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee.................................................5
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent................................................5
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.......................................................................5
Section 2.7 Guarantee Event of Default; Notice..............................................................5
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests...........................................................................6
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee............................................6
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee...................................................8
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee................9
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.......................................................10
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Guarantee Trustee............................10
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ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
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Section 5.1 Guarantee......................................................................................11
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand....................................................................11
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.......................................................................12
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders..............................................................................12
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment...........................................................................13
Section 5.6 Subrogation....................................................................................13
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations........................................................................13
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions.....................................................................13
Section 6.2 Ranking........................................................................................14
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination....................................................................................14
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation....................................................................................15
Section 8.2 Indemnification................................................................................15
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns.........................................................................16
Section 9.2 Amendments.....................................................................................16
Section 9.3 Notices........................................................................................16
Section 9.4 Benefit........................................................................................17
Section 9.5 Governing Law..................................................................................17
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TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT/*/
This TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee"), dated as of #, 199# is executed and delivered by CNF
Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and #, as trustee
(the "Preferred Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein) from time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities (as defined herein)
of CNF Trust II, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"), dated as of #, 199# among the trustees of the Issuer named
therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is
issuing trust preferred securities, having an aggregate liquidation amount of $#
($# if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full) designated
the [$#/#%] Trust Preferred Securities[, Series #] (the "Trust Preferred
Securities").
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Trust Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined
herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Guarantor is also executing and
delivering a guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") in
substantially identical terms to this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for
the benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined in the
Declaration referred to below), except that if an Event of Default (as defined
in the Indenture (as defined herein)) with respect to the Debentures, has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to
receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are
subordinated to the rights of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities to receive
Guarantee Payments under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Trust
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit
the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
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/*/ Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, (i)
bracketed language relating to conversion of the Trust Preferred Securities
will be included only if the Trust Preferred Securities are convertible into
CNF Common Stock or other securities; and (ii) all references to specific
sections of the Declaration, the Base Indenture and the Supplemental
Indenture are subject to change. In addition, in the event that the Trust
Preferred Securities are convertible into securities other than CNF Common
Stock, all references to CNF Common Stock will be appropriately modified.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation.
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In this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee but
not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them
in this Section 1.1;
(b) terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee
has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" or "this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to Articles
and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise
requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
bind such Person; provided, however, that the Authorized Officer signing an
Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture
Act shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of such
Person.
"Base Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of #, 199# between the
Company and #, as trustee.
"Common Securities Guarantee" means the Common Securities Guarantee
Agreement dated as of #, 199# of the Sponsor in respect of the Common
Securities.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the
date of execution of this Agreement is located at #.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Trust Preferred
Securities.
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"Declaration Event of Default" means an Event of Default as defined in the
Declaration.
"Guarantee Event of Default" means (i) the failure of the Guarantor to
perform any of its payment or other obligations under this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee or [(ii) the failure of the Guarantor to deliver CNF Common
Stock upon an appropriate election by any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities
to convert such Trust Preferred Securities into shares of CNF Common Stock.]
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, to the extent not
paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions which
are required to be paid on such Trust Preferred Securities to the extent the
Issuer shall have funds available therefor, (ii) the redemption price (the
"Redemption Price"), and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to but
excluding the date of redemption to the extent the Issuer has funds available
therefor, with respect to any Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption
by the Issuer, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up
or termination of the Issuer ([other than in connection with the conversion of
all of the Trust Preferred Securities into CNF Common Stock,] the redemption of
all outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or the distribution of Debentures to
the Holders in exchange for Trust Preferred Securities as provided in the
Declaration) or in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section
3.15 of the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation
amount and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Trust Preferred
Securities to but excluding the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer shall
have funds available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer
remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer (in
either case, the "Liquidation Distribution"). If an Event of Default (as
defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Debentures has occurred and is
continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive payments
under the Common Securities Guarantee Agreement are subordinated to the rights
of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of
the Issuer, of any Trust Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Trust Preferred
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate
of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Subordinated Indenture dated as of #, 199# between
the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and #, as trustee, as supplemented by the
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of #, 199# between the Debenture Issuer
and #, as trustee, as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
"List of Holders" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(a)
hereof.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or, except as provided
by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by
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Holder(s) of Trust Preferred Securities, voting separately as a class, of more
than 50% of the liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to but excluding the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of all outstanding Trust Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means #, until a Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means
each such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, including any vice president, any assistant vice president,
any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer
of the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred Guarantee
Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred
Securities.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
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(a) This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions; and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
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(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Guarantee Trustee with a
list, in such form as the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities ("List
of Holders") as of such date, (i) within 14 days after each record date for
payment of Distributions, as of such record date, and (ii) at any other time
within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of
Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given
to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, provided, that the Guarantor shall not be
obligated to provide such List of Holders at
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any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of
Holders given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor or in the
event that the Preferred Guarantee Trustee is the Registrar under the
Declaration. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders
previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall provide to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities such reports as
are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act if any, in the form and
in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein, including the Guarantor's compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Preferred Guarantee Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set
forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in
the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
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The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Trust Preferred
Securities, waive any past Guarantee Event of Default and its consequences.
Upon such waiver, any such Guarantee Event of Default shall cease to exist, and
any Guarantee Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured, for every purpose of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Guarantee Event
of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 2.7 Guarantee Event of Default; Notice.
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(a) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, notices of
all such Events of Default, unless such defaults have been cured before the
giving of such notice, provided, that, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of
such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of any Guarantee Event of Default unless the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
have received written notice, or of which a Responsible Officer of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the Declaration shall have
obtained actual knowledge.
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests.
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The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Trust
Preferred Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or
to a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor
Preferred Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not
conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the
appointment of such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall (and the Guarantor acknowledges that the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall) enforce this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Guarantee
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to
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perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Guarantee Trustee. In case
an Guarantee Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as
a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Preferred Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Guarantee Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee against the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon
which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee; and
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(iv) no provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
require the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to
it under the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or
indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall
be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence
of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering
or omitting any action hereunder, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee (unless
other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers'
Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to
any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any
rerecording, refiling or registration thereof).
(v) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of its
selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal
matters 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 accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to
the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its
employees. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any
time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such
Holder shall have provided to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such security
and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and
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expenses and the expenses of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's agents,
nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable
advances as may be requested by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(vii) The Preferred Guarantee 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, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(viii) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly
or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the
Preferred Guarantee 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.
(ix) Any action taken by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its
agents hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities,
and the signature of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone
shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action. No third
party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms
and provisions of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of which
shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's or its
agent's taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or
right or taking any other action hereunder, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
(i) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing
such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions
are received, and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or
acting in accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Preferred Guarantee 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.
(xii) The Trust Preferred Securities Trustee shall not be liable
for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee.
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(b) No provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to
perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation
conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or
in which the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in
accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise
any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority
available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Trust Preferred
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Securities Guarantee.
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The recitals contained in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.
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(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under
the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million
U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to
above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
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Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Guarantee
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Trustee.
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(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with
Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such
Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office
until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until
its removal or resignation. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may resign from
office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in
writing executed by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed
and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after
delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or
omissions to act of any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or
removal or resignation of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this
Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee all
amounts accrued and owing to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to the date of such
termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1 Guarantee.
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The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the
Holders the Guarantee Payments (except to the extent paid, and without
duplication of amounts paid, by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any
defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert.
The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by
direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by
causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
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Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.
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The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.
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The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement,
covenant, term or condition relating to the Trust Preferred Securities to be
performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any
other sums payable under the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or the
extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out
of, or in connection with, the Trust Preferred Securities (other than an
extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension of any
interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the
Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy
conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Preferred
Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of,
or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the
Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Trust Preferred
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or
hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of
this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain
consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
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Section 5.4 Rights of Holders.
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred
Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in
respect of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or to direct the exercise
of any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee, any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may
institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. The Guarantor waives
any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the
Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding directly against the
Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a
Guarantee Payment, a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute
a proceeding against the Guarantor for enforcement of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee for such payment.
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment
and not of collection.
Section 5.6 Subrogation.
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The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of
Trust Preferred Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to
such Holders by the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required
by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right
that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall
be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor
agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount
to the Holders.
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations.
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The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent
of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities,
and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to
make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections
(a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
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ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions.
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So long as any Trust Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if there
shall have occurred and be continuing any Guarantee Event of Default or any
Declaration Event of Default, then (a) the Guarantor shall not declare or pay
any dividend on, or make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase
or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital
stock (other than (A) (i) purchases or acquisitions of shares of the Guarantor's
capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) in connection with the satisfaction
by the Guarantor of its obligations under any officers, directors or employee
benefit plans (or any options or other instruments issued thereunder) or the
satisfaction by the Guarantor of its obligations pursuant to any contract or
security requiring the Guarantor to purchase shares of the Guarantor's capital
stock (or capital stock equivalents), (ii) purchases of shares of the
Guarantor's capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) from officers,
directors or employees of the Guarantor or its subsidiaries pursuant to
employment agreements or upon termination of employment or retirement, (iii) as
a result of a reclassification, combination or subdivision of the Guarantor's
capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the
Guarantor's capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor's capital
stock, (iv) dividends or distributions of shares of common stock on common
stock, (v) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's
capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock or any security being converted or exchanged into such capital stock, (vi)
dividends or distributions on, or redemptions, purchases or acquisitions of, or
liquidation payments with respect to, the Guarantor's Series B Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock, (vii) purchases or other acquisitions of common
stock in connection with a dividend reinvestment or other similar plan, or
(viii) any dividend or distribution of capital stock (or capital stock
equivalents) in connection with the implementation of a stockholders rights
plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, or (B) guarantee
payments made with respect to any of the foregoing), (b) the Guarantor shall not
make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Guarantor which rank pari
passu with or junior to the Debentures and (c) the Guarantor shall not make any
guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than pursuant to this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee
Agreement).
Section 6.2 Ranking.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all other liabilities of the Guarantor except any liabilities that
may be pari passu expressly by their terms, (ii) pari passu in right of payment
with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by
the Guarantor, if any, and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by
the Guarantor in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate
of the Guarantor [(including, without limitation, the obligations of the
Guarantor under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated as of June
11, 1997 among the Guarantor and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
trustee)], and (iii) senior to the Guarantor's common stock.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate (i) upon full
payment of the redemption price of all Trust Preferred Securities, together with
all accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to but excluding the date of
redemption, [(ii) upon the conversion of the Trust Preferred Securities into CNF
Common Stock or other securities or property as provided in the Declaration or]
upon the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Trust
Preferred Securities or (iii) upon full payment of the amounts payable in
accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder
of Trust Preferred Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the
Trust Preferred Securities or under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation.
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in
damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss,
damage, liability, expense or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified
Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law,
except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage,
liability, expense or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith
upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports
or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Trust Preferred Securities might properly be
paid.
Section 8.2 Indemnification.
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The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold
each Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of
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the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or
investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The provisions of this
Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee or the resignation or removal of the Preferred Guaranteed Trustee.
When the Preferred Guarantee Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in [Section 501(6) or Section
501(7)] of the Base Indenture, the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns.
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All guarantees and agreements contained in this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with
any merger or consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity
permitted by [Section 801] of the Base Indenture or any sale, transfer or lease
of the Guarantor's assets to another entity permitted by [Section 801] of the
Base Indenture, the Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its
obligations under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee without the prior
approval of the holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding. Upon any consolidation by the
Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor into any other Person or any
conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Guarantor
substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with [Section 801] of
the Base Indenture, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Guarantor 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 Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein;
and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be
released from all obligations and covenants under this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee.
Section 9.2 Amendments.
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Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect
the rights of Holders (in which case no vote or consent of Holders will be
required), this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee may be amended only with
the prior approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount
of all the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section
12.2 of the Declaration with respect to meetings of Holders of the Securities
apply to the giving of such approval. For purposes of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, any change which only eliminates or limits any of the
dividends, distributions, redemptions,
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purchases, acquisitions or liquidation payments which the Guarantor is permitted
to make pursuant to subclauses (A) or (B) of clause (a) of Section 6.1 shall be
deemed not to materially adversely affect the rights of Holders.
Section 9.3 Notices.
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All notices provided for in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, at the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities):
#
#
#
Attn: #
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders
of the Trust Preferred Securities):
CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
(c) If given to any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, at the address
set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 9.4 Benefit.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not
separately transferable from the Trust Preferred Securities.
Section 9.5 Governing Law.
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THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
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THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and
year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
as Guarantor
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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#,
as Preferred Guarantee Trustee
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT 4(r)
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CNF TRUST III
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TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT
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Dated as of #, 199#
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation.............................. 1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application............................ 4
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.............................. 4
Section 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.................. 5
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee............. 5
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent............ 5
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver................................... 5
Section 2.7 Guarantee Event of Default; Notice.......................... 5
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests....................................... 6
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee........ 6
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee............... 8
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee............................. 9
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.................... 10
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Guarantee
Trustee.................................................... 10
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ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1 Guarantee.................................................... 11
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.................................. 11
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected..................................... 12
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders............................................ 12
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment......................................... 13
Section 5.6 Subrogation.................................................. 13
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations...................................... 13
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions................................... 13
Section 6.2 Ranking...................................................... 14
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination.................................................. 14
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation.................................................. 15
Section 8.2 Indemnification.............................................. 15
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns....................................... 16
Section 9.2 Amendments................................................... 16
Section 9.3 Notices...................................................... 16
Section 9.4 Benefit...................................................... 17
Section 9.5 Governing Law................................................ 17
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TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT/*/
This TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee"), dated as of #, 199# is executed and delivered by CNF
Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and #, as trustee
(the "Preferred Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein) from time to time of the Trust Preferred Securities (as defined herein)
of CNF Trust III, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"), dated as of #, 199# among the trustees of the Issuer named
therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is
issuing trust preferred securities, having an aggregate liquidation amount of $#
($# if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full) designated
the [$#/#%] Trust Preferred Securities[, Series #] (the "Trust Preferred
Securities").
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Trust Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities the Guarantee Payments (as defined
herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Guarantor is also executing and
delivering a guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") in
substantially identical terms to this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee for
the benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined in the
Declaration referred to below), except that if an Event of Default (as defined
in the Indenture (as defined herein)) with respect to the Debentures, has
occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to
receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are
subordinated to the rights of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities to receive
Guarantee Payments under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of Trust
Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit
the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
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/*/ Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, (i)
bracketed language relating to conversion of the Trust Preferred Securities
will be included only if the Trust Preferred Securities are convertible into
CNF Common Stock or other securities; and (ii) all references to specific
sections of the Declaration, the Base Indenture and the Supplemental
Indenture are subject to change. In addition, in the event that the Trust
Preferred Securities are convertible into securities other than CNF Common
Stock, all references to CNF Common Stock will be appropriately modified.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation.
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In this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee but
not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them
in this Section 1.1;
(b) terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee
has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" or "this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to Articles
and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when
used in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or unless the context otherwise
requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to
bind such Person; provided, however, that the Authorized Officer signing an
Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture
Act shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of such
Person.
"Base Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of #, 199# between the
Company and #, as trustee.
"Common Securities Guarantee" means the Common Securities Guarantee
Agreement dated as of #, 199# of the Sponsor in respect of the Common
Securities.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the
date of execution of this Agreement is located at #.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Trust Preferred
Securities.
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"Declaration Event of Default" means an Event of Default as defined in the
Declaration.
"Guarantee Event of Default" means (i) the failure of the Guarantor to
perform any of its payment or other obligations under this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee or [(ii) the failure of the Guarantor to deliver CNF Common
Stock upon an appropriate election by any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities
to convert such Trust Preferred Securities into shares of CNF Common Stock.]
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without
duplication, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, to the extent not
paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions which
are required to be paid on such Trust Preferred Securities to the extent the
Issuer shall have funds available therefor, (ii) the redemption price (the
"Redemption Price"), and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to but
excluding the date of redemption to the extent the Issuer has funds available
therefor, with respect to any Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption
by the Issuer, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up
or termination of the Issuer ([other than in connection with the conversion of
all of the Trust Preferred Securities into CNF Common Stock,] the redemption of
all outstanding Trust Preferred Securities or the distribution of Debentures to
the Holders in exchange for Trust Preferred Securities as provided in the
Declaration) or in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section
3.15 of the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation
amount and all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Trust Preferred
Securities to but excluding the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer shall
have funds available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer
remaining available for distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer (in
either case, the "Liquidation Distribution"). If an Event of Default (as
defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Debentures has occurred and is
continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive payments
under the Common Securities Guarantee Agreement are subordinated to the rights
of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities to receive Guarantee Payments.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of
the Issuer, of any Trust Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Trust Preferred
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder"
shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate
of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Subordinated Indenture dated as of #, 199# between
the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and #, as trustee, as supplemented by the
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of #, 199# between the Debenture Issuer
and #, as trustee, as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
"List of Holders" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(a)
hereof.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
provided in the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or, except as provided
by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by
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Holder(s) of Trust Preferred Securities, voting separately as a class, of
more than 50% of the liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would
be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to but excluding the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of all outstanding Trust Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means #, until a Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant
to the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means
each such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, including any vice president, any assistant vice president,
any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer or other officer
of the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred Guarantee
Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred
Securities.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
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(a) This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions; and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties
shall control.
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
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(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Preferred Guarantee Trustee with a
list, in such form as the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities ("List
of Holders") as of such date, (i) within 14 days after each record date for
payment of Distributions, as of such record date, and (ii) at any other time
within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of
Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given
to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, provided, that the Guarantor shall not be
obligated to provide such List of Holders at
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any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of
Holders given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor or in the
event that the Preferred Guarantee Trustee is the Registrar under the
Declaration. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders
previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall provide to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities such reports as
are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act if any, in the form and
in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein, including the Guarantor's compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Preferred Guarantee Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on Officers' Certificates).
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee such
evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set
forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in
the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
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The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Trust Preferred
Securities, waive any past Guarantee Event of Default and its consequences.
Upon such waiver, any such Guarantee Event of Default shall cease to exist, and
any Guarantee Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured, for every purpose of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Guarantee Event
of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 2.7 Guarantee Event of Default; Notice.
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(a) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, notices of
all such Events of Default, unless such defaults have been cured before the
giving of such notice, provided, that, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of
such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of any Guarantee Event of Default unless the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
have received written notice, or of which a Responsible Officer of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the Declaration shall have
obtained actual knowledge.
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests.
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The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of Trust
Preferred Securities exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or
to a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor
Preferred Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
and such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not
conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the
appointment of such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Guarantee Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall (and the Guarantor acknowledges that the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall) enforce this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Guarantee
Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to
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perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Guarantee Trustee. In case
an Guarantee Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived
pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such
of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as
a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
construed to relieve the Preferred Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Guarantee Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee against the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee; but in the
case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
are specifically required to be furnished to the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon
which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee; and
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(iv) no provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee
shall require the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of
any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to
it under the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or
indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee,
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and
shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence
of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and
to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering
or omitting any action hereunder, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee (unless
other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers'
Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Guarantor.
(iv) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to
any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any
rerecording, refiling or registration thereof).
(v) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may consult with counsel of
its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to
legal matters 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 accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be
counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of
its employees. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any
time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder,
unless such Holder shall have provided to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
such security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee, against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees
and
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expenses and the expenses of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's agents,
nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable
advances as may be requested by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(vii) The Preferred Guarantee 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, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
(viii) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the
trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly
or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the
Preferred Guarantee 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.
(ix) Any action taken by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its
agents hereunder shall bind the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities,
and the signature of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone
shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action. No third
party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Preferred
Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms
and provisions of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of which
shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's or its
agent's taking such action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall deem it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or
right or taking any other action hereunder, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
(i) may request instructions from the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing
such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions
are received, and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or
acting in accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Preferred Guarantee 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.
(xii) The Trust Preferred Securities Trustee shall not be liable
for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith
and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee.
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(b) No provision of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be
deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to
perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation
conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or
in which the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in
accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise
any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority
available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Trust Preferred
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Securities Guarantee.
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The recitals contained in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Guarantee Trustee
does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred
Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Preferred Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.
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(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the
District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person permitted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under
the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million
U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to
above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published.
(b) If at any time the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
(c) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
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Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Guarantee
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Trustee.
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(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Preferred Guarantee Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with
Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee has been appointed
and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such
Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Preferred Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office
until a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until
its removal or resignation. The Preferred Guarantee Trustee may resign from
office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in
writing executed by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Preferred
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed
and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after
delivery of an instrument of resignation or removal, the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee. Such
court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper, appoint a Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Preferred Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or
omissions to act of any Successor Preferred Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or
removal or resignation of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this
Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee all
amounts accrued and owing to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee to the date of such
termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1 Guarantee.
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The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the
Holders the Guarantee Payments (except to the extent paid, and without
duplication of amounts paid, by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any
defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert.
The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by
direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by
causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
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Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.
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The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply,
presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against
the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest,
notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other
notices and demands.
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.
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The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the
performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement,
covenant, term or condition relating to the Trust Preferred Securities to be
performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any
portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or any
other sums payable under the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities or the
extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out
of, or in connection with, the Trust Preferred Securities (other than an
extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension of any
interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the
Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy
conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust Preferred
Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of
creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of,
or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the
Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Trust Preferred
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or
hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of
this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain
consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
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Section 5.4 Rights of Holders.
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(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred
Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in
respect of this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or to direct the exercise
of any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Trust
Preferred Securities Guarantee, any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may
institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. The Guarantor waives
any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the
Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding directly against the
Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a
Guarantee Payment, a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute
a proceeding against the Guarantor for enforcement of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee for such payment.
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment
and not of collection.
Section 5.6 Subrogation.
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The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders of
Trust Preferred Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to
such Holders by the Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required
by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right
that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall
be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor
agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount
to the Holders.
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations.
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The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent
of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities,
and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to
make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections
(a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
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ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions.
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So long as any Trust Preferred Securities remain outstanding, if there
shall have occurred and be continuing any Guarantee Event of Default or any
Declaration Event of Default, then (a) the Guarantor shall not declare or pay
any dividend on, or make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase
or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital
stock (other than (A) (i) purchases or acquisitions of shares of the Guarantor's
capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) in connection with the satisfaction
by the Guarantor of its obligations under any officers, directors or employee
benefit plans (or any options or other instruments issued thereunder) or the
satisfaction by the Guarantor of its obligations pursuant to any contract or
security requiring the Guarantor to purchase shares of the Guarantor's capital
stock (or capital stock equivalents), (ii) purchases of shares of the
Guarantor's capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) from officers,
directors or employees of the Guarantor or its subsidiaries pursuant to
employment agreements or upon termination of employment or retirement, (iii) as
a result of a reclassification, combination or subdivision of the Guarantor's
capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of the
Guarantor's capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor's capital
stock, (iv) dividends or distributions of shares of common stock on common
stock, (v) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's
capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock or any security being converted or exchanged into such capital stock, (vi)
dividends or distributions on, or redemptions, purchases or acquisitions of, or
liquidation payments with respect to, the Guarantor's Series B Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock, (vii) purchases or other acquisitions of common
stock in connection with a dividend reinvestment or other similar plan, or
(viii) any dividend or distribution of capital stock (or capital stock
equivalents) in connection with the implementation of a stockholders rights
plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, or (B) guarantee
payments made with respect to any of the foregoing), (b) the Guarantor shall not
make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities issued by the Guarantor which rank pari
passu with or junior to the Debentures and (c) the Guarantor shall not make any
guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing (other than pursuant to this
Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee
Agreement).
Section 6.2 Ranking.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured
obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of
payment to all other liabilities of the Guarantor except any liabilities that
may be pari passu expressly by their terms, (ii) pari passu in right of payment
with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by
the Guarantor, if any, and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by
the Guarantor in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate
of the Guarantor [(including, without limitation, the obligations of the
Guarantor under the Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement dated as of June
11, 1997 among the Guarantor and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
trustee)], and (iii) senior to the Guarantor's common stock.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate (i) upon full
payment of the redemption price of all Trust Preferred Securities, together with
all accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to but excluding the date of
redemption, [(ii) upon the conversion of the Trust Preferred Securities into CNF
Common Stock or other securities or property as provided in the Declaration or]
upon the distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Trust
Preferred Securities or (iii) upon full payment of the amounts payable in
accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder
of Trust Preferred Securities must restore payment of any sums paid under the
Trust Preferred Securities or under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation.
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(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in
damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss,
damage, liability, expense or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with
this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified
Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law,
except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage,
liability, expense or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith
upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports
or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders of Trust Preferred Securities might properly be
paid.
Section 8.2 Indemnification.
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The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to hold
each Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of
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the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or
investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The provisions of this
Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee or the resignation or removal of the Preferred Guaranteed Trustee.
When the Preferred Guarantee Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in [Section 501(6) or Section
501(7)] of the Base Indenture, the expenses (including the reasonable charges
and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns.
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All guarantees and agreements contained in this Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding. Except in connection with
any merger or consolidation of the Guarantor with or into another entity
permitted by [Section 801] of the Base Indenture or any sale, transfer or lease
of the Guarantor's assets to another entity permitted by [Section 801] of the
Base Indenture, the Guarantor may not assign its rights or delegate its
obligations under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee without the prior
approval of the holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding. Upon any consolidation by the
Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor into any other Person or any
conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Guarantor
substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with [Section 801] of
the Base Indenture, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Guarantor 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 Guarantor under this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee with the
same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein;
and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be
released from all obligations and covenants under this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee.
Section 9.2 Amendments.
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Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect
the rights of Holders (in which case no vote or consent of Holders will be
required), this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee may be amended only with
the prior approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount
of all the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section
12.2 of the Declaration with respect to meetings of Holders of the Securities
apply to the giving of such approval. For purposes of this Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantee, any change which only eliminates or limits any of the
dividends, distributions, redemptions,
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purchases, acquisitions or liquidation payments which the Guarantor is permitted
to make pursuant to subclauses (A) or (B) of clause (a) of Section 6.1 shall be
deemed not to materially adversely affect the rights of Holders.
Section 9.3 Notices.
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All notices provided for in this Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall
be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, at the Preferred Guarantee
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Preferred Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Trust
Preferred Securities):
#
#
#
Attn: #
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set forth
below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders
of the Trust Preferred Securities):
CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
(c) If given to any Holder of Trust Preferred Securities, at the address
set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or
cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given,
such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date
of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 9.4 Benefit.
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This Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not
separately transferable from the Trust Preferred Securities.
Section 9.5 Governing Law.
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THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
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THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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THIS TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and
year first above written.
CNF TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
as Guarantor
By:_________________________________________
Name:_______________________________________
Title:______________________________________
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as Preferred Guarantee Trustee
By:_________________________________________
Name:_______________________________________
Title:______________________________________
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EXHIBIT 5(A)
November 10, 1998
CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to CNF Transportation Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and CNF Trust II and CNF Trust III, each a
statutory business trust created under the Business Trust Act of the State of
Delaware (each, a "Trust" and, collectively, the "Trusts"), in connection with
the proposed issuance and sale of up to $250,000,000 aggregate initial public
offering price of (i) the Company's unsecured debt securities, which may include
senior debt securities, senior subordinated debt securities, subordinated debt
securities, junior subordinated debt securities and debt securities with any
other ranking (collectively, the "Debt Securities"), (ii) shares (the "Common
Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.625 per share (the "Common
Stock"), (iii) shares (the "Preferred Shares") of the Company's preferred stock,
no par value (the "Preferred Stock"), (iv) depositary shares (the "Depositary
Shares") representing fractional interests in Preferred Shares, which Depositary
Shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts ("Depositary Receipts"), (v)
warrants (the "Warrants") of the Company to purchase Common Stock, (vi)
preferred securities (the "Preferred Securities") of the respective Trusts, and
guarantees by the Company (the "Guarantees") of the Preferred Securities. The
Debt Securities, the Common Shares, the Preferred Shares, the Depositary Shares,
the Warrants, the Preferred Securities and the Guarantees are hereinafter
called, collectively, the "Securities".
The Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to one or more Indentures
(each, an "Indenture"), each between the Company and a trustee named therein.
The terms of each series of Preferred Shares shall be established by a
resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company or
a duly authorized committee thereof and set forth in a certificate of
designations (a "Certificate of Designations"). The Depositary Receipts will
be issued pursuant to one or more Deposit Agreements (each, a "Deposit
Agreement"), each between the Company
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and a depositary named therein. The Warrants will be issued pursuant to one or
more Warrant Agreements (each, a "Warrant Agreement"), each between the Company
and a warrant agent named therein. The Preferred Securities of each Trust will
be issued pursuant to its Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (each, an
"Amended Declaration") among the Company, the trustees named therein and the
holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
such Trust. The Preferred Securities of each Trust will be guaranteed by the
Company pursuant to a Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement (each, a
"Guarantee Agreement") between the Company and a trustee named therein. The
Indentures, the certificates evidencing the Debt Securities, the Certificates of
Designations, the Deposit Agreements, the Depositary Receipts, the Warrant
Agreements, the certificates evidencing the Warrants, the Amended Declarations,
the certificates evidencing the Preferred Securities and the Guarantee
Agreements are hereinafter called, collectively, the "Operative Documents".
As special counsel to the Company and the Trusts, we have examined and
relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of (i) the registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
333-56667), as amended by Amendment No.1 thereto (as so amended, the
"Registration Statement"), filed by the Company and the Trusts under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), (ii) the forms of
Indentures, the form of certificate evidencing the Debt Securities, the form of
Deposit Agreement (including the form of Depositary Receipt), the form of
Warrant Agreement (including the form of certificate evidencing the Warrants),
and the form of Guarantee Agreement filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement and (iii) such other instruments, certificates, records and other
documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this
opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural
persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts
relevant to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently
established or verified by us, we have relied, without independent
investigation, upon statements and representations of public officials, officers
and other representatives of the Company, the Trusts and others.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications,
exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
(i) When (a) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to
authorize the issuance and sale of a series of Debt Securities and to authorize
and approve the form, terms, execution and delivery of such Debt Securities, the
related Indenture and any supplemental indenture or officers' certificate
establishing the form and terms of such Debt Securities pursuant to such
Indenture, (b) appropriate action has been taken by the Company in accordance
with such Indenture to authorize the issuance and establish the form and terms
of such Debt Securities, (c) such Indenture and any such supplemental indenture
or officers' certificate have been duly executed and delivered by, and shall
constitute valid, binding and enforceable obligations of, the Company and, in
the case of such Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, a trustee duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"),
and (d) certificates evidencing the Debt Securities of such series (in such form
and with such terms) have been duly executed and attested by duly authorized
officers of the Company under its corporate seal, authenticated by such trustee,
and issued and delivered
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against payment of the consideration therefor as determined by appropriate
corporate action of the Company, all in accordance with such Indenture and such
corporate and other action, such Debt Securities will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms.
(iii) When (a) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company
to authorize the issuance and sale of Common Shares and (b) certificates
evidencing such Common Shares have been duly executed by duly authorized
officers of the Company under its corporate seal, countersigned (if applicable)
by the appropriate transfer agent or registrar, as the case may be, and issued
and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor as determined by
appropriate corporate action of the Company (assuming that the consideration so
received has a value not less than the par value of such Common Shares and is
legally valid consideration under the laws of the State of Delaware), all in
accordance with the Company's charter and by-laws, the laws of the State of
Delaware and such corporate action, such Common Shares will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
(iv) When (a) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to
authorize the issuance and sale of a series of Preferred Shares, to establish
the terms thereof, to authorize and approve the form, terms, execution and
delivery of certificates evidencing the Preferred Shares of such series, and
to authorize and approve the form, terms, execution and delivery of a
Certificate of Designations relating thereto and the filing thereof with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State"), (b) a
Certificate of Designations (in such form and with such terms) has been duly
executed and acknowledged by duly authorized officers of the Company and duly
filed with the Secretary of State and shall have become effective, and (c)
certificates evidencing the Preferred Shares of such series (in such form and
with such terms) have been duly executed by duly authorized officers of the
Company under its corporate seal, countersigned (if applicable) by the
appropriate transfer agent or registrar, as the case may be, and issued and
delivered against payment of the consideration therefor as determined by
appropriate corporate action of the Company (assuming that the consideration
so received is legally valid consideration under the laws of the state of
Delaware), all in accordance with the Company's charter and by-laws, the laws
of the State of Delaware and such corporate action, such Preferred Shares will
be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(v) When (a) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to
authorize the issuance and sale of Depositary Shares representing fractional
interests in Preferred Shares of a particular series and the issuance of
Depositary Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares and to authorize and
approve the form, terms, execution and delivery of such Depositary Receipts and
a related Deposit Agreement, (b) such Deposit Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by, and shall constitute a valid, binding and enforceable
agreement of, the Company and the depositary thereunder, (c) appropriate
corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the issuance of such
Preferred Shares and the deposit thereof with such depositary pursuant to the
Deposit Agreement, (d) such Preferred Shares shall have been duly authorized and
validly issued, shall be fully paid and non-assessable and shall have been
deposited with such depositary in accordance with such Deposit Agreement, and
(e) such depositary shall have duly executed, issued and delivered the
Depositary Receipts (in such form and with such terms) evidencing such
Depositary Shares against payment of the consideration therefor as determined by
appropriate corporate action of the Company, all in accordance with
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such Deposit Agreement, the Company's charter and by-laws, the laws of the State
of Delaware and such corporate action, such Depositary Receipts will entitle the
holders thereof to the rights provided therein and in such Deposit Agreement.
(vi) When (a) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company to
authorize the issuance and sale of Warrants and the issuance and delivery of the
shares of Common Stock (the "Underlying Shares") issuable upon exercise of such
Warrants, and to authorize and approve the form, terms, execution and delivery
of certificates evidencing such Warrants and a related Warrant Agreement, (b)
such Warrant Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by, and shall
constitute a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of, the Company and the
warrant agent thereunder, (c) certificates evidencing such Warrants (in such
form and with such terms) have been duly executed and attested by duly
authorized officers of the Company, authenticated by such warrant agent, and
issued and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor as
determined by appropriate corporate action of the Company and (d) appropriate
corporate action has been taken by the Company to reserve such Underlying
Shares for issuance upon exercise of such Warrants upon payment of the
exercise price therefor (assuming that such exercise price has a value not
less than the par value of such Underlying Shares and is legally valid
consideration under the laws of the State of Delaware), all in accordance with
such Warrant Agreement, the Company's charter and by-laws, the laws of the
State of Delaware and such corporate action, such Warrants will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms.
(vii) When (a) appropriate corporate action has been taken by the Company
to authorize the issuance of Guarantees with respect to the Preferred Securities
of a Trust and to authorize and approve the form, terms, execution and delivery
of a related Guarantee Agreement, (b) such Guarantee Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by, and shall constitute a valid, binding and enforceable
agreement of, the Company and a trustee duly qualified under the 1939 Act, (c)
the Amended Declaration of such Trust shall have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by, and shall constitute a valid, binding and enforceable
agreement of, the parties thereto (including an institutional trustee duly
qualified under the 1939 Act), and (d) such Preferred Securities and the common
securities of such Trust shall have been duly authorized and validly issued,
shall be fully paid and (in the case of such Preferred Securities)
nonassessable, and shall be undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such
Trust, all in accordance with such Guarantee Agreement, the Amended Declaration
and such corporate action, such Guarantee Agreement will constitute a valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms.
The foregoing opinion is subject to the following qualifications,
exceptions, assumptions and limitations:
A. Members of our firm are admitted to the bar of the State of New York
and the foregoing opinion is limited to matters arising under the federal laws
of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"). We express no
opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction or, in the case of Delaware,
any other Delaware laws (including, without limitation, the Business Trust Act
of the State of Delaware), or as to the municipal laws of or the laws of any
local agencies or
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governmental authorities within the State of New York, or in each case as to any
matters arising thereunder or relating thereto.
B. With respect to any Operative Document or other instrument or agreement
to be entered into in connection with the transactions referred to herein (each,
an "Instrument"), we have assumed, to the extent relevant to the opinions set
forth herein, that (i) each party thereto other than the Company (each, an
"Other Party"), if not a natural person, will at all relevant times be duly
organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization and in good standing under the laws of any other
applicable jurisdictions and (ii) each such Other Party will have full right,
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each
Instrument to which it is a party and each such Instrument will be duly
authorized (if applicable), executed and delivered by, and will be a valid,
binding and enforceable agreement or obligation, as the case may be, of, such
Other Party. In addition, we have assumed that (1) the Company will at all
relevant times be validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and any other applicable jurisdictions and (2) each Trust has
been duly organized and will at all relevant times be validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and any other applicable
jurisdiction.
C. We express no opinion as to any provision of any instrument, agreement
or other document (i) regarding severability of the provisions thereof; (ii)
providing that the assertion or employment of any right or remedy shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy, or
that every right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other
right and remedy, or that any delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy
shall not impair any right or remedy or constitute a waiver thereof; (iii)
regarding indemnity or contribution; (iv) regarding waiver of usury, stay,
extension or similar laws, (v) regarding specific performance or the grant of
any power of attorney; (vi) requiring the Company to take further action or to
enter into further agreements or instruments or to provide further assurances;
or (vii) regarding choice of law, submission to jurisdiction or consent to
service or process.
D. The above opinions are qualified to the extent that the validity,
binding effect or enforceability of any instrument or agreement may be subject
to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles, and
further to the extent that the enforcement of any Securities denominated or
payable in a currency or currency unit other than United States dollars, or a
Guarantee in respect of Preferred Securities denominated or payable in a
currency or currency unit other than United States dollars, may be limited by
requirements that a claim (or foreign currency judgment in respect of such
claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing
on a date determined pursuant to applicable law.
E. In rendering the opinions expressed above, we have assumed that (i) the
Company will have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of
Common Stock and Preferred Stock so that the Common Shares, Preferred Shares and
Underlying Shares issued from time to time by the Company will be issued from
the authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the
case may be, and that such shares will not have been reserved by the Company for
any other purpose; (ii) certificates representing the Common Shares, Preferred
Shares and the Underlying Shares will be in due and proper form and will comply
with all
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applicable requirements of the Company's charter and bylaws and the DGCL; and
(iii) the Securities, the Operative Documents, and all other applicable
instruments, and the execution, delivery and performance thereof by the parties
thereto, will comply with applicable law and will not constitute a breach or
violation of, or a default under, the charter or by-laws of the Company or the
organizational documents of the Trusts or any Other Party, or any instrument or
agreement to which the Company, any Trust or any Other Party is or becomes a
party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties is or
becomes bound.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the use of our name under the caption "Legal Matters" in the
Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, however, we do not
admit that we come within the category of person whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ BROWN & WOOD LLP
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EXHIBIT 5(b)
November 10, 1998
CNF Trust II
CNF Trust III
c/o CNF Transportation Inc.
3240 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94304
Re: CNF Trust II and CNF Trust III
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for CNF Transportation Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), CNF Trust II, a Delaware business trust
("Trust II"), and CNF Trust III , a Delaware business trust ("Trust III")
(together, Trust II and Trust III are hereinafter referred to as the "Trusts"
and individually, a "Trust"), in connection with the matters set forth herein.
At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination
of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the
following:
(a) the Certificate of Trust of Trust II, dated as of May 29, 1998, as
filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the
"Secretary of State") on May 29, 1998;
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(b) the Certificate of Trust of Trust III, dated as of May 29, 1998, as
filed with the office of the Secretary of State on May 29, 1998;
(c) the Trust Agreement of Trust II, dated as of May 29, 1998, among the
Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein;
(d) the Trust Agreement of Trust III, dated as of May 29, 1998, among the
Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein (together with the Trust
Agreement of Trust II, the "Trust Agreements");
(e) the Registration Statement on Form S-3, including a preliminary
prospectus with respect to the Trusts (the "Prospectus"), relating to the
Preferred Securities of the Trusts representing preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trusts (each, a "Preferred Security" and
collectively, the "Preferred Securities"), filed by the Company and the Trusts
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 1998 (as amended by
Amendment No. 1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November
10, 1998)(the "Registration Statement");
(f) A form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for each of the
Trusts (amending and restating each of the Trust Agreements), to be entered into
between the Company, the trustees of the Trust named therein, and the holders,
from time to time, of the undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such
Trust (including Exhibit A-1, Exhibit A-2 and Annex I thereto) (together, the
"Declarations" and individually, a "Declaration"), attached as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement; and
(g) A Certificate of Good Standing for each of the Trusts, dated
November 10, 1998 obtained from the Secretary of State.
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used
as defined in the Declarations.
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than
the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above. In particular, we
have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs
(a) through (g) above) that is referred to in, or incorporated by reference
into, the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no
provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with
the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual
investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing
documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional
matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true,
complete and accurate in all material respects.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the
conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or
forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
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For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that each of the
Declarations will constitute the entire agreement among the parties thereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation,
operation and termination of the applicable Trust, and that the Declarations and
the Certificates of Trust will be in full force and effect and will not be
amended, (ii) except to the extent provided in paragraph 1 below, the due
organization or due formation, as the case may be, and valid existence in good
standing of each party to the documents examined by us under the laws of the
jurisdiction governing its organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity
of natural persons who are parties to the documents examined by us, (iv) that
each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority
to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents,
(v) the due authorization, execution and delivery by all parties thereto of all
documents examined by us, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a Preferred
Security is to be issued by the Trusts (collectively, the "Preferred Security
Holders") of a Preferred Security Certificate for such Preferred Security and
the payment for such Preferred Security, in accordance with the Declarations and
the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the Preferred Securities are issued
and sold to the Preferred Security Holders in accordance with the Declarations
and the Registration Statement. We have not participated in the preparation of
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and assume no responsibility for
their contents.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the
securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and
express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal
laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered
only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders
thereunder which are currently in effect.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions
of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary
or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations
and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. Each of the Trusts has been duly created and is validly existing in
good standing as a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act.
2. The Preferred Securities of each Trust will represent valid and,
subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully paid and
nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the applicable
Trust.
3. The Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the applicable
Trust, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended
to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Preferred Security
Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the applicable
Declaration.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to
the use of our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus. In
giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the
category of persons whose
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consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, PA
EAM
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EXHIBIT 12(c)
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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<CAPTION>
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SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
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1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
(dollars in thousands)
Fixed Charges:
Interest Expense $ 16,981 $ 21,067
Capitalized Interest 969 1,321
Dividend Requirement on Series B Preferred Stock(1) 5,616 6,118
Interest Component of Rental Expense(2) 19,134 16,337
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$ 42,700 $ 44,843
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Earnings:
Income before Taxes $ 108,610 $ 95,199
Fixed Charges 42,700 44,843
Capitalized Interest (969) (1,321)
Preferred Dividend Requirements(3) (5,616) (6,118)
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$ 144,725 $ 132,603
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges: 3.4x 3.0x
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(1) Dividends on shares of the Series B cumulative convertible preferred stock
are used to pay debt service on notes issued by the Company's Thrift and
Stock Plan.
(2) Estimate of the interest portion of lease payments. The six month period
ended June 30, 1997 was restated for a change in the estimation method.
(3) Preferred stock dividend requirements included in fixed charges but not
deducted in the determination of Income before Taxes.
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EXHIBIT 12(d)
CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK
DIVIDENDS
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SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
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1998 1997
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(dollars in
thousands)
Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends:
Interest Expense $ 16,981 $ 21,067
Capitalized Interest 969 1,321
Dividend Requirement on Series B Preferred Stock(1) 5,616 6,118
Dividend Requirement on Preferred Securities of
Subsidiary Trust 3,126 347
Interest Component of Rental Expense(2) 19,134 16,337
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$ 45,826 $ 45,190
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Earnings:
Income before Taxes $108,610 $ 95,199
Fixed Charges 45,826 45,190
Capitalized Interest (969) (1,321)
Preferred Dividend Requirements(3) (5,616) (6,118)
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$147,851 $132,950
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Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Stock Dividends: 3.2x 2.9x
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(1) Dividends on shares of the Series B cumulative convertible preferred stock
are used to pay debt service on notes issued by the Company's Thrift and
Stock Plan.
(2) Estimate of the interest portion of lease payments. The six month period
ended June 30, 1997 was restated for a change in the estimation method.
(3) Preferred stock dividend requirements included in combined fixed charges
but not deducted in the determination of Income before Taxes.
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EXHIBIT 23(a)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement, in Registration Statement No. 333-
26595 and in Registration Statement No. 33-60619 of our reports dated January
23, 1998 included and incorporated by reference in CNF Transportation Inc.'s
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 and to all references to our
Firm included in such Registration Statements.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
San Francisco, California,
November 10, 1998
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EXHIBIT 25(b)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
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STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) __
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(EXACT NAME OF TRUSTEE AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION 36-0899825
(I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60670-0126
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 0286
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60670-0286
ATTN: LYNN A. GOLDSTEIN, LAW DEPARTMENT (312) 732-6919
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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CNF TRANSPORTATION INC.
(EXACT NAME OF OBLIGOR AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 94-1444798
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
DEBT SECURITIES
(TITLE OF INDENTURE SECURITIES)
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ITEM 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. FURNISH THE FOLLOWING
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INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE:
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR
SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D.C.,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
Washington, D.C., The Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, Washington D.C.
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE
CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. IF THE OBLIGOR
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IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH
SUCH AFFILIATION.
No such affiliation exists with the trustee.
ITEM 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. LIST BELOW ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A
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PART OF THIS STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the
trustee now in effect.*
2. A copy of the certificates of authority of the
trustee to commence business.*
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to
exercise corporate trust powers.*
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee.*
5. Not Applicable.
6. The consent of the trustee required by
Section 321(b) of the Act.
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7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the
trustee published pursuant to law or the
requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not Applicable.
9. Not Applicable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, The First National Bank of Chicago, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in
the City of Chicago and State of Illinois, on the 21st day of September,
1998.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
TRUSTEE
BY /s/ Steven M. Wagner
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STEVEN M. WAGNER
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
* EXHIBITS 1, 2, 3 AND 4 ARE HEREIN INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE TO EXHIBITS
BEARING IDENTICAL NUMBERS IN ITEM 16 OF THE FORM T-1 OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO, FILED AS EXHIBIT 25 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 OF U S
WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC. FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON
MAY 6, 1998 (REGISTRATION NO. 333-51907-01).
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EXHIBIT 6
THE CONSENT OF THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED
BY SECTION 321(b) OF THE ACT
September 21, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Gentlemen:
In connection with the qualification of an indenture of CNF Transportation Inc.
to The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee, the undersigned, in
accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
hereby consents that the reports of examinations of the undersigned, made by
Federal or State authorities authorized to make such examinations, may be
furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its
request therefor.
Very truly yours,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
BY: /s/ Steven M. Wagner
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STEVEN M. WAGNER
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
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EXHIBIT 7
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/98 ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-1
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
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CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL
AND STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS BANKS FOR JUNE 30, 1998
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount
outstanding of the last business day of the quarter.
SCHEDULE RC--BALANCE SHEET
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<CAPTION>
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS C400
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ASSETS
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): RCFD
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a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1).............................. 0081 4,490,272 1.a
b. Interest-bearing balances(2)....................................................... 0071 5,586,990 1.b
2. Securities
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)......................... 1754 0 2.a
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)....................... 1773 8,974,952 2.b
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell................ 1350 5,558,583 3.
4. Loans and lease financing receivables: RCFD
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a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income (from Schedule RC-C)...................... 2122 28,257,868 4.a
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses.......................................... 3123 413,742 4.b
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve.............................................. 3128 0 4.c
RCFD
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d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)........................................... 2125 27,844,126 4.d
5. Trading assets (from Schedule RD-D)................................................... 3545 6,073,169 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases).............................. 2145 721,430 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M).......................................... 2150 6,827 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated
companies (from Schedule RC-M)........................................................ 2130 184,515 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding.......................... 2155 310,026 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)................................................ 2143 302,859 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)..................................................... 2160 2,137,491 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11).............................................. 2170 62,191,240 12.
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Legal Title of Bank: The First National Bank of Chicago Call Date: 06/30/98 ST-BK: 17-1630 FFIEC 031
Address: One First National Plaza, Ste 0460 Page RC-2
City, State Zip: Chicago, IL 60670
FDIC Certificate No.: 0/3/6/1/8
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SCHEDULE RC-CONTINUED
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS
LIAIBILITIES
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
13. Deposits: RCON
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a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C
from Schedule RC-E, part 1)........................................................ 2200 21,810,607 13.a
(1) Noninterest-bearing(1)......................................................... 6631 9,864,956 13.a1
(2) Interest-bearing............................................................... 6636 11,945,651 13.a2
RCFN
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b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and
IBFs (from Schedule RC-E, part II)................................................. 2200 15,794,963 13.b
(1) Noninterest bearing............................................................ 6631 482,528 13.b1
(2) Interest-bearing............................................................... 6636 15,312,435 13.b2
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase: RCFD 2800 3,858,711 14
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury RCON 2840 1,444,748 15.a
b. Trading Liabilities (from Sechedule RC-D).......................................... RCFD 3548 5,661,633 15.b
16. Other borrowed money: RCFD
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a. With original maturity of one year or less......................................... 2332 4,356,061 16.a
b. With original maturity of more than one year...................................... A547 385,550 16.b
c. With original maturity of more than three years.................................... A548 320,386 16.c
17. Not applicable
18. Bank's liability on acceptance executed and outstanding............................... 2920 310,026 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures..................................................... 3200 2,200,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)................................................ 2930 1,176,564 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)........................................ 2948 57,319,249 21.
22. Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus......................................... 3838 0 23.
24. Common stock.......................................................................... 3230 200,858 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock).............................. 3839 3,188,187 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves............................................. 3632 1,467,324 26.a
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities............. 8434 18,040 26.b
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments................................... 3284 (2,418) 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)..................................... 3210 4,871,991 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited-life preferred stock, and equity
capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)................................................. 3300 62,191,240 29.
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Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
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1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best
describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by Number
independent external auditors as of any date during 1996 ............................... RCFD 6724 N/A M.1.
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1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance 4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other
with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified external auditors (may be required by state chartering
public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank authority)
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company 5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external
conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing auditors
standards by a certified public accounting firm which 6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by
submits a report on the consolidated holding company external auditors
(but not on the bank separately) 7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in 8 = No external audit work
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
by a certified public accounting firm (may be required by
state chartering authority)
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
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