As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 1998
Registration No. 333-_____
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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OMNICOM GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New York 13-1514814
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-3600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
BARRY J. WAGNER, ESQ.
Secretary and General Counsel
Omnicom Group Inc.
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-3600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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COPIES TO:
LINDA E. RANSOM, ESQ.
Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(212) 632-3000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time to
time after the effective date of the Registration Statement. 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, 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, please 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 [_]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum
Title of each class of Proposed amount offering price Maximum aggregate Amount of
securities to be registered to be registered per unit offering price registration fee
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Common Stock (par value
$.50 per share), Preferred
Stock (par value $1.00 per
share), Depositary Shares,
Debt Securities and Warrants
(1)(2)(3)(4).................. (1)(2)(3) (1)(3) $500,000,000(3)(5) $147,500(3)(6)
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(1) There are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares
of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of the Registrant, such indeterminate
principal amount of Debt Securities, and such indeterminate number of
Depositary Shares and Warrants to purchase Preferred Stock, Common Stock
or Debt Securities of the Registrant as shall have an aggregate initial
offering price not to exceed $500,000,000. If any Debt Securities are
issued at an original issue discount, then the securities registered shall
include such additional Debt Securities as may be necessary such that the
aggregate initial public offering price of all securities issued pursuant
to this Registration Statement will equal $500,000,000. Any securities
registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other
securities registered hereunder. The proposed maximum initial offering
price per unit will be determined, from time to time, by the Registrant in
connection with the issuance by the Registrant of the securities
registered hereunder.
(2) There are also being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of
shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of the Registrant as shall be
issuable upon conversion of convertible Debt Securities or of shares of
Convertible Preferred Stock registered hereby.
(3) Not specified with respect to each class of securities to be registered
pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(4) If the Registrant elects to offer to the public fractional interests in
shares of the Preferred Stock registered hereunder, Depositary Receipts
will be distributed to those persons purchasing such fractional interests,
and the shares of Preferred Stock will be issued to the Depositary under
the Deposit Agreement.
(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(6) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the rules and regulations under the
Securities Act.
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall
file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration
Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
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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.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS ISSUED ____________, 1998 (Subject to Completion)
$500,000,000
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
COMMON STOCK, PREFERRED STOCK, DEPOSITARY SHARES, DEBT
SECURITIES AND WARRANTS
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Omnicom Group Inc. (the "Company") may offer and issue from time to time
(i) common stock, par value $.50 per share ("Common Stock"), (ii) one or more
series of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Preferred Stock"),
interests in which may be represented by depositary shares ("Depositary
Shares"), (iii) one or more series of debt securities ("Debt Securities"),
consisting of debentures, notes and/or other unsecured evidences of
indebtedness, which may be unsubordinated ("Senior Debt Securities") or
subordinated ("Subordinated Debt Securities") to certain other obligations of
the Company, and (iv) warrants to purchase Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or
Common Stock ("Warrants", and together with the Common Stock, Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares and Debt Securities, "Securities"), at an aggregate initial
offering price not to exceed $500,000,000, at prices and on terms to be
determined at the time of sale. Securities may be offered, separately or
together, in separate series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth
in the applicable supplement or supplements to this Prospectus (each a
"Prospectus Supplement").
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth with regard to the
particular Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered,
the initial public offering price and the terms of the offering thereof, and (i)
in the case of Common Stock, the number of shares; (ii) in the case of Preferred
Stock, the serial designation and the number of shares, any dividend,
liquidation, redemption, conversion, voting or other rights of such Preferred
Stock and whether interests in such Preferred Stock will be evidenced by
Depositary Shares and, if so, the identity of the Depositary (as defined herein)
and the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock represented by each Depositary
Share; (iii) in the case of Debt Securities, the title, aggregate principal
amount, denominations, maturity, rate of interest, if any (which may be fixed or
variable), or method of calculation thereof, time of payment of any interest,
terms for redemption at the option of the Company or the holder, if any, terms
for sinking fund payments, if any, subordination terms, if any, conversion or
exchange rights, if any, and any other terms and conditions of such Debt
Securities; and (iv) in the case of Warrants, the duration, offering price,
exercise price and detachability of such Warrants, and any other terms and
conditions of such Warrants, as well as a description of the Debt Securities,
Preferred Stock or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise thereof. The
Prospectus Supplement will contain information concerning certain U.S. federal
income tax considerations, if applicable to the Securities offered.
The Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"OMC." The applicable Prospectus Supplement will contain information, where
applicable, as to any other listing on a securities exchange of the Securities
covered by such Prospectus Supplement.
Other than as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, all Debt
Securities will be unsecured obligations of the Company. Senior Debt Securities,
when issued, will rank on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Company. Subordinated Debt Securities, when issued, will be
subordinated as
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described herein under "DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES--SUBORDINATION OF
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES."
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This Prospectus may not be used to consummate the sale of any Securities
unless accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Company may sell Securities to or through underwriters acting as
principals for their own account or as agents, and also may sell such Securities
directly to other purchasers or through agents designated from time to time. The
applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth the initial public offering
price, the names of any underwriters or agents, the numbers or principal
amounts, if any, to be purchased by underwriters, the compensation of such
underwriters and agents, if any, and the net proceeds to the Company. If the
Company, directly or through agents, solicits offers to purchase the Securities,
the Company reserves the sole right to accept and, together with its agents, to
reject in whole or in part any proposed purchase of Securities. See "PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION".
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Available Information..........................................................3
Incorporation Of Certain Documents By Reference................................3
The Company....................................................................4
Use Of Proceeds................................................................5
Ratio Of Earnings To Fixed Charges.............................................5
General Description Of Offered Securities And Risk Factors.....................5
Description Of Debt Securities.................................................5
Description Of Preferred Stock................................................14
Description Of The Depositary Shares..........................................16
Description Of Warrants.......................................................18
Description Of Common Stock...................................................20
Plan Of Distribution..........................................................20
Experts.......................................................................22
Legal Matters.................................................................22
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NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS, OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO
SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE
REGISTERED SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES IN ANY
JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION IN SUCH JURISDICTION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR
ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION
THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE
HEREOF OR THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN IS
CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), which relates to the Securities offered
hereby (the "Registration Statement"). This Prospectus does not contain all of
the information contained in the Registration Statement and the exhibits and
schedules thereto, and reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement
and to Exhibits thereto for further information with respect to the Company and
the Securities offered hereby. Any statements contained in this Prospectus
concerning the contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily
complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the
Commission. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.
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
Commission. Copies of such reports, proxy statements, the Registration Statement
and exhibits thereto and other information may be inspected without charge at
the offices of the Commission at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Regional Offices located at 7
World Trade Center, 13th floor, New York, New York 10048; and Citicorp Center,
500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661, and copies of such
material may be obtained from the Pubic Reference Section of the Commission at
its Washington, D.C. or regional offices upon the payment of the fees prescribed
by the Commission. The Commission maintains a World Wide Web site on the
Internet at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission,
including the Company. In addition, reports, proxy statements and other
information concerning the Company may be inspected and copied at the offices of
the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The documents listed below have been filed by the Company with the
Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996;
(b) The Company's unaudited Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
quarters ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997;
(c) The Company's Report on Form 8-K dated January 17, 1997 relating
to the issuance of its 4 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due
2007; and the Company's Report on Form 8-K dated January 20, 1998 and
relating to the issuance of its 2 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures
due 2013; and
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(d) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act
and any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating that
description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to 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 from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein, in any Prospectus Supplement or in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference herein or therein
shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration
Statement, this Prospectus and such Prospectus Supplement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, in any Prospectus Supplement, or in any subsequently
filed document that also is or is deemed incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of the Registration Statement, this Prospectus or any
Prospectus Supplement.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of
this Prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of any such
person, a copy of any or all of the documents which have been or may be
incorporated into this Prospectus by reference (other than exhibits to such
documents). Written or telephone requests for such copies should be directed to
Barry J. Wagner, Secretary and General Counsel, Omnicom Group Inc., 437 Madison
Avenue, New York 10022; telephone number (212) 415-3600.
CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES MAY ENGAGE
IN TRANSACTIONS THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE
SECURITIES OR ANY SECURITIES THE PRICES OF WHICH MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE
PAYMENTS ON THE SECURITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE AGENTS SPECIFIED IN THE RELEVANT
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR PRICING SUPPLEMENT MAY OVERALLOT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
OFFERING, AND MAY BID FOR, AND PURCHASE, THE SECURITIES OR ANY SECURITIES THE
PRICES OF WHICH MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE PAYMENTS ON THE SECURITIES IN THE OPEN
MARKET. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES, SEE "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION" IN
THIS PROSPECTUS AND "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION" OR "UNDERWRITING" IN THE RELEVANT
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND PRICING SUPPLEMENT.
THE COMPANY
The Company through its wholly and partially owned companies (hereinafter
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Omnicom Group"), operates advertising
agencies which plan, create, produce and place advertising in various media such
as television, radio, newspapers and magazines. The Omnicom Group offers its
clients such additional services as marketing consultation, consumer market
research, design and production of merchandising and sales promotion programs
and materials, direct mail advertising, corporate identification, public
relations and interactive marketing. The Omnicom Group offers these services to
clients worldwide on a local, national, pan-regional or global basis. Operations
cover the major regions of North America, the United Kingdom, Continental
Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, the Far East and Australia. In 1996 and
1995, 51% and 53%, respectively, of the Omnicom Group's billings came from its
non-U.S. operations. According to the unaudited industry wide figures published
in 1997 in the trade journal, Advertising Age, the Omnicom Group was ranked as
the second largest advertising agency group worldwide.
The Omnicom Group operates as three separate, independent agency networks:
the BBDO Worldwide Network, the DDB Needham Worldwide Network and the TBWA
International Network. The Omnicom Group also operates several independent
agencies, including Cline Davis & Mann and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners,
certain marketing service and specialty advertising companies through its
Diversified Agency Services division and certain interactive marketing companies
through Communicade.
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A two-for-one stock split in the form of a one hundred percent stock
dividend on the Company's outstanding Common Stock was paid on December 29, 1997
to the shareholders of record on December 16, 1997.
The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 437 Madison
Avenue, New York New York 10022. Its telephone number is (212) 415-3600.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of any
Securities for general corporate purposes, which may include the reduction of
short-term indebtedness, the repurchase of Common Stock, investments in, or
extensions of credit to, the Company's subsidiaries, possible acquisitions, and
such other purposes as may be stated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Pending such use, the net proceeds may be temporarily invested. The precise
amounts and timing of the application of proceeds will depend upon the funding
requirements of the Company and its subsidiaries at the time of issuance and the
availability of other funds. Except as may be described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, specific allocations of the proceeds to such purposes
will not have been made at the date of such Prospectus Supplement.
Based upon the financial needs of the Company and its subsidiaries, the
Company may also engage in other financings of a character and amount to be
determined as the need arises.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the Company's ratio of earnings to fixed
charges on a historical basis for the periods indicated.
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Nine Months Nine Months
Year Ended December 31, Ended Ended
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1997
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Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges..... 2.28 2.32 3.15 3.59 4.17 3.80 4.01
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The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing fixed
charges into earnings before income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense and that portion of net rental expense deemed
representative of the interest factor.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF OFFERED SECURITIES AND RISK FACTORS
The Company may offer shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary
Shares, Debt Securities or Warrants or any combination of the foregoing either
individually or as units consisting of one or more securities under this
Prospectus.
CERTAIN OF THE SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED HEREBY MAY INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE
OF RISK. SUCH RISKS WILL BE SET FORTH IN THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT RELATING TO
SUCH OFFERED SECURITIES.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Company may offer under this Prospectus up to $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities, or if Debt Securities are issued at a
discount, such principal amount as may be sold for an initial public offering
price of up to $500,000,000. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, the Debt Securities will represent direct, unsecured
obligations of the Company.
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Subordinated Debt Securities are to be issued under an Indenture (the
"Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and the trustee named in the
applicable Prospective Supplement as the trustee therefor (the "Subordinated
Trustee"). Senior Debt Securities are to be issued under an Indenture (the
"Senior Indenture"), between the Company and the trustee named in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement as the trustee therefor (the "Senior Trustee"). The form
of Subordinated Indenture and the form of Senior Indenture are exhibits to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. The Senior Indenture
and the Subordinated Indenture are sometimes referred to collectively as the
"Indentures" and the Senior Trustee and the Subordinated Trustee are sometimes
referred to collectively as the "Trustees".
The terms of the Debt Securities will include those stated in the
Indentures and those made part of the respective Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), as in effect on the date of
such Indenture. The Debt Securities will be subject to all such terms, and
potential purchasers of the Debt Securities are referred to the Indenture and
the TIA for a statement thereof.
The following statements relating to the Debt Securities and the
Indentures are summaries and do not purport to be complete. Such summaries may
make use of certain terms defined in the Indentures and are qualified in their
entirety by express reference to the Indentures. Certain other specific terms of
any 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. As used in this "Description of Debt Securities,"
all references to the "Company" shall mean Omnicom Group Inc., excluding, unless
the context otherwise required or as expressly stated, its subsidiaries.
The Company currently has outstanding (i) $218,500,000 principal amount of
4 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures with a scheduled maturity in 2007,
which are convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price of $31.50, subject
to adjustment in certain events (the "4 1/4% Debentures") and (ii) $230,000,000
principal amount of 2 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures with a scheduled
maturity in 2013, which are convertible into Common Stock at a conversion price
of $49.83, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "2 1/4% Debentures",
and, together with the 4 1/4% Debentures, the "Existing Subordinated
Indebtedness"). The 4 1/4% Debentures were issued in accordance with the terms
of an Indenture dated as of January 3, 1997 between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Trustee. The 2 1/4% Debentures were issued in accordance with
the terms of an Indenture dated as of January 6, 1998 between the Company and
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee. In connection with certain other borrowing
facilities entered into by the Company and its subsidiaries, the Company is
subject to certain restrictions on the ratio of net cash flow to consolidated
indebtedness, the ratio of total consolidated indebtedness to total consolidated
capitalization and on its ability to make investments in and loans to affiliates
and unconsolidated subsidiaries.
GENERAL
The terms of each series of Debt Securities will be established by or
pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and set forth
or determined in the manner provided in an Officers' Certificate or by a
supplemental indenture. The particular terms of each series of Debt Securities
will be described in a Prospectus Supplement relating to such series (including
any pricing supplement thereto).
The Debt Securities that may be offered under the Indentures are not
limited in aggregate principal amount. The Debt Securities may be issued in one
or more series with the same or various maturities, at par, at a premium, or at
a discount. The Prospectus Supplement (including any pricing supplement
thereto), will set forth the initial offering price, the aggregate principal
amount and the following terms of the Debt Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is delivered:
(1) the title of such Debt Securities;
(2) whether such Debt Securities are Senior Debt Securities or
Subordinated Debt Securities or any combination thereof;
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(3) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the aggregate
principal amount thereof) at which the Debt Securities will be issued;
(4) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of such Debt
Securities;
(5) the date or dates on which principal on such Debt Securities
will be payable;
(6) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or,
if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including
any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index)
at which such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, the date or
dates from which such interest, if any, will commence and be payable and
any regular record date for the interest payable on the interest payment
date;
(7) the place or places where principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Debt Securities may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the
Debt Securities in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions;
(10) the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which
the Debt Securities will be repurchased by the Company at the option of
the holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such
repurchase obligations;
(11) the denominations in which such Debt Securities may be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(12) whether the Debt Securities are to be issuable in the form of
Certificated Debt Securities (as defined below) or Global Debt Securities
(as defined below);
(13) the portion of principal amount of such Debt Securities that
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity date
thereof, if other than the principal amount thereof;
(14) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for
such Debt Securities;
(15) any addition to or change in the covenants described herein or
in the Indentures with respect to such Debt Securities and any change in
the acceleration provisions described herein or in the Indentures with
respect to such Debt Securities;
(16) any Events of Default with respect to the Debt Securities, if
not otherwise set forth under " Events of Default";
(17) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Debt
Securities shall be exchanged for or converted into Common Stock or
Preferred Stock;
(18) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Debt
Securities and any guarantees thereof shall be subordinated in right of
payment to other indebtedness of the Company or any guarantor;
(19) the form and terms of any Guarantee of the Debt Securities;
(20) any other terms of such Debt Securities, which may modify or
delete any provision of the Indentures insofar as it applies to such
series;
(21) any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, or other
agents with respect to the Debt Securities.
(22) whether the subordination provisions summarized below or
different subordination provisions, including a different definition of
"Senior Indebtedness" will apply to any Debt Securities that are
Subordinated Debt Securities; and
(23) any other terms of such Debt Securities.
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Debt Securities may be issued at a substantial discount below the stated
principal amount and that provide for an amount less than the stated principal
amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to the terms of the Indentures ("Discount
Securities"). Federal income tax considerations and other special considerations
applicable to any such Discount Securities will be described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
EXCHANGE AND/OR CONVERSION RIGHTS
The terms, if any, on which Debt Securities of a series may be exchanged
for or converted into shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock will be set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
Each Debt Security will be represented by either one or more global
securities (each, a "Global Debt Security") registered in the name of The
Depository Trust Company, as Depository (the "Depository"), or a nominee of the
Depository (each such Debt Security represented by a Global Debt Security being
herein referred to as a "Book-Entry Debt Security"), or a certificate issued in
definitive registered form (a "Certificated Debt Security"), as set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. Except as set forth under "-- Global Debt
Securities and Book Entry System" below, Book-Entry Debt Securities will not be
issuable in certificated form.
Certificated Debt Securities. Certificated Debt Securities may be
transferred or exchanged at the Trustee's office or paying agencies in
accordance with the terms of the respective Indenture. No service charge will be
made for any transfer or exchange of Certificated Debt Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The transfer of Certificated Debt Securities and the right to receive the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, on such Certificated Debt
Securities may be effected only by surrender of the certificate representing
such Certificated Debt Securities and either reissuance by the Company or the
respective Trustee of such certificate to the new holder or the issuance by the
Company or the Trustee of a new certificate to the new holder.
Global Debt Securities and Book Entry System. The procedures that the
Depository has indicated it intends to follow with respect to Book-Entry Debt
Securities are set forth below.
Ownership of beneficial interests in Book-Entry Debt Securities will be
limited to persons that have accounts with the Depository for the related Global
Debt Security ("participants") or persons that may hold interests through
participants. Upon the issuance of a Global Debt Security, the Depository will
credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants'
accounts with the respective principal amounts of the Book-Entry Debt Securities
represented by such Global Debt Security beneficially owned by such
participants. The accounts to be credited shall be designated by any dealers,
underwriters or agents participating in the distribution of such Book-Entry Debt
Securities. Ownership of Book-Entry Debt Securities will be shown on, and the
transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only through, records
maintained by the Depository for the related Global Debt Security (with respect
to interests of participants) and on the records of participants (with respect
to interests of persons holding through participants). The laws of some states
may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such
securities in definitive form. Such laws may impair the ability to own, transfer
or pledge beneficial interests in Book-Entry Debt Securities.
So long as the Depository for a Global Debt Security, or its nominee, is
the registered owner of such Global Debt Security, the Depository or such
nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the
Book-Entry Debt Securities represented by such Global Debt Security for all
purposes under the Indentures. Except as set forth below, beneficial owners of
Book-Entry Debt Securities will not be entitled to have such securities
registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical
delivery of a certificate in definitive form representing such securities and
will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Indentures.
Accordingly, each person beneficially owning Book-Entry Debt Securities must
rely on the procedures
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of the Depository for the related Global Debt Security and, if such person is
not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such
person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a Holder under the
Indentures.
The Company understands, however, that under existing industry practice,
the Depository will authorize the persons on whose behalf it holds a Global Debt
Security to exercise certain rights of holders of Debt Securities, and the
Indentures provide that the Company, the Guarantors, if any, the Trustees and
their respective agents will treat as the holder of a Debt Security the persons
specified in a written statement of the Depository with respect to such Global
Debt Security for purposes of obtaining any consents or directions required to
be given by holders of the Debt Securities pursuant to the Indentures.
Payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on Book-Entry
Debt Securities will be made to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may
be, as the registered holder of the related Global Debt Security. None of the
Company, the Guarantors, if any, the Trustees or any other agent of the Company
or agent of the Trustees will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in such Global Debt Security or for maintaining, supervising
or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Company expects that the Depository, upon receipt of any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on a Global Debt Security,
will immediately credit participants' accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to the respective amounts of Book-Entry Debt Securities held by
each such participant as shown on the records of such Depository. The Company
also expects that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in
Book-Entry Debt Securities held through such participants will be governed by
standing customer instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with
the securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered
in "street name," and will be the responsibility of such participants.
If the Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as
Depository or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
and a successor Depository registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange
Act is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue
Certificated Debt Securities in exchange for each Global Debt Security. In
addition, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine not
to have the Book-Entry Debt Securities of any series represented by one or more
Global Debt Securities and, in such event, will issue Certificated Debt
Securities in exchange for the Global Debt Securities of such series. Global
Debt Securities will also be exchangeable by the holders for Certificated Debt
Securities if an Event of Default with respect to the Book-Entry Debt Securities
represented by such Global Debt Securities has occurred and is continuing. Any
Certificated Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Debt Security will
be registered in such name or names as the Depository shall instruct the
respective Trustee. It is expected that such instructions will be based upon
directions received by the Depository from participants with respect to
ownership of Book-Entry Debt Securities relating to such Global Debt Security.
The foregoing information in this section concerning the Depository and
the Depository's book-entry system has been obtained from sources the Company
believes to be reliable, but the Company takes no responsibility for the
accuracy thereof.
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The obligations of the Company to make any payment on account of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Subordinated Debt Securities
will, to the extent set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, be subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined below) of the
Company. During the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of any
default in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due
on any Senior Indebtedness, no payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities shall be made by the Company. In
addition, upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, and interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities is to be
subordinated to the extent provided in the Subordinated Indenture in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. By reason of
such subordination provisions, in the event of the Company's dissolution,
holders of Senior Indebtedness may
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receive more, ratably, and holders of the Debentures may receive less, ratably,
than the other creditors of the Company. Such subordination will not prevent the
occurrence of any Event of Default under the Indenture.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
"Senior Indebtedness" of the Company means the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following,
whether outstanding on the date of the Indentures or thereafter incurred or
created:
(a) all indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed (including
any indebtedness secured by a mortgage or other lien which is (i) given to
secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject thereto,
whether given to the vendor of such property or to another, or (ii)
existing on property at the time of acquisition thereof);
(b) all indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures,
bonds or other securities sold by the Company for money;
(c) all lease obligations of the Company which are capitalized on
the books of the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(d) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of
the preceding clauses (a) or (b) or all lease obligations of others of the
kind described in the preceding clause (c) assumed by or guaranteed in any
manner by the Company or in effect guaranteed by the Company through an
agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise; and
(e) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the
kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) or (d) and all
renewals or extensions of leases of the kinds described in either of the
preceding clauses (c) or (d);
unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or
refunding, the instrument or lease creating or evidencing the same or the
assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness,
lease, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to,
or is pari passu with, the Debt Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Senior Indebtedness shall not include (i) any indebtedness or lease obligation
of any kind of the Company to any subsidiary of the Company, a majority of the
voting stock of which is owned by the Company, (ii) the Company's 4 1/4%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2007 and (iii) the Company's 2 1/4%
Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2013.
As of September 30, 1997, the Company had $482,884,000 of Senior
Indebtedness outstanding. The amount of Senior Indebtedness may change in the
future. The Indentures contain no limitations on the incurrence of Senior
Indebtedness.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the provisions,
if any, applicable to the subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities of a
particular series offered thereby.
COVENANTS
Unless otherwise indicated in this Prospectus or a Prospectus Supplement,
the Debt Securities will not have the benefit of any covenants that limit or
restrict the Company's business or operations or the incurrence of indebtedness
of the Company.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe any material covenants
in respect of a series of Debt Securities. Other than the covenants of the
Company included in the Indentures as described above or as described in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, there are no covenants or other provisions in
the Indentures providing for a put or increased interest or otherwise that would
afford holders of Debt Securities additional protection in the event of a
recapitalization transaction, a change of control of the Company or a highly
leveraged transaction.
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Except as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, there are no
covenants or other provisions in the Indentures providing for a put or increased
interest or otherwise that would afford holders of Debt Securities additional
protection in the event of a recapitalization transaction, a change of control
of the Company or a highly leveraged transaction.
LIMITATION ON LIENS
As long as any of the Senior Debt Securities are outstanding (unless
provision has been made for the payment of all amounts due or to become due
thereon in accordance with the terms of the Senior Indenture), the Company
undertakes not to grant any security interest in any or all of its present or
future assets to secure any other indebtedness of the Company for borrowed money
represented by notes, bonds, debentures or other debt securities, ranking senior
to or on a parity with the Senior Debt Securities, issued pursuant to a
distribution (i) in an underwritten public offering registered under the
Securities Act or (ii) in an underwritten offering to institutional investors
pursuant to Rule 144A without at the same time securing all outstanding Senior
Debt Securities equally and ratably with such securities.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
The Company may not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey,
transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any
Person (a "Successor Person") unless (i) the Company is the surviving
corporation or the Successor Person (if other than the Company) is a
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing
under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia and expressly assumes the Company's obligations under the Debt
Securities and under the Indentures, (ii) immediately prior to and after giving
effect to the 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 occurred
and be continuing under the Indentures, and (iii) certain other conditions are
met.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
following will be Events of Default under each of the Indentures with respect to
Debt Securities of any series: (a) default in the payment of any interest upon
any Debt Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of
such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a paying agent
prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); (b) default in the payment
of principal of or premium, if any, on any Debt Security of that series when
such payment becomes due and payable, at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in
respect of any Debt Security of that series; (d) default in the performance or
breach of any other covenant or warranty of the Company in the respective
Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in the
Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Debt Securities other than that
series), which default continues uncured for a period of 45 days after written
notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of that series as provided in the Indenture; (e) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company and the
Guarantors, if any; and (f) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Debt Securities of that series that is described in the Prospectus Supplement
accompanying this Prospectus. No Event of Default with respect to a particular
series of Debt Securities (except as to certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency
or reorganization with respect to the Company) necessarily constitutes an Event
of Default with respect to any other series of Debt Securities. The occurrence
of an Event of Default may constitute an event of default under the Company's
bank credit agreements in existence from time to time. In addition, the
occurrence of certain Events of Default or an acceleration under the respective
Indenture may constitute an event of default under certain other indebtedness
and/or preferred stock of the Company outstanding from time to time.
If an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series at
the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Debt Securities of that series may, by a notice in writing to the Company (and
to the Trustee if given by
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the holders), declare to be due and payable immediately the principal (or, if
the Debt Securities of that series are Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, on all Debt Securities of that series. In the case
of an Event of Default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency
or reorganization, the principal (or such specified amount) of and accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Debt Securities shall ipso facto
become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any holder of outstanding Debt Securities. At any
time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of any
series has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Trustee, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series may rescind and annul
such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of
accelerated principal and interest, if any, with respect to Debt Securities of
that series, have been cured or waived as provided in the respective Indenture.
For information as to waiver of defaults, see the discussion set forth below
under "-- Modification and Waiver." Reference is made to the Prospectus
Supplement relating to any series of Debt Securities that are Discount
Securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion
of the principal amount of such Discount Securities upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default.
Each Indenture provides that the Trustee will be under no obligation to
exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any
holder of outstanding Debt Securities, unless the Trustee receives indemnity
satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. Subject to certain
rights of the Trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Debt 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 Debt Securities of that series.
No holder of any Debt Security of any series will have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indentures
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy under the
Indentures, unless such holder shall have previously given to the Trustee
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities
of that series and unless also the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series shall have made written
request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such
proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that
series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to
institute such proceeding within 60 days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
holder of any Debt Security will have an absolute and unconditional right to
receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and any interest on
such Debt Security on or after the due dates expressed in such Debt Security and
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment.
Each Indenture requires the Company to furnish to the Trustee a statement
as to compliance with the Indenture. Each Indenture provides that the Trustee
may withhold notice to the holders of Debt Securities of any series of any
Default or Event of Default (except in payment on any Debt Securities of such
series) with respect to Debt Securities of such series if it in good faith
determines that withholding such notice is in the interest of the holders of
such Debt Securities.
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
Modifications to, and amendments of, the Indentures may be made by the
Company and the respective Trustee with the consent of the holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of each series
under the respective Indenture affected by such modifications or amendments;
provided, however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security affected thereby: (a)
reduce the amount of Debt Securities whose holders must consent to an amendment
or waiver; (b) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest
(including default interest) on any Debt Security; (c) reduce the principal of
or premium, if any, on or change the fixed maturity of any Debt Security or
reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking
fund or analogous obligation with respect to any series of Debt Securities; (d)
reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of
the maturity thereof; (e) waive a default in the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, or any interest on any Debt Security (except a rescission of
acceleration of the Debt Securities of any series by the holders of at least a
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majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities
of such series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration); (f) make the principal of or premium, if any, or any interest on
any Debt Security payable in currency other than that stated in the Debt
Security; (g) make any change to certain provisions of the respective Indenture
protecting the right of each holder of Debt Securities to receive payment of the
principal of and premium, if any, and any interest on such Debt Securities on or
after the due date thereof or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment and to waivers or amendments; or (h) waive a redemption payment with
respect to any Debt Security. The Company and the respective Trustee may amend
each respective Indenture or the Debt Securities without notice to or consent of
any holder of a Debt Security: (i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or
inconsistency; (ii) to comply with the respective Indenture's provisions
regarding successor corporations; (iii) to comply with any requirements of the
Commission in connection with the qualification of the respective Indenture
under the TIA; (iv) to provide for Global Debt Securities in addition to or in
place of Certificated Debt Securities; (v) to add to, change or eliminate any of
the provisions of the respective Indenture in respect of one or more series of
Debt Securities, provided, however, that any such addition, change or
elimination (A) shall neither (1) apply to any Debt Security of any series
created prior to the execution of such amendment and entitled to the benefit of
such provision, nor (2) modify the rights of a holder of any such Debt Security
with respect to such provision, or (B) shall become effective only when there is
no outstanding Debt Security of any series created prior to such amendment and
entitled to the benefit of such provision; (vi) to make any change that does not
adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any holder; (vii) to
secure any Debt Securities; or (viii) to provide for the issuance of and
establish the form and terms and conditions of additional series of Debt
Securities as permitted by the respective Indenture.
The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Debt Securities of any series may, on behalf of the holders of all Debt
Securities of that series, waive, insofar as that series is concerned,
compliance by the Company with provisions of the respective Indenture other than
certain specified provisions. The holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of
all the Debt Securities of such series waive any past default under the
respective Indenture with respect to such series and its consequences, except a
default in the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or any interest
on any Debt Security of that 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 Security of such series affected; provided, however, that the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Debt
Securities of any series may rescind an acceleration of the Debt Securities of
any series, including a wavier of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration.
DEFEASANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES AND CERTAIN COVENANTS
IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
Legal Defeasance. Each Indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided
by the terms of the applicable series of Debt Securities, the Company may be
discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Debt Securities of any
series (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of
Debt Securities of such series, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated Debt
Securities of such series, and to maintain paying agencies and certain
provisions relating to the treatment of funds held by paying agents) upon the
deposit with the Trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. Government Obligations
that, through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants to pay
and discharge each installment of principal (and premium, if any) and any
interest on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Debt
Securities of such series on the stated maturity of such payments in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and such Debt Securities. Such discharge may
occur only if, among other things, the Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an opinion of counsel stating that the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling
or, since the date of execution of the respective Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case to
the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the holders
of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss
for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit,
defeasance and discharge and will be subject to United States federal income tax
on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred.
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Defeasance of Certain Covenants. Each Indenture provides that, unless
otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of Debt Securities,
upon compliance with certain conditions, the Company may omit to comply with the
restrictive covenants, if any, set forth in each respective Indenture, as well
as any additional covenants or other provisions which may be set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, and any omission to comply with such covenants
will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series ("covenant defeasance"). The conditions include: the
deposit with the trustee of money and/or U.S. Government Obligations that,
through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance
with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants to pay and
discharge each installment of principal of and premium, if any, and any interest
on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Debt Securities of
such series on the stated maturity of such payments in accordance with the terms
of the respective Indenture and such Debt Securities; and the delivery to the
Trustee of an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the Debt
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and related
covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on
the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been
the case if such deposit and related covenant defeasance had not occurred.
REGARDING THE TRUSTEE
The respective Trustee with respect to any series of Debt Securities will
be identified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt Securities.
Each Indenture and provisions of the TIA incorporated by reference therein
contain certain limitations on the rights of the respective Trustee, should it
become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases,
or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim, as
security or otherwise. Each Trustee and its affiliates may engage in, and will
be permitted to continue to engage in, other transactions with the Company and
its affiliates, provided, however, that if it acquires any conflicting interest
(as defined in the TIA), it must eliminate such conflict or resign.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt
Securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the
respective Trustee. The TIA and each Indenture provide that in case an Event of
Default shall occur (and be continuing), the respective Trustee will be
required, in the exercise of its rights and powers, to use the degree of care
and skill of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such
provision, each Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its
rights or powers under the respective Indenture at the request of any of the
holders of the Debt Securities issued thereunder, unless they have offered to
the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to it.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
Under the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate of
Incorporation"), up to 7,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per
share (the "Preferred Stock"), may be issued from time to time, in one or more
series, as authorized by the Board of Directors, without the approval of
shareholders, and having the powers, preferences and rights, and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of the series. Prior
to issuance of shares of each series, the Board of Directors is required by the
Business Corporation Law of the State of New York (the "NYBCL") to cause to be
filed a Certificate of Amendment (the "Certificate of Amendment") with the
Secretary of State of the State of New York, fixing for each such series the
powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions, of the shares of the series. The Board of Directors could
authorize the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock with terms and conditions
which could have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other transaction
which holders of some, or a majority, of such shares might believe to be in
their best interests or in which holders of some, or a majority, of such shares
might receive a premium for their shares over the then-market price of such
shares.
Subject to limitations prescribed by the NYBCL, the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws"), the resolution or
resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the division of Preferred
Stock into series within a class may include the following provisions:
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(1) The distinctive designation of each series and the maximum
number of shares of each series which may be issued, which number may be
increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in
creating the series) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of
the series then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of
Directors;
(2) Whether the holders of shares of each series are entitled to
vote and if so the matters on which they are entitled to vote, the number
of votes to which the holder of each share is entitled, and whether the
shares of the series are to be voted separately or together with shares of
other series;
(3) The dividends to which holders of shares of each series will be
entitled; any restrictions, conditions or limitations upon the payment of
those dividends; whether the dividends will be cumulative and, if
cumulative, the date or dates from which the dividends will be cumulative;
(4) Whether the shares of one or more series will be subject to
redemption, and if so, whether redemption will be mandatory or optional,
and if optional, at whose option, the manner of selecting shares for
redemption, the redemption price and the manner of redemption;
(5) The amount payable on shares of each series if there is a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, which amount may
vary at different dates and depending upon whether the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up is voluntary or involuntary;
(6) The obligation, if any, of the Company to maintain a purchase,
retirement or sinking fund for shares of each series;
(7) Whether the shares of one or more series will be convertible
into or exchangeable for, any other types of securities, either at the
option of the holder or of the Company, and if so, the terms of the
conversions or exchanges;
(8) whether Depositary Shares representing shares of one or more
series will be offered and, if so, the fraction or multiple of such series
represented by each Depositary Share; and
(9) Any other provisions regarding the powers, preferences and
rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of each
series which are not inconsistent with applicable law.
All shares of a series of Preferred Stock will be identical with each other in
all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different times may
differ as to the dates from which dividends on those shares shall be cumulative.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the class or
series of Preferred Stock being offered for the specific terms thereof. Unless
otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement, the Preferred Stock will, with
respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company rank: (i) senior to all classes or series of Common Stock of
the Company, and to all equity securities issued by the Company the terms of
which specifically provide that such equity securities rank junior to such
Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company; (ii) on a parity with all equity
securities issued by the Company that do not rank senior or junior to the
Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company; and (iii) junior to all equity
securities issued by the Company the terms of which do not specifically provide
that such equity securities rank on a parity with or junior to the Preferred
Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company (including any entity with which the Company may be
merged or consolidated or to which all or substantially all the assets of the
Company may be transferred or which transfers all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company). As used for these purposes, the term "equity securities"
does not include convertible debt securities.
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See "DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK" for certain considerations in connection
with the Company's present and future ability to pay dividends.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEPOSITARY SHARES
The Company may, at its option, elect to offer Depositary Shares rather
than full shares of Preferred Stock. In the event such option is exercised, each
of the Depositary Shares will represent ownership of and entitlement to all
rights and preferences of a fraction of a share of Preferred Stock of a
specified series (including dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation
rights). The applicable fraction will be specified in the Prospectus Supplement.
The shares of Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares will be
deposited with a Depositary (the "Depositary") named in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, under a Deposit Agreement (the "Deposit Agreement"),
among the Company, the Depositary and the holders of certificates evidencing
Depositary Shares ("Depositary Receipts"). The Depositary Receipts will be
delivered to those persons purchasing Depositary Shares in the offering. The
Depositary will be the transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent
for the Depositary Shares. holders of Depositary Receipts agree to be bound by
the Deposit Agreement, which requires holders to take certain actions such as
filing proof of residence and paying certain charges.
The summary of terms of the Company's Depositary Shares contained in this
Prospectus does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in
its entirety by, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation and the Certificate of Amendment for the applicable
series of Preferred Stock.
DIVIDENDS
The Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash
distributions received in respect of the series of Preferred Stock represented
by the Depositary Shares to the record holders of Depositary Receipts in
proportion to the number of Depositary Shares owned by such holders on the
relevant record date, which will be the same date as the record date fixed by
the Company for the applicable series of Preferred Stock. The Depositary,
however, will distribute only such amount as can be distributed without
attributing to any Depositary Share a fraction of one cent, and any balance not
so distributed will be added to and treated as part of the next sum received by
the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Depositary Receipts then
outstanding.
In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the Depositary will
distribute property received by it to the record holders of Depositary Receipts
entitled thereto, in proportion, as nearly as may be practicable, to the number
of Depositary Shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date, unless
the Depositary determines (after consultation with the Company) that it is not
feasible to make such distribution, in which case the Depositary may (with the
approval of the Company) adopt any other method for such distribution as it
deems appropriate, including the sale of such property and distribution of the
net proceeds from such sale to such holders.
LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs
of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, each Depositary Share will
represent, and the owner thereof will be entitled to, the fraction of the
liquidation preference accorded each share of the applicable series of Preferred
Stock, as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
REDEMPTION
If the series of Preferred Stock represented by the applicable series of
Depositary Shares is redeemable, such Depositary Shares will be redeemed from
the proceeds received by the Depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole
or in part, of Preferred Stock held by the Depositary. Whenever the Company
redeems any Preferred Stock held by the Depositary, the Depositary will redeem
as of the same redemption date the number of Depositary Shares representing the
Preferred Stock so redeemed. The Depositary will mail the notice of redemption
promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Company and not less than 35 nor
more than 60 days prior to the
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date fixed for redemption of the Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares to
the record holders of the Depositary Receipts.
VOTING
Promptly upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the
series of Preferred Stock represented by the applicable series of Depositary
Shares are entitled to vote, the Depositary will mail the information contained
in such notice of meeting to the record holders of the Depositary Receipts as of
the record date for such meeting. Each such record holder of Depositary Receipts
will be entitled to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights pertaining to the number of shares of Preferred Stock represented by such
record holder's Depositary Shares. The Depositary will endeavor, insofar as
practicable, to vote such Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares
in accordance with such instructions, and the Company will agree to take all
action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the
Depositary to do so. The Depositary will abstain from voting any of the
Preferred Stock to the extent that it does not receive specific instructions
from the holders of Depositary Receipts.
WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED STOCK
Upon surrender of Depositary Receipts at the principal office of the
Depositary, upon payment of any unpaid amount due the Depositary, and subject to
the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the owner of the Depositary Shares evidenced
thereby is entitled to delivery of the number of whole shares of Preferred Stock
and all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares.
Partial shares of Preferred Stock will not be issued. If the Depositary Receipts
delivered by the holder evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the
number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Preferred
Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary will deliver to such holder at the same
time a new Depositary Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary
Shares. Holders of Preferred Stock thus withdrawn will not thereafter be
entitled to deposit such shares under the Deposit Agreement or to receive
Depositary Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares therefor.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
The form of Depositary Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares and any
provision of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be
amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary. However, any
amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders (other
than any change in fees) of Depositary Shares will not be effective unless such
amendment has been approved by at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then
outstanding. No such amendment may impair the right, subject to the terms of the
Deposit Agreement, of any owner of any Depositary Shares to surrender the
Depositary Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares with instructions to the
Depositary to deliver to the holder the Preferred Stock and all money and other
property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory
provisions of applicable law. The Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the
Company or the Depositary only if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares have
been redeemed, or (ii) there has been a final distribution in respect of the
Preferred Stock in connection with any dissolution of the Company and such
distribution has been made to all the owners of Depositary Shares.
CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY
The Company will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges
arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company
will pay charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the
Preferred Stock and the initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, any
redemption of the Preferred Stock and all withdrawals of Preferred Stock by
owners of Depositary Shares. holders of Depositary Receipts will pay transfer,
income and other taxes and governmental charges and certain other charges as are
provided in the Deposit Agreement to be for their accounts. In certain
circumstances, the Depositary may refuse to transfer Depositary Shares, may
withhold dividends and distributions and sell the Depositary Shares evidenced by
such Depositary Receipt if such charges are not paid.
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MISCELLANEOUS
The Depositary will forward to the holders of Depositary Receipts all
reports and communications from the Company which are delivered to the
Depositary and which the Company is required to furnish to the holders of the
Preferred Stock. In addition, the Depositary will make available for inspection
by holders of Depositary Receipts at the principal office of the Depositary, and
at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any reports and
communications received from the Company which are received by the Depositary as
the holder of Preferred Stock.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company assumes any obligation or will be
subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to holders of Depositary
Receipts other than for its negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the
Depositary nor the Company will be liable if it is prevented or delayed by law
or any circumstance beyond its control in performing its obligations under the
Deposit Agreement. The obligations of the Company and the Depositary under the
Deposit Agreement will be limited to performance in good faith of their duties
thereunder, and they will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal
proceeding in respect of any Depositary Shares or Preferred Stock unless
satisfactory indemnity is furnished. The Company and the Depositary may rely on
written advice of counsel or accountants, on information provided by holders of
Depositary Receipts or other persons believed in good faith to be competent to
give such information and on documents believed to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY
The 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 Depositary,
any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a
successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. Such successor
Depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice for
resignation or removal and must 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 $150,000,000.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The Company may issue warrants to purchase Debt Securities (the "Debt
Warrants"), Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock Warrants") or Common Stock
(the "Common Stock Warrants" and, collectively with the Debt Warrants and the
Preferred Stock Warrants, the "Warrants"). Warrants may be issued independently
or together with any Securities and may be attached to or separate from such
Securities. The Warrants are to be issued under warrant agreements (each a
"Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust
company, as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"), all as shall be set forth in
the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Warrants being offered pursuant
thereto.
DEBT WARRANTS
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of Debt
Warrants offered thereby, the Warrant Agreement relating to such Debt Warrants
and the Debt Warrant certificates representing such Debt Warrants, including the
following:
(1) the title of such Debt Warrants;
(2) the aggregate number of such Debt Warrants;
(3) the price or prices at which such Debt Warrants will be issued;
(4) the designation, aggregate principal amount and terms of the
Debt Securities purchasable upon exercise of such Debt Warrants, and the
procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of such Debt Warrants;
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(5) the designation and terms of any related Debt Securities with
which such Debt Warrants are issued, and the number of such Debt Warrants
issued with each such security;
(6) the date, if any, on and after which such Debt Warrants and the
related Debt Securities will be separately transferable;
(7) the principal amount of Debt Securities purchasable upon
exercise of each Debt Warrant, and the price at which such principal
amount of Debt Securities may be purchased upon such exercise;
(8) the date on which the right to exercise such Warrants shall
commence, and the date on which such right shall expire;
(9) the maximum or minimum number of such Debt Warrants which may be
exercised at any time;
(10) a discussion of the material United States federal income tax
considerations applicable to the exercise of such Debt Warrants; and
(11) any other terms of such Debt Warrants and terms, procedures and
limitations relating to the exercise of such Debt Warrants.
Debt Warrant certificates will be exchangeable for new Debt Warrant
certificates of different denominations, and Debt Warrants may be exercised at
the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Prior to the exercise of their Debt
Warrants, holders of Debt Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of
the securities purchasable upon such exercise and will not be entitled to
payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or any interest on the securities
purchasable upon such exercise.
PREFERRED STOCK WARRANTS AND COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the following terms of
Preferred Stock Warrants or Common Stock Warrants in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered:
(1) the title of such Warrants;
(2) the securities for which such Warrants are exercisable;
(3) the price or prices at which such Warrants will be issued;
(4) the number of such Warrants issued with each share of Preferred
Stock or Common Stock;
(5) any provisions for adjustment of the number or amount of shares
of Preferred Stock or Common Stock receivable upon exercise of such
Warrants or the exercise price of such Warrants;
(6) if applicable, the date on and after which such Warrants and the
related Preferred Stock or Common Stock will be separately transferable;
(7) if applicable, a discussion of the material United States
federal income tax considerations applicable to the exercise of such
Warrants;
(8) any other terms of such Warrants, including terms, procedures
and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of such Warrants;
(9) the date on which the right to exercise such Warrants shall
commence, and the date on which such right shall expire; and
(10) the maximum or minimum number of such Warrants which may be
exercised at any time.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Each Warrant will entitle the holder of Warrants to purchase for cash such
principal amount of Debt Securities or shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock
at such exercise price as shall in each case be set forth in,
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or be determinable as set forth in, the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
Warrants offered thereby. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close
of business on the expiration date set forth in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to the Warrants offered thereby. After the close of business on the
expiration date, unexercised Warrants will become void.
Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to the Warrants offered thereby. Upon receipt of payment and the
Warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in the Prospectus
Supplement, the Company will, as soon as practicable, forward the Debt
Securities or shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock purchasable upon such
exercise. If less than all of the Warrants represented by such Warrant
certificate are exercised, a new Warrant certificate will be issued for the
remaining Warrants.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
The Company's authorized capital consists of 300,000,000 shares of $0.50
par value Common Stock, of which 161,969,510 were outstanding on January 2,
1998, and 7,500,000 shares of $1.00 par value Preferred Stock, none of which is
outstanding. The foregoing reflects the two-for-one stock split in the form of a
one hundred percent stock dividend on the Company's outstanding Common Stock
payable to shareholders of record on December 16, 1997.
Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote on all
matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. All shares of Common Stock have
equal rights and are entitled to such dividends as may be declared by the Board
of Directors out of funds legally available therefor and to share ratably upon
liquidation in the assets available for distribution to shareholders. The Common
Stock is not subject to call or assessment, has no preemptive conversion or
cumulative voting rights and is not subject to redemption. The Company's
shareholders elect a classified board of directors and may not remove a director
except by an affirmative two-thirds vote of all outstanding shares. A two-thirds
vote is also required for the Company's shareholders to amend the Company's
Bylaws or certain provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation, and to change
the number of directors comprising the full board.
The Company is not aware of any restrictions on its present or future
ability to pay dividends. However, as indicated in "DESCRIPTION OF DEBT
SECURITIES," in connection with certain borrowing facilities entered into by the
Company and its subsidiaries, the Company is subject to certain restrictions on
the ratio of net cash flow to consolidated indebtedness, the ratio of total
consolidated indebtedness to total consolidated capitalization and on its
ability to make investments in and loans to affiliates and unconsolidated
subsidiaries.
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, 450 West 33rd Street, New York, New York
10001 is the transfer agent and the registrar of the Common Stock.
The Company mails to its shareholders annual reports containing audited
financial statements.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell Securities to or through underwriters to be
designated from time to time, and also may sell Securities directly to other
purchasers or through agents. The distribution of Securities may be effected
from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which
may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Sales of the
Common Stock may also be effected from time to time in one or more transactions
on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Securities will be new issues of securities with, other than the
Common Stock, no established trading market. It has not presently been
established whether the underwriters, if any, of such Securities will make a
market in such Securities. If a market in such Securities is made by any such
underwriters, such market making may be
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discontinued at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the
liquidity of the trading market for such Securities.
In order to facilitate the offering of the Securities, the underwriters
may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the
price of the Securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used
to determine payments on such Securities. Specifically, the underwriters may
overallot in connection with the offering, creating a short position in the
Securities for their own accounts. In addition, to cover overallotments or to
stabilize the price of the Securities or of any such other securities, the
underwriters may bid for, and purchase, the Securities or any such other
securities in the open market. Finally, in any offering of the Securities
through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim
selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing the
Securities in the offering if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed
Securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization
transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the
market price of the Securities above independent market levels. The underwriters
are not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these
activities at any time.
In connection with the sale of Securities, underwriters may receive
compensation from the Company or from purchasers of Securities for whom they may
act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. 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
agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of
Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts or commissions
received by them from the Company and any profit on the resale of Securities by
them may be deemed underwriting discounts and commissions, under the Securities
Act. Any such underwriter or agent will be identified, and any such compensation
received from the Company will be described, in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
obligations of any such underwriters to purchase Securities will be subject to
certain conditions precedent, and each of the underwriters with respect to a
sale of Securities will be obligated to purchase all of its Securities if any
are purchased. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, any such agent involved in the offer and sale of the Securities in
respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered will be acting on a "best
efforts" basis for the period of its appointment.
If any underwriters are utilized in the sale of the Securities in respect
of which this Prospectus is delivered, the Company will enter into an
underwriting agreement with such underwriters at the time of sale to them and
the names of the underwriters and the terms of the transaction will be set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement, which will be used by the underwriters to make
resales of the Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered to
the public. The underwriters may be entitled, under the relevant underwriting
agreement, to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage
in transactions with or perform services for the Company in the ordinary course
of business.
Under agreements that may be entered into by the Company, underwriters,
agents and their controlling persons who participate in the distribution of
Securities may be entitled to indemnification by the Company against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will
authorize dealers or other persons acting as the Company's agents to solicit
offers by certain institutions to purchase any Securities from the Company
pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date.
Institutions with which such contracts may be made include commercial and
savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies,
educational and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases such
institutions must be approved by the Company. The obligations of any purchaser
under any such contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of
any Securities will not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of
the jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject. The underwriters and such
other agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or
performance of such contracts.
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If the Company offers and sells Securities directly to a purchaser or
purchasers in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered, purchasers involved
in the reoffer or resale of such Securities, if such purchasers in respect
thereof may be deemed to be underwriters as that term is defined in the
Securities Act, will be named and the terms of such reoffers or resales will be
set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such purchasers may then
reoffer and resell such Securities to the public or otherwise at varying prices
to be determined by such purchasers at the time of resale or as otherwise
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Purchasers of Securities
directly from the Company may be entitled under agreements that they may enter
into with the Company to indemnification by the Company against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may engage in
transactions with or perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of
their business or otherwise.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated may act as underwriter, dealer or agent
in connection with the sale of Securities. Underwriters or agents and their
associates may be customers of (including borrowers from), engage in
transactions with, and/or perform services for, the Company and its
subsidiaries, or either Trustee, in the ordinary course of business.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and the financial statement schedule
of the Company and its subsidiaries 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 included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as
experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the legality of the securities
offered hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Donovan Leisure Newton &
Irvine LLP, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10112.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
Expenses payable in connection with the distribution of the securities
being registered (estimated except for the registration fee), all of which will
be borne by the Registrant, are as follows:
Registration Fee............................... $147,500
Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................... $ *
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Printing and Engraving Fees.................... $ *
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Legal Fees and Expenses........................ $ *
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Blue Sky Fees and Expenses..................... $ *
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Accounting Fees and Expenses................... $ *
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Warrant Agent's Fees and Expenses.............. $ *
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Transfer Agent's and Registration Fees
and Expenses................................. $ *
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Rating Agency Fees............................. $ *
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Miscellaneous Expenses......................... $ *
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* To be filed by amendment (estimated).
Item l5. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision
limiting the liability of directors (except for approving statutorily prohibited
dividends, share repurchases or redemptions, distributions of assets on
dissolution or loans to directors) to acts or omissions in bad faith, involving
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, or resulting in
personal gain to which the director was not legally entitled. The Registrant's
By-Laws provide that an officer or director will be indemnified against any
costs or liabilities, including attorneys fees and amounts paid in settlement
with the consent of the registrant in connection with any claim, action or
proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by the New York Business Corporation
Law.
Section 722(a) of the New York Business Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify any officer or director, made or threatened to be
made, a party to an action or proceeding other than one by or in the right of
the corporation, including an action by or on the right of any other corporation
or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the corporation served in
any capacity at the request of the corporation, because he was a director or
officer of the corporation, or served such other corporation or other enterprise
in any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily incurred
as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such
director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably
believed to be in, or in the case of service for any other corporation or other
enterprise, not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in
criminal actions or proceedings, in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe
that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 722(c) of the New York Business Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify any officer or director made, or threatened to be
made, a party to an action by or in the right of the corporation by reason of
the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of any
other corporation of any type or kind, or other enterprise, against amounts paid
in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and
necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action, or in connection with an appeal therein, if such director or officer
acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in, or,
in the case of service for another corporation or other enterprise, not opposed
to, the best interests of the corporation. The corporation may not, however,
indemnify any officer or director pursuant to Section 722(c) in respect of (1) a
threatened action, or a
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pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of, or (2) any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the
action was brought or, if no action was brought, any court of competent
jurisdiction, determines upon application, that the person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement and expenses
as the court deems proper.
Section 723 of the New York Business Corporation Law provides that an
officer or director who has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the
defense of a civil or criminal action of the character set forth in Section 722
is entitled to indemnification as permitted in such section. Section 724 of the
New York Business Corporation Law permits a court to award the indemnification
required by Section 722.
The Company has entered into agreements with its directors to indemnify
them for liabilities or costs arising out of any alleged or actual breach of
duty, neglect, errors or omissions while serving as a director. The Company also
maintains and pays premiums for directors' and officers' liability insurance
policies.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit
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1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement (for Debt Securities and Warrants).*
1.2 Form of Underwriting Agreement (for Common Stock and
Preferred Stock).*
4.1 Certificate of Incorporation (as amended on December 4, 1997 and as
restated for filing purposes).
4.2 Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Omnicom Group Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1987).
4.3 Form of Certificate of Designation with Respect to Preferred Stock.*
4.4 Form of Senior Indenture.
4.5 Form of Senior Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.4).
4.6 Form of Subordinated Indenture.
4.7 Form of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.6).
4.8 Form of Depositary Agreement.*
4.9 Form of Stock Warrant Agreement, together with Form of Warrant.*
4.10 Form of Debt Warrant Agreement, together with Form of Warrant.*
5 Opinion of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine LLP as to the
legality of the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder.*
12 Statement regarding computation of ratio of earnings to
fixed charges.
23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
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23.4 Consent of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine LLP (included in
Exhibit Number 5).*
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
25 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.**
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* To be filed by amendment or by a report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933.
** To be filed separately pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 305(b)(2).
Item 17. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of 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. 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) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement.
Provided however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the 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.
(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
therein, 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 post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant further undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons
controlling the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15
above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such
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indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act 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 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 Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on February 13, 1998.
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Registrant
By: /s/ John D. Wren
--------------------------------
John D. Wren
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints John Wren and Barry J. Wagner, and each of them,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as they or he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any substitute or substitutes of either, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
following capacities.
Signature Title Date
Chief Executive February 13, 1998
By: /s/ John D. Wren Officer and Director
------------------------------- (Principal Executive
John D. Wren Officer)
Chief Financial February 13, 1998
By: /s/ Fred J. Meyer Officer (Principal
------------------------------- Financial Officer)
Fred J. Meyer
Controller February 13, 1998
By: /s/ Jonathan E. Ramsden (Principal
------------------------------- Accounting Officer)
Jonathan E. Ramsden
By: /s/ Bernard Brochand Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
Bernard Brochand
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Signature Title Date
By: /s/ Robert J. Callander Director February 13, 1998
--------------------------------
Robert J. Callander
By: /s/ James A. Cannon Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
James A. Cannon
By: /s/ Leonard S. Coleman, Jr. Director February 13, 1998
--------------------------------
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
By: /s/ Bruce Crawford Director February 13, 1998
--------------------------------
Bruce Crawford
By: /s/ Susan S. Denison Director February 13, 1998
--------------------------------
Susan S. Denison
By: /s/ John R. Murphy Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
John R. Murphy
By: /s/ John R. Purcell Director February 13, 1998
--------------------------------
John R. Purcell
By: /s/ Keith L. Reinhard Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
Keith L. Reinhard
By: /s/ Allen Rosenshine Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
Allen Rosenshine
By: /s/ Gary L. Roubos Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
Gary L. Roubos
By: /s/ Quentin I. Smith, Jr. Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
Quentin I. Smith, Jr.
By: /s/ William G. Tragos Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
William G. Tragos
By: /s/ Egon P.S. Zehnder Director February 13, 1998
-------------------------------
Egon P.S. Zehnder
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description of Exhibit
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1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement (for Debt Securities and Warrants).*
1.2 Form of Underwriting Agreement (for Common Stock and
Preferred Stock).*
4.1 Certificate of Incorporation (as amended on December 4, 1997 and
as restated for filing purposes).
4.2 Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Omnicom Group Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1987).
4.3 Form of Certificate of Designation with Respect to
Preferred Stock.*
4.4 Form of Senior Indenture.
4.5 Form of Senior Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.4).
4.6 Form of Subordinated Indenture.
4.7 Form of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Exhibit 4.6).
4.8 Form of Depositary Agreement.*
4.9 Form of Stock Warrant Agreement, together with Form of Warrant.*
4.10 Form of Debt Warrant Agreement, together with Form of Warrant.*
5 Opinion of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine LLP as to the legality
of the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder.*
12 Statement regarding computation of ratio of earnings
to fixed charges.
23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.4 Consent of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine LLP (included in
Exhibit Number 5).*
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page).
25 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.**
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* To be filed by amendment or by a report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933.
** To be filed separately pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 305(b)(2).
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Exhibit 4.1
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
(AS RESTATED FOR FILING PURPOSES PURSUANT TO
ITEM 601(B)(3)(I) OF REGULATION S-K)
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Omnicom Group Inc.
SECOND: The purposes for which the corporation is formed is to engage in
any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the New
York Business Corporation Law, provided that the corporation will not engage in
any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official,
department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first
being obtained.
THIRD: The office of the corporation in the State of New York shall be
located in the County of New York.
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the corporation will
have authority to issue is 307,500,000 shares. Of these, 300,000,000 shares are
classified as Common Stock, par value $.50 per share, and 7,500,000 shares are
classified as Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share.
The Board of Directors is authorized to divide the 7,500,000 shares of
Preferred Stock from time to time into one or more series, and to determine or
change by resolution for each series its designation, the number of shares of
the series and the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions of the shares of the series. The resolution or
resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the division of Preferred
Stock into series within a class may include the following provisions:
(1) The distinctive designation of each series and the maximum
number of shares of each series which may be issued, which number may be
increased (except where otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in
creating the series) or decreased (but not below the number of shares of
the series then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of
Directors;
(2) Whether the holders of the shares of each series are entitled to
vote and, if so, the matters on which they are entitled to vote, the
number of votes to which the holder of each share is entitled, and whether
the shares of the series are to be voted separately or together with
shares of the other series;
(3) The dividends to which holders of shares of each series will be
entitled; any restrictions, conditions or limitations upon the payment of
those dividends; whether the dividends will be cumulative and, if
cumulative, the date or dates from which the dividends will be cumulative;
(4) Whether the shares of one or more series will be subject to
redemption and, if so, whether redemption will be mandatory or optional,
and if optional, at whose option, the manner of selecting shares for
redemption, the redemption price and the manner of redemption;
(5) The amount payable on shares of each series if there is a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, which amount
may vary at different dates and depending upon whether the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up is voluntary or involuntary;
(6) The obligation, if any, of the Corporation to maintain a
purchase, retirement or sinking fund for shares of each series;
(7) Whether the shares of one or more series will be convertible
into, or exchangeable for, any other types of securities, either at the
option of the holder or of the Corporation and, if so, the terms of the
conversions or exchanges;
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(8) Any other provisions regarding the powers, preferences and
rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of each
series which are not inconsistent with applicable law.
All shares of a series of Preferred Stock will be identical with each
other in all respects, except that shares of any one series issued at different
times may differ as to the dates from which dividends on those shares, if
cumulative, shall cumulate."
FIFTH: No holder of any of the shares of any class of the corporation
shall be entitled as of right to subscribe for, purchase, or otherwise acquire
any shares of any class of the corporation which the corporation proposes to
issue or any rights or options which the corporation proposes to grant for the
purchase of shares of any class of the corporation or for the purchase of any
shares, bonds, securities, or obligations of the corporation which are
convertible into or exchangeable for, or which carry any rights, to subscribe
for, purchase, or otherwise acquire shares of any class of the corporation; and
any and all of such shares, bonds, securities or obligations of the corporation,
whether now or hereafter authorized or created, may be issued, or may be
reissued or transferred if the same have been reacquired and have treasury
status, and any and all of such rights and options may be granted by the Board
of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations and associations, and for such
lawful consideration, and on such terms, as the Board of Directors in its
discretion may determine, without first offering the same, or any part thereof,
to any said holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing stated
denial of any and all preemptive rights, no holder of shares of any class of the
corporation shall have any preemptive rights in respect of the matters,
proceedings, or transactions specified in subparagraphs (1) to (6), inclusive,
of paragraph (e) of Section 622 of the Business Corporation Law.
SIXTH: The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.
SEVENTH: The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the
corporation upon whom process against the corporation may be served, and the
address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against
the corporation served upon him is: 909 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022.
EIGHTH: The number of directors shall be fixed by the By-Laws, or by
action of the shareholders or the Board of Directors under specific provisions
of a By-Law adopted by the shareholders entitled to vote in an election for
directors. If the shareholders are empowered by the By-Laws or by law to change
the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors, the
affirmative vote of holders of two-thirds in voting power of the outstanding
shares of stock of the corporation shall be required for the shareholders to
change the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. The
directors will be divided into three classes, all of which classes will be as
nearly equal in number as possible, and none of which classes will include fewer
than three directors. The terms of office of the first class of directors
initially classified will expire at the 1987 annual meeting of shareholders,
that of the second class initially classified will expire at the 1988 annual
meeting of shareholders and that of the third class initially classified will
expire at the 1989 annual meeting of shareholders. At each annual meeting of
shareholders after the initial classification, directors to replace those whose
terms expire at an annual meeting will be elected to hold office until the third
succeeding annual meeting of shareholders. If after the directors are classified
the number of directors is changed (1) any newly created directorships or any
decrease in directorships will be so apportioned among the classes as to make
all the classes as nearly equal in number as possible, and (2) when the number
of directors is increased by the Board of Directors and any newly created
directorships are filled by the Board, there will be no classification of
additional directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders. If the
shareholders are empowered by the By-Laws or by law to remove a director (for
cause or otherwise), the exercise of that power will require the affirmative
vote of holders of two-thirds in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock
of the corporation.
NINTH: A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the
corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except where a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to a
director establishes that such director's acts or omissions were in bad faith or
involved intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law or where such
director personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to
which such director was not legally entitled or where such director's acts
violated Section 719 of The New York Business Corporation Law. Any repeal or
modification of this Article Ninth shall not adversely affect any right or
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protection of a director of the corporation under this Article Ninth in respect
of any acts or omissions of such director which occurred prior to such repeal or
modification.
TENTH: The affirmative vote of holders of two-thirds in voting power of
the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation shall be required to approve
(a) the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the By-Laws, or (b)
the amendment or repeal of Article Eighth or Article Ninth of this Certificate
of Incorporation.
ELEVENTH: Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in this
Certificate of Incorporation, no provision of this Certificate of Incorporation
is intended by the corporation to be construed as limiting, prohibiting, denying
or abrogating any of the general or specific powers or rights conferred under
the Business Corporation Law upon the corporation, upon its shareholders,
bondholders, and security holders, and upon its directors, officers, and other
corporate personnel, including in particular, the power of the corporation to
furnish indemnification to directors and officers in the capacities defined and
prescribed by the Business Corporation Law and defined and prescribed rights of
said persons to indemnification as the same are conferred by the Business
Corporation Law.
EXHIBIT 4.4
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
as Issuer
FORM OF INDENTURE
Dated as of _________, 199_
______________________
as Trustee
Senior Debt Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.........................1
Section 1.1. Definitions..................................................1
Section 1.2. Other Definitions............................................5
Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act............5
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction........................................6
ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES....................................................6
Section 2.1. Issuable in Series...........................................6
Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities...............6
Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication.................................9
Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent..................................10
Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.........................10
Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists........................................11
Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange.......................................11
Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............11
Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities......................................12
Section 2.10. Treasury Securities........................................13
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.......................................13
Section 2.12. Cancellation...............................................13
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.........................................13
Section 2.14. Global Securities..........................................14
Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers..............................................15
ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION .....................................................15
Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee...........................................15
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed......................15
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption........................................16
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption..............................16
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................16
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................17
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS .......................................................17
Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest...........................17
Section 4.2. SEC Reports.................................................17
Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate......................................17
Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws..............................17
Section 4.5. Corporate Existence.........................................18
Section 4.6. Taxes.......................................................18
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Section 4.7. Limitation on Liens.........................................18
ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS .......................................................18
Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.................................18
Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted...........................19
ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES............................................19
Section 6.1. Events of Default...........................................19
Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..........21
Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee......................................22
Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................22
Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities....................................23
Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected..............................23
Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits.........................................24
Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal and Interest......................................24
Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................25
Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................25
Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...............................25
Section 6.12. Control by Holders.........................................25
Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults....................................26
Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs......................................26
ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE ........................................................26
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee...........................................26
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee...........................................28
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee................................28
Section 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer........................................28
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults..........................................29
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders...............................29
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity..................................29
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee......................................30
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc............................31
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification..............................31
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..........31
ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE.........................31
Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.....................31
Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.................32
Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series................33
Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance.........................................35
Section 8.5. Repayment to Company........................................36
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ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS...........................................36
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders..................................36
Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders.....................................37
Section 9.3. Limitations.................................................37
Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.........................38
Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents...........................38
Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.......................38
Section 9.7. Trustee Protected...........................................38
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................39
Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls...............................39
Section 10.2. Notices....................................................39
Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders................40
Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.........40
Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion..............40
Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents................................40
Section 10.7. Legal Holidays.............................................41
Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others.................................41
Section 10.9. Counterparts...............................................41
Section 10.10. Governing Laws............................................41
Section 10.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements..............41
Section 10.12. Successors................................................41
Section 10.13. Severability..............................................41
Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc..........................42
ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS....................................................42
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article...................................42
Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities......42
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund..................43
Exhibit A -- Form of Senior Debt Security....................................A-1
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OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Cross-Reference Table
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
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Section 310(a)(1)............................................. 7.10
(a)(2)............................................. 7.10
(a)(3)............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4)............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(5)............................................. 7.10
(b)................................................ 7.10
Section 311(a) ............................................... 7.11
(b)................................................ 7.11
(c)................................................ Not Applicable
Section 312(a) ............................................... 2.6
(b)................................................ 10.3
(c)................................................ 10.3
Section 313(a) ............................................... 7.6
(b)(1)............................................. 7.6
(b)(2)............................................. 7.6
(c)(1)............................................. 7.6
(d)................................................ 7.6
Section 3.14(a)............................................... 4.2, 10.5
(b)................................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1)............................................. 10.4
(c)(2)............................................. 10.4
(c)(3)............................................. Not Applicable
(d)................................................ Not Applicable
(e)................................................ 10.5
(f)................................................ Not Applicable
Section 315(a) ............................................... 7.1
(b)................................................ 7.5
(c)................................................ 7.1
(d)................................................ 7.1
(e)................................................ 6.14
Section 316(a) ............................................... 2.10
(a)(1)(A).......................................... 6.12
(a)(1)(B).......................................... 6.13
(b)................................................ 6.8
Section 317(a)(1)............................................. 6.3
(a)(2)............................................. 6.4
(b)................................................ 2.5
Section 318(a) ............................................... 10.1
Note: This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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Indenture dated as of ___________, 199_ between Omnicom Group Inc., a New
York corporation (the "Company"), and _________________, a ________________, as
Trustee ("Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the
"Securities"), as herein provided, up to such principal amount as may from time
to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
Directors or by supplemental indenture.
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this
Indenture.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1 Definitions.
"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 imposed on Holders specified
therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of the certificate (and delivered to the
Trustee, if appropriate).
"Business Day" means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series,
any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on
which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close.
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"Company" means the party named as such above until a successor replaces
it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
"Company Order" means a written order signed in the name of the Company by
two Officers, one of whom must be the Company's principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
"Company Request" means a written request signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President, and by
its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
"Debt" of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all
indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including all
interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or not the recourse
of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or only to a portion
thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.
"Default" means any event which is, or with the passage of time or giving
of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable
or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the
person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository
shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time
there is more than one such person, "Depository" as used with respect to the
Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the
Securities of such Series.
"Discount Security" means any Security that provides for an amount less
than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
"Dollars" means the currency of The United States of America.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from
time to time.
"Global Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or Securities,
as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing
all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series
or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a Security is
registered.
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"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to
time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities
established as contemplated hereunder.
"interest" with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears
interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or installment of
principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice-President,
the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary
of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of
whom must be the Company's principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company.
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when
appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of,
the Security.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate
Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because
of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the
Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.
"Series" or "Series of Securities" means each series of debentures, notes
or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and
2.2 hereof.
"Significant Subsidiary" means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of
the Company that would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1,
Rule 1-02 of
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Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation
is in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or indirect
Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as a group, would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any specified person means any corporation of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of
whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such
corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or
by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other
Subsidiaries.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ss.ss.
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended from time to time, and as in effect on the date of
this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after
such date, "TIA" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act as so amended.
"Trustee" means the person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each person who
is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall
mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, and which in the case of (i)
and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
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Section 1.2 Other Definitions.
DEFINED IN SECTION TERM
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"Bankruptcy Law" 6.1
"Custodian" 6.1
"Event of Default" 6.1
"Journal" 10.15
"Judgment Currency" 10.16
"Legal Holiday" 10.7
"mandatory sinking fund payment" 11.1
"Market Exchange Rate" 10.15
"New York Banking Day" 10.16
"optional sinking fund payment" 11.1
"Paying Agent" 2.4
"Registrar" 2.4
"Service Agent" 2.4
"successor person" 5.1
Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the Securities means the Company and any successor
obligor upon the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.
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Section 1.4 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c) references to "generally accepted accounting principles" shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time
when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be
applied;
(d) "or" is not exclusive;
(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular; and
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one
or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be
set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers'
Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the
authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a
Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which
specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from
which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between
Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall
be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the
following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of
Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the
Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.19) by a Board
Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate pursuant to
authority granted under a Board Resolution:
2.2.1 the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);
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2.2.2 the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
2.2.3 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
2.2.4 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of
the Series is payable;
2.2.5 the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum
or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including,
but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or
financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if
any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date
or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any
regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
2.2.6 the place or places where the principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of such
payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
2.2.7 if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price
or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the
Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
2.2.8 the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
2.2.9 the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which
the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of
the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase
obligations;
2.2.10 if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall
be issuable;
2.2.11 whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities;
2.2.12 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;
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2.2.13 the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such
amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or
currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index
or financial index;
2.2.14 any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal
amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;
2.2.15 any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;
2.2.16 any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this
Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series);
2.2.17 any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, or other
agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed
herein;
2.2.18 the form and terms of any guarantee of the Securities and the
terms and conditions, if any, upon which any guarantees thereof shall be
subordinated in right of payment to other indebtedness of the Company or any
guarantor; and
2.2.19 if and as applicable, the terms of any right to exchange for
or convert Securities of the Series into shares of common stock of the Company
or other securities or property.
All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and
may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if
so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers' Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of
any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional
Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate.
The Securities of each Series shall be in substantially the form set forth
in Exhibit A to this Indenture, or in such other form as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any Series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate
Secretary of the
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Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 2.3 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office
at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate
Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate, upon receipt
by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be
promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at
any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such
Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or
Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in
Section 2.8.
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have
received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on:
(a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate
establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within
that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities
within that Series, (b) an Officers' Certificate complying with Section 10.4,
and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in
good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust
committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action
would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then
outstanding Series of Securities.
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The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company
to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or
an Affiliate.
Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at
the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section
2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or
surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent"), where Securities of such Series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange ("Registrar") and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such
Series and this Indenture may be served ("Service Agent"). The Registrar shall
keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer
and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar,
Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents 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
obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each
place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such
co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term
"Registrar" includes any co-registrar; the term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent; and the term "Service Agent" includes any additional
service agent.
The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying
Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent
or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities
of that Series are first issued.
Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of
Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by
the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of
Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making
any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
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The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any
Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.
Section 2.6 Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA
ss. 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of
such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of
Securityholders of each Series of Securities.
Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange.
Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall
register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such
transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or
9.6).
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue,
register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period
beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the
mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected,
called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed
of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security 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 has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its
request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu
of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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.
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 of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security 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 that Series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are 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.
Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities.
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security
effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those
described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be
outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate
of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient
to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to
accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate holds the Security.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent
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or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be
deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company
or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only
Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company
Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and
the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same
Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so
exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture
as the definitive Securities.
Section 2.12 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled
Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and
deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless the Company
otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted
by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are
Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company
shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record
date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the
Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of
interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful
manner.
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Section 2.14 Global Securities.
2.14.1 Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate shall establish whether the
Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security or
Securities.
2.14.2 Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any
Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture
for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depository for
such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global
Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to
appoint a successor Depository within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that
such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have
happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to
the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such
names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not
be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global
Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to
such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the Depository or
any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository.
2.14.3 Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
"This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the
Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable
for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the
Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in
the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository, 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 a successor Depository."
2.14.4 Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint
agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder
is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
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2.14.5 Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of
the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to
the Holder thereof.
2.14.6 Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in
Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as
the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series
represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of
the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining
any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 2.15 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of
identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee.
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the
right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and
pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity
thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a
Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to
redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee
of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be
redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the
redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).
Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate, if less than all the
Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the
Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems
fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of
the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may
select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that
have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of
them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000
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or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series
issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum
principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for
redemption.
Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice
of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be
redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and
shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and
(f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the
particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption
in the Company's name and at its expense.
Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed as provided in Section 3.3, Securities
of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date
and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption
price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued
interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
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Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same
maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security
surrendered.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms
of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 4.2 SEC Reports.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files
them with the SEC 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 SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The
Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA ss. 314(a).
Section 4.3 Compliance Certificate.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review
of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding
fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a
view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each
such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or
Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).
The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default
and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.4 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or
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advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and
covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, 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 has been enacted.
Section 4.5 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary
in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Significant
Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Significant Subsidiary,
if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.6 Taxes.
The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries
to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies,
except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
Section 4.7 Limitation on Liens. As long as any of the Securities are
outstanding (unless provision has been made for the payment of all amounts due
or to become due thereon in accordance with the terms of Article VIII of this
Indenture), the Company undertakes not to grant any security interest in any or
all of its present or future assets to secure any other indebtedness of the
Company for borrowed money represented by notes, bonds, debentures or other debt
securities, ranking senior to or on a parity with the Securities, issued
pursuant to a distribution (i) in an underwritten public offering registered
under the Securities Act or (ii) in an underwritten offering to institutional
investors pursuant to Rule 144A without at the same time securing all
outstanding Securities equally and ratably with such securities.
ARTICLE V.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.1 When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a
"successor person"), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the
Company, unless:
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(a) the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership,
trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any
U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company's obligations
on the Securities and under this Indenture and
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default
or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Indenture.
Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in
accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition 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 has been named
as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the
case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released
from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities.
ARTICLE VI.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1 Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate, it is provided that
such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that
Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is
deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to
the expiration of such period of 30 days); or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that
Series when such payment becomes due and payable, at its Maturity, upon
redemption, by acceleration or otherwise; or
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(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when as due
in respect of any Security of that Series; or
(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that
has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of
Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a
period of 30 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 aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that 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
(e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to
or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it
in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become
due; or
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries, and the order or decree remains unstayed
and in effect for 60 days; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, in accordance with Section
2.2.14.
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The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal
or State law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 6.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the
time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default as to
the Company referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)) then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if
any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to
be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall
become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(e) or (f) shall occur as to the Company, the principal amount (or specified
amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding
Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any
Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities that
Series,
(ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series have
become due otherwise than by such declaration of and interest
thereon at the rate or rates therefor in such Securities,
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is, interest
upon any overdue principal and overdue at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such, and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and;
and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series
which have become due
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solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 6.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default for a period
of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at
the Maturity thereof, or
(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when
and as due by the terms of a Security,
then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit
of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any
overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
and, in addition thereto, such further amount 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.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, 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 collect the
moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to any 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 by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 6.4 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
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Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company
or of 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 overdue principal
or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities 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 and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder 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, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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
7.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may
be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities 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 of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
Section 6.6 Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest,
upon presentation of the Securities 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 under Section 7.7;
and
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Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
and interest on the Securities 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 amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal
and interest, respectively; and
Third: To the Company.
Section 6.7 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any Series 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
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
Series;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that 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;
(c) 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;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) 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 that 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 to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such 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 6.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated
Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder.
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Section 6.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder 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, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter
all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
Section 6.12 Control by Holders.
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, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a
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Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such
Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of
or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series
may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment
default that resulted from such acceleration). 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 6.14 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,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, 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 the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by
any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).
ARTICLE VII.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
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(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no others.
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers' Certificates or Opinions
of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers' Certificates or
Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such
Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section.
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of
any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such
Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such Series.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or
power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its
own funds or otherwise incur any 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
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for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk is not reasonably assured to it.
(h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be
entitled to the protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee.
Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for
the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository
shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any act or omission by any Depository.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the Holders of Securities 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.
Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the
same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.4 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this
Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use
of the proceeds
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from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the
Securities other than its authentication.
Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to
the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that
Series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs
or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such
Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default
in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee
or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.
Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register
kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance
with, and to the extent required under, TIA ss. 313.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any
Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the
Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited
by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (including the cost of defending
itself) against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it except as set
forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this
Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of
any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim
and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate
counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall
apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.
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The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss
or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee,
shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee
shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Securities of that Series.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more
Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to
that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove
the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order
for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may appoint
a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more
Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or
is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series
fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect
to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each
Securityholder of each such Series. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company's obligations under Section 7.7 hereof
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses
and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.
Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the
successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements
of TIA ss.ss. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent
published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss.ss.
310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect
(except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
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(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(3) 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, or
(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section
8.3, as applicable;
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient
for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to
the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the
provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.
Section 8.2 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received
by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held
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in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for
whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or
to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by
Sections 8.3 or 8.4.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received
in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of
Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon
Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or money held by it as provided
in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which
then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
U.S. Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision
shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations
held under this Indenture.
Section 8.3 Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.
Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section
2.2.16, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the
outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this
Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no
longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at
Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as
to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive,
from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of
the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the
outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal or interest and ii) the benefit of
any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such
Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;
(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and
(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder;
provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
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(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocable with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for making the
purpose of the following payments, specifically pledged as security for
and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities cash
in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal
tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, which
through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in
accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and
assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than
one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal
(including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest,
if any, on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such
installments of interest or principal are due;
(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
installment to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel
shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had
not occurred;
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any
other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;
(i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under
such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and
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(j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the defeasance by this Section have
been complied with.
Section 8.4 Covenant Defeasance.
Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.16
to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after
the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may
omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections
4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained
in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a
Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2.16 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1), with respect to the Securities
of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been
satisfied:
(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or
caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c))
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall
then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government
Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in
respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without
reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such
Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of
money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal
and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the
Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or
principal are due;
(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit and defeasance 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
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(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any
other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by
this Section 8.4 have been complied with.
Section 8.5 Repayment to Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any
money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Article V;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities;
(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder;
(e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms
and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;
(f) 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; or
(g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
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Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with
the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental
indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner
the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in
Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the
Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or
exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the
Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to
such Series.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities
under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under
this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of
Securities affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the supplemental
indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.3 Limitations.
Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or
waiver may not:
(a) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest
(including default interest) on any Security;
(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the
payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of
acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series
and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
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(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security
payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3 (this sentence),
10.15 or 10.16; or
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or
change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any
Securities.
Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series
shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA
as then in effect.
Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent
Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on
any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the
notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of
each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type
described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.3. In that case, the
amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it
and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver
on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange
for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon
request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.
Section 9.7 Trustee Protected.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 7.1) 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 shall sign all
supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental
indenture that adversely affects its rights.
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ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with
another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture
by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 10.2 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is
duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:
if to the Company:
Omnicom Group Inc.
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention:_______________________
if to the Trustee:
[Name of Trustee]
[Address]
_________________________________
_________________________________
Attention:_______________________
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by
first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders of that or any other Series.
If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided
above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the
Securityholder receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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Section 10.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b)
with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all
Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
Section 10.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 10.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA ss. 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA ss.
314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 10.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of
Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
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Section 10.7 Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate or
supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a "Legal Holiday" is any day
that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is
not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 10.8 No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a
Security waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
Section 10.9 Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
Section 10.10 Governing Laws.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH
STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Section 10.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 10.12 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall
bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successor.
Section 10.13 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 10.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
ARTICLE XI.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1 Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or
required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this
Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment" and any other 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 11.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of
any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.
Section 11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the
terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to
which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities
previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit
Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and
which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the
terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking
fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or
other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided
that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall
be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers' Certificate with respect
thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins
the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the 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 in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, 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 receipt of a Company
Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the
Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next
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succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order 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 required to be released to the Company.
Section 11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate in respect of a
particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Series of Securities, the Company will 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 11.2, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular
Series of Securities) 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 3.2 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 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
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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.
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Attest: By:________________________
Name:
Its:
______________
[NAME OF TRUSTEE]
By:________________________
Name:
Its:
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EXHIBIT A
Senior Debt Security
Form of Face of Security
[Title of Series]
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]
[CUSIP]
No.______
$________
OMNICOM GROUP INC., a New York corporation (herein called the "Company",
which term includes any successor person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
____________________________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum
of ______________________ Dollars on ______, _____ [if the Security is to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert -- and to pay interest thereon from
_______________ or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest
has been paid] or duly provided for, [semi-annually on _________________ and
_________________ in each year] [If other than semi-annual payments, insert
frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing _______________, at [If the
Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert -- the rate of ___% per
annum, set forth below] [If the Security is to bear interest at a variable or
floating rate and if determined with reference to an index, refer to description
of index below] until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment
[If applicable, insert -- and (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of ___% per annum on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. 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 Security (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 not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such [regular] record date and may either be paid to the person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on a [special] record date for the payment of such
defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this Series not less than 10 days prior to such
[special] record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this Series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture).
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[If the Securities are floating or adjustable rate securities with respect
to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with
reference to an index, insert the text of the floating or adjustable rate
provision.]
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any
such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to or the reverse hereof 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 debts; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security register).
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security 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 Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of said state.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit 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:
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
By___________________________
Attest:
_______________________________
Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
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 Officer
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Form of Reverse of Security.
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
[Title of Series]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company, designated as its _________ due ______ (herein called the
"Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more Series under an Indenture,
dated as of _________________ (herein called 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 Securities and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $____________________]. Capitalized terms used in
this Security and not defined herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
___________, the Trustee under the Indenture has been appointed by the
Company as paying agent, Securities registrar, [conversion agent] and
[custodian] with regard to the Securities.
In case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued interest on all Securities may be declared, and upon
said declaration, shall become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect
and subject to the conditions provided for in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this Series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice by mail,
[if applicable, insert -- (1) on __________________ in any year commencing with
the year _________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the
sinking fund for this series at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after ____________, ___], as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following redemption
prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or
before __________________, ___% and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning ______________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
- ---- ----- ---- -----
and thereafter at a redemption price equal to _________________ of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert --
(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued
interest to the redemption date, but interest installments whose stated Maturity
is on or prior to such redemption date will be payable to the
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Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at
the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this Series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice by mail,
(1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending
with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this Series
at the redemption prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the redemption prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning __________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
- ---- ------------ -------------------
and thereafter at a redemption price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the redemption date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity in on or prior to such redemption
date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
predecessor securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[The sinking fund for this Series provides for the redemption on
__________ in each year beginning with the year __________ and ending with the
year __________ of [not less than $__________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not
more than] $__________ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this Series.
Securities of this Series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse
order in which they become due).]
[If the Security is subject to redemption, insert -- In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
Series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
The Indenture contains provisions that permit the Company to elect either
(1) to defease and be discharged from the entire indebtedness of this Security
or (2) to be released from its obligations under certain restrictive covenants
and Events of Default with respect to this
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Security, in each case upon payment in full of the Securities and compliance
with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
[If the Security is convertible into or exchangeable for common stock of
the Company, insert appropriate provisions and specify the conversion features
and the form of conversion notice pursuant to the Form of Conversion Notice set
forth herein.]
[If the Security is convertible into or exchangeable for other securities
or property, specify the conversion features and the form of conversion notice
pursuant to the Form of Conversion Notice set forth herein.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this Series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this Series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue-Discount Security, insert --
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this Series shall occur and
be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this Series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- Insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case
to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of
and interest, if any, on the Securities of this Series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits 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 to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each Series to be
affected, with certain exceptions as therein provided with respect to certain
modifications or amendments which may not be made without the consent of each
Holder of such Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits certain
amendments and modifications thereto from time to time by the Company and the
Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any Series of the Securities to be
affected thereby for certain specified purposes, including curing ambiguities,
defects or inconsistencies and making any such change that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder of such series of the Securities, as provided
therein.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each 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 Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
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No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and Interest
on this Security at the times, place and [rate(s)], and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the security
register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, 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 his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this Series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this Series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $_____ and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this Series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder 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 payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this 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 this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or
otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer
or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Form of Conversion Notice.
To Omnicom Group Inc.:
The undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option
to convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) below designated, into [shares of common stock of the Company]
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and
directs that the [shares] issuable and deliverable upon the conversion, together
with any check in payment for fractional shares of any securities representing
any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the
registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If
this Notice is being delivered on a date after the close of business on a
[regular] record date and prior to the opening of business on the related
interest payment date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being
converted has been called for redemption on a redemption date within such
period), this Notice is accompanied by payment, in funds acceptable to the
Company, of an amount equal to the interest payable on such interest payment
date of the principal of this Security to be converted. If shares are to be
issued in the name of a period other than the undersigned, the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect hereto. Any amount required to be
paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.
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EXHIBIT 4.6
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
as Issuer
FORM OF INDENTURE
Dated as of _________, 199_
______________________
as Trustee
Subordinated Debt Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.........................1
Section 1.1. Definitions..................................................1
Section 1.2. Other Definitions............................................5
Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act............6
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction........................................6
ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES....................................................7
Section 2.1. Issuable in Series...........................................7
Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities...............7
Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication.................................9
Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent..................................10
Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.........................11
Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists........................................11
Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange.......................................12
Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............12
Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities......................................13
Section 2.10. Treasury Securities........................................13
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.......................................14
Section 2.12. Cancellation...............................................14
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.........................................14
Section 2.14. Global Securities..........................................14
Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers..............................................16
ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION .....................................................16
Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee...........................................16
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed......................16
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption........................................16
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption..............................17
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................17
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................17
ARTICLE IV. SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES......................................18
Section 4.1 Agreement of Subordination...................................18
Section 4.2 Payments to Securityholders..................................18
Section 4.3 Subrogation of Securities....................................19
Section 4.4 Authorization by Securityholders.............................20
Section 4.5 Notice to Trustee............................................20
Section 4.6 Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness....................21
Section 4.7 No Impairment of Subordination...............................22
Section 4.8 Certain Conversions Deemed Payment...........................22
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Section 4.9 Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely.........................22
ARTICLE V. COVENANTS ........................................................22
Section 5.1. Payment of Principal and Interest...........................22
Section 5.2. SEC Reports.................................................22
Section 5.3. Compliance Certificate......................................23
Section 5.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws..............................23
Section 5.5. Corporate Existence.........................................23
Section 5.6. Taxes.......................................................24
ARTICLE VI. SUCCESSORS ......................................................24
Section 6.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.................................24
Section 6.2. Successor Corporation Substituted...........................24
ARTICLE VII. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES...........................................25
Section 7.1. Events of Default...........................................25
Section 7.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..........26
Section 7.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee......................................27
Section 7.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................28
Section 7.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities....................................29
Section 7.6. Application of Money Collected..............................29
Section 7.7. Limitation on Suits.........................................30
Section 7.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal and Interest......................................30
Section 7.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................30
Section 7.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................31
Section 7.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...............................31
Section 7.12. Control by Holders.........................................31
Section 7.13. Waiver of Past Defaults....................................31
Section 7.14. Undertaking for Costs......................................32
ARTICLE VIII. TRUSTEE .......................................................32
Section 8.1. Duties of Trustee...........................................32
Section 8.2. Rights of Trustee...........................................34
Section 8.3. Individual Rights of Trustee................................34
Section 8.4. Trustee's Disclaimer........................................34
Section 8.5. Notice of Defaults..........................................35
Section 8.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders...............................35
Section 8.7. Compensation and Indemnity..................................35
Section 8.8. Replacement of Trustee......................................36
Section 8.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc............................37
Section 8.10. Eligibility; Disqualification..............................37
Section 8.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company..........37
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ARTICLE IX. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE...........................37
Section 9.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.....................37
Section 9.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.................38
Section 9.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series................39
Section 9.4. Covenant Defeasance.........................................41
Section 9.5. Repayment to Company........................................42
ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS............................................42
Section 10.1. Without Consent of Holders.................................42
Section 10.2. With Consent of Holders....................................42
Section 10.3. Limitations................................................43
Section 10.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act........................44
Section 10.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents..........................44
Section 10.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities......................44
Section 10.7. Trustee Protected..........................................44
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................45
Section 11.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls...............................45
Section 11.2. Notices....................................................45
Section 11.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders................46
Section 11.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.........46
Section 11.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion..............46
Section 11.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents................................46
Section 11.7. Legal Holidays.............................................47
Section 11.8. No Recourse Against Others.................................47
Section 11.9. Counterparts...............................................47
Section 11.10. Governing Laws............................................47
Section 11.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.............47
Section 11.12. Successors................................................47
Section 11.13. Severability..............................................47
Section 11.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc..........................48
ARTICLE XII. SINKING FUNDS...................................................48
Section 12.1. Applicability of Article...................................48
Section 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities......48
Section 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund..................49
EXHIBIT A -- Form of Subordinated Debt Security..............................A-1
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OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Cross-Reference Table
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
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Section 310(a)(1)............................................. 8.10
(a)(2)............................................. 8.10
(a)(3)............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4)............................................. Not Applicable
(a)(5)............................................. 8.10
(b)................................................ 8.10
Section 311(a) ............................................... 8.11
(b)................................................ 8.11
(c)................................................ Not Applicable
Section 312(a) ............................................... 2.6
(b)................................................ 11.3
(c)................................................ 11.3
Section 313(a) ............................................... 8.6
(b)(1)............................................. 8.6
(b)(2)............................................. 8.6
(c)(1)............................................. 8.6
(d)................................................ 8.6
Section 3.14(a)............................................... 5.2, 11.5
(b)................................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1)............................................. 11.4
(c)(2)............................................. 11.4
(c)(3)............................................. Not Applicable
(d)................................................ Not Applicable
(e)................................................ 11.5
(f)................................................ Not Applicable
Section 315(a) ............................................... 8.1
(b)................................................ 8.5
(c)................................................ 8.1
(d)................................................ 8.1
(e)................................................ 7.14
Section 316(a) ............................................... 2.10
(a)(1)(A).......................................... 7.12
(a)(1)(B).......................................... 7.13
(b)................................................ 7.8
Section 317(a)(1)............................................. 7.3
(a)(2)............................................. 7.4
(b)................................................ 2.5
Section 318(a) ............................................... 11.1
Note: This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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Indenture dated as of ___________, 199_ between Omnicom Group Inc., a New
York corporation (the "Company"), and _________________, a ________________, as
Trustee ("Trustee").
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the
"Securities"), as herein provided, up to such principal amount as may from time
to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
Directors or by supplemental indenture.
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this
Indenture.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1 Definitions.
"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 imposed on Holders specified
therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified person means any other person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of the certificate (and delivered to the
Trustee, if appropriate).
"Business Day" means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series,
any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on
which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close.
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"Company" means the party named as such above until a successor replaces
it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
"Company Order" means a written order signed in the name of the Company by
two Officers, one of whom must be the Company's principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
"Company Request" means a written request signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, a President or a Vice President, and by
its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
"Debt" of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all
indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including all
interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or not the recourse
of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or only to a portion
thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.
"Default" means any event which is, or with the passage of time or giving
of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depository" means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable
or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the
person designated as Depository for such Series by the Company, which Depository
shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time
there is more than one such person, "Depository" as used with respect to the
Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the
Securities of such Series.
"Discount Security" means any Security that provides for an amount less
than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2.
"Dollars" means the currency of The United States of America.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from
time to time.
"Global Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or Securities,
as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing
all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for such Series
or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a Security is
registered.
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"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to
time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities
established as contemplated hereunder.
"interest" with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears
interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or installment of
principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice-President,
the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary
of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of
whom must be the Company's principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company.
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when
appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of,
the Security.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate
Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because
of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the
Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any, interest
on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether
outstanding at the date hereof or hereafter incurred or created:
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(a) all indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed (including
any indebtedness secured by a conditional sales contract, mortgage or
other lien which is (i) given to secure all or part of the purchase price
of property subject thereto, whether given to the vendor of such property
or to another or (ii) existing on property at the time of acquisition
thereof);
(b) all indebtedness of the Company evidenced by notes, debentures,
bonds or other securities sold by the Company for money;
(c) all lease obligations of the Company which are capitalized on
the books of the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(d) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of
the preceding clause (a) or (b) and all lease obligations of others of the
kind described in the preceding clause (c) assumed by or guaranteed in any
manner by the Company or in effect guaranteed by the Company through an
agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise; and
(e) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the
kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (d) and all
renewals or extensions of lease obligations of the kinds described in
either of the preceding clauses (c) and (d); unless, in the case of any
particular indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding, the
instrument or lease creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or
guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease,
renewal, extension or refunding is not superior in right of payment to, or
is pari passu with, the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior
Indebtedness shall not include (i) any indebtedness or lease obligation of
any kind of the Company to any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) the
Company's 4 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2007, and (iii)
the Company's 2 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due 2013.
"Series" or "Series of Securities" means each series of debentures, notes
or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and
2.2 hereof.
"Significant Subsidiary" means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of
the Company that would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1,
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
regulation is in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or
indirect Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as a group, would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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"Subsidiary" of any specified person means any corporation of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of
whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such
corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or
by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other
Subsidiaries.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code ss.ss.
77aaa-77bbbb), as amended from time to time, and as in effect on the date of
this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the TIA is amended after
such date, "TIA" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act as so amended.
"Trustee" means the person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each person who
is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall
mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, and which in the case of (i)
and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Section 1.2 Other Definitions.
DEFINED IN SECTION TERM
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"Bankruptcy Law" 7.1
"Custodian" 7.1
"Event of Default" 7.1
"Journal" 11.15
"Judgment Currency" 11.16
"Legal Holiday" 11.7
"mandatory sinking fund payment" 12.1
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"Market Exchange Rate" 11.15
"New York Banking Day" 11.16
"optional sinking fund payment" 12.1
"Paying Agent" 2.4
"Registrar" 2.4
"Service Agent" 2.4
"successor person" 6.1
Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor" on the Securities means the Company and any successor
obligor upon the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.
Section 1.4 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c) references to "generally accepted accounting principles" shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time
when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be
applied;
(d) "or" is not exclusive;
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(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural
include the singular; and
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one
or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be
set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers'
Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the
authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a
Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which
specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from
which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between
Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall
be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the
following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of
Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the
Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.19) by a Board
Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate pursuant to
authority granted under a Board Resolution:
2.2.1 the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);
2.2.2 the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
2.2.3 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 10.6);
2.2.4 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of
the Series is payable;
2.2.5 the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum
or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including,
but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or
financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if
any,
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the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or
dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any
regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;
2.2.6 the place or places where the principal of and interest, if
any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of such
payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
2.2.7 if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price
or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the
Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
2.2.8 the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
2.2.9 the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which
the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of
the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase
obligations;
2.2.10 if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall
be issuable;
2.2.11 whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities;
2.2.12 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.2;
2.2.13 the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such
amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or
currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index
or financial index;
2.2.14 any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal
amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 7.2;
2.2.15 any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Articles V or VI which applies to Securities of the Series;
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2.2.16 any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 10.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this
Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series);
2.2.17 any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, or other
agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed
herein;
2.2.18 the form and terms of any guarantees of the Securities and
the terms and conditions, if any, upon which any guarantees thereof shall be
subordinated in right of payment to other indebtedness of the Company or any
guarantor; and
2.2.19 if and as applicable, the terms of any right to exchange for
or convert Securities of the Series into shares of common stock of the Company
or other securities or property.
All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and
may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if
so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers' Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of
any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional
Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate.
The Securities of each Series shall be in substantially the form set forth
in Exhibit A to this Indenture, or in such other form as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any Series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 2.3 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office
at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be
valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate
Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate, upon receipt
by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be
promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at
any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such
Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or
Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in
Section 2.8.
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have
received and (subject to Section 8.2) shall be fully protected in relying on:
(a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate
establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within
that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities
within that Series, (b) an Officers' Certificate complying with Section 11.4,
and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 11.4.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in
good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust
committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action
would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then
outstanding Series of Securities.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company
to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities
whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or
an Affiliate.
Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at
the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section
2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or
surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent"),
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where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange ("Registrar") and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served
("Service Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each
Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in
the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents 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
obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each
place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such
co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term
"Registrar" includes any co-registrar; the term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent; and the term "Service Agent" includes any additional
service agent.
The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying
Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent
or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities
of that Series are first issued.
Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of
Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by
the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of
Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making
any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held
by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any
Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.
Section 2.6 Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders of each Series of
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Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA ss. 312(a). If the Trustee is not
the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before
each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably
require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of
Securities.
Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange.
Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall
register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such
transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or
10.6).
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue,
register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period
beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the
mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected,
called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed
of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security 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.
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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 of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security 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 that Series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are 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.
Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities.
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security
effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those
described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be
outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate
of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient
to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to
accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate holds the Security.
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, the principal amount of a Discount Security
that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of
the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 7.2.
Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company
or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be
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protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are
so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company
Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive
Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for
temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and
the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same
Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so
exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture
as the definitive Securities.
Section 2.12 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled
Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and
deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless the Company
otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted
by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are
Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company
shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record
date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the
Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of
interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful
manner.
Section 2.14 Global Securities.
2.14.1 Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate shall establish whether the
Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security or
Securities.
2.14.2 Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any
Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture
for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depository for
such Security or its nominee only if (i) such
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Depository notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to
be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the
Company fails to appoint a successor Depository within 90 days of such event,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global
Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is
exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for
Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not
be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global
Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository to
such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the Depository or
any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository.
2.14.3 Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
"This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the
Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable
for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the
Depository or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in
the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depository to a nominee of the Depository, 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 a successor Depository."
2.14.4 Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint
agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder
is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
2.14.5 Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of
the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to
the Holder thereof.
2.14.6 Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in
Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as
the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series
represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of
the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining
any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
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Section 2.15 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of
identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee.
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the
right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and
pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity
thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a
Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to
redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee
of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be
redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the
redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).
Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate, if less than all the
Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the
Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems
fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of
the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may
select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that
have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of
them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or,
with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations
pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series
and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities of that Series called for redemption.
Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, at least 30 days but
not more than 60
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days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by
first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.
The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and
shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and
(f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the
particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption
in the Company's name and at its expense.
Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed as provided in Section 3.3, Securities
of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date
and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption
price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued
interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same
maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security
surrendered.
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ARTICLE IV.
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 4.1 Agreement of Subordination. The Company covenants and agrees,
and each holder of Securities issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof
likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to
the provisions of this Article IV; and each person holding any Security, whether
upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees
to be bound by such provisions.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all
Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter
set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article IV shall prevent the occurrence of any
default or Event of Default hereunder.
Section 4.2 Payments to Securityholders. In the event and during the
continuation of any default in the payment of principal, premium, interest or
any other payment due on any Senior Indebtedness continuing beyond the period of
grace, if any, specified in the instrument or lease evidencing such Senior
Indebtedness, then, unless and until such default shall have been cured or
waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payment shall be made by the Company
with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities, except payments made pursuant to Article IX hereof from monies
deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to the happening of such
default.
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company
of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors
upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all
Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for
in money in accordance with its terms, before any payment is made on account of
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities (except
payments made pursuant to Article IX hereof from monies deposited with the
Trustee pursuant thereto prior to the happening of such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization); and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or
liquidation or reorganization any payment by the Company, or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled, except for the provisions of this Article IV, shall (except as
aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy,
liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
or by the holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if
received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata
to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness
held by such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
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indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent
necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, in money or money's worth,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution is made to
the holders of the Securities or to the Trustee. By reason of such
subordination, in the event of the Company's dissolution, holders of Senior
Indebtedness may receive more, ratably, and holders of the Securities may
receive less, ratably, than the other creditors of the Company.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the
Trustee or the holders of the Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid
in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance with its
terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of
and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness
may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by
the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in money
in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article IV, the words, "cash, property or securities"
shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or
readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for
by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is
subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article IV with respect to
the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time
be outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and
(ii) the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness (other than leases)
and of leases which are assumed are not, without the consent of such holders,
altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company
with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation
or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its
property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation
upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article VI hereof shall not be
deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes
of this Section 4.2 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated
in Article VI hereof. Nothing in this Section 4.2 shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 8.7.
Section 4.3 Subrogation of Securities. Subject to the payment in full of
all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the holders of the Securities shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive
payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company
applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes
of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of any cash,
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property or securities to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee
would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article IV, and no payment
over pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV, to or for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness by holders of the Securities or the Trustee,
shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by
the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness. It is understood that
the provisions of this Article IV are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand,
and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article IV or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its
creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay to the holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable
in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative
rights of the holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein
prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject
to the rights, if any, under this Article IV of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received
upon the exercise of any such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article IV, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, and the
holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution,
winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent
or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or
to the holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Article IV.
Section 4.4 Authorization by Securityholders. Each holder of a Security by
his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee in his behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
provided in this Article IV and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for
any and all such purposes.
Section 4.5 Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company
which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in
respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article IV or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the
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Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article
IV, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof at the Principal Office of the Trustee from the Company
or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and
before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.1, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist; provided that if on a date not fewer than three business days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall
not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this
Section 4.5, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to
apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such prior date.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein set forth, nothing shall
prevent any payment by the Company or the Trustee to the Securityholders of
monies (A) in connection with a redemption of Securities if (i) notice of such
redemption has been given pursuant to Article III or Section 9.1 hereof prior to
the receipt by the Trustee of written notice as aforesaid, and (ii) such notice
of redemption is given not earlier than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, shall be entitled
to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a person representing
himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event
that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article IV, the
Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such
person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
person under this Article IV, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee
may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the
right of such person to receive such payment.
Section 4.6. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to
all the rights set forth in this Article IV in respect of any Senior
Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of
Senior Indebtedness, and nothing or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive
the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes
to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Article IV, and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe
any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the
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provisions of Section 8.1, the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of
Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to holders of Securities,
the Company or any other person money or assets to which any holder of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article IV or otherwise.
Section 4.7 No Impairment of Subordination. No right of any present or
future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Section 4.8 Certain Conversions Deemed Payment. For the purposes of this
Article IV only, (1) the issuance and delivery of junior securities upon any
conversion of Securities shall not be deemed to constitute a payment or
distribution on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities, and
(2) the payment, issuance or delivery of cash (except in satisfaction of
fractional shares), property or securities (other than junior securities) upon
conversion of a Security shall be deemed to constitute payment on account of the
principal of such Security. For the purposes of this Section 4.8, the term
"junior securities" means (a) shares of any stock of any class of the Company,
or (b) securities of the Company which are subordinated in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness which may be outstanding at the time of issuance or
delivery of such securities to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater
extent than, the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article.
Section 4.9 Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely. The holders of Senior
Indebtedness shall have the right to rely upon this Article IV, and no amendment
or modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of
such holders unless such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.
ARTICLE V.
COVENANTS
Section 5.1 Payment of Principal and Interest
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms
of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 5.2 SEC Reports
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files
them with the SEC 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 SEC may by rules and regulations
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prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the
other provisions of TIA ss. 314(a).
Section 5.3 Compliance Certificate.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers' Certificate stating that a review
of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding
fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a
view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and
fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each
such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the
Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or
Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).
The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding,
deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of
Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default
and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 5.4 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the
extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage
of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law,
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 has been enacted.
Section 5.5 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article VI, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence
and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary
in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Significant
Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Significant Subsidiary,
if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders.
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Section 5.6 Taxes.
The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries
to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies,
except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
ARTICLE VI.
SUCCESSORS
Section 6.1 When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a
"successor person"), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the
Company, unless:
(a) the successor person (if any) is a corporation, partnership,
trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any
U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company's obligations
on the Securities and under this Indenture and
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default
or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Indenture.
Section 6.2 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in
accordance with Section 6.1, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition 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 has been named
as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the
case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released
from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities.
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ARTICLE VII.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.1 Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any
Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate, it is provided that
such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that
Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is
deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to
the expiration of such period of 30 days), whether or not such payment is
permitted under Article IV hereof; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal, and premium if any, of
any Security of that Series when such payment becomes due and payable, at
its Maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise, whether or
not such payment is permitted under Article IV hereof; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when as due
in respect of any Security of that Series; or
(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that
has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of
Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a
period of 45 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 aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that 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
(e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to
or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it
in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property,
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(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, or
(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become
due; or
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries, and the order or decree remains unstayed
and in effect for 60 days; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, in accordance with Section
2.2.14.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal
or State law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the
time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default as to
the Company referred to in Section 7.1(e) or (f)) then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if
any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to
be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall
become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section
7.1(e) or (f) shall occur as to the Company, the principal amount (or specified
amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding
Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without
any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any
Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money
due has been obtained by
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the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration
and its consequences if:
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities that
Series,
(ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series have
become due otherwise than by such declaration of and interest
thereon at the rate or rates therefor in such Securities,
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is, interest
upon any overdue principal and overdue at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such, and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and;
and
(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 7.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 7.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default for a period
of 30 days, or
(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at
the Maturity thereof, or
(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when
and as due by the terms of a Security,
then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit
of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any
overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
and, in addition thereto, such
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further amount 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.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, 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 collect the
moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the
property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to any 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 by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 7.4 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 of 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 overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities 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 and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder 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, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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
8.7.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 7.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may
be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities 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 of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
Section 7.6 Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest,
upon presentation of the Securities 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 under Section 8.7;
Second: Subject to the provisions of Article IV, in case the principal of
the outstanding Securities shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the
payment of interest on the Securities in default in the order of the maturity of
the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such
interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of
interest at the rate borne by the Securities, such payments to be made ratably
to the persons entitled thereto;
Third: Subject to the provisions of Article IV, in case the principal of
the outstanding Securities shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise,
and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the
Securities for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the
overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has
been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate
borne by the Securities; and in case such money shall be insufficient to pay in
full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Securities, then to the
payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest without preference
or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over
principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other
installment of interest, or of any Security over any other Security, ratably to
the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid
interest; and
Fourth: Subject to the provisions of Article IV, to the Company or any
other person lawfully entitled thereto.
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Section 7.7 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any Series 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
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
Series;
(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that 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;
(c) 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;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) 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 that 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 to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such 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 7.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated
Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder.
Section 7.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder 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, subject to any determination in
such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
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thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 7.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 7.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to
exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
Section 7.12 Control by Holders.
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, provided that
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the
proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 7.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such
Series and its consequences, except a Default in
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the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series
(provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its
consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such
acceleration). 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 7.14 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,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, 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 the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by
any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on
any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in
such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).
ARTICLE VIII.
TRUSTEE
Section 8.1 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee
shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically
set forth in this Indenture and no others.
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officers' Certificates or Opinions
of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers' Certificates or
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Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such
Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except
that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section.
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of
any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such
Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such Series.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the
Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or
power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by
it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in
trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its
own funds or otherwise incur any 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 repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.
(h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be
entitled to the protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section with respect to the Trustee.
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Section 8.2 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any
fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable
for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for
the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository
shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any act or omission by any Depository.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in reliance thereon.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of
the Holders of Securities 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.
Section 8.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the
same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 8.10 and 8.11.
Section 8.4 Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this
Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use
of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any
statement in the Securities other than its authentication.
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Section 8.5 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to
the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that
Series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs
or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such
Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default
in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the
Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee
or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that
withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.
Section 8.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register
kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance
with, and to the extent required under, TIA ss. 313.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any
Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the
Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 8.7 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited
by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (including the cost of defending
itself) against any loss, liability or expense incurred by it except as set
forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this
Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of
any claim for which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim
and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate
counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall
apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss
or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee,
shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or bad faith.
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To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee
shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and
interest on particular Securities of that Series.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 7.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 8.8 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of
appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more
Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to
that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove
the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 8.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order
for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may appoint
a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more
Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or
is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series
fails to comply with Section 8.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series
may petition any court of
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competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring
Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor
Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 8.7, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect
to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this
Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each
Securityholder of each such Series. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 8.8, the Company's obligations under Section 8.7 hereof
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses
and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.
Section 8.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the
successor Trustee.
Section 8.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements
of TIA ss.ss. 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent
published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA ss.ss.
310(b).
Section 8.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA ss. 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA ss. 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been
removed shall be subject to TIA ss. 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE IX.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
Section 9.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect
(except as hereinafter provided in this Section 9.1), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
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that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(3) 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, or
(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section
9.3, as applicable;
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient
for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to
the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 8.7, and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the
provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.5 shall survive.
Section 9.2 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 9.5, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 9.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3 or 9.4 and all money received
by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 9.3 or 9.4, shall be held in trust and applied by
it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through
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any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the
Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as
contemplated by Sections 9.3 or 9.4.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Sections 9.3 or 9.4 or the interest and principal received
in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of
Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon
Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or money held by it as provided
in Sections 9.3 or 9.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which
then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
U.S. Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision
shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations
held under this Indenture.
Section 9.3 Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.
Unless this Section 9.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section
2.2.16, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the
outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this
Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no
longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at
Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as
to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive,
from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of
the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the
outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal or interest and ii) the benefit of
any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such
Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;
(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.5; and
(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder;
provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited
irrevocable with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for making the
purpose of the
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following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated
solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities cash in Dollars
(or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the
United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, which through the
payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with
their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax
liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before
the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including
mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on
all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of
interest or principal are due;
(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
installment to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel
shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had
not occurred;
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any
other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;
(i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such
deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under
such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and
(j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the defeasance by this Section have
been complied with.
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Section 9.4 Covenant Defeasance.
Unless this Section 9.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.16
to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after
the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may
omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections
5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, and 6.1 as well as any additional covenants contained
in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a
Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2.16 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default under Section 7.1), with respect to the Securities
of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been
satisfied:
(a) With reference to this Section 9.4, the Company has deposited or
caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 9.2(c))
with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall
then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government
Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in
respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without
reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such
Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of
money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal
and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the
Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or
principal are due;
(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit and defeasance 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 deposit and defeasance had not occurred;
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the
intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any
other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
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(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by
this Section 9.4 have been complied with.
Section 9.5 Repayment to Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any
money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 10.1 Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Article VI;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities;
(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder;
(e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms
and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;
(f) 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; or
(g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
Section 10.2 With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with
the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding
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Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the
Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 7.13, the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the
Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities
under this Section 10.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under
this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of
Securities affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the supplemental
indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice,
or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 10.3 Limitations.
Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or
waiver may not:
(a) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest
(including default interest) on any Security;
(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the
payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon
acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of
acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series
and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security
payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
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(g) make any change in Sections 7.8, 7.13, 10.3 (this sentence),
11.15 or 11.16; or
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or
change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any
Securities.
Section 10.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series
shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA
as then in effect.
Section 10.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent
Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as
the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on
any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the
notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of
each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type
described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 10.3. In that case, the
amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it
and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
Section 10.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver
on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange
for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon
request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.
Section 10.7 Trustee Protected.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 8.1) 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 shall sign all
supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental
indenture that adversely affects its rights.
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ARTICLE XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with
another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture
by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 11.2 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is
duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:
if to the Company:
Omnicom Group Inc.
437 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention:_______________________
if to the Trustee:
[Name of Trustee]
[Address]
__________________________________
__________________________________
Attention:________________________
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by
first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or
any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other
Securityholders of that or any other Series.
If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided
above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the
Securityholder receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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Section 11.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA ss. 312(b)
with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all
Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the
protection of TIA ss. 312(c).
Section 11.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the
signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 11.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA ss. 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA ss.
314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has
been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 11.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of
Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions.
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Section 11.7 Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate or
supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a "Legal Holiday" is any day
that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of
payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is
not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
Section 11.8 No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a
Security waives and releases all such liability.
The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
Section 11.9 Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
Section 11.10 Governing Laws.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH
STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Section 11.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.12 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall
bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind
its successor.
Section 11.13 Severability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 11.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or
restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
ARTICLE XII.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.1 Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or
required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this
Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment" and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of
such Series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If
provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of
any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.
Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the
terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to
which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities
previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit
Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and
which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the
terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking
fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or
other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided
that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall
be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers' Certificate with respect
thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins
the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the 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 in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 12.2, the
principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust
the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not
call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company
Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the
Trustee or a Paying Agent and
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applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company
Order 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 required to be released to the Company.
Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate in respect of a
particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 12.2, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular
Series of Securities) 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 3.2 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 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
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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.
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
By:__________________________________
Attest: Name:
Its:
________________________________
[NAME OF TRUSTEE]
By:__________________________________
Name:
Its:
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EXHIBIT A
Subordinated Debt Security
Form of Face of Security.
[Title of Series]
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.]
[CUSIP]
No._________
$___________
OMNICOM GROUP INC, a New York corporation (herein called the "Company",
which term includes any successor person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
____________________________________, or registered assigns, the principal sum
of ______________________ Dollars on _______, ____ [if the Security is to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert -- and to pay interest thereon from
_______________ or from the most recent [interest payment date] to which
interest has been paid] or duly provided for, [semi-annually on
_________________ and _________________ in each year] [If other than semi-annual
payments, insert frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing
_______________, at [If the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert
- -- the rate of ___% per annum, set forth below] [If the Security is to bear
interest at a variable or floating rate and if determined with reference to an
index, refer to description of index below] until the principal hereof is paid
or made available for payment [if applicable, insert -- and (to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of ___%
per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of
interest]. 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 Security (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 not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such [regular] record date and
may either be paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more
predecessor securities) is registered at the close of business on a [special]
record date for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this Series
not less than 10 days prior to such [special] record date, or be paid at any
time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this Series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture).
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[If the Securities are floating or adjustable rate securities with respect
to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with
reference to an index, insert the text of the floating or adjustable rate
provision.]
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any
such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to or the reverse hereof 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 debts; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security register).
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
The Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of said state.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit 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:
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
By___________________________
Attest:
__________________________________
Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
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 Officer
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Form of Reverse of Security.
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
[Title of Series]
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company, designated as its ________ due _____ (herein called the "Securities"),
issued and to be issued in one or more Series under an Indenture, dated as of
_________________ (herein called 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 Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the Series designated on the face hereof [, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $____________________]. Capitalized terms used in
this Security and not defined herein have the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
______, the Trustee under the Indenture has been appointed by the Company
as paying agent, Securities registrar, [conversion agent] and [custodian] with
regard to the Securities.
In case an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
principal of and accrued interest on all Securities may be declared, and upon
said declaration, shall become due and payable, in the manner, with the effect
and subject to the conditions provided for in the Indenture, including the terms
of the subordination to Senior Indebtedness as described below.
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this Series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice by mail,
[if applicable, insert -- (1) on __________________ in any year commencing with
the year _________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the
sinking fund for this Series at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount, and (2)] at any time on or after ____________, __, as a whole
or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following redemption prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before
__________________, ___% and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
______________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
- ---- ----- ---- -----
and thereafter at a redemption price equal to _________________ of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert --
(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued
interest to the redemption date, but interest installments whose stated Maturity
is on or prior to such redemption date will be payable to the
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Holders of such Securities, or one or more predecessor securities, of record at
the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this Series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' nor more than 60 days' notice by mail,
(1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending
with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this Series
at the redemption prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the redemption prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning __________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
- ---- ------------ -------------------
and thereafter at a redemption price equal to _____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the redemption date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity in on or prior to such redemption
date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
predecessor securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[The sinking fund for this Series provides for the redemption on
__________ in each year beginning with the year __________ and ending with the
year __________ of [not less than $__________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not
more than] $__________ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this Series.
Securities of this Series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in the inverse
order in which they become due).]
[If the Security is subject to redemption, insert -- In the event of
redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this
Series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the
name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
The indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is subordinate to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as such term is defined in the
Indenture). During the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of any
default in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due
on any Senior Indebtedness, no payment of principal
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of, or premium if any, or interest on the Securities shall be made by the
Company. In addition, upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any
dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the payment of the
principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Securities is to be
subordinated to the extent provided in the Indenture in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. By reason of such
subordination, in the event of the Company's dissolution, holders of Senior
Indebtedness may receive more, ratably, and holders of the Debentures may
receive less, ratably, than the other creditors of the Company. Such
subordination will not prevent the occurrence of any Event of Default under the
Indenture. Each holder of this Securities, by accepting the same, agrees to and
shall be bound by such provisions and authorizes the Trustee on its behalf to
take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination so provided and appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for such
purpose.
The Indenture contains provisions that permit the Company to elect either
(1) to defease and be discharged from the entire indebtedness of this Security
or (2) to be released from its obligations under certain restrictive covenants
and Events of Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon payment
in full of the Securities and compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.
[If the Security is convertible into common stock of the Company, insert
appropriate provisions and specify the conversion features and the form of
conversion notice pursuant to the Form of Conversion Notice set forth herein.]
[If the Security is convertible into or exchangeable for other securities
or property, specify the conversion features and the form of conversion notice
pursuant to the Form of Conversion Notice set forth herein.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this Series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this Series may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue-Discount Security, insert -- If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this Series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this Series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- Insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case
to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of
and interest, if any, on the Securities of this Series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits 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 to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time outstanding of each
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Series to be affected, with certain exceptions as therein provided with respect
to certain modifications or amendments which may not be made without the consent
of each Holder of such Security affected thereby. The Indenture also permits
certain amendments and modifications thereto from time to time by the Company
and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any Series of the
Securities to be affected thereby for certain specified purposes, including
curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies and making any such change that
does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of such series of the
Securities, as provided therein.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each 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 Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and Interest
on this Security at the times, place and [rate(s)], and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the security
register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this
series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this Series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $___ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided
in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder 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 payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this 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 this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security is
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overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or
otherwise in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer
or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of
law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such
liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for
the issue hereof, expressly waived and released.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Form of Conversion Notice.
To Omnicon Group Inc.:
The undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option
to convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof) below designated, into [shares of common stock of the Company]
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and
directs that the [shares] issuable and deliverable upon the conversion, together
with any check in payment for fractional shares of any securities representing
any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the
registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If
this Notice is being delivered on a date after the close of business on a
[regular] record date and prior to the opening of business on the related
interest payment date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being
converted has been called for redemption on a redemption date within such
period), this Notice is accompanied by payment, in funds acceptable to the
Company, of an amount equal to the interest payable on such interest payment
date of the principal of this Security to be converted. If shares are to be
issued in the name of a period other than the undersigned, the undersigned will
pay all transfer taxes payable with respect hereto. Any amount required to be
paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this security.
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Exhibit 12
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
1992-1997
($000's)
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<CAPTION>
1996 1997
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Q3 YTD Q3 YTD
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Earnings as defined:
Profit before tax as reported.. $116,196 $121,678 $188,914 $242,653 $305,231 $205,276 $260,614
Add: Dividends from affiliates. 5,833 6,357 7,838 15,146 15,442 10,167 6,386
Interest expense............ 51,390 47,105 40,485 43,271 34,067 26,745 30,923
Interest factor re: rentals
(as calculated below)....... 44,106 49,888 50,851 56,357 67,023 50,251 57,910
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total earnings................. $217,525 $225,028 $288,088 $357,427 $421,763 $292,439 $355,833
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Fixed charges as defined:
Interest expense............... $ 51,390 $ 47,105 $ 40,485 $ 43,271 $ 34,067 $ 26,745 $ 30,923
Interest factor re: rentals
(as calculated below)........ 44,106 49,888 50,851 56,357 67,023 50,251 57,910
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total fixed charges............ $ 95,496 $ 96,993 $ 91,336 $ 99,628 $101,090 $ 76,996 $ 88,833
========= ========= ========= ========= ======== ========= =========
Ratio of earnings/
Fixed charges................ 2.28 2.32 3.15 3.59 4.17 3.80 4.01
Total rent..................... 132,317 149,664 152,553 169,072 201,069 150,752 173,731
Interest factor (1/3 of total). 44,106 49,888 50,851 56,357 67,023 50,251 57,910
</TABLE>
Notes:
1) Amortization of debt issuance costs and put premiums are included in interest
expense.
Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this Registration Statement of our reports dated February 18,
1997 included in Omnicom Group Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1996 and to all references to our Firm included in this Registration Statement.
/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
New York, New York
February 12, 1998
