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REGISTRATION NO. 33-52333
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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PRE-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT
NO. 3
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
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EATON CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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OHIO 34-0196300
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
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Eaton Center, 1111 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584, (216) 523-5000
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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E. R. FRANKLIN, Secretary
Eaton Center, 1111 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584, (216) 523-4103
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
AGENT FOR SERVICE)
Copies to:
ARNE HOVDESVEN, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022, (212)
848-4000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
PUBLIC:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / / If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/
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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, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
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Filing Fee for Registration Statement........................ $206,897
Legal Fees and Expenses...................................... 20,000
Rating Agency Fees........................................... 85,000
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses................................... 30,000
Printing and Engraving Fees.................................. 150,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses................................. 120,000
Trustee's Fees and Expenses.................................. 15,000
Miscellaneous Expenses ...................................... 27,000
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TOTAL ............................................. $653,897
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The foregoing expenses, except for the filing fee for the Registration
Statement, are estimated.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Paragraph (E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code grants each
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Ohio, such as the Company,
power to indemnify its directors, officers and other specified persons.
Provisions relating to indemnification of directors and officers of the Company
and other specified persons have been adopted pursuant to the Ohio law and are
contained in Article IV, Section 2 of the Company's Amended Regulations. Under
the Amended Regulations, the Company shall indemnify any director, officer or
other specified person against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him by
reason of the fact that he is or was such director, officer or other specified
person, to the full extent permitted by applicable law. The foregoing statement
is subject to, and only part of, the detailed provisions of the Ohio Revised
Code and the Company's Amended Regulations referred to herein.
The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with all of its
officers and directors. The Agreements provide that the Company shall indemnify
such directors or officers to the full extent permitted by law against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any claim filed
against them by reason of anything done or not done by them in such capacity.
The Agreements also require the Company to maintain director and officer
insurance which is no less favorable to the director and officer than the
insurance in effect on April 27, 1988 (the date of the Agreements), and to
establish and maintain an escrow account of up to $10 million to fund the
Company's obligations under the Agreements, except that the Company is required
to fund the escrow only upon the occurrence of a change of control of the
Company, as defined under the Agreements.
The Company also maintains insurance coverage for the benefit of directors
and officers with respect to many types of claims that may be made against them,
some of which claims may be in addition to those described in Section 2 of
Article IV of the Amended Regulations. Reference is also made to Section 6 of
the Underwriting Agreement included herein as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement for provisions regarding indemnification of the Company, officers,
directors and controlling persons against certain liabilities.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
This Registration Statement includes the following exhibits:
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***1(a) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement and Underwriting Agreement Basic
Provisions.
***4(a) -- Form of Senior Indenture between the Company and Chemical Bank.
4(b) -- Form of Fixed Rate Senior Note filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Registration
Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by reference.
***4(c) -- Form of Subordinated Indenture between the Company and Chemical Bank.
4(d) -- Form of Fixed Rate Subordinated Note filed as Exhibit 4(d) to
Registration Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by reference.
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4(e) -- Form of Debt Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Debt Warrant
Agent, including a form of Debt Warrant Certificate, filed as Exhibit
4(c) to Registration Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by
reference.
*4(f) -- Form of Preferred Shares.
4(g) -- Form of Certificate of Designations filed as Exhibit 4(g) to Registration
Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by reference.
4(h) -- Amended Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated as of January
24, 1989 and filed on Form SE on March 13, 1989 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1988, File No. 1-1396).
4(i) -- Amended Regulations, as amended and restated as of April 27, 1988 and
filed on Form SE on March 31, 1989 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1988, File No. 1-1396).
**5 -- Opinion of G. L. Gherlein, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
as to validity of the Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Preferred Shares and
Common Shares.
**12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
**24(a) -- Consent of Ernst & Young.
**24(b) -- Consent of G. L. Gherlein, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.
**24(c) -- Consent of Price Waterhouse.
**25 -- Power of Attorney.
**26 -- Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
of Chemical Bank with respect to the Senior Indenture and Subordinated
Indenture.
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* To be filed by amendment.
** Previously filed.
*** Filed by Amendment No. 3.
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 the registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and 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 the 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
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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 a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a
form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or
(4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part
of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of
prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT
CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS PRE-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, STATE OF OHIO,
ON THE 8TH DAY OF MARCH, 1994.
EATON CORPORATION
By /s/ G. L. GHERLEIN
G. L. Gherlein
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY
THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED.
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NAME TITLE DATE
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Chairman and Chief Executive
* Officer; Principal
William E. Butler Executive Officer; Director
President and Chief Operating
* Officer -- Vehicle Components;
John S. Rodewig Director
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial
* and Administrative Officer;
Stephen R. Hardis Principal Financial Officer;
Director
Vice President -- Accounting;
* Principal Accounting Officer
Ronald L. Leach
Director
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Neil A. Armstrong
March 8, 1994
Director
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Phyllis B. Davis
Director
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Arthur Dole III
Director
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Charles E. Hugel
Director
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John R. Miller
Director
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Furman C. Moseley
Director
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Hooper G. Pattillo
Director
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A. William Reynolds
Director
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Gary L. Tooker
*By /s/ DAVID M. O'LOUGHLIN
David M. O'Loughlin,
Attorney-in-Fact
for the officers and directors
signing in the capacities
indicated
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT EXHIBIT
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***1(a) -- Form of Underwriting Agreement and Underwriting Agreement Basic
Provisions.
***4(a) -- Form of Senior Indenture between the Company and Chemical Bank.
4(b) -- Form of Fixed Rate Senior Note filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Registration
Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by reference.
***4(c) -- Form of Subordinated Indenture between the Company and Chemical Bank.
4(d) -- Fixed Rate Subordinated Note filed as Exhibit 4(d) to Registration
Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by reference.
4(e) -- Form of Debt Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Debt Warrant
Agent, including a form of Debt Warrant Certificate, filed as Exhibit
4(c) to Registration Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by
reference.
*4(f) -- Form of Preferred Shares.
4(g) -- Form of Certificate of Designations filed as Exhibit 4(g) to Registration
Statement No. 33-48851 and incorporated herein by reference.
4(h) -- Amended Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated as of January
24, 1989 and filed on Form SE on March 13, 1989 (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1988, File No. 1-1396).
4(i) -- Amended Regulations, as amended and restated as of April 27, 1988 and
filed on Form SE on March 31, 1989 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1988, File No. 1-1396).
**5 -- Opinion of G. L. Gherlein, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
as to validity of the Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Preferred Shares and
Common Shares.
**12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
**24(a) -- Consent of Ernst & Young.
**24(b) -- Consent of G. L. Gherlein, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.
**24(c) -- Consent of Price Waterhouse.
**25 -- Power of Attorney.
**26 -- Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
of Chemical Bank with respect to the Senior Indenture and Subordinated
Indenture.
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** Previously filed.
*** Filed by Amendment No. 3.
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EATON CORPORATION
DEBT SECURITIES - PREFERRED SHARES
COMMON SHARES - WARRANT SECURITIES
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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1. INTRODUCTORY. Eaton Corporation, an Ohio corporation
("Company"), proposes to issue and sell from time to time
(a) certain of its debt securities registered under the
registration statement referred to in Section 2(a) ("Registered Debt
Securities"). The Registered Debt Securities will be issued under an
indenture ("Senior Indenture") for the issuance of the Company's
senior debt securities ("Senior Debt Securities"), between the Company
and Chemical Bank, as Trustee ("Senior Trustee"), or an indenture
("Subordinated Indenture") for the issuance of the Company's
subordinated debt securities ("Subordinated Debt Securities"), between
the Company and Chemical Bank as Trustee ("Subordinated Trustee") each
in one or more series, each such series may vary as to interest rates,
maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices, terms of
conversion, in the case of Subordinated Debt Securities, if any
("Convertible Subordinated Debt Securities"), and other terms, with
all such terms for any particular series of the Registered Debt
Securities being determined at the time of sale. Particular series of
the Registered Debt Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms
Agreement referred to in Section 3, for resale in accordance with
terms of offering determined at the time of sale;
(b) certain of its shares of its preferred stock registered
under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a)
("Registered Preferred Shares"). The Registered Preferred Shares
Securities may be issued in one or more series, which series may vary
as to dividend rates, redemption provisions, selling prices and other
terms, with all such terms for any particular series of the Registered
Preferred Shares being determined at the time of sale. Particular
series of the Registered Preferred Shares will be sold pursuant to a
Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, for resale in accordance
with terms of offering determined at the time of sale;
(c) certain of its common shares ("Common Shares") registered
under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a)
("Registered Common Shares"). Particular offerings of the Registered
Common Shares will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement referred to
in Section 3, for resale in accordance with terms of offering
determined at the time of sale; and
(d) certain of its warrant securities registered under the
registration statement referred to in Section 2(a) ("Registered
Warrant Securities"). The Registered Warrant
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Securities will be issued under a warrant agreement, ("Warrant
Agreement") between the Company and the organization to be named
therein upon the execution thereof, as Warrant Agent, in one or more
series, which series may vary as to expiration date, conversion terms,
premium price, if any, and other terms, with all such terms for any
particular series of the Registered Warrant Securities being
determined at the time of sale. Particular series of the Registered
Warrant Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement referred
to in Section 3, for resale in accordance with terms of offering
determined at the time of sale.
The Registered Debt Securities, Registered Preferred Shares,
Registered Common Shares and Registered Warrant Securities are collectively
referred to herein as the "Registered Securities". The Registered Securities
(including any combination of such securities) involved in any such offering
are hereinafter referred to as the "Securities". The firm or firms which agree
to purchase the Securities are hereinafter referred to as the "Underwriter" or
"Underwriters" of such Securities, and the representative or representatives of
the Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section
3 are hereinafter referred to as the "Representatives"; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if the Terms Agreement does not specify any representative of the Underwriters,
the term "Representatives", as used in this Agreement (other than in Sections
2(b), 5(c) and 6 and the second sentence of Section 3), shall mean the
Underwriters. It is understood that the Company may from time to time agree to
sell Securities to a certain firm or firms ("Manager" or "Managers") outside
the United States and Canada, such Manager or Managers to be specified in, and
said Securities to be sold pursuant to, a Terms Agreement (such Terms Agreement
being referred to therein by such Managers as a Subscription Agreement). As
used herein, the terms Underwriter and Underwriters are deemed to include,
unless the context otherwise specifies or requires, the Manager or Managers.
The Underwriters and Managers (or Underwriter and Manager) may provide for the
coordination of their activities by entering into an Agreement Between U.S.
Underwriters and Managers which may permit them, among other things, to sell
Securities to each other for purposes of resale. As used herein the term
"United States" shall mean the United States of America (including the States
and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction and "Canada" means Canada, its provinces,
territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter and each
Manager that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 33-52333), including a
prospectus, relating to the Registered Securities has been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and has become
effective. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of any
Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter referred to
as the "Registration Statement", and the prospectus included in
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such Registration Statement, as supplemented as contemplated by
Section 3 to reflect (i) if Registered Debt Securities, Registered
Preferred Shares or Registered Warrant Securities are offered, the
terms of the Securities and the terms of offering thereof and (ii) if
Registered Common Share Securities are offered, the terms of offering
of the Securities, as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and
in accordance with Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") under the Securities
Act of 1933 ("Act"), including all material incorporated by reference
therein, is hereinafter referred to as the "U.S. Prospectus". The
prospectus relating to the Securities to be sold by the Company to the
Manager or Managers, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement as of
the time of the applicable Terms Agreement, which will be identical to
the U.S. Prospectus except as provided in such Terms Agreement, is
hereinafter referred to as the "International Prospectus"
(collectively the U.S. Prospectus and the International Prospectus are
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectuses").
(b) On the effective date of the registration statement
relating to the Registered Securities, such registration statement
conformed in all respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended ("Trust Indenture Act") and the
rules and regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations") and
did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and on the date of each
Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, the Registration Statement
and the U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus, as the case may
be, will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and
the Rules and Regulations and, if Registered Debt Securities are
offered by the U.S. Prospectus or the International Prospectus, the
Trust Indenture Act, and neither of such documents will include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except that the foregoing does not apply to
statements in or omissions from any of such documents based upon
written information furnished to the Company by any (i) Underwriter
through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use in the U.S.
Prospectus or (ii) any Manager specifically for use in the
International Prospectus.
(c) To the best knowledge of the Company, there is no
existing or imminent labor dispute or organizational effort by the
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in
subsection (e)) or any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the
employees of any of its or any Subsidiary's principal suppliers,
contractors or customers that is reasonably expected to have a
material adverse effect upon business, properties, financial
condition, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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(d) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
except as is not reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect
upon the business, properties, financial condition, results of
operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws. As used herein, "Environmental
Laws" means any United States or Canadian, federal, state, local or
municipal statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance or any judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the
protection of the environment, the protection of public health and
safety from environmental concerns or the protection of worker health
and safety.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (each
subsidiary listed on Schedule A attached hereto, being hereinafter
referred to as a "Subsidiary" and, collectively, the "Subsidiaries")
is in violation of its articles or certificate of incorporation or in
default under any agreement, indenture or instrument, the effect of
which violation or default would be material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(f) Except as described in (or incorporated by reference
in) the Registration Statement and each U.S. Prospectus or
International Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse
change in, or any adverse development which materially affects, the
business, properties, financial condition, results of operations or
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole from
the dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and each U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus.
(g) Ernst & Young, whose report appears in the Company's
most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K which is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and each U.S. Prospectus and
International Prospectus, are independent public accountants as
required by the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(h) Price Waterhouse, whose report appears in the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 14, 1994 (as
amended on February 18, 1994) which is incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, each U.S. Prospectus and International
Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the Act
and the Rules and Regulations.
(i) The Company and [Eaton Administration Corporation,
Eaton Yale Ltd., AIL Systems Inc., and Eaton ETN Offshore Ltd.] (each
a "Significant Subsidiary" and together constituting all of the
significant Subsidiaries of the Company) have each been duly
incorporated, are validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, are duly qualified
to do business and in
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good standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in which
their respective ownership of property or the conduct of their
respective businesses requires such qualification (except where the
failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect upon
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole), and have power and
authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to
conduct the businesses in which they are engaged. All of the issued
and outstanding stock of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable.
The Company owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of each
Significant Subsidiary, directly or through one or more Subsidiaries,
except to the extent of shares owned of record by directors for the
purpose of qualifications as such and except for approximately
[4.677]% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of AIL Systems
Inc. owned of record by employees and employee benefit plans of AIL
System Inc., free and clear of any pledges, liens, encumbrances,
claims or equities.
(j) Except as described in (or incorporated by reference
in) each U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus, there is no
material litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which is reasonably expected by the Company to result in
any material adverse change in the financial condition, results of
operations, business or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or which is required to be disclosed in (or
incorporated by reference in) the Registration Statement.
(k) The financial statements filed as part of, or
incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement or included
in, or incorporated by reference in, any preliminary prospectus, U.S.
Prospectus or International Prospectus present, or (in the case of any
amendment or supplement to any such document, or any material
incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with the
Commission after the date as of which this representation is being
made) will present, at all times during the period specified in
Section 4(b) hereof, fairly, the financial condition and results of
operations of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates
and for the periods indicated, and have been and (in the case of any
amendment or supplement to any such document, or any material
incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with the
Commission after the date as of which this representation is being
made) will be, at all times during the period specified in Section
4(b) hereof, prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved, except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements.
(l) The documents incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus, U.S. Prospectus
and International Prospectus
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on the respective dates such documents were filed with the Commission
(or, if the International Prospectus and each related preliminary
prospectus is not filed with the Commission, first used by the
Managers) conformed, and (in the case of any amendment or supplement
to any such document, or any material incorporated by reference in any
such document, filed with the Commission after the date as of which
this representation is being made) will conform at all times in all
material respects during the period specified in Section 4(b) hereof,
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Securities Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and such documents have been, or (in the case of
any amendment of supplement to any such document, or any material
incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with the
Commission after the date as of which this representation is being
made) will be at all times during the period specified in Section 4(b)
hereof timely filed as required thereby.
(m) There are no contracts or other documents which are
required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the
Act or by the Rules and Regulations, or which were required to be
filed as exhibits to any document incorporated by reference in any
U.S. Prospectus or International Prospectus by the Securities Exchange
Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, which
have not been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to
such document or incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the
Rules and Regulations or the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act as required.
(n) with respect to all Securities which are Senior Debt
Securities --
(i) The Senior Indenture, including any
amendments and supplements thereto, pursuant to which the
Senior Debt Securities will be issued, on the Closing Date (as
defined in Section 3 hereof) will conform with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery
Contracts (as defined in Section 3 hereof) and compliance by
the Company with the provisions contained herein, in the
Senior Debt Securities and in the Senior Indenture will not
conflict with, result in the creation or imposition of any
lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the respective assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the
terms of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement, indenture or instrument, or result in a violation
of the articles or certificate of incorporation or
regulations, as amended, of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any law, order, rule or regulation of any
court or governmental
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agency having jurisdiction over the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective properties; and except as
required by the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Securities
Exchange Act and applicable state securities laws, no consent,
authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any
court or governmental agency is required for the issuance and
sale of the Senior Debt Securities or the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, the Delayed Delivery
Contracts, if any, and the Senior Indenture.
(iii) On the Closing Date, (A) the Senior Indenture
will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and will constitute the legally binding obligation of
the Company, (B) the Senior Debt Securities will have been
validly authorized and, upon payment thereof as provided in
this Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding, and
will constitute legally binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits of the Senior Indenture, and (C) the
Senior Debt Securities and the Senior Indenture will conform
in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained
in the U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus.
(o) with respect to all Securities which are Subordinated
Debt Securities --
(i) The Subordinated Indenture, including any
amendments and supplements thereto, pursuant to which the
Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued, on the Closing
Date will conform with the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery
Contracts and compliance by the Company with the provisions
contained herein, in the Subordinated Debt Securities and in
the Subordinated Indenture will not conflict with, result in
the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any of the respective assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a default
under, any material agreement, indenture or instrument, or
result in a violation of the articles or certificate of
incorporation or amended regulations of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any law, order, rule or regulation of any
court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
properties; and except as required by the Act, the Trust
Indenture Act, the Securities Exchange Act and applicable
state securities laws, no consent, authorization or order of,
or filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency is required for the issuance and sale of the
Subordinated Debt Securities or the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the Delayed Delivery Contracts,
if any, and the Subordinated Indenture.
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(iii) On the Closing Date, (A) the Subordinated
Indenture will have been validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and will constitute the legally
binding obligation of the Company, (B) the Subordinated Debt
Securities will have been validly authorized and, upon payment
therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued
and outstanding, and will constitute legally binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the
Subordinated Indenture and (C) the Subordinated Debt
Securities and the Subordinated Indenture will conform in all
material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus.
(p) with respect to all Securities which are Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities --
(i) On the Closing Date, the Company will have
reserved and will, at all times, keep available for issuance
upon the conversion of the Convertible Subordinated Debt
Securities such number of its authorized by unissued Common
Shares deliverable upon conversion of the Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities as will be sufficient to permit
the conversion in full of all outstanding Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities.
(ii) On the Closing Date, the Common Shares will
conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus.
(iii) All corporate action required to be taken for
the authorization, issuance and delivery of the shares of
Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities has been validly taken; when
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the
Convertible Subordinated Indenture, such Common Shares will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and the issuance
of the Convertible Subordinated Debt Securities is not, and
the issuance of any such shares of Common Shares will not be,
subject to the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the
Company.
(q) with respect to all Securities which are Registered
Warrant Securities --
(i) The Senior Indenture, including any
amendments and supplements thereto, pursuant to which the
Senior Debt Securities will be issued upon exercise of the
Registered Warrant Securities, on the Closing Date will
conform with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
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(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery
Contracts and compliance by the Company with the provisions
contained herein, in the Registered Warrant Securities, in the
Senior Debt Securities issuable upon exercise of the
Registered Warrant Securities, in the Warrant Agreement and in
the Senior Indenture will not conflict with, result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any of the respective assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a default
under, any material agreement, indenture or instrument, or
result in a violation of the articles or certificate of
incorporation or amended regulations of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any law, order, rule or regulation of any
court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
properties; and except as required by the Act, the Trust
Indenture Act, the Securities Exchange Act and applicable
state securities laws, no consent, authorization or order of,
or filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency is required for the issuance and sale of the Registered
Warrant Securities and the Senior Debt Securities issuable
upon exercise of the Registered Warrant Securities or the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, the Warrant Agreement and
the Senior Indenture.
(iii) On the Closing Date, (A) the Warrant
Agreement and the Senior Indenture will have been validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and will
constitute the legally binding obligation of the Company, (B)
the Registered Warrant Securities will have been validly
authorized and, upon payment therefor as provided in this
Agreement, will be validly issued and outstanding, and will
constitute legally binding obligations of the Company, (C) the
Registered Warrant Securities, the Warrant Agreement, the
Senior Debt Securities issuable upon the exercise of the
Registered Warrant Securities and the Senior Indenture will
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus
and (D) the Senior Debt Securities issuable upon the exercise
of the Registered Warrant Securities will have been validly
authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with
the terms of the Registered Warrant Securities and the Senior
Indenture, will be validly issued and outstanding, and will
constitute legally binding obligations of the Company entitled
to the benefits of the Senior Indenture.
(r) with respect to all Securities which are Registered
Preferred Shares --
(i) The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery
Contracts and compliance by the
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Company with the provisions contained herein, in the
Registered Preferred Shares and in the Certificate of
Designations will not conflict with, result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the
respective assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a default under, any
material agreement, indenture or instrument, or result in a
violation of the articles or certificate of incorporation or
amended regulations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any law, order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or their respective properties, and except
as required by the Act, the Securities Exchange Act and
applicable state securities laws, no consent, authorization or
order of, or filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency is required for the issuance and sale of
the Registered Preferred Shares, or the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or the Delayed Delivery
Contracts, if any.
(ii) The authorization, creation, issuance and
sale of the Registered Preferred Shares and compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Certificate of
Designations are within the corporate powers of the Company.
(iii) On the Closing Date, the Registered Preferred
Shares will have been validly authorized and, upon payment
therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(iv) If the Registered Preferred Shares are
convertible into Common Shares, on the Closing Date any Common
Shares issuable upon conversion of the Registered Preferred
Shares will have been duly authorized by the Company and, when
issued and delivered in accordance with the Registered
Preferred Shares and the Certificate of Designations, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(v) If the Registered Preferred Shares are
convertible into Common Shares, on the Closing Date the
Company will have reserved and will, at all times, keep
available for issuance upon the conversion of the Registered
Preferred Shares such number of its authorized but unissued
Common Shares deliverable upon conversion of the Registered
Preferred Shares as will be sufficient to permit the
conversion in full of all outstanding Registered Preferred
Shares.
(vi) All corporate action required to be taken for
the authorization, issuance and delivery of any shares of
Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Registered
Preferred Shares has been validly taken, and the
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issuance of the Registered Preferred Shares is not, and the
issuance of any such shares of Common Shares will not be,
subject to any preemptive rights of any stockholder of the
Company.
(s) with respect to all Securities which are Registered
Common Shares --
(i) The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and compliance by the Company
with the provisions contained herein, will not conflict with,
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the respective assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or
constitute a default under, any material agreement, indenture
or instrument, or result in a violation of the articles or
certificate of incorporation or amended regulations of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any law, order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
their respective properties, and except as required by the
Act, the Securities Exchange Act and applicable state
securities laws, no consent, authorization or order of, or
filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency
is required for the issuance and sale of the Registered Common
Shares, or the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement.
(ii) All corporate action required to be taken for
the authorization, issuance and delivery of the Registered
Common Shares has been validly taken, and the issuance of the
Registered Common Shares is not, and will not be, subject to
any preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the
Representatives, the Managers or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the
Company to each Underwriter (or each Manager) as to the matters covered
thereby.
3. PURCHASE AND OFFERING OF SECURITIES. The obligation
of the Underwriters, if any, and the obligation of the Managers, if any, to
purchase the Securities will be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic or
other written communications ("Terms Agreement"1) at the time the Company
determines to sell the Securities (or any combination of Securities). All
references herein to this Agreement include the applicable Terms Agreement.
The Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of this
[FN]
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1 Any such Terms Agreement relating to the purchase of
such Securities by the Manager or Managers will be
referred to therein as a "Subscription Agreement".
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Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm or
firms which will be Underwriters, Managers, the names of any Representatives,
the principal amount or number of shares to be purchased by each Underwriter
and Manager, and the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters and Managers
and, if Registered Debt Securities, Registered Preferred Shares or Registered
Warrant Securities, the terms of such Securities not already specified in the
Indenture, Certificate of Designations or Warrant Agreement, respectively,
including, but not limited to, interest or dividend rate, maturity, redemption
provisions and sinking fund requirements, whether any of the Securities may be
sold to institutional investors pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts (as
defined below), expiration date and conversion terms (if any such terms are to
be applicable). If the Company grants the Underwriters (and Managers) an
option to purchase additional Securities to cover over-allotments, the terms of
such option (or options) will be specified in the Terms Agreement. The Terms
Agreement will also specify the time and date of delivery and payment (such
time and date, or such other time not later than seven full business days
thereafter as the Representatives (and the Managers) and the Company agree as
the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in the Terms Agreement
referred to as the "Closing Date"2), the place of delivery and payment and any
details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in the prospectus
supplement (or prospectus supplements) relating to the offering of the
Securities. The obligations of the Underwriters and Managers to purchase the
Securities will be several and not joint. It is understood that the
Underwriters and Managers propose to offer the Securities for sale as set forth
in the U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus, respectively. The
certificates for the Securities delivered to the Underwriters and Managers on
the Closing Date will be in definitive and, if applicable, fully registered
form, in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters
and Managers may reasonably request.
If the Terms Agreement provides for sales of Securities
pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, the Company authorizes the Underwriters
(and the Managers) to solicit offers to purchase Securities pursuant to delayed
delivery contracts substantially in the form of Annex I attached hereto
("Delayed Delivery Contracts") with such changes therein as the Company may
authorize or approve. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with institutional
investors, including commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension
funds, investment companies and educational and charitable institutions. On
the Closing Date the Company will pay, as compensation, to the Representatives
for the accounts of the Underwriters (and to the Managers, if applicable), the
fee set forth in such Terms Agreement in respect of the principal amount or
number of shares of Securities to be sold pursuant to
[FN]
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2 If the Company grants the Underwriters (and Managers)
an option to purchase additional Securities to cover
over-allotments, such Terms Agreement will specify the
time for the delivery of an payment for such
Securities, which such time may be the Closing Date.
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Delayed Delivery Contracts ("Contract Securities"). The Underwriters (and
Managers) will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or the
performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. If the Company executes and
delivers Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Contract Securities will be deducted
from the Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters (and Managers)
and the aggregate principal amount or number of shares of Securities to be
purchased will be reduced pro rata in proportion of the aggregate principal
amount or number of shares of Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter's
(and Manager's) name in such Terms Agreement, except to the extent that the
Representatives (or Managers) determine that such reduction shall be otherwise
than pro rata and so advise the Company. The Company will advise the
Representatives (and Managers) not later than the business day prior to the
Closing Date of the principal amount or number of shares of Contract
Securities.
4. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company
agrees with the several Underwriters that it will furnish to Shearman &
Sterling, counsel for the Underwriters, as many signed copies of the
registration statement as they may reasonably request relating to the
Registered Securities, including all exhibits, in the form it became effective
and of all amendments thereto and that, in connection with each offering of
Securities:
(a) The Company will file the U.S. Prospectus with the
Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)(1) or Rule
424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the
Representatives, subparagraph (5)) not later than the second business
day following the execution and delivery of the Terms Agreement; if
the Securities are to be purchased by the Managers are to be
registered under the Registration Statement, the Company will file the
International Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b)(1) or Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable
and if consented to by the Managers, subparagraph (5)) not later than
the second business day following the execution and delivery of the
Subscription Agreement.
(b) The Company will, during the period following the
date of the Terms Agreement as, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, any U.S. Prospectus or International Prospectus is
required by law to be delivered, advise the Representatives (and
Managers), promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement or the U.S. Prospectus or International
Prospectus and will afford the Representatives (and Managers) a
reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or
supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representatives (and
Managers) promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement.
(c) The Company will advise the Representatives (and
Managers) (i) of the institution by the Commission of any stop order
proceedings in respect of the
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Registration Statement or of any part thereof and will use its best
efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain
as soon as possible its lifting, if issued, (ii) when any
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement relating to or
covering the Securities becomes effective, (iii) of any request or
proposed request by the Commission for (A) an amendment or supplement
to the Registration Statement (insofar as the amendment or supplement
relates to or covers the Securities), the U.S. Prospectus or
International Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference in
any of the foregoing or (B) for any additional information and (iv) of
receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for that
purpose.
(d) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
as a result of which the U.S. Prospectus or International Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend
the U.S. Prospectus or International Prospectus to comply with the
Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission
or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the
Representatives' (or Managers') consent to, nor the Underwriters' (or
Managers') delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall
constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.
(e) As soon as practicable after the date of each Terms
Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its
securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12
months beginning after the later of (i) the effective date of the
registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, (ii) the
effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of such
Terms Agreement and (iii) the date of the Company's most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of
such Terms Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Act.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Representatives (and
Managers) copies of the Registration Statement (including all
exhibits, the form of Senior Indenture, the form of Subordinated
Indenture, the form of Warrant Agreement, the form of Certificate of
Designations and this Agreement), any related preliminary prospectus,
any related preliminary prospectus supplement, the U.S. Prospectus
and International Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to
such documents, in each case, as soon as available and in such
quantities as are reasonably requested.
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(g) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions in
the United States and Canada as the Representatives may reasonably
designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution.
(h) During the period of [five] years after the date of
any Terms Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives
and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as
practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual
report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to
the Representatives (and Managers) (i) as soon as publicly available,
a copy of each report or definitive proxy statement of the Company
filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act, or mailed
to stockholders and (ii) from time to time, such other publicly
available information concerning the Company as the Representatives
(and Managers) may reasonably request.
(i) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement and will reimburse
the Underwriters for any expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with
qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives (and Managers) may reasonably
designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, for any fees
paid to any Trustee, for any fees charged by investment rating
agencies for the rating of the Securities (if applicable), for the
filing fees of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
and any state relating to the Securities, for the fees and expenses of
listing the Securities on any securities exchange or market, if the
Securities are to be listed on any securities exchange or market, and
for expenses incurred in distributing the U.S. Prospectus and
International Prospectus, any preliminary prospectuses and any
preliminary prospectus supplements to Underwriters (or Managers).
(j) For a period beginning at the time of execution of
the Terms Agreement and ending 90 days after the Closing Date, without
the prior consent of the Representatives (and Managers), the Company
will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any
Registered Common Shares, preferred stock, warrants or debt securities
issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than
one year from the date of issue, in each case, that are similar in
terms to the Securities other than pursuant to an (a) employee or
director stock option plan, stock ownership plan, stock bonus plan,
stock compensation plan or dividend reinvestment plan in effect on the
date of such Terms Agreement and (b) issuances of Common Shares upon
conversion of securities outstanding at the date of such Terms
Agreement.
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(k) Until the termination of the offering of the
Securities, to timely file all documents, and any amendments to
previously filed documents, required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act.
(l) If the Terms Agreement specifies that the Securities
are to be listed on any stock exchange or exchanges or market, prior
to the Closing Date, unless otherwise agreed to by the
Representatives, to apply for the listing of the Securities on such
exchange or exchanges or market, and to use its reasonable best
efforts to complete such listings.
(m) The Company has complied and will comply with all of
the provisions of Florida H.B. 1771, codified as Section 517.075 of
the Florida statutes, and all regulations promulgated thereunder
relating to issuers doing business with Cuba.
5. CONDITIONS OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS AND
MANAGERS. The obligations of the several Underwriters (and Managers) to
purchase and pay for the Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the
accuracy of the written statements of Company officers made pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) On or prior to the date of the Terms Agreement, the
Representatives (and Managers) shall have received separate letters,
dated the date of delivery thereof, of Ernst & Young (the Company's
independent accountants) and Price Waterhouse, confirming that, with
respect to themselves, they are independent public accountants within
the meaning of the Act and the applicable published Rules and
Regulations thereunder and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion, the financial statements
and schedules examined by them and included in the prospectus
or prospectuses contained in the Registration Statement
relating to the Registered Securities, as amended at the date
of such letter, comply in form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
related published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have, as indicated in their report or
reports attached to such letter, made a review of any
unaudited financial statements included in such prospectus in
accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
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(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in
(ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of
the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that the
unaudited financial statements, if any, included in such
prospectus or prospectuses do not comply in form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and the Securities Exchange Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations or are not in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included in such U.S. Prospectus and International
Prospectus;
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts
(or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other
financial information contained in such prospectus or
prospectuses (in each case to the extent that such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial information are
derived from the general accounting records of the Company and
its Subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the
Company's accounting system or are derived directly from such
records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained
from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records
and other procedures specified in much letter and have found
such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
information to be in agreement with such results, except as
otherwise specified in such letter; and
(v) from the date of the latest balance sheet of
the Company and its Subsidiaries included or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectuses to a specified date not more
than five days from the date of such letter, there was any
change in the capital stock of the Company (other than by
reason of shares issued pursuant to the Company's employee or
director stock option plans, or stock ownership plans, stock
bonus plans, stock compensation plans or dividend reinvestment
plans or upon conversion of convertible securities or in
connection with acquisitions or distributions previously
disclosed to the Representatives and Managers), any increase
greater than 1% in the long-term debt or short-term debt of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or any decrease
greater than 1% in consolidated net assets of the Company and
its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as compared with
amounts shown in such latest balance sheet or any decrease
greater than 1% in consolidated net sales or the total amount
of income from continuing operations, in each case as compared
with the comparable period in the preceding year, except in
each case for changes, increases or decreases which the
Prospectuses discloses have occurred or may occur or which are
described in such letter or letters.
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All financial statements and schedules included in material
incorporated by reference into such Prospectuses shall be deemed
included in such Prospectuses for purposes of this subsection.
With respect to this subsection (a), Price Waterhouse need
only provide such statements with respect to and only for so long as
the audited financial statements of the Distribution and Control
Business Unit ("DCBU"), an organizational unit of Westinghouse
Electric Corporation as of December 31, 1992 and 1991, and for each of
the two years in the period ended December 31, 1992 are included in
such Prospectuses.
(b) The U.S. Prospectus, and, if applicable, the
International Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 4(a) of this
Agreement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to
the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated
by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement,
there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the
business or properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries which, in
the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters, including
any Representatives (and Managers), materially impairs the investment
quality of the Securities or the Registered Securities; (ii) any
downgrading in the rating of any debt securities or preferred stock
then outstanding, if any, of the Company by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule
436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such
organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt
securities or preferred stock then outstanding, if any, of the Company
(other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible
upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such
rating); (iii) any suspension or limitation of trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum
prices for trading on such exchange, or any suspension of trading of
any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the
over-the-counter market; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by
Federal or New York authorities; or (v) any outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any
declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority
in interest of the Underwriters, including any Representatives (and
the Managers) the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the
Securities.
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(d) The Representatives (and Managers) shall have
received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Gerald L. Gherlein,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, to the
effect that:
(i) with respect to all Securities
(A) The Company and the Significant
Subsidiaries have been duly incorporated and are
validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation,
are duly qualified to do business and in good
standing as foreign corporations in all jurisdictions
in which their respective ownership of property or
the conduct of their respective businesses requires
such qualification (except where the failure to so
qualify would not have a material adverse effect upon
the business, properties, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole), and have all
power and authority necessary to own their respective
properties and conduct the businesses in which they
are engaged and except as may be disclosed in the
Registration Statement and, except to the extent of
shares owned of record by directors for the purpose
of qualifying as such and except as to approximately
[4.677%] of the issued and outstanding common shares
of AIL Systems Inc. owned of record by employees and
employee benefit plans of AIL Systems Inc. all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Significant Subsidiaries are owned by the Company
directly, or indirectly through wholly owned
Subsidiaries, free and clear of any lien, pledge and
encumbrance or any claim of any third party;
(B) The Delayed Delivery Contracts, if
any, have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by the
purchasers thereunder, are valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company;
(C) The Registration Statement is
effective under the Act, no stop order suspending its
effectiveness has been issued, and no proceeding for
that purpose is pending or, to the knowledge of such
counsel, threatened by the Commission;
(D) No order directed to any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectuses has
been issued and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no
challenge has been made to the accuracy or adequacy
of any such document;
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(E) The documents incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses (except for the financial statements,
supporting schedules and other financial data
included or incorporated therein, or omitted
therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), when they were filed with the Commission,
complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder;
(F) The Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses (except that no opinion need be
expressed as to the financial statements, supporting
schedules and other financial data contained or
incorporated therein, or omitted therefrom) comply as
to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the Rules and
Regulations;
(G) The statements made in the
Prospectuses under the following (or comparable)
captions: "Description of Debt Securities,"
"Description of Common Shares," "Description of Debt
Warrants," and "Description of Preferred Shares"
insofar as they purport to summarize the provisions
of documents or agreements specifically referred to
therein, fairly present the information called for
with respect thereto by Form S-3 under the Act;
(H) Such counsel does not know of any
litigation or any governmental proceeding pending or
threatened against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries which is required to be disclosed in the
Prospectuses which is not disclosed and correctly
summarized therein;
(I) Such counsel does not know of any
contracts or other documents which are required to be
filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by
the Act or by the Rules and Regulations, or which are
required to be filed by the Securities Exchange Act
or the rules and Regulations thereunder as exhibits
to any document incorporated by reference in the
Prospectuses, which have not been filed as exhibits
to the Registration Statement or to such document or
incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the
Rules and Regulations or the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act; and
(J) To the best of such counsel's
knowledge, neither the Company nor any Significant
Subsidiary is in violation of its articles or
certificate of incorporation or in default under any
material agreement, indenture or instrument.
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(ii) with respect to all Securities which are Senior Debt
Securities
(A) The Senior Indenture has been
validly authorized by the Company, duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the Senior Trustee and
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and is a
valid and legally binding instrument of the Company;
(B) The Senior Debt Securities not
subject to Delayed Delivery Contracts have been
validly authorized, duly executed by authorized
officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the
Senior Trustee or the authenticating agent and
delivered, and are the validly issued, outstanding
and legally binding obligations of the Company,
entitled to the benefits of the Senior Indenture;
(C) The Senior Debt Securities subject
to a Delayed Delivery Contract, if any, have been
validly authorized and, when duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered to, and paid for
by, the respective purchasers thereof under the
related Delayed Delivery Contracts, such Senior Debt
Securities will be validly issued, outstanding and
legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled
to the benefits of the Senior Indenture;
(D) The Senior Debt Securities and the
Senior Indenture conform in all material respects to
the Statements concerning them in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses; and
(E) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any,
and compliance by the Company with the provisions
contained herein and in the Senior Debt Securities
and the Senior Indenture will not conflict with, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any of the assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the
terms of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement, indenture or instrument known to such
counsel, or result in a violation of the articles or
certificate of incorporation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or any law, order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, and any of its
Subsidiaries or their property; and no consent,
authorization or order of, or filing or registration
with, any court or governmental agency is required
for the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of this Agreement and the Delayed
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Delivery contracts, if any, except such as may be
required by the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the
Securities Exchange Act, state securities laws or
foreign laws;
(iii) with respect to all Securities which are Subordinated
Debt Securities
(A) The Subordinated Indenture has been
validly authorized by the Company, duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the Subordinated Trustee
and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and
is a valid and legally binding instrument of the
Company;
(B) The Subordinated Debt Securities not
subject to Delayed Delivery Contracts have been
validly authorized, duly executed by authorized
officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the
Subordinated Trustee or the authenticating agent and
delivered, and are the validly issued, outstanding
and legally binding obligations of the Company,
entitled to the benefits of the Subordinated
Indenture;
(C) The Subordinated Debt Securities
subject to a Delayed Delivery Contract, if any, have
been validly authorized and, when duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered to, and paid for
by, the respective purchasers thereof under the
related Delayed Delivery Contracts, such Subordinated
Debt Securities subject to a Delayed Delivery
Contract will be validly issued, outstanding and
legally binding obligations of the Company, entitled
to the benefits of the Subordinated Indenture;
(D) The Subordinated Debt Securities,
the Subordinated Indenture and, in the case of
Subordinated Debt Securities that are convertible
into Registered Common Shares ("Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities"), the Registered Common
Shares conform in all material respects to the
Statements concerning them in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectuses;
(E) In the case of Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities, the Registered Common
Shares issuable upon the conversion of the
Convertible Subordinated Debt Securities have been
duly authorized and validly reserved for issuance by
the Company and, when issued and delivered in
accordance with the terms of the Convertible
Subordinated Indenture, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable;
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(F) In the case of Convertible
Subordinated Debt Securities, all corporate action
required to be taken for the authorization, issuance
and delivery of the Registered Common Shares issuable
upon conversion of the Convertible Subordinated Debt
Securities has been validly taken, and the issuance
of the Convertible Subordinated Debt Securities is
not, and the issuance of any such Registered Common
Shares will not be, subject to the preemptive rights
of any stockholder of the Company; and
(G) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any,
and compliance by the Company with the provisions
contained herein and in the Subordinated Debt
Securities and the Subordinated Indenture will not
conflict with, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or constitute
a default under, any agreement, indenture or
instrument known to such counsel, or result in a
violation of the articles or certificate of
incorporation of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or any law, order, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction
over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their
property; and no consent, authorization or order of,
or filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency is required for the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any,
except such as may be required by the Act, the Trust
Indenture Act, the Securities Exchange Act, state
securities laws or foreign laws.
(iv) with respect to all Securities which are Registered
Warrant Securities
(A) The Warrant Agreement has been
validly authorized by the Company, duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the Warrant Agent, and
is a valid and legally, binding instrument of the
Company;
(B) The Registered Warrant Securities
not subject to a Delayed Delivery Contract have been
validly authorized, duly executed by authorized
officers of the Company, duly authenticated by the
Warrant Agent and delivered, and are the validly
issued, outstanding and legally binding obligations
of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the
Warrant Agreement;
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(C) The Registered Warrant Securities
subject to a Delayed Delivery Contract, if any, have
been validly authorized and, when duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered to, and paid for
by, the respective purchasers thereof under the
related Delayed Delivery Contracts, such Registered
Warrant Securities will be validly issued,
outstanding and legally binding obligations of the
Company, entitled to the benefits of the Warrant
Agreement;
(D) The Senior Indenture has been
validly authorized by the Company, duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the Senior Trustee and
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and is a
valid and legally binding instrument of the Company;
(E) The Senior Debt Securities issuable
upon exercise of the Registered Warrant Securities
have been validly authorized and, when executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance
with the terms of the Registered Warrant Securities
and the Senior Indenture, will be the validly issued,
outstanding and legally binding obligations of the
Company, entitled to the benefits of the Senior
Indenture;
(F) The Registered Warrant Securities,
the Warrant Agreement, the Senior Debt Securities
issuable upon the exercise of the Registered Warrant
Securities and the Senior Indenture conform in all
material respects to the statements concerning them
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectuses;
and
(G) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any,
and compliance by the Company with the provisions
contained herein and in the Registered Warrant
Securities, in the Warrant Agreement, in the Senior
Debt Securities and in the Senior Indenture, if
applicable, will not conflict with, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or
constitute a default under, any agreement, indenture
or instrument known to such counsel, or result in a
violation of the articles or certificate of
incorporation of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary or any law, order, rule or regulation of
any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction
over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their
property; and no consent, authorization or order of,
or filing or registration with, any court or
governmental agency is required for the execution,
delivery and
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performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, except such as
may be required by the Act, the Trust Indenture Act,
the Securities Exchange Act, state securities laws or
foreign laws.
(v) with respect to all Securities which are Registered
Preferred Shares
(A) The Registered Preferred Shares not
subject to a Delayed Delivery Contract have been duly and
validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable;
(B) The Registered Preferred Shares
subject to a Delayed Delivery Contract, if any, have been
validly authorized and, when duly executed, issued and
delivered to, and paid for by, the respective purchasers
thereof under the related Delayed Delivery Contracts, such
Registered Preferred Shares will be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and nonassessable;
(C) If the Registered Preferred Shares
are convertible into Registered Common Shares, the
Registered Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the
Registered Preferred Shares have been duly authorized and
validly reserved for issuance by the Company and, when
issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the
Registered Preferred Shares and the Certificate of
Designations, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable;
(D) The Registered Preferred Shares and
the Registered Common Shares conform in all material
respects to the statements concerning them in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectuses;
(E) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, and compliance by
the Company with the provisions contained herein and in the
Registered Preferred Shares and the Certificate of
Designations will not conflict with, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, chase or encumbrance
upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a
default under, any agreement, indenture or instrument known
to such counsel, or result in a violation of the articles
or certificate of incorporation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or any law, order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
their
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property; and no consent, authorization or order of, or
filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, except such as may be
required by the Act, the Securities Exchange Act, state
securities laws or foreign laws; and
(F) All corporate action required to
be taken for the authorization, issuance and delivery of
any Registered Common Shares issuable upon conversion of
the Registered Preferred Shares has been validly taken, and
the issuance of the Registered Preferred Shares is not, and
the issuance of any such Registered Common Shares will not
be, subject to any preemptive rights of any stockholder of
the Company.
\ (vi) with respect to Securities that are Registered Common
Shares
(A) The Registered Common Shares have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully
paid and nonassessable;
(B) The Registered Common Shares
conform in all material respects to the statements
concerning them in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses;
(C) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
compliance by the Company with the provisions contained
herein will not conflict with, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of
the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a default under,
any agreement, indenture or instrument known to such
counsel, or result in a violation of the articles or
certificate of incorporation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or any law, order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency having
jurisdiction over the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
their property; and no consent, authorization or order of,
or filing or registration with, any court or governmental
agency is required for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement, except such
as may be required by the Act, the Securities Exchange Act,
state securities laws or foreign laws; and
(D) The issuance of any such
Registered Common Shares will not be subject to any
preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company.
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Such counsel shall further state that he has participated in
the preparation of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectuses, and no facts have come to his attention that
lead him to believe that (i) the Registration Statement
(except for the financial statements, supporting schedules or
other financial data included or incorporated therein, or
omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), at the time the Registration Statement became
effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
(ii) the Prospectuses, on the date of this Agreement or at the
Closing Date (except for the financial statements, supporting
schedules or other financial data included or incorporated
therein, or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion), contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Insofar as such opinion relates to or involves matters of law
of any jurisdiction other than Ohio, the opinion may be given
in reliance on an opinion of counsel of that jurisdiction, a
copy of which opinion shall be furnished to each
Representative (and Manager), in which case the opinion shall
state that he believes that each Representative (and Manager)
and he are entitled to so rely.
(e) The Representatives (and the Managers) shall have
received from Shearman & Sterling, counsel for the Underwriters, such
opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the
incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Securities, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectuses, the indentures, Warrant
Agreement or Certificate of Designations [and other related matters as
they may reasonably require], and the Company shall have furnished to
such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such
opinion, Shearman & Sterling may rely as to the incorporation of the
Company and all other matters governed by the law of the State of Ohio
upon the opinion of Gerald L. Gherlein referred to above.
(f) The Representatives (and Managers) shall have
received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of the President or
any Vice-President and a principal financial or accounting officer of
the Company in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge
after reasonable investigation, shall state that the representations
and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct,
that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or
prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof has
been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted
or are
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contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of the
most recent financial statements in the Prospectuses, there has been
no material adverse change in the financial position or results of
operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole except
as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectuses or as described in
such certificate.
(g) The Representatives (and Managers) shall have
received separate letters, dated the Closing Date, of Ernst & Young
and Price Waterhouse which state in effect that:
(i) in their opinion, any financial statements or
schedules examined by them and included in the Prospectuses
and not covered by their letter delivered pursuant to
subsection (a) of this Section comply in form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the related published Rules and Regulations;
(ii) they have made a review of any unaudited
financial statements included in the Prospectuses and not
covered by their letter delivered pursuant to subsection (a)
of this Section in accordance with standards established by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as
indicated in their report or reports attached to such letter;
(iii) on the basis of the review referred to in
(ii) above, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of
the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited financial statements,
if any, included in the Prospectuses and not covered
by their letter delivered pursuant to subsection (a)
of this Section do not comply in form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Act and the related published Rules and
Regulations or are not in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited
financial statements included in the Prospectus;
(B) the unaudited capsule information,
if any, included in the Prospectuses does not agree
with the amounts set forth in the unaudited
consolidated financial statements from which it was
derived or was not determined on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited
financial statements included in the Prospectuses;
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(C) at the date of the latest available
balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a
subsequent specified date not more than five days
prior to the Closing Date, there was any change in
the capital stock or any increase in short-term
indebtedness or long-term debt of the Company and
consolidated Subsidiaries or, at the date of the
latest available balance sheet read by such
accountants, there was any decrease in consolidated
net current assets, as compared with amounts shown on
the latest balance sheet included in the
Prospectuses; or
(D) for the period from the date of the
latest income statement included in the Prospectuses
to the closing date of the latest available income
statement read by such accountants there were any
decreases, as compared with the corresponding period
of the previous year, in consolidated net sales, the
total or per share amounts of consolidated net
income, and, if Registered Debt Securities or
Registered Preferred Stock are offered, in the ratio
of earnings to fixed charges and ratio of earnings to
preferred stock dividends;
except in all cases set forth in clauses (C) and (D) above for
changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectuses
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in
such letter or letters; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts
(or percentages derived from such dollar amounts) and other
financial information included in the Prospectuses and not
covered by their letter delivered pursuant to subsection (a)
of this Section (in each case to the extent that such dollar
amounts, percentages and other financial information are
derived from the general accounting records of the Company and
its Subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the
Company's accounting system or are derived directly from such
records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained
from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records
and other procedures specified in such letter and have found
such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
information to be in agreement with such results, except as
otherwise specified in such letter.
All financial statements and schedules included in material incorporated by
reference into the Prospectuses shall be deemed included in the Prospectuses
for the purposes of this subsection.
With respect to this subsection (g), Price Waterhouse need only provide such
statements with respect to and only for so long as the audited financial
statements of DCBU as of December
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31, 1992 and 1991, and for each of the two years in the period ended December
31, 1992 are included in such Prospectuses
The Company will furnish the Representatives (and Managers) with such conformed
copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as they reasonably
request.
(h) Payment for and delivery of the Securities to be
purchased by the Underwriters will occur simultaneously with the payment for
and delivery of the Securities, if any, to be purchased by the Managers.
6. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION. (a) The Company
will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each Manager against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Underwriter and such Manager may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the
U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus
supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter
and each Manager for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter and such Manager in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged
omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the
Representatives, if any, or any Manager specifically for use in the
International Prospectus.
(b) Each Underwriter and each Manager, severally and not
jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under
the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the (i)
Registration Statement, (ii) the U.S. Prospectus and International Prospectus,
respectively, or (iii) any amendment or supplement thereto, or (iv) any related
preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, or (v) arise out
of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent,
that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company
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by such Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use
in the U.S. Prospectus or any Manager specifically for use in the International
Prospectus, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying
party of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In
case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof the indemnifying party will
be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly
with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party [(which such consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld)], be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so
to assume the defense thereof the indemnifying party will not be liable to such
indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any
claims that are the subject matter of such action.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section
is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters and Managers on the other
from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters and Managers on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters and Managers on the other
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the
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Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by
the Underwriters and Managers. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Underwriters and Managers and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access
to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d).
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter or
Manager shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter or Manager has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of
the Underwriters and Managers in this subsection (d) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and
shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter or any Manager within the meaning of the Act; and the
obligations of the Underwriters and Managers under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters and Managers may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
director of the Company, to each officer of the Company who has signed the
Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of the Act.
7. DEFAULT OF UNDERWRITERS OR MANAGERS. If any
Underwriter or Underwriters (or Manager or Managers) default in their
obligations to purchase Securities under the Terms Agreement and the aggregate
principal amount or number of shares, as the case may be, of the Securities
that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters (or Manager or Managers)
agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount
or number of shares, as the case may be, of the Securities, the Representatives
(and the Managers) may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the
purchase of such Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters
(or Managers), but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters (or non-defaulting Manager or Managers) shall be
obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments under this
Agreement and the Terms Agreement, to purchase the
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Securities that such defaulting Underwriters (or such defaulting Manager or
Managers) agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
(or Manager or Managers) so default and the aggregate principal amount or
number of shares, as the case may be, of the Securities with respect to which
such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount or
number of shares, as the case may be, of the Securities to be purchased by the
Underwriters or Managers, as the case may be, and arrangements satisfactory to
the Representatives and the Managers, and the Company for the purchase of such
Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default,
such Terms Agreement or Terms Agreements will terminate without liability on
the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter and any non-defaulting Manager, or
the Company, except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the
term "Underwriter" and "Manager" includes any person substituted for an
Underwriter or a Manager, respectively under this Section. Nothing herein
will relieve a defaulting Underwriter or defaulting Manager from liability for
its default. The respective commitments of the several Underwriters and
Managers, for the purposes of this Section shall be determined without regard
to reduction in the respective Underwriters' obligations to purchase the
principal amounts or numbers of shares, as the case may be, of the Securities
set forth opposite their names in the Terms Agreement as a result of Delayed
Delivery Contracts entered into by the Company.
The foregoing obligations and agreements set forth in this
Section will not apply if the Terms Agreement specifies that such obligations
and agreements will not apply.
8. SURVIVAL OF CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS.
The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters and
Managers, set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full
force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the
results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or Manager, the
Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or
any controlling person and will survive delivery of and payment for the
Securities. If the Terms Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if
for any reason the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters or Managers,
under the Terms Agreement is not consummated, the Company and the Underwriters
(and Managers) shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or
reimbursed by each of them pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations
of the Company and the Underwriters and the Managers, pursuant to Section 6
shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters
and the Managers is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7 or the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 5(c), the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters and the Managers, for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by
them in connection with the offering of the Securities.
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9. NOTICES. All communications hereunder will be in
writing and, if sent to the Underwriters and the Managers, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them at their addresses furnished to
the Company in writing for the purpose of communications hereunder or, if sent
to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at
Eaton Center, 1111 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584, Attention:
Mark Hennessey.
10. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement will inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the Company and such Underwriters and Managers, if any,
as are identified in Terms Agreements and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
11. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Schedule A
Attachment to the Underwriting Agreement
Subsidiary % Voting Stock owned by CompanyState of Organization
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[THE FOLLOWING FORM OF DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT WILL BE ATTACHED AS AN ANNEX
TO THE RELATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AND WILL ALSO BE PRINTED SEPARATELY FOR
EXECUTION PURPOSES. (OMIT "ANNEX I" IN EXECUTION COPIES.)]
ANNEX I
(THREE COPIES OF THIS DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT SHOULD BE
SIGNED AND RETURNED TO THE ADDRESS SHOWN BELOW SO AS TO
ARRIVE NOT LATER THAN 9:00 A.M.,
NEW YORK TIME, ON____________ __, 19__***.)
DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT
[INSERT DATE OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING]
EATON CORPORATION
c/o CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
Park Avenue Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10055
Attention: [INSERT NAME OF CSFB CORPORATE FINANCE OFFICER]
Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from Eaton
Corporation, an Ohio corporation ("Company"), and the Company agrees to sell to
the undersigned, [IF ONE DELAYED CLOSING, INSERT--as of the date hereof, for
delivery on _________, 19__ ("Delivery Date"),]
[$]__________________ [shares]
- --principal amount--of the Company's [INSERT TITLE OF SECURITIES]
("Securities"), offered by the Company's Prospectus dated ___________, 19__ and
a Prospectus Supplement dated _______, 19__ relating thereto, receipt of copies
of which is hereby acknowledged, at [__% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest, if any,] [$_______ per share plus accrued dividends, if
any,] and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this Delayed
Delivery Contract ("Contract").
__________________________________
*** INSERT DATE WHICH IS THIRD FULL BUSINESS DAY PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE
UNDER THE TERMS AGREEMENT.
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[IF TWO OR MORE DELAYED CLOSINGS, INSERT THE FOLLOWING:
The undersigned will purchase from the Company as of the date
hereof, for delivery on the dates set forth below, Securities in
the--principal--amounts set forth below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
[Principal Amount]
Delivery Date [Number of Shares]
<S> <C>
----------------------- -----------------------------------
----------------------- -----------------------------------
</TABLE>
Each of such delivery dates is hereinafter referred to as a Delivery Date.]
Payment for the Securities that the undersigned has agreed to
purchase for delivery on--the--each--Delivery Date shall be made to the Company
or its order by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House
(next day) funds at the office of ____________________ at ___.M.
on--the--such--Delivery Date upon delivery to the undersigned of the Securities
to be purchased by the undersigned--for delivery on such Delivery Date--in
definitive [IF DEBT ISSUE, INSERT--fully registered] form and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by
written or telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not less than
five full business days prior to [the][such] Delivery Date.
It is expressly agreed that the provisions for delayed
delivery and payment are for the sole convenience of the undersigned; that the
purchase hereunder of Securities is to be regarded in all respects as a
purchase as of the date of this Contract; that the obligation of the Company to
make delivery of and accept payment for, and the obligation of the undersigned
to take delivery of and make payment for, Securities on [the][each] Delivery
Date shall be subject only to the conditions that (1) investment in the
Securities shall not at [the][such] Delivery Date be prohibited under the laws
of any jurisdiction in the United States to which the undersigned is subject
and (2) the Company shall have sold to the Underwriters the total [principal
amount][number of shares] of the Securities less the [principal amount][number
of shares] thereof covered by this and other similar Contracts. The
undersigned represents that its investment in the Securities is not, as of the
date hereof prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the
undersigned is subject and which governs such investment.
Promptly after completion of the sale to the Underwriters the
Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below
notice to such effect, accompanied by copies of the opinion of counsel for the
Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith.
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This Contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable
by either party hereto without the written consent of the other.
It is understood that the acceptance of any such Contract is
in the Company's sole discretion and, without limiting the foregoing, need not
be on a first-come, first-served basis. If this Contract is acceptable to the
Company, it is requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below and
mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its
address set forth below. This will become a binding contract between the
Company and the undersigned when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Yours very truly,
-----------------------------------------------
(Name of Purchaser)
By
----------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
(Title of Signatory)
--------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
(Address of Purchaser)
Accepted, as of the above date.
EATON CORPORATION
By
-----------------------------------------
Title:
</TABLE>
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EATON CORPORATION
("COMPANY")
DEBT SECURITIES
TERMS AGREEMENT
, 19
EATON CORPORATION
Eaton Center
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584
Attention:
Dear Sirs:
[On behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto and
for their respective accounts, we--We] offer to purchase, on and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the
Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52333) ("Underwriting
Agreement"), the following securities ("Securities") on the following terms:
TITLE: [ %] [Floating Rate]--Notes--Debentures--Bonds--Due
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $
INTEREST: [___% per annum, from ______________, 19__, payable
semiannually on _____________ and ______________, commencing ______________,
19__, to holders of record on the preceding _______________ or _______________,
as the case may be.] [Zero coupon.]
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MATURITY: ___________________, 19__.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION:
SINKING FUND:
OTHER TERMS:
DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACTS: [None.] [Delivery Date[s] shall be
______________, 19__. Underwriters' fee is ___% of the principal amount of the
Contract Securities.]
PURCHASE PRICE: ___% of principal amount, plus accrued interest[, if
any,] from ___________________, 19__.
EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: ___% of principal amount, subject to
change by the undersigned.
CLOSING: _____ A.M. on _________________, 19__, at _____________, in
New York Clearing House (next day) funds.
[NAME[S] AND ADDRESS[ES] OF REPRESENTATIVE[S]:]
The respective principal amounts of the Securities to be purchased by
each of the Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A
hereto.
[If appropriate, insert--It is understood that we may, with your
consent, amend this offer to add additional Underwriters and reduce the
aggregate principal amount to be purchased by the Underwriters listed in
Schedule A hereto by the aggregate principal amount to be purchased by such
additional Underwriters.]
The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein
by reference.
The Securities will be made available for checking and packaging at
the office of ___________________ at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.
[Please signify your acceptance of our offer by signing the enclosed
response to us in the space provided and returning it to us.]
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[Please signify your acceptance of the foregoing by return wire not
later than _____ P.M. today.]
Very truly yours,
CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
[INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR
UNDERWRITERS]
[On behalf of--themselves--itself--and as
Representative[s] of the Several] [As]
Underwriter[s]
[By CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION]
By_________________________________________
[Insert Title]
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SCHEDULE A
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
UNDERWRITER NUMBER
----------- ------
<S> <C>
CS First Boston Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
--------------
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
==============
</TABLE>
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To: CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
[INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR UNDERWRITERS]
As [Representative[s] of the Several] Underwriter[s],
[c/o CS First Boston Corporation,]
Park Avenue Plaza,
New York, N.Y. 10055
We accept the offer contained in your [letter] [wire], dated
______________, 19__, relating to ______ number of our [INSERT TITLE OF
SECURITIES]. We also confirm that, to the best of our knowledge after
reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the
undersigned in the Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the
undersigned's registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52333) ("Underwriting
Agreement") are true and correct, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or of any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the undersigned, are contemplated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and, subsequent to the respective dates of
the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement), there has been no material adverse change in the
financial position or results of operations of the undersigned and its
Subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
Eaton Corporation
By______________________________
[Insert Title]
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EATON CORPORATION
("COMPANY")
PREFERRED--COMMON--STOCK
TERMS AGREEMENT
---------------
, 19
EATON CORPORATION
Eaton Center
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584
Attention:
Dear Sirs:
[On behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto and
for their respective accounts, we--We] offer to purchase, on and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the
Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52333) ("Underwriting
Agreement"), the following securities ("Securities") on the following terms:
TITLE:
NUMBER OF SHARES: _______ [("Firm Securities)]
[In addition, the Company hereby grants the Underwriters [and the
Managers] an option, exercisable by the Representatives (as defined
below), to purchase upon written notice from the Representatives given
to the Company not more than 30 days subsequent to the First Closing
Date an aggregate of not more than ___________ additional shares of
Securities ("Option Securities") to cover over-allotments at the same
price per share as the Firm Securities and on the same terms,
including the terms specified in Section 5 of the Underwriting
Agreement (other than the time for delivery of and payment for the
Option Securities). [Unless otherwise agreed between the
Representatives and CS First Boston Limited ("CSFB") on behalf of
itself and the other Managers, (i) Option Securities to be so
purchased by the Underwriters shall be in the same proportion as the
aggregate amount of Firm Securities to be purchased by
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the Underwriters bear to the aggregate amount of Firm Securities to be
purchased by the Underwriters and Managers and (ii) Option Securities
to be so purchased by the Managers shall be in the same proportion as
the aggregate amount of Firm Securities to be purchased by the
Managers bear to the aggregate amount of Firm Securities to be
purchased by the Underwriters and Managers.] The Company agrees to
sell to the Underwriters [Managers] such Option Securities and the
Underwriters [Managers] agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase
such Option Securities. Such Option Securities shall be purchased for
the account of each Underwriter [Manager] in the same proportion as
the number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter's [Manager's] name in Schedule A hereto bears to the total
number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the
Representatives to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the
Underwriters [Managers] only for the purpose of covering
over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm
Securities. No Option Securities shall be sold or delivered unless
the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold
and delivered. The right to purchase the Option Securities or any
portion thereof may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon
notice by the Representatives to the Company.]
(1) DIVIDEND RATE:
(1) OPTIONAL REDEMPTION:
(1) SINKING FUND:
(1) CONVERSION RIGHTS:
(1) DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACTS: [None.] [Delivery Date[s] shall be
______________, 19__. Underwriters' fee is $ _______ per share of the Contract
Securities.]
PURCHASE PRICE: $________ per share [IF PREFERRED STOCK ISSUE,
INSERT-- plus accrued dividends[, if any,] from ____________, 19__].
EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: $_______ per share, subject to change by
the undersigned.
CLOSING: _____ A.M. on _________________, 19__, at _____________, in
New York Clearing House (next day) funds [("First Closing Date)].
__________________________________
(1) To be included only if Terms Agreement relates to preferred
stock.
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[The time for the delivery of and payment for the Option
Securities, being herein referred to as the "Second Closing Date", which may be
the First Closing Date, shall be determined by the Representatives but shall be
not earlier than two nor later than seven business days after written notice of
election to purchase the Option Securities is given. The Company will deliver
the Option Securities to the Representatives [CSFB] for the accounts of the
several Underwriters [Managers] against payment of the purchase price therefor
by certified or official bank check or checks in New York Clearing House (next
day) funds drawn to the order of the Company, at the offices of Shearman &
Sterling. Payment shall be made in U.S. dollars. The certificates for the
Option Securities will be in definitive form, in such denominations and
registered in such names as the Representatives [CSFB] requests upon
reasonable notice prior to the Second Closing Date and will be made available
for checking and packaging at the above office of CS First Boston Corporation,
or at the option of CS First Boston Corporation [CSFB], at the office of The
Depository Trust Company, at a reasonable time in advance of the Second Closing
Date.]
(2) UNDERWRITER[S']['S] COMPENSATION: $______________, payable to the
[Representative[s] [CSFB] for the proportionate accounts of the] Underwriter[s]
[Manager[s]] on the Closing Date.
OTHER TERMS:
[[The obligations of the several Managers to purchase and pay for the
Securities will also be subject to a change in U.S. or international financial,
political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates for the U.S. dollar
or exchange controls of the U.S. dollar and other applicable currencies as
would, in the judgment of CSFB, be likely to prejudice materially the success
of the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the International Securities,
whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary
market.]]
[NAME[S] AND ADDRESS[ES] OF REPRESENTATIVE[S]]:
The respective numbers of shares of the [Firm] Securities to be
purchased by each of the Underwriters [Managers] are set forth opposite their
names in Schedule A hereto.
[IF APPROPRIATE, INSERT--It is understood that we may, with your
consent, amend this offer to add additional Underwriters [Managers] and reduce
the number of shares to be
__________________________________
(2) Include if purchase is at public offering price and
compensation payable separately.
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purchased by the Underwriters [Managers] listed in Schedule A hereto by the
number of shares to be purchased by such additional Underwriters [Managers].]
The Securities will be made available for checking and packaging at
the office of CS First Boston Corporation, or at the option of CS First Boston
Corporation [CSFB], at the office of The Depository Trust Company, at least 24
hours prior to the Closing Date.
[Please signify your acceptance of our offer by signing the enclosed
response to us in the space provided and returning it to us.]
[Please signify your acceptance of the foregoing by return wire not
later than _____ P.M. today.]
Very truly yours,
CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
[Insert name(s) of other Representatives or
Underwriters]
[On behalf of--themselves--itself--and as
Representative[s] of the Several] [As]
Underwriter[s]
[By CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION]
By________________________________________
[Insert Title]
CS FIRST BOSTON LIMITED
[Insert name(s) of other Managers]
[By CS FIRST BOSTON LIMITED]
By__________________________________________
[Attorney-in-Fact]
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SCHEDULE A
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF
UNDERWRITER[MANAGER] SHARES
--------------------- ------
<S> <C>
CS First Boston Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[CS First Boston Limited]
--------------
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
==============
</TABLE>
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To: CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
[INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR UNDERWRITERS]
As [Representative[s] of the Several] Underwriter[s],
[c/o CS First Boston Corporation,]
Park Avenue Plaza,
New York, N.Y. 10055
[CS FIRST BOSTON LIMITED
[INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER MANAGERS
c/o CS First Boston Limited]
One Cabot Square
London, England E14 4QJ]
We accept the offer contained in your [letter] [wire], dated
______________, 19__, relating to ______ shares(1) of our [INSERT TITLE OF
SECURITIES]. We also confirm that, to the best of our knowledge after
reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the undersigned
in the Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the undersigned's
registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52333) ("Underwriting Agreement")
are true and correct, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or of any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the undersigned, are contemplated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and, subsequent to the respective dates of
the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement), there has been no material adverse change in the
financial position or results of operations of the undersigned and its
Subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
Eaton Corporation
By ___________________________
[Insert Title]
[FN]
__________________________________
(1) and up to an addition ______ Option Securities pursuant to the
option described therein.
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EATON CORPORATION
("COMPANY")
WARRANT SECURITIES
TERMS AGREEMENT
---------------
, 19
EATON CORPORATION
Eaton Center
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2584
Attention:
Dear Sirs:
[On behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto and
for their respective accounts, we--We] offer to purchase, on and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the
Company's registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52333) ("Underwriting
Agreement"), the following securities ("Securities") on the following terms:
NUMBER TO BE ISSUED:
DEBT WARRANT AGENT:
ISSUABLE JOINTLY WITH DEBT SECURITIES:
DATE FROM WHICH WARRANT SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE:
DATE ON WHICH WARRANT SECURITY EXPIRES:
EXERCISE PRICE(S):
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE:
PURCHASE PRICE:
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2
TITLE OF WARRANT SECURITIES:
OTHER TERMS:
DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACTS: [None.] [Delivery Date[s] shall be
______________, 19__. Underwriters' fee is ___% of the principal amount of the
Contract Securities.]
PURCHASE PRICE: ___% of principal amount, plus accrued interest[, if
any,] from ___________________, 19__.
EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: ___% of principal amount, subject to
change by the undersigned.
CLOSING: _____ A.M. on _________________, 19__, at _____________, in
New York Clearing House (next day) funds.
[NAME[S] AND ADDRESS[ES] OF REPRESENTATIVE[S]:]
The respective number of the Securities to be purchased by each of the
Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A hereto.
[If appropriate, insert--It is understood that we may, with your
consent, amend this offer to add additional Underwriters and reduce the number
to be purchased by the Underwriters listed in Schedule A hereto by the number
to be purchased by such additional Underwriters.]
The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein
by reference.
The Securities will be made available for checking and packaging at
the office of ___________________ at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.
[Please signify your acceptance of our offer by signing the enclosed
response to us in the space provided and returning it to us.]
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3
[Please signify your acceptance of the foregoing by return wire not
later than _____ P.M. today.]
Very truly yours,
CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
[INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR
UNDERWRITERS]
[On behalf of--themselves--itself--and as
Representative[s] of the Several] [As]
Underwriter[s]
[By CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION]
By_________________________________________
[Insert Title]
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SCHEDULE A
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
UNDERWRITER NUMBER
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<S> <C>
CS First Boston Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
==============
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To: CS FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
[INSERT NAME(S) OF OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OR UNDERWRITERS]
As [Representative[s] of the Several] Underwriter[s],
[c/o CS First Boston Corporation,]
Park Avenue Plaza,
New York, N.Y. 10055
We accept the offer contained in your [letter] [wire], dated
______________, 19__, relating to ______ number of our [INSERT TITLE OF
SECURITIES]. We also confirm that, to the best of our knowledge after
reasonable investigation, the representations and warranties of the undersigned
in the Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the undersigned's
registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-52333) ("Underwriting Agreement")
are true and correct, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) or of any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the undersigned, are contemplated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and, subsequent to the respective dates of
the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement), there has been no material adverse change in the
financial position or results of operations of the undersigned and its
Subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
Very truly yours,
Eaton Corporation
By_______________________________
[Insert Title]
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VERSION #3
SENIOR NOTE INDENTURE
S&S DRAFT
EATON CORPORATION
TO
CHEMICAL BANK,
Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of _____________________, 1994
Senior Debt Securities
<PAGE> 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
</TABLE>
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
</TABLE>
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
</TABLE>
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL
INTEREST RESET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 308. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 309. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 310. CANCELLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 311. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 312. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 313. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR EXCHANGE RATE
AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
</TABLE>
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
</TABLE>
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY
TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
</TABLE>
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 603. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY; CONFLICTING INTERESTS . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . 61
SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
</TABLE>
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 701. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
</TABLE>
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 803. SECURITIES TO BE SECURED IN CERTAIN EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 804. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
</TABLE>
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 907. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
</TABLE>
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 1005. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 1006. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 1007. MAINTENANCE OF PRINCIPAL PROPERTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 1008. CORPORATE EXISTENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 1009. LIMITATION ON LIENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 1010. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
SECTION 1011. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
</TABLE>
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
</TABLE>
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
</TABLE>
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME DUE AND
PAYABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
</TABLE>
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1401. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD
IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
</TABLE>
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT
OF MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
</TABLE>
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1601. EXEMPTION FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
</TABLE>
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EATON CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT
OF 1939 AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF , 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TRUST INDENTURE INDENTURE
ACT SECTION SECTION
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<S> <C> <C>
Section 310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607(a)
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607(a)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607(b), 608
Section 312(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
Section 314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Section 315(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Section 316(a)(last
sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [104(e)]
Section 317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1003]
Section 318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
</TABLE>
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set
forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are
owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States,
domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income
of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its
source ("United States persons(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States person(s)
that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such
United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through
its agent, that you may advise Eaton Corporation or its agent that such
financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States
or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in
A-1-1
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addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial institution
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution has not
acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a
United States person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its
"possessions" include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior
to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your
Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to
[U.S.$]____________ of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in
respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we understand an
exchange for an interest in a Permanent Global Security or an exchange for and
delivery of definitive Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest)
cannot be made until we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in
connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If
administrative or legal proceedings are commenced
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or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be
relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy
thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
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Dated: _____________, 19___
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or
(ii) the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date,
as applicable]
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[Name of Person Making
Certification]
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. IN
CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED]
This is to certify that based solely on written certifications
that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission
from each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a
portion of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations")
substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof,
[U.S.$]_________ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is
owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States,
domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income
of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its
source ("United States person(s)"), (ii) is owned by United States person(s)
that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such
financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that
we may advise Eaton Corporation or its agent that such financial institution
will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the
Internal Revenue
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Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by
United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during
the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of
resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within
the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its
"possessions" include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith
for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted
in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the
date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member
Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and
cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection
with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or
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threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant,
we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to
any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: _____________, 19___
[To be dated no earlier than
the Exchange Date or the
relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to the Exchange
Date, as applicable]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By
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INDENTURE, dated as of ____________________, 1994 between EATON
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Ohio (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
Eaton Center, 1111 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, and CHEMICAL BANK, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein
called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of
series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
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(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms "cash transaction" and
"self-liquidating paper", as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under
the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean
such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such
computation; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Articles Three, Six and
Fourteen are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate and deliver Securities.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English
language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays
or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized
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Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different
newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case
on any Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security except a Registered
Security.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Company or the Executive Committee of such Board.
"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 and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment
or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the
Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or
other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"CEDEL S.A." means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres,
S.A., or its successor.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission
is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or
order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, any
Vice President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total assets of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the investment in (at
equity) and the net amount of
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advances to and accounts receivable from corporations which are not
consolidated subsidiaries less the following:
(1) current liabilities of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, including an amount equal to indebtedness required to be
redeemed by reason of any sinking fund payment due in 12 months or less
from the date as of which current liabilities are to be determined;
(2) all other liabilities of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries other than Funded Debt, deferred income taxes
and liabilities for employee post-retirement health plans other than
pensions recognized in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 106;
(3) all depreciation and valuation reserves and all other
reserves (except for reserves for contingencies which have not been
allocated to any particular purpose) of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries;
(4) the book amount of all segregated intangible assets of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, including, but without
limitation, such items as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, patents and
unamortized debt discount and expense less unamortized debt premium; and
(5) appropriate adjustments on account of minority
interests of other persons holding stock in
subsidiaries.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets shall be determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
and as provided herein.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(d).
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign
Currency both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and
by a central bank or other public institution of or within the international
banking community for the settlement of transactions, (ii) the ECU both within
the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any currency unit
(or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was
established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office on the date of execution of this
Indenture is located at 450 West 33rd Street, NY, NY 10001, except that with
respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for
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registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency
of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business
shall be conducted.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
"Currency" means any currency or currencies, composite currency
or composite currencies, or currency unit or currency units, including, without
limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more countries or by
any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"Debt" means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences
of indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning
specified in Section 312(g).
"Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning
specified in Section 312(f).
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).
"Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community,
the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the
European Communities.
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"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Exchange Rate Agent" means, with respect to Securities of or
within any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to
Section 301 or Section 313.
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a tested telex,
telecopier notice or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market
Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis
of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in
accordance with Section 302 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to
a Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in
the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer,
any Vice President or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
"Federal Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11
of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.
"Foreign Currency" means any Currency other than Currency of the
United States.
"Funded Debt" means indebtedness for borrowed money owed or
guaranteed by the Company or any consolidated subsidiary, and any other
indebtedness which under generally accepted accounting principles would appear
as debt on the balance sheet of such corporation, which matures by its terms
more than twelve months from the date as of which Funded Debt is to be
determined or is extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor to a date
more than twelve months from the date as of which Funded Debt is to be
determined.
"Government Obligations" means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which
are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which
the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such
government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of
such government payable in such Currency and 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
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any
such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder
of a depository receipt; PROVIDED that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make
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any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest or principal of the Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person
in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the
case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to
any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean,
with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the
terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which
such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were
adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person
had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a
party.
"Indexed Security" means a Security for which the amount of
principal (and premium, if any) payable at maturity and/or interest, if any,
will be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which
index, formula or method may be based on one or more currencies, commodities,
equity indices or other indices).
"Industrial Development Bonds" means obligations issued by a
State, a Commonwealth, a Territory or a possession of the United States of
America, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the District
of Columbia, the interest on which is excludable from gross income of the
holders thereof pursuant to the provisions of Section 103(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any similar provision of such Code), as in
effect at the time of the issuance of such obligations.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount
Security.
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"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security,
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Lien" means any pledge, mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance or
security interest.
"Market Exchange Rate" means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion
involving a currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency
on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars
or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of
Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate
for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
(iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another
Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at
which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign
Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the
Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located
in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or
such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates
provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Exchange Rate
Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such
quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent
available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City,
London or other principal market for such Currency in question, or such other
quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise
specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for
dealing in any Currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise,
the market to be used in respect of such Currency shall be that upon which a
nonresident issuer of securities designated in such Currency would purchase
such Currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of
option to elect repayment or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman, the President, a Vice Chairman or a Vice President, and by the
Controller or Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may
be counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and who shall
be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, EXCEPT:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections
1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance
and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations
of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be
(or shall have been
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declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502,
(ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency
that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall
be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent,
determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Company as
set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee,
of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the
amount determined as provided in clause (i) above), of such Security, (iii) the
principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at
original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security
pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation
or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities
and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, when used with respect to the
Securities of or within any series, the place or places where the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified
as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a
Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or the
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Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains,
as the case may be.
"Principal Property" means any manufacturing plant or warehouse,
together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures comprising a part
thereof, owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and located in the
United States, the gross book value (without deduction of any reserve for
depreciation) of which on the date as of which the determination is being made
is an amount which exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, other than
any such manufacturing plant or warehouse or any portion thereof or any such
fixture (together with the land upon which it is erected and fixtures
comprising a part thereof) (i) which is financed by Industrial Development
Bonds or (ii) which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not of
material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered in the
Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the
date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security
to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by
or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price" means, when used with respect to any Security
to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be
repaid by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
cashier, any assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the
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above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any subsidiary except (1) any
subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which are located, or
substantially all of the business of which is carried on, outside the United
States of America, its territories and possessions and Canada, or any
subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of stock or other
securities of such a subsidiary, (2) any subsidiary principally engaged in the
business of financing notes and accounts receivable and any subsidiary
substantially all of the assets of which consist of the stock or other
securities of such a subsidiary or (3) any subsidiary acquired or organized
after the date hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term "Restricted Subsidiary"
shall mean also any subsidiary which, subsequent to the date hereof, is
designated by the Board of Directors as a Restricted Subsidiary, if as a result
of such designation no covenant or agreement in this Indenture would be
breached.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time there
is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities"
with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more
particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not
Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"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 or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant
to the provisions of Section 308.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which more than 50% of the
outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors of such corporation (excluding, in the
computation of such percentage, stock of any class or classes of such
corporation which has or might have voting power by
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reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, or by any subsidiary, or by the Company and one or
more subsidiaries.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as
provided in Section 905.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only
the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America
(including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction which includes Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
"United States person" means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a
citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an
estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income
taxation regardless of its source.
"Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(c).
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" means stock of the class or classes having
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority
of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective
of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the
time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent
redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security
in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation
principles.
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SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with
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respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless
such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that
the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of
all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities
of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of such series may,
alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of
Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by
proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or
of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized
by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where
such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be
proved by the Security Register.
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(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved
by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as
depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on
deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is
deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may
assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another
certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same
Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the
Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in
exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held
by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do
so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record
date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date
not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders
generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation
is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close
of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes
of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
PROVIDED that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on
such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after
the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
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SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Debt Relationship Management, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, Attention:
Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture
provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the
Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided. Any notice
mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed
to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture,
then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose
hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event,
such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if
published in an Authorized Newspaper in the City of New York and in such other
city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at
least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest
date, and not later than the
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latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice shall
be deemed to have been given on the date of the first such publication.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any
Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause
it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of
the country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in
this Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities
or coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
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SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the Securities
and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of
the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall,
to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date or Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security
or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section),
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or sinking fund payment date, or at
the Stated Maturity or Maturity; PROVIDED that no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund
payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY. The Registered Securities, if
any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and
related coupons shall be in substantially the forms 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 market or any law or regulation or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons. If the forms of
Securities or coupons of any series are established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or coupons.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
Securities in bearer form shall have interest coupons attached.
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The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities
shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities and coupons 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 or coupons.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM. If
Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as
contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 301,
any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such
series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of
such series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased
to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect
the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and
upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified
therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if
applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security
in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the
Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a
Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in
writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel.
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The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply
to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was
never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee
the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence
of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on any Security in permanent global form
shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as
provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount
of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the
case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a
permanent global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued at any time and from time to time
in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board
Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions
and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided
in, an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or
all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set
forth in clauses (1), (2) and (17) below), if so provided, may be determined
from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the
series and set forth in such Securities of the series when issued from time to
time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series
of Securities);
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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107
or 1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date
or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate
or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall
be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest
payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or
the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the
basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in
addition to the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities
of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of
the series may be surrendered for exchange and, if different than the
location specified in Section 106, the place or places where notices
or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the
series and this Indenture may be served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that
option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem,
repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the
Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in which
any Registered Securities of the series
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shall be issuable and, if other than the denomination of $5,000, the
denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each
Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(11) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities
of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of
any of the provisions of Section 312;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series
may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method
(which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on
one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices),
and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable,
at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency
other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election
Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be
made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between
the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be
payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so
payable, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of
any of the provisions of Section 312;
(14) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent,
if any;
(15) any provisions in modification of, in addition to or
in lieu of the provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable
to the Securities of the series;
(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the
Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events
as may be specified;
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(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to
Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or
covenants (including deletions from modifications of or additions to
Section 1011) are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants
set forth herein;
(18) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable
as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons)
or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
Bearer Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities
of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or
without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in
any such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, and
whether Registered Securities of the series may be exchanged for
Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and
regulations) and the circumstances under which and the place or places
where such exchanges, if permitted, may be made and if Securities of
the series are to be issuable in global form, the identity of any
initial depository therefor;
(19) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the
series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding
Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of
original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered
Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any
interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if
otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to
which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary
global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than
in the manner provided in Section 304;
(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a
temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions,
the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
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(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon
the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such
Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(23) whether and under what circumstances and the Currency
in which the Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by
Section 1005 on the Securities of the series to any Holder who is not
a United States person (including any modification to the definition
of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem
such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms
of any such option); and
(24) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences
(or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act or the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons, if any,
appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially
identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution
(subject to Section 303) and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need
be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall
be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS. All Securities shall be issuable
in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301.
With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence
of any such provisions, the Registered Securities of such series, other than
Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination),
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof
and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than the Bearer Securities
issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
a denomination of $5,000.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf
of the Company by its Chairman, its President or a Vice President, under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. The signature of any of these
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officers on the Securities or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures
of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities
or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United
States; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, unless otherwise specified with respect to
any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be
delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled
to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate in the form
set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior
to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the
date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer
Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this
Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer
Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a
beneficial owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or
upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be
delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section
306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless
all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
canceled. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time
and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series
shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining
terms of particular Securities of such series such as, but not limited to,
interest rate, Stated Maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest
shall accrue.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA
Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating:
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(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any
coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons
appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and
executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified
in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, to
general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such
counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders
of such Securities and any coupons;
(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the
execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons
and of the supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with
and that authentication and delivery of such Securities and any
coupons and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture,
if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture;
(e) that the Company has the corporate power to issue
such Securities and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary
corporate action with respect to such issuance; and
(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons
will not contravene the articles of incorporation or regulations of
the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or
provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or
other agreement known to such Counsel by which the Company is bound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the
preceding two paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs
prior to or at the time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall
be delivered prior to or at the time of issuance of the first Security of such
series.
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The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver
any such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication; and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date
specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears
on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein, executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
310 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such
Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation
of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or,
if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such
temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form
(which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series, upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any
one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto) the Company shall
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execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and tenor of
authorized denominations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no definitive Bearer Security
shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
PROVIDED FURTHER that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions
set forth in Section 303. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global
form, any such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided
therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary
(the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., for
credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities
(or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary
global Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after
the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to
be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be
exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such
temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent
global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination
thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global
Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary
global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary
global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate
dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A. as to the
portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in
such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301); and PROVIDED
FURTHER that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a
portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements
of Section 303.
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Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security,
the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary
global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series
and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on his
behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a
certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier
than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities
must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the
event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in
person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive Securities in
bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global
Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary
global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series
occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and
CEDEL S.A. to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest
thereon on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of
the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on
such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL
S.A., as the case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to
the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall
satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this
Section and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the
interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global
Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged
for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange
Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date,
without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise
provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary
global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary
global Security shall have been
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exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so received
by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. and not paid as herein provided shall be returned
to the Trustee immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such
Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with
Section 1003.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. The
Company shall cause to be kept a register for each series of Securities (the
registers maintained in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any
other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of
Registered Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or any
other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to
inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as
security registrar (the "Security Registrar") for the purpose of registering
Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the
same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series and tenor, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange
for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable Board
Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers'
Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated
by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series
may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon
surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or
agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such
unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such
permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by
payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an
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amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and
the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter
the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such
missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a
Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at
such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on
such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as
provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a
permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities
of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized
form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided
that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have
been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall
deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner's interest in such
permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest
date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global
Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or such other depositary
as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee,
as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time
to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in accordance with instructions from the
applicable depository (including instructions as to the registration of
Registered Securities), in exchange for each portion of such permanent global
Security, an
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equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent
global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are
not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as
specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer
Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be
specified by the beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the
relevant Redemption Date, if the Security for which exchange is requested may
be among those selected for redemption; and PROVIDED FURTHER that no Bearer
Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security
shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States.
If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent
global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such
exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office or
agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest
or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of
such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom
interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is
payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges
pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities
of that series under Section
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1103 or 1203 and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are
issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant
notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as
Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant
notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange
any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer
Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like
tenor; PROVIDED that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously
surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of
the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES. If any
mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is
surrendered to the Trustee, 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, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if
any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such mutilated
Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the
Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security,
pay such Security or coupon.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or
coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its
request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security
for which a destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all
appurtenant coupons not destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen), a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons,
if any, appertaining to such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Security or
to the Security to which such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, or, in case any such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Security
or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding
to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, mutilated, lost or
stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, mutilated, lost or
stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or coupon.
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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 with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Security or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen
coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, mutilated, lost or
stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, mutilated, lost or
stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, 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 or coupons.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED; OPTIONAL
INTEREST RESET. (a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, interest, if any, on any Registered
Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security may at
the Company's option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable
to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section
309, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or
(ii) transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United
States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the
Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a
Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent
global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest
Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and CEDEL, S.A. with respect to
that portion of such permanent global Security held for its account by the
Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of Euroclear and CEDEL,
S.A. to credit the interest received by it in respect of such permanent global
Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
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Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but
is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election
in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d)
and 312(e)) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon
the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities
of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made
applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such
modifications, additions, deletions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier, index, formula or method used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the Company on the
date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an "Optional Reset
Date"). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by
notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days
prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Note. Not later than 40 days prior to
each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the "Reset
Notice") indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i) such new interest
rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method if
applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period
from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is
no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of such Security
(each such period a "Subsequent Interest Period"), including the date or dates
on which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which
such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to
the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest
rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice
and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier, index,
formula or method used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) that is
higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, index,
formula or method, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the
Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method, if applicable)
to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All
Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier, index, formula or method used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the
Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or
have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding
paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread
multiplier, index, formula or method, if applicable).
The Holder of any such Security will, if so provided pursuant
to Section 301, have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date.
In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow
the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option
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of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee
shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset
Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment
pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee,
revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day
before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section
305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer
of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest, if any, accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
SECTION 308. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY. The provisions
of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be
specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security
of such series may be extended at the option of the Company for the period or
periods specified on the face of such Security (each an "Extension Period") up
to but not beyond the date (the "Final Maturity") set forth on the face of such
Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by
notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days
prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise
of such option (the "Original Stated Maturity"). If the Company exercises such
option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106,
to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity a notice (the "Extension Notice") indicating (i) the election
of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the
interest rate, if any, applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the
Trustee's transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such
Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will
have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before
the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option,
revoke the interest rate, if any, provided for in the Extension Notice and
establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of
such higher interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be
irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is
extended will bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the
Holder will have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company
on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on
the Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the
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Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article
Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that the period for
delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than
35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder
has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the
Holder may by written notice to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment
until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated
Maturity.
SECTION 309. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentment
of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the
bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the
purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the
Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global
Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent
of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with
respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and
owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary
(or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 310. CANCELLATION. All Securities and coupons
surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or
future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities
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and coupons so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered, shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.
If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
Unless by Company Order the Company directs the return of any cancelled
Securities to it, all cancelled Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee in
accordance with its customary procedures and the Trustee shall deliver its
certificate of such destruction to the Company.
SECTION 311. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any Securities,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 312. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF
SECURITIES. (a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, with respect to Registered Securities of any series
not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders
of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, and
with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in
paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be
made in the Currency or Currencies in which such Registered Security or Bearer
Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 312
may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect
to Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option,
subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any
of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the
Trustee for such series of Registered Securities a written election with
signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section
301, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately
preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such
payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such
Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such
transferee by written notice to the Trustee for such series of Registered
Securities (but any such change must be made not later than the close of
business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be
effective for the payment to
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be made on such payment date and no such change of election may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with
respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the
Company has deposited funds pursuant to Articles Four or Fourteen or with
respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a
notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such
transferee). Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have
delivered any such election to the Trustee of such series of Registered
Securities not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date
will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant
Currency as provided in Section 312(a). The Trustee for each such series of
Registered Securities shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as
practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of
Registered Securities for which Holders have made such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if
the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant
to Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not
later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment
date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will
deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency or
Currencies in which Registered Securities of such series are payable, the
respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date,
specifying the amounts in such Currency or Currencies so payable in respect of
the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities
denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency
as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in paragraph
(b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least one
Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date the
Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities
an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign
Currency payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by
Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as
provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis
of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the
"Valuation Date") immediately preceding each payment date, and such
determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign
Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than
pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then
with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in
such Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign
Currency was used (the "Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the Currency of
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payment for use on each such payment date. Unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the
Trustee of each such series of Securities and by such Trustee or any Paying
Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to such payment date shall
be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a currency unit, the Dollar
Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the
Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if
the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have
elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and
a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder
shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in
the absence of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to
the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such
election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in
paragraph (d) above.
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall
be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each
subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of
paragraph (h) below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the
Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market
Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect
to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 312 the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion
Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency unit, including, but
not limited to, the ECU.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units
of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the
relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU, on the
Conversion Date. If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any
Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in
the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component
Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified
Amounts of such Component Currencies
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shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of
the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies
expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a
Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component
Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be
divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component
Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more Currencies, having
an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date
of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the Specified Amount of
such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before
such division and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such
currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the
Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to,
the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this
definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation
Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of
calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the currency unit, be converted into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such
Component Currency.
"Election Date" shall mean the date for any series of Registered Securities
as specified pursuant to clause (13) of Section 301 by which the written
election referred to in paragraph (b) above may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent
regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent
of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified
Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably
binding upon the Company, the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities
and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant
Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the
Company and the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities of any such
decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company
will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate
series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such Trustee will
promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the
affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event the Company so
determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the ECU or any
other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company
will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate
series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such Trustee will
promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the
affected Holders) specifying the
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Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the
Conversion Date. In the event the Company determines in good faith that any
subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of
Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company will similarly give written
notice to the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities and to the
Exchange Rate Agent.
The Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities shall be
fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received
by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have
any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information
independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT. (a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301,
if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a
Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than
Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this
Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company
will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange
determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301
for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if
applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the
applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no
appointment of a successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange
Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and
the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities accepting such appointment
executed by the successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or
become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the
Exchange Rate Agent for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or
more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate
Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular series that are
originally issued by the Company on the same date and that are initially
denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. This
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with
respect to any series of Securities specified is such Company Request (except
as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto and
the obligation of the Company to pay any Additional Amounts as contemplated by
Section 1005) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered
Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is
not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii)
Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided
in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called
for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date,
whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and
(iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent and thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i)
or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company,
are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for such purpose an amount, in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B)
of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402
and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. Subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the
Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default", wherever
used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any of the
following events shall have occurred and be continuing (unless the Event of
Default is either inapplicable to a particular series or is specifically
deleted or modified in the supplemental indenture under which such series of
Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series):
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(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest
upon any Security of such series as and when the same shall become due
and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) any Security of such series as and when the same
shall become due and payable either at Maturity, upon redemption, by
declaration or otherwise; or
(3) default in the making or satisfaction of any sinking
fund payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the
terms of the Securities of such series; or
(4) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or
agreements on the part of the Company in the Outstanding Securities of
such series or in this Indenture contained for a period of 60 days
after the date on which notice of such failure, requiring the same to
be remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; or
(5) default in the payment of any indebtedness of the
Company, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be
created, and any period of grace with respect thereto shall have
expired, or an event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture
or instrument, under which there may be issued, or by which there may
be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness of the Company, whether such
indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen
and shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due
and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due
and payable, and the Trustee shall not have received an Officers'
Certificate stating (i) such default in payment has been cured, or
(ii) such acceleration has been rescinded or annulled, or (iii) the
Company is contesting in good faith the existence of such default in
payment or event of default; such Officers' Certificate to have been
received by the Trustee within 10 days after written notice of such
default in payment or event of default shall have been given to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, to the extent such
Officers' Certificate shall contain the statement set forth in (iii)
above, the effect of such Officers' Certificate shall terminate at the
close of business on the 60th day after the date of such Officers'
Certificate if the Trustee shall not have received prior to the close
of business on such 60th day an Officers' Certificate containing any
one of the statements set forth in (i) to (iii) above or a statement
that the contested default in payment or event of default has been
successfully resolved in the Company's favor; the effect of any such
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succeeding Officers' Certificate containing the statement set forth in
(iii) above being subject to the same conditions respecting
termination thereof; and PROVIDED FURTHER that the Trustee shall not
be charged with knowledge of any such default in payment or
acceleration (other than a default or acceleration relating to another
series of Securities for which the Trustee is also the Trustee) unless
written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee by the Company, by the
trustee then acting under any indenture or instrument under which such
default in payment or acceleration shall have occurred, by the holder
or an agent of a holder of such indebtedness, or by the Holders of at
least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series; or
(6) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises shall have been entered for relief in respect to the
Company in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as
now constituted or hereafter amended, or adjudging the Company a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization of the Company under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, and such
decree or order shall have continued undischarged, undismissed or
unstayed for a period of 90 consecutive days; or a decree or order of
a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, trustee, assignee, custodian or sequestrator (or
similar official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or any
substantial part of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree or order
shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed and unstayed
for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(7) the Company shall institute proceedings to be
adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding against it, or shall have filed a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereof amended, or any other
similar applicable Federal or State law, or shall consent to the
filing of any such petition or to the entry of any order for relief in
an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possessions by a receiver, liquidator,
trustee, assignee, custodian or sequestrator (or other similar
official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or shall make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be
adjudged bankrupt; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided in the
supplemental indenture under which such series of Securities is issued
or in the form of Security for such series.
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No Event of Default with respect to a particular series of
Securities issued under this Indenture necessarily constitutes an Event of
Default with respect to any other series of Securities issued hereunder.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND
ANNULMENT. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if
the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) of 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 portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with
respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 (or
of all series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)),
(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all
Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case may be) and all related coupons, if any,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any)
any Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series,
as the case may be) which has become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid
principal at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities,
(C) interest, if any, upon overdue interest, if
any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
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(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of
that series (or of all series, as the case may be), other than the
non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case may be) which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
In case the Trustee or Holders shall have proceeded to enforce
any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any
other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee or such
Holders, then in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities shall be restored respectively to their former positions and
rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the
Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR
ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest, if any, on any Security and any related coupon when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or upon
redemption or upon declaration or otherwise,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, if any, the whole amount
then due and payable on such Securities and coupons, if any, for principal (and
premium, if any) and/or interest, and interest, if any, on any overdue
principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, if any, 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, and any expenses, advances or
liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder other than through its negligence
or bad faith.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name 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
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Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the
manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor
upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 (or of all series, as the
case may be) 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 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of
the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or 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, premium, if any, or interest) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any), or such portion of the principal
amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(ii) 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 606.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
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 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities or coupons, if any, may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee
without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted
by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and any recovery 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 and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the
distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, if any, or
both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Securities and coupons, if any, 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 and coupons, if any, for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons
entitled thereto.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Holder of any Security
of any series or any related coupons, if any, shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
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(2) 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any
such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
of not less than 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
Holders of Securities of the same series 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 Holders of Securities of the same series.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM 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, as provided herein (including, if
applicable, Article Fourteen) and in such Security, of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on, such
Security or payment of such coupon, if any, on the respective due dates
expressed in such Security or coupon, if any (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 509. 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 of Securities and coupons
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.
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SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive
of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities or coupons 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 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS. With respect to the
Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might
involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the
Holders of Securities of such series not consenting.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. Subject to Section
502, 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
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security or any related
coupon, if any, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, any 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. Within 90 days after the
occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in
TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or in the payment
of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of
such series and any related coupons, if any; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, in the
case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(4) with
respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
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SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series
or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and
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the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence
on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder; and
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, 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 or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE
OF SECURITIES. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent
assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. The Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and,
subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating
Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. Money held by the Trustee
in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. The Company
agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
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(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to
compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall
constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such
obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities or any coupons.
SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY;
CONFLICTING INTERESTS. (a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder
which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and (5)
and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least 5 million Dollars.
If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or District of
Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
(b) The following indentures shall be deemed to be
specifically described herein for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b): Indenture dated as of August 15, 1986
between the Company and the Trustee and Indenture dated as of February 1, 1991
among Eaton ETN Offshore Ltd., the Company and the Trustee.
SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Trustee pursuant
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to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect
to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions
of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or
by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section
607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e),
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect
to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company,
by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood
that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only
one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If,
within one year after such
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resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment become the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for
in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. (a) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary
or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring
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Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the
retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustee
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a
trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of
such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Whenever there is a successor
Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities
issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms "Indenture" and "Securities" shall
have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of
those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the
Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers, trusts
and duties referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified
and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION
TO BUSINESS. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities;
and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been
authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in
the name of any predecessor
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hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such
certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities
or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of
any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any
predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger,
conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. At any
time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series and the Trustee shall give written notice of such
appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section
106. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined
capital and surplus of not less than 5 million Dollars and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in
Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to
the provisions of Section 606.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By----------------------------
as Authenticating Agent
By----------------------------
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15
of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of
Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by TIA Section
313(a).
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY. The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the
Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of
the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission
may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the
Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or, if the Company is not required to file information,
documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it
shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and
reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and
registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by
the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports
with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and
covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by
such rules and regulations; and
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(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the
extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation and no other corporation shall consolidate with or merge into the
Company, and the Company shall not convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company) or the Person which acquires by
conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of
the Company substantially as an entirety shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company's obligation for the
due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on all the Securities and the performance of every
covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed
or observed and, if a corporation, shall be a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction,
no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time
or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED. Upon any
consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other
corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the
successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into
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which the Company is merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance,
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the
same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein, and in
the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for
this purpose mean the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this Indenture or any successor corporation which shall theretofore become such
in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a lease, shall
be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities and the coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated.
SECTION 803. SECURITIES TO BE SECURED IN CERTAIN EVENTS. If,
upon any such consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company into
any other corporation, or upon any conveyance, lease or transfer of the
property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any
other Person, any property or assets of the Company or of any Restricted
Subsidiary would thereupon become subject to any Lien, then unless such Lien
could be created pursuant to Section 1009 without equally and ratably securing
the Securities, the Company, prior to or simultaneously with such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer, will, as to such property
or assets, secure the Securities Outstanding hereunder (together with, if the
Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company now existing or
hereafter created which is not subordinate to the Securities) equally and
ratably with (or prior to) the Debt which upon such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, lease or transfer is to become secured as to such property or
assets by such Lien, or will cause such Securities to be so secured; PROVIDED
that, for the purpose of providing such equal and ratable security, the
principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities
shall mean that amount which would at the time of making such effective
provision be due and payable pursuant to Section 502 and the terms of such
Original Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and the extent of such equal and ratable
security shall be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, as and when said
amount changes over time pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount
Securities and Indexed Securities.
SECTION 804. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 602, may receive an Opinion of Counsel,
prepared in accordance with Section 102, as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance,and any such assumption, and any such
liquidation or dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
HOLDERS. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time
to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to
the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants
of the Company contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the
benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities and any
related coupons (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of
less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are
being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such
Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such Events of Default are being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of
principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for
Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; PROVIDED
that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any
material respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; PROVIDED that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 803
or 1009 or otherwise; or
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(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 609(b); or
(9) to close this Indenture with respect to the
authentication and delivery of additional series of Securities, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make
any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture; PROVIDED such action shall not adversely affect
the interests of the Holders of Securities of any particular series
and any related coupons, if any, in any material respect; or
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture
to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to
Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; PROVIDED that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such
series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in
any material respect.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of all Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of said Holders delivered
to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture which affect
such series of Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of interest, if any, on, any Security of such series,
or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest, if
any, thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, [or
adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any Security as may
be provided pursuant to Section 301 herein,] or change any obligation
of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section 1005
(except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section
901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue
Discount Security or Indexed Security of
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such series that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the
amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or
adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of any Holder of
any Security of such series, or change any Place of Payment where, or
the Currency in which, any Security of such series or any premium or
the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated
Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the
option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment
Date, as the case may be), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture which affect such series or certain
defaults applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section
1504 for quorum or voting with respect to Securities of such series,
or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section
513 or Section 1011, except to increase any such percentage or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture which affect
such series cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any
covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included
solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. Any
such supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not affect
the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other
series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. 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 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
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Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture
shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of
Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company
shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture
may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
SECTION 907. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Promptly
after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give
notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected,
pursuant to Section 106, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND
INTEREST. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in accordance
with the terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer Securities on
or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they
severally mature.
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SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. If the
Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company
will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office
or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities,
the Company will maintain (A) in the City of New York, an office or agency
where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered
for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and
where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or
surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following
paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located
outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series
and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if the Securities of that series are listed on any stock
exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so
require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that
series in any required city located outside the United States so long as the
Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series
located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer
Securities of that series and the related coupons may be presented and
surrendered for payment at the offices specified in the Security, in London,
England, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such
respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer
Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United
States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to
an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of
principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security shall
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be made at the office of the Company's Paying Agent in the city of New York, if
(but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal (or
premium, if any) or interest if any as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in
accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange
controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth
above 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 location of any such other office or agency. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a
Place of Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, and initially
appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city
and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are
denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a
Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other
provision of the Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each
such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency
described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay
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the principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such
sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the
Trustee) for any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities
of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the
making of any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company
or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
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Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of
such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. The Company will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a
brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the
Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture.
For purposes of this Section 1004, such compliance shall be determined without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
SECTION 1005. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. If any Securities of a
series provide for the payment of additional amounts to any Holder who is not a
United States person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
("Additional Amounts"), the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of
such series or any coupon appertaining thereto such Additional Amounts as may
be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture there
is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on, or in respect of, any Security of a series or
payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or
exchange of any security of a series, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for by the terms of such
series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to
such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
if the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at
least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that
series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and
any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, if there has been any
change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers'
Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal
Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers'
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any,
on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that
series or any related coupons who are not United States persons without
withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge described in the Securities of the series. If any such withholding
shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the
amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of
Securities of that series or related coupons and the Company will pay to the
Trustee or such
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Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities.
In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall
not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying
Agent shall be entitled to (i) assume that no such withholding or deduction is
required with respect to any payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, with respect to any Securities of a series or related
coupons, if any, until it shall have received a certificate advising otherwise
and (ii) make all payments of principal (or premium, if any) and interest, if
any, with respect to the Securities of a series or related coupons, if any,
without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The Company
covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with
actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or the non-receipt thereof.
SECTION 1006. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. The Company
will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (1) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges
levied or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or upon the
income, profits or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and
(2) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if
unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon any Principal Property of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1007. MAINTENANCE OF PRINCIPAL PROPERTIES. The
Company will cause all Principal Properties to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent or restrict the sale, abandonment or
other disposition of any of such Principal Properties if such action is, in the
judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole and not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1008. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. Subject to Article Eight,
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 rights (charter
and statutory) and franchises of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation
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thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as a whole and not disadvantageous in any material respect
to the Holders.
SECTION 1009. LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Company will not,
directly or indirectly, create or assume, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to create or assume, any mortgage, pledge or other lien of or upon
any of its or their assets, real or personal, now owned or hereafter acquired,
or of or upon any income or profits therefrom, without making effective, and
the Company covenants that in any such case it will make or cause to be made
effective provision, whereby all of the Outstanding Securities of each series
shall be secured by such mortgage, pledge or lien equally and ratably with any
and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured; provided that the
foregoing covenant shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) the creation of any mortgage or other lien on any
property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to secure
indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 120 days
after the later of the acquisition, the completion of construction or
the commencement of full operation of such property; provided that
such indebtedness so secured shall have been incurred for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the acquisition or construction of any
such property;
(2) the creation of a mortgage or other lien for the sole
purpose of renewing or refunding any mortgage or lien referred to in
clause (1) of this Section 1009, provided that the principal amount of
indebtedness so secured at the time of such renewal or refunding is
less than or equal to the indebtedness renewing or refunding such
indebtedness, and that such renewal or refunding mortgage or lien
shall be limited to all or any part of the same property which secured
the mortgage or lien renewed or refunded;
(3) mortgages or liens on any property hereafter acquired by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing at the time of such
acquisition;
(4) liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and
materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not
yet due or being contested in good faith;
(5) liens in favor of the United States of America, or any
State or subdivision thereof, or any other country or subdivision
thereof where the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may transact
any of its business, or any governmental agency, incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(6) liens for property taxes or assessments or governmental
charges or levies on property owned by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary, if such taxes,
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assessments, governmental charges or levies shall not at the time be
due and payable, or if the same thereafter can be paid without
penalty, or if the same are being contested in good faith;
(7) pledges or deposits to secure payment of workmen's
compensation or insurance premiums, or in connection with tenders,
bids or contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or
leases, deposits to secure surety or appeal bonds, pledges or deposits
in connection with contracts made with or at the request or deposits
in connection with contracts made with or at the request of the United
States of America or any agency thereof, and pledges or deposits for
purposes similar to any of the above in the ordinary course of
business;
(8) liens created by or resulting from any litigation or
legal proceeding which at the time is currently being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings; liens arising out of judgments
or awards as to which the time for prosecuting an appeal or proceeding
for review has not expired; leases made or existing on property
acquired in the ordinary course of business; landlord's liens on
property held under lease; or
(9) any mortgage, pledge or other lien executed by any
Restricted Subsidiary and exclusively securing any indebtedness
incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to one or
more wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1009,
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) may create, assume or permit to
exist any mortgage, pledge or other lien which would otherwise be prohibited by
the foregoing covenants for the purpose of securing indebtedness or other
obligations if the sum of (x) the aggregate amount thereof, (y) the aggregate
amount of all other indebtedness or other obligations of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries then outstanding and secured by mortgages, pledges or
other liens which would otherwise be prohibited by the foregoing covenants (not
including indebtedness or other obligations permitted to be secured under
clauses (1) through (9) above) and (z) the aggregate value (determined as
provided in Section 1010) of manufacturing plants theretofore sold or
transferred and leased pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions which were
permitted solely by reason of the provisions of Section 1010 (d) does not at
such time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, and (b) may extend,
renew or refund any such mortgage, pledge or other lien if the provisions of
clause (a) of this paragraph were not violated at the time such mortgage,
pledge or other lien was created, assumed or permitted to exist, if the
principal amount of indebtedness so secured thereby shall not exceed the unpaid
principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or refunding, and if such extension, renewal or refunding mortgage,
pledge or other lien shall be limited to all or any part of the same property
that was subject to the mortgage, pledge or other lien extended, renewed or
refunded.
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If at any time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall
create or assume any mortgage, pledge or other lien not excepted from this
Section 1009 as above provided, the Company will promptly deliver to the
Trustee (i) an Officers' Certificate stating that the covenant of the Company
contained in the first paragraph of this Section 1009 has been complied with,
and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
such covenant has been complied with and that any instruments executed by the
Company in performance of such covenant comply with the requirements thereof.
In the event that the Company shall hereafter secure the
Securities of any series equally and ratably with other obligation or
indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Section 1009, the Trustee is
hereby authorized to enter into an indenture or agreement supplemental hereto
and to take such action, if any, as it may deem advisable to enable it to
enforce effectively the rights of the holders of the Securities so secured
equally and ratably with such other obligations or indebtedness. Subject to
the provisions of Section 602 hereof, the Trustee may receive an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture or steps taken
to secure the Securities equally and ratably comply with the provisions of this
Section 1009.
SECTION 1010. LIMITATION ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company will not and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell or
transfer (except to the Company or one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, or
both) any manufacturing plant owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
with the intention of taking back a lease on such property (herein referred to
as a "Sale and Leaseback Transaction") unless (a) the sale or transfer of the
property is made within 120 days after the later of the date of (i) the
acquisition of the property, (ii) the completion of construction or (iii) the
commencement of full operation thereof, or (b) such lease has a term, including
all permitted extensions and renewals, of not more than three years, and it is
intended that the use by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the
manufacturing plant covered by such lease will be discontinued on or before the
expiration of such term, or (c) at such time the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary could, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1009, create, assume or
permit to exist a mortgage on the manufacturing plant to be sold or transferred
and leased securing indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate amount
equal to the amount realized or to be realized upon the sale or transfer of
such manufacturing plan in connection with the Sale and Leaseback Transaction
without retiring Securities or other indebtedness by redemption or without
equally and ratably securing all the Outstanding Securities of each series by
such mortgage, as provided in Section 1009, or (d) at such time the Company
shall cause an amount equal to the value of the manufacturing plant to be sold
or transferred and leased to be applied to the retirement (other than any
mandatory retirement), within 120 days of the effective date of the Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, of either the Securities or other funded indebtedness of
the Company which is equal in rank to the Securities, or both (for which
purpose previously acquired Securities may be used). For the purposes of
Section 1009 and subsection (d) of this Section 1010, the term "value" with
respect to any
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manufacturing plant to be sold or transferred and leased pursuant to a Sale and
Leaseback Transaction shall mean as of any particular time, the amount equal to
the greater of (1) the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of such
manufacturing plant or (2) the fair value of such manufacturing plant at the
time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as determined by the
Board of Directors, in either case divided first by the number of full years of
the term of the lease which is part of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and
then multiplied by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time
of determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained
in such lease.
SECTION 1011. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Company may,
with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such series set
forth in Section 803 or Sections 1006 to 1010, inclusive, if before the time
for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of
all Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of such Holders, waive such
compliance in such instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to
the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee to Holders of
Securities of such series in respect of any such term, provision or condition
shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Securities of any
series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall,
at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of
such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series
to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records
as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to
Section 1103. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the
Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction.
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SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE
REDEEMED. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as required by any securities exchange or market upon which such Securities of
any series are listed, if applicable, and as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
of the principal of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a
Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 301.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given
in the manner provided in Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the
case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
(together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption
Date payable as provided in Section 1106) will become due and
payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be
redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease
to accrue on and after said date,
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(5) the place or places where such Securities,
together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons
appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption
Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption
Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such
is the case,
(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice,
Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for
redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing
subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of
any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the
Redemption Price or security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Company, the Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent must
be furnished, and
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be
redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not
to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged
for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this
Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last
date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges
may be made.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. Prior to any
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such Series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all the Securities which
are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. Notice
of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such Series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest) such
Securities shall, if the same
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were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and any coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if
any, to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that installments of interest
on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United
States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender
of coupons for such interest; and PROVIDED FURTHER that installments of
interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the
Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save
each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Any Security
which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this
Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by,
or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge,
a new Security or Securities of the same series and tenor, of any authorized
denomination as
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requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Retirements of
Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of any 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 mandatory sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for
by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES. Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in
cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding
Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption)
theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company together in the case
of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining
thereto, and/or (2) receive credit for the principal amount of Securities of
such series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company
or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same
series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided
for by the terms of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Securities have
not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in
such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. Not
less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company
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will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of
the next ensuing 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 in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such Series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d)
and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202
(which Securities will, if not previously delivered, accompany such
certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make a
permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such
certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be
obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on
or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the
failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment
due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be
paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of
such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option
to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the
right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such
series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in
the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay
to the Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) in cash
a sum equal to any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption
of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment
date pursuant to this Section 1203.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund
for any series of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid into
such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together
with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for
such series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless
requested by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the
redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking
fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall
be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the
next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company,
shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities
of such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market or otherwise,
at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued interest
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and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any paying agent will be
reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Repayment of
Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of
any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES. Securities of any
series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders
thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be
repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or
pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or
before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to
pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any
series, a percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the
Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION. Securities of any series
subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an
"Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse of such Securities. To be
repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such
repayment, with the "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse of such
Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment
therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or
places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such
Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the
Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is
to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal
amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination
for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the
Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the
principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be
specified. The principal amount of any Security
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providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid
in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such
Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities
of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as
otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment
at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the
Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT BECOME
DUE AND PAYABLE. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the
option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this
Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such
Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall
become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date
therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together
with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment
Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by
the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and
surrender of such coupons, and PROVIDED FURTHER that, in the case of Registered
Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon,
unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of
such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and
the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as
provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by
the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section
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1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for
repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount
(together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth
in such Security.
SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART. Upon surrender of
any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new
Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so
surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR
COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for Securities of any series, defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under Section 1402, or covenant defeasance of or within a series under
Section 1403 shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE. Upon the Company's
exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any related coupons on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to
in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons to receive, solely
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from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in
such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments
are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional
Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1005, (C) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D)
this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities
and any related coupons.
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Upon the Company's
exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Sections 1009 and 1010, and, if specified pursuant to Section
301, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons on and after the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and
such Securities and any related coupons shall thereafter be deemed to be not
"Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
Sections 1009 and 1010, or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed
"Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such
covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any related coupons, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of
any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by
reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not
constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(4) or Section
501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons shall
be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE. The following shall be the conditions to application of either
Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a
series and any related coupons:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused
to be deposited with the Trustee or another trustee satisfying the
requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons, (A)
an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities and any related
coupons are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), or (B)
Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined
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on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then
specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled
payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance
with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due
date of any payment of principal (including any premium) and interest,
if any, under such Securities and any related coupons, money in an
amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed
in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and
discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the
Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or
interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons on the day on which such payments are due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and
any related coupons.
(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse
of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such
Securities and any related coupons shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (6)
and (7) of Section 501 are concerned, at any time during the period
ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this
Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(4) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) 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 shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such 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 defeasance had not occurred.
(5) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
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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 covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance
with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in
connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(7) If the Securities are to be optionally redeemed, either
notice of such redemption shall have been given or the Company shall
have given the Trustee irrevocable instructions to give such notice.
(8) 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 either the defeasance
under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as
the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit pursuant to
paragraph (1) above and the related exercise of the Company's option
under Section 1402 or Section 1403 (as the case may be), registration
is not required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
by the Company, with respect to the trust funds representing such
deposit, or by the trustee for such trust funds or (ii) all necessary
registrations under said Act have been effected.
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO
BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of
the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or
other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee
collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities and any related coupons
of such series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance
with the provisions of such Securities and any related coupons and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security
pursuant to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has
been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was
made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms of
such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that
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in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of
such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section
312(d) or 312(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the
deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented
by such Security and any related coupons shall be deemed to have been, and will
be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of
(premium, if any, on), and interest, if any, on such Security as they become
due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified
below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited
in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the
applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency in effect on the second
Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion
Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the
Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest
received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which
by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to
time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other
property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404
which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as
applicable, in accordance with this Article.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED. If
Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of Holders
of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to time
pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series.
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SECTION 1502. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS. (a) The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such
place in the city of New York, or in London as the Trustee shall determine.
Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth
the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed
to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified
in Section 1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the
action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made
the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after
receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to
be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of
such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine
the time and the place in the city of New York, or in London for such meeting
and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1503. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS. To be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a
Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such
series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. QUORUM; ACTION. The Persons entitled to vote a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall
constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with
respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be
given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote
such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved.
In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman
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of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of
the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section
1502(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five
days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the
percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any
resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified
percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned
meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section
shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the
related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504,
if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be
made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal
amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of
such series and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such
meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into
account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made,
given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1505. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Holders of
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Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such
series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and
duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies,
certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters
concerning the conduct of the meeting as its shall deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of
Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104
or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or
guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to
certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that
written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by
the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in
which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the
meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.
A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected
by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series
or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined as
specified in the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting
to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to
vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly
called pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned
from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF
MEETINGS. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the
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secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings
of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any Series shall be prepared by the
Secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the
original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat
and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting
forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was
given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504. Each copy
shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and
secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company,
and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have
attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and
verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1601. EXEMPTION FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture,
or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect
thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director
or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations
of the Company, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to,
or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers,
directors or employees, as such, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee,
as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for,
the execution of this Indenture and the issue of such Securities.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
EATON CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
CHEMICAL BANK
By:
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Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
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STATE OF OHIO )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA )
On the ______ day of ________________, 1994 , before me
personally came _________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn,
did depose and say that he is ________________ of Eaton Corporation, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ______ day of ________________, 1994, before me
personally came ___________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did
depose and say that he is ______________ of Chemical Bank, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he
knows the seal of said corporations; that the seal affixed to said instrument
is the seal of such corporations; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said corporations, and that he signed his name thereto by
like authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
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Version #3
SUBORDINATED NOTE INDENTURE
S&S DRAFT
NYL2/1121.4
EATON CORPORATION
TO
CHEMICAL BANK,
Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of ___________, 1994
Subordinated Debt Securities
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EATON CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT
OF 1939 AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF , 1994
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ACT SECTION SECTION
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# 310 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [607], 608
# 312 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
# 314 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1007
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
# 315 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
# 316 (a)(last
sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
# 317 (a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
# 318 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION 101. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CEDEL S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Depositary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request or Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conversion Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conversion Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conversion Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Dollar or $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ECU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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* Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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Election Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Euroclear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Monetary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Rate Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Federal Bankruptcy Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indexed Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Industrial Development Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Market Exchange Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Principal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Repayment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Repayment Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Restricted Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Security Register and Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Trust Indenture Act or TIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
United States person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Valuation Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Voting Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Yield to Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 109. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 111. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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THE SECURITIES
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SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest
Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 310. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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SECTION 311. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
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SECTION 501. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest and Convert Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 54
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 512. Control by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SECTION 703. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
SECTION 803. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 1007. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SECTION 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
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SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 1401. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1501. Right to Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SECTION 1502. Exercise of Conversion Privilege; Issuance of Common Shares on
Conversion; No Adjustment for Interest or Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SECTION 1503. Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 1504. Adjustment of Conversion Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SECTION 1505. Effect of Consolidation, Merger or Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SECTION 1506. Taxes on Common Shares Issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 1507. Reservation of Common Shares; Common Shares to be Fully Paid;
Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of
Common Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SECTION 1508. Responsibility of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SECTION 1509. Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1601. Agreement of Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 1602. No Payment of Securities in Certain Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
SECTION 1603. Priority of Payment of Senior Indebtedness in Certain Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
SECTION 1604. Subrogation, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 1605. Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 1606. Authorization by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 1607. Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SECTION 1608. Trustee's Relation to Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SECTION 1609. Article Applicable to Paying Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SECTION 1610. No Impairment of Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SECTION 1611. Obligations Unimpaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 1701. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SECTION 1702. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SECTION 1703. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SECTION 1704. Quorum; Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SECTION 1705. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
SECTION 1706. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
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SECTION 1801. Exemption from Individual Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
TESTIMONIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
SIGNATURES AND SEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FORMS OF CERTIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EXHIBIT A
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INDENTURE, dated as of ___________, 1994, between EATON
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Ohio (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
Eaton Center, 1111 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, and CHEMICAL BANK, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, certain
series of which may be convertible into common stock of the Company (herein
called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed,
for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of
series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms "cash transaction"
and "self-liquidating paper", as used in TIA
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Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules
of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Articles Three, Six and
Fourteen are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate and deliver Securities.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English
language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays
or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in
the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any
Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security except a Registered
Security.
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"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of
the Company or the Executive Committee of such Board.
"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 and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment
or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the
Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or
other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"CEDEL S.A." means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs
Mobilieres, S.A., or its successor.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission
is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Common Shares" means, when used with reference to the capital
stock of the Company, the class of shares which at the date of execution of
this Indenture is designated as common shares of the Company and shares of any
class or classes into which such common shares or any such other class may
thereafter be changed or reclassified. If in case by reason of the operation
of Article Fifteen, the Securities shall be convertible into any other shares
or other securities or property of the Company or any other corporation, any
reference in this Indenture or any Security to the conversion of Securities
pursuant to Article Fifteen shall be deemed to refer to and include conversion
of Securities into such other shares or other securities or property.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
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"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its President, any
Vice President, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Conversion Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(d).
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign
Currency both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and
by a central bank or other public institution of or within the international
banking community for the settlement of transactions, (ii) the ECU both within
the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any currency unit
(or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was
established.
"Conversion Price" means, when used with respect to any
Security, the price specified in such Security at which it may be converted
into Common Shares pursuant to this Indenture.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office on the date of execution of this
Indenture is located at 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001, except that
with respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of
transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee
at which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be
conducted.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies
and business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
"Currency" means any currency or currencies, composite
currency or composite currencies, or currency unit or currency units,
including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more
countries or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
"Debt" means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" has the meaning
specified in Section 312(g).
"Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" has the meaning
specified in Section 312(f).
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised
from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Election Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).
"Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York,
Brussels Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community,
the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the
European Communities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304.
"Exchange Rate Agent" means, with respect to Securities of or
within any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to
Section 301 or Section 313.
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" means a tested telex,
telecopier notice or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market
Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis
of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in
accordance with Section 302 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to
a Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in
the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate or telecopier
notice) by the Treasurer, any Vice President or any Assistant Treasurer of
the Company.
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"Federal Bankruptcy Code" means the Bankruptcy Act of Title 11
of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.
"Foreign Currency" means any Currency other than Currency of
the United States.
"Government Obligations" means, unless otherwise specified
with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities
which are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in
which the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such
government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of
such government payable in such Currency and 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
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any
such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder
of a depository receipt; PROVIDED that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to
the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest or
principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the
Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in
the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect
to any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean,
with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is
Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time
be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the
terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee
established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which
such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were
adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person
had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a
party.
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"Indexed Security" means a Security for which the amount of
principal (and premium, if any) payable at maturity and interest, if any, will
be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index,
formula or method may be based on one or more currencies, commodities, equity
indices or other indices).
"Industrial Development Bonds" means obligations issued by a
State, a Commonwealth, a Territory or a possession of the United States of
America, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the District
of Columbia, the interest on which is excludable from gross income of the
holders thereof pursuant to the provisions of Section 103(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any similar provision of such Code), as in
effect at the time of the issuance of such obligations.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue
Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means
interest payable after Maturity at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue
Discount Security.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
"Lien" means any pledge, mortgage, lien, charge, encumbrance
or security interest.
"Market Exchange Rate" means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion
involving a currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency
on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars
or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of
Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate
for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and
(iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another
Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at
which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign
Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the
Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located
in either New York City, London or any other principal market for Dollars or
such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates
provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) the Exchange Rate
Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such
quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent
available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City,
London or other principal market for such Currency in question, or such other
quotations as the Exchange
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Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the Exchange
Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency by
reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in
respect of such Currency shall be that upon which a nonresident issuer of
securities designated in such Currency would purchase such Currency in order to
make payments in respect of such securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of
option to elect repayment or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman, the President, a Vice Chairman or a Vice President, and by the
Controller or Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company, and who
shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto; PROVIDED that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has
been made;
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(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections
1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen;
and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by
a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be
(or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be
equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is
originally issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer's
Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in the case
of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date
of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above),
of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may
be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of
such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with
respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor.
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"Paying Agent" means any Person (including the Company acting
as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, when used with respect to the
Securities of or within any series, the place or places where the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified
as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a
Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen coupons appertains, as the case may be.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by
or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security registered in the
Security Register.
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"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the
date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security
to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by
or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price" means, when used with respect to any
Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to
be repaid by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the
secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
cashier, any assistant cashier, any senior trust officer, any trust officer or
assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above-designated officers, and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any subsidiary except (1) any
subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which are located, or
substantially all of the business of which is carried on, outside the United
States of America, its territories and possessions and Canada, or any
subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of stock or other
securities of such a subsidiary, (2) any subsidiary principally engaged in the
business of financing notes and accounts receivable and any subsidiary
substantially all of the assets of which consist of the stock or other
securities of such a subsidiary or (3) any subsidiary acquired or organized
after the date hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term "Restricted
Subsidiary" shall mean also any subsidiary which, subsequent to the date
hereof, is designated by the Board of Directors as a Restricted Subsidiary, if
as a result of such designation no covenant or agreement in this Indenture
would be breached.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time there
is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities"
with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more
particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not
Trustee.
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"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means (a) indebtedness of the Company
heretofore or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed for money
borrowed from banks or other lending institutions and any other indebtedness or
obligation of the Company evidenced by a bond, debenture, note or other similar
instrument, including without limitation overdrafts, letters of credit issued
for the account of the Company and commercial paper, (b) any other indebtedness
constituting purchase money indebtedness for the payment of which the Company
is directly or contingently liable (excluding trade accounts payable), (c) any
direct or contingent indebtedness or obligation represented by guarantees or
instruments having a similar effect entered into by the Company (whether prior
to the date of this Indenture or thereafter) with reference to lease or
purchase money obligations of any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Company or
any other corporation as to which the Company holds or has an option to
purchase 50% or more of the outstanding capital stock, and (d) renewals,
extensions and refundings of any such indebtedness, unless in any such case it
is provided by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such
indebtedness that such indebtedness is made on a parity with or is junior in
right of payment to the Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a date
fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"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 or a coupon representing such installment of
interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable, as such date may be
extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 308.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which more than 50% of
the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (excluding, in
the computation of such percentage, stock of any class or classes of such
corporation which has or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) is at the time owned directly or indirectly by the Company, or
by any subsidiary, or by the Company and one or more subsidiaries.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except
as provided in Section 905.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who
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is then a Trustee hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if at any time there is
more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America
(including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction which includes Puerto
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
"United States person" means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a
citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an
estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income
taxation regardless of its source.
"Valuation Date" has the meaning specified in Section 312(c).
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" means stock of the class or classes having
general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority
of the board of directors, managers or trustees of a corporation (irrespective
of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at
the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent
redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security
in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation
principles.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS. Upon
any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action
under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
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SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of
all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities
of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of such series may,
alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of
Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by
proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article
Seventeen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or
of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose
of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1706.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of
any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of
such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than
his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered
Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be
proved by the Security Register.
(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved
by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as
depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever
situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on
deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the
Person holding such Bearer
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Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of
any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced,
or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or
(3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security,
or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal amount and
serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding
the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of
Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do
so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record
date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date
not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders
generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation
is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given
before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close
of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes
of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding
Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that
purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
PROVIDED that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on
such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after
the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind
every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC. TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the
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Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Debt Relationship
Management, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture,
Attention: Treasurer, or at any other address previously furnished
in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. NOTICE TO HOLDERS; WAIVER. Where this Indenture
provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the
Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless
otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail,
neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided. Any notice
mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed
to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in
regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical
to mail notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture,
then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee
shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose
hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise
specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event,
such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if
published in an Authorized Newspaper in the City of New York and in such other
city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at
least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest
date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of the
first such publication.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any
Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause
it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
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Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer
Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities
given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of
the country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. SCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. SEPABILITY CLAUSE. In case any provision in
this Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying
Agent, any Security Registrar and their successors hereunder, the Holders of
Securities or coupons, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any benefit or
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and the
Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the law of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
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SECTION 112. LEGAL HOLIDAYS. In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date or Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security or the last day on which a Holder of a Security has a
right to convert his Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment or place of conversion, then (notwithstanding any other provision of
this Indenture or of any Security or coupon other than a provision in the
Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall
apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium,
if any) or conversion need not be made at such Place of Payment or place of
conversion on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment or place of conversion with the same force and effect as
if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or sinking fund payment
date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion;
PROVIDED that, in the case of payment, no interest shall accrue for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund
payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORMS GENERALLY. The Registered Securities, if
any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and
related coupons shall be in substantially the forms 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 market or any law or regulation or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons. If the forms of
Securities or coupons of any series are established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or coupons.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
Securities in bearer form shall have interest coupons attached.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities
shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
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The definitive Securities and coupons 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 or coupons.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By -------------------------
Authorized Officer
SECTION 203. SECURITIES ISSUABLE IN GLOBAL FORM. If
Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as
contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 301,
any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such
series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of
such series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased
to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect
the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and
upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein
or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303
or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable,
Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent
global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons
specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order
pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or
delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply
to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was
never issued and sold by the
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Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form
together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the
written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and
any premium and interest, if any, on any, Security in permanent global form
shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as
provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount
of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the
case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such
permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a
permanent global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES. The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued at any time and from time to time
in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board
Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions
and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided
in, an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or
all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set
forth in clauses (1), (2) and (17) below), if so provided, may be determined
from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the
series and set forth in such Securities of the series when issued from time to
time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series
of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for
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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 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107, 1305 or 1502);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date
or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate
or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall
be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest
payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or
the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the
basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in
addition to the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, where the
principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest, if any, on
Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities
of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and, if
different than the location specified in Section 106, the place or
places where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that
option;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem,
repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and
the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the
Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in which
any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if
other than the denomination of $5,000, the denomination or
denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
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(9) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each
Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(10) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(11) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities
of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of
any of the provisions of Section 312;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series
may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method
(which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on
one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices),
and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(13) whether the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable,
at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency
other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election
Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be
made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between
the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be
payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so
payable, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of
any of the provisions of Section 312;
(14) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent,
if any;
(15) any provisions in modification of, in addition to or
in lieu of the provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable
to the Securities of the series;
(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the
Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events
as may be specified;
(17) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to
Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or
covenants (including deletions from, modifications of
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or additions to Section 1008) are consistent with the Events of
Default or covenants set forth herein;
(18) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable
as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons)
or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
Bearer Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities
of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or
without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in
any such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, and
whether Registered Securities of the series may be exchanged for
Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and
regulations) and the circumstances under which and the place or places
where such exchanges, if permitted, may be made and if Securities of
the series are to be issuable in global form, the identity of any
initial depository therefor;
(19) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the
series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding
Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of
original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered
Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any
interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if
otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to
which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary
global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than
in the manner provided in Section 304;
(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a
temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions,
the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon
the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such
Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
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(23) whether and under what circumstances and the currency
in which the Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by
Section 1005 on the Securities of the series to any Holder who is not
a United States person (including any modification to the definition
of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of
any such option);
(24) the applicability, if any, of Article Fifteen to the
Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in
addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fifteen;
(25) any provisions in modification of, in addition to
or in lieu of the provisions of Article Sixteen that shall be
applicable to the Securities of the series; and
(26) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences
(or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act or the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons, if any,
appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially
identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution
(subject to Section 303) and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need
be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall
be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS. All Securities shall be issuable
in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301.
With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence
of any such provisions, the Registered Securities of such series, other than
Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination),
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof
and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than the Bearer Securities
issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
a denomination of $5,000.
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SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf
of the Company by its Chairman, its President or a Vice President, under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or coupons
may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Securities.
Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities
or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United
States; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, unless otherwise specified with respect to
any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be
delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled
to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate in the form
set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior
to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the
date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer
Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this
Indenture. If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer
Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a
beneficial owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or
upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be
delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section
306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless
all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
cancelled. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one
time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such
series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining
terms of particular Securities of such series such as, but not limited to,
interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest
shall accrue.
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In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA
Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) that the form or forms of such Securities and any
coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(b) that the terms of such Securities and any coupons
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, together with any coupons
appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and
executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified
in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights, to
general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such
counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders
of such Securities and any coupons;
(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the
execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities, any coupons
and of the supplemental indentures, if any, have been complied with
and that authentication and delivery of such Securities and any
coupons and the execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture,
if any, by the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Indenture;
(e) that the Company has the corporate power to issue
such Securities and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary
corporate action with respect to such issuance; and
(f) that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons
will not contravene the articles of incorporation or regulations of
the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or
provisions of any law or regulation or of any indenture, mortgage or
other agreement known to such Counsel by which the Company is bound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the
preceding two paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
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the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the
preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of issuance of each Security,
but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of issuance of
the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver
any such Securities if the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication; and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date
specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears
on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein, executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
310 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such
Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of
this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation
of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or,
if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such
temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form
(which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
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Securities of such series, upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any
one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto) the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series and tenor of authorized denominations;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and PROVIDED FURTHER that a
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section
303. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global
form, any such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided
therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary
(the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., for
credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities
(or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the
date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary
global Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after
the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to
be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be
exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such
temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent
global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination
thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global
Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary
global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary
global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate
dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A. as to the
portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in
such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301); and PROVIDED
FURTHER that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in
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exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with
the requirements of Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security,
the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary
global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series
and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on his
behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a
certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier
than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be
available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying
Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities
must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the
event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in
person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive Securities in
bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global
Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary
global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series
occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and
CEDEL S.A. to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest
thereon on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of
the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on
such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL
S.A., as the case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to
the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set
forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be
established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall
satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this
Section and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the
interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global
Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged
for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange
Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date,
without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as
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otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a
temporary global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such
temporary global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a
definitive Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. and
not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee immediately prior
to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be
repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE. The Company shall cause to be kept a register for each series of
Securities (the registers maintained in the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of
Registered Securities. The Security Register shall be in written form or any
other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to
inspection by the Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as
security registrar (the "Security Registrar") for the purpose of registering
Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered
Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any
series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series and
tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such
office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of
Securities as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued
in exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the
applicable Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the
applicable Officers' Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto,
delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer
Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same
series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount
and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such
office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default
thereto appertaining. If the
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Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or
coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange
may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing
coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be
waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying
Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to
any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment
shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of
such payment; PROVIDED, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section
1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation
and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the
United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any
series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for
a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment
Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at
such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on
such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be
exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If any beneficial owner of an
interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301
and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global
Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event
not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged,
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner's
interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or
after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such
permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or such
other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part,
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for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in accordance with instructions from the applicable depository
(including instructions as to the registration of Registered Securities), in
exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global
Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not
issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified
as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the
beneficial owner thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such exchanges may occur
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any
selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption
Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those
selected for redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered
in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered
Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security
after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs
on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special
Record Date and the opening of business at such office or agency on the related
proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered
Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date
for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect
of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company
or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107, 1305 or
1502 not involving any transfer.
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The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption
of Securities of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and ending at the close
of business on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered
Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B)
if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the
first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the
series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication,
the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption
except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security
of that series and like tenor; PROVIDED that such Registered Security shall be
simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment
at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not
to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN
SECURITIES. If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, 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, with coupons corresponding to the coupons,
if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such
mutilated Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with
coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security, pay such Security or coupon.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee
(i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or
coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the
Security for which a destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen coupon appertains
(with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen), a new
Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen
Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen
coupon appertains, or, in case any such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen
Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the
Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
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such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which
such destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security
or coupon.
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 with its coupons, if any,
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, mutilated, lost or
stolen Security or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, mutilated,
lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, mutilated,
lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, mutilated,
lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, 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, mutilated, lost or stolen
Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED;
OPTIONAL INTEREST RESET. (a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest, if any, on any
Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security
may at the Company's option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest,
payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to
Section 309, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security
Register or (ii) transfer to an account maintained by the payee located inside
the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in
the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the
payee with a bank located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301,
every permanent global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on
any Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and CEDEL, S.A.
with respect to that portion of such
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permanent global Security held for its account by the Common Depositary, for
the purpose of permitting each of Euroclear and CEDEL, S.A. to credit the
interest received by it in respect of such permanent global Security to the
accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of
such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) equal
to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the Registered
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date
and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
the Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with
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the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall
be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made
applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such
modifications, additions, deletions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread
multiplier, index, formula or method used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the Company on the
date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an "Optional Reset
Date"). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by
notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days
prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Note. Not later than 40 days prior to
each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided
for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the "Reset
Notice") indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate
(or the spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method used to calculate
such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i) such new interest rate (or
such new spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method, if applicable)
and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such
Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next
Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of such Security (each such
period a "Subsequent Interest Period"), including the date or dates on which or
the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such
redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to
the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest
rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice
and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier, index,
formula or method used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) that is
higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, index,
formula or method, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the
Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate (or such
higher spread or spread multiplier, index, formula or method, if applicable) to
the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities
with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier,
index, formula or method used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable)
is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of
such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or have
validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph,
will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread
multiplier, index, formula or method, if applicable).
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The Holder of any such Security will, if so provided, pursuant
to Section 301, have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof plus interest, if any, accrued to such Optional Reset
Date. In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must
follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option
of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee
shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset
Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment
pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee,
revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day
before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and
Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of
transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest, if any, accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. OPTIONAL EXTENSION OF MATURITY. The provisions
of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be
specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security
of such series may be extended at the option of the Company for the period or
periods specified on the face of such Security (each an "Extension Period") up
to but not beyond the date (the "Final Maturity") set forth on the face of such
Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by
notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days
prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise
of such option (the "Original Stated Maturity"). If the Company exercises such
option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106,
to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original
Stated Maturity a notice (the "Extension Notice") indicating (i) the election
of the Company to extend the Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the
interest rate, if any, applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period. Upon the
Trustee's transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such
Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the
Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will
have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before
the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option,
revoke the interest rate, if any, provided for in the Extension Notice and
establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such
higher interest rate to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be
irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is
extended will bear such higher interest rate.
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If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the
Holder will have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company
on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on
the Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity
thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen
for repayment at the option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or
notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days
prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has
tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder
may by written notice to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the
close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to due presentment
of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the
bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the
purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the
Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global
Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent
of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with
respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and
owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or
its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
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SECTION 310. CANCELLATION. All Securities and coupons
surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or
future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities and coupons so delivered
to the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery
to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered, shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so
acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. Unless by Company Order the Company directs the return of any
cancelled Securities to it, all cancelled Securities shall be destroyed by the
Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and the Trustee shall
deliver its certificate of such destruction to the Company.
SECTION 311. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any Securities,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 312. CURRENCY AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF
SECURITIES. (a) Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, with respect to Registered Securities of any series
not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders
of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, and
with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in
paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be
made in the Currency or Currencies in which such Registered Security or Bearer
Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 312
may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect
to Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option,
subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any
of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to
the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities a written election with
signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section
301, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately
preceding the applicable payment date. If a Holder so elects to receive such
payments in any such Currency, such election will
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remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed
by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee for such
series of Registered Securities (but any such change must be made not later
than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next
payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date
and no such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be made
on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of
Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds
pursuant to Articles Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of
redemption has been given by the Company or a notice of option to elect
repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder of any
such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the
Trustee of such series of Registered Securities not later than the close of
business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the
applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 312(a).
The Trustee for each such series of Registered Securities shall notify the
Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the
aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have made
such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if
the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant
to Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not
later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment
date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will
deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency or
Currencies in which Registered Securities of such series are payable, the
respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment
date, specifying the amounts in such Currency or Currencies so payable in
respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered
Securities denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another
Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at
least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date
the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered
Securities an Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate in respect of the Dollar or
Foreign Currency payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount
receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a
Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company
on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third
Business Day (the "Valuation Date") immediately preceding each payment date,
and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign
Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than
pursuant to an election
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provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date
for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency
occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the
"Conversion Date"), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each
such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the
Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee of each such series of
Securities and by such Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such
Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign
Currency other than a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign
Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the
Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the
manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if
the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have
elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and
a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder
shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in
the absence of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to
the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such
election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph
(d) above.
(f) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent
payment date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the
Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The "Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit" shall be
determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of
paragraph (h) below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the
Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange
Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each
payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 312 the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
A "Component Currency" shall mean any Currency which, on the
Conversion Date, was a component currency of the relevant currency
unit, including, but not limited to, the ECU.
A "Specified Amount" of a Component Currency shall mean the
number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which
were represented in the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, the ECU, on the Conversion Date. If after the Conversion
Date the official unit of any Component Currency is
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altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of
such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same
proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component
Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective
Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an
amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective
Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed
in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a
Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a
Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any Component
Currency shall be divided into two or more Currencies, the Specified
Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such
two or more Currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at
the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the
Dollar Equivalent of the Specified Amount of such former Component
Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division
and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such
currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies. If, after the
Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit, including, but not
limited to, the ECU, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred
to above in this definition of "Specified Amount") occurs with respect
to any Component Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on
the applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component
Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of
the currency unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange
Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
"Election Date" shall mean the date for any series of
Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause (13) of Section
301 by which the written election referred to in paragraph (b) above
may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent
regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent
of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified
Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably
binding upon the Company, the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities
and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant
Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the
Company and the Trustee for the appropriate series of Securities of any such
decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a
Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company
will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the appropriate
series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such Trustee will
promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the
affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date. In the event the Company so
determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the
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ECU or any other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable,
the Company will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee of the
appropriate series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and such
Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided in Section
106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified
Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the
Company determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component
Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred,
the Company will similarly give written notice to the Trustee of the
appropriate series of Securities and to the Exchange Rate Agent.
The Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities shall be
fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received
by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have
any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such
information independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. APPOINTMENT AND RESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT. (a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301,
if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a
Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than
Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this
Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of
Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent. The Company
will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange
determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301
for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if
applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the
applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no
appointment of a successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange
Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and
the Trustee of the appropriate series of Securities accepting such appointment
executed by the successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(c) If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or
become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the
Exchange Rate Agent for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or
more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to
the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate
Agent with respect to the Securities of any
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particular series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date
and that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. This
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect
to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such
series herein expressly provided for and the obligation of the Company to pay
any Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005) and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to
Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered
Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender
is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305,
(ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to
Securities called for redemption and maturing after the
relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as
provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of
such series for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent and thereafter
repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of
(i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
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(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company,
are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose an amount, in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B)
of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402
and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY. Subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if
any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the
Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default", wherever
used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the
following events has occurred and is continuing (unless the Event of Default is
either inapplicable to a particular series or is specifically deleted or
modified in the supplemental indenture under which such series of Securities is
issued or in the form of Security for such series):
(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest
upon any Security of such series as and when the same shall become due
and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) any Security of such series as and when the same shall
become due and payable either at Maturity, upon redemption, by
declaration or otherwise; or
(3) default in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund
payment or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms
of the Securities of such series; or
(4) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or
perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or
agreements on the part of the Company in the Outstanding Securities
of such series or in this Indenture contained for a period of 60 days
after the date on which notice of such failure, requiring the same to
be remedied, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; or
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(5) a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises shall have been entered for relief in respect to the Company
in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now
constituted or hereafter amended, or adjudging the Company a bankrupt
or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization of the Company under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any
other similar applicable Federal or State law, and such decree or
order shall have continued undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a
period of 90 consecutive days; or a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, trustee, assignee, custodian or sequestrator (or similar
official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or any
substantial part of its property, or for the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, shall have been entered, and such decree or order
shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed and unstayed
for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated
a voluntary bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy
or insolvency proceeding against it, or shall have filed a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization under the Federal Bankruptcy
Code, as now constituted or hereof amended, or any other similar
applicable Federal or State law, or shall consent to the filing of any
such petition or to the entry of any order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possessions by a receiver,
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liquidator, trustee, assignee, custodian or sequestrator (or other
similar official) in bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or shall make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be
adjudged bankrupt; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental
indenture under which such series of Securities is issued or in the
form of Security for such series.
No Event of Default with respect to a particular series of
Securities issued under this Indenture necessarily constitutes an Event of
Default with respect to any other series of Securities issued hereunder.
SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND
ANNULMENT. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if
the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of that series) of 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 portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with
respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 (or
of all series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section
301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)),
(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding
Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may
be) and all related coupons, if any,
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) any
Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case may be) which has
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become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration,
and interest on such unpaid principal at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) interest, if any, upon overdue interest, if any, at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series (or of all series, as the case may be), other than the
non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case may be) which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
In case the Trustee or Holders shall have proceeded to enforce
any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any
other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee or such
Holders, then in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Securities shall be restored respectively to their former positions and
rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the
Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR
ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest, if any, on any Security and any related coupon when such
interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or upon
redemption or upon declaration or otherwise,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, if any, the whole amount
then due and payable on such Securities and coupons, if any, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, and/or interest, if any, on any overdue
principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue
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interest, if any, 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,
and any expenses, advances or liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder
other than through its negligence or bad faith.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name 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 decreed 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 Securities of any
series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 (or of all series, as the
case may be) 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 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM. In case of
the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or 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, premium, if any, or interest) shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any), or such portion of the principal
amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed
Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
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(ii) 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 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
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 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery 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 and
coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED. Any money
collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the
following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the
distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any, on) or
interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, if any, or
both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Securities and coupons, if any, 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 and coupons, if any, for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, respectively; and
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THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No Holder of any Security
of any series or any related coupons, if any, shall have any right to institute
any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for
the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder,
unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
(2) 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of
not less than 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
Holders of Securities of the same series 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 Holders of Securities of the same series.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE
PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST AND TO CONVERT SECURITIES. Notwithstanding any
other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided
herein (including, if applicable, Article Fourteen) and in such Security, of
the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest,
if any, on, such Security or payment of such coupon, if any, on the respective
due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption,
on the Redemption Date) and to convert such Security in accordance with Article
Fifteen to the extent that the provisions of Article Fifteen are made
applicable to such Security pursuant to
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Section 301 and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and
such right to convert, and such rights shall not be impaired without the
consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. 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 of Securities and coupons
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 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. Except as
otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive
of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy
given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise,
shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities or coupons, if any,
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 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS. With respect to the
Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
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(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve
it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of
Securities of such series not consenting.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. Subject to Section
502, 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
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security or any related
coupon, if any, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, any 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 514. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS. Within 90 days after the
occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in
TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or in the payment
of any
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sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of
such series and any related coupons, if any; and PROVIDED FURTHER that in the
case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(4) with
respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
SECTION 602. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. Subject to the
provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any
related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
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(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, 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 or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE
OF SECURITIES. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken
as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent
assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and
accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. MAY HOLD SECURITIES. The Trustee, any
Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and,
subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Company
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating
Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
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SECTION 605. MONEY HELD IN TRUST. Money held by the Trustee
in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 606. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. The Company
agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to
compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses,
disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall
constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such
obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities or any coupons.
SECTION 607. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY;
CONFLICTING INTERESTS. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which
shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and (5) and
shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least 5 million Dollars. If
such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or District of
Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time the
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Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
(b) The following indentures shall be deemded to be
specifically described herein for the purposes of clause (i) of the first
proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b): Indenture dated as of August 15, 1986
between the Company and the Trustee and Indenture dated as of February 1, 1991
among Eaton ETN Offshore Ltd., the Company and the Trustee.
SECTION 608. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to
the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of
its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e),
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect
to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
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(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company,
by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood
that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only
one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter
provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for
in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate
Trust Office.
SECTION 609. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR. (a) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall
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execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor
Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and
to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of
the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring
Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustee co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such
successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Whenever there is a successor
Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities
issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms "Indenture" and "Securities"
shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions
of those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers, trusts and duties
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless
at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION
TO BUSINESS. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under
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this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have
been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been
authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in
the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee;
and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate
of the Trustee shall have; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the right to adopt the
certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate
Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its
successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 611. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT. At any
time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series and the Trustee shall give written notice of such
appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section
106. Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be
evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication
and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and
delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate
of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined
capital and surplus of not less than 5 million Dollars and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this
Section.
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Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in
Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to
the provisions of Section 606.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
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Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By
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as Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. DISCLOSURE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS.
Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the
Holders in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE. Within 60 days after May 15
of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of
Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by TIA Section
313(a).
SECTION 703. REPORTS BY COMPANY. The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company
is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may
be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
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or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it shall file with
the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of
the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports
which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and
registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants
of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules
and regulations; and
(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent
provided in TIA Section 313(c), within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation and no other corporation shall consolidate with or merge into the
Company, and the Company shall not convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Company) or the Person which acquires by conveyance
or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company's obligation for the due and
punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on all the Securities and the performance of every
covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed
or observed and, if a corporation, shall be a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED. Upon any
consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other
corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets
of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 801, the
successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor had been named as the Company herein, and in the event of any such
conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the
Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any
successor corporation which shall theretofore become such in the manner
described in Section 801), except in the case of a lease, shall be discharged
of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and
the coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated.
SECTION 803. OPINION OF COUNSEL TO TRUSTEE. The Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 602, may receive an Opinion of Counsel,
prepared in accordance with Section 102, as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance,and any such assumption, and any such
liquidation or dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF
HOLDERS. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time
to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
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(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities and any related coupons
(and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being included
solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or
power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such
Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such Events of Default are being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of
principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for
Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; PROVIDED
that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons, if any, in
any material respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one
or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 609(b); or
(8) to close this Indenture with respect to the
authentication and delivery of additional series of Securities, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make
any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this
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Indenture; PROVIDED that such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any particular series and
any related coupons, if any, in any material respect; or
(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the
defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to
Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; PROVIDED that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such
series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in
any material respect.
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act
of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company,
when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture which affect such
series of Securities or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or
premium, if any), or any installment of interest, if any, on, any
Security of such series, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption
thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional
Amounts contemplated by Section 1005 (except as contemplated by
Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount
of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed
Security of such series that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option
of any Holder of any Security of such series or adversely affect any
right to convert any Securities as provided in Article Fifteen (except
as permitted by Section 901(10), or change any Place of Payment where,
or the Currency in which, the principal of any Security of such series
(or premium, if any) or the interest, if any, thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the
Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any right to convert a
Security pursuant to Article Fifteen (to the extent that such right is
made applicable to such Security pursuant to Section 301) on or after
the final Stated Maturity of such Security (or
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such other date as set forth in Article Fifteen), or modify the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to Subordination of the
Securities in a manner that adversely affects any Holder, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture which affect such series or certain
defaults applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section
1704 for quorum or voting with respect to Securities of such series,
or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513
or Section 1008, except to increase any such percentage or to provide
that certain other provisions of this Indenture which affect such
series cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security of such series.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any
covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included
solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. Any
such supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not affect
the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other
series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. 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 shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall be modified in accordance
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therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture
for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. REFERENCE IN SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company
shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture
may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
SECTION 907. NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Promptly
after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give
notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security so affected,
pursuant to Section 106, setting forth in general terms the substance of such
supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND
INTEREST. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any
series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before
Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several
coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they
severally mature.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. If the
Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company
will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office
or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment or conversion, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
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upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities,
the Company will maintain (A) in the City of New York, an office or agency
where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered
for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange or conversion, where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may
be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons, if
any, may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described
in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is
located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that
series and related coupons, if any, may be presented and surrendered for
payment or conversion; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Securities of that
series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and
such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent
for the Securities of that series in any required city located outside the
United States so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such
exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a
Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or
agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or conversion, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail
to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices
specified in the Security, in London, England, and the Company hereby appoints
the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, Bearer Securities may be presented for conversion only
at the offices of the Company's agent located outside the United States and no
payment of principal (or premium, if any), or interest, if any, on Bearer
Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United
States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to
an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of
principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer Security shall be made
at the office of the Company's Paying Agent in the City of New York, if (but
only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, (or premium,
if any) or interest, if any, as the case may be, at
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all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by
the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively
precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth
above 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 location of any such other office or agency. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section
301 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a
Place of Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, and initially
appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city
and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are
denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a
Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other
provision of the Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each
such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or
before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each
due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency
described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal (or premium, if
any), or
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interest, if any, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the
Trustee) for any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of such
series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of
any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any,
on the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company
or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
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specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE. The Company will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a
brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the
Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture.
For purposes of this Section 1004, such compliance shall be determined without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
SECTION 1005. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS. If any Securities of a
series provide for the payment of additional amounts to any Holder who is not a
United States person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
("Additional Amounts"), the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of
such series or any coupon appertaining thereto such Additional Amounts as may
be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture there
is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on, or in respect of, any Security of a series or
payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or
exchange of any security of a series, such mention shall be deemed to include
mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for by the terms of such
series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to
such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
if the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at
least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that
series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and
any premium is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect
to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the
Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's principal Paying Agent or
Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate
instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such
payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related
coupons who are not United States persons without withholding for or on account
of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities
of the series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be
withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that series or
related coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent
the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. In the event
that the Trustee
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or any Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall not so receive the
above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall be
entitled to (i) assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with
respect to any payment of principal (premium, if any) or interest, if any, with
respect to any Securities of a series or related coupons, if any, until it
shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) make all payments
of principal (or premium, if any) and interest, if any, with respect to the
Securities of a series or related coupons, if any, without withholding or
deductions until otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the
Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on
their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any
of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this
Section or the non-receipt thereof.
SECTION 1006. PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS. The Company
will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (1) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges
levied or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or upon the
income, profits or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and
(2) all material lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if
unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon any Principal Property of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1007. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. Subject to Article Eight,
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 rights (charter
and statutory) and franchises of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as a whole and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders.
SECTION 1008. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS. The Company may,
with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such series set
forth in Sections 1006 and 1007, if before the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding
Securities of any series, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such
instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee to Holders of
Securities of such series in respect of any such term, provision or condition
shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Securities of any
series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall,
at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of
such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series
to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records
as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to
Section 1103. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the
Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE
REDEEMED. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as required by any securities exchange or market upon which such Securities of
any series are listed, if applicable, and as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
of the principal of Securities of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a
Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 301.
[If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted
in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion
of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be
redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such
selection.]
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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given
in the manner provided in Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
(together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1106) will become due and payable upon
each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities, together in
the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto,
if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price,
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case,
(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for
redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be
deducted from the Redemption Price or security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee for such series and any
Paying Agent must be furnished,
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(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and
any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and
if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities
not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section
305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on
which such exchanges may be made, and
(9) the Conversion Price, the date on which the right to
convert the principal of the Securities to be redeemed will terminate
and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for
conversion.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. Prior to any
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such Series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date other than any Securities called for
redemption on that date which have been converted prior to the date of such
deposit.
If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money
deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in
trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to any right of the
Holder of such Security or any Predecessor Security to receive interest as
provided in the final paragraph of Section 1502) be paid to the Company on
Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such
trust.
SECTION 1106. SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE. Notice
of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such Series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and such accrued interest) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and
any coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender
of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together
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with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption
Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price,
together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an
office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest;
and PROVIDED FURTHER that installments of interest on Registered Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable
(but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default in the payment
thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal
to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save
each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise
provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1107. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. Any Security
which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this
Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by,
or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge,
a new Security or Securities of the same series and tenor, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Retirements of
Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of any 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 mandatory sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for
by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES. Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in
cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding
Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption)
theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company together in the case
of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining
thereto, and/or (2) receive credit for the principal amount of Securities of
such series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company
or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any
mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same
series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided
for by the terms of such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Securities have
not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in
such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. Not
less than 60 days 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 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 in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for
the
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Securities of such Series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 (which Securities will, if not previously delivered, accompany
such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make
a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such
certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be
obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on
or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the
failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment
due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be
paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of
such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option
to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the
right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such
series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly
given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in
the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall
pay to the Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) in cash
a sum equal to any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption
of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment
date pursuant to this Section 1203.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking
fund for any series of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid
into such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date,
together with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or
payments for such series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the
Trustee, unless requested by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding
notice of the redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of
the sinking fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking
fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in
cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the
Company, shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of
Securities of such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market or
otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued interest
and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any paying agent will be
reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE. Repayment of
Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of
any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. REPAYMENT OF SECURITIES. Securities of any
series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders
thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be
repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or
pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or
before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in
which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to
pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any
series, a percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the
Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. EXERCISE OF OPTION. Securities of any series
subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an
"Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse of such Securities. To be
repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such
repayment, with the "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse of such
Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder's attorney duly
authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment
therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or
places of which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such
Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the
Repayment Date. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is
to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal
amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination
for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the
Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the
principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be
specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the
option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such
repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the
minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such
Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the
terms of any Security
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providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the
repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the
Company.
SECTION 1304. WHEN SECURITIES PRESENTED FOR REPAYMENT
BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at
the option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in
this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities,
such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall
become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date
therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such
Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and
the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of
any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together
with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment
Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by
the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and
surrender of such coupons; and PROVIDED FURTHER that, in the case of Registered
Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon,
unless the Company shall default in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not
be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date,
such Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as
provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by
the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the
Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or
agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for
repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount
(together with interest, if any,
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thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from
the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305. SECURITIES REPAID IN PART. Upon surrender of
any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new
Registered Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so
surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT DEFEASANCE OR
COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301 for Securities of any series, defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under Section 1402, or covenant defeasance of or within a series under
Section 1403 shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1402. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE. Upon the Company's
exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any related coupons on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any related
coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the
purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to
in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under
such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments
in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due, (B) the
Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306,
1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on
such Securities as contemplated by
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Section 1005, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with
this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section
1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with
respect to such Securities and any related coupons.
SECTION 1403. COVENANT DEFEASANCE. Upon the Company's
exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall, if specified pursuant to
Section 301, be released from its obligations under any covenant so specified
with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any related
coupons shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of
any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with Sections 1006 and 1007, or such
other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other
purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that,
with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, the
Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any
term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in
any such Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any
other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an
Event of Default under Section 501(4) or Section 501(8) or otherwise, as the
case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture
and such Securities and any related coupons shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE. The following shall be the conditions to application of either
Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a
series and any related coupons:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying
the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons, (A)
an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities and any related
coupons are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), or (B)
Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on
the basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then specified
as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment of principal (including any premium) and interest, if any,
under such Securities and any related coupons, money in an amount, or
(C) a
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combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities
and any related coupons on the Stated Maturity of such principal or
installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking
fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding
Securities and any related coupons on the day on which such payments
are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and
of such Securities and any related coupons.
(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to
such Securities and any related coupons shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (6)
and (7) of Section 501 are concerned, at any time during the period
ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(4) In the case of an election under Section 1402,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) 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 shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such 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 defeasance had not occurred.
(5) In the case of an election under Section 1403,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
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 covenant defeasance had not occurred.
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(6) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or
limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(7) If the Securities are to be optionally redeemed,
either notice of such redemption shall have been given or the Company
shall have given the Trustee irrevocable instructions to give such
notice.
(8) 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 either the
defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section
1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit
pursuant to paragraph (1) above and the related exercise of the
Company's option under Section 1402 or Section 1403 (as the case may
be), registration is not required under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, by the Company, with respect to the trust funds
representing such deposit, or by the trustee for such trust funds or
(ii) all necessary registrations under said Act have been effected.
SECTION 1405. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO
BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. Subject to the provisions of
the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or
other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively, for purposes of this Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities and any related coupons
of such series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance
with the provisions of such Securities and any related coupons and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security
pursuant to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has
been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was
made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms of
such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the
deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security,
or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or
by the terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to
Section 1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security
and any related coupons shall be
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deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the
payment of the principal of (premium, if any, on), and interest, if any, on
such Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting
(from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the
amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the
Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or
Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency
in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with
respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as
feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest
received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which
by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
related coupons.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to
time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other
property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404
which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as
applicable, in accordance with this Article.
Money held by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall not
be subject to the claims of the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. RIGHT TO CONVERT. If the provisions of this
Article Fifteen are made to apply to the Securities of a series pursuant to
Section 301, then, subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Article, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, at his option, at any
time prior to the close of business on the day prior to the final Stated
Maturity of such Security (except that, with respect to any Security or portion
of a Security which shall be called for redemption, such right shall terminate,
except as provided in the third paragraph of Section 1502, at the close of
business on the Business Day prior to the date fixed for redemption of such
Security or portion of a Security unless the Company shall default in payment
due upon redemption thereof) to convert the principal amount of any
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such Security, or any portion of such principal amount which is the minimum
authorized denomination thereof or a multiple of such denomination, into that
number of fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares (as such shares shall
then be constituted) obtained by dividing the principal amount of the Security
or portion thereof surrendered for conversion by the Conversion Price, by
surrender of the Security so to be converted in whole or in part in the manner
provided in Section 1502.
SECTION 1502. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE; ISSUANCE OF
COMMON SHARES ON CONVERSION; NO ADJUSTMENT FOR INTEREST OR DIVIDENDS. In order
to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security to be
converted in whole or in part shall surrender such Security at the office or
agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 1002, accompanied by the
funds, if any, required by the last paragraph of this Section 1502, and shall
give written notice of conversion in the form provided on the Security (or such
other notice which is acceptable to the Company) to the Company at such office
or agency that the Holder elects to convert such Security or the portion
thereof specified in said notice. Such notice shall also state the name or
names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for Common Shares
which shall be issuable on such conversion shall be issued, and shall be
accompanied by transfer taxes, if required pursuant to Section 1506. Each
Security surrendered for conversion shall be duly endorsed by, or be
accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly
executed by, the Holder or his duly authorized attorney.
As promptly as practicable after the surrender of such
Security and the receipt of such notice and funds, if any, as aforesaid, the
Company shall issue and shall deliver at such office or agency to such Holder,
or on his written order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full
shares issuable upon the conversion of such Security or portion thereof in
accordance with the provisions of this Article and a check or cash (at the sole
option of the Company) in respect of any fractional interest in a Common Share
arising upon such conversion as provided in Section 1503. In case any Security
of a denomination greater than the minimum authorized denomination thereof
shall be surrendered for partial conversion, and subject to Section 307, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon
the written order of the Holder of the Security so surrendered, without charge
to him, a new Security or Securities in authorized denominations in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered
Security.
Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as of
the close of business on the date on which such Security shall have been
surrendered (accompanied by the funds, if any, required by the last paragraph
of this Section) and such notice shall have been received by the Company, as
aforesaid, and the person in whose name any certificate or certificates for
Common Shares shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have
become on said date the holder of record of the shares represented thereby;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer
books of the Company
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shall be closed shall constitute the person in whose name the certificates are
to be issued as the record holder thereof for all purposes on the next
succeeding day on which such stock transfer books are open, but such conversion
shall be at the Conversion Price in effect on the date upon which such Security
shall have been surrendered.
Any Registered Security or portion thereof surrendered for
conversion during the period from the close of business on the record date for
any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment
Date shall (unless such Security or portion thereof being converted shall have
been called for redemption on a date in such period) be accompanied by payment,
in New York Clearing House funds or other funds acceptable to the Company, of
an amount equal to the interest otherwise payable on such Interest Payment Date
on the principal amount being converted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
payment need be made if there shall exist at the time of conversion a default
in the payment of interest on the Securities. Notwithstanding such payment or
conversion, the regular interest payment shall be paid by the Company on such
Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Security at the close of business
on such record date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Company shall default in
the payment of interest on such Interest Payment Date, the amount paid by such
Holder pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be returned to the Holder.
Except as provided above in this Section, no adjustment shall be made for
interest accrued on any Security converted or for dividends on any shares
issued upon the conversion of such Security as provided in this Article.
SECTION 1503. CASH PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF FRACTIONAL SHARES.
No fractional Common Shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be
issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be
surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares which shall be issuable upon conversion shall be computed on the basis
of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions
thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If any fractional
Common Share would be issuable upon the conversion of any Security or
Securities, the Company shall make an adjustment therefor in cash at the
current market value thereof. The market value of a share of Common Shares
shall be the closing price on the first day (which is a day on which Common
Shares may be traded by the applicable exchange or member selected pursuant to
Section 1504(d)) immediately preceding the day on which the Securities (or
specified portions thereof) are deemed to have been converted and such closing
price shall be determined as provided in Section 1504(d).
SECTION 1504. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE. The
Conversion Price shall be adjusted from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (i) declare a dividend
on its Common Shares in shares of its capital stock, (ii) subdivide
its outstanding shares of Common Shares, (iii) combine its outstanding
shares of Common Shares into a smaller number of
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shares, or (iv) issue by reclassification of its Common Shares
(including any such reclassification in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation) any shares of its capital stock, the Conversion Price in
effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or at the
effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification
shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Security
surrendered for conversion after such time shall be entitled to
receive the kind and amount of shares which he would have owned or
would have been entitled to receive had such Security been converted
immediately prior to such time. Such adjustment shall be made
successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants
to all holders of its Common Shares entitling them (for a period
expiring within 45 days after the record date mentioned below) to
subscribe for or purchase Common Shares at a price per share less
than the current market price (as defined in Section 1504(d)) on the
record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive
such rights or warrants, the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect on such record date by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Shares
outstanding at the close of business on such record date plus the
number of Common Shares which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares so offered for subscription or purchase would
purchase at such current market price and the denominator shall be the
number of Common Shares outstanding at the close of business on such
record date plus the number of Common Shares so offered for
subscription or purchase. Such adjustment shall be made successively
whenever any such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become
effective immediately after the opening of business on the business
day following the record date. In determining whether any rights or
warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common
Shares at less than such current market price, and in determining the
aggregate offering price of such shares, there shall be taken into
account any consideration received by the Company for such rights or
warrants, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be
determined by the Board of Directors.
(c) In case the Company shall distribute to all holders
of its Common Shares (including any such distribution made in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation) evidences of its indebtedness or assets
(excluding cash dividends or other distributions paid out of earned
surplus) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Common
Shares (excluding those referred to in Section 1504(b) above), the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the
price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution by
a fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price
per share (as
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defined in Section 1504(d)) of the Common Shares on such record date
less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of
Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive, and described in a
certificate filed with the Trustee) of the portion of the assets or
evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one Common
Share, and the denominator shall be the current market price (as
defined in Section 1504(d)) of one Common Share. Such adjustment
shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on
the day following the date fixed for determination of shareholders
entitled to receive such distribution.
(d) For the purpose of any computation under Sections
1504(b) and 1506(c), the current market price per Common Share on any
date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per
Common Share for 20 consecutive business days selected by the Company
commencing not more than 35 business days before such date. The
closing price for each day shall be the last sale price or, in case no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices, in either case on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if
the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on such
Exchange, on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if they are not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any member
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., selected from
time to time by the Company for that purpose.
(e) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be
required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease
of at least 1% in such price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any adjustments
which by reason of this Section 1504(e) are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. All calculations under this Article Fifteen shall be made
to the nearest cent or to the nearest one hundredth of a share, as the
case may be. Anything in this Section 1504 to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company may at any time reduce the Conversion
Price by any amount; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company may not
reduce the Conversion Price to an amount less than the par value per
Common Share into which the Securities are at the time convertible.
(f) In the event that at any time, as a result of any
adjustment made pursuant to Section 1504(a), the Holder of any
Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled
to receive any securities other than Common Shares, thereafter the
amount of such other securities so receivable upon conversion of any
Security shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner
and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions
with respect to the Common Shares contained in this Section 1504 and
the provisions of this Section 1504 with respect to the Common Shares
shall apply on like terms to any such other securities.
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(g) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted, as
herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee, and
any conversion agent other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate
setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare
a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price setting forth the
adjusted Conversion Price and the date on which such adjustment
becomes effective and shall (i) in the case of a Registered Security,
mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Price to the
Holder of each Security at his last address appearing on the Security
register provided for in Section 305 and (ii) in the case of any
Bearer Security, shall cause to be published at least once in an
Authorized Newspaper a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion
Price; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, within ten days after the mailing
or publication, as the case may be, of such a notice, an additional
notice is required, such additional notice shall be deemed to be
required pursuant to this Section 1504(g) as of the opening of
business on the tenth day after such mailing or publication, as the
case may be, and shall set forth the Conversion Price as adjusted at
such opening of business, and upon the mailing or publication, as the
case may be, of such additional notice no other notice need be given
of any adjustment in the Conversion Price occurring at or prior to
such opening of business and after the time that the next preceding
notice given by mailing or publication, as the case may be, became
required.
(h) In any case in which this Section 1504 provides
that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after a record
date for an event, the Company may defer until the occurrence of such
event (i) issuing to the Holder of any Security converted after such
record date and before the occurrence of such event the additional
Common Shares issuable upon such conversion by reason of the
adjustment required by such event over and above the Common Shares
issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment
and (ii) paying to such holder any amount in cash in lieu of any
fraction pursuant to Section 1503.
SECTION 1505. EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE. In
case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another
corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing corporation), [; or in case of a merger of another corporation into
the Company (other than a merger which does not result in any reclassification,
conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding Common Shares of the
Company)] or in case of any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company, then the Company or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental
indenture (which shall conform to the Trust Indenture Act) providing that each
Security shall be convertible into the kind and amount of shares of stock and
other securities or property or assets (including cash) receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of
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Common Shares issuable upon conversion of such Security immediately prior to
such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer. Such supplemental indenture
shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Fifteen. The
Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture (i)
in the case of a Registered Security, to be mailed to each holder of
Securities, at his address appearing on the Security register provided for in
Section 305 and (ii) in the case of an Bearer Security, to be published at
least once in an Authorized Newspaper.
The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply
to successive consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers.
SECTION 1506. TAXES ON COMMON SHARES ISSUED. The issue of
stock certificates on conversions of Securities shall be made without charge to
the converting Security holder for any tax in respect of the issue thereof.
The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable
in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of stock in any
name other than that of the holder of any Security converted, and the Company
shall not be required to issue or deliver any such stock certificate unless and
until the person or persons requesting the issue thereof shall have paid to the
Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of
the Company that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 1507. RESERVATION OF COMMON SHARES; COMMON SHARES
TO BE FULLY PAID; COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS; LISTING OF COMMON
SHARES. The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued Common Shares, or out of Common Shares held in its
treasury, sufficient Common Shares to provide for the conversion of the
Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented for conversion.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment
reducing the Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common
Shares issuable upon conversion of the Securities, the Company will take all
corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue such Common Shares at such
adjusted Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all Common Shares which may be
issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with
respect to the issue thereof.
The Company covenants that if any Common Shares to be
provided for the purpose of conversion of Securities hereunder require
registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any Federal
or state law before such shares may be validly
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issued upon conversion, the Company will in good faith and as expeditiously as
possible endeavor to secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.
The Company further covenants that so long as the Common
Shares shall be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other national
securities exchange the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such
exchange, list and keep listed so long as the Common Shares shall be so listed
on such exchange, all Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Securities.
SECTION 1508. RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE. Neither the
Trustee nor any conversion agent shall at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of Securities to determine whether any facts exist
which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to
the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the
method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be
employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent
shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or
amount) of any Common Shares, or of any securities or property, which may at
any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security; and
neither the Trustee nor any conversion agent makes any representation with
respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, neither
the Trustee nor any conversion agent shall be responsible for any failure of
the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any Common Shares or stock
certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any
Security for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the covenants
of the Company contained in this Article.
SECTION 1509. NOTICE TO HOLDERS PRIOR TO CERTAIN ACTIONS.
In case:
(a) the Company shall authorize the distribution to
all holders of its Common Shares of evidences of its indebtedness or
assets (other than dividends or other distributions paid out of earned
surplus); or the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders
of its Common Shares of rights to subscribe for or purchase any share
of capital stock of any class or of any other rights; or
(b) of any reclassification of the Common Shares (other
than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Shares,
or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value,
or from no par value to par value) or of any consolidation or merger
to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any
shareholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or transfer of
all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
(c) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company;
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the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and (i) in the case of a
Registered Security, to be mailed to each holder of Securities at his address
appearing on the Security register provided for in Section 305, and (ii) in the
case of any Bearer Security, to be published, at least once in an Authorized
Newspaper, as promptly as possible but in any event at least ten days prior to
the applicable record date or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice
stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
distribution or rights, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of
which the holders of record of Common Shares to be entitled to such
distribution or rights are to be determined; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
notification need be made in respect of a record date for a distribution or
rights unless the corresponding adjustment required in the Conversion Price
pursuant to Section 1504 would be an increase or decrease of at least 1%, or
(y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become
effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of record of
Common Shares shall be entitled to exchange their Common Shares for securities
or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to
give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or
validity of such dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1601. AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATION. The Company
covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof
likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be subordinated in
accordance with the provisions of this Article Sixteen, and each Holder of any
Securities, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof,
accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The Securities shall, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter in this Article Sixteen set forth, be subordinated and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness in the
case of payments by the Company pursuant to the Securities. The Securities
will rank on a parity with all unsecured obligations of the Company, which are
not Senior Indebtedness unless the operation of law requires or the terms
thereof provide that such obligation is junior in right of payment to the
Securities.
SECTION 1602. NO PAYMENT OF SECURITIES IN CERTAIN EVENTS.
No payment or prepayment, directly or indirectly, on account of the principal
of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities shall be made (in cash
or property or securities, or by setoff or
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otherwise), and no Holder of any Securities shall be entitled to demand or
receive any such payment or prepayment (1) unless all amounts then due for
principal, interest and premium, if any, on all Senior Indebtedness, have been
paid in full in cash or duly provided for, or (2) if, at the time of such
payment or prepayment or immediately after giving effect thereto, there shall
have occurred any event of default or any condition, event or act which, with
notice or lapse of time would constitute an event of default, under any such
Senior Indebtedness or under any agreement pursuant to which any such Senior
Indebtedness is issued.
SECTION 1603. PRIORITY OF PAYMENT OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS IN
CERTAIN EVENTS. (a) In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings,
and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings
in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors, as such,
or to its property, or in the event of any proceedings for voluntary
liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then the holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all principal (and premium, if
any) and interest on all such Senior Indebtedness before the Holders of the
Securities shall be entitled to receive any payment on account of principal
(and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities and to that end (but
subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other
equitable provisions reflecting the rights established by these provisions in
respect of such Senior Indebtedness and conferred upon the holders thereof with
respect to the Securities and the Holders thereof by a lawful plan of
reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law) the holders of Senior
Indebtedness (until payment in full of all principal, premium (if any) and
interest on all such Senior Indebtedness, including interest thereon accruing
in respect of periods preceding and subsequent to the commencement of any such
proceedings) shall be entitled to receive for application in payment thereof
any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash or
property or securities, or by set-off or otherwise, which may be payable or
deliverable in any such proceedings in respect of the Securities (including any
such payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by reason of
the provisions of any instrument evidencing any indebtedness of the Company
subordinate and junior in right to the Securities), except securities which are
subordinate and junior in right of payment to the payment of Senior
Indebtedness of the Company.
(b) The holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company
outstanding at such time as the Securities are declared due and payable, before
their Stated Maturity, because of the occurrence of an Event of Default (under
circumstances when the provisions of Section 1603(a) shall not be applicable),
shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all principal of (and premium,
if any), and interest on, all Senior Indebtedness of the Company before the
Holders of Securities shall be entitled to receive any payment on account of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities.
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SECTION 1604. SUBROGATION, ETC. (a) Subject to the
payment in full of Senior Indebtedness of the Company, Holders of Securities
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to
receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to such
Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full, and no payments
or distributions to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness by or on behalf of
the Company from proceeds that would otherwise be payable to the Holders of
Securities or by or on behalf of the Holders of Securities, shall, as between
the Company and the Holders of Securities be deemed to be a payment by the
Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness.
(b) No right of present or future holders of Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination set forth herein of the Securities shall
be prejudiced by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company. The
foregoing provisions as to subordination are solely for the purpose of defining
the relative rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on the one
hand, and the Holders of Securities on the other hand.
SECTION 1605. ENFORCEMENT. The foregoing subordination
provisions shall be for the benefit of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness
and may be enforced directly by such holders against the Holders of Securities.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in the
provisions of this Article Sixteen, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities
shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, the Company, the agent or other Person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate
in such 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 pertaining thereto
or to the provisions of this Article Sixteen. Nothing in Sections 1602 through
1604 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to
Section 606. Sections 1602 through 1604 shall be subject to the further
provisions of Section 1607 hereof.
SECTION 1606. AUTHORIZATION BY HOLDERS. Each Holder of any
Securities by his acceptance thereof authorizes the Trustee on his behalf to
take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article Sixteen and appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
SECTION 1607. NOTICE TO TRUSTEE. The Company shall give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization of the Company within the meaning of this Article
Sixteen and shall also give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any event
which pursuant to Section 1602 hereof would prevent payment to or by the
Trustee on account of the principal (or premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Sixteen. Notwithstanding
the provisions
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of this Article Sixteen or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any fact which would
prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee in respect of
the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article Sixteen and, subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, shall be entitled to assume that
no event of default specified in Section 1602 has occurred until the Trustee
shall have received an Officers' Certificate to that effect or notice in
writing from a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee
therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such Officers' Certificate or
written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such event has occurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, on a date not less than 5
days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may
become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security), the Trustee
shall not have received with respect to such moneys the Officers' Certificate
or notice provided for in this Section 1607, then, anything herein contained to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority
to receive such moneys and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were
received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be
received by it on or after such date, and shall pay such moneys to the Holders
as required herein, notwithstanding any adverse claims to such moneys, unless
prohibited by any applicable court order.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore set
forth, nothing shall prevent any payment by the Company or the Trustee to
Holders of Securities of moneys in connection with a redemption of Securities
if (1) notice of such redemption has been given pursuant to Article Eleven
hereof prior to the receipt by the Trustee of written notice as aforesaid and
(2) such notice of redemption is given not earlier than 60 days before the
Redemption Date.
Subject to TIA Section 315, the Trustee shall be entitled to
rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself
to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder)
to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness
or a trustee on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee
determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any
payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Sixteen, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Senior 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
Sixteen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such
Person to receive such payment.
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SECTION 1608. TRUSTEE'S RELATION TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee in its individual capacity and in any other fiduciary capacity and
any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article
Sixteen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the
same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this
Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article Sixteen shall limit the rights of the Trustee under
Section 606 hereof. 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 Sixteen, 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 provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness in the event
that the Trustee shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, to the
Company or to any other Person, moneys or assets to which any holder of Senior
Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Sixteen or otherwise.
SECTION 1609. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS. In case
at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed
by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as used in this
Article shall in such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be
construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as
fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
Sections 1607 and 1608 shall not apply to the Company if it acts as Paying
Agent.
SECTION 1610. 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 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 1611. OBLIGATIONS UNIMPAIRED. Nothing contained in
this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is
intended to or shall impair as between the Company, its creditors (other than
the holders of Senior Indebtedness), and the Holders of Securities, the
obligation of the Company, which shall be absolute and unconditional, to pay to
the Holders of Securities the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance
with the terms thereof, or affect the relative rights of the Holders of
Securities and other creditors of the Company (other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness), nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the
Holder of any Securities from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article Sixteen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in
respect
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of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of
any such remedy. Each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to acknowledge and agree that the subordination provisions of this
Article Sixteen are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration
to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was
created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Securities, to continue
to hold, or to acquire and continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and each
holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on
such subordination provisions in continuing to hold, or in acquiring and
continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in
this Indenture, or in any Securities shall prevent the Company from making
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities
at any time except under the conditions described in Sections 1602 or 1603.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1701. PURPOSES FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to
time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series.
SECTION 1702. CALL, NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS. (a) The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
for any purpose specified in Section 1701, to be held at such time and at such
place in the city of New York, or in London as the Trustee shall determine.
Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth
the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed
to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section
106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the
meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a
Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a
meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified
in Section 1701, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the
action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made
the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after
receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to
be held as provided herein, then the
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Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the city
of New York, or in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this
Section.
SECTION 1703. PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS. To be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a
Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such
series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a
Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such
Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to
speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person
entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the
Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1704. QUORUM; ACTION. The Persons entitled to vote
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall
constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with
respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be
given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote
such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved.
In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 1702(a), except that such notice need be
given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting
is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned
meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall
constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any
resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture
expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified
percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
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meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section
shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the
related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
1704, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be
made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal
amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of
such series and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such
meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series that vote in favor of such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
shall be taken into account in determining whether such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1705. DETERMINATION OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to
proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of
proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the
submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the
right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as
its shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any
such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in
the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the person
executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or
banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer
Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing
proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the
proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing
appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been
called by the Company or by
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Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1702(b), in which case the
Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the
case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent
chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of
the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such
series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined
as specified in the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101); PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting
to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to
vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
duly called pursuant to Section 1702 at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting;
and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1706. COUNTING VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF
MEETINGS. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who
shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written
reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in
duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any
Series shall be prepared by the Secretary of the meeting and there shall be
attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any
vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having
knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and
showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1702 and, if
applicable, Section 1704. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the
affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such
copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be
preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted
at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence
of the matters therein stated.
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ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 1801. EXEMPTION FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture,
or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect
thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director
or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Company, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this
Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations
of the Company, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to,
or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers,
directors or employees, as such, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom;
and that any and all such personal liability, either at common law or in equity
or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer, director or employee,
as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or
under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for,
the execution of this Indenture and the issue of such Securities.
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This Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
EATON CORPORATION
By:
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Title:
Name:
By:
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Title:
Name:
[Seal]
Attest:
CHEMICAL BANK
By:
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Title:
Name:
[Seal]
Attest:
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STATE OF OHIO )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA )
On the ______ day of ____________, 1994, before me personally came
______________________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly
sworn, did depose and say that he is ____________________________________ of
Eaton Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his
name thereto by like authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the __________ day of __________________, 1994, before me
personally came ______________________________________, to me known, who, being
by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
____________________________________ of Chemical Bank, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is the seal
of such corporation; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
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EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set
forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are
owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States,
domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income
of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its
source ("United States persons(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States person(s)
that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations
Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such
United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through
its agent, that you may advise Eaton Corporation or its agent that such
financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States
or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the
restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or
foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not
also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such
financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale
directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the
United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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A-1-2
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to
the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your
Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this
certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to [U.S.$]____________
of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are
not able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest
in a Permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive
Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until
we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection
with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: ____________, 19______
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day
prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[Name of Person Making
Certification]
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(AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY)
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. IN
CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[INSERT TITLE OR SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES TO BE DELIVERED]
This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that
we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from
each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion
of the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations")
substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof,
[U.S.$]__________ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is
owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States,
domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income
of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its
source ("United States person(s)"), (ii) is owned by United States person(s)
that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section
1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions")
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s)
who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial
institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such
financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that
we may advise Eaton Corporation or its agent that such financial institution
will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or
(iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for
purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States
Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further
effect, that financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or
not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not
acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a
United States person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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A-2-2
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted
in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the
date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member
Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and
cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: ___________, 19________
[To be dated no earlier than
the Exchange Date or the
relevant Interest Payment Date
occurring prior to the Exchange
Date, as applicable]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY
OF NEW YORK, BRUSSELS OFFICE, as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By
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