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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1995
Registration No. 33-----
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MISSOURI 43-0259330
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization) Number)
8000 West Florissant Avenue
P. O. Box 4100
St. Louis, Missouri 63136 314-553-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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H. M. SMITH, ESQ.
Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
Emerson Electric Co.
Station 2431, 8000 West Florissant Avenue
P. O. Box 4100
St. Louis, Missouri 63136 314-553-2431
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
I. JACK LERNER, ESQ. FRANCIS J. MORISON, ESQ.
Bryan Cave LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell
211 North Broadway, Suite 3600 450 Lexington Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63102 New York, New York 10017
314-259-2000 212-450-4000
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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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: / /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the
following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number
of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / /
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. /X/
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<CAPTION>
Title of each Proposed maximum
class of securities aggregate offering Amount of
to be registered price<F1><F2> registration fee<F2>
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Debt Securities $666,933,631 $229,978
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<FN>
<F1> Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(o).
<F2> A registration fee of $181,750 was paid in connection with the
registration of $727,000,000 principal amount of Debt Securities
(Registration No. 33-39109), $333,066,369 principal amount of which
Debt Securities remains unsold.
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The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states
that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the
Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the
Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
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Pursuant to Rule 429 the Prospectus included in this Registration Statement
covers Debt Securities of Emerson Electric Co. registered under Registration
No. 33-39109.
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* INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS SUBJECT *
* TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS *
* TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT A FINAL PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS *
* DELIVERED. THIS PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ACCOMPANYING *
* PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN *
* OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE *
* IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO *
* REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. *
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1995
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER --, 1995
$1,000,000,000
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DUE FROM 9 MONTHS TO 40 YEARS FROM DATE OF ISSUE
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Emerson Electric Co. (the "Company") may offer from time to time its
Medium-Term Notes due from 9 months to 40 years from the date of issue
(the "Notes"), as selected by the purchaser and agreed to by the
Company, at an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed
$1,000,000,000 or its equivalent in another currency or composite
currency.
The Notes may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in such foreign
currencies or composite currencies as may be designated by the Company
at the time of offering. The specific currency or composite currency,
interest rate (if any), issue price and maturity date of any Note will
be set forth in the related Pricing Supplement to this Prospectus
Supplement. The Notes may be issued as Indexed Notes, the principal
amount of which, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, payable at Maturity is determined by the fluctuation
between a Denominated Currency and an Indexed Currency or Currencies as
set forth under "Description of Notes-Indexed Notes". Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, Notes denominated in
other than U.S. dollars or ECUs will not be sold in, or to residents
of, the country issuing the Specified Currency. See "Description of
Notes."
Interest on the Fixed Rate Notes will be payable on each February 15
and August 15 and at maturity. Interest on the Floating Rate Notes will
be payable on the dates specified therein and in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. Zero Coupon Notes will not bear interest.
Unless a Redemption Commencement Date is specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the Notes will not be redeemable prior to their
Stated Maturity. If a Redemption Commencement Date is so specified, the
Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company or the Holder or
both (as specified therein) at any time (or for a limited period) after
such date as described therein.
The Notes offered hereby will be issued in global or definitive form
in a minimum denomination of $100,000 or the approximate equivalent
thereof in the Specified Currency, as specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement. A global Note representing Book-Entry Notes will be
registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company,
which will act as Depositary. Beneficial interests in Book-Entry Notes
will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary (with respect to participants'
interests) and its participants. Except as described under "Description
of Notes-Book-Entry Notes," owners of beneficial interests in a global
Note will not be considered the Holders thereof, will not be entitled
to receive physical delivery of Notes in definitive form, and no global
Notes will be exchangeable except for another global Note of like
denomination and terms to be registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee. See "Description of Notes."
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT
HERETO OR THE PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL
OFFENSE.
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PRICE TO AGENTS' PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC<F1> COMMISSION<F2> COMPANY<F2><F3>
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Per Note........................................ 100% .125%-.875% 99.875%-99.125%
Total........................................... $1,000,000,000 $1,250,000-$8,750,000 $998,750,000-$991,250,000
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<F1> Notes will be issued at 100% of their principal amount, unless
otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
<F2> The Company will pay the Agents a commission of from .125% to
.875%, depending on maturity of the principal amount of any Notes
sold through them as agents (or sold to such Agents as principal in
circumstances in which no other discount is agreed). The Company
has agreed to indemnify the Agents against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
<F3> Before deducting estimated expenses of $485,000 payable by the
Company.
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Offers to purchase Notes are being solicited, on a reasonable efforts
basis, from time to time by the Agents on behalf of the Company. Notes
may be sold to the Agents on their own behalf at negotiated discounts.
The Company reserves the right to sell Notes directly on its own
behalf. No commission will be payable on any sales made directly by the
Company. The Company also reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or
modify the offering contemplated hereby without notice. No termination
date for the offering of the Notes has been established. The Company or
the Agents may reject any order as a whole or in part. See
"Supplemental Plan of Distribution."
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
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The date of this Prospectus Supplement is September --, 1995
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NOTES, THE AGENTS MAY
OVERALLOT OR EFFECT TRANSACTIONS IN THE NOTES WHICH STABILIZE OR
MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE NOTES AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH
MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE
EFFECTED IN ANY OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING,
IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
GENERAL
The following description of the particular terms of the Notes
offered hereby (referred to in the Prospectus as the "Offered Debt
Securities") supplements, and to the extent inconsistent therewith
replaces, the description of the general terms and provisions of Debt
Securities set forth in the Prospectus to which description reference
is hereby made.
The Notes constitute a single series for purposes of the Indenture
and are limited in amount as set forth on the cover page hereof. The
foregoing limit, however, may be increased by the Company if in the
future it determines that it may wish to sell additional Notes. For a
description of the rights attaching to different series of Debt
Securities under the Indenture, see "Description of Debt Securities" in
the Prospectus.
Unless previously redeemed, a Note will mature on the date ("Stated
Maturity") from 9 months to 40 years from its date of issue that is
specified on the face thereof and in the applicable Pricing Supplement
or, if such Note is a Floating Rate Note and such specified date is not
a Market Day with respect to such Note, the next succeeding Market Day
(or, in the case of a LIBOR Note, if such next succeeding Market Day
falls in the next calendar month, the next preceding Market Day). As
used here, "Market Day" means (a) with respect to any Note (other than
any LIBOR Note), any Business Day in The City of New York, and (b) with
respect to any LIBOR Note, any such Business Day on which dealings in
deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market;
and "Business Day" means, as used herein with respect to any particular
location, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is
not a day on which banking institutions in such locations are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
Each Note will be denominated in a currency or composite currency
("Specified Currency") as specified on the face thereof and in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, which may include U.S. dollars, Pounds
Sterling, Deutsche Marks, French Francs, Swiss Francs, Australian
dollars, Japanese Yen, European Currency Units (ECUs) or any other
currency or composite set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Purchasers of the Notes are required to pay for them by delivery of the
requisite amount of the Specified Currency to an Agent, unless other
arrangements have been made. Unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, payments on the Notes will be made in
the applicable Specified Currency in the country issuing the Specified
Currency (or, in the case of ECUs, Brussels, Belgium), provided that,
at the election of the Holder thereof and in certain circumstances at
the option of the Company, payments on Notes denominated in other than
U.S. dollars may be made in U.S. dollars. See "Description of Notes-
Payment of Principal and Interest."
The Notes will be issuable in fully registered global or definitive
form, as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement. For a
description of the respective forms, denominations and transfer and
exchange procedures in respect of any such global Note and the Notes
represented thereby ("Book-Entry Notes"), reference is made to
"Description of Notes-Book-Entry Notes" below and to the applicable
Pricing Supplement. The authorized denominations of any Note
denominated in U.S. dollars will be $100,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. The authorized denominations of any Note
denominated in other than U.S. dollars will be the amount of the
Specified Currency for such Note equivalent, at the noon buying rate in
The City of New York for cable transfers for such Specified Currency
(the "Exchange Rate") on the first Business Day in The City of New York
and the country issuing such currency (or, in the case of ECUs,
Brussels, Belgium) next preceding the date on which the Company accepts
the offer to purchase such Note, to U.S. $100,000 (rounded down to an
integral multiple of 10,000 units of such Specified Currency) and any
greater amount that is an integral multiple of 10,000 units of such
Specified Currency.
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Notes will be sold in individual issues of Notes having such interest
rate or interest rate formula, if any, Stated Maturity and date of
original issuance as shall be selected by the initial purchasers and
agreed to by the Company. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, each Note, except any Zero Coupon Note or Indexed
Note, will bear interest at a fixed rate or at a rate determined by
reference to the Commercial Paper Rate, the Prime Rate, the London
Inter-Bank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), the Treasury Rate, the CD Rate or
the Federal Funds Rate, as adjusted by the Spread or Spread Multiplier,
if any, applicable to such Note. See "Description of Notes-Interest
Rate." Zero Coupon Notes ("Zero Coupon Notes") will be issued at a
discount from the principal amount payable at maturity thereof, but
holders of Zero Coupon Notes will not receive periodic payments of
interest thereon.
The Notes may be issued as Original Issue Discount Notes ("OID
Notes"). An Original Issue Discount Note is a Note, including any Zero
Coupon Note, which is issued at a price lower than the principal amount
thereof and which provides that upon redemption or acceleration of the
maturity thereof an amount less than the principal thereof shall become
due and payable. In the event of redemption or acceleration of the
maturity of an Original Issue Discount Note, the amount payable to the
Holder of such Note upon such redemption or acceleration will be
determined in accordance with the terms of the Note, but will be an
amount less than the amount payable at the Stated Maturity of such
Note. In addition, a Note issued at a discount may, for United States
federal income tax purposes, be considered an original issue discount
note, regardless of the amount payable upon redemption or acceleration
of maturity of such Note. See "Description of Notes-Original Issue
Discount Notes" below.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Notes will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless a Redemption
Commencement Date (as defined in the applicable Pricing Supplement) is
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, will not be redeemable
prior to their Stated Maturity. If a Redemption Commencement Date is so
specified with respect to any Note, the applicable Pricing Supplement
will also specify one or more redemption prices (expressed as a
percentage of the principal amount of such Note) ("Redemption Prices")
and the redemption period or periods ("Redemption Periods") during
which such Redemption Prices shall apply. Unless otherwise specified in
the Pricing Supplement, any such Note shall be redeemable, in whole or
in part, at the option of the Company or the Holder thereof (as
specified in such Pricing Supplement) at any time on or after such
specified Redemption Commencement Date or for a limited period (as
specified in such Pricing Supplement) at the specified Redemption Price
applicable to the Redemption Period during which such Note may be
redeemed, together with interest accrued to the redemption date.
Definitive Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or
exchange at the Corporate Trust Office of Chemical Bank (the "Transfer
Agent") at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017-2070 in The City
of New York.
INTEREST RATE
Each Note, other than a Zero Coupon Note, will bear interest from its
date of issue or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (or, if
such Note is a Floating Rate Note and the Interest Reset Dates are
weekly, from the day following the most recent Regular Record Date) to
which interest on such Note has been paid or duly provided for at the
fixed rate per annum, or at the rate per annum determined pursuant to
the interest rate formula, stated therein and in the applicable Pricing
Supplement until the principal thereof is paid or made available for
payment. Interest will be payable on each Interest Payment Date and at
Stated Maturity as specified below under "Description of Notes-Payment
of Principal and Interest."
Each Note, other than a Zero Coupon Note, will bear interest at
either (a) a fixed rate (a "Fixed Rate Note") or (b) a variable rate
determined by reference to an interest rate formula (a "Floating Rate
Note"), which may be adjusted by adding or subtracting the Spread or
multiplying by the Spread Multiplier (each term as defined below). A
Floating Rate Note may also have either or both of the following: (a) a
maximum numerical interest rate limitation, or ceiling, on the rate of
interest which may accrue during any interest period (a "Maximum
Rate"); and (b) a minimum numerical interest rate limitation, or floor,
on the rate of interest which may accrue during any interest period (a
"Minimum Rate"). The "Spread" is the number of basis points specified
in the applicable Pricing Supplement as being applicable to the
interest rate for such Note, and the "Spread Multiplier" is the
percentage specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement as being
applicable to the
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interest rate for such Note. "Index Maturity" means, with respect to a
Floating Rate Note, the period to maturity of the instrument or
obligation on which the interest rate formula is based, as specified in
the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, Chemical Bank will initially be the
calculation agent (the "Calculation Agent") with respect to the
Floating Rate Notes.
The applicable Pricing Supplement relating to a Fixed Rate Note will
designate a fixed rate of interest per annum payable on such Fixed Rate
Note. The applicable Pricing Supplement relating to a Floating Rate
Note will designate an interest rate basis (the "Interest Rate Basis")
for such Floating Rate Note. The Interest Rate Basis for each Floating
Rate Note will be selected from the following rates: (a) the Commercial
Paper Rate, in which case such Note will be a Commercial Paper Rate
Note; (b) the Prime Rate, in which case such Note will be a Prime Rate
Note; (c) LIBOR, in which case such Note will be LIBOR Note; (d) the
Treasury Rate, in which case such Note will be a Treasury Rate Note;
(e) the CD Rate, in which case such Note will be a CD Rate Note; (f)
the Federal Funds Rate, in which case such Note will be a Federal Funds
Rate Note; or (g) such other interest rate formula as is set forth in
such Pricing Supplement. The applicable Pricing Supplement for a
Floating Rate Note will specify the Interest Rate Basis and, if
applicable, the Calculation Agent, the Index Maturity, the Spread or
Spread Multiplier, the Maximum Rate, the Minimum Rate, the initial
interest rate, the Interest Payment Dates, the Regular Record Dates,
the Calculation Date, the Interest Determination Date and the Interest
Reset Date with respect to such Note.
The rate of interest on each Floating Rate Note will be reset daily,
weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually (each an
"Interest Reset Date") as specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the Interest Reset Date will be, in the case of Floating
Rate Notes which reset daily, each Market Day; in the case of Floating
Rate Notes (other than Treasury Rate Notes) which reset weekly, the
Wednesday of each week; in the case of Treasury Rate Notes which reset
weekly, the Tuesday of each week; in the case of Floating Rate Notes
which reset monthly, the third Wednesday of each month; in the case of
Floating Rate Notes which reset quarterly, the third Wednesday of each
March, June, September and December; in the case of Floating Rate Notes
which reset semi-annually, the third Wednesday of two months of each
year as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement; and in the case
of Floating Rate Notes which reset annually, the third Wednesday of one
month of each year as specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement;
provided, however, that the interest rate in effect from the date of
issue to the first Interest Reset Date with respect to a Floating Rate
Note will be the Initial Interest Rate (as set forth in the applicable
Pricing Supplement). If any Interest Reset Date for any Floating Rate
Note would otherwise be a day that is not a Market Day with respect to
such Floating Rate Note, the Interest Reset Date for such Floating Rate
Note shall be postponed to the next day that is a Market Day with
respect to such Floating Rate Note, except that in the case of a LIBOR
Note, if such next Market Day is in the next succeeding calendar month,
such Interest Reset Date shall be the immediately preceding Market Day.
The Interest Determination Date pertaining to an Interest Reset Date
for a Commercial Paper Rate Note (the "Commercial Paper Interest
Determination Date"), for a Prime Rate Note (the "Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date"), for a LIBOR Note (the "LIBOR Interest
Determination Date"), for a CD Rate Note (the "CD Rate Interest
Determination Date") and for a Federal Funds Rate Note (the "Federal
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date") will be the second Market Day
preceding such Interest Reset Date. The Interest Determination Date
pertaining to an Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate Note (the
"Treasury Interest Determination Date") will be the day of the week in
which such Interest Reset Date falls on which U.S. Treasury bills would
normally be auctioned. Treasury bills are usually sold at auction on
the Monday of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which
case the auction is usually held on the following Tuesday, except that
such auction may be held on the preceding Friday. If, as the result of
a legal holiday, an auction is so held on the preceding Friday, such
Friday will be the Treasury Interest Determination Date pertaining to
the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week. If an
auction date shall fall on any Interest Reset Date for a Treasury Rate
Note, then such Interest Reset Date shall instead be the first Market
Day immediately following such auction date.
All percentages resulting from any calculations referred to in this
Prospectus Supplement will be rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (e.g.,
9.876541% (or
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.09876541) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all U.S.
dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be
rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upwards).
In addition to any maximum interest rate which may be applicable to
any Floating Rate Note pursuant to the above provisions, the interest
rate on the Floating Rate Notes will in no event be higher than the
maximum rate permitted by Missouri law, as the same may be modified by
United States law of general application. Under present Missouri law
there is no maximum rate of interest applicable to loans made to a
corporation.
Upon the request of the Holder of any Floating Rate Note, the
Calculation Agent will provide the interest rate then in effect, and,
if determined, the interest rate which will become effective on the
next Interest Reset Date with respect to such Floating Rate Note. The
Calculation Agent's determination of any interest rate will be final
and binding in the absence of manifest error.
COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE NOTES
Commercial Paper Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates
(calculated with reference to the Commercial Paper Rate and the Spread
or Spread Multiplier, if any), and will be payable on the dates
specified on the face of the Commercial Paper Rate Note and/or in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Calculation Date" pertaining to a
Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date will be the tenth day
after such Commercial Paper Interest Determination Date or, if any such
day is not a Market Day, the next succeeding Market Day.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"Commercial Paper Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date,
the Money Market Yield (calculated as described below) of the per annum
rate (quoted on a bank discount basis) for the relevant Commercial
Paper Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the
specified Index Maturity as published by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519), Selected
Interest Rates" or any successor publication of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System ("H.15(519)") under the heading
"Commercial Paper." In the event that such rate is not published prior
to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the relevant Calculation Date,
then the Commercial Paper Rate with respect to such Interest Reset Date
shall be the Money Market Yield of such rate on such Commercial Paper
Interest Determination Date for commercial paper having the specified
Index Maturity as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in
its daily statistical release, "Composite 3:30 P.M. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or any successor publication published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("Composite Quotations") under the
heading "Commercial Paper." If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date such rate is not yet published in either
H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, the Commercial Paper Rate with
respect to such Interest Reset Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic
mean of the offered per annum rates (quoted on a discount basis), as of
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Interest
Determination Date, of three leading dealers of commercial paper (one
of which may be the Calculation Agent) in The City of New York selected
by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper of the specified Index
Maturity placed for an industrial issuer whose senior unsecured bond
rating is "AAA," or the equivalent, from a nationally recognized rating
agency; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as
aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate with respect to such Interest Reset
Date will be the Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Commercial
Paper Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:
360 x D
Money Market Yield = 100 x -------------
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on a
discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and "M" refers to the actual
number of days in the period corresponding to the specified Index
Maturity.
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PRIME RATE NOTES
Prime Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated
with reference to the Prime Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier,
if any), and will be payable on the dates, specified on the face of the
Prime Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
"Calculation Date" pertaining to a Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date will be the tenth day after such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date or, if any such day is not a Market Day, the next succeeding
Market Day.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"Prime Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date, the rate
set forth for the relevant Prime Rate Interest Determination Date in
H.15(519) under the heading "Bank Prime Loan." In the event that such
rate is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
relevant Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate with respect to such
Interest Reset Date will be the arithmetic mean of rates of interest
publicly announced by each bank that appears on the display designated
as page "NYMF" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other
page as may replace the NYMF page on that service for the purpose of
displaying prime rates or base lending rates of major United States
banks) ("Reuters Screen NYMF Page") as such bank's prime rate or base
lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date as quoted on the Reuters Screen NYMF Page on such Prime Rate
Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear on
the Reuters Screen NYMF Page on such Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date, the Prime Rate with respect to such Interest Reset Date will be
the arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates (quoted on
the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day
year) as of the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date by three major money center banks (one of which may
be the Calculation Agent) in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if fewer than three banks
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned
in this sentence, the Prime Rate with respect to such Interest Reset
Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date.
LIBOR NOTES
LIBOR Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated with
reference to LIBOR and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any), and
will be payable on the dates, specified on the face of the LIBOR Note
and in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
LIBOR with respect to any Interest Reset Date will be determined by the
Calculation Agent in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) As of the Interest Determination Date, LIBOR will be either:
(a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the
specified Designated LIBOR Page (as defined below) by its terms
provides only for a single rate, in which case such single rate shall
be used) for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity
designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the
second Market Day immediately following such Interest Determination
Date, that appear on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M.,
London time, on that Interest Determination Date, if at least two
such offered rates appear (unless, as aforesaid, only a single rate
is required) on such Designated LIBOR Page, or (b) if "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the rate
for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index Maturity
designated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, commencing on the
second Market Day immediately following such Interest Determination
Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of 11:00 A.M.,
London time, on that Interest Determination Date. If fewer than two
offered rates appear (if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement) (or no rate appears, if as aforesaid,
only a single rate is required) or no rate appears (if "LIBOR
Telerate" is specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement), LIBOR
in respect of the related Interest Determination Date will be
determined as if the parties had specified the rate described in
clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates for the applicable Index Maturity appear
(if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement) (or on which no rate appears, if as aforesaid, only a
single rate is required) or no rate appears
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(if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement), LIBOR will be determined on the basis of the rates at
approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date at which deposits in U.S. dollars having the
specified Index Maturity are offered to prime banks in the London
interbank market by four major banks in the London interbank market
selected by the Calculation Agent commencing on the second Market Day
immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date and in a
principal amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 that is
representative for a single transaction in such market at such time
(a "Representative Amount"). The Calculation Agent will request the
principal London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation
of its rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR with
respect to such Interest Reset Date will be the arithmetic mean of
such quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR
with respect to such Interest Reset Date will be the arithmetic mean
of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time,
on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date by three major banks (one
of which may be the Calculation Agent) in The City of New York,
selected by the Calculation Agent, for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks having the specified Index Maturity commencing
on the Interest Reset Date and in a Representative Amount; provided,
however, that if fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR
with respect to such Interest Reset Date will be the LIBOR in effect
on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date.
TREASURY RATE NOTES
Treasury Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates
(calculated with reference to the Treasury Rate and the Spread or
Spread Multiplier, if any) and will be payable on the dates specified
on the face of the Treasury Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing
Supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the "Calculation Date" with respect to a Treasury Interest
Determination Date will be the tenth day after such Treasury Interest
Determination Date or, if any such day is not a Market Day, the next
succeeding Market Day.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date, the
rate for the auction on the relevant Treasury Interest Determination
Date of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury bills")
having the specified Index Maturity as published in H.15(519) under the
heading "U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction Average
(Investment)" or, if not so published by 9:00 A.M., New York City time,
on the relevant Calculation Date, the auction average rate (expressed
as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as
applicable, and applied on a daily basis) for such auction as otherwise
announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event
that the results of such auction of Treasury bills having the specified
Index Maturity are not published or reported as provided above by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, or if no such
auction is held during such week, then the Treasury Rate shall be the
rate set forth in H.15(519) for the relevant Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date for the specified Index Maturity under the heading
"U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market." In the
event such rate is not so published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the relevant Calculation Date, then the Treasury Rate with respect
to such Interest Reset Date shall be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent,
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied
on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid
rates as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such
Treasury Interest Determination Date, of three primary United States
government securities dealers in The City of New York selected by the
Calculation Agent for the issue of Treasury bills with a remaining
maturity closest to the specified Index Maturity; provided, however,
that if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the
Treasury Rate with respect to such Interest Reset Date will be the
Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Interest Determination Date.
CD RATE NOTES
CD Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates (calculated
with reference to the CD Rate and the Spread or Spread Multiplier, if
any), and will be payable on the dates, specified on the face of the CD
Rate Note and in the applicable Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise
indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Calculation Date"
pertaining to a CD Interest Determination Date will be the tenth day
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after such CD Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a
Market Day, the next succeeding Market Day.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement, "CD
Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date, the rate for the
relevant CD Interest Determination Date for negotiable certificates of
deposit having the specified Index Maturity as published in H.15(519)
under the heading "CDs (Secondary Market)." In the event that such rate
is not published prior to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
relevant Calculation Date, then the CD Rate with respect to such
Interest Reset Date shall be the rate on such CD Rate Interest
Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the
specified Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the
heading "Certificates of Deposit." If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on such Calculation Date such rate is not published in either H.15(519)
or Composite Quotations, the CD Rate with respect to such Interest
Reset Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be
the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offered rates, as of 10:00
A.M., New York City time, on such CD Rate Interest Determination Date,
of three leading nonbank dealers of negotiable U.S. dollar certificates
of deposit in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent
for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money
market banks with a remaining maturity closest to the specified Index
Maturity in a denomination of U.S. $5,000,000; provided, however, that
if fewer than three dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation
Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the CD Rate with
respect to such Interest Reset Date will be the CD Rate in effect on
such CD Rate Interest Determination Date.
FEDERAL FUNDS RATE NOTES
Federal Funds Rate Notes will bear interest at the interest rates
(calculated with reference to the Federal Funds Rate and the Spread or
Spread Multiplier, if any), and will be payable on the dates, specified
on the face of the Federal Funds Rate Note and in the applicable
Pricing Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the "Calculation Date" pertaining to a Federal
Funds Interest Determination Date will be the tenth day after such
Federal Funds Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a
Market Day, the next succeeding Market Day.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
"Federal Funds Rate" means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date,
the rate on the relevant Federal Funds Interest Determination Date for
Federal Funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal
Funds (Effective)." In the event that such rate is not published prior
to 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the relevant Calculation Date,
then the Federal Funds Rate with respect to such Interest Reset Date
will be the rate on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date as
published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Federal Funds/
Effective Rate." If by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such
Calculation Date such rate is not published in either H.15(519) or
Composite Quotations, the Federal Funds with respect to such Interest
Reset Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be
the arithmetic mean of the rates, as of 9:00 A.M., New York City time,
on such Federal Funds Interest Determination Date, for the last
transaction in overnight Federal Funds arranged by three leading
brokers of Federal Funds transactions in The City of New York selected
by the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if fewer than three
brokers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as
mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate with respect to such
Interest Reset Date will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such
Federal Funds Interest Determination Date.
INDEXED NOTES
Amounts due on a Note in respect of principal, interest and premium,
if any, and in the case of Original Issue Discount Notes, the Amortized
Face Amount (as defined below), may be determined by reference to (a) a
currency exchange rate or rates, (b) a securities or commodities
exchange index, (c) the value of a particular security or commodity or
(d) any other index or indices (any such Note being herein referred to
as an "Indexed Note"). The Pricing Supplement relating to an Indexed
Note will set forth the method by and terms on which the amount of
principal (whether at or prior to the Maturity Date thereof), interest
and premium, if any, or the Amortized Face Amount will be determined,
the tax consequences to holders of Indexed Notes, a description of
certain risks associated with investments in Indexed Notes and other
information relating to such Indexed Notes.
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PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all
Notes will be made in the applicable Specified Currency, provided,
however, that payments of principal (and premium, if any) and interest
on Notes denominated in other than U.S. dollars will nevertheless be
made in U.S. dollars (i) at the option of the Holders thereof under the
procedures described in the two following paragraphs and (ii) at the
option of the Company in the case of imposition of exchange controls or
other circumstances beyond the control of the Company as described in
the last paragraph under this heading. If specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement, the amount of principal on the Notes therein
described will be determined by reference to an index or formula
described in such Pricing Supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, and
except as provided in the next paragraph, payments of interest and
principal (and premium, if any) with respect to any Note denominated in
other than U.S. dollars will be made in U.S. dollars if the registered
Holder of such Note on the relevant Regular Record Date or at Stated
Maturity, as the case may be, has transmitted a written request for
such payment in U.S. dollars to Chemical Bank ("the Paying Agent") at
its office in The City of New York on or prior to such Regular Record
Date or the date 15 days prior to maturity, as the case may be. Such
request may be in writing (mailed or hand delivered) or by cable or
telex or, if promptly confirmed in writing, by other form of facsimile
transmission. Any such request made with respect to any Note by a
registered Holder will remain in effect with respect to any further
payments of interest and principal (and premium, if any) with respect
to such Note payable to such Holder, unless such request is revoked on
or prior to the relevant Regular Record Date or the day 15 days prior
to Stated Maturity, as the case may be. Holders of Notes denominated in
other than U.S. dollars whose Notes are registered in the name of a
broker or nominee should contact such broker or nominee to determine
whether and how an election to receive payments in U.S. dollars may be
made.
The U.S. dollar amount to be received by a Holder of a Note
denominated in other than U.S. dollars who elects to receive payment in
U.S. dollars will be based on the highest bid quotation in The City of
New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent (as defined below) as of
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day next
preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign
exchange dealers (one of which may be the Exchange Rate Agent) for the
purchase by the quoting dealer of the Specified Currency for U.S.
dollars for settlement on such payment date in an amount equal to the
aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all Holders of
Notes electing to receive U.S. dollar payments and at which the
applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. If three such bid
quotations are not available on the second Business Day preceding the
date of payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest with
respect to any Note, such payment will be made in the Specified
Currency. All currency exchange costs associated with any payment in
U.S. dollars on any such Note will be borne by the Holder thereof by
deductions from such payment. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, Chemical Bank will be the Exchange Rate
Agent (the "Exchange Rate Agent") with respect to the Notes.
Interest will be payable to the person in whose name a Note is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date next
preceding each Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that interest
payable at Stated Maturity will be payable to the person to whom
principal shall be payable. The first payment of interest on any Note
originally issued between a Regular Record Date and an Interest Payment
Date will be made on the Interest Payment Date following the next
succeeding Regular Record Date to the registered owner on such next
succeeding Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise indicated in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Regular Record Date" with respect
to any Floating Rate Note shall be the date 15 calendar days prior to
each Interest Payment Date, whether or not such date shall be a
Business Day, and the "Regular Record Date" with respect to any Fixed
Rate Note shall be the February 1 and August 1 next preceding the
February 15 and August 15 Interest Payment Dates.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement and
except as provided below, interest will be payable, in the case of
Floating Rate Notes which reset daily or weekly, on the third Wednesday
of March, June, September and December of each year; in the case of
Floating Rate Notes which reset monthly, on the third Wednesday of each
month or on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December
of each year (as indicated in the applicable Pricing Supplement); in
the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset quarterly, on the third
Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; in the
case of
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Floating Rate Notes which reset semi-annually, on the third Wednesday
of the two months of each year specified in the applicable Pricing
Supplement; and in the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset
annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the
applicable Pricing Supplement (each an "Interest Payment Date"), and in
each case, at Stated Maturity. If an Interest Payment Date with respect
to any Floating Rate Note would otherwise fall on a day that is not a
Market Day with respect to such Note, such Interest Payment Date will
be the next succeeding Market Day (or, in the case of LIBOR Note, if
such day falls in the next calendar month, the next preceding Market
Day). If an Interest Payment Date with respect to any Fixed Rate Note
would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Market Day with respect to
such Note, the payment of interest may be made on the next succeeding
Market Day with the same force and effect as if made on the day such
payment was due.
Payments of interest on any Fixed Rate Note or Floating Rate Note
with respect to any Interest Payment Date will include interest accrued
to but excluding such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that if
the Interest Reset Dates with respect to any Floating Rate Note are
weekly, interest payable on such Note on any Interest Payment Date,
other than interest payable on the date on which principal on such Note
is payable, will include interest accrued to but excluding the day
following the next preceding Regular Record Date.
With respect to a Floating Rate Note, accrued interest from the date
of issue or from the last date to which interest has been paid is
calculated by multiplying the face amount of such Floating Rate Note by
an accrued interest factor. Such accrued interest factor shall be
computed by adding the interest factor calculated for each day from the
date of issue, or from the last date to which interest has been paid,
to but excluding the date for which accrued interest is being
calculated. The interest factor (expressed as a decimal) for each such
day is computed by dividing the interest rate (expressed as a decimal)
applicable to such date by 360, in the case of Commercial Paper Rate
Notes, Prime Rate Notes, LIBOR Notes, CD Rate Notes or Federal Funds
Rate Notes, or by the actual number of days in the year, in the case of
Treasury Rate Notes. Interest on Fixed Rate Notes will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Any payments on any Fixed Rate Note due on any day which is not a
Business Day in The City of New York or which is not a Business Day in
The City of St. Louis, Missouri (or in the case of any Note denominated
in other than U.S. dollars, which is not a Business Day in the country
issuing the Specified Currency (or in the case of ECUs, Brussels,
Belgium)), need not be made on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on
the due date, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such date.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest
due with respect to any Note at maturity to be made in U.S. dollars
will be made in immediately available funds (by check or by wire
transfer to such account as may have been appropriately designated by
the person entitled thereto) upon surrender of such Note at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent in The City of New York,
provided that the Note is presented to the Paying Agent in time for the
Paying Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its
normal procedures. Payments of interest to be made in U.S. dollars
other than at maturity will be made by check mailed to the address of
the person entitled thereto as it appears in the security register or
by wire transfer to such account as may have been appropriately
designated by such person.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
payments of interest and principal (and premium, if any) with respect
to any Note to be made in a Specified Currency other than U.S. dollars
will be made by wire transfer to such account with a bank located in
the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, with respect to Notes
denominated in ECUs, Brussels) or other jurisdiction acceptable to the
Company and the Paying Agent as shall have been designated at least
five Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date or date of Stated
Maturity, as the case may be, by the registered Holder of such Note on
the relevant Regular Record Date or at Stated Maturity, provided that,
in the case of payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any
interest due at Stated Maturity, the Note is presented to the Paying
Agent in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in such funds
in accordance with its normal procedures. Such designation shall be
made by filing the appropriate information with the Paying Agent in The
City of New York and, unless revoked, any such designation made with
respect to any Note by a registered Holder will remain in effect with
respect to any further payments with respect to such Note payable to
such Holder. If a payment with respect to any such Note cannot be made
by wire transfer because the required account designation has not been
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received by the Paying Agent on or before the requisite date or for any
other reason, a notice will be mailed to the Holder at its registered
address requesting a designation pursuant to which such wire transfer
can be made and, upon the Paying Agent's receipt of such a designation,
such payment will be made within five Business Days of such receipt.
The Company will pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in
connection with making payments by wire transfer, but any tax,
assessment or governmental charge imposed upon payments will be borne
by the Holders of the Notes in respect of which payment are made.
If the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes is
payable in other than U.S. dollars and such Specified Currency is not
available due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be
entitled to satisfy its obligations to Holders of the Notes by making
such payment by check in U.S dollars on the basis of the noon buying
rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of the Specified
Currency as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York (the "Exchange Rate"), or if such Exchange Rate is not then
available, the most recently available Exchange Rate. Any payment made
under such circumstances in U.S. dollars where the required payment is
in other than U.S. dollars will not constitute an Event of Default
under the Indenture.
DEFEASANCE
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Fixed Rate Notes will be subject to defeasance and discharge as
described under "Description of Debt Securities-Defeasance" in the
Prospectus.
BOOK-ENTRY NOTES
Upon issuance, all Book-Entry Notes bearing interest (if any) at the
same rate or pursuant to the same formula, having the same date of
issuance, redemption provisions, if any, Specified Currency, Stated
Maturity and other terms will be represented by a single global Note.
Each global Note representing Book-Entry Notes will be deposited with,
or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, as Depositary (the
"Depositary"), located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York, and will be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee
of the Depositary. Currently, the Depositary accepts deposits of global
Notes denominated in U.S. dollars only.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a global Note will be limited to
participants and to persons that may hold interests through
institutions that have accounts with the Depositary ("participants").
Ownership of beneficial interests by participants in a global Note will
be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership interest will be
affected only through, records maintained by the Depositary for such
global Note. Ownership of beneficial interests in such global Note by
persons that hold through participants will be shown on, and the
transfer of that ownership interest within such participant will be
effected only through, records maintained by such participants.
Payment of principal of, premium (if any) and interest on Book-Entry
Notes represented by any such global Note will be made to the
Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered
owner and the sole Holder of the Book-Entry Notes represented thereby
for all purposes under the Indenture. None of the Company, the Paying
Agent or any agent of the Company or the Paying Agent will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the Depositary's records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests in a global Note representing any Book-Entry Notes or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of the Depositary's records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Company has been advised by the Depositary that upon receipt of
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such
global Note, the Depositary will immediately credit, on its book-entry
registration and transfer system, the accounts of participants with
payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial
interests in the principal amount of such global Note as shown on the
records of the Depositary. The accounts to be credited shall be
designated by the soliciting Agent or, to the extent that such Notes
are offered and sold directly by the Company, by the Company. Payments
by participants to owners of beneficial interests in a global Note held
through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for
customer accounts registered in "street name", and will be the sole
responsibility of such participants.
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No global Note described above may be transferred except as a whole
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
of the Depositary or a nominee of such successor.
A global Note representing Book-Entry Notes is exchangeable for
definitive Notes in registered form, bearing interest (if any) at the
same rate or pursuant to the same formula, having the same date of
issuance, redemption provisions, if any, Specified Currency, Stated
Maturity and other terms and of differing denominations aggregating a
like amount, only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such global Note or
if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), (y) the Company in its sole discretion determines that all such
global Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes in registered
form or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Book-Entry Notes
represented by such global Note has occurred and is continuing. Any
global Note that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes in registered form, bearing
interest (if any) at the same rate or pursuant to the same formula,
having the same date of issuance, redemption provisions, if any,
Specified Currency, Stated Maturity and other terms and of differing
denominations aggregating a like amount. Such definitive Notes shall be
registered in the names of the owners of the beneficial interests in
such global Note as provided by the Depositary's relevant participants
(as identified by the Depositary holding such global Note).
Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interests in such a
global Note will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes
in definitive form and will not be considered the Holders thereof for
any purpose under the Indenture, and no global Note representing Book-
Entry Notes shall be exchangeable. Accordingly, each person owning a
beneficial interest in such a global Note must rely on the procedures
of the Depositary and, if such person is not a participant, on the
procedures of the participant through which such person owns its
interest, to exercise any rights of a Holder under the Indenture. The
laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of
securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive
form. Such limits and such laws may impair the ability to transfer
beneficial interests in a global Note.
The Indenture provides that the Depositary may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which
a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture. The Company
understands that under existing industry practices, in the event that
the Company requests any action of Holders or that an owner of a
beneficial interest in such a global Note desires to give or take any
action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture,
the Depositary would authorize the participants holding the relevant
beneficial interests to give or take such action, and such participants
would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to
give or take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions
of beneficial owners owning through them.
The Depositary has advised the Company that the Depositary is a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of
New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing
corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial
Code, and a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act. The
Depositary was created to hold the securities of its participants and
to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions
among its participants through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical
movement of securities certificates. The Depositary's participants
include securities brokers and dealers (including the Agents), banks,
trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations
some of whom (and/or their representatives) own the Depositary. Access
to the Depositary's book-entry system is also available to others, such
as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or
maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly
or indirectly.
UNITED STATES TAXATION
The following summary describes the principal United States federal
income tax consequences of ownership and disposition of the Notes to
initial holders purchasing Notes at the "issue price" (as defined
below). This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended to the date hereof (the "Code"), administrative pronouncements,
judicial decisions and existing and proposed Treasury Regulations,
including regulations concerning the treatment of debt instruments
issued with original issue discount (the
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"OID Regulations"), changes to any of which subsequent to the date of
this Prospectus may affect the tax consequences described herein. This
summary discusses only Notes held as capital assets within the meaning
of Section 1221 of the Code. It does not discuss all of the tax
consequences that may be relevant to a Holder in light of his
particular circumstances or to Holders subject to special rules, such
as certain financial institutions, insurance companies, dealers in
securities or foreign currencies, persons holding Notes as a hedge
against, or which are hedged against, currency risks, or Holders whose
functional currency (as defined in Code Section 985) is not the U.S.
dollar. Persons considering the purchase of Notes should consult their
tax advisors with regard to the application of the United States
federal income tax laws to their particular situations as well as any
tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or foreign
taxing jurisdiction.
PAYMENTS OF INTEREST
Interest paid on a Note will generally be taxable to a Holder as
ordinary interest income at the time it accrues or is received in
accordance with the Holder's method of accounting for federal income
tax purposes. Under the OID Regulations, all payments of interest on a
Note that matures one year or less from its date of issuance will be
included in the stated redemption price at maturity of the Notes and
will be taxed in the manner described below under "Original Issue
Discount Notes." Special rules governing the treatment of interest paid
with respect to Original Issue Discount Notes, including certain
Floating Rate Notes and Foreign Currency Notes are described under
"Original Issue Discount Notes" and "Foreign Currency Notes" below.
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTES
A Note which is issued for an amount less than its stated redemption
price at maturity will generally be considered to have been issued at
an original issue discount for federal income tax purposes (an
"Original Issue Discount Note"). The "issue price" of a Note will equal
the first price at which a substantial amount of the Notes is sold for
money (not including sales to bond houses, brokers or similar persons
or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement
agents or wholesalers). The stated redemption price at maturity of a
Note will equal the sum of all payments required under the Note other
than payments of "qualified stated interest." "Qualified stated
interest" is stated interest unconditionally payable as a series of
payments in cash or property (other than debt instruments of the
issuer) at least annually during the entire term of the Note and equal
to the outstanding principal balance of the Note multiplied by a single
fixed rate of interest. In addition, Floating Rate Notes providing for
(i) one or more qualified floating rates of interest, (ii) a single
fixed rate and one or more qualified floating rates, (iii) a single
rate based on one or more qualified floating rules or a single rate
based on the price of actively traded property or an index of the
prices of such property, other than foreign currency (an "objective
rate"), or (iv) a single fixed rate and a single objective rate that is
a qualified inverse floating rate will have qualified stated interest
if interest is unconditionally payable at least annually during the
term of the Note at a single qualified floating rate or a single
objective rate. Special tax considerations (including possible original
issue discount) may arise with respect to Floating Rate Notes providing
for (i) a Spread Multiplier, or (ii) a cap, floor, governor or similar
restriction that is not fixed throughout the term of the Note and is
reasonably expected as of the issue date to cause the yield on the Note
to be significantly less or more than the expected yield determined
without the restriction. Purchasers of Floating Rate Notes with any of
such features should carefully examine the applicable Pricing
Supplement and should consult their tax advisors with respect to such a
feature since the tax consequences will depend, in part, on the
particular terms of the purchased Note. Special rules may apply if a
Floating Rate Note bears interest at an objective rate and it is
reasonably expected that the average value of the rate during the first
half of the Note's term will be either significantly less than or
significantly greater than the average value of the rate during the
final half of the Note's term. Special rules may also apply with
respect to Notes paying interest annually if the period from the Issue
Date to the first Interest Payment Date is longer than one year.
If the difference between a Note's stated redemption price at
maturity and its issue price is less than a de minimis amount, i.e.,
1/4 of 1 percent of the stated redemption price at maturity multiplied
by the number of complete years to maturity, then the Note will not be
considered to have original issue discount. Holders of Notes with a de
minimis amount of original issue discount will generally include such
original issue discount in income, as capital gain, on a pro rata basis
as principal payments are made on the Notes.
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A Holder of Original Issue Discount Notes will be required to include
any qualified stated interest payments in income in accordance with the
Holder's method of accounting for federal income tax purposes. Holders
of Original Issue Discount Notes that mature more than one year from
their date of issuance will be required to include original issue
discount in income for federal income tax purposes as it accrues, in
accordance with a constant yield method based on a compounding of
interest, before the receipt of cash payments attributable to such
income. Under this method, Holders of Original Issue Discount Notes
generally will be required to include in income increasingly greater
amounts of original issue discount in successive accrual periods.
Under the OID Regulations, a Note that matures one year or less from
its date of issuance will be treated as a "short-term Original Issue
Discount Note." In general, a cash method Holder of a short-term
Original Issue Discount Note is not required to accrue original issue
discount for United States federal income tax purposes unless it elects
to do so. Holders who make such an election, Holders who report income
for federal income tax purposes on the accrual method and certain other
Holders, including banks and dealers in securities, are required to
include original issue discount in income on such short-term Original
Issue Discount Notes as it accrues on a straight-line basis, unless an
election is made to accrue the original issue discount according to a
constant yield method based on daily compounding. In the case of a
Holder who is not required and who does not elect to include original
issue discount in income currently, any gain realized on the sale,
exchange or retirement of the short-term Original Issue Discount Note
will be ordinary income to the extent of the original issue discount
accrued on a straight-line basis (or, if elected, according to a
constant yield method based on daily compounding) through the date of
sale, exchange or retirement. In addition, such Holders will be
required to defer deductions for any interest paid on indebtedness
incurred to purchase or carry short-term Original Issue Discount Notes
in an amount not exceeding the deferred interest income, until such
deferred interest income is recognized.
Under the OID Regulations, a Holder may make an election (the
"Constant Yield Election") to include in gross income all interest that
accrues on a Note (including stated interest, acquisition discount,
original issue discount, de minimis original issue discount, market
discount, de minimis market discount, and unstated interest, as
adjusted by any amortizable bond premium or acquisition premium) in
accordance with a constant yield method based on the compounding of
interest.
Certain of the Original Issue Discount Notes may be redeemed prior to
maturity. Original Issue Discount Notes containing such a feature may
be subject to rules that differ from the general rules discussed above.
Purchasers of Original Issue Discount Notes with such a feature should
carefully examine the applicable Pricing Supplement and should consult
their tax advisors with respect to such a feature since the tax
consequences with respect to original issue discount will depend, in
part, on the particular terms and the particular features of the
purchased Note.
The OID Regulations contain aggregation rules stating that in certain
circumstances if more than one type of Note is issued as part of the
same issuance of securities to a single Holder, some or all of such
Notes may be treated together as a single debt instrument with a single
issue price, maturity date, yield to maturity and stated redemption
price at maturity for purposes of calculating and accruing any original
issue discount. Unless otherwise provided in the related Pricing
Supplement, the Company does not expect to treat any of the Notes as
being subject to the aggregation rules for purposes of computing
original issue discount.
SALE, EXCHANGE OR RETIREMENT OF THE NOTES
Upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note, a Holder will
recognize taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the
amount realized on the sale, exchange or retirement and such Holder's
adjusted tax basis in the Note. For these purposes, the amount realized
does not include any amount attributable to accrued interest on the
Note. Amounts attributable to accrued interest are treated as interest
as described under "Payments of Interest" above. A Holder's adjusted
tax basis in a Note will equal the cost of the Note to such Holder,
increased by the amounts of any original issue discount previously
included in income by the Holder with respect to such Note and reduced
by any amortized premium and any principal payments received by the
Holder and, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Note, by the
amounts of any other payments that do not constitute qualified stated
interest (as defined above).
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Subject to the discussion under "Foreign Currency Notes" below, gain
or loss realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Note will be
capital gain or loss (except in the case of a short-term Original Issue
Discount Note, to the extent of any accrued original issue discount not
previously included in the Holder's taxable income), and will be long-
term capital gain or loss if at the time of sale, exchange or
retirement the Note has been held for more than one year. See "Original
Issue Discount Notes" above. The excess of net long-term capital gains
over net short-term capital losses is taxed at a lower rate than
ordinary income for certain non-corporate taxpayers. The distinction
between capital gain or loss and ordinary income or loss is also
relevant for purposes of, among other things, limitations on the
deductibility of capital losses.
If a Holder purchases a Note for an amount that is greater than the
amount payable at maturity, such Holder will be considered to have
purchased such Note with "amortizable bond premium" equal in amount to
such excess, and may elect (in accordance with applicable Code
provisions) to amortize such premium, using a constant yield method,
over the remaining term of the Note (where such Note is not optionally
redeemable prior to its maturity date). If such Note may be optionally
redeemed prior to maturity after the Holder has acquired it, the amount
of amortizable bond premium is determined with reference to the amount
payable on maturity or, if it results in a smaller premium attributable
to the period of earlier redemption date, with reference to the amount
payable on the earlier redemption date. A Holder who elects to amortize
bond premium must reduce his tax basis in the Note by the amount of the
premium amortized in any year. An election to amortize bond premium
applies to all taxable debt obligations then owned and thereafter
acquired by the taxpayer and may be revoked only with the consent of
the Internal Revenue Service.
If a Holder makes a Constant Yield Election for a Note with
amortizable bond premium such election will result in a deemed election
to amortize bond premium for all of the Holder's debt instruments with
amortizable bond premium and may be revoked only with the permission of
the Internal Revenue Service with respect to debt instruments acquired
after revocation.
FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTES
The following summary relates to Notes that are denominated in a
currency or currency unit other than the U.S. dollar ("Foreign Currency
Notes").
A Holder who uses the cash method of accounting and who receives a
payment of interest in a foreign currency with respect to a Foreign
Currency Note (or, in the case of a Foreign Currency Note which is an
Original Issue Discount Note, to the extent any qualified stated
interest is received) will be required to include in income the U.S.
dollar value of the foreign currency payment (determined on the date
such payment is received) regardless of whether the payment is in fact
converted to U.S. dollars at that time, and such U.S. dollar value will
be the Holder's tax basis in the foreign currency. A cash method Holder
who receives such a payment in U.S. dollars pursuant to an option
available under such Note will be required to include the amount of
such payment in income upon receipt.
To the extent the above paragraph is not applicable, a Holder will be
required to include in income the U.S. dollar value of the amount of
interest income (including original issue discount, but reduced by
amortizable bond premium to the extent applicable) that has accrued and
is otherwise required to be taken into account with respect to a
Foreign Currency Note during an accrual period. The U.S. dollar value
of such accrued income will be determined by translating such income at
the average rate of exchange for the accrual period or, with respect to
an accrual period that spans two taxable years, at the average rate for
the partial period within the taxable year. Such Holder will recognize
ordinary income or loss with respect to accrued interest income on the
date such income is actually received. The amount of ordinary income or
loss recognized will equal the difference between the U.S. dollar value
of the foreign currency payment received (determined on the date such
payment is received) in respect of such accrual period (or, where a
Holder receives U.S. dollars, the amount of such payment in respect of
such accrual period) and the U.S. dollar value of interest income that
has accrued during such accrual period (as determined above). A Holder
may elect to translate interest income (including original issue
discount) into U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the last day of the
interest accrual period (or, in the case of a partial accrual period,
the spot rate on the last day of the taxable year) or, if the date of
receipt is within five business days of the last day of the interest
accrual period, the spot rate on the date of receipt. A Holder that
makes such an election must apply it consistently to all debt
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instruments from year to year and cannot change the election without
the consent of the Internal Revenue Service.
Any loss realized on the sale, exchange or retirement of a Foreign
Currency Note with amortizable bond premium by a Holder who has not
elected to amortize such premium under Section 171 of the Code will be
a capital loss to the extent of such bond premium. If such an election
is made, amortizable bond premium taken into account on a current basis
shall reduce interest income in units of the relevant foreign currency.
Exchange gain or loss is realized on such amortized bond premium with
respect to any period by treating the bond premium amortized in such
period as a return of principal.
A Holder's tax basis in a Foreign Currency Note, and the amount of
any subsequent adjustment to such Holder's tax basis, will be the U.S.
dollar value of the foreign currency amount paid for such Foreign
Currency Note, or of the foreign currency amount of the adjustment,
determined on the date of such purchase or adjustment. A Holder who
purchases a Foreign Currency Note with previously owned foreign
currency will recognize ordinary income or loss in an amount equal to
the difference, if any, between such Holder's tax basis in the foreign
currency and the U.S. dollar fair market value of the Foreign Currency
Note on the date of purchase.
Gain or loss realized upon the sale, exchange or retirement of a
Foreign Currency Note that is attributable to fluctuations in currency
exchange rates will be ordinary income or loss which will not be
treated as interest income or expense. Gain or loss attributable to
fluctuations in exchange rates will equal the difference between (i)
the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency principal amount of such
Note, and any payment with respect to accrued interest, determined on
the date such payment is received or such Note is disposed of, and (ii)
the U.S. dollar value of the foreign currency principal amount of such
Note, determined on the date such Holder acquired such Note, and the
U.S. dollar value of the accrued interest received, determined by
translating such interest at the average exchange rate for the accrual
period. Such foreign currency gain or loss will be recognized only to
the extent of the total gain or loss realized by a Holder on the sale,
exchange or retirement of the Foreign Currency Note. The source of such
foreign currency gain or loss will be determined by reference to the
residence of the Holder or the "qualified business unit" of the Holder
on whose books the Note is properly reflected. Any gain or loss
realized by such a Holder in excess of such foreign currency gain or
loss will be capital gain or loss (except in the case of a short-term
Original Issue Discount Note, to the extent of any accrued original
issue discount not previously included in the Holder's income).
A Holder will have a tax basis in any foreign currency received on
the sale, exchange or retirement of a Foreign Currency Note equal to
the U.S. dollar value of such foreign currency, determined at the time
of such sale, exchange or retirement. Regulations issued under Section
988 of the Code provide a special rule for purchases and sales of
publicly traded Foreign Currency Notes by a cash method taxpayer under
which units of foreign currency paid or received are translated into
U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the settlement date of the purchase or
sale. Accordingly, no exchange gain or loss will result from currency
fluctuations between the trade date and the settlement of such a
purchase or sale. An accrual method taxpayer may elect the same
treatment required of cash-method taxpayers with respect to the
purchase and sale of publicly traded Foreign Currency Notes provided
the election is applied consistently. Such election cannot be changed
without the consent of the Internal Revenue Service. Any gain or loss
realized by a Holder on a sale or other disposition of foreign currency
(including its exchange for U.S. dollars or its use to purchase Foreign
Currency Notes) will be ordinary income or loss.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND INFORMATION REPORTING
Certain non-corporate Holders may be subject to backup withholding at
a rate of 31% on payments of principal, premium and interest (including
the accrual of original issue discount, if any) on, and the proceeds of
disposition of, a Note. Backup withholding will apply only if the
Holder (i) fails to furnish its Taxpayer Identification Number ("TIN")
which, for an individual, would be his Social Security number, (ii)
furnishes an incorrect TIN, (iii) is notified by the Internal Revenue
Service that it has failed to properly report payments of interest and
dividends or (iv) under certain circumstances, fails to certify, under
penalty of perjury, that it has furnished a correct TIN and has not
been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that it is subject to
backup withholding for failure to report interest and dividend
payments. Holders should consult their tax advisors
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regarding their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and
the procedure for obtaining such an exemption if applicable.
The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a Holder will
be allowed as a credit against such Holder's United States federal
income tax liability and may entitle such Holder to a refund, provided
that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue
Service.
FOREIGN CURRENCY RISKS
GENERAL
Exchange Rates and Exchange Controls. An investment in Notes that are
denominated in, or the payment of which is related to the value of, a
currency other than U.S. dollars entails significant risks that are not
associated with a similar investment in a security denominated in U.S.
dollars. Such risks include, without limitation, the possibility of
significant changes in rates of exchange between the U.S. dollar and
the various foreign currencies (or composite currencies) and the
possibility of the imposition or modification of foreign exchange
controls by either the U.S. or foreign governments. Such risks
generally depend on economic and political events over which the
Company has no control. In recent years, rates of exchange between the
U.S. dollar and certain foreign currencies have been highly volatile
and such volatility may be expected to continue in the future.
Fluctuations in any particular exchange rate that have occurred in the
past are not necessarily indicative, however, of fluctuations in the
rate that may occur during the term of any Note. Depending on the
specific terms of a currency linked Note, changes in exchange rates may
result in the decrease in its effective yield, and in certain
circumstances could result in a loss to the investor.
Governments have imposed from time to time and may in the future
impose exchange controls which could affect exchange rates as well as
the availability of a specified foreign currency at the time of payment
of principal of, (premium, if any) or interest on a note. Even if there
are no actual exchange controls, it is possible that the Specified
Currency for any particular Note would not be available at such Note's
maturity. In that event, the Company will repay in U.S. dollars on the
basis of the most recently available Exchange Rate. See "Description of
Notes-Payment of Principal and Interest."
THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND THE ATTACHED PROSPECTUS AND PRICING
SUPPLEMENT DO NOT DESCRIBE ALL THE RISKS OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE NOTES
DENOMINATED IN, OR THE PAYMENT OF WHICH IS RELATED TO THE VALUE OF, A
CURRENCY (OR A COMPOSITE CURRENCY) OTHER THAN U.S. DOLLARS AND THE
COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVISE PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS
OF SUCH RISKS AS THEY EXIST AT THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
OR AS SUCH RISKS MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS
SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN FINANCIAL AND LEGAL ADVISORS AS TO THE RISKS
ENTAILED BY AN INVESTMENT IN SUCH NOTES. SUCH NOTES ARE NOT AN
APPROPRIATE INVESTMENT FOR INVESTORS WHO ARE UNSOPHISTICATED WITH
RESPECT TO FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS.
Currently, there are limited facilities in the United States for
conversion of U.S. dollars into foreign currencies, and vice versa. In
addition, most banks do not currently offer non-U.S. dollar denominated
checking or savings account facilities in the United States.
Accordingly, payments on Notes made in a Specified Currency other than
U.S. dollars will be made from an account with a bank located in the
country issuing the Specified Currency (or, with respect to Notes
denominated in ECUs, Brussels, Belgium). See "Description of Notes-
Payment of Principal and Interest."
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement,
Notes denominated in other than U.S. dollar or ECUs will not be sold
in, or to residents of, the country issuing the Specified Currency in
which particular Notes are denominated. The information set forth in
this Prospectus Supplement is directed to prospective purchasers who
are United States residents, and the Company disclaims any
responsibility to advise prospective purchasers who are residents of
countries other than the United States with respect to any matters that
may affect the purchase, holding or receipt of payments of principal of
and interest on the Notes. Such persons should consult their own
financial and legal advisors with regard to such matters.
GOVERNING LAW AND JUDGMENTS
The Notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York. If an action based on the Notes were
commenced in a court in the United States, it is likely that such court
would
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grant judgment relating to the Notes only in U.S. dollars. It is not
clear, however, whether, in granting such judgment, the rate of
conversion into U.S. dollars would be determined with reference to the
date of default, the date judgment is rendered or some other date.
EXCHANGE RATE AND CONTROLS FOR SPECIFIED CURRENCIES
With respect to any Note denominated in, or the payment of which is
related to, the value of a foreign currency, the applicable Pricing
Supplement shall include information with respect to applicable current
exchange controls, if any, and historic exchange rate information on
such currency. The information therein will constitute a part of this
Prospectus Supplement and is furnished as a matter of information only
and should not be regarded as indicative of the range of or trends in
fluctuations in currency exchange rates that may occur in the future.
SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Distribution
Agreement, dated April 17, 1991, as amended (the "Distribution
Agreement"), the Notes are being offered on a continuing basis by the
Company through Goldman, Sachs & Co. or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
(the "Agents"), who have agreed to use reasonable efforts to solicit
purchases of the Notes. The Company will have the sole right to accept
offers to purchase Notes and may reject any proposed purchase of Notes
as a whole or in part. The Agents shall have the right, in their
discretion reasonably exercised, to reject any offer to purchase Notes,
as a whole or in part. The Company will pay the Agents a commission of
from .125% to .875% of the principal amount of Notes, depending upon
maturity, for sales made through them as Agents.
The Company may also sell Notes to the Agents as principals for their
own accounts at a discount to be agreed upon at the time of sale, or
the purchasing Agents may receive from the Company a commission or
discount equivalent to that set forth on the cover page hereof in the
case of any such principal transaction in which no other discount is
agreed. Such Notes may be resold at prevailing market prices, or at
prices related thereto, at the time of such resale, as determined by
the Agents. The Company reserves the right to sell Notes directly on
its own behalf. No commission will be payable on any Notes sold
directly by the Company. In addition, the Company may appoint
additional agents for the purpose of soliciting offers to purchase
Notes.
The Agents, as agents or principals, may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Act"). The Company has agreed to indemnify the Agents against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Act. The Company has
agreed to reimburse the Agents for certain expenses.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. have each in the
past performed various investment banking services for the Company and
may perform such services in the future.
Notes may also be sold at the price to the public set forth herein to
dealers who may resell to investors. Such dealers may be deemed to be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the Act.
The Notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading
market and will not be listed on any securities exchange. No assurance
can be given as to the existence or liquidity of the secondary market
for the Notes.
VALIDITY OF NOTES
The legality of the Notes will be passed upon for the Company by H.
M. Smith, Esq., Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of
the Company, and for the Agents by Davis Polk & Wardwell, 450 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York 10017. Mr. Smith beneficially owns 1,347
shares of Common Stock of the Company and has options to purchase 7,902
shares. Davis Polk & Wardwell will rely on the opinion of Mr. Smith
with respect to all matters of Missouri law. Davis Polk & Wardwell acts
as counsel to the Company from time to time with respect to various
matters.
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* INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A *
* REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE *
* SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR *
* MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT *
* BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR *
* THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE *
* SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE *
* UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS *
* OF ANY SUCH STATE. *
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 12, 1995
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
DEBT SECURITIES
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Emerson Electric Co. (the "Company") may offer and sell from time to
time its debt securities consisting of debentures, notes and/or other
unsecured evidences of indebtedness (the "Debt Securities") in one or
more series in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$1,000,000,000 (or, if the principal of the Debt Securities is payable
in a foreign or composite currency, the equivalent thereof at the time
of offering). The Debt Securities may be offered as separate series on
terms to be determined at the time of sale. The specific designation,
aggregate principal amount, denominations, maturity, premium, if any,
rate (which may be fixed or variable) and time of payment of any
interest, terms for any redemption at the option of the Company or the
holder, terms for any sinking fund payments, the initial public
offering price and the other terms in connection with the offering and
sale of the Debt Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is
being delivered will be set forth in an accompanying Prospectus
Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") and Pricing Supplement, if
any.
The Company may sell Debt Securities to or through underwriters or
dealers, and also may sell Debt Securities directly to other purchasers
or through agents. See "Plan of Distribution". The names of, and the
principal amounts, if any, to be purchased by underwriters or sold
through agents and the compensation of such underwriters or agents will
be set forth in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COM-
MISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus is September --, 1995.
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE
OFFERING MADE HEREBY, AND IF GIVEN OR MADE SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY
THE COMPANY OR BY ANY PERSON. NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONSTITUTES AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION
OF ANY OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED
IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION
TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION
IN SUCH JURISDICTION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER SHALL,
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN OR THEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE
DATE OF SUCH INFORMATION.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, with respect to the Debt Securities. This Prospectus
does not contain all the information set forth in the Registration
Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission. Copies of the Registration
Statement, with exhibits, are on file at the offices of the Commission
and may be obtained upon request from the Commission upon payment of
the prescribed fees.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with
the Commission.
Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by the
Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities
maintained by the Commission at its principal offices at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and at the Commission's regional
offices located at 500 West Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago,
Illinois 60601 and Seven World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New
York 10048. Copies of such material can be obtained from the Public
Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. In addition, copies of such
material and other information about the Company are available for
inspection at the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York,
New York and the Chicago Stock Exchange, 440 South LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company under the 1934 Act are
incorporated by reference herein:
1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
30, 1994.
2. Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended
December 31, 1994, March 31, 1995 and June 30, 1995.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus
and prior to the termination of the offering of the Debt Securities
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such document. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Prospectus.
The Company hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each
person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral
request of such person, a copy of any and all of the documents referred
to above which have been or may be incorporated by reference herein,
other than exhibits thereto (unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests for such
information should be directed to H. M. Smith, Assistant Secretary and
Assistant General Counsel, Emerson Electric Co., Station 2431, 8000
West Florissant Avenue, P. O. Box 4100, St. Louis, Missouri 63136,
telephone (314) 553-2431.
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THE COMPANY
The Company was founded in 1890 and has evolved into a diversified
manufacturing company with more than 40 separate operating divisions.
The Company is engaged principally in the design, manufacture and sale
of a broad range of electrical and electronic products and systems. The
principal executive offices of the Company are located at 8000 West
Florissant Avenue, P. O. Box 4100, St. Louis, Missouri 63136, and its
telephone number is (314) 553-2000.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement, the Company
intends to add the net proceeds from the sale of the Debt Securities to
its general funds, to be used for general corporate purposes, including
working capital, capital expenditures, and the repayment of short-term
borrowings. Prior to such application, the net proceeds may be invested
in short-term investments.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the ratios of earnings to fixed
charges of the Company for the periods indicated. For purposes of
computation of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist
of income before income taxes and cumulative effects of changes in
accounting principles plus the amount of fixed charges. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense and that portion of rental expense deemed
to represent interest.
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SEPTEMBER 30 TO FIXED CHARGES
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1991................................................................................. 7.1x
1992................................................................................. 8.6x
1993................................................................................. 7.5x
1994................................................................................. 11.0x
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description of the terms of the Debt Securities sets
forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities to
which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the
Debt Securities offered by any Prospectus Supplement (the "Offered Debt
Securities") and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions
may not apply to the Debt Securities so offered will be described in
the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered Debt Securities.
The Debt Securities are to be issued under an Indenture (the
"Indenture") between the Company and The Boatmen's National Bank of St.
Louis, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), a copy of which is filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement. The following summary of certain
provisions of the Debt Securities and the Indenture does not purport to
be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to, all the provisions of the Indenture, including the
definitions therein of certain terms. Whenever particular provisions or
defined terms in the Indenture are referred to herein, such provisions
or defined terms are incorporated by reference. Section references used
herein are references to the Indenture.
GENERAL
The Debt Securities will be unsecured obligations of the Company.
The Indenture does not limit the amount of Debt Securities that may
be issued thereunder or otherwise and provides that Debt Securities may
be issued thereunder from time to time in one or more series.
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Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
particular series of Offered Debt Securities offered thereby for the
following terms of the Offered Debt Securities: (i) the title of the
Offered Debt Securities; (ii) any limit on the aggregate principal
amount of the Offered Debt Securities; (iii) the price (expressed as a
percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which the
Offered Debt Securities will be issued; (iv) the date or dates on which
the Offered Debt Securities will mature; (v) the rate or rates (which
may be fixed or variable) per annum at which the Offered Debt
Securities will bear interest, if any; (vi) the date from which such
interest, if any, on the Offered Debt Securities will accrue, the dates
on which such interest, if any, will be payable, the date on which
payment of such interest, if any, will commence and the regular record
dates for such interest payment dates, if any; (vii) the dates, if any,
on which and the price or prices at which the Offered Debt Securities
will, pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund provisions, or may,
pursuant to any optional sinking fund provisions, be redeemed by the
Company, and the other detailed terms and provisions of any such
sinking fund; (viii) the date, if any, after which and the price or
prices at which the Offered Debt Securities may, pursuant to any
redemption provisions, be redeemed, and the other detailed terms and
provisions of such redemption; (ix) the application, if any, of any
defeasance provisions and other detailed terms and provisions relating
to such defeasance; (x) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
amount of Offered Debt Securities which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; (xi) any
additional restrictive covenants or other material terms relating to
the Offered Debt Securities; (xii) any additional Events of Default (as
specified in the Indenture) provided with respect to the Offered Debt
Securities; (xiii) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency (including
composite currencies) in which payment of principal of (and premium, if
any) and/or interest, if any, on the Offered Debt Securities shall be
payable; and (xiv) if the amount of payments of principal of (and
premium, if any) and/or interest, if any, on the Offered Debt
Securities may be determined with reference to an index based on a
currency (including composite currencies) other than the stated
currency of the Offered Debt Securities, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be payable,
and the Debt Securities will be transferable, at the principal
executive offices of the Company in St. Louis, at the office or agency
of the Company maintained for such purposes, which is The Boatmen's
National Bank of St. Louis, Corporate Trust Department, 510 Locust
Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101, or at such other places as the
Company may designate. Unless other arrangements are made, interest
will be paid by checks mailed to the Holders at their registered
addresses. (Sections 3.1 and 3.2)
Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto, the Debt Securities will be issued only in fully registered
form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 or any multiple
thereof. No service charge will be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of the Offered Debt Securities, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith. (Section 2.8)
Debt Securities may be issued under the Indenture as Original Issue
Discount Securities to be offered and sold at a substantial discount
below their stated principal amount. Federal income tax consequences
and other special considerations applicable to any such Original Issue
Discount Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto. "Original Issue Discount Security" means any security
which provides for the declaration of acceleration of the maturity of
an amount less than the principal amount thereof upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default and the continuation thereof. (Section 5.1)
Debt Securities may be issued, from time to time, with the principal
amount payable at maturity or the amount of interest payable on an
interest payment date, to be determined by reference to one or more
currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity indices or other
factors. Holders of such Debt Securities may receive a principal amount
at maturity or a payment of interest on an interest payment date with a
value that is greater than or less than the face amount of such Debt
Security or the amount of interest otherwise payable on such interest
payment date, as the case may be, depending upon the value at maturity
or on such interest payment date of the applicable currency, commodity,
equity index or other factor. Information as to the methods for
determining the principal amount payable at maturity or the amount of
interest payable on an interest payment date, as the case may be, the
currencies, commodities, equity indices or other factors to which the
principal amount payable at maturity or interest is linked and certain
additional tax considerations, if any, will be set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement.
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CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
Unless otherwise specified in a future supplemental indenture
relating to an individual issue of Debt Securities, the covenants
contained in the Indenture and the Debt Securities would not in all
likelihood afford holders of the Debt Securities protection in the
event of a highly leveraged or other transaction involving the Company
that may adversely affect Holders. If a future supplemental indenture
contains covenants to afford certain holders of the Debt Securities
protection in the event of a highly leveraged or similar transaction,
the Prospectus Supplement relating to such issue of Debt Securities (or
an applicable pricing supplement) will provide a brief description of
such protective covenants.
Limitations on Liens. The Indenture contains covenants providing
that, so long as any of the Debt Securities remains outstanding, the
Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary (as
defined below) to issue, assume or guarantee any debt for money
borrowed ("Debt") if such Debt is secured by a mortgage (as defined in
the Indenture) upon any manufacturing plant or manufacturing facility
owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary which is located
within the continental United States and, in the opinion of the Board
of Directors, is of material importance to the total business conducted
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a
"Principal Property") or upon any shares of stock or indebtedness of
any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property, shares of
stock or indebtedness were owned on the date of the Indenture or
thereafter acquired) without in any such case effectively and
concurrently providing that the Debt Securities will be secured equally
and ratably with such Debt, except that the foregoing restriction will
not apply to any Debt secured by: (i) mortgages on property, shares of
stock or indebtedness of any corporation existing at the time such
corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) mortgages on property
existing at the time of acquisition thereof and certain purchase money
mortgages; (iii) mortgages securing Debt owing by any Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; (iv)
mortgages existing at the date of the Indenture; (v) mortgages on
property of a corporation existing at the time such corporation is
merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties
of a corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (vi) mortgages on property of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United States, any
State thereof or any other country (or any political subdivision
thereof) to secure payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to
secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or
any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the
property subject to such mortgages; or (vii) any extension, renewal or
replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, or replacements), in
whole or in part, of any mortgage referred to in the foregoing
exceptions (i) through (vi).
A Restricted Subsidiary is defined as a direct or indirect subsidiary
of the Company substantially all of the property of which is located
within the continental United States and which owns any Principal
Property (except a subsidiary principally engaged in leasing or in
financing installment receivables or overseas operations).
Notwithstanding the above, the Indenture provides that the Company
and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may, without securing the Debt
Securities, issue, assume or guarantee secured Debt which would
otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions, provided that,
after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such secured Debt
then outstanding (not including secured Debt permitted under the
foregoing exceptions (i) through (vii)) does not exceed 10% of the
consolidated net tangible assets of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as shown on the consolidated financial statements of the
Company for its most recent fiscal quarter. (Section 3.6)
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Indenture contains
covenants prohibiting transactions involving the sale and leaseback
with any person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company) by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Principal Property
(whether owned on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired),
except for temporary leases with a term of not more than three years,
unless (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled
to issue, assume or guarantee Debt secured by the property involved at
least equal in amount to the Attributable Debt in respect of such
transaction without equally and ratably securing the Debt Securities,
provided that such Attributable Debt shall thereupon be deemed to be
Debt subject to the provisions of the limitation on liens in the
Indenture (Section
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3.6), or (b) the Company applies an amount in cash equal to such
Attributable Debt within 90 days of the effective date of any such
transaction to the retirement (other than any mandatory retirement or
payment at maturity) of long-term Debt of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary. Attributable Debt is defined as the present value
(discounted as provided in the Indenture using an interest rate which
is the weighted average yield to maturity of the Debt Securities
outstanding at the time of such transaction) of the obligation of a
lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of any lease
entered into in connection with such transaction. (Section 3.7)
Restrictions on Consolidation, Merger or Sale. The Indenture provides
that the Company will not consolidate or merge or sell or convey all or
substantially all its assets unless (a) the surviving corporation (if
other than the Company) is a domestic corporation and shall assume the
obligations of the Company on the Debt Securities and under the
Indenture and (b) immediately after giving effect to such transactions,
no default shall have happened. (Section 9.1)
DEFEASANCE
The Indenture provides, if such provision is made applicable to the
Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Indenture,
that the Company may elect either (a) to defease and be discharged from
any and all obligations with respect to such Debt Securities (except
for the obligations to register the transfer or exchange of such Debt
Securities, to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Debt Securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of
the Debt Securities and to hold moneys for payment in trust)
("defeasance") or (b) to be released from its obligations with respect
to such Debt Securities under Sections 3.6 and 3.7 of the Indenture
(being the restrictions described under "Certain Restrictions-
Limitations on Liens" and "Certain Restrictions-Limitation on Sale and
Leaseback Transactions," respectively) ("covenant defeasance"), upon
the deposit with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee), in trust
for such purpose, of money and/or U.S. Government Obligations which
through the payment of principal and interest in accordance with their
terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities,
and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, not later
than one day before the scheduled due dates therefor. Such a trust may
only be established if, among other things, the Company has delivered
to the Trustee an opinion of counsel (as specified in the Indenture) to
the effect that the Holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant
defeasance had not occurred. Such opinion, in the case of defeasance
under clause (a) above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the
Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable Federal income tax
law occurring after the date of the Indenture. The Prospectus
Supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting such
defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Debt Securities
of a particular series. (Sections 13.1, 13.2, 13.3 and 13.4)
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, NOTICE AND WAIVER
The Indenture provides that, if certain Events of Default specified
therein in respect of any series of Debt Securities shall have happened
and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series may
declare the principal, and accrued interest, if any, of all securities
of such series to be due and payable. If other specified Events of
Default shall have happened and be continuing, either the Trustee or
the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of all series may declare the principal, and accrued
interest, if any, of all the outstanding Debt Securities to be due and
payable. (Section 5.1)
Events of Default in respect of any series are defined in the
Indenture as being: default for 30 days in payment of any interest
installment when due; default in payment of principal of or premium, if
any, on, or any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with
respect to, Debt Securities of such series when due; unless stayed by
litigation, default for 90 days after notice to the Company by the
Trustee or by the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding
Debt Securities of such series in performance of any covenant in the
Indenture in respect of such series; and certain events of bankruptcy,
insolvency and reorganization. (Section 5.1)
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The Indenture provides that the Trustee will, within 90 days after
the occurrence of a default in respect of any series of Debt
Securities, give to the Holders of such series notice of all uncured
and unwaived defaults known to it; provided that, except in the case of
default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, or any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with
respect to, any of the Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee will
be protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines
that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders
of such series. The term "default" for the purpose of this provision
means the happening of any of the Events of Default specified above,
except that any grace period or notice requirement is eliminated.
(Section 5.11)
The Indenture contains provisions entitling the Trustee, subject to
the duty of the Trustee during an Event of Default in respect of any
series of Debt Securities to act with the required standard of care, to
be indemnified by the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series,
before proceeding to exercise any right or power under the Indenture at
the request of Holders of such series. (Article Six)
If any Event of Default has occurred, the Indenture provides that the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of
conducting proceedings for remedies available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, in respect of
such series. (Section 5.9)
The Indenture includes a covenant that the Company will file annually
with the Trustee a certificate as to compliance with conditions and
covenants (without regard to any grace period or notice requirement).
(Section 3.5)
In certain cases, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the outstanding Debt Securities of a series, on behalf of the Holders
of all Debt Securities of such series, or the Holders of a majority of
all outstanding Debt Securities voting as a single class, on behalf of
the Holders of all outstanding Debt Securities, may waive any past
default or Event of Default, or compliance with certain provisions of
the Indenture, except among other things a default not theretofore
cured in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if
any, on, or any sinking fund installment or analogous obligation with
respect to, any of the Debt Securities of such series. (Sections 5.1
and 5.10)
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT OF THE INDENTURE
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount
of the outstanding Debt Securities of the affected series, to execute
supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or modifying the
rights of the Holders of Debt Securities of such series, except that no
such supplemental indenture may, without the consent of the Holders of
all of the affected Debt Securities, among other things change the
maturity of any Debt Securities, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or any premium thereon or reduce the rate or extend the time
of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on
redemption thereof or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original
Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an
acceleration of the maturity thereof or the amount thereof provable in
bankruptcy, or impair or affect the right of any Holder of Debt
Securities to institute suit for the payment thereof or, if the Debt
Securities provide therefor, any right of repayment at the option of
the Holder, or reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities, the
consent of the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental
indenture. (Section 8.2)
REGARDING THE TRUSTEE
The Company currently has and anticipates that it will maintain lines
of credit, and have other customary banking relationships, with The
Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, the Trustee.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell Debt Securities to or through underwriters or
dealers, and also may sell Debt Securities directly to other purchasers
or through agents. Such firms may also act as agents in the sale of
Debt Securities. Only underwriters named in the Prospectus Supplement
are deemed to be underwriters in connection with the Debt Securities
offered thereby.
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The distribution of the Debt Securities may be effected from time to
time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may
be changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
In connection with the sale of Debt Securities, underwriters may
receive compensation from the Company or from purchasers of Debt
Securities for whom they may act as agents in the form of discounts,
concessions or commissions. Underwriters, dealers and agents that
participate in the distribution of Debt Securities may be deemed to be
underwriters and any discounts or commissions received by them and any
profit on the resale of Debt Securities by them may be deemed to be
underwriting discounts and commissions under the Act. Any such
underwriter or agent will be identified, and any such compensation will
be described, in the Prospectus Supplement.
Under agreements which may be entered into by the Company,
underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of
Debt Securities may be entitled to indemnification by the Company
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act, or to
contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers
or agents may be required to make in respect thereof.
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will
authorize dealers or other persons acting as the Company's agents to
solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Debt Securities from
the Company pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on
a future date. Institutions with which such contracts may be made
include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension
funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions
and others.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Emerson
Electric Co. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1994 and 1993, and
for each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1994
incorporated by reference herein, have been incorporated herein in
reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent
certified public accountants, incorporated elsewhere herein, and upon
the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT OR THE PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED. THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY
PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE PROSPECTUS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO
SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN
THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND ANY PRICING
SUPPLEMENT OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY
SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS
UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION.
NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, ANY PRICING SUPPLEMENT AND THE
PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN OR THEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF
SUCH INFORMATION.
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Description of Notes............................................. S- 2
United States Taxation........................................... S-12
Foreign Currency Risks........................................... S-17
Supplemental Plan of Distribution................................ S-18
Validity of Notes................................................ S-18
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Available Information............................................ 2
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.......................... 2
The Company...................................................... 3
Use of Proceeds.................................................. 3
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges............................... 3
Description of Debt Securities................................... 3
Plan of Distribution............................................. 7
Experts.......................................................... 8
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$1,000,000,000
[Emerson Logo]
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
SEPTEMBER --, 1995
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GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
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The expenses payable in connection with the distribution of the
securities being offering hereby are estimated as follows:
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SEC filing fee.............................................................................. $229,978
Printing and engraving expenses............................................................. 15,000
Accounting fees and expenses................................................................ 5,000
Legal fees and expenses..................................................................... 70,000
Blue Sky filing fees and expenses........................................................... 5,000
Trustee's fees and expenses................................................................. 5,000
Rating agency fees.......................................................................... 150,000
Miscellaneous............................................................................... 5,022
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Total..................................................................................... $485,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 351.355(1) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri provides that
a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation in any action, suit or proceeding other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 351.355(2) provides
that the corporation may indemnify any such person in any action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and settlement amounts actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the
action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that he may not be indemnified in respect of any
matter in which he has been adjudged liable for negligence or
misconduct, unless authorized by the court. Section 351.355(3) provides
that a corporation shall indemnify any such person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he has been
successful in defense of such action, suit or proceeding and if such
action, suit or proceeding is one for which the corporation may
indemnify him under Section 351.355(1) or (2). Section 351.355(7)
provides that a corporation shall have the power to give any further
indemnity to any such person, in addition to the indemnity otherwise
authorized under Section 351.355, provided such further indemnity is
either (i) authorized, directed or provided for in the articles of
incorporation of the corporation or any duly adopted amendment thereof
or (ii) is authorized, directed or provided for in any bylaw or
agreement of the corporation which has been adopted by a vote of the
shareholders of the corporation, provided that no such indemnity shall
indemnify any person from or on account of such person's conduct which
was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately
dishonest or willful misconduct.
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on February 10, 1987, the
stockholders adopted indemnification agreements with the directors of
the Company and amendments of the bylaws of the Company which
incorporate indemnity provisions permitted by Section 351.355(7)
described above. The agreements and amended bylaws provide that the
Company will indemnify its directors and officers against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts,
paid or incurred in any action or proceeding, including any action by
or on behalf of the Company, on account of their service as a director
or officer of the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any other
company or enterprise when they are serving in such capacities at the
request of the Company, excepting only cases where (i) the conduct of
such person is adjudged to be knowingly fraudulent, deliberately
dishonest or willful misconduct, (ii) a final court adjudication shall
determine that such indemnification is not lawful, (iii) judgment is
rendered against such
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person for an accounting of profits made from a purchase or sale of
securities of the Company in violation of Section 16(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or of any similar statutory law or (iv)
any remuneration paid to such person is adjudicated to have been paid
in violation of law. Such person shall be indemnified only to the
extent that the aggregate of losses to be indemnified exceeds the
amount of such losses for which the director or officer is insured
pursuant to any directors or officers liability insurance policy
maintained by the Company.
The directors and officers of the Company are insured under a policy
of directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Reference is made to the form of Underwriting Agreement filed or
incorporated by reference as Exhibit 1.1 and form of Distribution
Agreement filed or incorporated by reference as Exhibit 1.2 with
respect to indemnification of the Company, its directors and certain
officers by the Underwriter or by an agent, as the case may be.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933:
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(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 information required to be included in the post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 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
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
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be
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deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers 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 Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the County of St. Louis,
State of Missouri, on September 11, 1995.
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
By: /s/ W. J. GALVIN
..............................................
W. J. Galvin
Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Accounting Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints W. J. Galvin, W. W. Withers and H. M. Smith, and each of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the
following persons in the capacities indicated on September 11, 1995.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
--------- -----
<S> <C>
/s/ C. F. KNIGHT Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and
----------------------------------------------------------- Director
C. F. Knight
/s/ W. J. GALVIN Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and
----------------------------------------------------------- Chief Accounting Officer
W. J. Galvin
/s/ L. L. BROWNING, JR. Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
L. L. Browning, Jr.
/s/ A. A. BUSCH, III Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
A. A. Busch, III
/s/ D. C. FARRELL Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
D. C. Farrell
/s/ J. A. FRATES Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
J. A. Frates
/s/ R. B. HORTON Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
R. B. Horton
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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE
--------- -----
<S> <C>
----------------------------------------------------------- Director
G. A. Lodge
/s/ V. R. LOUCKS, JR. Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
V. R. Loucks, Jr.
/s/ R. B. LOYND Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
R. B. Loynd
/s/ R. L. RIDGWAY Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
R. L. Ridgway
/s/ R. W. STALEY Vice Chairman and Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
R. W. Staley
/s/ A. E. SUTER Senior Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
----------------------------------------------------------- and Director
A. E. Suter
/s/ W. M. VAN CLEVE Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
W. M. Van Cleve
/s/ E. E. WHITACRE, JR. Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
E. E. Whitacre, Jr.
/s/ E. F. WILLIAMS, JR. Director
-----------------------------------------------------------
E. F. Williams, Jr.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT INDEX
<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER PAGE DESCRIPTION
------- ---- -----------
<C> <S> <C>
<F*>1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
<F*>1.2 Form of Distribution Agreement
4.1 Indenture dated as of April 17, 1991 between the Company and The Boatmen's
National Bank of St. Louis, as Trustee
<F**>4.2 Forms of Debt Securities (U.S. Dollar Denominated Issues)
<F***>4.3 Form of Debt Security (Foreign Currency Denominated Issue)
<F****>4.4 Form of Debt Securities (Medium Term Note Series)
5 Opinion of H. M. Smith, Esq.
12 Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges
23.1 Consent of H. M. Smith, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
24 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
25 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of Trustee on Form T-1
<FN>
-----
<F*>Exhibit of same number to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration No. 33-11895 is incorporated by reference herein.
<F**>Exhibit of same number to Registration No. 2-93298 is incorporated
by reference herein.
<F***>Exhibit of same number to Registration No. 33-11895 is incorporated
by reference herein.
<F****>Exhibit Number 4.2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration No. 33-11895 is incorporated by reference herein.
</TABLE>
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Emerson Electric Co.
AND
The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of April 17, 1991
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CROSS REFERENCE SHEET<F*>
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Between
Provisions of Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended by the Trust
Indenture Reform Act of 1990 and Indenture to be dated as of April 17, 1991
between Emerson Electric Co., Issuer, and The Boatmen's National Bank of
St. Louis, Trustee:
Section of the Act Section of Indenture
--------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
310(a)(1) and (2)...................... 6.9
310(a)(3) and (4)...................... Inapplicable
310(b)................................. 6.8 and 6.10(a), (b) and (d)
310(c)................................. Inapplicable
311(a)................................. 6.13
311(b)................................. 6.13
311(c)................................. Inapplicable
312(a)................................. 4.1 and 4.2(a)
312(b)................................. 4.2(a) and (b)
312(c)................................. 4.2(c)
313(a)................................. 4.4(a)
313(b)(1).............................. Inapplicable
313(b)(2).............................. 4.4
313(c)................................. 4.4
313(d)................................. 4.4
314(a)................................. 4.3
314(b)................................. Inapplicable
314(c)(1) and (2)...................... 11.5
314(c)(3).............................. Inapplicable
314(d)................................. Inapplicable
314(e)................................. 11.5
314(f)................................. Inapplicable
315(a), (c) and (d).................... 6.1
315(b)................................. 5.11
315(e)................................. 5.12
316(a)(1).............................. 5.9
316(a)(2).............................. Not required
316(a) (last sentence)................. 7.4
316(b)................................. 5.7
317(a)................................. 5.2
317(b)................................. 3.4(a) and (b)
318(a)................................. 11.7
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[FN]
<F*>This Cross Reference Sheet in not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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PARTIES.................................................................. 8
RECITALS
Authorization of Indenture........................................... 8
Compliance with Legal Requirements................................... 8
Purpose of and Consideration for Indenture........................... 8
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Certain Terms Defined...................................... 8
Board of Directors......................................... 8
Business Day............................................... 8
Commission................................................. 9
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets........................... 9
Corporate Trust Office..................................... 9
Depositary................................................. 9
ECU........................................................ 9
Event of Default........................................... 9
Global Security............................................ 9
Holder, holder of securities,
Securityholder........................................... 9
Indenture.................................................. 9
Interest................................................... 9
Issuer..................................................... 9
Officers' Certificate...................................... 9
Opinion of Counsel......................................... 10
Original issue date........................................ 10
Original Issue Discount Security........................... 10
Outstanding................................................ 10
Person..................................................... 10
principal.................................................. 10
Principal Property......................................... 11
Responsible Officer........................................ 11
Restricted Subsidiary...................................... 11
Security or Securities..................................... 11
Subsidiary................................................. 11
Trustee.................................................... 11
Trust Indenture Act........................................ 11
vice president............................................. 11
Yield to Maturity.......................................... 11
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1. Forms Generally......................................... 12
SECTION 2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication......... 12
SECTION 2.3. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.................... 12
SECTION 2.4. Authentication and Delivery of Securities............... 14
SECTION 2.5. Execution of Securities................................. 15
SECTION 2.6. Certificate of Authentication........................... 16
SECTION 2.7. Denomination and Date of
Securities; Payments of Interest........................ 16
SECTION 2.8. Registration, Transfer and Exchange..................... 17
SECTION 2.9. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities................................... 19
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation of Securities;
Destruction Thereof..................................... 19
SECTION 2.11. Temporary Securities.................................... 20
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1. Payment of Principal and Interest....................... 20
SECTION 3.2. Offices for Payments, etc............................... 20
SECTION 3.3. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in
Office of Trustee....................................... 21
SECTION 3.4. Paying Agents........................................... 21
SECTION 3.5. Written Statement to Trustee............................ 22
SECTION 3.6. Limitation on Liens..................................... 22
SECTION 3.7. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back....................... 23
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information
as to Names and Addresses of Securityholders........... 24
SECTION 4.2. Preservation and Disclosure of
Securityholders' Lists................................. 24
SECTION 4.3. Reports by the Issuer.................................. 24
SECTION 4.4. Reports by the Trustee................................. 25
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1. Event of Default Defined; Acceleration
of Maturity; Waiver of Default......................... 25
SECTION 5.2. Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee;
Trustee May Prove Debt................................. 28
SECTION 5.3. Application of Proceeds................................ 29
SECTION 5.4. Suits for Enforcement.................................. 30
SECTION 5.5. Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings.... 30
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SECTION 5.6. Limitations on Suits by Securityholders................ 30
SECTION 5.7. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute
Certain Suits.......................................... 31
SECTION 5.8. Powers and Remedies Cumulative;
Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default................ 31
SECTION 5.9. Control by Securityholders............................. 31
SECTION 5.10. Waiver of Past Defaults................................ 32
SECTION 5.11. Trustee to Give Notice of Default,
But May Withhold in Certain Circumstances.............. 32
SECTION 5.12. Right of Court to Require Filing
of Undertaking to Pay Costs............................ 33
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1. Duties and Responsibilities of the
Trustee; During Default; Prior to
Default................................................ 33
SECTION 6.2. Certain Rights of the Trustee ......................... 34
SECTION 6.3. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals,
Disposition of Securities or
Application of Proceeds Thereof........................ 35
SECTION 6.4. Trustee and Agents May Hold
Securities; Collections, etc........................... 35
SECTION 6.5. Moneys Held by Trustee................................. 35
SECTION 6.6. Compensation and Indemnification
of Trustee and Its Prior Claim......................... 36
SECTION 6.7. Right of Trustee to Rely on
Officers' Certificate, etc............................. 36
SECTION 6.8. Conflicting Interests.................................. 36
SECTION 6.9. Persons Eligible for Appointment
as Trustee............................................. 36
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor Trustee................................... 37
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor Trustee...................................... 38
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business of Trustee...................... 39
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Issuer..................................... 39
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1. Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders........... 39
SECTION 7.2. Proof of Execution of Instruments and
of Holding of Securities.............................. 40
SECTION 7.3. Holders to Be Treated as Owners....................... 40
SECTION 7.4. Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not
Outstanding........................................... 40
SECTION 7.5. Right of Revocation of Action Taken................... 41
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ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Securityholders............................ 41
SECTION 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent
of Securityholders.................................... 43
SECTION 8.3. Effect of Supplemental Indenture...................... 43
SECTION 8.4. Documents to Be Given to Trustee...................... 44
SECTION 8.5. Notation on Securities in Respect of
Supplemental Indentures............................... 44
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1. Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on
Certain Terms......................................... 44
SECTION 9.2. Successor Corporation Substituted..................... 44
SECTION 9.3. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee......................... 45
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture............... 45
SECTION 10.2. Application by Trustee of Funds
Deposited for Payment of Securities................... 46
SECTION 10.3. Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.............. 46
SECTION 10.4. Return of Moneys Held By Trustee and
Paying Agent Unclaimed for Three Years................ 46
ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers
and Directors of Issuer Exempt from
Individual Liability..................................... 47
SECTION 11.2. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole
Benefit of Parties and Security-holders.................. 47
SECTION 11.3. Successors and Assigns of Issuer
Bound by Indenture....................................... 47
SECTION 11.4. Notices and Demands on Issuer,
Trustee and Securityholders.............................. 47
SECTION 11.5. Officers' Certificates and Opinions
of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein........... 48
SECTION 11.6. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays
and Holidays............................................. 49
SECTION 11.7. Conflict of Any Provision of
Indenture with Trust Indenture Act....................... 49
SECTION 11.8. New York Law to Govern................................... 49
SECTION 11.9. Counterparts............................................. 49
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SECTION 11.10. Effect of Headings...................................... 49
SECTION 11.11. Securities in a Foreign Currency........................ 49
SECTION 11.12. Judgment Currency....................................... 50
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1. Applicability of Article.............................. 50
SECTION 12.2. Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions............. 50
SECTION 12.3. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption........... 51
SECTION 12.4. Exclusion of Certain Securities from
Eligibility for Selection for Redemption.............. 52
SECTION 12.5. Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.................. 52
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE
SECTION 13.1. Applicability of Article: Issuer's
Option to Effect Defeasance.......................... 54
SECTION 13.2. Defeasance and Discharge............................. 54
SECTION 13.3. Covenant Defeasance.................................. 55
SECTION 13.4. Conditions to Defeasance............................. 55
TESTIMONIUM........................................................... 57
SIGNATURES............................................................ 57
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS....................................................... 58
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of April 17, 1991 between Emerson Electric
Co., a Missouri corporation (the "Issuer"), and The Boatmen's National Bank of
St. Louis, a national banking association (the "Trustee"),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time of
its unsecured debentures, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to be
issued in one or more series (the "Securities") up to such principal amount or
amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and to provide, among other things, for the authentication,
delivery and administration thereof, the Issuer has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture
and agreement according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities
by the holders thereof, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of
the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires)
for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms
used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or the
definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the Trust
Indenture Act, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities
Act of 1933 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the
date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly
defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, and the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" means such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the time of any computation. The words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer
or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Business Day" means, with respect to any Security, a day that in the
city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable,
as specified in the form of such Security, is not a day on which banking
institutions are authorized by law or regulation to close.
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"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 and delivery of this Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the aggregate amount of
assets after deducting therefrom (a) all current liabilities (excluding
liabilities which could be classified as long-term debt in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles) and (b) all goodwill, trade names,
trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and deferred charges
(other than prepaid items such as insurance, taxes, interest, commissions,
rents and similar items and tangible assets being amortized), all as set forth
on the most recent quarterly consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its
consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be
administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated,
located at 510 Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.3 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include
each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with respect to the Securities
of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of
that series.
"ECU" means European Currency Unit.
"Event of Default" means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 5.1.
"Global Security" means a Security evidencing all or a part of a
series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance
with Section 2.4, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.4.
"Holder", "holder of Securities", "Securityholder" or other similar
terms mean the registered holder of any Security.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and delivered
or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or
supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Interest" means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing
Securities, interest payable after maturity.
"Issuer" means (except as otherwise provided in Article Six) Emerson
Electric Co., a Missouri corporation, and, subject to Article Nine, its
successors and assigns.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the chairman of
the Board of Directors or any vice chairman of the Board of Directors or the
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president or any vice president and by the treasurer or the secretary or any
assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 11.5.
"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements
provided for in Section 11.5, if and to the extent required hereby.
"Original issue date" of any Security (or portion thereof) means the
earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or
portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly)
on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Outstanding" (except as otherwise provided in Section 6.8), when used
with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.4,
mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee under this Indenture, except
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of
which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust
with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall
have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the
holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying
agent); provided that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall
have been given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the
Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have
been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant
to the terms of Section 2.9 (except with respect to any such Security as to
which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is
held by a person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Issuer).
In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount
of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"principal" whenever used with reference to the Securities or any
Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include "and premium, if
any".
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"Principal Property" shall mean any manufacturing plant or
manufacturing facility owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which
is located within the continental United States and, in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, is of material importance to the total business conducted
by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman of the Board of Directors, any vice chairman of the board of
directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the chairman of the executive
committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the president, any
vice president, the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any senior trust
officer, any trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant
cashier, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer
or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary (i) substantially
all the property of which is located within the continental United States of
America and (ii) which owns any Principal Property; provided, however, that the
term "Restricted Subsidiary" shall not include any Subsidiary which is
principally engaged in leasing or in financing instalment receivables or which
is principally engaged in financing the Issuer's operations outside the
continental United States of America.
"Security" or "Securities" (except as otherwise provided in
Section 6.8) has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or,
as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
"Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation of which stock having by the
terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect at least a majority of the board
of directors of said corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of
any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting
power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or
indirectly owned by the Issuer or by the Issuer and one or more Subsidiaries or
by one or more Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person identified as "Trustee" in the first
paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall also
include any successor trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" (except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.1
and 8.2) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended by the Trust
Indenture Reform Act of 1990 and in force at the date as of which this
Indenture was originally executed.
"vice president" when used with respect to the Issuer 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 of "vice president".
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
Securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be
substantially in such form (including global form) (not inconsistent with this
Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board
of Directors or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or
otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with
any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities
exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities.
If any Security of a series is issuable in the form of a Global
Security or Securities, each such Global Security may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee and in
such manner as shall be specified on such Global Security. Any instructions
by the Issuer with respect to a Global Security, after its initial issuance,
shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 11.5.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraven
on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
SECTION 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series described in the
within-mentioned Indenture of Trust.
The Boatmen's National Bank
of St. Louis
as Trustee
By
-------------------------
Authorized Officer
SECTION 2.3 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate
principal amount of securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and set
forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
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(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other 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 Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 5.3, 8.5 or 12.3);
(3) the date or dates 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 shall be determined, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment
dates on which such interest shall be payable and the record dates for the
determination of Holders to whom interest is payable;
(5) the place or places where the principal and any interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than as provided in
Section 3.2);
(6) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which
and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, pursuant to any
sinking fund or otherwise;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at
which and the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid,
in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof,
the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.1
or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.2;
(10) the application, if any, of Section 13.2 or 13.3 to the
Securities of the series;
(11) any authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or
registrars, if other than the Trustee, or any other agents with respect to
the Securities of such series;
(12) the coin or currency in which the Securities of that series
are denominated and, if other than the coin or currency in which the
Securities of that series are denominated, the coin or currency in which
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, on
the Securities of such series shall be payable;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index based on a coin or currency other than that in
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which the Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which
such amounts shall be determined;
(14) whether the Securities of such series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case,
the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities and whether
beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Securities may exchange
such interests for other Securities of such series in the manner provided
in Section 2.8, and the manner and the circumstances under which and the
place or places where any such exchanges may occur if other than in the
manner provided in Section 2.8, and any other terms of the series relating
to the global nature of the Securities of such series and the exchange,
registration or transfer thereof and the payment of any principal thereof,
or interest or premium, if any, thereon; and
(15) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
References herein to coin or currency shall include ECUs, unless
otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires.
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or
pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto.
SECTION 2.4 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. At any time
and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to the
Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver such Securities to or upon the written order of the Issuer, signed by
both (a) the chairman of its Board of Directors, or any vice chairman of its
Board of Directors, or its president or any vice president and (b) by its
treasurer or any assistant treasurer, without any further action by the Issuer.
If any Security of a series shall be represented by a Global Security, then,
for purposes of this Section and Section 2.11, the notation of the record
owner's interest therein upon original issuance of such Security shall be
deemed to be delivery in connection with the original issuance of each
beneficial owner's interest in such Global Security. 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 Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(1) a certified copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors authorizing the action taken pursuant to the resolution or
resolutions delivered under clause (2) below;
(2) a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors
relating to such series, in each case certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(3) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;
(4) an Officers' Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the
Securities as required pursuant to Section 2.1 and 2.3, respectively and
prepared in accordance with Section 11.5; and
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(5) an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Section 11.5,
which shall state
(a) if the form or forms of such Securities have been established by
or pursuant to a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or by a
supplemental indenture as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form or forms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to a resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or by a
supplemental indenture as permitted by Section 2.3, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject
to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; and
(d) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Section 2.3 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall,
in accordance with this Section and the authentication order of the Issuer with
respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities
in temporary or permanent form that shall (i) represent and be denominated in
an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series to be represented by one or more Global Securities,
(ii) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) be delivered by the Trustee
to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction; and (iv) bear
a legend substantially to the following effect: "Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, this Security
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of any successor Depositary."
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 2.3 for a Global
Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all
times while it serves as a Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable
statute or regulation.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and
deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer or
if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of trustees,
executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or
Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders or would affect the Trustee's rights,
duties or immunities under the Securities or this Indenture.
SECTION 2.5 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed
on behalf of the Issuer by both (a) the chairman of its Board of Directors or
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any vice chairman of its Board of Directors or its president or any vice
president and (b) by its treasurer or any assistant treasurer or its secretary
or any assistant secretary, under its corporate seal which may, but need not,
be attested. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the
present or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer may be in the form
of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects
in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the
Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed shall
be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Issuer,
such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as
though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of
the Issuer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the
proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of the execution and
delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
SECTION 2.6 Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as
shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of
its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon
any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.7 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest.
The Securities shall be issuable as registered securities without coupons and
in denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.3. In the
absence of any such specification with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and
any multiple thereof. The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of
the Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as
evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall
bear interest, if any, from the date and shall be payable on the dates, in each
case, which shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.3.
The person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at
the close of business on any record date applicable to a particular series
with respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled to
receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment date
notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the
record date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the
extent the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest due on such
interest payment date for such series, in which case such defaulted interest
shall be paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such
series are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date
(which shall be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment
of such defaulted interest) established by notice given by mail by or on behalf
of the Issuer to the holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such
subsequent record date. The term "record date" as used with respect to any
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interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall
mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of any
particular series, or, if no such date is so specified, if such interest
payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of the
next preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the
fifteenth day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar month,
whether or not such record date is a Business Day.
SECTION 2.8 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. With respect to each
series of Securities, the Issuer will cause to be kept at each office or agency
to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.2 a register or
registers in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
and it will provide for the registration and transfer thereof as in this
Article provided. Such register shall be in written form in the English
language or in any other form capable of being converted into such form within
a reasonable time. In the event that such registers are not maintained by the
Trustee, at all reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of
any series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as
provided in Section 3.2, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new
Security or Securities of the same series in authorized denominations for a
like aggregate principal amount.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until
it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, a Global
Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of
such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or
another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to
a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
Any Security or Securities of any series (other than a Global
Security, except as set forth herein) may be exchanged for a Security or
Securities of the same series in other authorized denominations, in an equal
aggregate principal amount. Securities of any series to be exchanged shall be
surrendered at any office or agency to be maintained by the Issuer for the
purpose as provided in Section 3.2, and the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Security or
Securities of the same series which the Securityholder making the exchange
shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies
the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities
of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.4, the Issuer shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series.
If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by
the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes
aware of such ineligibility, the Issuer's election pursuant to Section 2.3(14)
shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and
the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an order of the
Issuer for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive
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form in the aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or
Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an order of the Issuer for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities
of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series
in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may
surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole
or in part for the Securities of such series in definitive form on such terms
as are acceptable to Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service
charge:
(1) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(2) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal
to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered
Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities delivered
to Holders thereof.
Upon the exchange of the Global Security for Securities in definitive
form, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary
for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall
deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange,
redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer) be duly endorsed by,
or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security registrar duly executed by, the
holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange
or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for
any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of
(a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the
date of selection of Securities of such series to be redeemed, or (b) any
Securities selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case
of any Security where public notice has been given that such Security is to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
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All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
SECTION 2.9 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or
be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and
upon the written request of any officer of the Issuer, the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and substitution for the Security
so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substitute
Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the
fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Security
which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in
full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the
payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish
to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them
harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall
also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is
destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation
of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be
at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
(but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such
series duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law,
the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall
preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or
statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
SECTION 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to any series of Securities, all
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange, or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or
analogous fund, if surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered
to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in
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lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy cancelled Securities held by it and
deliver a certificate of destruction to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall
acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of a
permanent Global Security or Securities or definitive Securities for any
series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
temporary Securities for such series or one or more temporary Global Securities
(printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in
form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be
issuable as registered Securities without coupons, of any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities or
permanent Global Security, as the case may be, of such series but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the
Trustee. Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of
this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be
executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the issuer shall execute and
shall furnish a permanent Global Security or Securities or definitive
Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series may
be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to
be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.2, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary
Securities of such series a like aggregate principal amount of permanent global
securities or definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series
shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as permanent global
securities or definitive Securities of such series.
ARTICLE THREE
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
SECTION 3.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer covenants
and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and
punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest on, each of
the Securities of such series at the place or places, at the respective times
and in the manner provided in such Securities. Each instalment of interest on
the Securities of any series may be paid by mailing checks for such interest
payable to or upon the written order of the holders of Securities entitled
thereto as they shall appear on the registry books of the Issuer.
The interest, if any, due in respect of any Global Security, together
with any additional amounts payable in respect thereof, as provided in the
terms and conditions of the Securities represented thereby, shall be payable
only upon presentation of such Global Security to the Trustee for notation
thereon of the payment of such interest.
SECTION 3.2 Offices for Payments, etc. So long as any of the
Securities remain outstanding, the Issuer will maintain the following for each
series: an office or agency (a) where the Securities may be presented for
payment, (b) where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer
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and for exchange as in this Indenture provided and (c) where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture
may be served. The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof.
Unless otherwise specified in accordance with Section 2.3, the Issuer hereby
appoints the Trustee as paying agent and registrar and designates the Corporate
Trust Office of The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, 510 Locust Street,
St. Louis, Missouri 63101, as the office to be maintained by it for each such
purpose. In case the Issuer shall fail to so designate or maintain any such
office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or any
change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and
notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 3.3 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The
Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee,
will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there
shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Securities
hereunder.
SECTION 3.4 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying
agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, it
will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
(whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or by any other
obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of the
holders of the Securities of such series or of the Trustee, and
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer
(or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any
payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
when the same shall be due and payable.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or
interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the
Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal
of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside, segregate and hold
in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities of such series a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer
may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with
respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or for any other
reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any
such series by the Issuer or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this
Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
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Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the
agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.3 and 10.4.
SECTION 3.5 Written Statement to Trustee. The Issuer will deliver to
the Trustee on or before May 1 in each year, a brief certificate from its
principal executive, accounting or financial officer (which need not comply
with Section 11.5), as to his or her knowledge of the Issuer's compliance with
all conditions and covenants in this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture).
SECTION 3.6 Limitation on Liens. (a) So long as the Securities of any
series are outstanding, the Issuer will not, nor will it permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any debt for money borrowed
(hereinafter in this Article Three referred to as "Debt"), secured by a
mortgage, security interest, pledge, lien or other encumbrance (mortgages,
security interests, pledges, liens and other encumbrances being hereinafter
called "mortgage" or "mortgages") upon any Principal Property of the Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary or upon any shares of stock or indebtedness of any
Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property, shares of stock or
indebtedness are now owned or hereafter acquired) without in any such case
effectively providing concurrently with the issuance, assumption or guaranty of
any such Debt that the Securities (together with, if the Issuer shall so
determine, any other indebtedness of or guaranteed by the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary ranking equally with the Securities and then existing or
thereafter created) shall be secured equally and ratably with such Debt;
provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to Debt
secured by
(i) mortgages on property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any
corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(ii) mortgages on property existing at the time of acquisition of
such property by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, or mortgages to
secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such
property upon the acquisition of such property by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary or to secure any Debt incurred prior to, at the time
of, or within 120 days after, the acquisition of such property for the
purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof, or
mortgages to secure any Debt incurred for the purpose of financing all or
any part of the cost to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of
improvements to such acquired property;
(iii) mortgages securing Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to
the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) mortgages existing at the date as of which this Indenture is
executed;
(v) mortgages on property of a corporation existing at the time
such corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition
of the properties of a corporation as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) mortgages on property owned by the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America or any State thereof,
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or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of
the United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other
country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure partial, progress,
advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure
any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to
such mortgages; or
(vii) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive
extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any mortgage
referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) to (vi), inclusive; provided,
however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed
the principal amount of Debt secured at the time of such extension, renewal
or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be
limited to all or a part of the property which secured the mortgage so
extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property).
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.6 the
Issuer and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, assume or
guarantee Debt secured by a mortgage which would otherwise be subject to the
foregoing restrictions in an aggregate amount which, together with all other
Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries which (if originally issued,
assumed or guaranteed at such time) would otherwise be subject to the foregoing
restrictions (not including Debt permitted to be secured under clauses (i)
through (vii) above), does not at the time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets.
SECTION 3.7 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back. So long as the
Securities of any series are outstanding, the Issuer will not, nor will it
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any person
providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Principal Property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary whether
such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter acquired (except for
temporary leases for a term of not more than three years and except for leases
between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted
Subsidiaries), which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to such person, unless
(a) the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.6, to issue, assume or guarantee Debt
secured by a mortgage upon such property at least equal in amount to the
Attributable Debt in respect of such arrangement without equally and ratably
securing the Securities; provided, however, that from and after the date on
which such arrangement becomes effective the Attributable Debt in respect of
such arrangement shall be deemed for all purposes under Sections 3.6 and 3.7 to
be Debt subject to the provisions of Section 3.6; or
(b) the Issuer shall apply an amount in cash equal to the Attributable
Debt in respect of such arrangement to the retirement (other than any mandatory
retirement or by way of payment at maturity), within 90 days of the effective
date of any such arrangement, of Debt (except as otherwise provided by the
terms of any series of Securities issued hereunder) of the Issuer or any
Restricted Subsidiary (other than Debt owned by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary) which by its terms matures at or is extendible or renewable at the
option of the obligor to a date more than twelve months after the date of the
creation of such Debt.
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The term "Attributable Debt" shall mean, at the time of determination,
the present value (discounted at the interest rate, compounded semiannually,
equal to the weighted average Yield to Maturity of the Outstanding Securities,
such average being weighted by the principal amount of the Securities of each
series or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such amount to be
determined as provided in the definition of "Outstanding") of the obligation of
a lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of any lease entered
into in connection with a transaction contemplated by this Section 3.7
(including any period for which such lease has been extended).
ARTICLE FOUR
SECURITYHOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE
ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and
Addresses of Securityholders. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the holders of the
Securities of each series:
(a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each record date for
the payment of interest on such Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of
such record date and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.3 for
non-interest bearing securities in each year, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished,
provided that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security registrar for
such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.
SECTION 4.2 Preservation and Disclosure of Securityholders' Lists.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of
each series of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 4.1 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security registrar for such series, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.1 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) The rights of Holders of Securities of any series to communicate
with other Holders of Securities of such series with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and
duties of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Each and every holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the
Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be held accountable by
reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses
of the holders of Securities made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.3 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer shall file with the
Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information,
documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
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pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information,
documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be filed with
the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
SECTION 4.4 Reports by the Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall transmit to
Holders and other persons such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act on
or before July 15 in each year that such report is required, such reports to be
dated as of the immediately preceding May 15.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Securityholders, be furnished to the Issuer and be filed by the Trustee with
each stock exchange upon which the Securities of any applicable series are
listed and also with the Commission. The Issuer agrees to notify the Trustee
with respect any series when and as the Securities of such series become
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.1 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver
of Default. "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of any series
wherever used herein, means each one of the following events which shall have
occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the payment of any instalment of interest upon any of
the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and
payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any
of the Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and
payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise;
or
(c) default in the payment of all or any part of any sinking fund
instalment or other similar obligation as and when the same shall become
due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Issuer in respect of the Securities of such series (other than a
covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such series a default
in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this
Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach
for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby, a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder or, if there is
a judicial or administrative proceeding pending at any time during the
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above-referenced 90 day period in which one of the disputed issues relates
to whether or not there was a default or breach, for a period of 90 days
after the final resolution of whether or not there was a default or breach;
or
(e) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer or for any
substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(f) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under
any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or
similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its
property, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
(g) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture
or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of
Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above (if the
Event of Default under clause (d) is with respect to less than all series of
Securities then Outstanding) occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and
every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series
shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
series then outstanding hereunder (each such series voting as a separate class)
by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by
Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of
such series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of all
Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due
and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (d)
(if the Event of Default under clause (d) is with respect to all series of
Securities then Outstanding), (e) or (f) occurs and is continuing, then and in
each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding
hereunder (treated as one class), by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to
the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or,
if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then
outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately
due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that
if, at any time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the
terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or of all the Securities, as
the case may be) shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any
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judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained
or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon
all the Securities of such series (or of all the Securities, as the case may
be) and the principal of any and all Securities of such series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) which shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment
of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments
of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of
such series, (or at the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of
all the Securities, as the case may be) to the date of such payment or deposit)
and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the
Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and
liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result
of negligence or bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities which
shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been cured, waived or
otherwise remedied as provided herein--then and in every such case the holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such
series, each series voting as a separate class, (or of all the Securities, as
the case may be, voting as a single class) then Outstanding, by written notice
to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to such
series (or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be) and rescind
and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default
or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal
of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and
declared due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and
after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and
annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall
be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal
thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and
payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as
a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all
other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such
Original Issue Discount Securities.
SECTION 5.2 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove
Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the
payment of any instalment of interest on any of the securities of any series
when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default shall
have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be made in
the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of any
series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity
of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption or by declaration or
otherwise--then upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee
for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series the whole
amount that then shall have become due and payable on all Securities of such
series for principal or interest, as the case may be (with interest to the date
of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the
case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such
series); and in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation
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to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys
and counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made,
by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of its
negligence or bad faith.
Until such demand is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the
principal of and interest on the Securities of any series to the registered
holders, whether or not the principal of and interest on the Securities of such
series be overdue.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in
equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any
such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any
such judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon such
Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated, the moneys
adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or
any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code
or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other
obligor, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to
the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee,
irrespective of whether the principal of any Securities shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of
this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceedings or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities of any series, and to file such other papers or documents as may
be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
(including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel,
and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a
result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in
any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the
Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or
such other obligor,
(b) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on
behalf of the holders of the Securities of any series in any election of a
trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or
other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person performing similar
functions in comparable proceedings, and
(c) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with
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respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their
behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other
similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to
make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay
to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective
agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other amounts
due to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 6.6.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any
Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the
election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or
under any of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof on any trial or
other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the
expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor
Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable
benefit of the holders of the Securities in respect of which such action was
taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings
involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the
Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the
holders of the Securities in respect to which such action was taken, and it
shall not be necessary to make any holders of such Securities parties to any
such proceedings.
SECTION 5.3 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall be applied in
the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of
the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest, upon
presentation of the several Securities in respect of which monies have been
collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing
Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the
presented Securities of like series if only partially paid, or upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses applicable to such series
in respect of which monies have been collected, including reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee and their
respective agents and attorneys and of all expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith, and all other
amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.6;
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SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become and be
then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such
series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such
interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the
same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities, such
payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without
discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in
respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be
then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and
unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal and interest,
with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that such
interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of
interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities
of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in
full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series,
then to the payment of such principal and interest or yield to maturity,
without preference or priority of principal over interest or yield to
maturity, or of interest or yield to maturity over principal, or of any
instalment of interest over any other instalment of interest, or of any
Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to
the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or Yield to
Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any
other person lawfully entitled thereto.
SECTION 5.4 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default has
occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
SECTION 5.5 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In
case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture
and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such
case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former
positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the
Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 5.6 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No holder of any
Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any
provision of this Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian
or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such holder
previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the
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continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the holders of
not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
series then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and
shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby
and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer
of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and
no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.9; it being understood and intended, and
being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security with every
other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of
Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue
or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or
prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Securities, or to obtain or
seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of
the applicable series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of
this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled
to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 5.7 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute
Certain Suits. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any
provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive
payment of the principal of and interest on such Security on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 5.8 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not
Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 5.6, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders 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.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Securityholder to
exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and
continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein; and, subject to Section 5.6, every power and remedy given by this
Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Securityholders may be exercised
from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or
by the Securityholders.
SECTION 5.9 Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected (with each
series voting as a separate class) at the time Outstanding shall have the right
to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by this Indenture;
provided that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law
and the provisions of this Indenture and provided further that (subject to the
provisions of Section 6.1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to
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follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall
determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken
or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors, the executive
committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would
involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall
so determine that the actions or forebearances specified in or pursuant to such
direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the
Securities of all series so affected not joining in the giving of said
direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.1) the Trustee shall
have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forebearances are
unduly prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its
discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not
inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders.
SECTION 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of
the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of any series as provided in
Section 5.1, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders
of all the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default
described in clause (c) of Section 5.1 (or, in the case of an event specified
in clause (d) of Section 5.1 which relates to less than all series of
Securities then Outstanding, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities then outstanding affected thereby (each series voting
as a separate class) may waive any such default or Event of Default, or, in the
case of an event specified in clause (d) (if the Event of Default under clause
(d) relates to all series of Securities then Outstanding), (e) or (f) of
Section 5.1 the Holders of Securities of a majority in principal amount of all
the Securities then Outstanding (voting as one class) may waive any such
default or Event of Default), and its consequences except a default in respect
of a covenant or provision hereof which cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the Holder of each Security affected. In the case of any such
waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such
series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed
to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have occurred 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 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default, But May Withhold in
Certain Circumstances. The Trustee shall transmit to the Securityholders of
any series, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the registry
books, notice by mail of all defaults which have occurred with respect to such
series, such notice to be transmitted within 90 days after the occurrence
thereof, unless such defaults shall have been cured before the giving of such
notice (the term "default" or "defaults" for the purposes of this Section being
hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided that, except in
the case of default in the payment of the principal of, interest on, or any
sinking fund instalment or other similar obligation with respect to, any of the
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
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notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a
trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Securityholders of such series.
SECTION 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay
Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by
his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or group of
Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or, in the case of
any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) of Section 5.1 (if the suit
relates to Securities of more than one but less than all series), 10% in
aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding affected thereby, or in
the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause (d) (if the suit under
clause (d) relates to all the Securities then Outstanding), (e) or (f) (2) of
Section 5.1, 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Securities Outstanding,
or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the due
date expressed in such Security.
ARTICLE SIX
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of
Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect
to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been cured or
waived) the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it
by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill, in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events
of Default with respect to such series which may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any Series shall be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable
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except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements
and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of
any such statements, certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether
or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee,
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts; and
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the holders pursuant to Section 5.9 relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that
the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
The provisions of this Section 6.1 are in furtherance of and subject
to Sections 315 and 316 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.2 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of and
subject to the Trust Indenture Act and subject to Section 6.1:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers' Certificate or any
other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, security or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate (unless
other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and
any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by
a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Issuer;
(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect
of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
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(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture with the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by
it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the
discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after
the curing or waiving of all Events of Default, the Trustee shall not be
bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note,
coupon, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so
to do by the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of all series affected then outstanding; provided
that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs,
expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such
investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to
the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture,
the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or
liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every
such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee
or any predecessor trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent
or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.3 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein
and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication,
shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of
his Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the
proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.4 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, etc.
The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent and, subject to
Sections 6.8 and 6.13, if operative, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and
receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
SECTION 6.5 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 10.4 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or
applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of
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the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any
moneys received by it hereunder.
SECTION 6.6 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior
Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to
time; and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation (which
shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a
trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on
behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture
(including (i) the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements
of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ
and (ii) interest at the prime rate on any disbursements and advances made by
the Trustee and not paid by the Issuer within 60 days after receipt of an
invoice for such disbursement or advance) except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Issuer also
covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts, hereunder and its
duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of
the Issuer under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor
Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional
indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the
Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular
Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
SECTION 6.7 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers' Certificate, etc.
Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, whenever in the administration of the trusts
of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a
matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in
the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be
full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 6.8 Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall
acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and
in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.9 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The Trustee
for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a corporation
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
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Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in Section 6.10.
SECTION 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may
at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by
giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and by mailing notice
thereof by first class mail to Holders of the applicable series of Securities
at their last addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. Upon
receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor trustee or trustees with respect to the applicable series by written
instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one
copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one
copy to the successor trustee or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have
been so appointed with respect to any series and have accepted appointment
within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning
trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may,
subject to the provisions of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor
trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem
proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 6.8 with respect to any series of Securities after written request
therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months;
or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect
to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent,
or a receiver or liquidator of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the
Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation; or
(iv) the Issuer shall determine that the Trustee has failed to
perform its obligations under this Indenture in any material respect;
then, in any such case, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the
applicable series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such series
by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the
Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the
provisions of Section 5.12, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder
of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after
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such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee
and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time outstanding may at any time remove the
Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and appoint a successor
trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by delivering to the
Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the
evidence provided for in Section 7.1 of the action in that regard taken by the
Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any
series and any appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in
Section 6.11.
SECTION 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any
successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and
deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become
effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations
with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on
the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of
its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to
Section 10.4, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by
it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon
request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all
instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to
act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held
or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.6.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor trustee and each
successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any applicable series shall
execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series as to which the predecessor trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor trustee, and shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under
separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall
accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of
Section 6.8 and eligible under the provisions of Section 6.9.
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Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in
this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof by first-class mail to
the Holders of Securities of any series for which such successor trustee is
acting as trustee at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security
register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous
with the resignation, then the notice called for by the preceding sentence may
be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10. If the Issuer fails to
mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed
at the expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business of Trustee. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 6.8 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 6.9, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the
trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities of any series shall have
been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may
adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee and deliver
such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the
Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor to
the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any
predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such
cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the
Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of
the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of
authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities of any
series in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor
or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer.
The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Section 311 of the Trust
Indenture Act.
ARTICLE SEVEN
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified percentage in
principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed
by such specified percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Article.
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If the Issuer shall solicit from the Securityholders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act of the
Securityholders, the Issuer may, at its option, by a resolution of the Board of
Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, but the Issuer shall have no
obligation to do so. 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 Securityholders of record at the
close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for
the purposes of determining whether Securityholders 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 Securityholders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it
shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.
If any Security of a series is issuable in the form of a Global
Security or Securities, the Depositary therefor may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which the Holder of such
Security is entitled to grant or take under this Indenture.
SECTION 7.2 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities. Subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the execution of any instrument
by a Securityholder or his agent or proxy may be proved in accordance with such
reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such
manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities
shall be proved by the Security register or by a certificate of the registrar
thereof.
SECTION 7.3 Holders to be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee
and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the person in
whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security register for such
series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal
of and, subject to the provisions of this Indenture, interest on such Security
and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary. All such payments so made to any such person, or upon his order,
shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to
satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Security.
None of the Issuer, the Trustee any paying agent, or the Security
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
SECTION 7.4 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding. In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any direction,
consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by the
Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such
determination is being made or by any person directly or indirectly controlling
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or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or
any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is
being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the
purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction,
consent or waiver only Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be
so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the
Securities. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall
be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance
with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the
Trustee promptly an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all
Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the
account of any of the above-described persons; and, subject to Sections 6.1 and
6.2, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers' Certificate as
conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all
Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such
determination.
SECTION 7.5 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to
(but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.1, of
the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be,
specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a
Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included
among the serial numbers of the Securities the Holders of which have consented
to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and
upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as
concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the
Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities
issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any
notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Security. Any action taken by
the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in
connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution
thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee
as security for the Securities of one or more series any property or
assets;
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(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Issuer, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor
corporation of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer
pursuant to Article Nine;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants,
restrictions, conditions or provisions as its Board of Directors and the
Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of
Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance,
of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of
the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth;
provided, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction,
condition or provision such supplemental indenture may provide for a
particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or
longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for
an immediate enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the
remedies available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may
limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of Default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in
any supplemental indenture; or to make such other provisions in regard to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture or under any supplemental
indenture as the Board of Directors may deem necessary or desirable and
which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the
Securities;
(e) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.1 and 2.3, including, without limitation, any terms
relating to the issuance, exchange, registration or transfer of Securities
issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities and
the payment of any principal thereof, or interest or premium, if any,
thereon; and
(f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 6.11.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate
agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the
conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property
thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the
Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of
Section 8.2.
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SECTION 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article Seven) of
the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time outstanding of all series affected by such supplemental
indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of
its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time,
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of
execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders
of the Securities of each such series; provided, that no such supplemental
indenture shall (a) extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of
interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof or reduce
the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that could
be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.1 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 5.2, or impair or affect the right of any Securityholder to institute
suit for the payment thereof or, if the Securities provide therefor, any right
of repayment at the option of the Securityholder without the consent of the
Holder of each Security so affected, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of
Securities of any series, the consent of the Holders of which is required for
any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each
Security so affected.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution
of the Board of Directors certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary
of the Issuer authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and
upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders
as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.1, the Trustee
shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture
unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in
its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental
indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under
this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental
indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the
substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Issuer
shall mail a notice thereof by first class mail to the Holders of Securities of
each series affected thereby at their addresses as they shall appear on the
registry books of the Issuer, setting forth in general terms the substance of
such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or
any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the
validity of any such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 8.3 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of
any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture
shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and
the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of
Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined,
exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications
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and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental
indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this
Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 8.4 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject
to the provisions to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental
indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies with the applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 8.5 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as
to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or
the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to
conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series then outstanding.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 9.1 Issuer May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. The
Issuer covenants that it will not merge or consolidate with any other
corporation or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any
Person, unless (i) either the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation, or
the successor corporation or the Person which acquires by sale or conveyance
substantially all the assets of the Issuer (if other than the Issuer) shall be
a corporation organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
State thereof and shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest on all the Securities, according to their tenor, and
the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and
conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Issuer, by
supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered to
the Trustee by such corporation, and (ii) the Issuer or such successor
corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of
any such covenant or condition.
SECTION 9.2 Successor Corporation Substituted. In case of any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, and following such an assumption by
the successor corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had been named
herein. Such successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue
either in its own name or in the name of the Issuer prior to such succession
any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not
have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the
order of such successor corporation instead of the Issuer and subject to all
the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee
shall authenticate and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have
been signed and delivered by the officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter
shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of
the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and
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benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance
such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
In the event of any such sale or conveyance (other than a conveyance
by way of lease) the Issuer or any successor corporation which shall
theretofore have become such in the manner described in this Article shall be
discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities and may be liquidated and dissolved.
SECTION 9.3 Opinion of Counsel to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may receive an Opinion of Counsel,
prepared in accordance with Section 11.5, as conclusive evidence that any such
consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and any such assumption, and
any such liquidation or dissolution, complies with the applicable provisions of
this Indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS
SECTION 10.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. If at any time
(a) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and
interest on all the Securities of any series outstanding hereunder (other than
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) as and when the same shall have
become due and payable, or (b) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other
than any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9)
or (c) (i) all the securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their
terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
the giving of notice of redemption, and (ii) the Issuer shall have irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire
amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to
the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.4) sufficient to pay at maturity or
upon redemption all Securities of such series (other than any Securities of
such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.9) not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due
or to become due to such date of maturity as the case may be, and if, in any
such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer with respect to Securities of such series, then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of
such series (except as to (i) rights of registration of transfer and exchange,
and the Issuer's right of optional redemption, (ii) substitution of mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (iii) rights of holders to
receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon and remaining rights
of the holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (iv) the
rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (v) the rights
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of the Securityholders of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to
the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them), and
the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied by an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging
this Indenture with respect to such series; provided, that the rights of
Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect of principal of and
interest on the Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than
required by then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities
exchange upon which the Securities are listed. The Issuer agrees to reimburse
the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly
incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably
and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture or the
Securities of such series.
SECTION 10.2 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of
Securities. Subject to Section 10.4, all moneys deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 10.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (as defined
in Section 13.4) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.4 and all
money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.4 shall be held in trust and
applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent
(including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the
particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which
such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become
due thereon for principal and interest or to make mandatory sinking fund
payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Section 13.4; but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 10.3 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection
with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
Securities of any series, all moneys then held by any paying agent under the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall,
upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon
such paying agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such moneys.
SECTION 10.4 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Three Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or
any paying agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for three years
after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and
payable, shall, upon the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise
required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or
unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee for such series
or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Security of such series shall,
unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or
abandoned or unclaimed property laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for
any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of
the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon
cease.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 11.1 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of
Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any
Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future
stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor,
either directly or through the Issuer or any successor, under any rule of law,
statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or
by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the
holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
SECTION 11.2 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties
and Securityholders. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed
or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or
corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and the Holders
of the Securities, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such
covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and
their successors and of the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 11.3 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture
contained by or in behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 11.4 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and
Securityholders. Any notice or demand which any provision of this Indenture is
required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of
Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being deposited
postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided
herein) addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer
with the Trustee) to Emerson Electric Co., 8000 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis,
Missouri 63136 Attention: Secretary. Any notice, direction, request or demand
by the Issuer or any Securityholder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made at the
offices of the Trustee, The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, 510 Locust
Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders, such notice shall
be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled
thereto, at his last address as it appears in the Security register. In any
case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
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In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular
mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer and
Securityholders 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 a sufficient giving of such
notice.
SECTION 11.5 Officers' Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the
Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have
been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand
as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand,
no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the
person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition,
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such
person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in
the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may
be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are
erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are
erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is
in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of
or representations by an officer of officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel
knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which his certificate, statement or opinion may be
based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or
of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel, as the
case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the accounting matters upon which his certificate, statement or
opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public
accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is
independent.
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SECTION 11.6 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the
date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or
the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any such Security shall not be a
Business Day, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force
and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption,
and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.
SECTION 11.7 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust
Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture without such limitation, qualification or
conflict, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that
may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply
to this Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.8 New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each
Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New
York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
such State, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law.
SECTION 11.9 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof.
SECTION 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency. Unless otherwise
specified in an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.3 of this
Indenture with respect to a particular series of Securities, whenever for
purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the holders of a
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series
at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of
any series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than United States
dollars, then the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that
amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the
Market Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 11.11, Market Exchange Rate
shall mean the noon United States dollar buying rate for that currency for
cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by
the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided, however, in the case of ECUs,
Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the
Commission of the European Communities (or any successor thereto) as published
in the Official Journal of the European Communities (such publication or any
successor publication, the "Journal"). If such Market Exchange Rate is not
available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use,
in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange
as published in the Journal, as of the most recent available date, or
quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from one or more major
banks in New York City or in the country of issue of the currency in question,
which for purposes of the ECU shall be Brussels, Belgium, or such other
quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee shall deem
appropriate.
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All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market
Exchange Rate shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the
Issuer and all Holders.
SECTION 11.12 Judgment Currency. The Issuer agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert any sum
due in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into United States dollars,
the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which final
judgment is giving and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make
payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by
any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in
accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required
Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the
actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency
expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable
as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering
in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall
fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be
payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any
other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York
Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The
City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
are authorized by law or required by executive order to close.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 12.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are
redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.3 for Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of
redemption to the Holders of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole
or in part at the option of the Issuer shall be given by mailing notice of such
redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of
Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the
registry books. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the
notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a
whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other Security of such series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the
principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the place or
places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of
such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional
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sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date
fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and
after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will
cease to accrue. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part
only the notice of redemption shall state the serial number of the Security and
the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that
on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a
new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at
the option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer.
At least one Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in
the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will
deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer
is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 3.4) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the
redemption date all the Securities of such series so called for redemption at
the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date
fixed for redemption. If less than all the outstanding Securities of a series
are to be redeemed, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 70 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption an Officers' Certificate stating the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair,
Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part. Securities may
be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the serial numbers of the Securities
of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of
such series selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities of any series
shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 12.3 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice
of redemption had been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of
Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date
and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price,
together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and
after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such
Securities at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to said
date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue and, except as provided in Sections 6.5 and
10.4, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption
to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders
thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to
receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for
redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of
payment specified in said notice, said Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption;
provided that any semiannual payment of interest becoming due on the date fixed
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for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as
such on the relevant record date subject to the terms and provisions of
Section 2.4 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly
provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security) borne by the Security.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order
of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security or
Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
SECTION 12.4 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for
selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate
number in a written statement signed by an authorized officer of the Issuer and
delivered to the Trustee at least 40 days prior to the last date on which
notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and beneficially by,
and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity
specifically identified in such written statement directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer.
SECTION 12.5 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. 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". The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein
referred to as the "sinking fund payment date".
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its
option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of such series theretofore
purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such
series (not previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired
(except as aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10, (b) receive credit for optional sinking
fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or
(c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited)
redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in
the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be
received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price
specified in such Securities.
On or before the sixtieth day next preceding each sinking fund payment
date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a written statement
(which need not contain the statements required by Section 11.5) signed by an
authorized officer of the Issuer (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory
sinking fund payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be
satisfied by credit of Securities of such series, (b) stating that none of the
Securities of such series has theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no
defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with respect to such
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series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are continuing
and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make
an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so,
specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer
intends to pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Any
Securities of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the
Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid
which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for
cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such written
statement (or reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee).
Such written statement shall be irrevocable and upon its receipt by the Trustee
the Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments
or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such
sixtieth day, to deliver such written statement and Securities specified in
this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute, on
and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the
mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to
deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof and (ii) that
the Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to such
series as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or
both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus
any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall
exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Issuer shall so request) with respect to
the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such
series at the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to
the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $50,000 or less and the
Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in
excess of $50,000 is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner
provided in Section 12.2, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a
sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said cash,
as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform
the Issuer of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series (or portions
thereof) so selected. Securities of any series which are (a) owned by the
Issuer or an entity known by the Trustee to be directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer, as shown by the Security register, and not known to the Trustee to
have been pledged or hypothecated by the Issuer or any such entity or
(b) identified in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least 60
days prior to the sinking fund payment date as being beneficially owned by, and
not pledged or hypothecated by, the Issuer or an entity directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Issuer shall be excluded from Securities of such series eligible for
selection for redemption. The Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the
Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the Trustee in writing) shall
cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series to be given in
substantially the manner provided in Section 12.2 (and with the effect provided
in Section 12.3) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the
option of the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied
or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to
the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such
payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Any and all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the
Securities of any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is
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accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of particular
Securities of such series shall be applied, together with other moneys, if
necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and
interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity.
At least one Business Day before each sinking fund payment date, the
Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the
payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities
to be redeemed on the next following sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of
a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of
Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund during the
continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities or of any
Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any
Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause
to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received from the
Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any moneys
in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event
of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund,
shall, during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to
have been collected under Article Five and held for the payment of all such
Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided
in Section 5.10 or the default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding
the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be
applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with
this Section to the redemption of such Securities.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE
SECTION 13.1 Applicability of Article: Issuer's Option to Effect
Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 2.3 provision is made for either or both of
(a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.2 or (b) covenant
defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.3, then the
provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the
other provisions of this Article Thirteen, shall be applicable to the
Securities of such series, and the Issuer may at its option by resolution of
the Board of Directors, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such
series, elect to have either Section 13.2 (if applicable) or Section 13.3 (if
applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer's exercise of
the above option applicable to this Section, the Issuer shall be deemed to have
been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities
of such series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied
(hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the
Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness
represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer,
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 Outstanding Securities of such series
to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.4 and as more
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fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and
interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Issuer's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 3.2
and 3.4, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (D) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with this
Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 13.2
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its options under Section 13.3 with
respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 13.3 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer's exercise of the
above option applicable to this Section, the Issuer shall be released from its
obligations under Sections 3.6 and 3.7, with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions set forth below
are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"). For this purpose, such
covenant defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
such series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section,
whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other
provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture
and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance. The following shall be the
conditions to application of either Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 to the
Outstanding Securities of such series:
(a) the Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements
of Section 6.9 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this
Article Thirteen 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, (i)
money in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations 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 referred to in this subparagraph (a) money in an
amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee) to pay and discharge, (A) the principal of and each instalment of
principal of and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on
the date that such principal or instalment of principal or interest is due
and payable and (B) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day
on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and of such Securities. For this purpose, "U.S. Government
Obligations" means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is
pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian
with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment
of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by
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such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized
to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of
the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or
interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
(b) No Event of Default or event with which notice or lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such
deposit or, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the
date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the
expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the Issuer under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law in respect of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(c) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause the Trustee
for the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined
in Section 6.8 and for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to
any securities of the Issuer.
(d) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or
any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by
which it is bound.
(e) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not cause any
Securities of such series then listed on any registered national securities
exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be
delisted.
(f) In the case of an election under Section 13.2, the Issuer 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 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 the Outstanding Securities of such series 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 time as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.
(g) In the case of an election under Section 13.3, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of the Outstanding Securities 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.
(h) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may
be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.3.
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(i) The Issuer 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 13.2
or the covenant defeasance under Section 13.3 (as the case may be) have
been complied with.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture, as
amended and restated, to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals
to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
By: /S/ ROBERT M. COX
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[CORPORATE SEAL] Senior Vice President
Attest:
By: /S/ HARLEY M. SMITH
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Assistant Secretary
THE BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK OF ST. LOUIS,
as Trustee
By: /S/ JERRY RECTOR
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[CORPORATE SEAL] Trust Officer
Attest:
By: /S/ WILLIAM ROSS
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Assistant Trust Officer
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STATE OF MISSOURI )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS )
On this 17th day of April, 1991, before me personally came R. M. Cox,
Mr., to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he resides at 13529 Weston Park, St. Louis MO; that he is Senior Vice
President of Emerson Electric Co., one of the corporations described in and
which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate 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)
/S/ STEPHANIE MORRISON
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Notary Public
STEPHANIE MORRISON
NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS COUNTY
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES APRIL 7, 1993
STATE OF MISSOURI )
) ss.:
CITY OF ST. LOUIS )
On this 17th day of April, 1991, before me personally came Jerry
Rector, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he resides at 652 Green Hedge, Fenton, MO; that he is a Trust Officer of
The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis, one of the corporations described in
and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate 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)
/S/ JOY MARIE LINCOLN
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Notary Public
JOY MARIE LINCOLN
NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS COUNTY
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES OCT. 16, 1994
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EXHIBIT 5
September 12, 1995
Emerson Electric Co.
8000 West Florissant Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63136
Gentlemen:
I am Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of
Emerson Electric Co. (the "Company"), and in such capacity I am
familiar with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to which this
opinion is filed as an exhibit (the "Registration Statement"),
which registers under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, up to
$666,933,631 aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of the
Company (the "Securities").
I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate
records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as
I deemed necessary for the purposes of the opinion expressed
herein.
On the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the
Securities to which the Registration Statement relates have been
validly authorized and, when sold and paid for in accordance with
the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement and the Distribution
Agreement, which are filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement, and duly authenticated by the Trustee, will be legally
issued, fully paid and non-assessable and binding obligations of
the Company.
I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Yours truly,
/s/ HARLEY M. SMITH
Harley M. Smith
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<TABLE>
EXHIBIT 12
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. AND SUBSIDIARIES
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
ENDED
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30,
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1990<Fa> 1991<Fa> 1992<Fa> 1993<Fa> 1994<Fa> 1995<Fa>
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings:
Income before income taxes and cumulative
effects of changes in accounting principles.. $ 990.2 1,010.7 1,046.4 1,108.8 1,423.4<Fb> 1,080.1<Fb>
Fixed charges................................. 165.8 165.8 137.1 171.9 141.8 119.4
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Earnings, as defined........................ $1,156.0 1,176.5 1,183.5 1,280.7 1,565.2 1,199.5
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Fixed Charges:
Interest expense.............................. $ 132.7 131.3 101.9 133.5 101.9 89.5
One-third of all rents........................ 33.1 34.5 35.2 38.4 39.9 29.9
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total fixed charges......................... $ 165.8 165.8 137.1 171.9 141.8 119.4
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.............. 7.0x 7.1x 8.6x 7.5x 11.0x 10.0x
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<FN>
-----
<Fa> Includes proportionate share of earnings and fixed charges of
50%-owned equity investees and the distributed earnings of less-
than-50%-owned equity investees.
<Fb> Includes non-recurring items of $192.0 million and $34.3 million in
1994 and 1995, respectively. Excluding these items, the ratio of
earnings to fixed charges would have been 9.7x and 9.8x in 1994 and
1995, respectively.
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 23.2
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Emerson Electric Co.:
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by
reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the prospectus. Our report on the consolidated
financial statements of Emerson Electric Co. as of September 30,
1994 and for the year then ended refers to a change in its method
of accounting for post-retirement benefits other than pensions.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
St. Louis, Missouri
September 12, 1995
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM T-1
FOR STATEMENTS OF ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
THE BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK OF ST. LOUIS
(National Association)
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(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)
43-0494906
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State of incorporation if not (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
a national bank)
Corporate Trust Department
510 Locust Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
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(Address of Trustee's principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO.
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(Exact name of Obligor as specified in its charter)
Missouri 43-0259330
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
8000 West Florissant Avenue
P. O. Box 4100
St. Louis, Missouri 63136
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(Address of principal executive (Zip Code)
officers)
Debt Securities
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(Title of the Indenture securities)
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GENERAL
Item 1. General information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
it is subject.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C. 20521
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Washington, D. C. 20429
To determine compliance with the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended, and regulations thereunder.
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Washington, D. C. 20626
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes
Item 2.Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None
Item 6.List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and
qualification.
Exhibit 1.Articles of Association of The Boatmen's National Bank
of St. Louis, as amended to date; incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1; Registration
No. 33-6800.
Exhibit 2.Certificate of Authority of The Boatmen's National
Bank of St. Louis to commence business; incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 2 of Form T-1;
Registration No. 22-11311.
Exhibit 3.Authorization of The Boatmen's National Bank of St.
Louis to execute Corporate Trust Powers, authorization
of the Federal Reserve Board dated April 23, 1926;
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 of
Form T-1; Registration No. 22-11311.
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Exhibit 4.By-Laws of The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis;
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of Form
T-1,; Registration No. 33-6800.
Exhibit 5.Consent to The Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis
required by Section 321(b) of the Act; incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 5 of Form T-1;
Registration No. 22-11311.
Exhibit 6.Report of Condition of The Boatmen's National Bank of
St. Louis as of the close of business March 31, 1995,
published pursuant to law or the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
Trustee, THE BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK OF ST. LOUIS, a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of
St. Louis, and State of Missouri, on the _____ day of _______________, 1995.
THE BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK
OF ST. LOUIS
By: /S/ JERRY L. RECTOR
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Jerry L. Rector
Trust Officer
