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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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MARYLAND 13-1898974
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
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ROBERT G. ULRICH, ESQUIRE
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC.
2 PARAGON DRIVE
MONTVALE, NEW JERSEY 07645
(201) 573-9700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrants' principal executive offices and agent for service)
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COPY TO:
KENNETH W. ORCE, ESQUIRE
CAHILL GORDON & REINDEL
80 PINE STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005
(212) 701-3000
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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.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.
/ /
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / /
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED (1) PER UNIT (2) PRICE(1)(2)(3) FEES
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Debt Securities of the Company....................
Debt Warrants of the Company......................
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the
Company.........................................
Common Stock Warrants of the Company(4)...........
Preferred Stock, no par value per share, of the
Company.........................................
Depositary Shares.................................
Total............................................. $500,000,000 100% $500,000,000 $151,516
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(1) In U.S. dollars or the equivalent in foreign currency or currency units. If
any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater
amount as shall result in aggregate net proceeds not in excess of
$500,000,000 million to the Registrant.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.
(3) Exclusive of accrued interest or dividends, if any.
(4) There are being registered hereunder an indeterminate number of shares of
Common Stock for which Common Stock Warrants may be exercised.
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THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT 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 STATUTE.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
$500,000,000
THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC.
COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSITARY SHARES
DEBT SECURITIES
AND
SECURITIES WARRANTS
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (the "Company") may offer,
from time to time, in one or more series, its (i) shares of its Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) shares of its Preferred
Stock, no par value per share (the "Preferred Stock"), (iii) shares of Preferred
Stock represented by depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares"), (iv) unsecured
senior debt securities (the "Senior Debt Securities"), (v) unsecured
subordinated debt securities (the "Subordinated Debt Securities" and, together
with the Senior Debt Securities, the "Debt Securities"), (vi) warrants to
purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock Warrants"), and (vii)
warrants to purchase Debt Securities (the "Debt Warrants" and, together with the
Common Stock Warrants, the "Securities Warrants"). The Common Stock, the
Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares, the Debt Securities and the Securities
Warrants are collectively referred to herein as the "Securities."
The Securities will have a maximum aggregate offering price of $500,000,000
(or the equivalent thereof in foreign currency or currency units) and will be
offered on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of sale.
The Securities may be offered separately or together, in separate series, in
amounts and at prices and on terms to be set forth in an accompanying prospectus
supplement (a "Prospectus Supplement"). In addition, the specific terms of the
Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered, and whether
such Securities will be listed on a national securities exchange, will be set
forth in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement.
The Senior Debt Securities, if issued, will rank equally and ratably with
all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, and the
Subordinated Debt Securities, if issued, will be unsecured and subordinated to
all present and future Senior Indebtedness (as such term will be defined in an
accompanying Prospectus Supplement) of the Company. See "Description of Debt
Securities."
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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
COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION
TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Securities may be sold directly, through agents from time to time or
through underwriters and/or dealers. If any agent of the Company or any
underwriter is involved in the sale of the Securities, the name of such agent or
underwriter and any applicable commission or discount will be set forth in the
accompanying Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution."
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THIS PROSPECTUS MAY NOT BE USED TO CONSUMMATE SALES OF SECURITIES UNLESS
ACCOMPANIED BY A PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
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The date of this Prospectus is , 1997.
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CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES MAY ENGAGE
IN TRANSACTIONS THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE
SECURITIES OR ANY SECURITIES THE PRICES OF WHICH MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE
PAYMENTS ON THE SECURITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THE UNDERWRITERS OR AGENTS SPECIFIED
IN THE RELEVANT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT OR PRICING SUPPLEMENT MAY OVERALLOT IN
CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, AND MAY BID FOR AND PURCHASE THE SECURITIES OR
SECURITIES THE PRICES OF WHICH MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE PAYMENTS ON THE
SECURITIES IN THE OPEN MARKET. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES, SEE "PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION" IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION" OR "UNDERWRITING"
IN THE RELEVANT PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT.
No dealer, salesman, or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained or
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and, if given or made, such
information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized
by the Company or any underwriter, dealer, or agent. This Prospectus does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Securities by
anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is not authorized
or in which the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do
so or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer or solicitation.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith files
reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") relating to its business, financial position, results of
operations and other matters. Such reports and other information can be
inspected and copied at the Public Reference Section maintained by the
Commission at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549
and at its Regional Offices located at Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West
Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661, and 7 World Trade Center, 15th Floor,
New York, New York 10048. Copies of such material can also be obtained from the
Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. The Commission maintains a site on
the World Wide Web containing reports, proxy materials, information statements
and other items. The address is http://www.sec.gov. The Common Stock of the
Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and such material can also be
inspected at the office of such exchange at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York
10005.
The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement (the
"Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") with respect to the Securities covered by this Prospectus.
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. Reference is made to the
Registration Statement and to the exhibits relating thereto for further
information with respect to the Company and the Securities covered by this
Prospectus.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Company hereby incorporates by reference herein its (i) Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 22, 1997; (ii) Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 14, 1997; and (iii) Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 12, 1997.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and before the
termination of the offering of the securities offered hereby shall be deemed
incorporated herein by reference, and such documents shall be deemed to be a
part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained
herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or
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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 will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of any such person, a
copy of any or all of the above documents incorporated herein by reference
(other than exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into the documents that this Prospectus incorporates).
Written or oral requests should be directed to: Robert G. Ulrich, Esq., Senior
Vice President and General Counsel, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company,
Inc., 2 Paragon Drive, Montvale, New Jersey 07645, telephone number (201)
573-9700.
THE COMPANY
The Company has been engaged in the retail food business since 1859. Based
on reported sales for fiscal 1996, the Company believes that as of the end of
its 1996 fiscal year it was one of the ten largest retail food chains in the
United States and that it had the largest market share in metropolitan New York
and Detroit and the second largest in the Province of Ontario. As of the end of
its 1996 fiscal year, the Company operated 973 stores averaging 31,400 square
feet per store. In addition, in fiscal 1995 the Company began franchising
certain stores in Canada under its Food Basics format, which focuses its appeal
toward the more price conscious consumer. As of the end of its 1996 fiscal year,
the Company had franchised 49 Food Basics stores in Canada.
Operating under the trade names A&P, Super Fresh, Sav-A-Center, Farmer Jack,
Kohl's, Food Emporium, Waldbaum's, Food Mart, Food Bazaar, Miracle Food Mart,
Ultra Mart, Futurestore, Dominion, Compass Foods and, through its owned stores
and under franchises, under the trade name Food Basics, the Company sells
groceries, meats, fresh produce and other items commonly offered in
supermarkets. In addition, many stores have bakery, delicatessen, pharmacy,
floral, fresh fish and cheese departments. National, regional and local brands
are sold as well as private label merchandise under brands which include
America's Choice, Master Choice, Health Pride, Eight O'Clock, Bokar, Royale,
Savings Plus and Jane Parker. In support of its retail operations, the Company
also operates two coffee roasting plants, two bakeries and one delicatessen food
kitchen. The products processed in these facilities are sold under the Company's
own brand names. All products produced by A&P's food processing operations are
sold in Company stores. A&P also sells its coffee products to unaffiliated
retail outlets primarily outside of its marketing areas.
Building upon a broad base of A&P supermarkets, the Company has expanded and
diversified within the retail food business through the acquisition of other
supermarket chains and the development of several alternative store types. The
Company now operates its stores with merchandise, pricing and identities
tailored to appeal to different segments of the market, including buyers seeking
gourmet and ethnic foods, unusual produce, a wide variety of premium quality
private label goods and health and beauty aids along with the array of
traditional grocery products.
As of May 1, 1997, the Company was 54.3% owned by Tengelmann
Warenhandelsgesellschaft, a general retailer headquartered in Germany which is
one of the largest food retailers in Europe. The principal executive offices of
the Company are located at 2 Paragon Drive, Montvale, New Jersey 07645,
telephone (201) 573-9700.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as otherwise described in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement, the
net proceeds from the sale or sales of the Securities will be used by the
Company for general corporate purposes, which may include (without limitation)
the reduction of outstanding indebtedness, working capital increases, capital
expenditures and acquisitions.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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JUNE 14, 1997 JUNE 15, 1996 FEBRUARY 22, 1997 FEBRUARY 24, 1996 FEBRUARY 25, 1995 FEBRUARY 26, 1994
(16 WEEKS) (16 WEEKS) (52 WEEKS) (52 WEEKS) (52 WEEKS) (52 WEEKS)
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1.72x 1.82x 1.77x 1.64x * 1.06x
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(16 WEEKS) (52 WEEKS)
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* Earnings for the years ended February 25, 1995 and February 27, 1993 were
inadequate to cover fixed charges by $172 million and $129 million,
respectively.
In the calculation of the Company's ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
earnings consist of income (loss) before income taxes and cumulative effect on
prior years of changes in accounting principles, plus fixed charges. Fixed
charges consist of interest expense, plus the portion of rental expense under
leases which has been deemed by the Company to be representative of the interest
factor.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
The Company is authorized by its Articles of Restatement of the Certificate
of Incorporation (the "Articles of Incorporation") to issue 80 million shares of
its Common Stock with a par value of $1.00 per share. As of August 20, 1997,
there were 38,248,966 shares of Common Stock outstanding held by approximately
8,300 holders of record, excluding holders whose shares of record are held by
brokers.
GENERAL
The holders of Common Stock are entitled to cast one vote for each share on
all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders and are not entitled to cumulate
votes for the election of directors. Except in cases in which it is by statute,
by the Articles of Incorporation or by the bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws")
otherwise provided, a majority of the votes cast is sufficient to elect and pass
any measure. Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, mergers,
consolidations, share exchanges and the dissolution of the Company generally
require the approval of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common
Stock. The holders of the Common Stock are not subject to further calls or
assessments by the Company. In the event of liquidation, holders of Common Stock
are entitled to share in the distribution of assets remaining after payment of
debts, liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred stock, and expenses.
The holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends when and as
declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor. The
outstanding shares of Common Stock and the shares of Common Stock to be
distributed in connection with any offerings pursuant to this Prospectus will be
fully paid and nonassessable when issued.
PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS
The holders of Common Stock have preemptive rights to subscribe for and to
purchase additional shares of stock of any class or classes of the Company,
provided, however, that no preemptive right shall in any event accrue to any
stockholder with respect to (1) shares issued for not less than their fair value
in exchange for services or property other than money, (2) shares remaining
unsubscribed after having been offered to stockholders, (3) treasury shares sold
for not less than their fair value, (4) shares issued or
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issuable pursuant to articles of merger, (5) preferred shares without then
present voting power with respect to the election of directors issued for not
less than their fair value, and (6) shares issued and sold to the Company's
officers or other employees or to the officers or other employees of any
subsidiary of the Company upon such terms and conditions as are approved by the
affirmative vote of a majority of all of the shares entitled to vote with
respect thereto at a meeting duly called and held for such purpose. The
determination of "fair value" fixed and recorded in a resolution of the Board of
Directors authorizing the issuance of any such additional shares of stock,
including the price or consideration for which such shares of stock are to be
issued, shall be conclusive in the absence of fraud or gross disparity in such
determination.
TRANSFER AGENT
American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, 40 Wall Street, New York, NY
10005 is the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
The Company is authorized by the Articles of Incorporation to issue 3
million shares of its Preferred Stock without par value. No shares of Preferred
Stock are currently outstanding.
GENERAL
The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time, in one or more series,
as authorized by the Board of Directors. Prior to issuance of shares of each
series, the Board of Directors is required by the Maryland General Corporation
Law ("MGCL") and the Articles of Incorporation to fix for each series, the
designations, preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions, and
qualifications of, the dividends on, the times and prices of redemptions of, and
the conversion rights of the shares of such series as may be permitted by
Maryland law. Such rights, powers, restrictions and limitations could include
the right to receive specified dividend payments and payments on liquidation
prior to any such payments to holders of Common Stock or other stock of the
Company ranking junior to the Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock to be
distributed in connection with any offerings pursuant to this Prospectus will be
fully paid and nonassessable when issued and the holders of shares of any such
Preferred Stock will not have any preemptive right to subscribe or purchase any
new or additional issue of shares of stock of the Company. The Board of
Directors could authorize the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock with terms
and conditions that could have the effect of discouraging a takeover or other
transaction that holders of Common Stock might believe to be in their best
interests or in which holders of some, or a majority, of the shares of Common
Stock might receive a premium for their shares over the then market price of
such shares of Common Stock.
FUTURE SERIES OF PREFERRED STOCK
The following description of the Preferred Stock sets forth certain general
terms and provisions of the Preferred Stock to which any Prospectus Supplement
may relate. The statements below describing the Preferred Stock are in all
respects subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to the
applicable provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and any
applicable amendment to the Articles of Incorporation designating terms of a
series of Preferred Stock (a "Designating Amendment").
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Preferred
Stock offered thereby for specific terms, including:
1. The title and stated capital value of such Preferred Stock;
2. The number of shares of such Preferred Stock offered, the liquidation
preference per share and the offering price of such Preferred Stock;
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3. The dividend rate(s), period(s) and/or payment date(s) or method(s) of
calculation thereof applicable to such Preferred Stock;
4. The date from which dividends on such Preferred Stock shall accumulate, if
applicable;
5. The procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any, for such Preferred
Stock;
6. The provision for a sinking fund, if any, for such Preferred Stock;
7. The provision for redemption, if applicable, of such Preferred Stock;
8. Any listing of such Preferred Stock on any securities exchange;
9. The terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which such Preferred Stock
will be convertible into Common Stock, including the conversion price (or
manner of calculation thereof);
10. Any other specific terms, preferences, rights, limitations or restrictions
of such Preferred Stock;
11. A discussion of federal income tax considerations applicable to such
Preferred Stock;
12. The voting rights of such Preferred Stock and the relative ranking and
preference of such Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company; and
13. Any limitations on issuance of any series of Preferred Stock ranking senior
to or on a parity with such series of Preferred Stock as to dividend rights
and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Company.
RANK
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement, the Preferred Stock
will, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company, rank (i) senior to all classes or series of Common
Stock, and to all equity securities ranking junior to such Preferred Stock with
respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Company; (ii) on a parity with all equity securities issued by the
Company the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank
on a parity with the Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights or rights
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; and (iii) junior to
all equity securities issued by the Company the terms of which specifically
provide that such equity securities rank senior to the Preferred Stock with
respect to dividend rights or rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Company. The term "equity securities" does not include convertible debt
securities.
DIVIDENDS
Holders of the Preferred Stock of each series will be entitled to receive,
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, out of assets
of the Company legally available for payment, cash dividends at such rates and
on such dates as will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Each
such dividend shall be payable to holders of record as they appear on the share
transfer books of the Company on such record dates as shall be fixed by the
Board of Directors of the Company.
Dividends on any series of the Preferred Stock may be cumulative or
non-cumulative, as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Dividends,
if cumulative, will be cumulative from and after the date set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. If the Board of Directors of the Company fails
to declare a dividend payable on a dividend payment date on any series of the
Preferred Stock for which dividends are non-cumulative, then the holders of such
series of the Preferred Stock will have no right to receive a dividend in
respect of the dividend period ending on such dividend payment date, and the
Company will have no obligation to pay the dividend accrued for such period,
whether or not dividends on such series are declared payable on any future
dividend payment date.
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If Preferred Stock of any series is outstanding, no dividends will be
declared or paid or set apart for payment on any stock of the Company of any
other series ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior to the
Preferred Stock of such series for any period unless (i) if such series of
Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend, full cumulative dividends have been
or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for
the payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the Preferred Stock of such
series for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period or
(ii) if such series of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, full
dividends for the then current dividend period have been or contemporaneously
are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof
is set apart for such payment on the Preferred Stock of such series. When
dividends are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not
so set apart) upon Preferred Stock of any series and the shares of any other
series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Preferred
Stock of such series, all dividends declared upon Preferred Stock of such series
and any other series of Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with
such Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends
declared per share of Preferred Stock of such series and such other series of
Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that
accrued dividends per share on the Preferred Stock of such series (which shall
not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend
periods if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) and such
other series of Preferred Stock bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money
in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or
payments on Preferred Stock of such series which may be in arrears.
Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, unless (i) if
such series of Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend, full cumulative
dividends on the Preferred Stock of such series have been or contemporaneously
are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof
is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current
dividend period, and (ii) if such series of Preferred Stock does not have a
cumulative dividend, full dividends on the Preferred Stock of such series have
been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient
for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for the then current dividend
period, no dividends (other than in shares of Common Stock or other shares of
stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends and
upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment nor shall
any other distribution be declared or made upon the Common Stock, or any other
stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock
of such series as to dividends or upon liquidation, nor shall any shares of
Common Stock, or any other shares of stock of the Company ranking junior to or
on a parity with the Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends or upon
liquidation be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration
(or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the
redemption of any such shares) by the Company (except by conversion into or
exchange for other stock of the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Stock of
such series as to dividends and upon liquidation).
Any dividend payment made on shares of a series of Preferred Stock shall
first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due with
respect to shares of such series which remains payable.
REDEMPTION
If so provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Preferred Stock
will be subject to mandatory redemption or redemption at the option of the
Company, as a whole or in part, in each case upon the terms, at the times and at
the redemption prices set forth in such Prospectus Supplement.
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of Preferred Stock that is
subject to mandatory redemption will specify the number of shares of such
Preferred Stock that shall be redeemed by the Company in each year commencing
after a date to be specified, at a redemption price per share to be specified,
together with an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (which
shall not, if such Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, include
any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods) to
the date of redemption. The redemption price may be payable in
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cash or other property, as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If
the redemption price for Preferred Stock of any series is payable only from the
net proceeds of the issuance of shares of stock of the Company, the terms of
such Preferred Stock may provide that, if no such shares of stock shall have
been issued or to the extent the net proceeds from any issuance are insufficient
to pay in full the aggregate redemption price then due, such Preferred Stock
shall automatically and mandatorily be converted into the applicable shares of
stock of the Company pursuant to conversion provisions specified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless (i) if a series of Preferred Stock has
a cumulative dividend, full cumulative dividends on all shares of such series of
Preferred Stock shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for
all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period, and (ii) if a
series of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, full dividends on
all shares of the Preferred Stock of such series have been or contemporaneously
are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof
set apart for payment for the then current dividend period, no shares of such
series of Preferred Stock shall be redeemed unless all outstanding shares of
Preferred Stock of such series are simultaneously redeemed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of Preferred
Stock of such series pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same
terms to holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of such series. In
addition, unless (i) if such series of Preferred Stock has a cumulative
dividend, full cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of such series of
Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared
and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past
dividend periods and the then current dividend period, and (ii) if such series
of Preferred Stock does not have a cumulative dividend, full dividends on the
Preferred stock of such series have been or contemporaneously are declared and
paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for
payment for the then current dividend period, the Company shall not purchase or
otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Preferred Stock of such
series (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of stock of the Company
ranking junior to the Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends and upon
liquidation); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not prevent the
purchase or acquisition of shares of Preferred Stock of such series pursuant to
a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of such series.
If fewer than all of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series
are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed will be determined by
the Company and such shares may be redeemed pro rata from the holders of record
of such shares in proportion to the number of such shares held or for which
redemption is requested by such holder (with adjustments to avoid redemption of
fractional shares) or by any other equitable manner determined by the Company.
Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60
days before the redemption date to each holder of record of Preferred Stock of
any series to be redeemed at the address shown on the stock transfer books of
the Company. Each notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number
of shares and series of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption
price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such Preferred Stock are
to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends on the
shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; and (vi) the
date upon which the holder's conversion rights, if any, as to such shares shall
terminate. If fewer than all the shares of Preferred Stock of any series are to
be redeemed, the notice mailed to each such holder thereof shall also specify
the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed from each such holder. If
notice of redemption of any Preferred Stock has been given and if the funds
necessary for such redemption have been set aside by the Company in trust for
the benefit of the holders of any Preferred Stock so called for redemption, then
from and after the redemption date dividends will cease to accrue on such
Preferred Stock, and all rights of the holders of such shares will terminate,
except the right to receive the redemption price.
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LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the affairs of the Company, then, before any distribution or payment shall be
made to the holders of any Common Stock or any other class or series of stock of
the Company ranking junior to the Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets
upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of
each series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of assets of the
Company legally available for distribution to stockholders liquidating
distributions in the amount of the liquidation preference per share, if any, set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, plus an amount equal to all
dividends accrued and unpaid thereon (which shall not include any accumulation
in respect of unpaid noncumulative dividends for prior dividend periods). After
payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are
entitled, the holders of Preferred Stock will have no right or claim to any of
the remaining assets of the Company. In the event that, upon any such voluntary
or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available assets of
the Company are insufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions
on all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts
payable on all shares of other classes or series of stock of the Company ranking
on a parity with the Preferred Stock in the distribution of assets, then the
holders of the Preferred Stock and all other such classes or series of stock
shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full
liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively
entitled.
If liquidating distributions shall have been made in full to all holders of
Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed among
the holders of any other classes or series of stock ranking junior to the
Preferred Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, according to their
respective rights and preferences and in each case according to their respective
number of shares. For such purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Company
with or into any other corporation, trust or entity, or the sale, lease or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the
Company, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Company.
VOTING RIGHTS
Holders of the Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as
set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law or as
indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Unless provided otherwise for any series of Preferred Stock, so long as any
shares of Preferred Stock of a series remain outstanding, the Company will not,
without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of
the shares of such series of Preferred Stock outstanding at the time, given in
person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (such series voting
separately as a class), (i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized or
issued amount of, any class or series of stock ranking prior to such series of
Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of
assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up or reclassify any authorized
stock of the Company into such shares, or create, authorize or issue any
obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any
such shares; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation or the Designating Amendment for such series of Preferred Stock,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise (an "Event"), so as to materially
and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of such
series of Preferred Stock or the holders thereof; provided, however, with
respect to the occurrence of any of the Events set forth in (ii) above, so long
as the Preferred Stock remains outstanding with the terms thereof materially
unchanged, taking into account that upon the occurrence of an Event the Company
may not be the surviving entity, the occurrence of any such Event shall not be
deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges
or voting power of holders of Preferred Stock, and provided further that (x) any
increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock or the creation or
issuance of any other series of Preferred Stock, or (y) any increase in the
amount of authorized shares of such series or any other series of Preferred
Stock, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Preferred Stock of
such series with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets
upon
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liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and
adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers.
The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time
when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall
be effected, all outstanding shares of such series of Preferred Stock shall have
been redeemed or called for redemption and sufficient funds shall have been
deposited in trust to effect such redemption.
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The terms and conditions, if any, upon which any series of Preferred Stock
is convertible into Common Stock will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include the number of shares of
Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock are convertible, the
conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion period,
provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the holders of the
Preferred Stock or the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the
conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of the
redemption of such series of Preferred Stock.
TRANSFER AGENT
The transfer agent and registrar for the Preferred Stock will be set forth
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
The Company may, at its option, elect to offer Depositary Shares rather than
full shares of Preferred Stock. In the event such option is exercised, each of
the Depositary Shares will represent ownership of and entitlement to all rights
and preferences of a fraction of a share of Preferred Stock of a specified
series (including dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights). The
applicable fraction will be specified in the Prospectus Supplement. The shares
of Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares will be deposited with a
Depositary (the "Depositary") named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
under a Deposit Agreement (the "Deposit Agreement"), among the Company, the
Depositary and the holders of the Depositary Receipts. Certificates evidencing
Depositary Shares ("Depositary Receipts") will be delivered to those persons
purchasing Depositary Shares in the offering. The Depositary will be the
transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the Depositary
Shares. Holders of Depositary Receipts agree to be bound by the Deposit
Agreement, which requires holders to take certain actions such as filing proof
of residence and paying certain charges.
The summary of terms of the Depositary Shares contained in this Prospectus
does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety
by, the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, the Articles of Incorporation and
the form of Designating Amendment for the applicable series of Preferred Stock.
DIVIDENDS
The Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash
distributions received in respect of the series of Preferred Stock represented
by the Depositary Shares to the record holders of Depositary Receipts in
proportion to the number of Depositary Shares owned by such holders on the
relevant record date, which will be the same date as the record date fixed by
the Company for the applicable series of Preferred Stock. The Depositary,
however, will distribute only such amount as can be distributed without
attributing to any Depositary Share a fraction of one cent, and any balance not
so distributed will be added to and treated as part of the next sum received by
the Depositary for distribution to record holders of Depositary Receipts then
outstanding.
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In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the Depositary will
distribute property received by it to the record holders of Depositary Receipts
entitled thereto, in proportion, as nearly as may be practicable, to the number
of Depositary Shares owned by such holders on the relevant record date, unless
the Depositary determines (after consultation with the Company) that it is not
feasible to make such distribution, in which case the Depositary may (with the
approval of the Company) adopt any other method for such distribution as it
deems equitable and appropriate, including the sale of such property (at such
place or places and upon such terms as it may deem equitable and appropriate)
and distribution of the net proceeds from such sale to such holders.
LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE
In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of
the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of each Depositary
Share will be entitled to the fraction of the liquidation preference accorded
each share of the applicable series of Preferred Stock, as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement.
REDEMPTION
If the series of Preferred Stock represented by the applicable series of
Depositary Shares is redeemable, such Depositary Shares will be redeemed from
the proceeds received by the Depositary resulting from the redemption, in whole
or in part, of Preferred Stock held by the Depositary. Whenever the Company
redeems any Preferred Stock held by the Depositary, the Depositary will redeem
as of the same redemption date the number of Depositary Shares representing the
Preferred Stock so redeemed. The Depositary will mail the notice of redemption
promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Company and not less than 30 nor
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of the Preferred Stock
and the Depositary Shares to the record holders of the Depositary Receipts.
VOTING
Promptly upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the
series of Preferred Stock represented by the applicable series of Depositary
Shares are entitled to vote, the Depositary will mail the information contained
in such notice of meeting to the record holders of the Depositary Receipts as of
the record date for such meeting. Each such record holder of Depositary Receipts
will be entitled to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting
rights pertaining to the number of shares of Preferred Stock represented by such
record holder's Depositary Shares. The Depositary will endeavor, insofar as
practicable, to vote such Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares
in accordance with such instructions, and the Company will agree to take all
action which may be deemed necessary by the Depositary in order to enable the
Depositary to do so. The Depositary will abstain from voting any of the
Preferred Stock to the extent that it does not receive specific instructions
from the holders of Depositary Receipts.
WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED STOCK
Upon surrender of Depositary Receipts at the principal office of the
Depositary, upon payment of any unpaid amount due the Depositary, and subject to
the terms of the Deposit Agreement, the owner of the Depositary Shares evidenced
thereby is entitled to delivery of the number of whole shares of Preferred Stock
and all money and other property, if any, represented by such Depositary Shares.
Partial shares of Preferred Stock will not be issued. If the Depositary Receipts
delivered by the holder evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the
number of Depositary Shares representing the number of whole shares of Preferred
Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary will deliver to such holder at the same
time a new Depositary Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary
Shares. Holders of Preferred Stock thus withdrawn will not thereafter be
entitled to deposit such shares under the Deposit Agreement or to receive
Depositary Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares therefor.
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AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
The form of Depositary Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares and any
provision of the Deposit Agreement may at any time and from time to time be
amended by agreement between the Company and the Depositary. However, any
amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders (other
than any change in fees) of Depositary Shares will not be effective unless such
amendment has been approved by at least a majority of the Depositary Shares then
outstanding. No such amendment may impair the right, subject to the terms of the
Deposit Agreement, of any owner of any Depositary Shares to surrender the
Depositary Receipt evidencing such Depositary Shares with instructions to the
Depositary to deliver to the holder the Preferred Stock and all money and other
property, if any, represented thereby, except in order to comply with mandatory
provisions of applicable law. the Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the
Company or the Depositary only if (i) all outstanding Depositary Shares have
been redeemed or (ii) there has been a final distribution in respect of the
Preferred Stock in connection with any dissolution of the Company and such
distribution has been made to all the holders of Depositary Shares.
CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY
The Company will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges
arising solely from the existence of the depositary arrangements. The Company
will pay charges of the Depositary in connection with the initial deposit of the
Preferred Stock and initial issuance of the Depositary Shares, and redemption of
the Preferred Stock and all withdrawals of Preferred Stock by owners of
Depositary Shares. Holders of Depositary Receipts will pay transfer, income and
other taxes and governmental charges and certain other charges as are provided
in the Deposit Agreement to be for their accounts. In certain circumstances, the
Depositary may refuse to transfer Depositary Shares, may withhold dividends and
distributions and sell the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary
Receipt if such charges are not paid.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Depositary will forward to the holders of Depositary Receipts all
reports and communications from the Company which are delivered to the
Depositary and which the Company is required to furnish to the holders of the
Preferred Stock. In addition, the Depositary will make available for inspection
by holders of Depositary Receipts at the principal office of the Depositary, and
at such other places as it may from time to time deem advisable, any reports and
communications received from the Company which are received by the Depositary as
the holder of Preferred Stock.
Neither the Depositary nor the Company assumes any obligation or will be
subject to any liability under the Deposit Agreement to holders of Depositary
Receipts other than for its negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the
Depositary nor the Company will be liable if it is prevented or delayed by law
or any circumstance beyond its control in performing its obligations under the
Deposit Agreement. The obligations of the Company and the Depositary under the
Deposit Agreement will be limited to performance in good faith of their duties
thereunder, and they will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal
proceeding in respect of any Depositary Shares or Preferred Stock unless
satisfactory indemnity is furnished. The Company and the Depositary may rely on
written advice of counsel or accountants, on information provided by holders of
the Depositary Receipts or other persons believed in good faith to be competent
to give such information and on documents believed to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY
The Depositary may resign at any time by delivering to the Company notice of
its election to do so, and the Company may at any time remove the Depositary,
any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a
successor Depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. Such successor
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Depositary must be appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice for
resignation or removal and must be a bank or trust company having its principal
office in the United States of America and having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $100,000,000.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
Owners of Depositary Shares will be treated for Federal income tax purposes
as if they were owners of the Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary
Shares. Accordingly, such owners will be entitled to take into account, for
Federal income tax purposes, income and deductions to which they would be
entitled if they were holders of such Preferred Stock. In addition, (i) no gain
or loss will be recognized for Federal income tax purposes upon the withdrawal
of Preferred Stock in exchange for Depositary Shares, (ii) the tax basis of each
share of Preferred Stock to an exchanging owner of Depositary Shares will, upon
such exchange, be the same as the aggregate tax basis of the Depositary Shares
exchanged therefor, and (iii) the holding period for Preferred Stock in the
hands of an exchanging owner of Depositary Shares will include the period during
which such person owned such Depositary Shares.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Senior Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more
series under an indenture (the "Senior Indenture"), dated as of January 1, 1991,
between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly Chemical Bank as
successor by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), as Trustee (the
"Senior Trustee"), which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of
which this Prospectus is a part. The Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued
from time to time in one or more series under an indenture (the "Subordinated
Indenture" and, together with the Senior Indenture, the "Indentures") between
the Company and a trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee") and, together with the
Senior Trustee, the "Trustees") to be identified in the related Prospectus
Supplement a form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
of which this Prospectus is a part. The following summary of certain general
provisions of the Indentures and the Debt Securities does not purport to be
complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to,
the provisions of the Indentures, including the definitions therein of certain
terms. 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 apply to the Offered Debt Securities will be described in
the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered Debt Securities.
GENERAL
Neither Indenture limits the amount of Debt Securities which may be issued
thereunder and each Indenture provides that Debt Securities may be issued
thereunder up to the aggregate principal amount which may be authorized from
time to time. The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. The Senior Debt Securities will be unsecured and will rank on a parity
with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The
Subordinated Debt Securities will be unsecured and subordinated to all present
and future Senior Indebtedness (as such term will be defined in an accompanying
Prospectus Supplement) of the Company.
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 designation, aggregate principal amount and
authorized denominations of the Offered Debt Securities; (ii) the price
(expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at which
the Offered Debt Securities will be issued; (iii) the date or dates on which the
Offered Debt Securities will mature; (iv) the rate per annum, if any, at which
the Offered Debt Securities will bear interest; (v) 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; (vi) any optional or mandatory sinking fund provisions;
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(vii) the date, if any, after which and the price or prices at which the Offered
Debt Securities may, pursuant to any optional or mandatory redemption
provisions, be redeemed at the option of the Company or the Holder and any other
terms and provisions of such optional or mandatory redemptions; (viii) if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Offered Debt Securities of the series will be issuable;
(ix) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Offered Debt Securities of the series which will be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof or provable in bankruptcy; (x)
any Events of Default with respect to the Offered Debt Securities of a
particular series, if not set forth in the applicable Indenture; (xi) the
currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Offered Debt
Securities of the series will be payable (if other than the currency of the
United States of America), which unless otherwise specified will be the currency
of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public or private debts; (xii) if the principal of (and premium, if
any), or interest, if any, on the Offered Debt Securities of the series is to be
payable, at the election of the Company or any holder thereof, in a coin or
currency other than that in which the Offered Debt Securities of the series are
stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made; (xiii) if such Offered Debt
Securities are to be denominated in a currency or currencies, including
composite currencies, other than the currency of the United States of America,
the equivalent price in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of determining the voting rights of Holders of such Debt Securities
under the applicable Indenture; (xiv) if the amount of payments of principal of
(and premium, if any), or portions thereof, or interest, if any, on the Offered
Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method based on a coin or currency other than that in which the
Offered Debt Securities of the series are stated to be payable, the manner in
which such amounts will be determined; and (xv) any additional restrictive
covenants or other material terms relating to the Offered Debt Securities (which
may not be inconsistent with the applicable Indenture).
Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto,
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be payable and the Debt
Securities will be transferable at the corporate trust office of the applicable
Trustee. Unless other arrangements are made, principal, premium, if any, and
interest will be paid by checks mailed to the Holders at their registered
addresses.
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 integral multiple thereof. No service
charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of the Debt Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Some or all of the Debt Securities may be issued as discounted Debt
Securities (bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of
issuance is below market rates) to be sold at a substantial discount below their
stated principal amount. Federal income tax consequences and other special
considerations applicable to any such discounted Debt Securities will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
The Senior Indenture provides for Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries. The Subordinated Indenture has no provisions relating to
Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Accordingly the following
provisions apply only to the Senior Indenture and the Senior Debt Securities
issuable thereunder.
The various restrictive provisions of the Senior Indenture applicable to the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not apply to Unrestricted
Subsidiaries. The assets and indebtedness of Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not
consolidated with those of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
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in calculating Consolidated Net Tangible Assets under the Senior Indenture.
Investments by the Company or by its Restricted Subsidiaries in Unrestricted
Subsidiaries are excluded in computing Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
"Unrestricted Subsidiaries" are those Subsidiaries which are designated as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries by the Board of Directors from time to time pursuant
to the Senior Indenture (in each case, unless and until designated as Restricted
Subsidiaries by the Board of Directors pursuant to the Indenture). "Restricted
Subsidiaries" are all Subsidiaries other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries. At the
date of execution of the Senior Indenture and at the date of this Prospectus,
all Subsidiaries of the Company were Restricted Subsidiaries. However, subject
to compliance with the terms of the Senior Indenture, the Company has the right
to change the designation of one or more of such Subsidiaries to Unrestricted
Subsidiaries. A "Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary" is a Restricted Subsidiary,
of which at least 99% of the capital stock (except directors' qualifying shares)
is owned by the Company and its other Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries.
A Restricted Subsidiary may not be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary
unless the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would thereafter be permitted
to incur at least $1.00 of Secured Debt under the Senior Indenture.
An Unrestricted Subsidiary may not be designated a Restricted Subsidiary if
it has any Secured Debt or Attributable Debt unless immediately thereafter the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be permitted to incur such debt
under the terms of the Senior Indenture.
"Mortgage" means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar
encumbrance.
"Principal Property" means all improved real property and improvements
thereon owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (including, without
limitation, any store, warehouse, service center, shopping center or
distribution center wherever located), and in each case having a book value
(determined by reference to the latest available quarterly or annual
consolidated balance sheet of the Company) equal to at least 1% of Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets at the date of such balance sheet. A Principal Property is
treated as having been "acquired" on the date the Principal Property is placed
in operation by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the later of (a)
its acquisition from a third party, including an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b)
completion of its original construction or (c) completion of its substantial
reconstruction, renovation, remodeling or expansion (whether or not constituting
a Principal Property prior to such reconstruction, renovation, remodeling or
expansion). The Board of Directors shall have the power to determine in good
faith (which determination, reasonably made in good faith, shall be final,
conclusive and binding on all parties) whether and when a Principal Property has
been "acquired" for purposes of the foregoing sentence. At the present time,
there are only a few Principal Properties of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
RESTRICTIONS UPON SECURED DEBT
The Senior Indenture restricts the incurrence of Secured Debt by the
Company. The Subordinated Indenture does not restrict the incurrence of secured
debt of any kind by the Company. Accordingly, the following provisions apply
only to the Senior Indenture and the Senior Debt Securities issuable thereunder.
Neither the Company nor a Restricted Subsidiary is permitted to create,
issue, incur, assume or guarantee any Secured Debt without equally and ratably
securing the Senior Debt Securities. This restriction does not apply to certain
permitted encumbrances described in the Senior Indenture, including purchase
money mortgages, encumbrances existing on property at the time it is acquired by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or created within 18 months of the date
of such acquisition, conditional sales and similar agreements and the extension,
renewal or refunding of any of the foregoing. The Senior Indenture also permits
other indebtedness secured by encumbrances not otherwise specifically permitted
which, together with Attributable Debt respecting existing Sale and Leaseback
Transactions (excluding,
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among certain others, Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into in respect of
property acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary not more than 18
months prior to the date such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is entered into)
incurred or entered into, as the case may be, after the date of the Senior
Indenture, would not at the time exceed 10% of the Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
"Capital Lease" means any lease of property which, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized on the lessee's
balance sheet or for which the amount of asset and liability thereunder as if so
capitalized should be disclosed in a note to such balance sheet.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means (a) the total amount of assets
(less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) which under
generally accepted accounting principles would be included on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after deducting
therefrom, without duplication, the sum of (i) all liabilities and liability
items which under generally accepted accounting principals would be included on
such balance sheet, except Funded Debt, liabilities in respect of Capital Leases
(other than the current portion thereof), capital stock and surplus, surplus
reserves and provisions for deferred income taxes and (ii) all good will, trade
names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like
intangibles, which in each case under generally accepted accounting principles
would be included on such consolidated balance sheet, less (b) the amount which
would be so included on such consolidated balance sheet for Investments (less
applicable reserves) (i) in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (ii) in corporations
while they were Unrestricted Subsidiaries but which at the time of computation
are not Subsidiaries of the Company.
"Funded Debt" means any indebtedness for money borrowed, created, issued,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed, whether secured or unsecured, maturing more
than one year after the date of determination thereof and any indebtedness,
regardless of its term, renewable pursuant to the terms thereof or of a
revolving credit or similar agreement effective for more than one year after the
date of the creation of the indebtedness, which would, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting practice, be classified as funded debt, excluding
(i) indebtedness for which money in satisfaction thereof has been deposited in
trust, (ii) certain guarantees arising in the ordinary course of business, and
(iii) liabilities resulting from capitalization of lease rentals.
"Secured Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed which is secured by a
Mortgage on a Principal Property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. A
pledge of the stock of a Subsidiary shall not be deemed to create a Mortgage on
the property of such Subsidiary.
RESTRICTIONS UPON SALES WITH LEASES BACK
The Senior Indenture restricts Sale and Leaseback Transactions by the
Company. The Subordinated Indenture does not restrict sale and leaseback
transactions of any kind by the Company. Accordingly, the following provisions
apply only to the Senior Indenture and the Senior Debt Securities issuable
thereunder.
Under the Senior Indenture the Company is not permitted, and may not permit
a Restricted Subsidiary, to sell (except to the Company and/or one or more
Wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries) any Principal Property owned by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with the intention that the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiaries take back a lease thereof, except a lease for a period,
including renewals, of not more than 36 months by the end of which period it is
intended that the use of such Principal Property by the lessee will be
discontinued, except (i) where the Company would be entitled under the covenant
entitled "Restrictions Upon Secured Debt" above to incur additional Secured Debt
not otherwise specifically permitted by the Senior Indenture in an amount equal
to the Attributable Debt respecting such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (ii)
where the Sale and Leaseback Transaction is entered into in respect of property
acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary within 18 months of such
acquisition, or (iii) where the Company within 180 days of entering into the
Sale and Leaseback Transaction (or, in the
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case of (ii) below, within six months thereafter pursuant to a bona fide
commitment to acquire a Principal Property entered into within such 180-day
period) applies an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the net proceeds (net of
all costs, fees, expenses, taxes and indemnities payable as a result thereof) of
the sale of the property leased pursuant to such Transaction or (b) the fair
market value of the property so leased to (i) the retirement of secured debt of
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries, or Senior Debt Securities or (ii)
the acquisition of one or more Principal Properties (other than the Principal
Property involved in such sale).
RESTRICTIONS UPON MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
The Senior Indenture provides that no merger of the Company with or sale of
the Company's property substantially as an entirety to any other corporation
shall be made if, as a result, properties or assets of the Company would become
subject to a mortgage or lien which would not be permitted by the Senior
Indenture, unless the Senior Debt Securities shall be equally and ratably
secured with such obligations. Each Indenture provides that any successor entity
must be a corporation organized in the United States, shall expressly assume the
due and punctual payment of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on
the Debt Securities and, immediately after giving effect to a merger or
consolidation, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
Each Indenture and the rights of the respective Holders may be modified by
the Company only with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of all series
under the respective Indenture affected by the modification (taken together as
one class); but no modification altering the terms of payment of principal or
interest, changing the place or medium of payment of principal or interest,
impairing the rights of Holders to institute suit for payment or reducing the
percentage required for modification will be effective against any Holder
without his consent.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each Indenture defines an Event of Default with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series as being any one of the following events: (a) default
for 30 days in any payment of interest on that series when due, (b) default in
any payment of principal on that series when due, (c) default in the deposit of
any sinking fund payment when due, (d) default for 60 days after appropriate
notice in the performance of any other covenant in the Debt Securities or the
applicable Indenture, (e) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization, or (f) certain events of default resulting in the acceleration
of the maturity of the related indebtedness aggregating in excess of $10,000,000
under any mortgages, indentures (including each Indenture) or instruments under
which the Company may have issued, or by which there may have been secured or
evidenced, any other indebtedness for money borrowed (including Debt Securities
of any series) of the Company. In case an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the applicable
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities then outstanding of that series may declare the principal of the
Debt Securities of such series (or, if the Debt Securities of that series were
issued as discounted Debt Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms of that series) and the accrued interest thereon, if any,
to be due and payable. Any Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities
of any series which has been cured may be waived by the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series then
outstanding.
Each Indenture requires the Company to file annually with the Trustee a
written statement signed by two officers of the Company as to the absence of
certain defaults under the terms of such Indenture. Each Indenture provides that
the Trustee may withhold notice to the Holders of any default (except in payment
of principal or premium, if any, or interest) if it considers it in the interest
of the Holders to do so.
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Subject to the provisions of each Indenture relating to the duties of the
Trustee in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, each
Indenture provides that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of its rights or powers under such Indenture at the request, order or direction
of Holders unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity. Subject to such provisions for indemnification and certain other
rights of the Trustee, each Indenture provides that the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series then 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.
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
The terms of each Indenture provide the Company with the option to be
discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the Debt Securities issued
thereunder (except for certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange
of Debt Securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated Debt Securities, to
maintain paying agencies and hold moneys for payment in trust) upon the deposit
with the Trustee, in trust, of money or U.S. Government Obligations (as
defined), or both, which through the payment of interest and principal thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay
any installment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest on and any
mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Debt Securities on the Stated
Maturity of such payments in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities
and the Indenture governing such Debt Securities. Such option may only be
exercised if the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling to the effect that such a
discharge will not be deemed, or result in, a taxable event with respect to
Holders.
DEFEASANCE OF CERTAIN COVENANTS
The terms of the Senior Debt Securities provide the Company with the option
to omit to comply with the covenants described under the headings "Restricted
and Unrestricted Subsidiaries", "Restrictions Upon Secured Debt" and
"Restrictions Upon Sales with Leases Back" above. The Company, in order to
exercise such option, will be required to deposit with the Trustee money or U.S.
Government Obligations, or both, which through the payment of interest and
principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount
sufficient to pay principal (and premium, if any) and interest on any mandatory
sinking fund payments in respect of the Senior Debt Securities on the Stated
Maturity of such payments in accordance with the terms of the Senior Indenture
and such Senior Debt Securities. The Company will also be required to deliver to
the Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Company has received
from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling to
the effect that the deposit and related covenant defeasance will not cause the
Holders of such series to recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes.
The Prospectus Supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, of
any particular series of Offered Debt Securities permitting a discharge or such
an omission to comply with certain covenants.
SENIOR TRUSTEE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY
The Senior Trustee acts as a depositary of funds of, extends lines of credit
to, and performs other services for the Company in the normal course of its
business.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf
of, a depository (the "Depository") identified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee for the
Depository. In such a case, one or more Global Securities will be issued in a
denomination or aggregate
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denominations equal to the portion of the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities of the series to be represented by such Global
Security or Securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Debt Securities in definitive certificated form, a Global Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such Global Security to a
nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository
or another nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee
to a successor Depository for such series or a nominee of such successor
Depository and except in the circumstances, if any, described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
The Company expects that the following provisions will apply to depository
arrangements with respect to any portion of a series of Debt Securities to be
represented by a Global Security. Any additional specific terms of the
depository arrangement will be described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
Upon the issuance of any Global Security, and the deposit of such Global
Security with or on behalf of the Depository for such Global Security, the
Depository will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the
respective principal amounts of the Debt Securities represented by such Global
Security to the accounts of institutions ("Participants") that have accounts
with the Depository or its nominee. The accounts to be credited will be
designated by the underwriters or agents engaging in the distribution of such
Debt Securities or by the Company, if such Debt Securities are offered and sold
directly by the Company. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security
will be limited to Participants or persons that may hold interest through
Participants. Ownership of beneficial interests by Participants in such Global
Security will be shown on, and the transfer of such beneficial interests will be
effected only through, records maintained by the Depository for such Global
Security or by its nominee. Ownership of beneficial interests in such Global
Security by persons that hold through Participants will be shown on, and the
transfer of such beneficial interests within such Participants will be effected
only through, records maintained by such Participants. The laws of some
jurisdictions may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in certificated form. The foregoing limitations and
such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in such Global
Securities.
So long as the Depository for a Global Security, or its nominee, is the
registered owner of such Global Security, such Depository or such nominee, as
the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Debt
Securities represented by such Global Security for all purposes under the
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement
and except as specified below, owners of beneficial interests in such Global
Security will not be entitled to have Debt Securities of the series represented
by such Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be
entitled to receive physical delivery of Debt Securities of such series in
certificated form and will not be considered the holders thereof for any
purposes under the Indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial
interest in such Global Security must rely on the procedures of the Depository
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 Depository 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, if
the Company requests any action of holders or any owner of a beneficial interest
in such Global Security desires to give any notice or take any action a holder
is entitled to give or take under the Indenture, the Depository would authorize
the Participants to give such notice or take such action, and Participants would
authorize beneficial owners owning through such Participants to give such notice
or take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial
owners owning through them.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payments
with respect to principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Debt
Securities represented by a Global Security registered in the name of a
Depository or its nominee will be made by the Company to such Depository or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such Global Security.
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The Company expects that the Depository for any Debt Securities represented
by a Global Security, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or
interest, will credit Participants' accounts with payments in amounts
proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount
of such Global Security as shown on the records of such Depository. The Company
also expects that payments by Participants to owners of beneficial interests in
such Global Security held through such Participants will be governed by standing
instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities
held for the accounts of customers registered in "street names", and will be the
responsibility of such Participants. None of the Company, the Trustee or any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial interests in a Global Security, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, a Global
Security of any series will be exchangeable for certificated Debt Securities of
the same series only if (i) the Depository for such Global Securities notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository or such
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act (if
so required by applicable law or regulation) and, in either case, a successor
Depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, (ii) the Company in
its sole discretion determines that such Global Securities shall be exchangeable
for certificated Debt Securities or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series. Upon any such exchange, owners of beneficial
interests in such Global Security or Securities will be entitled to physical
delivery of individual Debt Securities in certificated form of like tenor and
terms equal in principal amount to such beneficial interests, and to have such
Debt Securities in certificated form registered in the names of the beneficial
owners, which names are expected to be provided by such Depository's relevant
Participants (as identified by such Depository) to the Trustee.
The following is based on information furnished to the Company:
In the event that the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") acts as Depository
for the Global Securities of any series, such Global Securities will be issued
as fully registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC's
partnership nominee). One fully registered Global Security will be issued with
respect to each $200 million (or such other amount as shall be permitted by DTC
from time to time) of principal amount of the Debt Securities of a series, and
an additional certificate will be issued with respect to any remaining principal
amount of such series.
DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking
Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, 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 pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC
holds securities that its Participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates
the settlement among Participants of securities transactions, such as transfers
and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry
changes in Participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical
movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain
other organizations ("Direct Participants"). DTC is owned by a number of its
Direct Participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock
Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Access
to the DTC system is also available to others, such as securities brokers and
dealers and banks and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial
relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly ("Indirect
Participants"). The rules applicable to DTC and its Participants are on file
with the Commission.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, the Debt Securities are registered in
the name of DTC's nominee, Cede & Co. The deposit of the Debt Securities with
DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co.
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will effect no change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the
actual beneficial owners of the Debt Securities, DTC's records reflect only the
identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts Debt Securities are
credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The Participants remain
responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
Delivery of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants,
by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and
Indirect Participants to beneficial owners of Debt Securities are governed by
arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as
may be in effect from time to time.
Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. consents or votes with respect to the Debt
Securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails a proxy (an "Omnibus Proxy")
to the issuer as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy
assigns Cede & Co.'s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to
whose accounts the Debt Securities are credited on the record date (identified
on a list attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
If applicable, redemption notices shall be sent to Cede & Co. If less than
all of the Debt Securities of a series represented by Global Securities are
being redeemed, DTC's practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest
of each Direct Participant in such issue to be redeemed.
To the extent that any Debt Securities provide for repayment or repurchase
at the option of the holders thereof, a beneficial owner shall give notice of
any option to elect to have its interest in the Global Security repaid by the
Company, through its Participant, to the Trustee, and shall effect delivery of
such interest in a Global Security by causing the Direct Participant to transfer
the Direct Participant's interest in the Global Security or Securities
representing such interest, on DTC's records, to the Trustee. The requirement
for physical delivery of Debt Securities in connection with a demand for
repayment or repurchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in
the Global Security or Securities representing such Debt Securities are
transferred by Direct Participants on DTC's records.
DTC may discontinue providing its services as securities depository with
respect to the Debt Securities at any time. Under such circumstances, in the
event that a successor securities depository is not appointed, Debt Security
certificates are required to be printed and delivered as described above.
The Company may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry
transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event,
Debt Security certificates will be printed and delivered as described above.
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC's book-entry system
has been obtained from sources that the Company believes to be reliable, but the
Company takes no responsibility for the accuracy thereof.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WARRANTS
The Company may issue Securities Warrants for the purchase of Debt
Securities or Common Stock. Securities Warrants may be issued independently or
together with Debt Securities or Common Stock offered by any Prospectus
Supplement and may be attached to or separate from such Debt Securities or
Common Stock. Each series of Securities Warrants will be issued under a separate
warrant agreement (a "Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company
and a bank or trust company, as Warrant Agent (the "Warrant Agent"), all as set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of offered
Securities Warrants. The Warrant Agent will act solely as an agent of the
Company in connection with the Securities Warrant certificates relating to the
Securities Warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency
or trust for or with any holders of Securities Warrant certificates or
beneficial owners of Securities Warrants. The following summaries of certain
provisions of the Warrant Agreements and Securities Warrants do not purport to
be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to, all the provisions of the Warrant Agreement and the Securities Warrant
certificates relating to each series of Securities Warrants which will be filed
with the Commission and incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part at or prior to the
time of the issuance of such series of Securities Warrants.
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GENERAL
If Securities Warrants are offered, the applicable Prospectus Supplement
will describe the terms of such Securities Warrants, including, in the case of
Securities Warrants for the purchase of Debt Securities, the following where
applicable:
(i) the offering price;
(ii) the denominations and terms of the series of Debt Securities
purchasable upon exercise of such Securities Warrants and whether such Debt
Securities are Senior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt Securities;
(iii) the designation and terms of any series of Debt Securities with
which such Securities Warrants are being offered and the number of such
Securities Warrants being offered with each such Debt Security;
(iv) the date, if any, on and after which such Securities Warrants and
any related series of Debt Securities will be transferable separately;
(v) the principal amount of the series of Debt Securities purchasable
upon exercise of each such Securities Warrant and the price at which such
principal amount of Debt Securities of such series may be purchased upon
such exercise;
(vi) the date on which the right to exercise such Securities Warrants
shall commence and the date (the "Expiration Date") on which such right
shall expire;
(vii) whether the Securities Warrants will be issued in registered or
bearer form;
(viii) any special United States Federal income tax consequences;
(ix) the terms, if any, on which the Company may accelerate the date by
which the Securities Warrants must be exercised; and
(x) any other terms of such Securities Warrants.
In the case of Securities Warrants for the purchase of Common Stock, the
applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of such Securities
Warrants, including the following where applicable: (i) the offering price; (ii)
the aggregate number of shares purchasable upon exercise of such Securities
Warrants and the exercise price; (iii) the designation and terms of the series
of Debt Securities with which such Securities Warrants are being offered, if
any, and the number of such Securities Warrants being offered with each such
Debt Security; (iv) the date, if any, on and after which such Securities
Warrants and any related series of Debt Securities or Common Stock will be
transferable separately; (v) the date on which the right to exercise such
Securities Warrants shall commence and the Expiration Date; (vi) any special
United States Federal income tax consequences; (vii) the terms, if any, on which
the Company may accelerate the date by which the Securities Warrants must be
exercised; and (viii) any other terms of such Securities Warrants.
Securities Warrant certificates may be exchanged for new Securities Warrant
certificates of different denominations, may (if in registered form) be
presented for registration of transfer, and may be exercised at the corporate
trust office of the applicable Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Prior to the exercise of any Securities
Warrant to purchase Debt Securities, holders of such Securities Warrants will
not have any of the rights of Holders of the Debt Securities purchasable upon
such exercise, including the right to receive payments of principal, premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on such Debt Securities or to enforce covenants in the
applicable Indenture. Prior to the exercise of any Securities Warrants to
purchase Common Stock, holders of such Securities Warrants will not have any
rights of holders of such Common Stock, including the right to receive payments
of dividends, if any, on such Common Stock, or to exercise any applicable right
to vote.
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EXERCISE OF SECURITIES WARRANTS
Each Securities Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase such
principal amount of Debt Securities or number of shares of Common Stock, as the
case may be, at such exercise price as shall in each case be set forth in, or
calculable from, the Prospectus Supplement relating to the offered Securities
Warrants. After the close of business on the Expiration Date (or such later date
to which such Expiration Date may be extended by the Company), unexercised
Securities Warrants will become void.
Securities Warrants may be exercised by delivering to the applicable Warrant
Agent payment as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement of the amount
required to purchase the Debt Securities or Common Stock, as the case may be,
purchasable upon such exercise together with certain information set forth on
the reverse side of the Securities Warrant certificate. Securities Warrants will
be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt of payment of the exercise price
in cash or by certified or official bank check, subject to the receipt within
five (5) business days of the Securities Warrant certificate evidencing such
Securities Warrants. Upon receipt of such payment and the Securities Warrant
certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office
of the applicable Warrant Agent or any other office indicated in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, the Company will, as soon as practicable, issue and
deliver the Debt Securities or Common Stock, as the case may be, purchasable
upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the Securities Warrants represented by
such Securities Warrant certificate are exercised, a new Securities Warrant
certificate will be issued for the remaining amount of Securities Warrants.
AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS TO WARRANT AGREEMENTS
The Warrant Agreements may be amended or supplemented without the consent of
the holders of the Securities Warrants issued thereunder to effect changes that
are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Securities Warrants and that do
not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the applicable Securities
Warrants.
WARRANT ADJUSTMENTS
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will specify the manner, if any, in
which the exercise price of, and the number or amount of securities covered by,
a Common Stock Warrant are subject to adjustment in certain circumstances.
MARYLAND ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS
As of May 1, 1997, the Company was 54.3% owned by Tengelmann
Warenhandelsgesellschaft ("Tengelmann"), a general retailer headquartered in
Germany. Tengelmann established its majority ownership position in the Company
prior to the enactment of the following legislation.
MARYLAND FAIR PRICE PROVISIONS. The Maryland "fair price" statute may
discourage persons or entities from attempting to gain control of a corporation.
This law imposes certain statutory requirements with respect to "business
combinations," such as mergers and other similar transactions and specified
transfers of assets and securities, when such transactions are between a company
and an "interested stockholder" or an affiliate of an "interested stockholder"
(one who owns beneficially, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the
outstanding voting stock of the corporation or an affiliate or associate of such
beneficial owner who was such a 10% holder at any time in the last two years).
Under the Maryland "fair price" statute, business combinations, including a
second-stage merger transaction, with an "interested stockholder" may not be
consummated for a period of five years following the most recent date on which
the "interested stockholder" becomes an "interested stockholder." After this
five-year period, unless certain value and other standards are met (in the case
of the merger-type second-stage transaction) or an exemption is available,
transactions of these types may not be consummated between a Maryland
corporation and an "interested stockholder" unless recommended by the
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board of directors of the corporation, and approved by the affirmative vote of
at least 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of outstanding
shares of voting stock and 66 2/3% of the votes entitled to be cast by the
holders of the voting stock held by stockholders other than the "interested
stockholder." A business combination with an "interested stockholder" which is
approved by the board of directors of a Maryland corporation at any time before
an "interested stockholder" first becomes an "interested stockholder" is not
subject to the special voting requirements. An amendment to a Maryland
corporation's charter electing not to be subject to the foregoing requirements
must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the votes entitled
to be cast by all holders of outstanding voting stock and 66 2/3% of the votes
entitled to be cast by the holders of the voting stock other than the
"interested stockholders." Any such amendment is not effective until 18 months
after the vote of stockholders and does not apply to any business combination of
a corporation with a stockholder who was an "interested stockholder" on the date
of the stockholder vote. The Company has not adopted any such amendment to its
Articles of Incorporation.
MARYLAND CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION PROVISION. Maryland law imposes
limitations on voting rights in a "control share acquisition." The Maryland
statute defines "control shares" as shares representing between 20% and
33- 1/3%, 33- 1/3% and 50%, and 50% or higher of the outstanding shares, and
requires a two-thirds stockholder vote (excluding shares owned by the acquiring
person and certain members of management) to accord voting rights to stock
acquired in a control share acquisition. The statute also requires Maryland
corporations to hold a special meeting at the request of an actual or proposed
control share acquiror generally within 50 days after a request is made with the
submission of an "acquiring person statement," but only if the acquiring person
gives a written undertaking to pay the corporation's expenses of the special
meeting. In addition, unless the charter or by-laws provide otherwise, the
statute gives the Maryland corporation, within certain time limitations, various
redemption rights if there is a stockholder vote on the issue and the grant of
voting rights is not approved, or if an "acquiring person statement" is not
delivered to the target within 10 days following a control share acquisition.
Moreover, unless the charter or by-laws provide otherwise, the statute provides
that if, before a control share acquisition occurs, voting rights are accorded
to control shares which results in the acquiring person having majority voting
power, then minority stockholders have appraisal rights. An acquisition of
shares may be exempted from the control share statute provided that a charter or
by-law provision is adopted for such purpose prior to the control share
acquisition. There are no such provisions in the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of the Company.
Reference is made to the full text of the foregoing statutes for their
entire terms, and the partial summary contained herein is not intended to be
complete.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the Securities (i) through underwriters or dealers;
(ii) through agents; (iii) directly to purchasers; or (iv) through a combination
of any such methods of sale. Any such underwriter, dealer or agent may be deemed
to be an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Prospectus
Supplement relating to any offering of Securities will set forth their offering
terms, including the name or names of any underwriters, the purchase price of
the Securities and the proceeds to the Company from such sale, any underwriting
discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters' compensation,
any initial public offering price, and any underwriting discounts, commissions
and other items allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers, and any securities
exchanges on which the Securities may be listed.
If underwriters are used in the sale, the Securities will be acquired by the
underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or
more transactions, at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at
market prices prevailing at the time of sale, or at prices related to such
prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices. The Securities may be offered
to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more
managing underwriters or directly by one or more of such firms. Unless otherwise
set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to
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purchase the Securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent and the
underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the offered Securities if any are
purchased. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions
allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
Any agent involved in the offer or sale of the Securities in respect of
which this Prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable by
the Company to such agent will be set forth, in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, any such
agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered
into with the Company, to indemnification by the Company against certain civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act or to contribution
by the Company to payments they may be required to make in respect thereof.
Certain of the underwriters, agents or dealers and their associates may
perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of business.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with the Securities will be passed upon
for the Company by Cahill Gordon & Reindel (a partnership including a
professional corporation), New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference from
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 22, 1997
have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in
their report, which is incorporated herein by reference, and has been so
incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority
as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
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Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee............................... $ 151,516
Cost of Printing.................................................................. 40,000
Independent Auditors' Fees and Expenses........................................... 15,000
Legal Services and Expenses (including Blue Sky fees and expenses)................ 50,000
Miscellaneous..................................................................... 43,484
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Total........................................................................... $ 300,000
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Other than the Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee, all
amounts set forth above are estimates.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
THE COMPANY
Under the Article entitled "Corporations and Associations" of the Annotated
Code of the State of Maryland, Section 2-418, the Company is empowered to
indemnify directors, officers, agents and employees, to purchase and maintain
liability insurance on behalf of such persons and to create other and further
rights of indemnification by by-law or otherwise. The present indemnification
provisions (Article VII, Section 6) of the Company's by-laws expressly provide
indemnification for officers and directors of the Company and its subsidiary
companies. The indemnification provisions apply to both civil and criminal
actions and permit indemnification against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines, costs and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred if the director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to criminal proceedings, if he had no reason to
believe his conduct was unlawful.
THE REGISTRANTS
Reference is made to the Forms of Underwriting Agreements, to be filed as
Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2 hereto, which contain provisions for indemnification of
each of the registrants, their directors, officers and any controlling persons,
by the Underwriters against certain liabilities for information furnished by the
Underwriters.
For a statement of the registrants' undertakings with respect to
indemnification of directors and officers, see Item 17 below.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
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1 * -- Form of Underwriting Agreement between the Company and the Underwriter(s)
4.1 -- Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1991, between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Chemical Bank, as successor by merger to
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
of the Form 8-K of the Company dated as of January 1, 1991, File No. 1-4141).
4.2* -- Authorizing Resolutions relating to the Senior Debt Securities.
4.3** -- Form of Subordinated Indenture to be entered into between the Company and the
Subordinated Trustee.
4.4* -- Authorizing Resolutions relating to the Subordinated Debt Securities.
4.5* -- Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Warrant Agent.
4.6* -- Deposit Agreement among the Company, the Depositary and holders from time to
time of the Depositary Shares.
5 * -- Opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
12 * -- Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges of the Company.
23.1** -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2* -- Consent of Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
24 ** -- Power of Attorney (included on page II-3).
25.1* -- Statement of eligibility of Senior Trustee on Form T-1.
25.2** -- Statement of eligibility of Subordinated Trustee on Form T-1.
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* To be filed either by amendment or as an exhibit to an Exchange Act Report
of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.
** Filed herewith.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the Prospectus any 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 being 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% 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 the undertakings set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of
this paragraph shall not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
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periodic reports filed by the Registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered herein which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of a
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrants in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy, as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
(d) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of a
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of
prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of the registration
statement as of the time it was declared effective.
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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, hereunto duly
authorized in the City of New York, State of New York on the 23rd day of
September, 1997.
THE GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY,
INC.
By: /s/ FRED CORRADO
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Fred Corrado
VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Fred Corrado and R. Terrence Galvin and each acting alone, 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 or all amendments or 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, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done with this
Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements hereto, 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 their 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 by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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Chairman of the Board and
/s/ JAMES WOOD Co-Chief Executive
- ------------------------------ Officer September 23, 1997
James Wood (Principal Executive
Officer)
President, Co-Chief
/s/ CHRISTIAN W.E. HAUB Executive Officer and
- ------------------------------ Director (Principal September 23, 1997
Christian W.E. Haub Executive Officer)
Vice Chairman of the Board
/s/ FRED CORRADO and Chief Financial
- ------------------------------ Officer (Principal September 23, 1997
Fred Corrado Financial Officer)
/s/ JOHN D. BARLINE, ESQ.
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
John D. Barline, Esq.
/s/ ROSEMARIE BAUMEISTER
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
Rosemarie Baumeister
/s/ CHRISTOPHER F. EDLEY
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
Christopher F. Edley
/s/ HELGA HAUB
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
Helga Haub
/s/ BARBARA BARNES
HAUPTFUHRER
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
Barbara Barnes Hauptfuhrer
/s/ WILLIAM A. LIFFERS
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
William A. Liffers
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------ -------------------------- -------------------
- ------------------------------ Director
Fritz Teelen
/s/ ROBERT L. "SAM" WETZEL
- ------------------------------ Director September 23, 1997
Robert L. "Sam" Wetzel
/s/ KENNETH A. UHL Vice President and
- ------------------------------ Controller (Principal September 23, 1997
Kenneth A. Uhl Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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1 * -- Form of Underwriting Agreement between the Company and the Underwriter(s).
4.1 -- Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1991, between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank (formerly known as Chemical Bank, as successor by merger to
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
of the Form 8-K of the Company dated as of January 1, 1991, File No. 1-4141).
4.2* -- Authorizing Resolutions relating to the Senior Debt Securities.
4.3** -- Form of Subordinated Indenture to be entered into between the Company and the
Subordinated Trustee.
4.4* -- Authorizing Resolutions relating to the Subordinated Debt Securities.
4.5* -- Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Warrant Agent.
4.6* -- Deposit Agreement among the Company, the Depositary and holders from time to
time of the Depositary Shares.
5 * -- Opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
12 * -- Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges of the Company.
23.1** -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2* -- Consent of Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
24 ** -- Power of Attorney (included on page II-5).
25.1* -- Statement of eligibility of Senior Trustee on Form T-1.
25.2* -- Statement of eligibility of Subordinated Trustee on Form T-1.
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* To be filed either by amendment or as an exhibit to an Exchange Act Report
of the Company and incorporated herein by reference.
** Filed herewith.
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THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY,
to
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Trustee
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Dated as of ,
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Subordinated Debt Securities
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Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1991
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
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ss. 310(a)(1)........................................ 609
(a)(2)........................................ 609
(a)(3)........................................ Not Applicable
(a)(4)........................................ Not Applicable
(b)........................................... 608, 610
(c)........................................... Not Applicable
ss. 311(b)(2)......................................... 703(a)
(c)........................................... Not Applicable
ss. 312(a)............................................ 701, 702(a)
(b)........................................... 702(b)
(c)........................................... 702(c)
ss. 313(a)............................................ 703(a)
(d)........................................... 703(b)
ss. 314(a)............................................ 704
(b)........................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)........................................ 102
(c)(2)........................................ 102
(c)(3)........................................ Not Applicable
(d)........................................... Not Applicable
(e)........................................... 102
(f)........................................... Not Applicable
ss. 315(a)............................................ 601(a)
(b)........................................... 602, 703(a)
(c)........................................... 601(b)
(d)........................................... 601(c)
(d)(1)........................................ 601(a)(1)
(d)(2)........................................ 601(c)(2)
(d)(3)........................................ 602(c)(3)
(e)........................................... 514
ss. 316(a)............................................ 501
(a)(1)(A)..................................... 502, 512, 513
(a)(1)(B)..................................... 513
(a)(2)........................................ Not Applicable
(b)........................................... 508
ss. 317(a)(1)......................................... 503
(a)(2)........................................ 504
(b)........................................... 1003
ss. 318(a)............................................ 107
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions............................................. 1
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.................... 8
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.................. 9
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders......................................... 9
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company................... 10
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver............................... 11
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act....................... 11
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................ 11
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.................................. 12
SECTION 110. Separability Clause..................................... 12
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture................................... 12
SECTION 112. Governing Law........................................... 12
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.......................................... 12
SECTION 114. References to Currency.................................. 12
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally......................................... 13
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication....................................... 13
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global
Security............................................. 14
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.................... 16
SECTION 302. Denominations........................................... 19
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating............................................... 19
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.................................... 21
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange............................................. 21
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities........................................... 23
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved............................................ 24
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners................................... 25
SECTION 309. Cancellation............................................ 25
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest................................. 26
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture................. 26
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification............. 27
SECTION 403. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture................... 28
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default....................................... 30
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and
Annulment............................................ 33
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee............................... 34
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................ 35
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities............................. 36
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.......................... 36
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits..................................... 37
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest...................... 38
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies...................... 38
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................... 38
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................ 38
SECTION 512. Control by Holders...................................... 39
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults................................. 39
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs................................... 40
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws........................ 40
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities..................... 41
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults...................................... 42
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee............................... 43
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities........................................... 44
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SECTION 605. May Hold Securities..................................... 44
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust..................................... 44
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.......................... 45
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests................. 45
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility................. 45
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor............................................ 46
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.................. 48
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business............................... 49
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders................................. 50
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications
to Holders........................................... 50
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee...................................... 53
SECTION 704. Reports by Company...................................... 53
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on
Certain Terms........................................ 54
SECTION 802. Successor Corporation Substituted....................... 55
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of
Holders.............................................. 56
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders.............................................. 57
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.................... 58
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures....................... 59
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act..................... 59
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures........................................... 59
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.............. 60
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency......................... 60
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities; Payments to Be Held in
Trust................................................ 61
SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence..................................... 63
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties............................... 63
SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes........................................ 63
SECTION 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default..................... 64
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article................................ 64
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee................... 64
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed............................................. 65
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.................................... 65
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price............................. 66
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date................... 66
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part............................. 67
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article................................ 68
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities........................................... 68
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund............... 68
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 1301. Agreement to Subordination.............................. 70
SECTION 1302. Certain Definitions..................................... 70
SECTION 1303. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.................... 71
SECTION 1304. Company Not to Make Payments with Respect to
Securities in Certain Circumstances.................. 72
SECTION 1305. Acceleration of Securities.............................. 72
SECTION 1306. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over..................... 72
SECTION 1307. Notice by Company....................................... 73
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SECTION 1308. Subrogation............................................. 73
SECTION 1309. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company............ 73
SECTION 1310. Distribution or Notice to Representative................ 73
SECTION 1311. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent...................... 73
SECTION 1312. Officers' Certificate................................... 74
SECTION 1313. Obligation of Company Unconditional..................... 74
SECTION 1314. Subordination Language to be Included in
Securities........................................... 74
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INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], , between THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC
TEA COMPANY, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Maryland (herein called the "Company" or the "Issuer"), having its
principal office at 2 Paragon Drive, Montvale, New Jersey 07645, and , a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York,
as Trustee hereunder (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture
provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
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(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of such computation; and
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain items, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that
Article.
"Act," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board duly authorized to act
hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution, certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are
authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York, the Borough of
Manhattan.
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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 of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or
order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice
Chairman, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered.
"Corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, unless otherwise specified by the Company
pursuant to either Section 203 or 301, with respect to Securities of any series
issuable or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York, or any successor thereto registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Global Security" means a Security issued to evidence all or a part
of any series of Securities which is executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to a Company
Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
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"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security,
means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date
on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman
of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money or evidences of
indebtedness in the necessary amount has
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been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders
of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed,
notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities
in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to
such right, any decision by the Trustee shall be full protection to the Trustee.
Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly
an Officers' Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known
by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the
above-described persons; and, subject to Section 601, 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 purposes of any such determination.
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"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or any officer of
the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the Trustee in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
amended and in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed,
except as provided in Section 905.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as to the timely
payment of principal and interest 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 or trust company which is a member of the Federal Reserve
System and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as
custodian with respect to any such obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the obligation
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set forth in (i) or (ii) above or the specific payment of interest on or
principal of such obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company, means any
vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title "vice president."
"Voting Stock" means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the
election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class
of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to
take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or
opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the Person signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such
Person 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
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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such Person,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by,
or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which such officer's certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it
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is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in
accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by
the Trustee or in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon
such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate
Trust Department, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the
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Trustee by the Company, to the attention of the General Counsel of the
Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event,
such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date,
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders 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.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other case it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required or deemed provision
shall control.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents
are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be
made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after
such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may
be.
SECTION 114. References to Currency.
All references in this Indenture to "dollars" or "$" are to the
currency of the United States of America.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the forms
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved from time
to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 301, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and any indenture
supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of
any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Officer
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the Issuer shall establish pursuant to Sections 201 and 301
that the Securities of a particular 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 Section 303 and the Company Order
delivered to the Trustee thereunder, authenticate and deliver, such Global
Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in
an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Securities
of such series to be represented by such Global Security or Securities, (ii)
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or
Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear a
legend substantially to the following effect: "UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY, THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE (I) BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR (II) BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR THE
DEPOSITARY TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 203 or of
Section 305, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global
Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global
Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided
in Section 305, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such Global
Security, or to a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or
approved by the Issuer or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security notifies
the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities for such
Series shall no
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longer be eligible or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Issuer shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security. If a
successor Depositary for such Global Security is not appointed by the Issuer
within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of
such series in exchange for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver
individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(ii) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
an event shall have occurred which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default with respect to the Securities
represented by such Global Security, the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such
series in exchange for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver
individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(iii) The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Securities of any series issued or issuable 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 a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities
of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver individual Securities of such series of like tenor and
terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such Global Security or Securities representing such series to be so
exchanged for such Global Security or Securities.
(iv) If specified by the Issuer pursuant to Section 301 with respect
to Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the
Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in
exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such series of like
tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuer
and such Depositary. Thereupon the Issuer shall exe-
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cute, 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 like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof 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 of like tenor and terms and 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.
(v) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding four
paragraphs, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver individual Securities in definitive registered form in authorized
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Upon the exchange of
a Global Security for individual Securities, 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.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers'
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior
to the issuance of 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 which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 203, 304, 305, 306, 906 or
1107);
(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, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable
and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on the Interest
Payment Date;
(5) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at 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 Company;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral 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
502;
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(10) any paying agents, transfer agents, registrars or any other
agents with respect to the Securities of the series, if other than the
Trustee;
(11) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in
which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on such Securities shall be payable (if other than the currency of
the United States of America), which unless otherwise specified shall be
the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public or private debts;
(12) if the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest, if any,
on such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or
any Holder thereof, in a coin or currency other than that in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, the period or periods within which,
and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(13) if such Securities are to be denominated in a currency or
currencies, including composite currencies, other than the currency of the
United States of America, the equivalent price in the currency of the
United States of America for purposes of determining the voting rights of
Holders of such Securities as Outstanding Securities under this Indenture;
(14) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any), or portions thereof, or interest, if any, on such Securities may be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on a
coin or currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be
payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture); and
(16) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities; the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be
exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities; and the
Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.
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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 Board Resolution and set forth in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established
by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record
of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of any series.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, or by a
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Supplemental Indenture as provided by Section 901, 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 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of
Counsel stating,
(a) that such form has been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(b) 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 conveyance,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general equity
principles;
(d) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of the Securities have been complied with; and
(e) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless
otherwise provided by the terms established and contemplated by Section 301.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence,
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and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations.
Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive securities
of such series.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at one of its offices or agencies
maintained pursuant to Section 1002 or at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to
Section 203 and to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities.
The Trustee initially is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose
of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
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Subject to Section 203, upon surrender for registration of transfer
of any Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for
that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount.
Subject to Section 203, at the option of the Holder, Securities of
any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Subject to Section 203, all Securities issued upon any registration
or transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 203, 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption (under Section
1103) and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any
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Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)(A)
any mutilated Security or (B) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security
has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon
its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for such mutilated Security, a
new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which-is payable, but is
not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money
when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class mail postage prepaid, to each Holder of
Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Inter-
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est and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall
no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
lawfully delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Subject to Section 203, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as ex-
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pressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall destroy cancelled
Securities and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further
effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to (i) any surviving
rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly
provided for, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of principal
of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Securities, and other rights, duties
and obligations of the Holders as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee, (iii) remaining obligations of
the Company to make mandatory sinking fund payments and (iv) the rights,
obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of
Securities, when
(1) either
(A) all securities of such series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose an amount in cash sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) if all series of Securities are being discharged, the Company
has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of Clause
(1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the
last paragraph of Section 1003, shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003,
all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401, all money and U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 403 and
all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 403 shall
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be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and
premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited
with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or
analogous payments as contemplated by Section 403, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 403, or the interest and principal
received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf
of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to
time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or money held by it as
provided in Section 403 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then
would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such
obligations or money were deposited or received.
SECTION 403. Defeasance and Discharge of Indenture.
The Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities on the 91st day after the date of
the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this
Indenture, as it relates to such Outstanding Securities, shall no longer be in
effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall at Company
Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust
funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on the Outstanding Securities on the Stated
Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and
(ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the
Securities on the day on
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which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture and the Securities;
(b) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003; and
(c) the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607,
provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(d) the Company has or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as
provided in Section 402) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit
of the Holders of the Securities, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) U.S.
Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal
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 clause (A)
or (B) of this subparagraph (D) money in an amount, or (iii) a combination
thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge (A)
the principal of (and premium, if any) and each installment of principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities on the
Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest
or on the applicable Redemption Date and (B) any mandatory sinking fund
payments applicable to the Securities on the day on which such payments
are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of
the Securities;
(e) such deposit shall not cause the Trustee with respect to the
Securities to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the Trust
Indenture Act with respect to the Securities;
(f) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any applicable laws, this Indenture or any
other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound;
(g) no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time
would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities shall have
occurred and be con-
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tinuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the
91st day after such date;
(h) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling to the effect that Holders of the Securities will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times, as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge had not occurred; and
(i) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have
been complied with.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities
of any series, means any one of the following events:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture
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(other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series
of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach
and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice
of Default" hereunder; or
(5) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed (including a default with
respect to Securities of any series other than that series) or under any
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by
which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness of the Company
for money borrowed (including this Indenture), whether such indebtedness
now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a
failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000 of such
indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable
grace period with respect thereto and shall have resulted in such
indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $10,000,000
becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it
would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness
having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or
annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default and
requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause
such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice
is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, however, that if such Event
of Default under such bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or other
instrument or evidence of indebtedness shall be remedied or cured by the
Company or waived pursuant to such agreement or instrument, then, unless
the maturity of the Securities shall have been accelerated as provided
herein, the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed
likewise to have been thereupon remedied,
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cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee
or the Holders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless
either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to its Corporate
Trust Department shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) such
Responsible Officer shall have received written notice thereof from the
Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from
the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A)
a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal
or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect
for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or
proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against
it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part
of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its
debts generally
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as they become due and its willingness to have a case commenced against it
or to seek an order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law or the taking of corporate
action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if
the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series)
of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a
notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and
upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall
become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
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(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee hereunder and all sums due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 607;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for
a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent
that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any
overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including all amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
under Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
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the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to
judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any
other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to
be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or
any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders
allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or
other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall,
after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and each
predecessor Trustee under Section 607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
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on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such
money has been collected ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.
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SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 307) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption
Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such
rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph
of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or any acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article
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or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time,
and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as
the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture, expose the Trustee to personal liability or be unduly
prejudicial to holders not joining therein, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee to
take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent
with such direction.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security
by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in
its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by
any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Securities on or after the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or
after the Redemption Date).
SECTION 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with
respect to the Securities of any series,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to
such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished
to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but
in the case of any such 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) In case an Event of Default has occurred with respect to
Securities of any series and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to such series
of Securities, 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.
(c) 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 willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
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(3) 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 of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section
512, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any
of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that,
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any
sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or
Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of
such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the
character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series,
no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means
any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would be-
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come, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any Board Resolution, resolution, Officers'
Certificate, certificate, statement, instrument, Opinion of Counsel,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, re-
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port, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation
into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney; 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 and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may
otherwise deal with, and collect obligations owed to it by, the Company with the
same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
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SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each
of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by it in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its own negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts hereunder and the performance of its duties hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability
or expense is due to its own negligence or bad faith.
To ensure the performance of the obligations of the Company under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a senior claim to which the Securities are
hereby made subordinate upon all property and funds held or collected by the
Trustee as such, except property and funds held in trust for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on particular Securities.
SECTION 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee shall comply with the terms of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation organized and doing business under the
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laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series. If the acceptance of appointment is
substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the notice called for
by the first sentence of this subsection may be combined with the instrument
called for by Section 611.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
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(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect
to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more
or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and to that extent supersede the successor appointed by the Company. If no
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been
so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the ap-
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pointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series
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as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in of-
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fice, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of each series
(a) semi-annually, not more than fifteen days after each Regular
Record Date, or, in the case of any series of Securities on which
semiannual interest is not payable, not more than fifteen days after such
semi-annual dates as may be specified by the Trustee, a list, in such form
as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders as of such Regular Record Date or such semi-annual date, as the
case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list need be furnished.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names
and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
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(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "applicants")
apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof
that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six
months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that
the applicants' desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy
of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to
transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of
such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders
whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), and as to the
approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a) a copy of
the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request,
with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses
of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to
such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the
material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of
the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders
or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify
the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing
upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an
order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an
order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find,
after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained
have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail
copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the
entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; other-
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wise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the
disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders
in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
(d) Subject to Sections 702(a), 702(b), 702(c) and 601, if the
Company or any other person (other than the Trustee) shall desire to communicate
with Holders of Securities to solicit or obtain from them any proxy, consent,
authorization, waiver, approval of a plan of reorganization, arrangement or
readjustment or other action ("Holder Action"), the Trustee shall have no duty
to participate in such communication or solicitation or the processing of
responses in any manner except (i) to furnish the rules and regulations and to
perform the functions referred to in Section 104 and (ii) to receive (A) the
instruments evidencing the Holder Action together with (B) the Officers'
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel referred to below. The Company hereby
covenants that any and all communications and solicitations distributed by it in
connection with any Holder Action will comply in all material respects with
applicable law, including without limitation applicable law concerning adequacy
of disclosure. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for the accuracy or
completeness of any materials circulated to solicit any Holder Action nor for
any related communications nor for the compliance thereof with applicable law.
No Holder Action shall become effective until the Trustee shall have received
from the Company or other person who solicited the Holder Action (1) the
instruments evidencing such Holder Action (2) (x) (in the case of Holder Action
solicited by the Company or the representative of the Company's estate if the
Company is the debtor in any bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding) an
Officers' Certificate and (y) (in all cases) an Opinion of Counsel, each
specifying the Holder Action taken and stating that such Holder Action has been
duly and validly taken in compliance with this Indenture in all material
respects. Such Officers' Certificate, if any, shall also certify that (after
giving effect to such Holder Action) no Event of Default or event or condition
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or has not been waived.
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(e) The Depositary may grant proxies and otherwise authorize its
participants which own the Global Securities to give or take any Act which a
Holder is entitled to take under the Indenture; provided, however, that the
Depositary has delivered a list of such participants to the Trustee.
SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the
year 1991, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report dated as of such May
15, to the extent required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed
on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of
such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to
time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to
file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said
Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents
and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in
such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance
by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this In-
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denture as may be required from time to time by such rules and
regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof
with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from
time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by
an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and
the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating
any indebtedness which becomes an obli-
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gation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as
having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such
transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have
been complied with.
SECTION 802. Successor Corporation Substitute.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company
into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance
with Section 801, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor corporation has been named as the Company herein, and thereafter,
except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of
all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
Such successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue
either in its own name or in the name of the Company prior to such succession,
any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have
been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of
such successor corporation instead of the Company 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 Company to the Trustee for
authentication pursuant to such provisions and any Securities which such
successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee on its behalf for that purpose pursuant to such provisions. All
Securities so issued in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under
this Indenture as Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in ac-
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cordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all such Securities had been
issued prior to the date of such succession. In case of any such consolidation,
merger, sale or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form may be made in
the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by
a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
and with or without interest coupons; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture,
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
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(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of Section 611(b); or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided such other provisions
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series in any material respect; or
(10) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to and in
place of certificated Securities; provided that the Company has, by
adopting a Board Resolution, elected to provide for uncertificated
Securities.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (taken together as one class), by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal
of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and
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payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, or the method in which amounts of payments of
principal or interest thereon are determined, or change any Place of
Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any
premium or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (or compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1012, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 1012, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article
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or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized
or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or is unduly prejudicial to
the holders not joining therein or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture. At the option of the Company payment
of principal (and premium, if any) and interest may be made by wire transfer or
(subject to collection) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served. The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee
its office or agency for each of said purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location,
of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any
such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made
or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby
appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
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If the Company is not subject to the requirements of Sections 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company shall file
with the Trustee, within 30 days after it would have been required to file with
the Commission if so subject, quarterly and annual financial statements (and
with respect to annual financial statements, an auditors' report by a firm of
established national reputation), both comparable to that which the Company
would have been required to include in annual and quarterly reports if the
Company were subject to the requirements of such Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities; Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest
so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with
a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of
Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment on the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
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(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due
and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look, only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be mailed or published once, in a newspaper
published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the City, County and State of New York, or both,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing or
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
The Company shall have no obligation to make payment of principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on any Security in immediately available funds,
except that if the Company shall have received original payment for Securities
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ately available funds it shall make available immediately available funds for
payment of the principal of such Securities.
SECTION 1004. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise
if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will use its reasonable efforts to cause all material
properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and
kept in good condition, repair and working order (subject to wear and tear) and
supplied with all necessary material equipment and will use its reasonable
efforts to cause to be made all necessary material repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of
the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from
discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such
discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of
its business and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1006. Payment of Taxes.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges lawfully levied or imposed upon the Company or upon the
income, profits or property of the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such tax, assessment or charge whose legality, amount, applicability or validity
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
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SECTION 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof (which on
the date hereof is the last Saturday in February of each year), a certificate of
the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer of the Company stating whether or not to the best knowledge
of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and
observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture, and
if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature
and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series)
in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at
least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be
redeemed, such notice to be accompanied by a written statement signed by an
authorized officer of the Company stating that no defaults in the payment of
interest or Events of Default with respect to the Securities of that series have
occurred (which have not been waived or cured). In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the
Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
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SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for
the selection or redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the Security Register. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such
Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect in the
notice to any such Holder in respect of any Security, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and any accrued interest,
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(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and any accrued
interest will become due and payable upon each such Security to be
redeemed together with accrued interest thereon and, if applicable, that
interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount
of money, in funds immediately available on the due date, sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest
Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities
so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified together with accrued interest thereon, and
from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear
interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with
said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price,
together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on the Redemption Date shall
be payable to the Holders of such
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Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of any series pursuant
to this Article (unless all Outstanding Securities of such series are to be
redeemed) or mail or give any notice of redemption of Securities during the
continuance of an Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee with respect
to such series, 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
Company a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any moneys
theretofore or thereafter received by the Trustee shall, during the continuance
of such Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article Five
and held for the payment of all such Securities of such series. In case such
Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 513 or the
default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding the Redemption Date, such
moneys shall thereafter be applied in accordance with the provisions of this
Article.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking
fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series,
the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as
provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for
any series of Securities, the Company (1) will
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deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate (A) stating that no defaults in
the payment of interest or Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured), (B) specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the
terms of Securities of that series, (C) stating whether or not the Company
intends to exercise its right, if any, to make an optional sinking fund payment
with respect to such series on the next ensuing sinking fund payment date and,
if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment and (D)
specifying the portion of such sinking fund payment, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202 and (2) will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the
Trustee shall select the Securities of such series to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense
of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been
duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Sections 1105, 1106 and 1107. Failure of the Company, on
or before any such sixtieth day, to deliver such Officers' Certificate and
Securities specified in this Section, if any, shall not constitute a default but
shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the
Company (a) 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
(b) that the Company will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to
Securities of such series as provided in this Article.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Security of
a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities
of 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
with respect to such series except that, where the mailing of notice of
redemption of any Securities shall therefore have been made, the Trustee shall
redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have
received from the Company 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
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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 of
such series. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in
Section 513 or the default cured on or before the sixtieth day preceding the
sinking fund payment date, 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.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 1301. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees,
that the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities and the payment of principal
thereof and interest thereon are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent
and in the manner provided in this Article, to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders
of Senior Indebtedness.
Money and securities held in trust pursuant to Article Four are not
subject to the subordination provisions of this Article Thirteen.
SECTION 1302. Certain Definitions.
"Representative" means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent
or representative for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.
Unless otherwise specified in the Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture establishing the terms of the applicable series of Securities, "Senior
Indebtedness" means the principal of and interest on (a) any and all
indebtedness and obligations of the Company (including indebtedness of others
guaranteed by the Company) other than the Securities, whether or not contingent
and whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or
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thereafter created, incurred or assumed, which (i) are for money borrowed; (ii)
are evidenced by any bond, note, debenture or similar instrument; (iii)
represent the unpaid balance on the purchase price of any property, business or
asset of any kind; (iv) are obligations of the Company as lessee under any and
all leases of property, equipment or other assets required to be capitalized on
the balance sheet of the lessee under generally accepted accounting principles;
(v) are reimbursement obligations of the Company with respect to letters of
credit; (vi) are obligations of the Company with respect to interest rate swap
obligations and foreign exchange agreements; or (vii) are obligations of others
secured by a lien to which any of the properties or assets (including, without
limitation, leasehold interests and any other tangible or intangible property
rights) of the Company are subject, whether or not the obligations secured
thereby shall have been assumed by the Company or shall otherwise be the
Company's legal liability and (b) any deferrals, amendments, renewals,
extensions, modifications and refundings of any indebtedness or obligations of
the types referred to above; provided that Senior Indebtedness shall not include
(i) the Securities; (ii) any indebtedness or obligation of the Company which, by
its express terms or the express terms of the instrument creating or evidencing
it, is not superior in right of payment to the Securities; or (iii) any
indebtedness or obligation incurred by the Company in connection with the
purchase of assets, materials or services in the ordinary course of business and
which constitutes a trade payable.
SECTION 1303. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy.
Upon any payment or distribution of the Company's assets to
creditors of the Company in a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or in a
reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding
relating to the Company or its property, whether voluntary or involuntary:
(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive
payment in full of the principal of and interest to the date of payment on
the Senior Indebtedness before Holders will be entitled to receive any
payment of principal of or interest on Securities; and
(b) until the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, any distribution
to which Holders would be entitled but for this Article shall be made to
holders of Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear, except the
Holders may receive securities that are subordinated to Senior
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Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the Securities.
SECTION 1304. Company Not to Make Payments with Respect to Securities in Certain
Circumstances.
Except for payment in or distribution of securities that are
subordinated to Senior Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the
Securities, the Company shall not make any payment with respect to the principal
of or interest on any of the Securities, or make any other payment with respect
to the purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities if there shall
have occurred a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Senior Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of at least $10,000,000
unless and until such default or event of default shall have been cured or
waived in the manner required by the instrument relating to such Senior
Indebtedness or shall otherwise have ceased to exist.
Regardless of anything to the contrary herein, nothing shall prevent
(a) any payment by the Trustee to the Holders of amounts deposited with it
pursuant to Article Four or (b) any payment by the Trustee or the Paying Agent
as permitted by Section 1311.
SECTION 1305. Acceleration of Securities.
If payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of
Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
acceleration.
SECTION 1306. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over.
In the event that the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee
of the principal of or interest on the Securities at a time when such payment is
prohibited by Section 1303 or 1304, such payment shall be held by the Trustee,
in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered to,
the Representatives or the trustee under the indenture or other agreement (if
any) pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their
respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness in full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
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If a distribution is made to Holders that because of this Article
should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive the distribution
shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness and pay it over to
them as their interests may appear.
SECTION 1307. Notice by Company.
The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and any Paying Agent
in writing of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of
principal of or interest on Securities to violate this Article.
SECTION 1308. Subrogation.
After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the
Securities are paid in full, Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of
holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior
Indebtedness to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders
have been applied to the payment of Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made
under this Article to holders of Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have
been made to Holders is not, as between the Company and Holders, a payment by
the Company on Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1309. Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company.
No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the
subordination of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired
by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with
this Indenture.
SECTION 1310. Distribution or Notice to Representative.
Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders
of Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to
their Representative.
SECTION 1311. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.
The Trustee and Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the
Securities until a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives written notice of facts
that would cause a payment of principal of or interest on the Securities to
violate this Article. Only the Company, a Representative or a holder of an issue
of Senior Indebtedness that has no Representative may give the notice.
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The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a
written notice by a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a Representative on behalf of such holder) to establish that
such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a
Representative on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee
determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the
right of any person who is a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any
payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such
person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to
the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such
person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other
facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this Article, and if such
evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such
payment or until such time as the Trustee shall be otherwise satisfied as to the
right of such person to receive such payment.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior
Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Agent may do the same with like rights.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holder if it
shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders or the Company or any other
person money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
SECTION 1312. Officers' Certificate.
If there occurs an event referred to in Section 1303 or 1304, the
Company shall promptly give to a Trust Officer of the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate (on which the Trustee may conclusively rely) identifying all holders
of Senior Indebtedness or their Representatives and the principal amount of
Senior Indebtedness then outstanding held by each such holder and stating the
reasons why such Officers' Certificate is being delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION 1313. Obligation of Company Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in any Authorizing Resolution is in-
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tended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors other than
holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation
of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of
the Securities the principal of and interest on the Securities as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended
to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and
creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor
shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any
Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon
default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article
Thirteen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon
any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Thirteen,
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the Holders of the
Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree by any court of
competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee or the
Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled
to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and
other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Thirteen. Nothing contained in this Article Thirteen
or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall affect
the obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, at
any time except during the pendency of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation
or reorganization proceeding, and except during the continuance of any default
specified in Section 1304 (not cured or waived), payments at any time of the
principal or of interest on the Securities.
SECTION 1314. Subordination Language to be Included in Securities.
Each Security shall contain a subordination provision which will be
substantially in the following form:
"The Securities are subordinated in right of payment, in the manner
and to the extent set forth in the Indenture, to the prior payment in full of
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture). Each Holder by accepting
a Security
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agrees to such subordination and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect."
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA
COMPANY, INC.
By:
Attest: ----------------------------------
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By:
Attest: ----------------------------------
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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No.
333- of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. on Form S-3 of our
report dated April 24, 1997, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. for the year ended February 22, 1997
and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which
is part of this Registration Statement.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
Parsippany, New Jersey
September 23, 1997
