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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 10, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-36559
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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KELLWOOD COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 36-2472410
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S Employer
of incorporation or Identification
organization) No.)
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P.O. BOX 14374
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63178
(314) 576-3100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
THOMAS H. POLLIHAN, GENERAL COUNSEL
KELLWOOD COMPANY
P.O. BOX 14374
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63178
(314) 576-3312
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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COPIES TO:
FREDERICK W. AXLEY, P.C. MICHAEL A. CAMPBELL
MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY MAYER, BROWN & PLATT
227 WEST MONROE STREET 190 SOUTH LASALLE STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606-5096 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
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If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. / /
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If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. /X/
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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. / /
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 10, 1997
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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PROSPECTUS
KELLWOOD COMPANY
$300,000,000
DEBT SECURITIES, PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON STOCK
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Kellwood Company ("Kellwood" or the "Company") from time to time may offer
(i) unsecured debt securities, which may be either senior (the "Senior Debt
Securities") or subordinated (the "Subordinated Debt Securities"), and which may
be convertible into shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common
Stock") of the Company (the "Convertible Debt Securities" and, together with the
Senior Debt Securities and the Subordinated Debt Securities, the "Debt
Securities"), (ii) shares of its preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock"), which
may be convertible into shares of Common Stock and (iii) shares of Common Stock.
The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and Common Stock (collectively, the
"Securities") may be offered either together or separately, and will be offered
in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of offering. The
Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus may be issued in one or more
series or issuances and will be limited to $300,000,000 aggregate public
offering price (or the equivalent in foreign currency or currency units).
The Senior Debt Securities will rank equally in right of payment with all
other Senior Indebtedness (as defined) of the Company. The Subordinated Debt
Securities will be subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness
of the Company.
Certain specific terms of the particular Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered (the "Offered Securities") are set forth in the
accompanying Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement"), including,
where applicable, the initial public offering price of the Securities, the
listing on any securities exchange, other special terms, and (i) in the case of
Debt Securities, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, original
issue discount, if any, authorized denominations, maturity, premium, if any,
rate (which may be fixed or variable), time and method of calculating payment of
interest, if any, the place or places where principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Debt Securities will be payable, the currency in which
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities will
be payable, whether the Debt Securities will be Senior Debt Securities or
Subordinated Debt Securities, any terms of redemption at the option of the
Company or the holder, any sinking fund provisions and any terms for conversion
or exchange into Common Stock, (ii) in the case of any series of Preferred
Stock, the specific title and stated value, any dividend, liquidation,
redemption, voting and other rights and any terms for exchange for Debt
Securities or conversion into Debt Securities or Common Stock and (iii) in the
case of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock and the terms of the
offering and sale thereof. If so specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, Offered Securities may be issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more temporary or permanent global securities. The shares of any series
of Preferred Stock may be represented by Depositary Shares as described herein.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Company may sell the Securities to or through underwriters or dealers,
and may also sell Securities directly to other purchasers or through agents. See
"Plan of Distribution." The Prospectus Supplement sets forth the names of any
underwriters, dealers or agents involved in the sale of the Offered Securities
in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered and any applicable fee,
commission or discount arrangements with them.
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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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS, OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION
OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED. NEITHER
THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONSTITUTES AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE REGISTERED
SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN
OFFER TO BUY SUCH SECURITIES TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION TO WHOM IT IS
UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN SUCH JURISDICTION. NEITHER THE
DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY SALE MADE
HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS
BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports and proxy and other information
statements filed by the Company and the Registration Statement and the exhibits
thereto may be inspected, without charge, at the public reference facilities
maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549, and at the following Regional Offices of the Commission: Midwest
Regional Office, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60661-2511 and
Northeast Regional Office, Seven World Trade Center, Room 1028, 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. Reports, proxy and information statements and other
information concerning the Company may also be inspected at the office of the
New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") on which the Company's Common Stock is
listed: The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York
10005. The Company is subject to the electronic filing requirements of the
Commission. Accordingly, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Commission, certain documents, including annual and quarterly reports and proxy
statements, filed by the Company with the Commission have been and will be filed
electronically. The Commission maintains a Web site at http:\\www.sec.gov
containing reports, proxy and information statements and other information
regarding registrants, including the Company.
This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration Statement filed by the
Company with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). This Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in
the Registration Statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Commission. Reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and related
exhibits for further information with respect to the Company and the Securities.
Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document are not
necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of the
document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed
with the Commission. Each statement is qualified in its entirety by such
reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents of the Company heretofore filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
1997; and
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
July 31, 1997.
All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities
offered hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of the reports and
documents. Any statement contained in a
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document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement to the
extent that a statement contained herein, therein or in any other subsequently
filed documents which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Prospectus or in any Prospectus Supplement modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus or any
Prospectus Supplement.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy
(without exhibits other than exhibits specifically incorporated by reference) of
any or all documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Requests
for such copies should be directed to Corporate Secretary, Thomas H. Pollihan,
Kellwood Company, P.O. Box 14374, St. Louis, Missouri 63178, telephone number
(314) 576-3100.
This Prospectus and the accompanying Prospectus Supplement contain
"forward-looking" statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, that are based on current expectations, estimates and
projections. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements
about the Company's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements.
These statements contain potential risks and uncertainties; therefore, actual
results may differ materially. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Important factors that may affect these projections
or expectations include, but are not limited to: changes in competition in the
wholesale and retail markets in which the Company operates; the effect of
national and regional economic conditions; the overall level of consumer
spending; the performance of the Company's products within the prevailing retail
environment; customer acceptance of both new designs and newly-introduced
product lines; financial difficulties encountered by customers; and the
Company's ability to successfully implement its business and operational
strategies.
THE COMPANY
Kellwood is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of apparel and
camping soft goods with sales of over $1.5 billion in fiscal year 1997. The
Company is one of the largest providers of popular-to-moderate women's
sportswear in the United States, servicing all channels of distribution.
Additionally, Kellwood is a major manufacturer of men's woven shirts and a
supplier of outerwear and lingerie. The Company also participates in the
better-to-bridge women's sportswear market.
The Company operates three strategic business portfolios: (i) Domestic
Branded, which designs, contracts for the manufacture of, and markets a broad
range of apparel under recognized brands such as Sag Harbor-Registered
Trademark-, Kathie Lee-Registered Trademark- and Plaza South-TM-; this portfolio
also includes American Recreation Products, a supplier of branded camping soft
goods; (ii) Domestic Private Label, which manufactures and markets a broad range
of sportswear and intimate apparel principally produced in plants operated by
the Company in the United States; and (iii) Far East Private Label, which
principally manufactures woven shirts in plants operated by the Company in the
Far East for sale primarily in the United States. The Company sells its products
through multiple channels of distribution, including national retail chains,
department stores, specialty stores, mass merchants, mail order houses, sporting
goods stores, discounters and other retailers. The Company's global sourcing
capability is diverse in terms of the range of products produced and sourced. In
order to enhance responsiveness to the changing needs of the customer, to
achieve flexibility and to reduce costs, the Company maintains sourcing
relationships with contract manufacturers around the world. This network is
supplemented by 31 Company-operated plants located in the United States, Canada,
the Caribbean Basin, Hong Kong, the People's Republic of China and Sri Lanka.
Kellwood is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and employs approximately
17,500 persons in fourteen states and seven foreign countries. Kellwood has been
publicly owned since 1961 and its Common Stock trades on the NYSE under the
symbol "KWD."
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities for
general corporate purposes, including working capital, the repayment or
refinancing of indebtedness, future acquisitions and/or capital expenditures.
Pending application of the net proceeds for specific purposes, proceeds may be
invested in short-term or marketable securities.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the historical consolidated ratios of
earnings to fixed charges for the Company for the three months ended each of
July 31, 1997 and July 31, 1996 and for each of the fiscal years ended April 30,
1993 through April 30, 1997:
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
JULY 31, FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL 30,
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1997 1996 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
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2.56 2.61 3.52 2.79 2.25 4.23 4.04
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The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is determined by dividing net
earnings before interest expense, taxes on income, amortization of debt expense,
and a portion of rent expense representative of the interest component by the
sum of interest expense, amortization of debt expense and the portion of rent
expense representative of the interest component. Included in net earnings for
fiscal 1995 is a restructuring charge of $14 million related to the shutdown of
the Company's Saipan facility as discussed in the Notes to the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements. If the restructuring charge had not occurred,
the ratio of earnings to fixed charges would have been 2.86 for fiscal 1995.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description of the terms of the Debt Securities sets forth
certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities to which any
Prospectus Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the Debt Securities
offered by any Prospectus Supplement (the "Offered Debt Securities") and the
extent, if any, to which such general provisions may not apply thereto will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered Debt Securities.
The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series
and will constitute either Senior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt
Securities. Senior Debt Securities will be issued under an Indenture (the
"Senior Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Trustee (the "Senior Trustee"). The Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued
under an Indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and a
trustee to be named prior to the offering of any Subordinated Debt Securities,
as Trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee"). The Senior Indenture and the
Subordinated Indenture are referred to herein individually as an "Indenture"
and, collectively, as the "Indentures," and the Senior Trustee and the
Subordinated Trustee are referred to herein individually as the "Trustee" and
collectively as the "Trustees."
The following summaries of certain provisions of the Debt Securities and the
Indentures do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified
in their entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the Indentures,
including the definitions therein of certain terms. Certain capitalized terms
used herein are defined in the Indentures. The Indentures are substantially
identical, except for certain covenants of the Company and provisions relating
to subordination.
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GENERAL
The Indentures do not limit the amount of debt securities which can be
issued thereunder and provide that debt securities of any series may be issued
thereunder up to the aggregate principal amount which may be authorized from
time to time by the Company. The Indentures do not limit the amount of other
Indebtedness or securities, other than certain secured Indebtedness as described
below, which may be issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries. All Senior Debt
Securities will be unsecured and will rank on a parity with all other unsecured
and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company. All Subordinated Debt Securities
will be unsecured and will be subordinated in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of Senior Indebtedness (which term includes the Senior Debt
Securities) of the Company as described below under "Provisions Applicable
Solely to Subordinated Debt Securities--Subordination." In addition, creditors
of Subsidiaries of the Company are entitled to a claim on the assets of such
Subsidiaries. Consequently, in the event of a liquidation or reorganization of
any Subsidiary, creditors of the Subsidiary are likely to be paid in full before
any distribution is made to the Company and holders of Senior Debt Securities or
Subordinated Debt Securities, except to the extent that the Company is itself
recognized as a creditor of such Subsidiary, in which case the claims of the
Company would still be subordinate to any security interests in the assets of
such Subsidiary and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary senior to that held by
the Company.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement for the following terms
thereof: (i) the title of the Offered Debt Securities and classification as
Senior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt Securities; (ii) any limit upon the
aggregate principal amount of the Offered Debt Securities; (iii) if other than
100% of the principal amount, the percentage of the principal amount at which
the Offered Debt Securities will be offered; (iv) the date or dates on which the
principal of the Offered Debt Securities will be payable (or method of
determination thereof); (v) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable)
at which the Offered Debt Securities will bear interest (or method of
determination thereof), if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
will accrue and on which such interest will be payable, and the record dates for
the determination of the holders to whom interest is payable; (vi) if other than
U.S. dollars, the currency or units based on or relating to currencies in which
the Offered Debt Securities are denominated and which the principal of, interest
on and any Additional Amounts (as defined below) will or may be payable; (vii)
if other than as set forth herein, the place or places where the principal of,
interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Offered Debt
Securities will be payable; (viii) the price or prices at which, the period or
periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which Offered Debt
Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(ix) whether the Offered Debt Securities are convertible into Common Stock and,
if so, the terms and conditions upon which such conversion will be effected,
including the initial conversion price or conversion rate, the conversion period
and other conversion provisions in addition to or in lieu of those described in
the applicable Indenture; (x) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem,
repurchase or repay Offered Debt Securities, whether pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provisions or pursuant to other provisions set forth therein
or at the option of a holder thereof; (xi) whether the Offered Debt Securities
will be represented in whole or in part by one or more global notes registered
in the name of a depository or its nominee; (xii) whether and under what
circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") in
respect of certain taxes imposed on certain holders of Offered Debt Securities
or as otherwise provided; and (xiii) any other terms or conditions not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture upon which the Offered Debt
Securities will be offered. "Principal" when used herein includes, when
appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Debt Securities. For a description of
the terms of the Offered Debt Securities, reference must be made to both the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto and to the description of Debt Securities
set forth herein.
Unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement, principal, interest
and Additional Amounts, if any, will be payable, and the Debt Securities will be
transferable or, if applicable, convertible at the office or offices or agency
maintained by the Company for such purposes; provided that payment of interest
on
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registered Debt Securities may be made by check mailed to the persons entitled
thereto at the addresses of such persons appearing on the Security register. In
the case of registered Debt Securities, interest on the Debt Securities will be
payable on any interest payment date to the persons in whose name the Debt
Securities are registered at the close of business on the record date with
respect to such interest payment date.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Debt
Securities will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Debt
Securities may be represented in whole or in part by one or more global notes
registered in the name of a depository or its nominee and, if so represented,
interests in such global note will be shown on, and transfers thereof will be
effected only through, records maintained by the designated depository and its
participants as described below. Where Debt Securities of any series are issued
in bearer form, the special restrictions and considerations, including special
offering restrictions and special Federal income tax considerations, applicable
to any such Debt Securities and to payment on and transfer and exchange of such
Debt Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Some of the Debt Securities may be issued as discounted Debt Securities
(bearing no interest or bearing 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 ("Original Issue Discount Securities"). Federal income tax
consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such Original
Issue Discount Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto.
If the purchase price of any Debt Securities is payable in one or more
foreign currencies or currency units or if any Debt Securities are denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units or if the principal of or
interest, if any, on any Debt Securities is payable in one or more foreign
currencies or currency units, the restrictions, elections, certain Federal
income tax considerations, specific terms and other information with respect to
such issue of Debt Securities and such foreign currency or currency units will
be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Debt Securities may be presented for exchange, and registered Debt
Securities may be presented for transfer, in the manner, at the places or
subject to the restrictions set forth in the applicable Indenture, the Debt
Securities and the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Debt Securities in
bearer form and the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto will be transferable
by delivery. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of Debt
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The Indentures require the annual filing by the Company with the Trustee of
a certificate as to compliance with certain covenants contained in the
Indentures.
The Company will comply with Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act, and any
other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act which may then be applicable, in
connection with any obligation of the Company to purchase Debt Securities at the
option of the holders thereof. Any such obligation applicable to a series of
Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Unless otherwise described in a Prospectus Supplement relating to any
Offered Debt Securities, other than as described below under "Certain
Covenants--Limitation on Liens", the Indentures do not contain any provisions
that would limit the ability of the Company to incur indebtedness or that would
afford holders of Debt Securities protection in the event of a sudden and
significant decline in the credit quality of the Company or a takeover,
recapitalization or highly leveraged or similar transaction involving the
Company. Accordingly, the Company could in the future enter into transactions
that could increase the amount of Indebtedness outstanding at that time or
otherwise affect the Company's capital structure or credit rating. Reference is
made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular series of Debt
Securities offered thereby for information with respect to any deletions from,
modifications of or additions
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to the Events of Default described below or covenants of the Company contained
in the Indentures, including any addition of a covenant or other provision
providing event risk or similar protection.
BOOK-ENTRY DEBT SECURITIES
The Debt Securities may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more temporary or permanent global securities (the "Global Securities") that
will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary ("Depositary") or its
nominee identified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In such a case, one
or more Global Securities will be issued in a denomination or aggregate
denomination equal to the portion of the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities of the series to be represented by such Global
Security or Global Securities. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in
part for Debt Securities in registered form, a Global Security may not be
registered for transfer or exchange except as a whole by the Depositary for such
Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such
Depositary or any nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary and except in the circumstances described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion
of a series of Debt Securities to be represented by a Global Security will be
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The Company expects that the
following provisions will apply to depositary arrangements.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Debt
Securities which are to be represented by a Global Security to be deposited with
or on behalf of a Depositary will be represented by a Global Security registered
in the name of such Depositary or its nominee. Upon the issuance of such Global
Security, and the deposit of such Global Security with or on behalf of the
Depositary of such Global Security, the Depositary 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 that have accounts with such Depositary or its nominee
("participants"). The accounts to be credited will be designated by the
underwriters or agents of such Debt Securities or, if such Debt Securities are
offered and sold directly by the Company, by the Company. Ownership of
beneficial interests in such Global Security will be limited to participants or
Persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial
interests by participants in such Global Security will be shown on, and the
transfer of that ownership interest will be effected only through, records
maintained by the Depositary or its nominee for such Global Security. Ownership
of beneficial interests in such Global Security by Persons that hold through
participants will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership interest
within such participant will be effected only through, records maintained by
such participant. The laws of some jurisdictions 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 Depositary for a Global Security, or its nominee, is the
registered owner of such Global Security, such Depositary 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
applicable Indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, 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 applicable
Indenture. Accordingly, each Person owning a beneficial interest in such Global
Security must rely on the procedures of the Depositary and, if such Person is
not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such
Person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the
applicable Indenture. The Company understands that under existing industry
practices, if the Company requests any action of holders or an owner of a
beneficial interest in such Global Security desires to give any notice to take
any action a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable
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Indenture, the Depositary 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.
Principal of and any premium and interest on a Global Security will be
payable in the manner described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
CERTAIN COVENANTS
LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Senior Indenture provides that the Company will
not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur or
otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Liens of any kind
upon any Principal Property or any shares of stock or indebtedness of any
Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property, shares of stock or
indebtedness are now owned or hereafter acquired) unless all payments due under
the Senior Indenture and the Senior Debt Securities are secured on an equal and
ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligation
is no longer secured by a Lien, except for Permitted Liens. See also "Exempted
Indebtedness" below.
The Subordinated Indenture provides that the Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, or otherwise cause
or suffer to exist or become effective any Liens of any kind upon any Principal
Property or any shares of stock or indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary
(whether such Principal Property, shares of stock or indebtedness are now owned
or hereafter acquired) that secures any Indebtedness that is on a parity in
right of payment with the Subordinated Debt Securities unless all payments due
under the Subordinated Indenture and the Subordinated Debt Securities are
secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligation so secured until such
time as such obligation is no longer secured by a Lien, except for Permitted
Liens. See also "Exempted Indebtedness" below.
LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS. The Indentures provide that
neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into any sale and
leaseback transaction with respect to any Principal Property (except for
temporary leases of a term, including renewals, not exceeding five years) unless
either (a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled, pursuant
to the provisions of the Indentures, to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on
the property to be leased without equally and ratably securing the Debt
Securities, or (b) the Company within 180 days after the effective date of such
transaction applies to the voluntary retirement of its funded debt an amount
equal to the value of such transaction, defined as the greater of the net
proceeds of the sale of the property leased in such transaction or the fair
value, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, of the leased property at the
time such transaction was entered into. See also "Exempted Indebtedness" below.
EXEMPTED INDEBTEDNESS. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on Liens
and sale and leaseback transactions, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
may issue, assume, or guarantee Indebtedness secured by a Lien without securing
the Debt Securities, or may enter into sale and leaseback transactions without
retiring funded debt, or enter into a combination of such transactions, if the
sum of the principal amount of all such Indebtedness and the aggregate value of
all such sale and leaseback transactions does not at any such time exceed 12.5%
of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as shown in the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the
latest annual report to the shareholders of the Company.
CONVERSION
The Indentures contain certain provisions regarding the conversion of Debt
Securities into Common Stock (or cash in lieu thereof). The specific terms
applicable to a series of Convertible Debt Securities, including the initial
conversion price or conversion rate, any adjustments to such conversion price or
conversion rate and the conversion period, and the conditions upon which such
conversion will be effected will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
An Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series is
defined in each Indenture as: (i) default in the payment of any installment of
interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any of the Debt
Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; (ii) default in the payment
of all or any part of the principal of any of the Debt Securities of such series
as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon any
redemption, or otherwise; (iii) the failure by the Company to perform or observe
any of its other covenants, conditions or agreements contained in the Debt
Securities of such series or set forth in the applicable Indenture and
continuance of such failure for a period of 90 days after due notice by the
applicable Trustee or by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Debt Securities of that series then outstanding; (iv) default in the payment of
any scheduled payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness of the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Debt Securities of such
series) aggregating more than $25 million in principal amount, when due after
giving effect to any applicable grace period, that results in such Indebtedness
becoming due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or
annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged; or (v) certain
events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving the Company or its
Subsidiaries as more fully described in the Indentures. Additional Events of
Default may be added for the benefit of holders of certain series of Debt
Securities which, if added, will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such Debt Securities. The Indentures provide that the Trustee shall
notify the holders of Debt Securities of each series of any continuing default
known to the Trustee which has occurred with respect to that series within 90
days after the occurrence thereof. The Indentures provide that notwithstanding
the foregoing, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of,
interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any of the Debt
Securities of such series the Trustee may withhold such notice if the Trustee in
good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of
the holders of Debt Securities of such series.
If an Event of Default of the type described in clause (v) above shall
happen and be continuing, then the principal of (or, with respect to a series of
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may
be specified in the terms of such series), accrued and unpaid interest on, and
any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Debt Securities will become
immediately due and payable. If one or more Events of Default of the type
described in clauses (i) through (iv) with respect to any series of Debt
Securities at the time outstanding shall happen and be continuing, then either
the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of that
series of the Debt Securities then outstanding may declare the principal (or,
with respect to a series of Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series), accrued
and unpaid interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Debt
Securities of that series due and payable immediately. This provision is subject
to the condition that if, after any declaration of acceleration and before
Stated Maturity of the principal with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series, all arrears of interest and any Additional Amounts and the expenses of
the Trustee, its agents or attorneys shall be paid by or for the account of the
Company, and all Defaults (other than the payment of principal that has been
declared due and payable) have been cured to the satisfaction of the Trustee,
then the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Debt Securities of the applicable series, waive such
Default and rescind or annul the declaration of acceleration; but no such
waiver, rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Default
or impair any right consequent thereon.
No holder of any Debt Security of any series will have the right to pursue a
remedy under the applicable Indenture or the Debt Securities, unless (1) such
holder gives the Trustee notice of a continuing Default with respect to the Debt
Securities of that series, (2) the holders of at least a majority of the Debt
Securities of the applicable series make a request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy, (3) such holder or
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holders offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense and (4) the Trustee does not comply with
the request within 30 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of
security or indemnity. However, nothing contained in the Indentures shall affect
or impair the right of any holder of Debt Securities to institute suit to
enforce payment of the principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of such holder's Debt Securities on or after the due dates
expressed in such Debt Securities.
The Company must furnish to the Trustee a statement, detailing any Defaults
of which it is aware, within 5 days of becoming aware of the occurrence of any
Default.
REPORTS
The Indentures provide that the Company will file with the Trustee copies of
the annual reports and other information, documents and reports which the
Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act. If
the Company is not required to file such reports and other information, the
Indentures provide that the Company shall file with the Trustee and cause to be
mailed to the holders of Debt Securities (i) annual reports containing the
information required to be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii)
quarterly reports containing the information required to be contained in a
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and (iii) promptly after the occurrence of an
event required to be therein reported, such other reports containing information
required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company shall also
comply with the requirements of Trust Indenture Act 314(a).
SUCCESSOR COMPANY
The Indentures provide that the Company will not consolidate or merge with
or into, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all
of its assets or assign any of its obligations under the Debt Securities or
applicable Indenture unless (i) the entity formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (the "Surviving
Entity"), is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; (ii) the Surviving
Entity assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company
under the Debt Securities and the applicable Indenture; and (iii) immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing. With respect to the sale of assets, the phrase
"all or substantially all" as used in the Indentures varies according to the
facts and circumstances of the subject transaction, has no clearly established
meaning under New York law (which governs the Indentures) and is subject to
judicial interpretation. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a
degree of uncertainty in ascertaining whether a particular transaction would
involve a disposition of "all or substantially all" of the assets of a person,
and therefore it may be unclear as to whether a disposition of assets comes
within the terms of this provision.
DISCHARGE
Each Indenture provides that it will cease to be of further effect (except
that certain obligations will survive) with respect to a series of Debt
Securities when all outstanding Debt Securities of such series authenticated and
issued have been delivered (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities
that have been replaced or paid) to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company
has paid all sums payable under such Indenture with respect to such series of
Debt Securities.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURES
Each Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the applicable
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Debt Securities of each series at the time outstanding
under such Indenture, to enter into supplemental indentures to amend any of the
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provisions of each Indenture or any supplemental indenture with respect to the
Debt Securities of such series; provided that, unless consented to by each
holder of Debt Securities of such series, no such supplemental indenture may (1)
reduce the amount of Debt Securities whose holders must consent to an amendment
or a waiver; (2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest
or Additional Amounts, including default interest on any Debt Security; (3)
reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Debt Security or
alter the provisions with respect to redemption; (4) make any Debt Security
payable in money other than that stated in the Debt Security; (5) make any
change in the types of amendment that need the approval of every affected holder
of Debt Securities; (6) with respect to the Senior Indenture, affect the ranking
of the Debt Securities; or (7) waive a Default in the payment of principal of,
any Additional Amounts payable in respect of or interest on, or with respect to,
any Debt Security.
The applicable Trustee and the Company may enter into supplemental
indentures which amend the applicable Indenture and the Debt Securities with
respect to a particular series without the consent of any holder of Debt
Securities of such series in order to: (a) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect
or inconsistency; (b) comply with such Indenture concerning the substitution of
successor corporations pursuant to a merger or consolidation; (c) comply with
any requirements of the Commission in connection with the qualification of such
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; (d) provide for uncertificated
securities; (e) make any change that does not materially adversely affect the
legal rights of any holder of Debt Securities under the applicable Indenture as
then in effect; (f) secure the Debt Securities and make intercreditor
arrangements with respect to any such Debt Securities (unless prohibited by such
Indenture); (g) provide for a replacement Trustee; or (h) add to the covenants
and agreements of the Company for the benefit of all the holders of all of the
Debt Securities with respect to a series and surrender any right or power
reserved for the Company in such Indenture.
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Each Indenture provides that the Company may elect either (a) to terminate
(and be deemed to have satisfied) all its obligations with respect to such Debt
Securities (except for the obligations to register the transfer or exchange of
such Debt Securities, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of the Debt Securities,
to compensate and indemnify the applicable Trustee and to punctually pay or
cause to be paid the principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of all Debt Securities of such series when due)
("defeasance") or (b) to be released from its obligations with respect to
certain covenants, including those described above under "Certain
Covenants--Limitation on Liens" and "--Limitations on Sale and Leaseback
Transactions" above ("covenant defeasance"), upon the deposit with the Trustee,
in trust for such purpose, of money and/or U.S. Government Obligations (as
defined in the Indentures) which through the payment of principal and interest
in accordance with their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient (in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants)
to pay the principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in
respect of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series, and any mandatory
sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor.
Such a trust may be established only if, among other things, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel (as specified in such Indenture)
with regard to certain matters, including an opinion to the effect that the
holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and discharge and will
be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance or
covenant defeasance, as the case may be, had not occurred. The Prospectus
Supplement may further describe these or other provisions, if any, permitting
defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series.
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CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The Senior Trustee acts as a co-agent under the Company's revolving credit
facility and maintains additional banking relationships with the Company in the
ordinary course of business. Prior to the issuance of any Subordinated Debt
Securities under the Subordinated Indenture, the Company will engage a qualified
trustee to serve as Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture. Any such Trustee
will be an "eligible trustee" under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE SOLELY TO SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
SUBORDINATION
The Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinate and junior in right of
payment, to the extent set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, to all Senior
Indebtedness (as defined below) of the Company. If the Company should default in
the payment of any principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable
in respect of any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and payable,
whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or
otherwise, then, upon written notice of such default to the Company by the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness or any trustee therefor and subject to
certain rights of the Company to dispute such default and subject to proper
notification of the Trustee, unless and until such default shall have been cured
or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash,
property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) will be made or agreed to be made
for principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of
the Subordinated Debt Securities, or in respect of any redemption, retirement,
purchase or other acquisition of the Subordinated Debt Securities other than
those made in capital stock of the Company (or cash in lieu of fractional shares
thereof) pursuant to any conversion right of the Subordinated Debt Securities or
otherwise made in capital stock of the Company.
The term "Senior Indebtedness" is defined to mean Indebtedness (including
the Senior Debt Securities) of the Company outstanding at any time except (a)
any Indebtedness as to which, by the terms of the instrument creating or
evidencing the same, it is provided that such Indebtedness is not senior in
right of payment to the Subordinated Debt Securities, (b) the Subordinated Debt
Securities, (c) any Indebtedness of the Company to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the Company, (d) interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency unless such interest is an allowed
claim enforceable against the Company in a proceeding under federal or state
bankruptcy laws and (e) trade payables.
If (i) without the consent of the Company a court shall enter an order for
relief with respect to the Company under the United States federal bankruptcy
laws or a judgment, order or decree adjudging the Company a bankrupt or
insolvent, or enter an order for relief for reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under the United
States federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws or (ii) the Company shall
institute proceedings for the entry of an order for relief with respect to the
Company under the United States federal bankruptcy laws or for an adjudication
of insolvency, or shall consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against it, or shall file a petition seeking, or seek or consent to
reorganization, arrangement, composition or similar relief under any applicable
law, or shall consent to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official in respect of the Company or of substantially all of its property, or
the Company shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, then
all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the
commencement of any such proceedings and any Additional Amounts payable in
respect thereof) will first be paid in full before any payment or distribution,
whether in cash, securities or other property, is made on account of the
principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the
Subordinated Debt Securities. In such event, any payment or distribution on
account of the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in
respect of Subordinated Debt Securities, whether in cash, securities or
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other property (other than securities of the Company or any other corporation
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is
subordinate, at least to the extent provided in the subordination provisions
with respect to the Subordinated Debt Securities, to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness then outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof
under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would otherwise
(but for the subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of
the Subordinated Debt Securities will be paid or delivered directly to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the priorities then existing
among such holders until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon
accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect thereof) has been paid in full. If any payment or
distribution on account of the principal of, interest on or any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of the Subordinated Debt Securities of any character,
whether in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of the
Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or
readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent
provided in the subordination provisions with respect to the Subordinated Debt
Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding and to
any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization
or readjustment), shall be received by any holder of any Subordinated Debt
Securities in contravention of any of the terms of the Subordinated Indenture
and before all the Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, such
payment or distribution of securities will be received in trust for the benefit
of, and will be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness then outstanding in accordance with the priorities then
existing among such holders for application to the payment of all Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior
Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all such Senior
Indebtedness in full. In the event of any such proceeding, after payment in full
of all sums owing with respect to Senior Indebtedness, the holders of
Subordinated Debt Securities, together with the holders of any obligations of
the Company ranking on a parity with the Subordinated Debt Securities, will be
entitled to be repaid from the remaining assets of the Company the amounts at
that time due and owing on account of unpaid principal of, interest on and any
Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Subordinated Debt Securities and
such other obligations before any payment or other distribution, whether in
cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital stock or
obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Subordinated Debt Securities
and such other obligations.
By reason of such subordination, in the event of the insolvency of the
Company, holders of Senior Indebtedness may receive more, ratably, than holders
of the Subordinated Debt Securities. In addition, other creditors of the Company
who are not holders of Subordinated Debt Securities or holders of Senior
Indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Indebtedness and
may recover more, ratably, than holders of Subordinated Debt Securities. Such
subordination will not prevent the occurrence of an Event of Default or limit
the right of acceleration in respect of the Subordinated Debt Securities.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
"Additional Amounts" shall mean any additional amounts which are required by
a Debt Security, under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the
Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on certain holders of such Debt
Securities, or as otherwise specified in the terms of such Debt Security, and
which are owing to such holders.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean an obligation that is required to
be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting
purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by
such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in
accordance with such principles; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the
date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior
to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without
payment of a penalty.
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"Consolidated Net Worth" means the excess of assets over liabilities of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, plus Minority Interests, as
determined from time to time in accordance with GAAP.
"Default" shall mean any event that is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any date, any of
the following, without duplication, (i) any liability, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person (A) for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender
is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof), (B)
evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument or (C) for the
payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation or other obligation
(whether issued or assumed) relating to the deferred purchase price of property;
(ii) all conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title
retention agreement (even if the rights and remedies of the seller under such
agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such
property), but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of business; (iii) all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any
letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction other than
entered into in the ordinary course of business; (iv) all indebtedness of others
secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any asset or property
(including, without limitation, leasehold interests and any other tangible or
intangible property) of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness is assumed
by such Person or is not otherwise such Person's legal liability; provided, that
if the obligations so secured have not been assumed in full by such Person or
are otherwise not such Person's legal liability in full, the amount of such
indebtedness for the purposes of this definition shall be limited to the lesser
of the amount of such indebtedness secured by such Lien or the fair market value
of the assets of the property securing such Lien; (v) all indebtedness of others
(including all interest and dividends on any Indebtedness or preferred stock of
any other Person for the payment of which is) guaranteed, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or that is otherwise its legal liability or which
such Person has agreed to purchase or repurchase or in respect of which such
Person has agreed contingently to supply or advance funds; and (vi) obligations
in respect of Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations (as such
capitalized terms are defined in the Indentures).
"Issue Date" shall mean, with respect to an Indenture, the first date on
which a Debt Security is authenticated by the applicable Trustee pursuant to
such Indenture.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien, charge or adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance
against real or personal property or a security interest of any kind (including,
without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or
lease in the nature thereof or any filing or agreement to file a financing
statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any similar statute
other than to reflect ownership by a third party or property leased to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries under a lease that is not in the nature of a
conditional sale or title retention agreement).
"Minority Interest" is defined as any shares of stock of any class of a
Subsidiary that are not owned by the Company or a Subsidiary.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean, with respect to any Person: (i) Liens existing
on the Issue Date; (ii) Liens on property or assets of, or any shares of stock
of or secured debt of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such corporation
is merged into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iii) Liens in
favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) Liens in favor
of governmental bodies to secure progress or advance payments; (v) Liens
securing industrial revenue or pollution control bonds; (vi) Liens on Property
to secure Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of (a) financing all or any part
of the purchase price of such Property incurred prior to, at the time of, or
within 180 days after, the acquisition of such Property or (b) financing all or
any part of the cost of construction, improvement, development or expansion of
any
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such Property; (vii) statutory liens or landlords', carriers', warehouseman's,
mechanics', suppliers', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising
in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not yet
delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if a
reserve or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in
conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (viii) Liens on current
assets of Restricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Restricted
Subsidiaries; and (ix) any extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals
in whole or in part of a Lien (an "existing Lien") enumerated in clauses (i)
through (viii) above; provided that the Lien may not extend beyond (A) the
Property or Indebtedness subject to the existing Lien and (B) improvements and
construction on such Property and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not
exceed the Indebtedness secured at the time by the existing Lien.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof, or any other entity.
"Principal Property" means any manufacturing plant or warehouse owned or
leased by the Company or any Subsidiary, the gross book value of which exceeds
one percent of Consolidated Net Worth, other than manufacturing plants and
warehouses which the Board of Directors by resolution declares, together with
all other plants and warehouses previously so declared, is not of material
importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"Property" of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in the
most recent consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries under GAAP.
"Restricted Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary which owns (i) a Principal
Property or (ii) any trademark, trade name, brand name or license (collectively,
"Intangible Property"), excluding any Intangible Property the use of which did
not give rise to revenues in excess of $25 million during the Company's most
recently completed fiscal year.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any security or any installment
of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such security as the fixed
date on which the principal of such security or such installment of interest is
due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean (i) any Person of which more than 50%
of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by any Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof, and (ii) any partnership, joint venture or other Person in
which such Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof has the power to control by contract or otherwise the board
of directors or equivalent governing body or otherwise controls such entity.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK AND PREFERRED STOCK
COMMON STOCK
The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01
par value. Holders of Common Stock have full voting rights, one vote for each
share held of record, and, in the election of directors, are entitled to
cumulate their votes. Shareowners are entitled to receive such dividends, if
any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available
therefore, and they are entitled to share equally and ratably in the assets
remaining, if any, after payment of all debts and liabilities upon the Company's
winding up and dissolution, subject to the rights of the holders of any
outstanding Preferred Stock. The holders of Common Stock have no preemptive or
other rights to subscribe for, or to purchase, additional shares of Common
Stock. The Common Stock is not subject to redemption or to any liability for
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further calls. The outstanding shares are fully paid and nonassessable. Harris
Trust and Savings Bank is the transfer agent and registrar for the Company's
Common Stock.
If shares of Common Stock are offered, the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto will set forth the number of shares offered, the public offering price
and information regarding the Company's dividend history and Common Stock prices
as reflected on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape, including a recent
last sale price of the Common Stock.
PREFERRED STOCK
GENERAL. Under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Company's Board of
Directors is authorized to create and issue up to 500,000 shares of Preferred
Stock in one or more series and to determine the rights and preferences of each
series, to the extent permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation. As of the
date of this Prospectus, no shares of Preferred Stock had been issued. One
Hundred Sixty Thousand shares of Series A Junior Preferred Stock have been
reserved for issuance in connection with the Company's preferred stock purchase
rights described below.
Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the
series of Preferred Stock offered thereby and the Certificate of Designation
establishing such series of Preferred Stock for specific terms, including:
(i) The title and stated value of such Preferred Stock;
(ii) The number of shares of such Preferred Stock offered, the liquidation
preference per share and the initial offering price of such Preferred
Stock;
(iii) The dividend rate(s), period(s) and/or payment date(s) or method(s) of
calculation thereof applicable to such Preferred Stock;
(iv) The date from which dividends on such Preferred Stock shall accumulate,
if applicable;
(v) The procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any, for such
Preferred Stock;
(vi) The provisions for a sinking fund, if any, for such Preferred Stock;
(vii) The provisions for redemption, if applicable, of such Preferred Stock;
(viii) Any listing of such Preferred Stock on any securities exchange;
(ix) The terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which such Preferred
Stock will be convertible into Common Stock of the Company, including
the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof);
(x) A discussion of any material Federal income tax considerations
applicable to such Preferred Stock;
(xi) The relative ranking and preferences of such Preferred Stock as to
dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the affairs of the Company;
(xii) 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; and
(xiii) Any other specific terms, preferences, rights (including, without
limitation, voting rights), limitations or restrictions of such
Preferred Stock.
LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Company whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of any series of Preferred
Stock in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered will have
preference and
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priority over the Common Stock and any other class of stock or series of a class
of stock of the Company ranking on liquidation junior to such series of
Preferred Stock, for payment out of the assets of the Company or proceeds
thereof, whether from capital or surplus, in the amount set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. After such payment, the holders of such series
of Preferred Stock will be entitled to no other payments. If, in the case of any
such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the assets of the
Company or proceeds thereof shall be insufficient to make the full liquidation
payment in respect of such series of Preferred Stock and liquidating payments on
any other series of Preferred Stock ranking as to liquidation on a parity with
such series, then those assets and proceeds will be distributed among the
holders of such series of Preferred Stock and any such other series of Preferred
Stock ratably in accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable
on such shares of such series of Preferred Stock and such other series of
Preferred Stock if all amounts thereon were paid in full. A sale of all or
substantially all of the Company's assets or a consolidation or merger of the
Company with one or more corporations shall not be deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company.
DEPOSITARY SHARES
GENERAL. The Company may, at its option, elect to issue fractional shares
of Preferred Stock, rather than full shares of Preferred Stock. In the event
such option is exercised, the Company may elect to have a Depositary (as defined
below) issue receipts for Depositary Shares, each receipt representing a
fraction (to be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular
series of Preferred Stock) of a share of a particular series of Preferred Stock
as described below.
The shares of any series of Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares
will be deposited under a Deposit Agreement ("Deposit Agreement") between the
Company and a bank or trust company selected by the Company having its principal
office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000 ("Depositary"). Subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement,
each owner of a Depositary Share will be entitled, in proportion to the
applicable fraction of a share of Preferred Stock represented by such Depositary
Share, to all the rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock represented
thereby (including dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights).
The Depositary Shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued
pursuant to the Deposit Agreement ("Depositary Receipts"). Depositary Receipts
will be distributed to those persons purchasing the fractional shares of
Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of an offering of the Preferred
Stock. In connection with the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock
represented by Depositary Shares, the forms of Deposit Agreement and Depositary
Receipt will be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part, and the following summary is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such exhibits.
Pending the preparation of definitive engraved Depositary Receipts, the
Depositary may, upon the written order of the Company, issue temporary
Depositary Receipts substantially identical to (and entitling the holders
thereof to all the rights pertaining to) the definitive Depositary Receipts but
not in definitive form. Definitive Depositary Receipts will be prepared
thereafter without unreasonable delay, and temporary Depositary Receipts will be
exchangeable for definitive Depositary Receipts at the Company's expense.
Upon surrender of Depositary Receipts at the office of the Depositary and
upon payment of the charges provided in the Deposit Agreement and subject to the
terms thereof, a holder of Depositary Receipts is entitled to have the
Depositary deliver to such holder the whole shares of Preferred Stock relating
to the surrendered Depositary Receipts. Holders of Depositary Shares will be
entitled to receive whole shares of the related series of Preferred Stock on the
basis set forth in the related Prospectus Supplement for such series of
Preferred Stock, but holders of such whole shares will not thereafter be
entitled to receive Depositary Shares therefor. 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
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whole shares of the related series 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.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS. The Depositary will distribute all cash
dividends or other cash distribution received in respect of the Preferred Stock
to the record holders of Depositary Shares relating to such Preferred Stock in
proportion to the numbers of such Depositary Shares owned by such holders.
In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the Depositary will
distribute property received by it to the record holders of Depositary Shares
entitled thereto, unless the Depositary determines that it is not feasible to
make such distribution, in which case the Depositary may, with the approval of
the Company, sell such property and distribute the net proceeds from such sale
to such holders.
REDEMPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES. If a series of Preferred Stock represented
by Depositary Shares is subject to redemption, the Depositary Shares will be
redeemed from the proceeds received by the Depositary resulting from the
redemption, in whole or in part, of such series of Preferred Stock held by the
Depositary. The redemption price per Depositary Share will be equal to the
applicable fraction of the redemption price per share payable with respect to
such series of the Preferred Stock. Whenever the Company redeems shares of
Preferred Stock held by the Depositary, the Depositary will redeem as of the
same redemption date the number of Depositary Shares representing shares of
Preferred Stock so redeemed. If less than all the Depositary Shares are to be
redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will be selected by lot or pro
rata as may be determined by the Depositary.
VOTING THE PREFERRED SHARES. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which
the holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary will
mail the information contained in such notice of meeting to the record holders
of the Depositary Shares relating to such Preferred Stock. Each record holder of
such Depositary Shares on the record date (which will be the same date as the
record date for the Preferred Stock) will be entitled to instruct the Depositary
as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of the
Preferred Stock represented by such holder's Depositary Shares. The Depositary
will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the amount of the 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 shares of the Preferred Stock to the extent it does not
receive specific instructions from the holders of Depositary Shares representing
such Preferred Stock.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT. The form of Depositary
Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares and any provision of the Deposit
Agreement may at any time be amended by agreement between the Company and the
Depositary. However, any amendment which materially and adversely alters the
rights of the holders of Depositary Shares will not be effective unless such
amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of the
Depositary Shares then outstanding. 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 to the
Preferred Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company and such distribution has been distributed to the holders of
Depositary Receipts.
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 any redemption of the Preferred
Stock. Holders of Depositary Receipts will pay other transfer and other taxes
and governmental charges and such other charges as are expressly provided in the
Deposit Agreement to be for their accounts.
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MISCELLANEOUS. The Depositary will forward to the record holders of the
Depositary Shares relating to such Preferred Stock all reports and
communications from the Company which are delivered to the Depositary.
Neither the Depositary or 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. They may rely upon written
advice of counsel or accountants, or information provided by persons presenting
Preferred Stock for deposit, holders of Depositary Receipts or other persons
believed to be competent and on documents believed to be genuine.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY. The Depositary may resign at any
time by delivering to the Company notice of its election to do so, and the
Company may at any time remove the Depositary, any such resignation or removal
to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Depositary and its acceptance
of such appointment. Such successor Depositary must be appointed within 60 days
after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal and must be a bank or
trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000.
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the
"Certificate of Incorporation") provides for a classified Board of Directors
with two-year staggered terms. It also provides that shareowners may remove an
incumbent director only for "cause", and then only upon the affirmative vote of
at least 75% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on the election of
directors. "Cause" is defined as conviction of a felony which is no longer
subject to direct appeal or adjudication of liability for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of a director's duty to the Company which is no
longer subject to direct appeal.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation also requires the affirmative
vote of 75% of each class of the Company's outstanding shares of capital stock
to amend the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company.
Shareowners may not act by written consent without a meeting.
Certain business combinations and other significant corporate transactions
involving the Company and any beneficial owner of more than 25% of the
outstanding voting shares of the Company (a "Substantial Stockholder") must be
approved by at least 75% of the Company's outstanding shares entitled to vote
thereon, and also by a majority of all votes entitled to be cast in respect of
shares held by shareowners other than the Substantial Stockholder, unless such
transaction has been approved by the Company's Board of Directors or unless the
shareowners of the Company shall receive consideration for the transaction not
less than the highest per share price paid by the Substantial Stockholder in
acquiring any shares of stock of the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS
A dividend of one Series A Junior Preferred Stock purchase right (a "Right")
per share of Common Stock was distributed to shareowners in June 1986 so that
each share of Common Stock now also represents a Right (expiring June 11, 2006)
to buy 1/100th of a share of Series A Junior Preferred Stock from the Company
for $100. The Rights were issued pursuant to a Rights Agreement, dated as of
June 11, 1986, as amended as of August 21, 1990, and as further amended as of
May 31, 1996, between the Company and Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis, as
Rights Agent.
Rights are not exercisable or transferable apart from the Common Stock until
the earlier of (i) ten days following the public announcement that a person or
group of affiliated or associated persons (other
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than the Company, its subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of the Company)
(an "Acquiring Person") has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire,
beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(the "Stock Acquisition Date") or (ii) ten days following the commencement of,
or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or exchange offer if,
upon consummation thereof, such person or group (other than the Company, its
subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of the Company) would be the
beneficial owner of 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the
earlier of such dates being the "Distribution Date").
In the event that, on or after a Distribution Date, an Acquiring Person
becomes a 15% or more holder, each Right holder, except the Acquiring Person,
has the right to receive, upon exercise at the then current exercise price,
shares of Common Stock (or, under certain circumstances, cash, property or other
Company securities) valued at twice the then applicable exercise price of the
Right. Similarly, on or after the Distribution Date, the Rights may be
exercisable at the then current exercise price for the other party's stock (or
assets) having a value of twice the exercise price if the Company is acquired in
a merger or other business combination where it does not survive or survives
with a change or exchange of its shares of Common Stock or if 50 percent or more
of its assets, earning power or cash flow is sold or transferred. Generally,
Rights may be redeemed by the Company for five cents each prior to the Stock
Acquisition Date (subject to extension by the Company).
The exercise price and the number of units of Series A Junior Preferred
Stock or other securities or property issued upon exercise of the Rights are
subject to adjustment to prevent dilution in the event of (i) a stock dividend,
subdivision, combination or reclassification of the Series A Junior Preferred
Stock, (ii) the grant to Series A Preferred Stockholders of certain rights or
warrants, or (iii) the distribution to Series A Junior Preferred Stockholders of
debt or assets, other than regular quarterly cash dividends, or of certain
rights or warrants. With certain exceptions, no adjustments will be made until
cumulative adjustments equal or exceed a 1% adjustment.
The rights plan exempts from its application any acquisition by an
underwriter for the purpose of resale in a public distribution. The Rights will
attach to shares of Common Stock sold as Offered Securities or delivered upon
conversion or exchange of any convertible or exchangeable Offered Securities.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
GENERAL
The Company may sell the Securities (i) through underwriters or dealers;
(ii) directly to one or more other purchasers; (iii) through agents; or (iv) to
both investors and/or dealers through a specific bidding or auction process or
otherwise. The Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Offered Securities will
set forth the terms of the offering of such Offered Securities, including the
name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, the purchase price of such
Offered Securities and the proceeds to the Company from such sale, any
underwriting discounts and other items constituting underwriters' compensation,
any initial public offering price and any discounts, commissions or concessions
allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers, and any bidding or auction process. Any
initial offering price and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed or
reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
If underwriters are used in an offering, the Offered Securities will be
acquired by the underwriters for their own account. The Offered Securities may
be sold from time to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated
transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined
at the time of sale. The Offered 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. The specific managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
the Offered Securities together with the members of the underwriting syndicate,
if any. Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, the obligations
of the underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities
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will be subject to certain conditions precedent and the underwriters will be
obligated to purchase all such Offered Securities if any are purchased.
Offered Securities may be sold directly by the Company or through agents
designated by the Company from time to time. The Prospectus Supplement will set
forth the name of any agent involved in the offer or sale of the Offered
Securities in respect of which the Prospectus Supplement is delivered and any
commissions payable by the Company to such agent. Unless otherwise indicated in
the Prospectus Supplement, any such agent is acting on a best efforts basis for
the period of its appointment.
Any underwriters, dealers, or agents participating in the distribution of
the Offered Securities may be deemed to be underwriters and any discounts or
commissions received by them on the sale or resale of the Offered Securities may
be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.
Agents, dealers or underwriters may be entitled, under agreements entered into
with the Company, to indemnification by the Company against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribution with respect
to payments which the agents, dealers or underwriters may be required to make in
respect thereof. Agents, dealers and underwriters may engage in transactions
with or perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of business.
The Offered Securities, other than the Common Stock, will be a new issue or
issues of securities with no established trading market. Any Common Stock issued
by the Company pursuant to this Registration Statement will be listed. Unless
otherwise indicated in a Prospectus Supplement, the Company does not currently
intend to list any Offered Debt Securities on any securities exchange. No
assurance can be given that the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any,
involved in the sale of the Offered Securities will make a market in such
Offered Securities. Whether or not any of the Offered Securities are listed on a
national securities exchange or the underwriters, dealers or agents, if any,
involved in the sale of the Offered Securities make a market in such Offered
Securities, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market
for such Offered Securities.
DELAYED DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company may authorize
underwriters or other persons acting as the Company's agents to solicit offers
by certain institutions to purchase Offered Securities from the Company pursuant
to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Institutions
with which such contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks,
insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and
charitable institutions and others, but in all cases will be subject to the
approval of the Company. The obligations of any purchaser under any such
contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of the Offered
Securities shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the
jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject. The underwriters and such
agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or
performance of such contracts.
LEGAL OPINIONS
The validity of the Securities offered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois, special securities
counsel for the Company. The Company is advised that McDermott, Will & Emery
attorneys indirectly own 2,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock. Certain
legal matters relating to this offering will be passed upon for the Underwriters
by Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended April 30, 1997, have been so incorporated in reliance on the
report of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority
of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
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Estimated Expenses:
SEC filing fee.................................................... $ 90,910
Printing and Engraving............................................ 30,000
Fees of Trustees/Transfer Agents/Registrars....................... 15,000
Accountants' Fees................................................. 15,000
Rating Service Fees............................................... 85,000
Legal Fees and Expenses........................................... 70,000
Miscellaneous..................................................... 19,090
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Total......................................................... $ 325,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The General Corporation Law of Delaware (Section 102) allows a corporation
to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the
corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damage for a breach of
his/her fiduciary duty as a director, except in the case where the director
breached his/her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in
intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a
dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law
or derived an improper personal benefit. The Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, of Kellwood Company (the "Company"), contains a
provision which eliminates directors' personal liability as set forth above.
The General Corporation Law of Delaware (Section 145) gives Delaware
corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former directors and
officers and those of affiliated corporations against expenses incurred in the
defense of any lawsuit to which they are made parties by reason of being or
having been such directors or officers, subject to specified conditions and
exclusions; gives a director or officer who successfully defends an action the
right to be so indemnified; and authorizes the Company to buy directors' and
officers' liability insurance. Such indemnification is not exclusive of any
other right to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
for indemnification to the fullest extent as expressly authorized by Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware for directors, officers and employees
of the Company and also to persons who are serving at the request of the Company
as directors, officers or employees of other corporations (including
subsidiaries). This right of indemnification is not exclusive of any other right
which any person may acquire under any statute, bylaw, agreement, contract, vote
of stockholders or otherwise.
The Company has purchased liability policies which indemnify its officers
and directors against loss arising from claims by reason of their legal
liability for acts as officers, subject to limitations and conditions as set
forth in the policies.
Pursuant to agreements which the Company may enter into with underwriters or
agents (forms of which are or will be filed as exhibits to this Registration
Statement) officers and directors of the Company may be entitled to
indemnification by such underwriters or agents against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, arising from
information appearing in the Registration Statement or any Prospectus or
Prospectus Supplement which has been furnished to the Company by such
underwriters or agents.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
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1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities.
**1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement for Preferred Stock.
**1(c) Form of Underwriting Agreement for Common Stock.
3(a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Kellwood Company,
incorporated herein by reference to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July
31, 1987, SEC File No. 1-7340.
3(b) Bylaws, as amended, of Kellwood Company, incorporated herein by reference
to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1996, SEC File No.
1-7340.
4(a) Form of Indenture for senior debt securities dated as of September 30,
1997 between Kellwood Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee.
4(b) Form of Indenture for subordinated debt securities between Kellwood
Company and a Trustee to be named.
**4(c) Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights for Preferred
Stock.
**4(d) Form of Deposit Agreement and Depository Receipt.
4(e) Rights Agreement with respect to Rights to Acquire Series A Junior
Preferred Stock between the registrant and Centerre Trust Company of St.
Louis, incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, effective June 24, 1986, Amendment dated August 21, 1990,
incorporated herein by reference to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
October 31, 1990, and Amendment dated May 31, 1996 incorporated herein
by reference to Form 8-A/A effective June 3, 1996, SEC File No. 1-7340.
5 Opinion and Consent of McDermott, Will & Emery.
*12 Statement on the Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
*23(a) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants.
23(b) Consent of McDermott, Will & Emery is contained in their opinion (Exhibit
5).
*24 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
25 Statement of eligibility and qualification of The Chase Manhattan Bank.
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* Previously filed.
** To be filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K in reference to the specific offering
of Securities, if any, to which it relates.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of
the Securities registered hereby, 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 this
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and
(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those
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paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the Securities offered
herein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the Securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the Securities offered
herein, and the offering of such Securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as
part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained
in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)
or (4) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be a part of this
Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(6) That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of
prospectus shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(7) To file an application for the purpose of determining the
eligibility of the Trustee to act under Section 310 of the Trust Indenture
Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the
Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of such Act.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions set forth or described in Item 15 of this
Registration Statement, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted against the Registrant by such director, officer or
controlling person, in connection with the Securities registered hereby, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT
CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED,
THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, AND STATE OF MISSOURI, ON
THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1997.
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KELLWOOD COMPANY
By: /s/ THOMAS H. POLLIHAN
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Thomas H. Pollihan
VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY
AND GENERAL COUNSEL
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PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS AMENDMENT
NO. 1 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES INDICATED ON THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE
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Director, Chairman of the
* Board, Chief Executive
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William J. McKenna executive officer)
*
- ------------------------------ Director, President and
Hal J. Upbin Chief Operating Officer
* Director, Vice Chairman
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James C. Jacobsen accounting officer)
*
- ------------------------------ Director
Raymond F. Bentele
*
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Edward S. Bottum
*
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Kitty G. Dickerson
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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*
- ------------------------------ Director
Leonard A. Genovese
*
- ------------------------------ Director
Jerry M. Hunter
*
- ------------------------------ Director
James S. Marcus
*
- ------------------------------ Director
Fred W. Wenzel
*By: /s/ THOMAS H. POLLIHAN
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Thomas H. Pollihan
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities.
**1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement for Preferred Stock.
**1(c) Form of Underwriting Agreement for Common Stock.
3(a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of Kellwood Company,
incorporated herein by reference to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July
31, 1987, SEC File No. 1-7340.
3(b) Bylaws, as amended, of Kellwood Company, incorporated herein by reference
to Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1996, SEC File No.
1-7340.
4(a) Form of Indenture for senior debt securities dated as of September 30,
1997 between Kellwood Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee.
4(b) Form of Indenture for subordinated debt securities between Kellwood
Company and a Trustee to be named.
**4(c) Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights for Preferred
Stock.
**4(d) Form of Deposit Agreement and Depository Receipt.
4(e) Rights Agreement with respect to Rights to Acquire Series A Junior
Preferred Stock between the registrant and Centerre Trust Company of St.
Louis, incorporated herein by reference to Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, effective June 24, 1986, Amendment dated August 21, 1990,
incorporated herein by reference to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
October 31, 1990, and Amendment dated May 31, 1996 incorporated herein
by reference to Form 8-A/A effective June 3, 1996, SEC File No. 1-7340.
5 Opinion and Consent of McDermott, Will & Emery.
*12 Statement on the Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
*23(a) Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, Independent Accountants.
23(b) Consent of McDermott, Will & Emery is contained in their opinion (Exhibit
5).
*24 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
25 Statement of eligibility and qualification of The Chase Manhattan Bank.
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* Previously filed.
** To be filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K in reference to the specific offering
of Securities, if any, to which it relates.
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KELLWOOD COMPANY
(a Delaware corporation)
Debt Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: ____________, 199
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KELLWOOD COMPANY
(a Delaware corporation)
Debt Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
__________, 1997
[Name of Underwriter]
[Address]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Kellwood Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell up to $300,000,000 aggregate initial public offering price of
its senior or subordinated debt securities (the "Debt Securities"), from time
to time, in or pursuant to one or more offerings on terms to be determined at
the time of sale.
The Debt Securities will be issued in one or more series as senior
indebtedness (the "Senior Debt Securities") under an indenture, dated as of
September 30, 1997 (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (the "Senior Trustee"), or as subordinated
indebtedness (the "Subordinated Debt Securities") under an indenture (the
"Subordinated Indenture", and collectively with the Senior Indenture, the
"Indentures", and each, an "Indenture"), between the Company and the trustee
a party thereto (the "Subordinated Trustee", and collectively with the Senior
Trustee, the "Trustees", and each, a "Trustee"). Each series of Debt
Securities may vary, as applicable, as to title, aggregate principal amount,
rank, interest rate or formula and timing of payments thereof, stated
maturity date, redemption and/or repayment provisions, sinking fund
requirements and any other variable terms established by or pursuant to the
applicable Indenture.
Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of Debt Securities
through [the lead underwriter] ("[Lead Underwriter]"), or through an
underwriting syndicate managed by [Lead Underwriter], the Company will enter
into an agreement (each, a "Terms Agreement") providing for the sale of such
Debt Securities to, and the purchase and offering thereof by,
[Lead Underwriter]and such other underwriters, if any, selected by
[Lead Underwriter] (the "Underwriters", which term shall include
[Lead Underwriter], whether acting as sole Underwriter or as a member of an
underwriting syndicate, as well as any Underwriter substituted pursuant to
Section 10 hereof). The Terms Agreement relating to the offering of Debt
Securities shall specify the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities to
be issued (the "Underwritten Securities"), the name of each Underwriter
participating in such offering (subject to substitution as provided in
Section 10 hereof) and the name of any Underwriter other than
[Lead Underwriter] acting as co-manager in connection with such offering, the
aggregate principal amount of the Underwritten Securities which each such
Underwriter severally agrees to purchase, whether such offering is on a fixed
or variable
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price basis and, if on a fixed price basis, the initial offering price, the
price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the
Underwriters, the form, time, date and place of delivery and payment of the
Underwritten Securities and any other material variable terms of the
Underwritten Securities. The Terms Agreement, which shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto, may take the form of an exchange of any
standard form of written telecommunication between the Company and
[Lead Underwriter], acting for itself and, if applicable, as representative
of any other Underwriters. Each offering of Underwritten Securities through
[Lead Underwriter] as sole Underwriter or through an underwriting syndicate
managed by [Lead Underwriter] will be governed by this Underwriting
Agreement, as supplemented by the applicable Terms Agreement.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-36559)
[and pre-effective amendment[s] no[s]. - thereto] for the registration of the
Debt Securities and other debt securities, preferred stock and common stock
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the
offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules
and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act
Regulations"). Such registration statement has been declared effective by
the Commission and each Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"), and the Company has filed
such post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to the
execution of the applicable Terms Agreement and each such post-effective
amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. Such registration
statement (as so amended, if applicable), including the information, if any,
deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430A(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations (the "Rule 430A Information") or Rule 434(d) of the 1933 Act
Regulations (the "Rule 434 Information"), is referred to herein as the
"Registration Statement"; and the final prospectus and the final prospectus
supplement relating to the offering of the Underwritten Securities, in the
form first furnished to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection
with the offering of the Underwritten Securities, are collectively referred
to herein as the "Prospectus"; provided, however, that all references to the
"Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus" shall also be deemed to include
all documents incorporated therein by reference pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), prior to the execution of
the applicable Terms Agreement; provided, further, that if the Company files
a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the
1933 Act Regulations (the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement"), then, after
such filing, all references to "Registration Statement" shall also be deemed
to include the Rule 462 Registration Statement; and provided, further, that
if the Company elects to rely upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, then
all references to "Prospectus" shall also be deemed to include the final or
preliminary prospectus and the applicable term sheet or abbreviated term
sheet (the "Term Sheet"), as the case may be, in the form first furnished to
the Underwriters by the Company in reliance upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act
Regulations, and all references in this Underwriting Agreement to the date of
the Prospectus shall mean the date of the Term Sheet. A "preliminary
prospectus" shall be deemed to refer to any prospectus used before the
Registration Statement became effective and any prospectus that omitted, as
applicable, the Rule 430A Information, the Rule 434 Information or other
information to be included upon pricing in a form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
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1933 Act Regulations and was used after such effectiveness and prior to the
execution and delivery of the applicable Terms Agreement. For purposes of
this Underwriting Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement,
Prospectus, Term Sheet or preliminary prospectus or to any amendment or
supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include any copy filed
with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval system ("EDGAR").
All references in this Underwriting Agreement to financial statements and
schedules and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated"
(or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement,
Prospectus or preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include all
such financial statements and schedules and other information which is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution of the
applicable Terms Agreement; and all references in this Underwriting Agreement
to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
preliminary prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of any
document under the 1934 Act which is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus, as the case may
be, after the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement.
SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
(a) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to [Lead Underwriter], as of the date hereof, and to
each Underwriter named in the applicable Terms Agreement, as of the date
thereof, and as of the Closing (as defined below) (in each case, a
"Representation Date"), as follows:
(1) COMPLIANCE WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) has become
effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement (or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement)
has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are
contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the
Commission for additional information has been complied with. In addition,
each Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
At the respective times the Registration Statement (including any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement) and any post-effective amendments thereto
(including the filing of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K with the Commission (the "Annual Report on Form 10-K")) became
effective and at each Representation Date, the Registration Statement
(including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) and any amendments
thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act
and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1939 Act (the
"1939 Act Regulations") and did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary
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to make the statements therein not misleading. At the date of the
Prospectus and at the Closing Time, neither the Prospectus nor any
amendments and supplements thereto included or will include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company
elects to rely upon Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will
comply with the requirements of Rule 434. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to
statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the
Company in writing by any Underwriter through [Lead Underwriter] expressly
for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, complied when so
filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each
preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for
use in connection with the offering of Underwritten Securities will, at the
time of such delivery, be identical to any electronically transmitted
copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the
extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(2) INCORPORATED DOCUMENTS. The documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied
and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the "1934
Act Regulations") and, when read together with the other information in the
Prospectus, at the date of the Prospectus and at the Closing Time, did not
and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(3) INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. The accountants who certified the
financial statements and any supporting schedules thereto included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent public
accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(4) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The financial statements of the Company
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with
the related schedules and notes, as well as those financial statements,
schedules and notes of any other entity included therein, present fairly
the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, or
such other entity, as the case may be, at the dates indicated and the
statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries, or such other entity, as the case may
be, for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been
prepared in conformity
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with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules,
if any, included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present
fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein.
The selected financial data and the summary financial information included
in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been
compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements
included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. In addition, any
pro forma financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and the
related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been prepared
in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro
forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases
described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are
reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to
the transactions and circumstances referred to therein.
(5) NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE IN BUSINESS. Since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs, results of operations or business prospects of
the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business (a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B)
there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, other than those arising in the ordinary course of business,
which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise and (C) except for regular dividends on the
Company's common stock or preferred stock, in amounts per share that are
consistent with past practice or the applicable charter document or
supplement thereto, respectively, there has been no dividend or distribution
of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock.
(6) GOOD STANDING OF THE COMPANY. The Company has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under, or as
contemplated under, this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement. The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing
of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so
qualify or be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(7) GOOD STANDING OF SUBSIDIARIES. Each "significant subsidiary" of the
Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated
under the 1933 Act) (each, a "Subsidiary" and, collectively, the
"Subsidiaries"), if any, has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under
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the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership
or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure
to so qualify or be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each
Subsidiary has been duly authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries,
free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance,
claim or equity, except for such security interests, mortgages, pledges,
liens, encumbrances, claims or equities which would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.
(8) CAPITALIZATION. If the Prospectus contains a "Capitalization"
section, the authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Company is as set forth in the column entitled "Actual" under such
section (except for subsequent issuances thereof, if any, contemplated
under this Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or
employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the
exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the
Prospectus). Such shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and
validly issued by the Company and are fully paid and non-assessable, and
none of such shares of capital stock was issued in violation of preemptive
or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(9) AUTHORIZATION OF THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AND TERMS AGREEMENT.
This Underwriting Agreement has been, and the applicable Terms Agreement as
of the date thereof will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company, and this Underwriting Agreement does, and the applicable
Terms Agreement will, constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principals
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
(10) AUTHORIZATION OF SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES AND/OR SUBORDINATED DEBT
SECURITIES. The Underwritten Securities have been, or as of the date of such
Terms Agreement will have been, duly authorized by the Company for issuance
and sale pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement. Such Underwritten Securities, when issued and authenticated in
the manner provided for in the applicable Indenture and delivered against
payment of the consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the
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enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including,
without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). Such
Underwritten Securities will be in the form contemplated by, and each
registered holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of, the applicable
Indenture.
(11) AUTHORIZATION OF THE INDENTURES. Each Indenture applicable to
the Underwritten Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms
Agreement has been, or prior to the issuance of the Debt Securities
thereunder will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and, upon such authorization, execution and delivery, will
constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without
limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(12) DESCRIPTIONS OF THE UNDERWRITTEN SECURITIES AND INDENTURES. The
Underwritten Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms
Agreement and each applicable Indenture, as of each Representation Date,
will conform in all material respects to the statements relating thereto
contained in the Prospectus and will be in substantially the form filed or
incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
(13) ABSENCE OF DEFAULTS AND CONFLICTS. Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or in default in
the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of
them may be bound, or to which any of the assets, properties or operations of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, "Agreements
and Instruments"), except for such defaults that would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Underwriting Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and each applicable
Indenture and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to
be entered into or issued by the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and
sale of the Underwritten Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale
of the Underwritten Securities as described under the caption "Use of
Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and
thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do
not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice
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or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or
default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets,
properties or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant
to, any Agreements and Instruments, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality
or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used
herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives the
holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any
person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(14) ABSENCE OF LABOR DISPUTE. No labor dispute with the employees of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any
subsidiary's principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors,
which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(15) ABSENCE OF PROCEEDINGS. There is no action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or to the knowledge of
the Company threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its
subsidiaries which is required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (other than as stated therein), or which might
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which
might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the assets,
properties or operations thereof or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated under the Prospectus, this Underwriting Agreement, the
applicable Terms Agreement or any applicable Indenture or the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The aggregate
of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective
assets, properties or operations is the subject which are not described in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(16) ACCURACY OF EXHIBITS. There are no contracts or documents which
are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as
exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.
(17) ABSENCE OF FURTHER REQUIREMENTS. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency,
domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for
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the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company of this
Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or for the
performance by the Company of the transactions contemplated under the
Prospectus, this Underwriting Agreement, such Terms Agreement or any
applicable Indenture, except such as have been already made, obtained or
rendered, as applicable.
(18) POSSESSION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate
patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how
(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary to carry on the business
now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual
Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any
Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or
conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or
invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(19) POSSESSION OF LICENSES AND PERMITS. The Company and its
subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other
authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by the
appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them. The Company and
its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would
not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All
of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except
where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such
Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding,
would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(20) TITLE TO PROPERTY. The Company and its subsidiaries have good
and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and its
subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each
case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests,
claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, except (A) as otherwise
stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or (B) those which
do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such
property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of
such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. All of the leases
and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectus, are in full
force and effect, and neither the
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Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of any
material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to
the rights of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any of the
leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the
rights of the Company or such subsidiary of the continued possession of
the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(21) COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT. If the Underwritten Securities have
commodity (as such term is defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the
Commodity Exchange Act Regulations (each as defined below)) dependent
components or payment features similar to commodity futures or commodity
option contracts then, in either such case, the Underwritten Securities,
upon issuance, will be excluded or exempted under, or beyond the purview
of, the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the "Commodity Exchange
Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act (the "Commodity Exchange Act
Regulations").
(22) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. The Company is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated
and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus will not be, an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").
(23) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. Except as otherwise stated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and except as would not, singly
or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal,
state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof including any judicial or administrative order,
consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human
health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air,
surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to
the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants,
wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum
products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or
handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), (B)
the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and
approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each
in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or
threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits,
demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or
violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law
against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are no
events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the
basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or
proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against
or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous
Materials or any Environmental Laws.
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(b) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATES. Any certificate signed by any officer of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries and delivered to any Underwriter or to
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the
Underwritten Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby on the date of
such certificate and, unless subsequently amended or supplemented, at each
Representation Date subsequent thereto.
SECTION 2. SALE AND DELIVERY TO UNDERWRITERS; CLOSING.
(a) UNDERWRITTEN SECURITIES. The several commitments of the Underwriters
to purchase the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms
Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and shall be
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.
(b) PAYMENT. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities shall be made
against payment therefor at the offices of McDermott, Will & Emery, 227 West
Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, or at such other place as shall be
agreed upon by [Lead Underwriter] and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern
time) on any given day) business day after the date of the applicable Terms
Agreement (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10
hereof), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date
as shall be agreed upon by [Lead Underwriter] and the Company (such time and
date of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time"). Payment
shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to
[Lead Underwriter] for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of the
Underwritten Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each
Underwriter has authorized [Lead Underwriter], for its account, to accept
delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the
Underwritten Securities which it has severally agreed to purchase.
[Lead Underwriter], individually and not as representative of the
Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the
purchase price for the Underwritten Securities to be purchased by any
Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such
payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(c) DENOMINATIONS; REGISTRATION. The Underwritten Securities or
certificates for the Underwritten Securities, as applicable, shall be in such
denominations and registered in such names as [Lead Underwriter] may request
in writing at least one full business day prior to the Closing Time. The
Underwritten Securities or certificates for the Underwritten Securities, as
applicable, will be made available for examination and packaging by
[Lead Underwriter] in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
SECTION 3. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company covenants with
[Lead Underwriter] and with each Underwriter participating in the offering of
Underwritten Securities, as follows:
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(a) COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES REGULATIONS AND COMMISSION REQUESTS.
The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements
of Rule 430A of the 1933 Act Regulations and/or Rule 434 of the 1933 Act
Regulations, if and as applicable, and will notify the Underwriters
immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, of (i) the effectiveness
of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or the
filing of any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus, (ii) the receipt
of any comments from the Commission, (iii) any request by the Commission
for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending
the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the suspension of the
qualification of the Underwritten Securities for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for
any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect the filings
necessary pursuant to Rule 424 and will take such steps as it deems
necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Prospectus transmitted for
filing under Rule 424 was received for filing by the Commission and, in
the event that it was not, it will promptly file the Prospectus. The
Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any
stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting
thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) FILING OF AMENDMENTS. The Company will give [Lead Underwriter]
notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the
Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b) of the
1933 Act Regulations), any Term Sheet or any amendment, supplement or
revision to either the prospectus included in the Registration Statement
at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to
the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish [Lead Underwriter]
with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to
such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use
any such document to which [Lead Underwriter] or counsel for the
Underwriters shall object.
(c) DELIVERY OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS. The Company has furnished
or will deliver to [Lead Underwriter] and counsel for the Underwriters,
without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith
or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all
consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to
[Lead Underwriter], without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without
exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The Registration Statement and
each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to
any electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) DELIVERY OF PROSPECTUSES. The Company will deliver to each
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as such Underwriter
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may reasonably request, and the Company hereby consents to the use of
such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will
furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934
Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter may
reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to any
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. The Company will
comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act
and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the
distribution of the Underwritten Securities as contemplated in this
Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement and in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If at any time when the
Prospectus is required by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered in
connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend the
Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or to amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of
the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or
if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such
time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or
the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with
the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as
may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements,
and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, without charge, such
number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may
reasonably request.
(f) BLUE SKY QUALIFICATIONS. The Company will use its best efforts,
in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten
Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of
such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as
[Lead Underwriter] may designate and to maintain such qualifications in
effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of the
applicable Terms Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to
qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to
taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is
not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten
Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements
and reports
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as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such
qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the
date of such Terms Agreement.
(g) EARNINGS STATEMENT. The Company will timely file such reports
pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally
available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings
statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated
by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company will use the net proceeds received
by it from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner
specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
(i) LISTING. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the
listing of the Underwritten Securities, prior to the Closing Time, on any
national securities exchange or quotation system if and as specified in
the applicable Terms Agreement.
(j) RESTRICTION ON SALE OF SECURITIES. Between the date of the
applicable Terms Agreement and the Closing Time or such other date
specified in such Terms Agreement, the Company will not, without the
prior written consent of [Lead Underwriter], directly or indirectly,
issue, sell, offer or contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of,
or otherwise dispose of, the securities specified in such Terms Agreement.
(k) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. The Company, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934
Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act
and the 1934 Act Regulations.
SECTION 4. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. (a) EXPENSES. The Company will pay
all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this
Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement, including (i)
the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement
(including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of
each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to
the Underwriters of this Underwriting Agreement, any Terms Agreement, any
Agreement among Underwriters, the Indentures and such other documents as
may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance
or delivery of the Underwritten Securities, (iii) the preparation,
issuance and delivery of the Underwritten Securities and any certificates
for the Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters, including any
transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters,
(iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and
other advisors or agents (including transfer agents and registrars), as
well as the fees and disbursements of the Trustees and their respective
counsel, (v) the qualification of the Underwritten Securities under state
securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof,
including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection
with the preparation,
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printing and delivery of the Blue Sky Survey, and any amendment thereto, (vi)
the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary
prospectus, any Term Sheet, and the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, (vii) the fees charged by nationally recognized
statistical rating organizations for the rating of the Underwritten
Securities, (viii) the fees and expenses incurred with respect to the listing
of the Underwritten Securities, if applicable, (ix) the filing fees incident
to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters
in connection with, the review, if any, by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") of the terms of the sale of the
Underwritten Securities, and (x) the fees and expenses of any Underwriter
acting in the capacity of a "qualified independent underwriter" (as defined
in Section 2(l) of Schedule E of the bylaws of the NASD), if applicable.
(b) TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. If the applicable Terms Agreement is
terminated by [Lead Underwriter] in accordance with the provisions of Section
5 or Section 9(b)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for
all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS OF UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Underwritten Securities pursuant
to the applicable Terms Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof
or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the
following further conditions:
(a) EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become
effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act and
no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or be pending or
threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission
for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing
information relating to the description of the Underwritten Securities, the
specific method of distribution and similar matters shall have been filed
with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b)(1), (2), (3), (4) or
(5), as applicable (or any required post-effective amendment providing such
information shall have been filed and declared effective in accordance with
the requirements of Rule 430A), or, if the Company has elected to rely upon
Rule 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations, a Term Sheet including the Rule 434
Information shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with
Rule 424(b)(7).
(b) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR COMPANY. At Closing Time, [Lead
Underwriter] shall have received the favorable opinions, dated as of
Closing Time, of McDermott, Will & Emery, counsel for the Company, and
Thomas H. Pollihan, General Counsel for the Company, each in form and
substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with
signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of
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the other Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto
and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably
request.
(c) OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR UNDERWRITERS. At Closing Time, [Lead
Underwriter] shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing
Time, of [counsel for Underwriters], counsel for the Underwriters, together
with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other
Underwriters, with respect to the matters set forth in (1) (as to the
Company's valid existence in good standing), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7)
(solely as to the information in the Prospectus under "Description of the
Debt Securities" or any caption purporting to describe any such Debt
Securities), (12), (13), (16) and the penultimate paragraph of Exhibit B
hereto. In giving such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to all matters
governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of
New York, the federal law of the United States and the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to
[Lead Underwriter]. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such
opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem
proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries
and certificates of public officials.
(d) OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. At Closing Time, there shall not have
been, since the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, and [Lead Underwriter] shall have received a
certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the
chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated
as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material
adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1(a) are
true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at
and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all
agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted, are pending or,
to the best of such officer's knowledge, are threatened by the Commission.
(e) ACCOUNTANT'S COMFORT LETTER. At the time of the execution of the
applicable Terms Agreement, [Lead Underwriter] shall have received from
Price Waterhouse LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to [Lead Underwriter] and Price Waterhouse LLP, together
with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other
Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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(f) BRING-DOWN COMFORT LETTER. At Closing Time, [Lead Underwriter]
shall have received from Price Waterhouse LLP a letter, dated as of Closing
Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter
furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 5, except that the
specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business
days prior to the Closing Time.
(g) RATINGS. At Closing Time, the Underwritten Securities shall have
the ratings accorded by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization", as defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
of the 1933 Act Regulations, if and as specified in the applicable Terms
Agreement, and the Company shall have delivered to [Lead Underwriter] a
letter, dated as of such date, from each such rating organization, or other
evidence satisfactory to [Lead Underwriter], confirming that the
Underwritten Securities have such ratings. Since the time of execution of
such Terms Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in, or
withdrawal of, the rating assigned to the Underwritten Securities or any of
the Company's other securities by any such rating organization, and no such
rating organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review its rating of the Underwritten Securities or any of
the Company's other securities.
(h) APPROVAL OF LISTING. At Closing Time, the Underwritten Securities
shall have been approved for listing, subject only to official notice of
issuance, if and as specified in the applicable Terms Agreement.
(i) NO OBJECTION. If the Registration Statement or an offering of
Underwritten Securities has been filed with the NASD for review, the NASD
shall not have raised any objection with respect to the fairness and
reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.
(j) ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. At Closing Time, counsel for the
Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as
they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance
and sale of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated, or in order
to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or
the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all
proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory
in form and substance to [Lead Underwriter] and counsel for the
Underwriters.
(k) TERMINATION OF TERMS AGREEMENT. If any condition specified in
this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be
fulfilled, the applicable Terms Agreement may be terminated by [Lead
Underwriter] by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the
Closing Time and such termination shall be without liability of any party
to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections
1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force
and effect.
SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION.
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(a) INDEMNIFICATION OF UNDERWRITERS. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act as follows:
(1) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement
(or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and the
Rule 434 Information deemed to be a part thereof, if applicable, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(2) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such
alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section
6(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the
Company; and
(3) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the
fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by [Lead Underwriter]), reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation,
or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue
statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to
the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter through [Lead Underwriter] expressly for use in
the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information and the Rule 434 Information deemed to be a part thereof, if
applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto); PROVIDED, FURTHER, however, that as to any
preliminary prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto, this indemnity agreement shall not
inure to the benefit of any Underwriter on account of any loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense arising from the fact that such Underwriter sold
Debt Securities to a person to whom there was not sent or given, at or prior
to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference) or of the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference) as then
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amended or supplemented in any case where such delivery is required by the
1933 Act if the Company has previously furnished copies thereof to such
Underwriter in the quantities requested and the loss, claim, damage or
liability of such Underwriter results from an untrue statement or omission of
a material fact contained in such preliminary prospectus, preliminary
prospectus supplement, Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by
reference) or amendment or supplement thereto, which the Company has
sustained the burden of proving was corrected in the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference) or in the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference) as then amended or supplemented.
(b) INDEMNIFICATION OF COMPANY, DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Each Underwriter
severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors,
each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim,
damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of
this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or
omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A
Information and the Rule 434 Information deemed to be a part thereof, if
applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through
[Lead Underwriter] expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) ACTIONS AGAINST PARTIES; NOTIFICATION. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party
of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be
sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not
relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it
is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not
relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of
this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 6(a) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by
[Lead Underwriter], and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to
Section 6(b) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by
the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the
defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the
indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified
party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the
indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel
(in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all
indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar
or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent
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to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or
contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof
(whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties
thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising
out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not
include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure
to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) SETTLEMENT WITHOUT CONSENT IF FAILURE TO REIMBURSE. If at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse
the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying
party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature
contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i)
such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such
indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party
shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days
prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party
shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement.
SECTION 7. CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in Section
6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and
expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the
offering of the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms
Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other
hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the
Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be
deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds
from the offering of such Underwritten Securities (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, or,
if Rule 434 is used, the corresponding location on the Term Sheet bear to the
aggregate initial public offering price of such Underwritten Securities as
set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters,
on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission.
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The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro
rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of
the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The
aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7
shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or
body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Underwritten Securities underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages
which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter,
and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934
Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The
Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7
are several in proportion to the number or aggregate principal amount, as the
case may be, of Initial Underwritten Securities set forth opposite their
respective names in the applicable Terms Agreement, and not joint.
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS TO SURVIVE
DELIVERY. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or in certificates
of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant
hereto or thereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or
controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive
delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities.
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SECTION 9. TERMINATION.
(a) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT. This Underwriting Agreement (excluding the
applicable Terms Agreement) may be terminated for any reason at any time by
the Company or by [Lead Underwriter] upon the giving of 30 days' prior
written notice of such termination to the other party hereto.
(b) TERMS AGREEMENT. [Lead Underwriter] may terminate the applicable
Terms Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the
Closing Time or any relevant Date of Delivery, if (i) there has been, since
the time of execution of such Terms Agreement or since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
or (ii) there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial
markets in the United States or, if the Underwritten Securities include Debt
Securities denominated or payable in, or indexed to, one or more foreign or
composite currencies, in the international financial markets, or any outbreak
of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any
change or development involving a prospective change in national or
international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the
effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of [Lead Underwriter],
impracticable to market the Underwritten Securities or to enforce contracts
for the sale of the Underwritten Securities, or (iii) trading in any
securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the
Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the New
York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq National
Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices
for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required,
by either of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission,
the NASD or any other governmental authority, or (iv) a banking moratorium
has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities or, if the
Underwritten Securities include Debt Securities denominated or payable in, or
indexed to, one or more foreign or composite currencies, by the relevant
authorities in the related foreign country or countries.
(c) LIABILITIES. If this Underwriting Agreement or the applicable Terms
Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be
without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in
Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall
survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. DEFAULT BY ONE OR MORE OF THE UNDERWRITERS. If one or more
of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time to purchase the
Underwritten Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under the
applicable Terms Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), then
[Lead Underwriter] shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make
arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other
underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted
Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein
set forth; if, however, [Lead Underwriter] shall not have completed such
arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
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(a) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be,
of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number or aggregate
principal amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be
purchased on such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the non-defaulting
Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the
full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting
obligations under such Terms Agreement bear to the underwriting obligations
of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the number or aggregate principal amount, as the case may be,
of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number or aggregate principal
amount, as the case may be, of Underwritten Securities to be purchased on
such date pursuant to such Terms Agreement, such Terms Agreement shall
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination
of the applicable Terms Agreement, either [Lead Underwriter] or the Company
shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding
seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
SECTION 11. NOTICES. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to [Lead Underwriter] at _______________________
______________________; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at
Kellwood Company, P.O. Box 14374, St. Louis, Missouri 63017, attention of
Thomas H. Pollihan, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel.
SECTION 12. PARTIES. This Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms
Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company,
[Lead Underwriter] and, upon execution of such Terms Agreement, any other
Underwriters and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned
in this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement is intended or shall be
construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters
and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and
officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and
legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or
in respect of this Underwriting Agreement or such Terms Agreement or any
provision herein or therein contained. This Underwriting Agreement and such
Terms Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof and thereof are
intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and
thereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and
officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the
benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Underwritten
Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason
merely of such purchase.
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SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT AND ANY
APPLICABLE TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN,
SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Article and Section headings herein
and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof,
whereupon this Underwriting Agreement, along with all counterparts, will
become a binding agreement between [Lead Underwriter] and the Company in
accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
KELLWOOD COMPANY
By:______________
Name:
Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first
above written:
[LEAD UNDERWRITER]
By:_________________________
Authorized Signatory
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Exhibit A
KELLWOOD COMPANY
(a Delaware)
Debt Securities
TERMS AGREEMENT
_______________
__,
To: Kellwood Company
600 Kellwood Parkway
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Kellwood Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell $ aggregate principal amount
of its [senior] [subordinated] debt securities (the "Debt Securities")]
([such securities also being hereinafter referred to as] the "Underwritten
Securities"). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated
by reference herein, we [the underwriters named below (the "Underwriters")]
offer to purchase [, severally and not jointly,] the principal amount of
Underwritten Securities [opposite their names set forth below] at the
purchase price set forth below.
[Principal Amount]
UNDERWRITER OF UNDERWRITTEN SECURITIES
- ----------- --------------------------
______________________
Total [$]
_______________
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The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms:
Title:
Rank:
Ratings:
Aggregate principal amount:
Denominations:
Currency of payment:
Interest rate or formula:
Interest payment dates:
Regular record dates:
Stated maturity date:
Redemption provisions:
Sinking fund requirements:
Listing requirements:
Black-out provisions:
Fixed or Variable Price Offering: [Fixed] [Variable] Price Offering
If Fixed Price Offering, initial public offering price per $1,000 principal
amount [at maturity]: % of the principal amount, plus accrued
interest [amortized original issue discount], if any, from _______________.
Purchase price per $1,000 principal amount [at maturity]:___% or principal
amount, plus accrued interest [amortized original issue discount], if any, from
_________________.
Form:
Other terms and conditions:
Closing date and location:
All of the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex I hereto
entitled "KELLWOOD COMPANY-- Debt Securities--Underwriting Agreement" are hereby
incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be deemed to be a
part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been
set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document are used herein as
therein defined.
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Please accept this offer no later than ____ o'clock P.M. (New York City
time) on ______________ by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space
set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.
Very truly yours,
[LEAD UNDERWRITER]
By _________________________
Authorized Signatory
[Acting on behalf of itself and the other
named Underwriters.]
Accepted:
KELLWOOD COMPANY
By _________________________
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit B
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY'S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(1) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(2) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to
enter into and perform its obligations under, or as contemplated under, the
Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement.
(3) The Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(4)The Underwritten Securities have been duly authorized by the requisite
corporate action of the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement. The Underwritten
Securities, when issued and authenticated in the manner provided for in the
applicable Indenture and delivered against payment of the consideration therefor
specified in such Terms Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the
applicable Indenture and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except
as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including,
without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(5) The [Each] applicable Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the applicable Trustee) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(6) The Underwritten Securities being sold pursuant to the applicable Terms
Agreement and the [each] applicable Indenture conform as to legal matters in all
material respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus
and are in substantially the form filed or incorporated by reference, as the
case may be, as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
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(7) The information in the Prospectus under "Description of Debt
Securities," to the extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of
legal matters or legal conclusions, has been reviewed by us and is correct in
all material respects.
(8) The execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting
Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement and the [each] applicable Indenture
and any other agreement or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered
into or issued by the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement
and such Terms Agreement and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(including the issuance and sale of the Underwritten Securities and the use
of the proceeds from the sale of the Underwritten Securities as described
under the caption "Use of Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its
obligations thereunder do not and will not, whether with or without the
giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default or Repayment Event under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets, properties or
operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note,
lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to us, to which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be
bound, or to which any of the assets, properties or operations of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree, known to us, of any government, government
instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets, properties or
operations.
(9) All descriptions in the Prospectus of contracts and other documents
to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are accurate in all
material respects. To the best of our knowledge, there are no franchises,
contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other
instruments required to be described or referred to in the Prospectus or to
be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement other than those described
or referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits
thereto, and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in
all material respects.
(10) To the best of our knowledge, there are no statutes or regulations
that are required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described as
required.
(11) The Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement) has been declared effective under the 1933 Act. Any required
filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner
and within the time period required by Rule 424(b). To the best of our
knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement (or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) has been issued
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under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or
are pending or threatened by the Commission.
(12) The Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement) and the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by
reference therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) and Prospectus,
excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of their
respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements and
supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom and each Trustee's
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 (the "Form T-1s"), as to which we
express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(13) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other
than the financial statements and supporting schedules therein or omitted
therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), when they were filed with the
Commission complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(14) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority
or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the due
authorization, execution or delivery by the Company of the Underwriting
Agreement or the applicable Terms Agreement or for the performance by the
Company of the transactions contemplated under the Prospectus, the
Underwriting Agreement, such Terms Agreement or the [any] applicable
Indenture, other than under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1939
Act and the 1939 Act Regulations, which have already been made, obtained or
rendered, as applicable.
(15) The [Each] applicable Indenture has been duly qualified under the
1939 Act.
(16)[If the Underwritten Securities have commodity (as such term is defined
in the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commodity Exchange Act Regulations)
dependent components or payment features similar to commodity futures or
commodity option contracts then, in either such case --] The Underwritten
Securities, upon issuance, will be excluded or exempted under, or beyond the
purview of, the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the "Commodity Exchange
Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
under the Commodity Exchange Act (the "Commodity Exchange Act Regulations").
(17) The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the
Underwritten Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be, an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "1940 Act").
Nothing has come to our attention that has led us to believe that the
Registration Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or
any post-effective
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amendment thereto (except for financial statements and supporting schedules
and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom and for the
Form T-1s, as to which we make no statement), at the time the Registration
Statement (including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement) or any
post-effective amendment thereto (including the filing of the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Commission) became effective or at the
date of the applicable Terms Agreement, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that
the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial
statements and supporting schedules and other financial data included therein
or omitted therefrom, as to which we make no statement), at the time the
Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented
prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time, included or includes an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact
(but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
Such opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or
that it is otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other
document relating to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal
Opinion Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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Exhibit C
FORM OF OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL
TO THE COMPANY TO BE DELIVERED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)
(1) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of
property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or
be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(2) Each Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether
by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing would not result
in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and, to the best of our knowledge, is owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.
(3) The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the column entitled "Actual" under the caption
"Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances thereof, if any, contemplated
under the Underwriting Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or
employee benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise
of convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus). Such
shares of capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued by the
Company and are fully paid and non-assessable.
(4) To the best of my knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws and no default by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists in the due performance or observance
of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument that is described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
(5) To the best of my knowledge, there is not pending or threatened any
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries thereof is a party or to which the assets, properties
or operations of the Company or any of its
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subsidiaries thereof is subject, before or by any court or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, which might reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect or which might reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the assets, properties or operations thereof
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Underwriting
Agreement, the applicable Terms Agreement or the [any]applicable Indenture or
the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder.
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KELLWOOD COMPANY,
ISSUER
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
TRUSTEE
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES IN SERIES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.2. Other Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..9
Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . . . . 10
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1. Terms and Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 2.2. Execution and Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 2.3. Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Depository and
Securities Custodian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 2.4. Securityholder Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 2.5. Transfer, Registration and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 2.6. Replacement Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Section 2.7. Outstanding Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 2.8. Treasury Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 2.9. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 2.10. Securities in Global Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 2.11. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 2.13. Persons Deemed Owners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 3.2. Notices to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 3.3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 3.4. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 3.5. Effect of Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Section 3.6. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 3.7. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Payment of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 4.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency for Notices and Demands . 30
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Section 4.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . 31
Section 4.4. Commission Reports; Reports to Trustee;
Reports to Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 4.5. Compliance Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 4.6. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 4.7. Limitation on Liens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 4.8. Limitations on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions . . . . . 34
Section 4.9. Exempted Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 4.10. Waiver of Stay; Extension of Usury Laws. . . . . . . . . 35
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, etc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 6.2. Acceleration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 6.3. Other Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 6.5. Control by Majority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 6.6. Limitation on Suits by Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 6.10. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 6.12. Discontinuance or Abandonment of Proceedings . . . . . . 42
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. . . . 48
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ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
Section 8.1. Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 8.2. Conditions to Defeasance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 8.3. Application of Trust Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 8.4. Repayment to Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 8.5. Reinstatement of Company's Obligations. . . . . . . . . . 51
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 9.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers . . . . . . 54
Section 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Securities . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 9.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
ARTICLE X
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 10.1. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
ARTICLE XI
SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. . 56
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. . . . . . . . 56
ARTICLE XII
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
Section 12.1. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 12.2. Exercise of Conversion Privilege . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 12.3. Fractional Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 12.4. Adjustment of Conversion Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 12.5. Continuation of Conversion Privilege in Case of Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Section 12.6. Notice of Certain Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 12.7. Taxes on Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 12.8. Company to Provide Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 12.9. Disclaimer of Responsibility for Certain Matters . . . . 65
Section 12.10. Return of Funds Deposited for Redemption of Converted
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 12.11. Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued upon
Conversion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 13.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 13.2. Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 13.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. . . . . . . 67
Section 13.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . . . 67
Section 13.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. . . . . . 67
Section 13.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 13.7. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 13.8. No Recourse Against Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 13.9. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . . . . . 68
Section 13.11. Successors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 13.12. Severability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 13.13. Multiple Originals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 13.14. Table of Contents; Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 13.15. Securities in Foreign Currencies. . . . . . . . . . . . 69
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA Section Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)........................................ 7.10
(a)(2)........................................ 7.10
(a)(3)........................................ N.A.
(a)(4)........................................ N.A.
(b)........................................... 7.8, 7.10, 13.2
(c)........................................... N.A.
311(a)........................................... 7.11
(b)........................................... 7.11
(c)........................................... N.A.
312(a)........................................... 2.4
(b)........................................... 13.3
(c)........................................... 13.3
313(a)........................................... 7.6
(b)(1)........................................ N.A.
(b)(2)........................................ 7.6
(c)........................................... 7.6, 13.2
(d)........................................... 7.6
314(a)........................................... 4.4, 13.2
(b)........................................... N.A.
(c)(1)........................................ 13.4
(c)(2)........................................ 13.4
(c)(3)........................................ N.A.
(d)........................................... N.A.
(e)........................................... 13.5
(f)........................................... N.A.
315(a)........................................... 7.1(b)
(b)........................................... 7.5, 10.2
(c)........................................... 7.1(a)
(d)........................................... 7.1(c)
(e)........................................... 6.11
316(a)(Last Sentence)............................ 2.8
(a)(1)(A)..................................... 6.5
(a)(1)(B)..................................... 6.4
(a)(2)........................................ N.A.
(b)........................................... 6.7
317(a)(1)........................................ 6.8
(a)(2)........................................ 6.9
(b)........................................... 4.3
318(a)........................................... 13.1
N.A. means not applicable.
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INDENTURE dated as of September 30, 1997 between KELLWOOD
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and The Chase Manhattan
Bank, a New York banking corporation (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party
and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's
Securities issued hereunder:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are
required by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under
circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of
certain taxes imposed on certain Holders, or as otherwise specified in
the terms of a Security established pursuant to Section 2.1, and which
are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" shall mean another Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with such first Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control,"
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling,"
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as applied to any
Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract
or otherwise. The Trustee may request and conclusively rely on an
Officers' Certificate to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of
the Company.
"Agent" shall mean any Registrar or Paying Agent or
authenticating agent or co-registrar.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper printed in the official
language of the country of publication and customarily published at least
once a day on each Business Day in each calendar week and of general
circulation in New York, New York or in any other place as required in
this Indenture, whether or not such newspaper is published on Legal
Holidays, or, with respect to the Securities of any series, such other
newspapers as may be specified in or pursuant to the Board Resolution of
the Company or supplement to this Indenture pursuant to which such series
of Securities is issued. Whenever, under the provisions of this
Indenture or such Board Resolution, two or more publications of a notice
or other communication are required or permitted, such publications may
be in the same or different newspapers. If, because of temporary or
permanent suspension of publication or general circulation of any
newspaper or
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for any other reason, it is impossible or impracticable to publish any
notices required by this Indenture or a Board Resolution in the manner
provided, then such publication in lieu thereof or such other notice as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient publication of such notice.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11, United States Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Bearer Security" means any security in the form established
pursuant to Section 2.1 hereunder which is payable to bearer.
"Board" or "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of
Directors of the Company or any authorized committee of such Board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of the resolutions certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company as properly
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and in full force and
effect and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" shall mean each day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean an obligation that is
required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for
financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of
Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized
amount of such obligation determined in accordance with such principles;
and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of
rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date
upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of
a penalty.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, $.01 par value per
share, of the Company.
"Company" shall mean Kellwood Company, a Delaware corporation,
until a successor replaces it in accordance with Article V and,
thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision
contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the
indenture securities.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" shall mean a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two of the
following: the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President,
the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer thereof or any other officer
specifically authorized to act by the Board of Directors of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
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"Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean the excess of assets over
liabilities of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, plus
Minority Interests, as determined from time to time in accordance with
GAAP.
"consolidation" shall mean, with respect to any Person, the
consolidation of the accounts of such Person if and to the extent the
accounts of such Person and each of its Subsidiaries (or, if such Person
is the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries) would normally be
consolidated with those of such Person, all in accordance with GAAP. The
term "consolidated" shall have a similar meaning.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address
of the Trustee specified in Section 13.2 or such other address as the
Trustee may give to the Company.
"coupon" shall mean any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer
Security.
"Currency Agreement" shall mean any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
designed to protect such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
against fluctuations in currency values.
"Default" shall mean any event that is, or after notice or
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default as defined in
Section 6.1 of this Indenture.
"Depository" or "U.S. Depository" shall mean, with respect to
the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S.
Depository pursuant to Section 2.1, which must be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and, if so provided pursuant to
Section 2.1 with respect to the Securities of any series, any successor
to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Depository" or "U.S. Depository" shall mean, with respect to any series
of Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with
respect to the Securities of that series.
"Eligible Obligations" shall mean obligations as a result of the
deposit of which (along with the simultaneous deposit, if any, of money
or U.S. Government Obligations or both) the Securities will be rated in
the highest generic long-term debt rating category assigned by one or
more nationally recognized rating agencies to debt with respect to which
the issuer thereof has been released from its obligations to the same
extent that the Company has been released from its obligations under this
Indenture pursuant to the defeasance provision of this Indenture.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles
Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession, consistently applied,
that are applicable to the
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circumstances as of the date of determination; provided that, for
purposes of calculating the Consolidated Net Worth of a Person (including
all components thereof), "GAAP" shall mean such generally accepted
accounting principles as described above in effect on the date of this
Indenture.
"Holder," "Securityholders" or "Holders of Securities" or other
similar term shall mean, with respect to a Registered Security, the
person in whose name a particular Security shall be registered on the
books of the Registrar kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms
hereof and, with respect to a Bearer Security or any coupon, the bearer
thereof, and the word "majority," used in connection with the term
"Holder," "Securityholders" or "Holder of Securities" or other similar
term, shall signify the "majority in principal amount" whether or not so
expressed.
"incur" shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion,
exchange or otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in
respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as
required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other
obligation on the balance sheet of such Person (and "incurrence,"
"incurred," "incurrable," and "incurring" shall have meanings correlative
to the foregoing); provided that a change in GAAP that results in an
obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Indebtedness
shall not be deemed an incurrence of such Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any
date, any of the following, without duplication, (i) any liability,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person (A) for borrowed money (whether
or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such
Person or only to a portion thereof), (B) evidenced by a note, bond,
debenture or similar instrument or (C) for the payment of money relating
to a Capitalized Lease Obligation or other obligation (whether issued or
assumed) relating to the deferred purchase price of property; (ii) all
conditional sale obligations and all obligations under any title
retention agreement (even if the rights and remedies of the seller under
such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or
sale of such property), but excluding trade accounts payable arising in
the ordinary course of business; (iii) all obligations for the
reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance
or similar credit transaction other than entered into in the ordinary
course of business; (iv) all indebtedness of others secured by (or for
which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent
or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any asset or property
(including, without limitation, leasehold interests and any other
tangible or intangible property) of such Person, whether or not such
indebtedness is assumed by such Person or is not otherwise such Person's
legal liability; provided, that if the obligations so secured have not
been assumed in full by such Person or are otherwise not such Person's
legal liability in full, the amount of such indebtedness for the purposes
of this definition shall be limited to the lesser of the amount of such
indebtedness secured by such Lien or the fair market value of the assets
of the property securing such Lien; (v) all indebtedness of others
(including all interest and dividends on any Indebtedness or preferred
stock of any other Person for the payment of which is) guaranteed,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is otherwise its legal
liability or
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which such Person has agreed to purchase or repurchase or in respect of which
such Person has agreed contingently to supply or advance funds; and (vi)
obligations in respect of Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations.
"Indenture" shall mean this Indenture as amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"Interest Swap Obligations" shall mean the obligations of any Person
pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate collar agreement
or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or
any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.
"Internal Revenue Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, or any successor federal income tax laws.
"Issue Date" shall mean the first date on which a Security is
authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture.
"Legal Holiday" shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions and trust companies in the City of New York or in a
state where a Place of Payment is located are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed.
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien, charge or adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance
against real or personal property or a security interest of any kind
(including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or lease in the nature thereof or any filing or agreement to file a
financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any
similar statute other than to reflect ownership by a third party or property
leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under a lease that is not in
the nature of a conditional sale or title retention agreement).
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security shall mean 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 Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Minority Interest" shall mean any shares of stock of any class of a
Subsidiary that are not owned by the Company or a Subsidiary.
"Officer" shall mean the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice
Chairman, the President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller,
Secretary, Assistant Secretary, or any Vice President of the Company.
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"Officers' Certificate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice
Chairman, the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or any
Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such
Person that shall comply with applicable provisions of this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in writing signed by a
Person's legal counsel (who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person
or the Trustee) who is acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" shall mean any Security which
provides that an amount less than its principal amount is due and payable
upon the acceleration of the maturity thereof after an Event of Default.
"Periodic Offering" shall mean an offering of Securities of a series
from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the maturity or
maturities thereof, the original issue date or dates thereof, the redemption
provisions, if any, and any other terms specified as contemplated by Section
2.1 with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company, or one or more
of the Company's agents designated in an Officers' Certificate, upon the
issuance of such Securities.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(ii) Liens on property or assets of, or any shares of stock of or
secured debt of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such
corporation is merged into the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(iii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(iv) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress or
advance payments;
(v) Liens securing industrial revenue or pollution control
bonds;
(vi) Liens on Property to secure Indebtedness incurred for the
purpose of (i) financing all or any part of the purchase price of such
Property incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 180 days after, the
acquisition of such property or assets or (ii) financing all or any part of
the cost of construction, improvement, development or expansion of any such
Property;
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(vii) Statutory liens or landlords', carriers',
warehouseman's, mechanics', suppliers', materialmen's, repairmen's or other
like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to
amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, if a reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;
(viii) Liens on current assets of Restricted Subsidiaries securing
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(ix) any extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals in whole
or in part of a Lien (an "existing Lien") enumerated in clauses (i)through
(viii) above; provided that the Lien may not extend beyond (A) the Property
or Indebtedness subject to the existing Lien and (B) improvements and
construction on such Property and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien
may not exceed the Indebtedness secured at the time by the existing Lien.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
"Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and interest and any
Additional Amounts on the Securities of that series are payable as specified
as provided pursuant to Section 2.1.
"principal" of a debt security (including the Securities) shall mean the
principal of the security plus the premium, if any, payable on the security
which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
"Principal Property" shall mean any manufacturing plant or warehouse
owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary whether owned or leased on
the date hereof or hereafter, the gross book value of which exceeds one
percent of Consolidated Net Worth, other than manufacturing plants and
warehouses which the Board of Directors by resolution declares are not of
material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety and which, when taken together with
all other plants and warehouses as to which such a declaration has been so
made, is so declared by the Board of Directors to be not of material
importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"Property" of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in
the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries under GAAP.
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"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed
shall mean the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price" shall mean the amount payable for the redemption of
any Security on the Redemption Date, and shall always include interest
accrued and unpaid to the Redemption Date and any Additional Amounts payable
with respect thereto, unless otherwise specifically provided.
"Registered Security" shall mean any Security registered on the books of
the Registrar kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean
any officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee or any officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee with respect to
a particular corporate matter or any other officer to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary which owns (i) a
Principal Property or (ii) any trademark, trade name, brand name or license
(collectively, "Intangible Property"), excluding any Intangible Property the
use of which did not give rise to revenues in excess of $25 million during
the Company's most recently completed fiscal year..
"Securities" shall mean the debt securities, as amended or supplemented
from time to time pursuant to this Indenture, that are issued under this
Indenture.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean (i) any Person of which more than
50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of
that Person or a combination thereof, and (ii) any partnership, joint venture
or other Person in which such Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of
that Person or a combination thereof has the power to control by contract or
otherwise the board of directors or equivalent governing body or otherwise
controls such entity.
"TIA" or "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as amended and as in effect on the
date of this Indenture, except as provided in Sections 9.1 and 9.3 hereof.
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"Transfer Agent" shall mean any Person, which may be the Company,
authorized by the Company to exchange or register the transfer of Securities.
"Trustee" shall mean the party named as such in this Indenture unless a
successor replaces it pursuant to the provisions hereunder, and thereafter
shall mean such successor.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall mean securities that 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 full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, that, 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 as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligations
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 for any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligations or the specific payment of interest on or principal of
the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of
Securities at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
SECTION 12. OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Defined in
Term Section
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"Conversion Agent"................. 2.3
"Conversion Price"................. 12.4
"covenant defeasance option"....... 8.1
"Date of Conversion"............... 12.2
"Events of Default"................ 6.1
"Funded Debt"...................... 4.8
"Last Sale Price".................. 12.3
"legal defeasance option".......... 8.1
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"mandatory sinking fund payment".. 11.1
"optional sinking fund payment"... 11.1
"Paying Agent".................... 2.3
"Rights".......................... 12.11
"Registrar"....................... 2.3
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction"...... 4.8
"Securities Custodian"............ 2.3
"Surviving Entity"................ 5.1
"Trading Day"..................... 12.3
"Value"........................... 4.8
SECTION 1.3. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Securities;
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Securities means the Company, any other obligor upon
the Securities or any successor obligor upon the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
In addition, for purposes of Sections 311(b)(4) and 311(b)(6) of the
TIA, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
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"cash transaction" means any transaction in which full payment for goods
or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or
securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks' or
bankers' acceptances and payable upon demand.
"self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance
or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for
the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacture, shipment,
storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by
documents evidencing title to, possession of or a lien upon, the goods, wares
or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the
goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided
the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of
the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing,
negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation.
SECTION 1.4. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) times of day shall refer to New York City time.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1. TERMS AND FORMS.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be
issued in one or more series of Securities and shall bear the title,
interest, if any, at the rates and from the dates, shall mature at the times,
may be redeemable at the prices and upon the terms, shall be denominated and
payable at the place or places and in the currency or currencies (which may
be other than United
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States dollars), including composite currencies, and shall contain or be
subject to such other terms as shall be approved by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company or in one or more supplements to this Indenture.
The Securities of each series hereunder shall be in one or more forms
approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the
Company or in one or more supplements to this Indenture establishing the
following:
(1) the title or designation of the Securities and the series in which
such Securities shall be included (which, unless such Securities
constitute part of a series of Securities previously issued, shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
such title or the Securities of such series which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series
pursuant to Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.9 or 3.7);
(3) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both; any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer
Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series
may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series; and whether
any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in global
form and, if so, (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in any
such global Security may exchange such interest for Securities of
such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination
and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner specified in Section 2.9 and (ii) the name
of the Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with
respect to any global Security;
(4) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary global Security representing outstanding Securities of the
series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of
the first Security of the series to be issued;
(5) if Securities of the series are to be issuable as Bearer Securities,
whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer
Security in global form (representing all of the outstanding Bearer
Securities of the series) payable in respect of any date or dates
prior to the exchange of such temporary Bearer Security for
definitive Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing
organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer
Security held for its account and, in such event, the
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terms and conditions (including any certification requirements)
upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing
organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest
payable on such date or dates;
(6) the date or dates on which the principal of such Securities is
payable;
(7) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest, if
any, or the method in which such rate or rates are determined, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the dates on
which such interest shall be payable and the record date for
Holders entitled to the interest payable on Registered Securities
on any such date, whether and under what circumstances Additional
Amounts on such Securities shall be payable and, if so, whether the
Company has the option to redeem the affected Securities rather
than pay such Additional Amounts, and the basis upon which interest
shall be calculated if other than as otherwise provided in this
Indenture;
(8) the place or places, if any, in addition to or other than the City
of New York, New York, where the principal of and interest on or
Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of such Securities
shall be payable;
(9) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase such
Securities pursuant to a sinking fund, at the option of a Holder
thereof or otherwise and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation, and any provisions for the remarketing
of such Securities;
(11) the denominations in which Registered Securities of the series, if
any, shall be issuable, and the denominations in which Bearer
Securities of the series, if any, shall be issuable, in either case
if other than as otherwise provided in this Indenture;
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of such Securities which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.2;
(13) if other than such coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public or
private debts,
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the coin or currency, including composite currencies, in which
payment of the principal of or interest, if any, and any Additional
Amounts in respect of such Securities shall be payable and whether
the Securities of the series may be discharged other than as
provided in Article VIII;
(14) if the principal of or interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts
in respect of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of
the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency, including
composite currencies, other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the
terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(15) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest, if any, or
any Additional Amounts in respect of 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 the Securities
are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(16) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive
form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the
form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(17) any terms which may be related to warrants issued by the Company in
connection with, or for the purchase of, Securities of such series,
including whether and under what circumstances the Securities of
any series may be used toward the exercise price of any such
warrants;
(18) whether the Securities of the series are to be convertible into
shares of common stock or other securities of the Company, and the
conversion price, conversion period and any conversion provisions
other than as provided in Article XII;
(19) any other events of default or covenants with respect to Securities
of such series; and
(20) any other terms of such Securities (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
If the form of the Security of any series is approved by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee shall
state that all conditions precedent relating to the authentication and
delivery of such Security have been complied with and shall be accompanied by
a copy of the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form of such
Security have been complied with and shall be accompanied by a copy of the
Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form of
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such Security has been approved. The Securities may have notations, legends
or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the
Company is subject or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or
endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company and the Trustee). Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Security may
contain any other terms as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture.
All Securities of any one series and coupons appertaining to Bearer
Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except as
to denomination and the rate or rates of interest, if any, the time or times
at which the principal thereof may be payable, the date from which interest,
if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate
hereinabove described or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional
Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of
Securities.
The Securities of each series may be issued as Registered Securities
without coupons or, if provided by the terms of the instrument establishing
such series of Securities, as Bearer Securities, with or without coupons and,
in either case, may be issued initially, temporarily or permanently in global
form (as provided in Section 2.10). Unless the form of a Security for a
series provides otherwise, the Registered Securities shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof and Bearer Securities
shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by this Section 2.1
for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person
on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officer's Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner
for determining, the terms of the series.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic
Offering, such Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate may provide general
terms for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific
terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company
Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one or more
of the Company's agents designated in an Officer's Certificate, in accordance
with a Company Order.
SECTION 2.2. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities and the coupons for the
Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal may be
reproduced on the Securities, but the Company's seal shall not be required to
be included on the Securities.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or coupon no longer
holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated by the Trustee,
the Security and coupon shall nevertheless be valid.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding hereunder
at any time shall be unlimited except that such outstanding amount (exclusive
of any premium) may not exceed the amount authorized from time to time by the
Board of Directors of the Company and except as provided in Section 2.6.
Upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
Securities of a series, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver for
original issue Securities of a series as to which an Officers' Certificate of
the Company or a supplemental indenture has been delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.1.
No Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall be valid until
the Trustee or the authenticating agent referred to below manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Security. Each Registered Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication. Bearer Securities and any
temporary Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as specified in the
Officers' Certificate of the Company or in the supplements to this Indenture
contemplated by Section 2.1. The signature of the Trustee or the
authenticating agent referred to below shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless otherwise
provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture
to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company
or an Affiliate.
Except as permitted by Section 2.6, the Trustee shall not
authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons
for interest then matured have been detached and canceled.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
____________________________________
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee
By:_________________________________
Authorized Officer
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If the forms and terms of the Securities of the series and any related
coupons have been established in or pursuant to one or more Officers'
Certificates as permitted by Section 2.1 and 2.2, in authenticating such
Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
relating to such Securities the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form and terms of such Securities and coupons, if any,
have been duly authorized and established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2
and comply with this Indenture, and
(b) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company, and such coupons, if any, when 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
customary exceptions,
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of
Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication of
Securities of such series and that the Opinion of Counsel above may state:
(x) that the forms of such Securities have been, and the terms of
such Securities (when established in accordance with such procedures as may
be specified from time to time in a Company Order, all as contemplated by
and in accordance with a Board Resolution or any Officers' Certificate
pursuant to Section 2.1, as the case may be) will have been, duly
authorized by the Company and established in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and
(y) that such Securities, together with the coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto, when (1) executed by the Company, (2) completed,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture, and (3) 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 customary exceptions.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic
Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the
Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the
legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the
Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 and
this Section 2.2, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first
authentication of Securities of such series unless and until it has received
written notification that such opinion or other documents have been
superseded or revoked. In connection with the authentication and delivery of
Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be
entitled to assume that the Company's
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instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any
rules, regulations or orders of any governmental agency or commission having
jurisdiction over the Company.
SECTION 2.3 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT, CONVERSION AGENT, DEPOSITORY
AND SECURITIES CUSTODIAN.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may
be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar"),
an office or agency including the office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.2 where Securities may be presented for payment (the
"Paying Agent") and, if applicable, an office or agency where the Securities
may be presented for conversion (the "Conversion Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents or conversion agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent, and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any
additional conversion agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Depository, Securities Custodian or
co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent and incorporate the terms
of the TIA. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any
such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent,
Conversion Agent, if applicable, or Securities Custodian, if applicable, the
Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation
therefor pursuant to Section 7.7. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act
as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or Transfer Agent.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent in connection with the Securities and the Trustee accepts such
appointment.
SECTION 2.4. SECURITYHOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses
of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest
payment date (and in all events at intervals of not more than six months) and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Securityholders. The Company and the Trustee shall otherwise
comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.5. TRANSFER, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE.
When a Registered Security is presented at an office or agency
maintained for that series pursuant to Section 4.2 in proper form for
registration of transfer with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar
or co-registrar at that office shall register the transfer as requested.
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At the option of the Securityholder, Registered Securities of any
series may be exchanged upon surrender to the Registrar or a co-registrar for
Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal amount,
stated maturity and tenor and of other authorized denominations upon surrender
at any office or agency maintained for that series pursuant to Section 4.2.
If so provided with respect to Securities of a series, at the option
of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any such series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and
provisions, of any authorized denominations and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any office or
agency maintained for that series pursuant to Section 4.2, with all unmatured
coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the
Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or
coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be
effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face
amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent for that series harmless. If thereafter the
Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent for that series
any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been
made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment;
provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 4.2, interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at any such office or agency maintained for that series pursuant
to Section 4.2 in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and
like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on any record
date for the payment of interest and any Additional Amounts thereon and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant
payment date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such payment date or proposed date of payment, as the case
may be (or if such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such
coupon shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security),
and interest will not be payable on such payment date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar or
co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed
by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit
transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar's or co-registrar's request.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 2.1, any global Security shall be exchangeable
only if (i) the Depository or U.S. Depository, as applicable, is at any time
unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Securities Depository and a
successor Depository, or U.S. Depository as applicable, is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the
effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If
the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to
exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor and
principal amount of any authorized form and denomination, as specified as
contemplated by Section 2.1, then without unnecessary delay but in any event
not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged,
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of that series
in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global
Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which
such interests may be so exchanged, such global Securities shall be
surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository or such other Depository
as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in
accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depository or
such other Depository, as the case may be, which instructions shall be in
writing but need not be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate of the
Company or an Opinion of Counsel, as shall be specified in the Company Order
with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose,
to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same
series without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a
like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series
of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global
Security to be exchanged which shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by
the beneficial owner thereof (unless the Securities of the series are not
issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which
case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be
issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as specified
as contemplated by Section 2.1); provided, however, that no such exchanges
may occur (a) for a period of 15 days next preceding the 15th day of any
selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed pursuant to Section
3.3, or to exchange any Securities of a series selected, called or being
called for redemption in whole or in part except in the case of any Security
to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed; and
provided, further, that (unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.1) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a
global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the
United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global
Security shall be returned by the Trustee to the U S. Depository or such
other Depository referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the
Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange
for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the
office or agency where such exchange occurs on any record date for the
payment of interest or any Additional Amounts thereon, and before the opening
of business at such office or agency on the relevant payment date therefor,
interest and any Additional Amounts in respect of such Registered Security
will not be payable on such payment date, but will be payable on such payment
date only to the Person to whom
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interest or any Additional Amounts in respect of such portion of such global
Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, or redemption 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 2.9 or 9.5 not involving
any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the
transfer of, or exchange any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days
next preceding the day of any selection of Securities of such series to be
redeemed pursuant to Section 3.3, or (b) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of any series selected, called or being called for
redemption in whole or in part except, in the case of any Registered Security
to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed or (c) to
exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent
provided with respect to Securities of a series, that such a Bearer Security
may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series, provided that such
Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with
written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this
Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
SECTION 2.6. REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.
If the Holder of a mutilated or defaced Security or a Security with
a mutilated or defaced coupon appertaining to it surrenders such Security to
the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security presents evidence to the
satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft
of the Security or the destruction, loss or theft of a coupon and surrenders
the Security to which such coupon appertains with all appurtenant coupons not
so lost, stolen or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate a replacement Security of the same series and of like
tenor, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the
surrendered Security, if the requirements set forth in the next succeeding
paragraph are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the
Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security
is replaced.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, 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. In case any Security or coupon which has matured or is about to
mature or
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has been called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or defaced or
be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Security or coupon, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced
Security or coupon); provided, however, that the applicant for such payment
shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save
each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of such Security or coupon and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series, with coupons, if any,
issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.6 by virtue of the fact
that any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen or that a coupon appertaining
to it is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations
of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the
extent permitted by the law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the
contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments
or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.7. OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.
The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are all the
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee except
for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those
described in this Section as not outstanding and in the case of any global
Securities, the principal amount by which such global Securities have been
reduced by the Trustee or the Securities custodian in accordance with this
Indenture.
If any Security is replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.6, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof
satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under
Section 4.1 or 8.1, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to
accrue.
If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance
with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date or maturity date money sufficient
to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the
Securities of a particular series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or
maturing, as the case may be (and in the case of any Security which is to be
redeemed prior to the Maturity thereof, notice of such redemption has been
duly given or
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provision satisfactory to the Trustee has been made for giving such notice),
and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to
Securityholders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on
and after that date such Securities of that series (or portions thereof)
cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
If any Security is canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it
ceases to accrue.
A Security of any series does not cease to be outstanding because
the Company or an Affiliate holds such Security, except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.8 hereof.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i)
the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be
deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the
principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.1 and (ii) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in a foreign currency or currencies, of the principal amount (or,
in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the United States dollar
equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 13.15, of such Security of the
amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security.
SECTION 2.8. TREASURY SECURITIES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of Securities (in the aggregate or with respect to a particular series, in
each case only as expressly provided herein) have concurred in any direction,
waiver or consent, any Securities owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall
be disregarded (including for purposes of determining the outstanding
principal amount of Securities or any series of Securities) except that for
the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which the Trustee
knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 2.9. TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon receipt
of the written order of the Company signed by two Officers. Temporary
Securities and, if Bearer Securities, temporary coupons shall be
substantially in the form of definitive Securities and, if Bearer Securities,
definitive coupons, but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of the written order of the
Company signed by two Officers, shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities. Until such exchange, temporary Securities
shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive
Securities.
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SECTION 2.10. SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, any such
Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of
outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also
provide that the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented
thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount or changes in the rights of Holders, of
outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and
by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein.
SECTION 2.11. CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities or coupons to the
Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward
to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment and any coupons surrendered for payment. The
Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and all coupons surrendered
for payment and shall destroy cancelled Securities in accordance with the
usual destruction procedures of the Trustee and deliver evidence of such
destruction to the Company, unless the Company directs the Trustee to return
such cancelled Securities to the Company by written order signed by two
Officers. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities
that it has redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest or any Additional
Amounts on any series of Registered Securities, and so long as the Trustee
deems the following procedure practicable, the Company shall pay the
defaulted interest and any Additional Amounts to Persons who are Holders of
Registered Securities of such series on a subsequent special record date in
the following manner. The Company shall fix the special record date (which
shall be at least five days before the payment date) for the payment of such
defaulted interest and any Additional Amounts on such Securities and the
payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the
special record date, the Company (or the Trustee) shall mail each Holder of
Registered Securities a notice that states the special record date, the
payment date and the amount of defaulted interest and any Additional Amounts
to be paid, provided the Company has made arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for payment of the aggregate amount to be paid on such payment date.
On such payment date the Trustee shall pay out of funds provided by the
Company such defaulted interest and any Additional Amounts. In case a Bearer
Security of any series is surrendered at the office or agency of the Company
maintained pursuant to Section 4.2 in a Place of Payment for such series in
exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business
at such office or agency on any special record date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of
defaulted interest and any Additional Amounts, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and
defaulted interest and any Additional
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Amounts will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be
payable only to the Holder of such coupon on or after such payment date in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. The Company may pay defaulted
interest and any Additional Amounts in any other lawful manner.
SECTION 2.13. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent may deem and
treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the
register of Securities kept by the Registrar as the absolute owner of such
Registered Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notation of the ownership or other writing thereon made
by anyone other than the Company, any Registrar or co-registrar) for the
purpose of receiving payments of principal of, interest on or any Additional
Amounts payable with respect to such Registered Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any
coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon shall 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.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
This Article shall apply to the Securities of each series, if
any, that by their terms are subject to redemption at the option of the
Company or pursuant to the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise are
required to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the Securities. If the
terms of any Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article III,
the terms of such Security shall govern.
SECTION 3.2. NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the
optional redemption provisions, if any, set forth in such Securities, it
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth the
paragraph of the Securities of the applicable series pursuant to which
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the redemption shall occur, the Redemption Date, the principal amount of
Securities to be redeemed and the Redemption Price.
If Securities of any series by their terms are redeemable
pursuant to the operation of a sinking fund or pursuant to another mandatory
redemption provision of the Securities, the Company shall notify the Trustee
by an Officers' Certificate of the amount of the next sinking fund payment or
amount required to satisfy such mandatory redemption payment and the portion
of such payment which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting
Securities of the same series pursuant to Section 3.6.
If the Company elects to reduce pursuant to the terms of such
Securities the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, it shall notify
the Trustee by Officers' Certificate of the amount of the reduction and the
basis for it. If the Company elects to credit against any such redemption
Securities of the same series it has not previously delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, it shall deliver the Securities with such Officers'
Certificate.
The Company shall give each notice or Officers' Certificate
provided for in this Section at least 45 days (unless a shorter period shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee or a longer period required by Section 3.4)
but not more than 60 days before the applicable Redemption Date.
If the Registrar is not the Trustee, the Company shall,
concurrently with each notice of redemption or repurchase, cause the
Registrar to deliver to the Trustee a certificate (upon which the Trustee may
rely) setting forth the principal amounts of Securities held by each Holder.
SECTION 3.3. SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all of the Securities of a series are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro
rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate. In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular
Securities of a series to be redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise
provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee from the outstanding Securities not previously
called for redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
Securities and portions of Securities selected shall be in amounts of $1,000
or whole multiples of $1,000; except that if all of the Securities of a
Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Securities held
by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except
as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that
apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities called for redemption.
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SECTION 3.4. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
The Company shall give notice of a redemption at least 30 days
but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, with respect to
Registered Securities, by mailing a notice of redemption to each Holder of
Registered Securities of such series to be redeemed at such Holder's address
as it appears on the Securities register maintained by the Registrar and,
with respect to Bearer Securities, by publishing in an Authorized Newspaper
notice of such redemption on two separate days.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall
state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption
Price;
(5) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the
Securities called for redemption are being redeemed;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, interest on Securities called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption
Date and the only remaining right of the Holders of such
Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price
upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities to be
redeemed;
(7) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion of
the principal amount (equal to $1,000 or any integral
multiple thereof) of such Security to be redeemed and that,
on or after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities of the same series
in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued without charge to the
Securityholder;
(8) if less than all of the Securities of a series are to be
redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities
of such series (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well
as the aggregate principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount
of Securities of such series estimated to be outstanding
after such partial redemption; and
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(9) the CUSIP number, if any. The Trustee shall not be
responsible for the correctness or accuracy of any such
CUSIP number.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the name and at the expense of the Company. In such event, the
Company shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this
Section and shall provide notice of such redemption to the Trustee at least
45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee). If such notice is given by the Company, the
Company shall provide a copy of such notice given to the Holders to the
Trustee and any Paying Agent at least 2 days prior to the date such notice is
given to such Holders, but in any event at least 15 days prior to the
Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee).
SECTION 3.5. EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities of the series
called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the
Redemption Price. Upon surrender to any Paying Agent, such Securities shall
be paid at the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date
and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto; provided, however, that
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable, in the case of Bearer Securities, to
bearers of the coupons for such interest and Additional Amounts upon
surrender thereof and, in the case of Registered Securities, to the Holders
of such series of Securities, registered as such, at the close of business on
the relevant record date for the payment of such installment of interest and
Additional Amounts.
Notice of redemption shall be deemed to be given when mailed
or published, as the case may be, whether or not the Holder receives the
notice. In any event, failure to give such notice, or any defect therein,
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of the
Securities.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date,
such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount
equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of
each missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee
if there shall be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent for such Security harmless.
If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or
any Paying Agent for such Security any such missing coupon in respect of
which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that
interest (and any Additional Amounts) represented by coupons shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of these coupons at an office or agency
located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section
4.2.
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SECTION 3.6. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall
irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or if the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, set
aside, segregate and hold in trust, as provided herein) in immediately
available funds money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued
and unpaid interest on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, interest
on the Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the applicable
Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for
redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding
paragraph, interest will be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption
Date until such principal is paid, and, to the extent lawful, on any interest
not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the
Securities for the applicable series.
If any Security by its terms permits any sinking fund payment
obligation to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities, the
Company shall deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against
such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and
this Indenture.
SECTION 3.7. SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the
expense of the Company a new Security of the same series equal in principal
amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
If a Security in global form is surrendered upon redemption in
part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the U.S. Depository or other Depository for such Security in
global form as shall be specified in the Company Order to the Trustee with
respect thereto, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a
denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, so long as
Securities are outstanding hereunder, the Company covenants for the benefit
of the Securityholders that:
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SECTION 4.1. PAYMENT OF SECURITIES.
The Company will punctually pay the principal of, interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities on the dates and in the manner
provided in the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. Principal, interest and any Additional Amounts shall be considered
paid on the date due if the Paying Agent (other than the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries) holds on that date money sufficient to pay all principal,
interest and any Additional Amounts then due.
Any interest due on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of
Bearer Securities on or before their maturity, in respect of the principal of
such a Security, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as
they severally mature.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest or Additional
Amounts, if any, at the rate borne by such Securities.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange
for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an
office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any record date
established to determine the Person to whom interest or any Additional
Amounts are payable on the next following interest payment date therefor and
before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on such interest
payment date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such interest payment date, and interest will not be payable on
such interest payment date in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange of such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.2. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY FOR NOTICES AND DEMANDS.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series
of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series (but not
Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of
Payment is located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered
for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served.
If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the
Company shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series that is
located outside the United States where Securities of such series and the
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including
payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such series);
provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The
International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland Limited or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock
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exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so
require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or
any other city so required located outside the United States, as the case may
be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location,
and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall
fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including
payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that
series) at the place specified for that purpose pursuant to Section 2.1.
Except as otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, no payment of
principal or interest or Additional Amounts on Bearer Securities shall be
made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check
mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account
maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however,
payment of principal of and interest in U.S. dollars (including Additional
Amounts payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer Security may be made at the
office of the Paying Agent in the City of New York, State of New York if (but
only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, interest or Additional
Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for that purpose
by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively
precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may 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.
SECTION 4.3. MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of
the principal of, or interest or Additional Amounts on, any of the Securities
of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Person
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest or
Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify
the Trustee of 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, or interest or Additional
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Amounts on, any Securities of that series, deposit with any Paying Agent a
sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest and Additional Amounts so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, interest or Additional Amounts, and (unless such
Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of
Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or
interest or any Additional Amounts 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;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company in the
making of any payment of principal or interest or any Additional
Amounts 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 direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon
the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Except as otherwise provided in the form of Securities of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, 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 or interest or any Additional
Amounts on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal or interest has or Additional Amounts have become due
and payable shall be paid to the Company upon receipt of a Company Order to
that effect or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holder of such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto
shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company
for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent
with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper
in each Place of Payment, or to be mailed to Holders of Registered
Securities, or both, notice that such money
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remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not
be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 4.4. COMMISSION REPORTS; REPORTS TO TRUSTEE; REPORTS TO HOLDERS.
So long as any Security is outstanding, the Company will:
(a) 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 which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (or copies of such portions thereof as may be prescribed
by the Commission by rules and regulations); or, if the Company is not
required to file with the Commission information, documents or reports
pursuant to either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the
Company will file with the Trustee and mail to the Holders of the Securities,
as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the register of
Securities, (i) annual reports containing the information required by the
Exchange Act to be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii) quarterly
reports containing the information required by the Exchange Act to be
contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and (iii) promptly after the
occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other reports
containing information required by the Exchange Act to be contained in a
Current Report on Form 8-K;
(b) 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 provided for in this
Indenture as may be required by such rules and regulations, including, in the
case of annual reports, if required by such rules and regulations,
certificates or opinions of independent public accountants, conforming to the
requirements of Sections 13.4 and 13.5, as to compliance with conditions or
covenants, compliance with which is subject to verification by accountants;
and
(c) mail to the Holders of the Registered Securities, as the names
and addresses of such Holders appear upon the register of Securities, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.6, such additional summaries
of any information, documents and reports required to be filed with the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section
4.4 as may be required to be provided to such Holders by the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 4.5. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES.
Within 60 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Company
ending after the date hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a
statement signed by the Chairman of its Board of Directors, or its Vice Chairman
or its President or any Vice President and by the
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Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company (provided that one of such signatories shall be the
Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer), stating that in the course of the performance
by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally
obtain knowledge of any Default by the Company and whether or not they have
obtained knowledge of any such Default, and, if so, specifying each such
Default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The
Company shall also comply with TIA Section 314(a)(4).
SECTION 4.6. CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, material
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such material right or franchise or the corporate
existence of any of its Subsidiaries if (a) the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or such
Subsidiary and (b) the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 4.7. LIMITATION ON LIENS.
Subject to Article VIII (to the extent they are applicable to the
Securities of any series) the Company will not, and will not permit any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur or otherwise cause or suffer to
exist or become effective any Liens of any kind upon any Principal Property
or any shares of stock or debt of any Restricted Subsidiary now owned or
hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the
Securities are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligation so
secured until such time as such obligation is no longer secured by a Lien,
except for Permitted Liens.
The covenant contained in this section will be subject to the
provision for exempted indebtedness in Section 4.9.
SECTION 4.8. LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS.
Subject to Article VIII (to the extent they are applicable to the
Securities of any series), the Company will not, nor will it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Principal Property (whether such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter
acquired), except for temporary leases for a term, including any renewal, of
not more than five years and except for leases between the Company and a
Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries, which Principal
Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary to such Person (hereinafter, a "Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction"), unless either (i) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
would be entitled, in
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accordance with the provisions of Section 4.7 (other than provisions with
respect to exempted Indebtedness), to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on
such property without equally and ratably securing the Securities, or (ii)
the Company within 180 days after the effective date of the Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction applies an amount equal to the Value of such
transaction to the voluntary retirement of its Funded Debt. For the purposes
of this Article, "Value" shall mean an amount equal to the greater of the net
proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased pursuant to such Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction, or the fair value in the opinion of the Board of
Directors of the leased property at the time of entering into such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction. For the purposes of this Article, "Funded Debt"
shall mean indebtedness (including Securities) maturing by the terms thereof
more than one year after the original creation thereof.
The covenant contained in this Section will be subject to the
provision for exempted indebtedness in Section 4.9.
SECTION 4.9. EXEMPTED INDEBTEDNESS.
Notwithstanding the provisions contained in Sections 4.7 and 4.8, the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, assume, suffer to exist or
guarantee Indebtedness secured by a lien which would otherwise be subject to the
limitation of Section 4.7, without securing the Securities, or may enter into
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions which would otherwise be subject to the
limitation of Section 4.8, without retiring Funded Debt, or enter into a
combination of such transactions, if the sum of (i) the principal amount of all
such Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof, and which would otherwise be
or have been prohibited by the limitations of Section 4.7 or 4.8 and (ii) the
aggregate Value of all such Sale and Lease-Back Transactions after the date
hereof does not at any such time exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as shown in the audited
consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to the
shareholders of the Company.
SECTION 4.10. WAIVER OF STAY; EXTENSION OF USURY LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or
other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any
portion of the principal of, or interest on or any Additional Amounts payable
with respect to the Securities as contemplated herein or in the Securities,
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) the Company 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 V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.1. WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE, ETC.
The Company will not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell,
lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets in
one transaction or a series of related transactions or assign any of its
obligations under this Indenture or the Securities to, any Person unless:
(a) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance
or other disposition or assignment shall have been made (the "Surviving
Entity"), is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(b) the Surviving Entity assumes by a supplemental indenture in a
form satisfactory to the Trustee all of the obligations of the Company under
the Securities and this Indenture; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of
the proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 5.2. SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger or any sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or
any assignment of its obligations under this Indenture or the Securities in
accordance with Section 5.1, the Surviving Entity shall succeed to, and may 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, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor
corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default" is hereby defined for all purposes of this
Indenture and with respect to any series of Securities (except where the term is
otherwise defined for specific purposes) as any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of
interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of
that series when and as the same shall become due and payable and such
failure continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Security of that series when and as the same shall become due and payable at
Stated Maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
(c) the Company fails to perform or observe any of its other
covenants, conditions or agreements in this Indenture or in the Securities
(other than a covenant, condition or agreement a Default in whose performance
or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and
such failure continues for a period of 90 days after the date on which
written notice of such Default has been given to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and to the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% of
the principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding under
this Indenture;
(d) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Subsidiaries a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any applicable federal or state
law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of their 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 90 consecutive days; or
(e) the commencement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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
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bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the filing
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law,
or the consent by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 any of its Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their
property, or the making by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in writing of their inability to pay their debts
generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in furtherance of any such action.
The Company must furnish to the Trustee a statement, detailing any
Defaults of which it is aware, within 5 days of becoming aware of the occurrence
of any Default.
SECTION 6.2. ACCELERATION.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) shall occur
and be continuing, then the principal of (or, with respect to a series of
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may
be specified in the terms of such series), and any accrued and unpaid interest
on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Securities shall
immediately become due and payable without any declaration or other act on the
part of the Trustee or any Securityholder. If one or more Events of Default
specified in Sections 6.1(a) through (c) with respect to any series of
Securities at the time outstanding shall occur and be continuing, then, and in
each and every such case, either the Trustee, by notice in writing to the
Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of the
Securities of that series then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company
and the Trustee, may declare due and payable, if not already due and payable,
the principal of (or, with respect to a series of Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of such series) plus any accrued interest on and any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of all of the Securities of that series; and upon any such
declaration all such amounts upon such Securities shall become and be
immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities to
the contrary notwithstanding. This provision is subject to the condition that
if, after any declaration of acceleration and before Stated Maturity of the
principal with respect to Securities of any series, all arrears of interest and
any Additional Amounts and the expenses of the Trustee, its agents or counsel
shall be paid by or for the account of the Company, and all Defaults (other than
the payment of principal that has been declared due and payable) have been cured
to the satisfaction of the Trustee, then the Trustee shall, upon the written
request of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of
that series, waive such Default and rescind or annul the declaration of
acceleration; but no such waiver or
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rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Default, or
impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.3. OTHER REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the
payment of principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in
respect of the Securities of that series or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Securities of that series or this Indenture. The Trustee may
maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of that
series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.
A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising
any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall not impair any such
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of
Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies
are cumulative.
SECTION 6.4. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Provided the applicable series of Securities shall not then be due and
payable by reason of a declaration pursuant to Section 6.2, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time
outstanding 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 by providing written notice thereof to the Company and the Trustee,
except a Default (i) in the payment of interest on, any Additional Amounts
payable in respect of or the principal of any Security of such series or (ii) in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding
Security of such series affected. In the case of any such waiver, the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored
to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; provided that no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right
consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.5. CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any
power or trust conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of such series; provided, however, that subject to the provisions
of Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow
any such direction if the Trustee, advised by counsel, determines that the
action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in
good faith shall by Responsible Officers determine that the action or proceeding
so directed would involve the Trustee in liability or that the Trustee is not
satisfactorily indemnified from the costs thereof.
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SECTION 6.6. LIMITATION ON SUITS BY HOLDERS.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any coupon appertaining
thereto shall have the right to pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture
or the Securities unless:
(1) such Holder gives to the Trustee notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of that series make a request to the Trustee to pursue
the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense; and
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 30 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.7. RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of
any Holder of a Security or coupon to receive payment of principal of, interest
on and any Additional Amounts payable with respect to the Security or coupon, on
or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security or coupon, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 6.8. COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a) or (b) occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal,
interest and any Additional Amounts remaining unpaid, together with interest on
overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest on overdue installments of
interest and any Additional Amounts, in each case at the rate or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the
Securities and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other
amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.
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SECTION 6.9. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative
to the Company, its creditors or its property and the Trustee shall be
entitled and empowered to collect and receive any money or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute it, and any
trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any
such judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make
such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept
or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder 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 any
claim of any Securityholder in such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money or property collected by the Trustee with respect to any
series of the Securities under this Article VI shall be paid out by the Trustee
in the following order and, in the case of the distribution of moneys on account
of principal, interest or any Additional Amounts, upon presentation of such
Securities and coupons appertaining to such Securities in respect of which
monies have been collected (except that the Trustee may waive presentation of
Registered Securities when interest alone is to be paid), and stamping thereon
the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts
in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only partially paid,
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection, and
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and of all other
expenses, losses, and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee including but not limited to all amounts due to the Trustee under
section 7.7 except as a result of its negligence or bad faith;
SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities of such
series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on
and any Additional Amounts Payable with respect to such Securities, in the order
of the maturity of the installments of such interest and Additional Amounts,
with interest, to the extent lawful, upon the overdue installments of interest
and Additional Amounts at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original
Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities, such payments to be
made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or
preferences;
THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities of such
series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the
whole amount then owing
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and unpaid upon such Securities for principal, interest and any Additional
Amounts, with interest at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities on the
overdue principal, and, to the extent lawful, on the overdue installments of
interest and Additional Amounts; and in case such monies shall be
insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon such
Securities, then to the payment of such principal, interest and any
Additional Amounts, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, to
the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Amounts; and
FOURTH: In case the Trustee shall retain possession of any funds
after all obligations of the Company hereunder have been fully paid and
satisfied, such funds shall be paid to the Company, its successors or assigns.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record
date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder and the Trustee a notice
that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
SECTION 6.11. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by
it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party
litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the
court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to
the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section does not apply to a suit instituted by the Trustee, a suit
instituted by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 or a suit instituted by Holders
of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding. This
Section 6.11 shall be in lieu of section 315(c) of the TIA and said section
315(c) is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the
TIA.
SECTION 6.12. DISCONTINUANCE OR ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.
If the Trustee or any Holder shall have proceeded to enforce any
right under this Indenture, and such proceedings shall have been discontinued
or abandoned because of waiver, or for any other reason, or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee or such Holder, then, and in any such
case, the Company and the Trustee and such Holder or Holders shall each be
restored to its former position and rights hereunder, and all rights,
remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though
no such proceedings had been taken.
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ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1. DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee, subject to paragraph (e) below, shall exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on 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.
However, in the case of any opinions or certificates which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether
or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this
Section 7.1;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.5.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) 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
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hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Trustee
shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
determine the maximum interest rate permissible under applicable law.
(h) 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 and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.2. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult
with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture
and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible
for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights
or powers conferred upon it hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee's
conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
(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.
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SECTION 7.3 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an
Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.4 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation
as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities; it shall
not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities; and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company
in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of
the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of
authentication.
SECTION 7.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default occurs with respect to Securities of any series and is
continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each
Securityholder of such series a notice of the Default within 90 days after it
occurs in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA 313(c), and otherwise
as provided in Section 13.2 hereof. Except in the case of a Default in
payment of the principal of, interest on and any Additional Amount payable
with respect to any Security (including payments pursuant to a redemption or
repurchase of the Securities pursuant hereto), the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Securityholders.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or
Event of Default except (i) a Default under Section 6.1(a) or (b) so long as
the Trustee is Paying Agent or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which
the Trustee shall have received written notification or a Responsible Officer
charged with the administration of this Indenture shall have obtained actual
knowledge, and such notification shall not be deemed to include receipt of
information obtained in any report or other documents furnished under Section
4.4 of this Indenture, which reports and documents the Trustee shall have no
duty to examine.
SECTION 7.6 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
Within 60 days after each January 1 beginning with the January 1
following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder
of a Registered Security a brief report dated as of such reporting date if
required by, and in compliance with, TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also
shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by
mail all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
Commencing at the time this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, a
copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be
filed with the Commission and each
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securities exchange, if any, on which the Securities are listed. The Company
agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed
on any securities exchange and of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.7 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such
compensation as shall be agreed to in writing from time to time between the
Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or
made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture. Such
expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and the disbursements,
advances and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel, except to the
extent any such disbursement, advance or expense may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers,
agents and employees against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or
expense (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by it or such
officer, director, agent or employee in connection with the acceptance or
administration of its duties under this Indenture, except as set forth in the
next paragraph.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any
loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee's own
willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the
Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or property
held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust
to pay the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable with
respect to particular Securities. The Company's payment obligations pursuant
to this Section 7.7 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the
Trustee and any discharge or defeasance under Sections 8.1 and 8.2.
When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e), the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.8 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company;
provided, however, no such resignation shall be effective until a successor
Trustee has accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 7.8. The
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The
Company shall remove the Trustee if:
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(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 ;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to
herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder
may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and
the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the
Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of
its succession to Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly
transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject
to the Lien provided for in Section 7.7. Notwithstanding replacement of the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company's obligations under Section
7.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.9 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets
to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or
transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall
be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA
Section 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition.
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SECTION 7.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent
indicated therein.
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.1 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE.
(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect
to a series of Securities (except that the Company's obligations under
Section 7.7 and the Trustee's and Paying Agent's obligations under Section
8.4 shall survive) when (a) all outstanding Securities of such series
theretofore authenticated and issued have been delivered (other than
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities which have been replaced or paid
pursuant to Section 2.6) to the Trustee for cancellation and (b) the Company
has paid all sums payable hereunder.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.1(c), 8.2 and 8.5, the Company at any time
may terminate (i) all its obligations under the Securities of any series and
this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities ("legal defeasance
option") or (ii) its obligations under Article IV (except those obligations
set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.10 thereof) with respect to any series
of Securities ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant
defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities of the applicable series may not be accelerated because of an
Event of Default.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon
request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the
discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's
obligations in Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 7.7, 8.4 and 8.5 and Article XI
and Article XII shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full.
Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.7 and 8.4 shall survive.
SECTION 8.2 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE.
The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant
defeasance option with respect to a series of Securities only if the
following conditions are satisfied:
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(a) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited
in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such series with the Trustee or a
Paying Agent or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company, under
the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee and any such Paying Agent, (i) money in an amount
or Eligible Obligations sufficient, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations or
Eligible Obligations that shall be payable as to principal and interest in
such amounts and at such times as are sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (without consideration
of any reinvestment of such interest), or (iii) any combination thereof in an
amount sufficient, to pay the principal of, interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series on
the dates such installments are due to redemption or Stated Maturity, (b) the
trustee of the irrevocable trust shall have been irrevocably instructed to
pay such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations or
Eligible Obligations to the Trustee and (c) the Trustee or Paying Agent shall
have been irrevocably instructed in writing to apply the deposited money and
the proceeds from U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the terms of the Securities
of such series to the payment of principal of, interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable with respect to the Securities of such series;
(b) such deposit described in clause (1) of this Section 8.2 will
not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any
other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound;
(c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (i) as of the date of such deposit or (ii) insofar as Sections
6.1(d) and 6.1(e) are concerned at any time during the period ending on the
91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day
following the expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the
Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in
this clause (ii) is a condition subsequent and shall not be deemed satisfied
until the expiration of such period);
(d) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums currently due
and payable by the Company hereunder and under the Securities with respect to
such series including but not limited to all amounts due under section 7.7;
(e) such defeasance shall not cause or permit any Securities then
listed on any national securities exchange to be delisted;
(f) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for herein relating to the termination by the Company of
its obligations as provided in this Section 8.2 have been complied with;
(g) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee either (i) a ruling received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that, or (ii)
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an Opinion of Counsel by recognized counsel who is not an
employee of the Company stating that, since the date first set forth
hereinabove, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,
and based upon either case (i) or (ii) such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm
that, the Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company's
exercise of its legal defeasance option under this Section 8.2 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 legal defeasance option had
not been exercised; and
(h) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee either (i) a ruling received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel by
recognized counsel who is not an employee of the Company stating that, the
Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of
its covenant defeasance option under this paragraph 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 covenant defeasance option had not
been exercised.
SECTION 8.3. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company
shall hold in trust money, U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible
Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.2. It shall apply the
deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations and Eligible
Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to
the payment of principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts payable
with respect to the Securities.
SECTION 8.4. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the
Company upon written request any money, U.S. Government Obligations or
Eligible Obligations held by them in trust pursuant to Section 8.2 which, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect such defeasance, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall pay promptly to the Company upon
written request any money held by them for the payment of principal, interest or
Additional Amounts that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon
which such payment shall have become due, unless otherwise required by mandatory
provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law (except
that with respect to any amounts then held by the Company in trust as its own
Paying Agent no such request need be given and at such time the Company shall be
discharged from its duties to hold such money in trust as Paying Agent). After
payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the
Company for payment as
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general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates
another Person, and all liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with
respect to such money shall cease.
SECTION 8.5. REINSTATEMENT OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, U.S.
Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations in accordance with Section 8.2
by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture
and the Securities of the applicable series shall be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 until such time as
the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money, U.S.
Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations in accordance with Section
8.2; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest
on, Additional Amounts payable with respect to or principal of any Securities
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such
payment from the money, U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
SECTION 9.1. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to amend this
Indenture or the Securities with respect to a particular series without prior
notice to or the consent of any Securityholder of such series:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Article V;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection
with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA as then in
effect;
(4) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in
place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the
uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for
purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code or in a
manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in
Section 163(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
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(5) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the
legal rights of any Securityholder under this Indenture as then in
effect;
(6) to secure the Securities and to make intercreditor arrangements
with respect to any such security, unless the incurrence of such
obligations or the security thereof is prohibited by this
Indenture;
(7) to evidence or to provide for a replacement Trustee under
Section 7.8; or
(8) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company for the
benefit of all of the Holders of all of the Securities with respect
to a series (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of
less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are
being included solely for the benefit of such series) and to
surrender any right or power herein reserved to the Company.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company
shall give to Securityholders a notice briefly describing the substance
thereof in the manner as provided in Section 13.2. The failure to give such
notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or
affect the validity of any supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.2 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into one or more supplemental indentures to amend this Indenture or
the Securities with respect to a particular series with the written consent
of the Holders of a majority of the principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of such series. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities of a particular series may waive compliance
by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with
respect to such series without prior notice to any other Securityholder.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section 9.2, without the
consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver under this
Section may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest or
Additional Amounts, including default interest, on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security or alter the provisions with respect to redemption
pursuant to Section 3.5;
(4) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security;
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(5) make any change in this paragraph of this Section 9.2;
(6) make any change in this Indenture that adversely affects ranking of
the Securities; or
(7) make any change in Section 6.4 or 6.7.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver
but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has been included solely for the
benefit of one or more series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or
other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
Any amendment shall be effective upon certification to the Trustee
by the Company or an agent of the Company that such amendment has been
authorized by the Company and that the consent of the majority in principal
amount of the Securities has been obtained unless such consents specify that
they shall become effective at a later date, in which case such amendment
shall become effective in accordance with the terms of such consent.
After an amendment or waiver under this Section becomes effective,
the Company shall give to Securityholders a notice briefly describing the
substance thereof in the manner as provided in Section 13.2. The failure to
give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not
impair or affect the validity of any supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3. COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities or waiver of the
provisions hereof or thereof shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture
that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.4. REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS AND WAIVERS.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the
consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's
Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives written notice of
revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
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The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date
for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any
amendment or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the
first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were
Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only
those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment or waiver or to
revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to
be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every
Securityholder, subject to the fourth paragraph of Section 9.2 and unless it
makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (7) of Section 9.2.
In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security
who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or a
portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's
Security.
SECTION 9.5. NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.
If a supplemental indenture changes the terms of a Security, the
Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the
changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company
shall so determine, the Company in exchange for all Securities may issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate new Securities of the same series that reflect
the changed terms.
SECTION 9.6. TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS.
Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of a supplemental indenture, and upon
the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Securityholders
if such consent shall be required under Section 9.2, the Trustee shall sign
any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article IX; provided
that the Trustee shall not be obligated to sign any supplemental indenture
that adversely affects the Trustee's rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities. In signing such supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive and, subject to Section 7.1, shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not
inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company
in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE X
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
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SECTION 10.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the
Holders thereof before their maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal
amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require
repayment of Securities before their maturity shall not operate as a payment,
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the
same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be canceled.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article X, in
connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the
purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the
Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the
repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the
Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to
pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged
to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE XI
SINKING FUNDS
SECITON 11.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article XI shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise
permitted or required by any form of Security of such series issued pursuant
to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is referred to in this Article XI as a
"mandatory sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum
amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such series is herein
referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. 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 11.2. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such series (other than any of
such Securities previously called for redemption or any of such Securities in
respect of which cash shall have been released to the Company), together in
the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto, and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such series
which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company
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pursuant to the terms of such series of Securities or through the application
of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, provided that such series of Securities have not been previously
so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose
by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the
delivery or credit of Securities of any series in lieu of cash payments
pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be
less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such series for
redemption, except upon Company request, and such cash payment shall be held
by the Trustee or a Paying Agent for Securities of that series and applied to
the next succeeding sinking fund payment; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent shall at the request of the Company from time to time
pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the
Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of
Securities purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal
to the cash payment requested to be released to the Company.
SECTION 11.3. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for
any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series,
the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and
the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and
crediting of Securities of that series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the
optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to
be so credited and not theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate
shall specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing
mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to
pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such
sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be
redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 3.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section
3.4. Such notice having been duly given , the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.5 and 3.6.
ARTICLE XII
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article XII shall be applicable to the
Securities of any series which are convertible into Common Stock or, if so
provided in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Section 2.1 by or pursuant
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to which the form and terms of the Securities of such series were
established, cash in lieu thereof, as provided by the terms of the Securities
of such series.
SECITON 12.2. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security
to be converted shall surrender such Security to the Conversion Agent at any
time during usual business hours at its office or agency maintained for the
purpose as provided in Section 4.2, accompanied by a fully executed written
notice, in substantially the form set forth on the reverse of the Security,
that the Holder elects to convert such Security or a stated portion thereof
constituting a multiple of $1,000 in principal amount and, if such Security
is surrendered for conversion during the period between the close of business
on any record date for such Security and the opening of business on the
related interest payment date and has not been called for redemption on a
Redemption Date within such period (or on such interest payment date),
accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on
such interest payment date on the portion of the principal amount of the
Security being surrendered for conversion. No interest shall be payable on
any Security called for redemption which is converted between the record date
and the opening of business of the next succeeding interest payment date.
Such notice shall also state the name or names (and address) in which the
certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issued (or to
whom payment in cash in lieu of Common Stock shall be made). Securities
surrendered for conversion shall (if so required by the Company or the
Conversion Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Conversion Agent duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. As promptly as practicable after the receipt of such
notice and the surrender of such Security as aforesaid, the Company shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 12.7, issue and deliver at such office
or agency to such Holder, or on his written order, a certificate or
certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion of such Security in accordance with the provisions of such
Security and cash, as provided in Section 12.3, in respect of any fraction of
a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion or, if so
provided in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Section 2.1 by or pursuant to which the
form and terms of the Securities of such Series were established, cash, in
lieu of shares of Common Stock. Such conversion shall be at the Conversion
Price in effect, and shall be deemed to have been effected, immediately prior
to the close of business on the date (herein called the "Date of Conversion")
on which such notice in proper form shall have been received by the
Conversion Agent and such Security shall have been surrendered as aforesaid,
and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any certificate or
certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable, if any, upon such
conversion shall be deemed to have become on the Date of Conversion the
holder or holders of record of the shares represented thereby; provided,
however, that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books of
the Company shall be closed shall constitute the Person or Persons in whose
name or names the certificate or certificates for such shares are to be
issued, if any, as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at
the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock
transfer books are open but such conversion shall nevertheless be at the
Conversion Price
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in effect at the close of business on the date when such Security shall have
been so surrendered with the conversion notice in proper form. In the case
of conversion of a portion, but less than all, of a Security, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Security or
Securities in the aggregate principal amount of the unconverted portion of
the Security surrendered. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made for interest accrued on any
Security (or portion thereof) converted or for dividends or distributions on
any Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security. The right, if any,
of a Holder of any Security to cause the Company to redeem, purchase or repay
such Security shall terminate upon receipt by the Company of any notice of
conversion of such Security.
SECTION 12.3. FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.
No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of shares
shall be issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security
shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the
number of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
so surrendered. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for
the provisions of this Section 12.3, be issuable on the conversion of any
Security or Securities, the Company shall make payment in lieu thereof in
cash equal to the value of such fraction computed on the basis of the Last
Sale Price of one share of Common Stock on the most recent Trading Day prior
to the Date of Conversion.
"Last Sale Price" on any Trading Day shall mean (i) the closing
price regular way (or, if no closing price is reported the average of the bid
and asked prices) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape,
or (ii) if on such Trading Day the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on such exchange, the closing price regular way (or, if no closing
price is reported the average of the bid and asked prices) on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted,
or (iii) if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange on such Trading Day, then the average of the closing bid and asked
prices as reported through the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. on its NASDAQ National Market System or NASDAQ System or a similar
organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting information, or (iv) if the
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange or quoted on such National Market System or NASDAQ System on such
Trading Day, then the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
over-the-counter market as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member
firm selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose, or (v) if
not quoted by any such organization on such Trading Day, the fair value of
such Common Stock on such Trading Day, as determined by the Board of
Directors. The term "Trading Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than any day on which securities are
not traded on the applicable above mentioned exchanges or markets.
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SECTION 12.4. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.
The "Conversion Price" for a Series of Securities shall be as set
forth in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed supplemental
indenture referred to in Section 2.1 by or pursuant to which the form and
terms of the Securities of such Series were established, and shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (1) pay a dividend or make a
distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (2)
subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of
shares of Common Stock, (3) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock or (4) issue by
reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the
Company, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such action
shall be adjusted so that the Holder of any Security thereafter surrendered
for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common
Stock or other capital stock of the Company which he would have owned
immediately following such action had such Security been converted
immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this subsection
(a) shall become effective immediately, except as provided in subsection (e)
below, after the record date in the case of a dividend or distribution and
shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, combination or reclassification. If as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a), the Holder of any Security
thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to receive shares
of two or more classes of capital stock (including shares of Common Stock and
other capital stock) of the Company, the Board of Directors (whose
determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a statement filed
with the Trustee) shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Conversion
Price between or among shares of such classes of capital stock or shares of
Common Stock and other capital stock.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all
holders of Common Stock entitling them (for a period not exceeding 45 days
from the date of such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common
Stock or Securities convertible into Common Stock at a price per share less
than the current market price per share (as determined pursuant to subsection
(d) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned below, the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted to a price, computed to the nearest cent,
so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying:
(1) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants by
(2) a fraction, of which (i) the numerator shall be (A) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of
such rights or warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus
(B) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate
offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock (or
the aggregate conversion price of the convertible securities) so
offered for subscription or purchase would
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purchase at such current market price (determined by multiplying
such total number of shares by the exercise price of such rights
or warrants and dividing the product so obtained by such current
market price), and of which (ii) the denominator shall be (A) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants, immediately prior to such
issuance, plus (B) the number of additional shares of Common Stock
(or into which the convertible securities are convertible) which
are so offered for subscription or purchase.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as provided in
subsection (e) below, after the record date for the determination of holders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants.
(c) In case the Company shall distribute to substantially all holders
of Common Stock, evidences of indebtedness, equity securities (including equity
interests in the Company's Subsidiaries) other than common stock, or other
assets (other than cash dividends paid out of surplus of the Company), or shall
distribute to substantially all holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to
subscribe for securities (other than those referred to in subsection (b) above)
then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the current market price per share (determined as provided
in subsection (d) below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned below
less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall, if made in good faith, be conclusive evidence of such fair
market value) of the portion of the assets so distributed or of such
subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock, and of
which the denominator shall be such current market price per share of the
Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as
provided in subsection (e) below, after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
(d) For the purpose of any computation under subsections (b) and (c)
above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be
deemed to be the average of the Last Sale Prices for the 30 consecutive Trading
Days commencing 45 Trading Days before the date in question.
(e) In any case in which this Section 12.4 shall require that an
adjustment be made immediately following a record date, the Company may elect
to defer the effectiveness of such adjustment (but in no event until a date
later than the effective time of the event giving rise to such adjustment), in
which case the Company shall, with respect to any Security converted after such
record date and before such adjustment shall have become effective, (i) defer
paying any cash payment pursuant to Section 12.3 or issuing to the Holder of
such Security the number of shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of
the Company issuable upon such conversion in excess of the number of shares of
Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable thereupon only on
the basis of the Conversion Price prior to adjustment and (ii), not later than
five Business Days after such adjustment shall have become effective, pay to
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such Holder the appropriate cash payment pursuant to Section 12.3 and issue to
such Holder the additional shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of
the Company issuable on such conversion.
(f) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless
such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the
Conversion Price; provided that any adjustments which by reason of this
subsection (f) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment and provided, further, that
adjustment shall be required and made in accordance with the provisions of this
Article XII (other than this subsection (f)) not later than such time as may be
required in order to preserve the tax-free nature of a distribution to the
holders of Securities or Common Stock. All calculations under this Article XII
shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share,
as the case may be.
(g) Anything in this Section 12.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, no
adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a
Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest or for rights to
purchase Capital Stock pursuant to any future dividend or distribution which
the Company determines to be comparable in purpose and in effect to the
dividend and subsequent distribution of Rights contemplated by the Rights
Agreement and no adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no
par value of the Common Stock.
(h) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall promptly (i) file with the Trustee and each Conversion Agent an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment
and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment,
which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such
adjustment, and (ii) mail or cause to be mailed a notice of such adjustment to
each Holder of Securities at his address as the same appears on either the
registry books of the Company or in the filings described in Section 2.4.
Anything in this Section 12.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company
shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition
to those required by this Section 12.4, as it in its discretion shall determine
to be advisable in order that any stock dividend, subdivision of shares,
distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock or securities, or
distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends) hereafter made by the
Company to its stockholders shall not be taxable.
SECTION 12.5. CONTINUATION OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE IN CASE OF MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS.
If any of the following shall occur, namely: (a) any consolidation or
merger of the Company as a result of which the holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive stock, other securities or other assets (including cash)
with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock; or (b) any sale or conveyance
of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company as an
entirety, then the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation, as the
case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such consolidation, merger, sale
or conveyance,
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execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture (which shall
conform to the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof) providing
that the Holder of each convertible Security then outstanding shall have the
right to convert such Security into the kind and amount of shares of stock and
other securities and property (including cash) receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such Security immediately prior to
such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. Such
supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Article XII. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, the stock or other securities and property (including cash)
receivable thereupon by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes shares of
stock or other securities and property (including cash) of a corporation other
than the successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture
shall also be executed by such other corporation and shall contain such
additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities
as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the
foregoing. The provisions of this Section 12.5 shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Within 30 days after the execution of such supplemental indenture the
Company shall give notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture, with
respect to Registered Securities affected by such supplemental indenture, by
mailing a notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to each Holder
of Registered Securities at such Holder's address as it appears on the
Securities register maintained by the Registrar and, with respect to Bearer
Securities affected by such supplemental indenture, by publishing in an
Authorized Newspaper notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture on
two separate days.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any
such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of
stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders of
Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or to any adjustment to be made with
respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.2, may
accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and
shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers' Certificate (which the
Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of
any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.
SECTION 12.6. NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS.
IF:
(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution)
payable to the holders of Common Stock otherwise than in cash; or
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(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of Common
Stock of rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class
or of any other rights; or
(c) the Company shall authorize any reclassification or change of the
Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares
of Common Stock), or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a
party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or
the sale or conveyance of all or substantially all the property or business of
the Company; or
(d) there shall be authorized or ordered any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or
(e) such other event shall occur as may be specified in any
Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture,
then, the Company shall cause to be filed at the office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of the Securities as provided in Section 4.2, and
shall, with respect to Registered Securities convertible into Common Stock,
cause to be mailed to each Holder of such Registered Securities, at such
Holder's address as it shall appear on the Securities register maintained by
the Registrar and, with respect to Bearer Securities convertible into Common
Stock, cause to be published in an Authorized Newspaper on two separate days,
at least 20 days before the date hereinafter specified (or the earlier of the
dates hereinafter specified, in the event that more than one date is
specified), a notice stating the date on which (1) a record is expected to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, or if a record
is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record
to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined,
or (2) such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective and the
date, if any is to be fixed, as of which it is expected that holders of Common
Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, change,
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
SECTION 12.7. TAXES ON CONVERSION.
The Company will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar taxes
payable to the United States of America or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of
Common Stock on conversion of Securities pursuant thereto; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of shares of Common
Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Securities to be converted
(or payment of cash in lieu thereof to a Person other than such Holder) and no
such issue or delivery (or payment) shall be made unless and until the Person
requesting such issue or delivery (or payment) has paid to the Company the
amount of any such tax or has established, to the
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satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid. The Company extends
no protection with respect to any other taxes imposed in connection with
conversion of Securities.
SECTION 12.8. COMPANY TO PROVIDE STOCK.
The Company shall reserve, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued shares, sufficient shares to provide for the conversion
of convertible Securities from time to time as such Securities are presented
for conversion; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be
construed to preclude the Company from satisfying its obligations in respect of
the conversion of Securities by delivery of repurchase shares of Common Stock
which are held in the treasury of the Company.
If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of
conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any Federal or state law before such shares may be
validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the Company covenants that it
will in good faith and as expeditiously as possible endeavor to secure such
registration or approval, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 12.8 shall be deemed to affect in any way the obligations of
the Company to convert Securities into Common Stock as provided in this Article
XII.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common Stock, the
Company will take all corporate action which may, in the Opinion of Counsel, be
necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid
and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be
issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Company and free of preemptive rights.
SECTION 12.9. DISCLAIMER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN MATTERS.
Neither the Trustee, the Conversion Agent nor any agent of either
shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of
Securities to determine whether any facts exist which may require any
adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the Officers'
Certificate referred to in Section 12.4(h), or with respect to the nature or
extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method
employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed,
in making the same. Neither the Trustee, the Conversion Agent nor any agent of
either shall be accountable with respect to the validity of value (or the kind
or amount) or any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property
(including cash), which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the
conversion of any Security; and neither the Trustee, the Conversion Agent nor
any agent of either makes any representation with respect thereto. Neither the
Trustee, the Conversion Agent nor any agent of either shall be responsible for
any failure of the Company to issue, register the transfer of or
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deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or
property (including cash) upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of
conversion or, subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, to comply with any of the
covenants of the Company contained in this Article XII.
SECTION 12.10. RETURN OF FUNDS DEPOSITED FOR REDEMPTION OF CONVERTED SECURITIES.
Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited by the Company
or on its behalf with the Trustee or any Conversion Agent for the purpose of
paying the principal of and interest, if any, on any of the Securities and
which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion of such
Securities, as provided in this Article XII, shall after such conversion be
repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such Conversion Agent.
SECTION 12.11. RIGHTS ISSUED IN RESPECT OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON CONVERSION.
Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities
pursuant to this Article XII shall be entitled to receive the appropriate
number of preferred share purchase rights (the "Rights"), if any, and the
certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall
bear such legends, if any, in each case as provided by and subject to the terms
of the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1986, as amended as of August 21,
1990, as further amended as of May 31, 1996, between the Company and Centerre
Trust Company of St. Louis, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement"), as in
effect at the time of such conversion. Notwithstanding anything else to the
contrary in this Article XII, there shall not be any adjustment to the
conversion privilege or conversion rate as a result of (i) the distribution of
separate certificates representing the Rights, (ii) the occurrence of certain
events entitling holders of Rights to receive, upon exercise thereof, Common
Stock of the Company or Capital Stock of another corporation or (iii) the
exercise of such Rights in accordance with the Rights Agreement.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.1. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
the duties imposed by operation of subsection (c) of Section 318 of the TIA,
the imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 13.2. NOTICES.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other
is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by registered or
certified mail (postage prepaid,
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return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing
next day delivery, addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Kellwood Company
600 Kellwood Parkway
St. Louis County, MO 63017
Attention: General Counsel
If to the Trustee:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
450 West 33rd Street - 15th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to the Company shall be deemed to have
been duly given or made at the time delivered by hand if personally delivered;
five calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight
air courier guaranteeing next day delivery (except that a notice of change of
address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the
addressee).
Any notice or communication to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been duly given or made upon receipt.
Any notice or communication to a Holder of a Registered Security shall
be mailed by first-class mail to such Securityholder's address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a
Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with
respect to other Securityholders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee
receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Any notice to be given to a Holder of Bearer Securities shall be given
by publication in an Authorized Newspaper on two separate days within the time
prescribed.
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SECTION 13.3. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have
the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 13.4. CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the
proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
such conditions precedent have been complied with.
SECTION 13.5. STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each party making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such party, such party
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such party
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
party, such condition or covenant has been complied with;
provided, however, that with respect to matters of law, an Officers'
Certificate may be based upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless the signers know,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such Opinion of Counsel
is erroneous, and provided, further, that with respect to matters of fact, an
Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers' Certificate or certificates of
public officials, unless the signer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable
care should know, that any such document is erroneous.
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SECTION 13.6. RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of
Securityholders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules
for their functions.
SECTION 13.7. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment
may be made at that place on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest
on the amount payable on such payment date shall accrue for the intervening
period.
SECTION 13.8. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting
a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are
part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.
SECTION 13.9. 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 13.10. NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or
debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or
debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 13.11 SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture
shall bind its successors.
SECTION 13.12. SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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SECTION 13.13. MULTIPLE ORIGINALS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
SECTION 13.14 TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.15. SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.
Wherever this Indenture provides for any action by, or the
determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in
which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same currency, or any
distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the
contrary in the form of Security of any particular series, any amount in
respect of any Security denominated in a currency other than United States
dollars shall be treated for any such action, determination or distribution as
that amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such amount on
such reasonable basis of exchange and as of such date as the Company may
specify in a written notice to the Trustee, or in the absence of such notice,
as the Trustee may determine.
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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 affixed hereto and
attested, all as of the date first above written.
KELLWOOD COMPANY
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:_____________________
Name:
Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:_____________________
Name:
Title:
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KELLWOOD COMPANY,
ISSUER
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ___________________
________________________
TRUSTEE
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES IN SERIES
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
310(a)(1) 7.10
(a)(2) 7.10
(a)(3) NA
(a)(4) NA
(b) 7.8, 7.10, 14.2
(c) NA
311(a) 7.11
(b) 7.11
(c) NA
312(a) 2.4
(b) 14.3
(c) 14.3
313(a) 7.6
(b)(1) NA
(b)(2) 7.6
(c) 7.6, 14.2
(d) 7.6
314(a) 4.4, 14.2
(b) NA
(c)(1) 14.4
(c)(2) 14.4
(c)(3) NA
(d) NA
(e) 14.5
(f) NA
315(a) 7.1(b)
(b) 7.5, 10.2
(c) 7.1(a)
(d) 7.1(c)
(e) 6.11
316(a)(last sentence) 2.8
(a)(1)(A) 6.5
(a)(1)(B) 6.4
(a)(2) NA
(b) 6.7
317(a)(1) 6.8
(a)(2) 6.9
(b) 4.3
318(a) 14.1
N.A. means not applicable.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.1 DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 1.3 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE
ACT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Section 1.4 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2.1 TERMS AND FORMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Section 2.2 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Section 2.3 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT, CONVERSION AGENT, DEPOSITORY
AND SECURITIES CUSTODIAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 2.4 SECURITYHOLDER LISTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Section 2.5 TRANSFER, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE. . . . . . . . . . . .18
Section 2.6 REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Section 2.7 OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Section 2.8 TREASURY SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Section 2.9 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.10 SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.11 CANCELLATION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.12 DEFAULTED INTEREST.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Section 2.13 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Section 3.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Section 3.2 NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Section 3.3 SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.. . . . . . . . . .25
Section 3.4 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Section 3.5 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Section 3.6 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Section 3.7 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Section 4.1 PAYMENT OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Section 4.2 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY FOR NOTICES
AND DEMANDS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 4.3 MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 4.4 COMMISSION REPORTS; REPORTS TO TRUSTEE; REPORTS
TO HOLDERS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Section 4.5 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Section 4.6 CORPORATE EXISTENCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Section 4.7 LIMITATION ON LIENS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Section 4.8 LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK
TRANSACTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 4.9 EXEMPTED INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Section 4.10 WAIVER OF STAY; EXTENSION OF USURY LAWS. . . . . . . . . .34
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 5.1 WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Section 5.2 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED. . . . . . . . . . . . .35
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Section 6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Section 6.2 ACCELERATION.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Section 6.3 OTHER REMEDIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 6.4 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 6.5 CONTROL BY MAJORITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 6.6 LIMITATION ON SUITS BY HOLDERS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Section 6.7 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.. . . . . . . . . . .39
Section 6.8 COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Section 6.9 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.. . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Section 6.10 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Section 6.11 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Section 6.12 DISCONTINUANCE OR ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.. . . . . . .41
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 7.1 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
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Section 7.2 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Section 7.3 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Section 7.4 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Section 7.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Section 7.6 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Section 7.7 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Section 7.8 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Section 7.9 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Section 7.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Section 7.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST
COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Section 8.1 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE.. . . . . . . . . . . .47
Section 8.2 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Section 8.3 APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Section 8.4 REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Section 8.5 REINSTATEMENT OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.. . . . . . . . . .50
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1 WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Section 9.2 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Section 9.3 COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. . . . . . . . . . . .52
Section 9.4 REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS AND WAIVERS. . . . . . .52
Section 9.5 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . .53
Section 9.6 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
ARTICLE X
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 10.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
ARTICLE XI
SINKING FUNDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Section 11.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Section 11.2 SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 11.3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. . . . . . . . .55
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ARTICLE XII
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 12.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Section 12.2 EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.. . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Section 12.3 FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Section 12.4 ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Section 12.5 CONTINUATION OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE IN CASE OF
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS. . . . . . . . . .60
Section 12.6 NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Section 12.7 TAXES ON CONVERSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Section 12.8 COMPANY TO PROVIDE STOCK.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Section 12.9 DISCLAIMER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN
MATTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 12.10 RETURN OF FUNDS DEPOSITED FOR REDEMPTION OF
CONVERTED SECURITIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 12.11 RIGHTS ISSUED IN RESPECT OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED
UPON CONVERSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Section 13.1 SECURITIES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.. . . . . .64
Section 13.2 RELIANCE ON CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING AGENT;
FURTHER EVIDENCE AS TO OWNERSHIP OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 13.3 PAYMENT PERMITTED IF NO DEFAULT. . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Section 13.4 DISPUTES WITH HOLDERS OF CERTAIN SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 13.5 TRUSTEE NOT CHARGED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF
PROHIBITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 13.6 TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION. . . . . . . . . . . .68
Section 13.7 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Section 13.8 ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS. . . . . . . . . . . .69
Section 13.9 SUBORDINATION RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED BY ACTS-
OMISSIONS OF THE COMPANY OR HOLDERS OF SENIOR
INDEBTEDNESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 13.10 TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF
INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Section 14.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Section 14.2 NOTICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Section 14.3 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS. . . . . . . .71
Section 14.4 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 14.5 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION. . . . . . .71
Section 14.6 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 14.7 LEGAL HOLIDAYS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 14.8 NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Section 14.9 GOVERNING LAW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Section 14.10 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS. . . . . . .73
Section 14.11 SUCCESSORS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Section 14.12 SEVERABILITY.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Section 14.13 MULTIPLE ORIGINALS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Section 14.14 TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Section 14.15 SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.. . . . . . . . . . . . .73
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INDENTURE dated as of __________________ between KELLWOOD COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and _______________________, a ___
_____ banking corporation (the "Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company's Securities
issued hereunder:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.1 DEFINITIONS.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required by a
Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances
specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes
imposed on certain Holders, or as otherwise specified in the terms of a
Security established pursuant to Section 2.1, and which are owing to such
Holders.
"Affiliate" shall mean another Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such first
Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities or by contract or otherwise. The Trustee may request and
conclusively rely on an Officers' Certificate to determine whether any Person
is an Affiliate of the Company.
"Agent" shall mean any Registrar or Paying Agent or authenticating agent
or co-registrar.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper printed in the official language
of the country of publication and customarily published at least once a day
on each Business Day in each calendar week and of general circulation in New
York, New York or in any other place as required in this Indenture, whether
or not such newspaper is published on Legal Holidays, or, with respect to the
Securities of any series, such other newspaper(s) as may be specified in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution of the Company or supplement to this
Indenture pursuant to which such series of Securities is issued. Whenever,
under the provisions of this Indenture or such Board Resolution, two or more
publications of a notice or other communication are required or permitted,
such publications may be in the same or different newspapers. If, because of
temporary or permanent suspension of publication or general circulation of
any newspaper or for any other reason, it is impossible or impracticable to
publish any notices required by this Indenture or a Board Resolution in the
manner provided, then such
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publication in lieu thereof or such other notice as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such
notice.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11, United States Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
"Bearer Security" means any security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.1 hereunder which is payable to bearer.
"Board" or "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company or any authorized committee of such Board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of the resolutions certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company as properly adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company and in full force and effect and delivered to
the Trustee.
"Business Day" shall mean each day that is not a Legal Holiday.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean an obligation that is required
to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness
represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such
obligation determined in accordance with such principles; and the Stated
Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other
amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may
be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of
the Company.
"Company" shall mean Kellwood Company, a Delaware corporation, until a
successor replaces it in accordance with Article V and, thereafter, means the
successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by
the TIA, each other obligor on the indenture securities.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" shall mean a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by any two of the following: the Chairman of
the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the
Treasurer thereof or any other officer specifically authorized to act by the
Board of Directors of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Worth" shall mean the excess of assets over liabilities
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, plus Minority Interests, as
determined from time to time in accordance with GAAP.
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"consolidation" shall mean, with respect to any Person, the consolidation
of the accounts of such Person if and to the extent the accounts of such
Person and each of its Subsidiaries (or, if such Person is the Company, its
Restricted Subsidiaries) would normally be consolidated with those of such
Person, all in accordance with GAAP. The term "consolidated" shall have a
similar meaning.
"Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee" shall be at the address of the
Trustee specified in Section 14.2 or such other address as the Trustee may
give to the Company.
"coupon" shall mean any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency Agreement" shall mean any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in
currency values.
"Default" shall mean any event that is, or after notice or passage of time
or both would be, an Event of Default as defined in Section 6.1 of this
Indenture.
"Depository" or "U.S. Depository" shall mean, with respect to the
Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form
of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depository
pursuant to Section 2.1, which must be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, and, if so provided pursuant to Section 2.1 with respect to the
Securities of any series, any successor to such Person. If at any time there
is more than one such Person, "Depository" or "U.S. Depository" shall mean,
with respect to any series of Securities, the qualifying entity which has
been appointed with respect to the Securities of that series.
"Eligible Obligations" shall mean obligations as a result of the deposit
of which (along with the simultaneous deposit, if any, of money or U.S.
Government Obligations or both) the Securities will be rated in the highest
generic long-term debt rating category assigned by one or more nationally
recognized rating agencies to debt with respect to which the issuer thereof
has been released from its obligations to the same extent that the Company
has been released from its obligations under this Indenture pursuant to the
defeasance provision of this Indenture.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession, consistently applied, that are applicable to
the circumstances as of the date of determination; provided that, for
purposes of calculating the Consolidated Net Worth of a Person (including all
components thereof), "GAAP" shall mean
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such generally accepted accounting principles as described above in effect on
the date of this Indenture.
"Holder," "Securityholders" or "Holders of Securities" or other similar
term shall mean, with respect to a Registered Security, the person in whose
name a particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Registrar
kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof and, with respect
to a Bearer Security or any coupon, the bearer thereof, and the word
"majority," used in connection with the term "Holder," "Securityholders" or
"Holder of Securities" or other similar term, shall signify the "majority in
principal amount" whether or not so expressed.
"incur" shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or
otherwise), assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such
Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to
GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation on the
balance sheet of such Person (and "incurrence," "incurred," "incurrable," and
"incurring" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided that
a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at
such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of such
Indebtedness.
"Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any date, any
of the following, without duplication, (i) any liability, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (A) for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse
of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof), (B) evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar
instrument or (C) for the payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease
Obligation or other obligation (whether issued or assumed) relating to the
deferred purchase price of property; (ii) all conditional sale obligations
and all obligations under any title retention agreement (even if the rights
and remedies of the seller under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), but excluding trade
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii) all
obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit,
banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction other than entered into in
the ordinary course of business; (iv) all indebtedness of others secured by
(or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any asset or property
(including, without limitation, leasehold interests and any other tangible or
intangible property) of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness is
assumed by such Person or is not otherwise such Person's legal liability;
provided, that if the obligations so secured have not been assumed in full by
such Person or are otherwise not such Person's legal liability in full, the
amount of such indebtedness for the purposes of this definition shall be
limited to the lesser of the amount of such indebtedness secured by such Lien
or the fair market value of the assets of the property securing such Lien;
(v) all indebtedness of others (including all interest and dividends on any
Indebtedness or preferred stock of any other Person for the payment of which
is) guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is otherwise
its legal liability or which such Person has agreed to purchase or repurchase
or in respect of which such Person has agreed contingently
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to supply or advance funds; and (vi) obligations in respect of Currency
Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations.
"Indenture" shall mean this Indenture as amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"Interest Swap Obligations" shall mean the obligations of any Person
pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate collar agreement
or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or
any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.
"Internal Revenue Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, or any successor federal income tax laws.
"Issue Date" shall mean the first date on which a Security is
authenticated by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture.
"Legal Holiday" shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions and trust companies in the City of New York or in a state where
a Place of Payment is located are authorized or obligated by law, regulation
or executive order to remain closed..
"Lien" shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance,
lien, charge or adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance
against real or personal property or a security interest of any kind
(including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or lease in the nature thereof or any filing or agreement to file a
financing statement as debtor under the Uniform Commercial Code or any
similar statute other than to reflect ownership by a third party or property
leased to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under a lease that is not in
the nature of a conditional sale or title retention agreement).
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security shall mean 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 Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Minority Interest" shall mean any shares of stock of any class of a
Subsidiary that are not owned by the Company or a Subsidiary.
"Officer" shall mean the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice
Chairman, the President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller,
Secretary, Assistant Secretary, or any Vice President of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice
Chairman, the President or any Vice
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President and by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or
any Assistant Secretary of such Person that shall comply with applicable
provisions of this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in writing signed by a
Person's legal counsel (who may be an employee of or counsel to such Person
or the Trustee) who is acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" shall mean any Security which provides
that an amount less than its principal amount is due and payable upon the
acceleration of the maturity thereof after an Event of Default.
"Periodic Offering" shall mean an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the maturity or
maturities thereof, the original issue date or dates thereof, the redemption
provisions, if any, and any other terms specified as contemplated by Section
2.1 with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company, or one or more
of the Company's agents designated in an Officers' Certificate, upon the
issuance of such Securities.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean, with respect to any Person:
(i) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(ii) Liens on property or assets of, or any shares of stock of or
secured debt of, any corporation existing at the time such corporation
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time such
corporation is merged into the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(iii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(iv) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress
or advance payments;
(v) Liens securing industrial revenue or pollution control bonds;
(vi) Liens on Property to secure Indebtedness incurred for the
purpose of (i)financing all or any part of the purchase price of such
Property incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 180 days after,
the acquisition of such property or assets or (ii) financing all or any
part of the cost of construction, improvement, development or expansion of
any such Property;
(vii) Statutory liens or landlords', carriers', warehouseman's,
mechanics', suppliers', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens
arising in the ordinary course of business and with respect to amounts not
yet delinquent or being contested in good
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faith by appropriate proceedings, if a reserve or other appropriate
provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall
have been made therefor;
(viii) Liens on current assets of Restricted Subsidiaries securing
Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(ix) any extensions, substitutions, replacements or renewals in
whole or in part of a Lien (an "existing Lien") enumerated in clauses
(i) through (viii) above; provided that the Lien may not extend beyond
(A) the Property or Indebtedness subject to the existing Lien and (B)
improvements and construction on such Property and the Indebtedness secured
by the Lien may not exceed the Indebtedness secured at the time by the
existing Lien.
"Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political
sub-division thereof, or any other entity.
"Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and interest and any
Additional Amounts on the Securities of that series are payable as specified
as provided pursuant to Section 2.1.
"principal" of a debt security (including the Securities) shall mean the
principal of the security plus the premium, if any, payable on the security
which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
"Principal Property" shall mean any manufacturing plant or warehouse
owned or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary whether owned or leased on
the date hereof or hereafter, the gross book value of which exceeds one
percent of Consolidated Net Worth, other than manufacturing plants and
warehouses which the Board of Directors by resolution declares are not of
material importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety and which, when taken together with
all other plants and warehouses as to which such a declaration has been so
made, is so declared by the Board of Directors to be not of material
importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"Property" of any Person means all types of real, personal, tangible,
intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in
the most recent consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries under GAAP.
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed
shall mean the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price" shall mean the amount payable for the redemption of
any Security on the Redemption Date, and shall always include interest
accrued and unpaid to the
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Redemption Date and any Additional Amounts payable with respect thereto,
unless otherwise specifically provided.
"Registered Security" shall mean any Security registered on the books of
the Registrar kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean
any officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee or any officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee with respect to
a particular corporate matter or any other officer to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" shall mean any Subsidiary which owns (i) a
Principal Property or (ii) any trademark, trade name, brand name or license
(collectively, "Intangible Property"), excluding any Intangible Property the
use of which did not give rise to revenues in excess of $25 million during
the Company's most recently completed fiscal year.
"Securities" shall mean the debt securities, as amended or supplemented
from time to time pursuant to this Indenture, that are issued under this
Indenture.
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Senior Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of the Company outstanding at
any time, except (a) any Indebtedness as to which, by the terms of the
instrument creating or evidencing the same, it is provided that such
Indebtedness is not senior in right of payment to the Securities, (b) the
Securities, (c) any Indebtedness of the Company to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of the Company, (d) interest accruing after the filing of a petition
initiating any proceeding referred to in Section 6.1(g) unless such interest
is an allowed claim enforceable against the Company in a proceeding under
Federal or state bankruptcy laws and (e) trade accounts payable.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean (i) any Person of which more than
50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of
that Person or a combination thereof, and (ii) any partnership, joint venture
or other Person in which such Person or one or more of the Subsidiaries of
that Person or a combination thereof has the power to control by contract or
otherwise the board of directors or equivalent governing body or otherwise
controls such entity.
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"TIA" or "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as amended and as in effect on the date of
this Indenture, except as provided in Sections 9.1 and 9.3 hereof.
"Transfer Agent" shall mean any Person, which may be the Company,
authorized by the Company to exchange or register the transfer of Securities.
"Trustee" shall mean the party named as such in this Indenture unless a
successor replaces it pursuant to the provisions hereunder, and thereafter
shall mean such successor.
"U.S. Government Obligations" shall mean securities that 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 full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, that, 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 as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligations
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 for any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligations or the specific payment of interest on or principal of
the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity on a series of Securities
at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and calculated
in accordance with accepted financial practice.
SECTION 1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONS.
Defined in
Section
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"Conversion Agent"....................................... 2.3
"Conversion Price"....................................... 12.4
"covenant defeasance option" ............................ 8.1
"Date of Conversion"..................................... 12.2
"Events of Default"...................................... 6.1
"Funded Debt"............................................ 4.8
"Last Sale Price"........................................ 12.3
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"legal defeasance option"................................ 8.1
"mandatory sinking fund payment"......................... 11.1
"optional sinking fund payment".......................... 11.1
"Paying Agent"........................................... 2.3
"Rights"................................................. 12.1
"Registrar".............................................. 2.3
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction"............................. 4.8
"Securities Custodian"................................... 2.3
"Surviving Entity"....................................... 5.1
"Trading Day"............................................ 12.3
"Value".................................................. 4.8
SECTION 1.3 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"indenture securities" means the Securities;
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and
"obligor" on the Securities means the Company, any other obligor upon the
Securities or any successor obligor upon the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
In addition, for purposes of Sections 311(b)(4) and 311(b)(6) of the TIA,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"cash transaction" means any transaction in which full payment for goods or
securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or
securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks' or
bankers' acceptances and payable upon demand.
"self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or
obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company for
the purpose of
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financing the purchase, processing, manufacture, shipment, storage or sale
of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents
evidencing title to, possession of or a lien upon, the goods, wares or
merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the
goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided
the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of
the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making,
drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange,
acceptance or obligation.
SECTION 1.4 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural
include the singular;
(5) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(6) times of day shall refer to New York City time.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.1 TERMS AND FORMS.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be
issued in one or more series of Securities, and the Securities of each such
series of Securities shall rank equally and pari passu with the Securities of
each other series of Securities, but all Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner
set forth in Article XIII, to all Senior Indebtedness. The Securities shall
bear the title, interest, if any, at the rates and from the dates, shall
mature at the times, may be redeemable at the prices and upon the terms,
shall be denominated and payable at the place or places and in the currency
or currencies (which may be other than United States dollars), including
composite currencies,
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and shall contain or be subject to such other terms as shall be approved by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company or in one or more
supplements to this Indenture.
The Securities of each series hereunder shall be in one or more forms
approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the
Company or in one or more supplements to this Indenture establishing the
following:
(1) the title or designation of the Securities and the series in which such
Securities shall be included (which, unless such Securities constitute
part of a series of Securities previously issued, shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such
title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.9 or 3.7);
(3) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both; any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer
Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series
may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series; and whether
any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in global
form and, if so, (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
global Security may exchange such interest for Securities of such
series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and
the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other
than in the manner specified in Section 2.9 and (ii) the name of the
Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with respect to
any global Security;
(4) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary global Security representing outstanding Securities of the
series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of
the first Security of the series to be issued;
(5) if Securities of the series are to be issuable as Bearer Securities,
whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer
Security in global form (representing all of the outstanding Bearer
Securities of the series) payable in respect of any date or dates prior
to the exchange of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive
Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization
with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held
for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including
any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment
received by a
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clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to
interest payable on such date or dates;
(6) the date or dates on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(7) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest, if any,
or the method in which such rate or rates are determined, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the dates on which such
interest shall be payable and the record date for Holders entitled to
the interest payable on Registered Securities on any such date, whether
and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities
shall be payable and, if so, whether the Company has the option to
redeem the affected Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts,
and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than as
otherwise provided in this Indenture;
(8) the place or places, if any, in addition to or other than the City of
New York, New York, where the principal of and interest on or
Additional Amounts, if any, payable in respect of such Securities
shall be payable;
(9) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase such
Securities pursuant to a sinking fund, at the option of a Holder
thereof or otherwise and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation, and any provisions for the remarketing of
such Securities;
(11) the denominations in which Registered Securities of the series, if any,
shall be issuable, and the denominations in which Bearer Securities of
the series, if any, shall be issuable, in either case if other than as
otherwise provided in this Indenture;
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of such Securities which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.2;
(13) if other than such coin or currency of the United States of America as
at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public or private
debts, the coin or currency, including composite currencies, in which
payment of the principal of or interest, if any, and any Additional
Amounts in respect of such Securities
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shall be payable and whether the Securities of the series may be
discharged other than as provided in Article VIII;
(14) if the principal of or interest, if any, and any Additional Amounts in
respect of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency, including composite
currencies, other than that in which the Securities are stated to be
payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(15) if the amount of payments of principal of or interest, if any, or any
Additional Amounts in respect of 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 the Securities are stated to be
payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(16) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security
of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms
of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(17) any terms which may be related to warrants issued by the Company in
connection with, or for the purchase of, Securities of such series,
including whether and under what circumstances the Securities of any
series may be used toward the exercise price of any such warrants;
(18) whether the Securities of the series are to be convertible into shares
of common stock or other securities of the Company, and the conversion
price, conversion period and any conversion provisions other than as
provided in Article XII;
(19) any other events of default or covenants with respect to Securities of
such series; and
(20) any other terms of such Securities (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
If the form of the Security of any series is approved by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee shall
state that all conditions precedent relating to the authentication and
delivery of such Security have been complied with and shall be accompanied by
a copy of the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which the form of such
Security has been approved. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the
Company is subject or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or
endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company and the Trustee). Each
Security shall be dated the date of its
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authentication. Each Security may contain any other terms as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities of any one series and coupons appertaining to Bearer
Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except as
to denomination and the rate or rates of interest, if any, the time or times
at which the principal thereof may be payable, the date from which interest,
if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate
hereinabove described or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional
Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of
Securities.
The Securities of each series may be issued as Registered Securities
without coupons or, if provided by the terms of the instrument establishing
such series of Securities, as Bearer Securities, with or without coupons and,
in either case, may be issued initially, temporarily or permanently in global
form (as provided in Section 2.10). Unless the form of a Security for a
series provides otherwise, the Registered Securities shall be issued in
denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof and Bearer Securities
shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by this Section 2.1 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized person
on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officer's Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner
for determining, the terms of the series.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
such Board Resolution or Officer's Certificate may provide general terms for
Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of
particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or
that such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one or more of the
Company's agents designated in an Officer's Certificate, in accordance with a
Company Order.
SECTION 2.2 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities and the coupons for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature. The Company's seal may be reproduced on the
Securities, but the Company's seal shall not be required to be included on
the Securities.
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If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or coupon no longer holds
that office at the time the Security is authenticated by the Trustee, the
Security and coupon shall nevertheless be valid.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding hereunder at any
time shall be unlimited except that such outstanding amount (exclusive of any
premium) may not exceed the amount authorized from time to time by the Board
of Directors of the Company and except as provided in Section 2.6. Upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities
of a series, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver for original issue
Securities of a series as to which an Officers' Certificate of the Company or
a supplemental indenture has been delivered to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.1.
No Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall be valid until the
Trustee or the authenticating agent referred to below manually signs the
certificate of authentication on the Security. Each Registered Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication. Bearer Securities and any
temporary Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as specified in the
Officers' Certificate of the Company or in the supplements to this Indenture
contemplated by Section 2.1. The signature of the Trustee or the
authenticating agent referred to below shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to
the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the
appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate.
Except as permitted by Section 2.6, the Trustee shall not authenticate
and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest
then matured have been detached and canceled.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in the following
form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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____________________________,
as Trustee
By----------------------------
Authorized Officer
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If the forms and terms of the Securities of the series and any related
coupons have been established in or pursuant to one or more Officers'
Certificates as permitted by Section 2.1 and 2.2, in authenticating such
Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
relating to such Securities the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form and terms of such Securities and coupons, if any, have been
duly authorized and established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 and comply
with this Indenture, and
(b) such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company, and such coupons, if any, when 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 customary exceptions,
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of
Counsel only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication of
Securities of such series and that the Opinion of Counsel above may state:
(x) that the forms of such Securities have been, and the terms of such
Securities (when established in accordance with such procedures as may be
specified from time to time in a Company Order, all as contemplated by and in
accordance with a Board Resolution or any Officers' Certificate pursuant to
Section 2.1, as the case may be) will have been, duly authorized by the
Company and established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(y) that such Securities, together with the coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto, when (1) executed by the Company, (2) completed,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture,
and (3) 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 customary exceptions.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of
any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality,
validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of
Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Section 2.1 and this
Section 2.2, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first
authentication of Securities of such series unless and until it has received
written notification that such opinion or other documents have been
superseded or revoked. In connection with the authentication and delivery of
Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be
entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to authenticate and
deliver such Securities do not violate any rules,
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regulations or orders of any governmental agency or commission having
jurisdiction over the Company.
SECTION 2.3 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT, CONVERSION AGENT, DEPOSITORY AND
SECURITIES CUSTODIAN.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the "Registrar"), an
office or agency including the office or agency maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.2 where Securities may be presented for payment (the
"Paying Agent") and, if applicable, an office or agency where the Securities
may be presented for conversion (the "Conversion Agent"). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional
paying agents or conversion agents. The term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent, and the term "Conversion Agent" includes any
additional conversion agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Depository, Securities Custodian
or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall
implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent and
incorporate the terms of the TIA. The Company shall notify the Trustee of
the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a
Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, if applicable, or Securities
Custodian, if applicable, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled
to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.7. The Company or
any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar,
co-registrar or Transfer Agent.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent
in connection with the Securities and the Trustee accepts such appointment.
SECTION 2.4 SECURITYHOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses
of Securityholders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest
payment date (and in all events at intervals of not more than six months) and
at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Securityholders. The Company and the Trustee shall otherwise
comply with TIA Section 312(a).
SECTION 2.5 TRANSFER, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE.
When a Registered Security is presented at an office or agency maintained
for that series pursuant to Section 4.2 in proper form for registration of
transfer with a request to
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register a transfer, the Registrar or co-registrar at that office shall
register the transfer as requested.
At the option of the Securityholder, Registered Securities of any
series may be exchanged upon surrender to the Registrar or a co-registrar
for Registered Securities of the same series of like aggregate principal
amount, stated maturity and tenor and of other authorized denominations
upon surrender at any office or agency maintained for that series
pursuant to Section 4.2.
If so provided with respect to Securities of a series, at the option
of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any such series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and
provisions, of any authorized denominations and aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any
office or agency maintained for that series pursuant to Section 4.2, with
all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce
any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in
default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are
accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee
in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons,
or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or
indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent
for that series harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to any Paying Agent for that series any such missing
coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such
Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 4.2, interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the
United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security
of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency maintained for
that series pursuant to Section 4.2 in exchange for a Registered Security
of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such
office or agency on any record date for the payment of interest and any
Additional Amounts thereon and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the relevant payment date therefor, such Bearer
Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such payment
date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or if such coupon
is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon shall be
returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest
will not be payable on such payment date or proposed date for payment, as
the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange
for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such
coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar or
co-registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly
executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing. To
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permit transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's or co-registrar's
request.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.1, any global Security shall be exchangeable
only if (i) the Depository or U.S. Depository, as applicable, is at any
time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Securities Depository
and a successor Depository, or U.S. Depository as applicable, is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so
informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be
so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of
interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and a principal amount of
any authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by
Section 2.1, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later
than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of that series
in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date
on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Securities shall
be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository or such other
Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the
U.S. Depository or such other Depository, as the case may be, which
instructions shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by an
Officers' Certificate of the Company or an Opinion of Counsel, as shall
be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as
the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in
part, for definitive Securities of the same series without charge. The
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange
for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global
Security to be exchanged which shall be in the form of Bearer Securities
or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be
specified by the beneficial owner thereof (unless the Securities of the
series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered
Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the
global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the
Securities are issuable, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.1);
provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur (a) for a period of
15 days next preceding the 15th day of any selection of Securities of
that series to be redeemed; pursuant to Section 3.3, or to exchange any
Securities of a series selected, called or being called for redemption in
whole or in part except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in
part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed; and provided, further,
that (unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.1) no
Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security
shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United
States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global
Security shall be returned by the Trustee to the U.S. Depository or such
other Depository referred to above in accordance with the instructions of
the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in
exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business
at the office or agency where such exchange
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occurs on any record date for the payment of interest or any Additional
Amounts thereon, and before the opening of business at such office or
agency on the relevant payment date therefor, interest and any Additional
Amounts in respect of such Registered Security will not be payable on
such payment date, but will be payable on such payment date only to the
Person to whom interest or any Additional Amounts in respect of such
portion of such global Security is payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange, or redemption 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 2.9 or
9.5 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer
of, or exchange any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next
preceding the day of any selection of Securities of such series to be
redeemed pursuant to Section 3.3, or (b) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of any series selected, called or being called
for redemption in whole or in part except, in the case of any Registered
Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be
redeemed or (c) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for
redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to Securities of a
series, that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered
Security of that series, provided that such Registered Security shall be
immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for
payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing
the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
Section 2.6 REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.
If the Holder of a mutilated or defaced Security or a Security with a
mutilated or defaced coupon appertaining to it surrenders such Security
to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Security presents evidence to the
satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or
theft of the Security or the destruction, loss or theft of a coupon and
surrenders the Security to which such coupon appertains with all
appurtenant coupons not so lost, stolen or wrongfully taken, the Company
shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of
the same series and of like tenor, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, if the
requirements set forth in the next succeeding paragraph are met. If
required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be
supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee
and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a
Security is replaced.
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Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, 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. In
case any Security or coupon which has matured or is about to mature or
has been called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or defaced
or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Security or coupon, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced
Security or coupon); provided, however, that the applicant for such
payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may
require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction,
loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security or coupon
and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series, with coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.6 by virtue of the fact that
any Security is destroyed, lost or stolen or that a coupon appertaining
to it is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost
or stolen Security or coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all
the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the
express condition that, to the extent permitted by the law, the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall
preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or
statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities
without their surrender.
Section 2.7 OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.
The Securities of any series outstanding at any time are all the
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those described in this Section as not outstanding and in the case of any
global Securities, the principal amount by which such global Securities
have been reduced by the Trustee or the Securities custodian in
accordance with this Indenture.
If any Security is replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.6, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof
satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under
Section 4.1 or 8.1, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases
to accrue.
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If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with
this Indenture, on a Redemption Date or maturity date money sufficient to
pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the
Securities of a particular series (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or
maturing, as the case may be (and in the case of any Security which is to
be redeemed prior to the Maturity thereof, notice of such redemption has
been duly given or provision satisfactory to the Trustee has been made
for giving such notice), and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from
paying such money to Securityholders on that date pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities of that
series (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them
ceases to accrue.
If any Security is canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it
ceases to accrue.
A Security of any series does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate holds such Security, except as otherwise provided
in Section 2.8 hereof.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
(i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that
shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount
of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of
such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.1 and (ii) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in a foreign currency or currencies, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security,
the United States dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section
14.15, of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i)
above) of such Security.
Section 2.8 TREASURY SECURITIES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount
of Securities (in the aggregate or with respect to a particular series,
in each case only as expressly provided herein) have concurred in any
direction, waiver or consent, any Securities owned by the Company or an
Affiliate shall be disregarded (including for purposes of determining the
outstanding principal amount of Securities or any series of Securities)
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.9 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon
receipt of the written order of the Company signed by two Officers.
Temporary Securities and, if Bearer Securities, temporary coupons shall
be substantially in the form of definitive Securities and, if Bearer
Securities,
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definitive coupons, but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of the written order of the
Company signed by two Officers, shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities. Until such exchange, temporary Securities
shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive
Securities.
SECTION 2.10 SECURITIES IN GLOBAL FORM.
If Securities of a series are issuable in a global form, any such Security
may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global
form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount or changes
in the rights of Holders, of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be
made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein.
SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities or coupons to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment and any coupons surrendered for payment. The Trustee shall
cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange,
payment, replacement or cancellation and all coupons surrendered for payment and
shall destroy canceled Securities in accordance with the usual destruction
procedures of the Trustee and deliver evidence of such destruction to the
Company, unless the Company directs the Trustee to return such canceled
Securities to the Company by written order signed by two Officers. The Company
may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has redeemed or paid
or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.12 DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest or any Additional Amounts
on any series of Registered Securities, and so long as the Trustee deems the
following procedure practicable, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest
and any Additional Amounts to Persons who are Holders of Registered Securities
of such series on a subsequent special record date in the following manner. The
Company shall fix the special record date (which shall be at least five days
before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted interest and any
Additional Amounts on such Securities and the payment date for such defaulted
interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or the
Trustee) shall mail each Holder of Registered Securities a notice that states
the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest
and any Additional Amounts to be paid, provided the Company has made
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for payment of the
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aggregate amount to be paid on such payment date. On such payment date the
Trustee shall pay out of funds provided by the Company such defaulted
interest and any Additional Amounts. In case a Bearer Security of any series
is surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to
Section 4.2 in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series after the close of business at such office
or agency on any special record date and before the opening of business at
such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of defaulted
interest and any Additional Amounts, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and
defaulted interest and any Additional Amounts will not be payable on such
proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of
such coupon on or after such payment date in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture. The Company may pay defaulted interest and any Additional
Amounts in any other lawful manner.
SECTION 2.13 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent may deem and treat the Person
in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the register of Securities
kept by the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Registered Security (whether
or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of the
ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone other than the Company, any
Registrar or co-registrar) for the purpose of receiving payments of principal
of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to such
Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any Agent shall be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the
absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment
thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security or coupon shall 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.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
This Article shall apply to the Securities of each series, if any, that by
their terms are subject to redemption at the option of the Company or pursuant
to the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise are required to be redeemed
pursuant to the terms of the Securities. If the
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terms of any Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article III,
the terms of such Security shall govern.
SECTION 3.2 NOTICES TO TRUSTEE.
If the Company elects to redeem Securities pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions, if any, set forth in such Securities, it shall furnish to
the Trustee an Officers' Certificate setting forth the paragraph of the
Securities of the applicable series pursuant to which the redemption shall
occur, the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed
and the Redemption Price.
If Securities of any series by their terms are redeemable pursuant to the
operation of a sinking fund or pursuant to another mandatory redemption
provision of the Securities, the Company shall notify the Trustee by an
Officers' Certificate of the amount of the next sinking fund payment or amount
required to satisfy such mandatory redemption payment and the portion of such
payment which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of the
same series pursuant to Section 3.6.
If the Company elects to reduce pursuant to the terms of such Securities
the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, it shall notify the Trustee
by Officers' Certificate of the amount of the reduction and the basis for it.
If the Company elects to credit against any such redemption Securities of the
same series it has not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, it
shall deliver the Securities with such Officers' Certificate.
The Company shall give each notice or Officers' Certificate provided for in
this Section at least 45 days (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee or a longer period required by Section 3.4) but not more than 60
days before the applicable Redemption Date.
If the Registrar is not the Trustee, the Company shall, concurrently with
each notice of redemption or repurchase, cause the Registrar to deliver to the
Trustee a certificate (upon which the Trustee may rely) setting forth the
principal amounts of Securities held by each Holder.
SECTION 3.3 SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all of the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot
or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. In the event
of partial redemption by lot, the particular Securities of a series to be
redeemed shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30
nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the
outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption.
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The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Securities and
portions of Securities selected shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples
of $1,000; except that if all of the Securities of a Holder are to be redeemed,
the entire outstanding amount of Securities held by such Holder, even if not a
multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for
redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption.
SECTION 3.4 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
The Company shall give notice of a redemption at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the Redemption Date, with respect to Registered Securities,
by mailing a notice of redemption to each Holder of Registered Securities of
such series to be redeemed at such Holder's address as it appears on the
Securities register maintained by the Registrar and, with respect to Bearer
Securities, by publishing in an Authorized Newspaper notice of such redemption
on two separate days.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(5) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the Securities
called for redemption are being redeemed;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment,
interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on and
after the Redemption Date and the only remaining right of the Holders
of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption Price
upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities to be redeemed;
(7) if any Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion of the
principal amount (equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof)
of such Security to be redeemed and that, on or after the Redemption
Date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities
of the same series in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the
Securityholder;
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(8) if less than all of the Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the identification of the particular Securities of such series (or
portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal
amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities of such series estimated to be
outstanding after such partial redemption; and
(9) the CUSIP number, if any. The Trustee shall not be responsible for
the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP number.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption
in the name and at the expense of the Company. In such event, the Company shall
provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section and shall
provide notice of such redemption to the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the
Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee).
If such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall provide a copy of such
notice given to the Holders to the Trustee and any Paying Agent at least 2 days
prior to the date such notice is given to such Holders, but in any event at
least 15 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee).
SECTION 3.5 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once notice of redemption is mailed, Securities of the series called for
redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the Redemption
Price. Upon surrender to any Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the
Redemption Price, plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date and any
Additional Amounts with respect thereto; provided, however, that installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable, in the case of Bearer Securities, to bearers of the coupons for such
interest and Additional Amounts upon surrender thereof and, in the case of
Registered Securities, to the Holders of such series of Securities, registered
as such, at the close of business on the relevant record date for the payment of
such installment of interest and Additional Amounts.
Notice of redemption shall be deemed to be given when mailed or published,
as the case may be, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. In any
event, failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of the Securities.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of each missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there shall be furnished
to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any Paying Agent for such Security harmless. If thereafter
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the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying
Agent for such Security any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall
be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that
interest (and any Additional Amounts) represented by coupons shall be payable
only upon presentation and surrender of these coupons at an office or agency
located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section
4.2.
SECTION 3.6 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit
with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or a Subsidiary of
the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust, as provided herein) in immediately available funds money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Securities to
be redeemed on that date.
If the Company complies with the preceding paragraph, interest on the
Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the applicable Redemption
Date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment. If any Security
called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption because
of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest
will be paid on the unpaid principal, from the Redemption Date until such
principal is paid, and, to the extent lawful, on any interest not paid on such
unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities for the
applicable series.
If any Security by its terms permits any sinking fund payment obligation to
be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities, the Company shall deliver
such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 3.7 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the
Company a new Security of the same series equal in principal amount to the
unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
If a Security in global form is surrendered upon redemption in part, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
U.S. Depository or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be
specified in the Company Order to the Trustee with respect thereto, without
service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global
form so surrendered.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
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Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1, so long as Securities are
outstanding hereunder, the Company covenants for the benefit of the
Securityholders that:
SECTION 4.1 PAYMENT OF SECURITIES.
The Company will punctually pay the principal of, interest and Additional
Amounts, if any, on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in
the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Principal,
interest and any Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the date due if
the Paying Agent (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) holds on
that date money sufficient to pay all principal, interest and any Additional
Amounts then due.
Any interest due on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of Bearer
Securities on or before their maturity, in respect of the principal of such a
Security, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several
coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they
severally mature.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and, to the extent
lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest or Additional Amounts, if
any, at the rate borne by such Securities.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or
agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any record date established to
determine the Person to whom interest or any Additional Amounts are payable on
the next following interest payment date therefor and before the opening of
business (at such office or agency) on such interest payment date, such Bearer
Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such interest
payment date, and interest will not be payable on such interest payment date in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange of such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 4.2 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY FOR NOTICES AND
DEMANDS.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series (but not Bearer
Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is
located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer
or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
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If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company
shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office
or agency in a Place of Payment for such series that is located outside the
United States where Securities of such series and the related coupons may be
presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional
Amounts payable on Securities of such series); provided, however, that if the
Securities of such series are listed on The International Stock Exchange of the
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Limited or the Luxembourg Stock
Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such
stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent in
London, Luxembourg or any other city so required located outside the United
States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed
on such exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at
any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that
series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of
that series) at the place specified for that purpose pursuant to Section 2.1.
Except as otherwise provided in the form of Bearer Security of any
particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, no payment of
principal or interest or Additional Amounts on Bearer Securities shall be made
at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed
to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with
a bank located in the United States; provided, however, payment of principal of
and interest in U.S. dollars (including Additional Amounts payable in respect
thereof) on any Bearer Security may be made at the office of the Paying Agent in
the City of New York, State of New York if (but only if) payment of the full
amount of such principal, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside
the United States maintained for that purpose by the Company in accordance with
this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may 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.
SECTION 4.3 MONEY FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the
principal of, or interest or Additional Amounts on, any of the Securities of
that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
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benefit of the Person entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal
or interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of 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, or
interest or Additional Amounts on, any Securities of that series, deposit with
any Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest and
Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit
of the Persons entitled to such principal, interest or Additional Amounts, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or
interest or any Additional Amounts 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;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any Default by the Company in the making
of any payment of principal or interest or any Additional Amounts 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 direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon
the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Except as otherwise provided in the form of Securities of any particular
series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, 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 or interest or any Additional Amounts on any
Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such
principal or interest has or Additional Amounts have become due and payable
shall be paid to the Company upon receipt of a Company Order to that effect
or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security or any
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coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of
the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all
liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make
any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, or to be mailed to
Holders of Registered Securities, or both, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less
than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 4.4 COMMISSION REPORTS; REPORTS TO TRUSTEE; REPORTS TO
HOLDERS.
So long as any Security is outstanding, the Company will:
(a) 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 which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (or copies of such portions thereof as may be prescribed
by the Commission by rules and regulations); or, if the Company is not
required to file with the Commission information, documents or reports
pursuant to either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, then the
Company will file with the Trustee and mail to the Holders of the Securities,
as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the register of
Securities, (i) annual reports containing the information required by the
Exchange Act to be contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K, (ii) quarterly
reports containing the information required by the Exchange Act to be
contained in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and (iii) promptly after the
occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other reports
containing information required by the Exchange Act to be contained in a
Current Report on Form 8-K;
(b) 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 provided for in this
Indenture as may be required by such rules and regulations, including, in the
case of annual reports, if required by such rules and regulations,
certificates or opinions of independent public accountants, conforming to the
requirements of Sections 14.4 and 14.5, as to compliance with conditions or
covenants, compliance with which is subject to verification by accountants;
and
(c) mail to the Holders of the Registered Securities, as the names
and addresses of such Holders appear upon the register of Securities, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.6, such additional summaries
of any information, documents and reports required to be filed with the
Trustee pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
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Section 4.4 as may be required to be provided to such Holders by the rules
and regulations of the Commission under the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 4.5 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES.
Within 60 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Company ending
after the date hereof, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a statement
signed by the Chairman of its Board of Directors, or its Vice Chairman or its
President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company
(provided that one of such signatories shall be the Company's principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer), stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of
their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally obtain knowledge
of any Default by the Company and whether or not they have obtained knowledge
of any such Default, and, if so, specifying each such Default of which the
signers have knowledge and the nature thereof and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company shall also
comply with TIA Section 314(a)(4).
SECTION 4.6 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, material rights
(charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company and each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to preserve any such material right or franchise or the corporate
existence of any of its Subsidiaries if (a) the preservation thereof is no
longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or such
Subsidiary and (b) the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material
respect to the Holders of the Securities.
SECTION 4.7 LIMITATION ON LIENS.
Subject to the provisions of Article VIII (to the extent they are
applicable to the Securities of any series) the Company will not, and will
not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur or otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Liens of any kind upon any
Principal Property or any shares of stock or debt of any Restricted
Subsidiary, now owned or hereafter acquired, that secures any Indebtedness
that is pari passu with the Securities unless all payments due under this
Indenture and the Securities are secured on an equal and ratable basis with
the obligation so secured until such time as such obligation is no longer
secured by a Lien, except for Permitted Liens.
The covenant contained in this Section will be subject to the provision
for exempted indebtedness in Section 4.9.
SECTION 4.8 LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS.
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Subject to the provisions of Article VIII (to the extent they are
applicable to the Securities of any series), the Company will not, nor will
it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of any Principal Property (whether such Principal Property is now owned or
hereafter acquired), except for temporary leases for a term, including any
renewal, of not more than five years and except for leases between the
Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries, which
Principal Property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person (hereinafter, a "Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction"), unless either (i) the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary would be entitled, in accordance with the provisions of Section
4.7 (other than provisions with respect to exempted Indebtedness), to incur
Indebtedness secured by a lien on such property without equally and ratably
securing the Securities, or (ii) the Company within 180 days after the
effective date of the Sale and Lease-Back Transaction applies an amount equal
to the Value of such transaction to the voluntary retirement of its Funded
Debt. For the purposes of this Article, "Value" shall mean an amount equal
to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property
leased pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, or the fair value in
the opinion of the Board of Directors of the leased property at the time of
entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction. For the purposes of this
Article, "Funded Debt" shall mean indebtedness (including Securities)
maturing by the terms thereof more than one year after the original creation
thereof.
The covenant contained in this Section will be subject to the provision
for exempted indebtedness in Section 4.9.
SECTION 4.9 EXEMPTED INDEBTEDNESS.
Notwithstanding the provisions contained in Sections 4.7 and 4.8, the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may issue, assume, suffer to exist or
guarantee Indebtedness secured by a lien which would otherwise be subject to
the limitation of Section 4.7, without securing the Securities, or may enter
into Sale and Lease-Back Transactions which would otherwise be subject to the
limitation of Section 4.8, without retiring Funded Debt, or enter into a
combination of such transactions, if the sum of (i) the principal amount of
all such Indebtedness incurred after the date hereof, and which would
otherwise be or have been prohibited by the limitations of Section 4.7 or 4.8
and (ii) the aggregate Value of all such Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
after the date hereof does not at any such time exceed 10% of the
consolidated total assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as
shown in the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest
annual report to the shareholders of the Company.
SECTION 4.10 WAIVER OF STAY; EXTENSION OF USURY LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or
take the benefit or
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advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that
would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable with respect to
the Securities as contemplated herein or in the Securities, wherever enacted,
now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or
the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such
law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.1 WHEN COMPANY MAY MERGE, ETC.
The Company will not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets in one
transaction or a series of related transactions or assign any of its
obligations under this Indenture or the Securities to, any Person unless:
(a) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger
(if other than the Company), or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or
other disposition or assignment shall have been made (the "Surviving
Entity"), is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(b) the Surviving Entity assumes by supplemental indenture in a form
satisfactory to the Trustee all of the obligations of the Company under the
Securities and this Indenture; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the
proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the foregoing effect and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such
supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
SECTION 5.2 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any
assignment of its obligations under this Indenture or the Securities in
accordance with Section 5.1, the Surviving Entity
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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, except in
the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default" is hereby defined for all purposes of this Indenture
and with respect to any series of Securities (except where the term is
otherwise defined for specific purposes) as any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to
any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest
on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that
series when and as the same shall become due and payable and such failure
continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any
Security of that series when and as the same shall become due and payable at
Stated Maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
(c) the Company fails to perform or observe any of its other
covenants, conditions or agreements in this Indenture or in the Securities
(other than a covenant, condition or agreement a Default in whose performance
or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and
such failure continues for a period of 90 days after the date on which
written notice of such Default has been given to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and to the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% of
the principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding under
this Indenture;
(d) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (i) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
or (ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Subsidiaries a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any applicable federal or state
law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their property, or ordering the
winding up or
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liquidation of their 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 90 consecutive days; or
(e) the commencement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the entry of a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the filing by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under any applicable federal or state law, or the consent by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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 any of
its Subsidiaries or of any substantial part of their property, or the making
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or the admission by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in
writing of their inability to pay their debts generally as they become due,
or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in furtherance of any such action.
(f) The Company must furnish to the Trustee a statement, detailing any
Defaults of which it is aware, within 5 days of becoming aware of the
occurrence of any Default.
SECTION 6.2 ACCELERATION.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) shall occur and
be continuing, then the principal of (or, with respect to a series of
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of such series), and any accrued and unpaid
interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect of the Securities
shall immediately become due and payable without any declaration or other act
on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholder. If one or more Events of
Default specified in Sections 6.1(a) through (c) with respect to any series
of Securities at the time outstanding shall occur and be continuing, then,
and in each and every such case, either the Trustee, by notice in writing to
the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% of the principal amount of
the Securities of that series then outstanding, by notice in writing to the
Company and the Trustee, may declare due and payable, if not already due and
payable, the principal of (or, with respect to a series of Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified
in the terms of such series) plus any accrued interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of all of the Securities of that series; and upon
any such declaration all such amounts upon such Securities shall become and
be immediately due and payable, anything in this
Indenture or in the Securities to the contrary notwithstanding. This
provision is subject to the condition that if, after any declaration of
acceleration and before Stated Maturity of the
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principal with respect to Securities of any series, all arrears of interest
and any Additional Amounts and the expenses of the Trustee, its agents or
counsel shall be paid by or for the account of the Company, and all Defaults
(other than the payment of principal that has been declared due and payable)
have been cured to the satisfaction of the Trustee, then the Trustee shall,
upon the written request of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities of that series, waive such a Default and rescind or annul the
declaration of acceleration; but no such waiver or rescission or annulment
shall extend to or affect any subsequent Default, or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.3 OTHER REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the
payment of principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in
respect of the Securities of that series or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Securities of that series or this Indenture. The Trustee
may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities
of that series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding.
A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising
any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall not impair any
such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event
of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available
remedies are cumulative.
SECTION 6.4 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Provided the applicable series of Securities shall not then be due and
payable by reason of a declaration pursuant to Section 6.2, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time
outstanding 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 by providing written notice thereof to the Company and the
Trustee, except a Default (i) in the payment of interest on, any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of or the principal of any Security of such series
or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
outstanding Security of such series affected. In the case of any such
waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such
series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder,
respectively; provided that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
SECTION 6.5 CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities then
outstanding of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any
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remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any power or trust
conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series; provided, however, that subject to the provisions
of Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to
follow any such direction if the Trustee, advised by counsel, determines that
the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith shall by Responsible Officers determine that the action
or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in liability or that the
Trustee is not satisfactorily indemnified from the costs thereof.
SECTION 6.6 LIMITATION ON SUITS BY HOLDERS.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any coupon appertaining
thereto shall have the right to pursue a remedy with respect to this
Indenture or the Securities unless:
(1) such Holder gives to the Trustee notice of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of at least a majority in a principal amount of the
Securities of that series make a request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense; and
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 30 days after
receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Securityholder.
SECTION 6.7 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Security or coupon to receive payment of principal of, interest
on and any Additional Amounts payable with respect to the Security or coupon,
on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security or coupon, or
to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
the Holder.
SECTION 6.8 COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a) or (b) occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee
of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal,
interest and any Additional Amounts remaining unpaid, together with interest
on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest on
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overdue installments of interest and any Additional Amounts, in each case at
the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) specified in the Securities and such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section
7.7.
SECTION 6.9 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company, its creditors or its property and the Trustee shall be entitled and
empowered to collect and receive any money or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute it, and any trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such
judicial proceedings is hereby authorized by each Securityholder to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to
the making of such payments directly to Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any
other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. Nothing herein contained
shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept
or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder 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 any
claim of any Securityholder in such proceeding.
SECTION 6.10 APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money or property collected by the Trustee with respect to any series
of the Securities under this Article VI shall, subject to the provisions of
Article XIII, be paid out by the Trustee in the following order and, in the
case of the distribution of moneys on account of principal, interest or any
Additional Amounts, upon presentation of such Securities and coupons
appertaining to such Securities in respect of which monies have been
collected (except that the Trustee may waive presentation of Registered
Securities when interest alone is to be paid), and stamping thereon the
payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts in
exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only partially paid,
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection, and
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and of all
other expenses, losses, and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee including but not limited to all amounts due to the Trustee under
section 7.7 except as a result of its negligence or bad faith;
SECOND: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities of such
series shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on
and any Additional Amounts Payable with respect to such Securities, in the
order of the maturity of the installments of
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such interest and Additional Amounts, with interest, to the extent lawful,
upon the overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts at the rate
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons
entitled thereto, without discrimination or preferences;
THIRD: In case the principal of the outstanding Securities of such
series shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of
the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon such Securities for principal,
interest and any Additional Amounts, with interest at the rate or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in
such Securities on the overdue principal, and, to the extent lawful, on the
overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts; and in case such
monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and
unpaid upon such Securities, then to the payment of such principal, interest
and any Additional Amounts, ratably, without preference or priority of any
kind, to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest and
Additional Amounts; and
FOURTH: In case the Trustee shall retain possession of any funds after
all obligations of the Company hereunder have been fully paid and satisfied,
such funds shall be paid to the Company, its successors or assigns.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder and the Trustee a
notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.
SECTION 6.11 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any
party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit,
and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having
due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the
party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit instituted by the
Trustee, a suit instituted by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 or a suit
instituted by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities
then outstanding. This Section 6.11 shall be in lieu of Section 315(c) of
the TIA and said Section 315(c) is hereby expressly excluded from this
Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.
SECTION 6.12 DISCONTINUANCE OR ABANDONMENT OF PROCEEDINGS.
If the Trustee or any Holder shall have proceeded to enforce any right
under this Indenture, and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or
abandoned because of waiver, or for any other reason, or shall have been
determined adversely to the Trustee or such Holder, then, and in any such
case, the Company and the Trustee and such Holder or
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Holders shall each be restored to its former position and rights hereunder,
and all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee and the Holders shall
continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.1 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee, subject to paragraph (e) below, shall exercise the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in
its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) The Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the
Trustee; and
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on 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.
However, in the case of any opinions or certificates which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee,
the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine
whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of
this Section 7.1;
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it
takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.5.
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(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) 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 the Trustee shall have reasonable grounds to believe
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received
by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money
held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
determine the maximum interest rate permissible under applicable law.
(h) 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 and to the provisions of the TIA.
SECTION 7.2 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting on any document believed by it to be genuine and to
have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult
with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture
and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good
faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for
the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers conferred upon it hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee's
conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
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(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.
SECTION 7.3 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an
Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights.
However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 7.4 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as
to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities; it shall not
be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities; and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company
in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of
the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee's certificate of
authentication.
SECTION 7.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default occurs with respect to Securities of any series and is
continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to each
Securityholder of such series a notice of the Default within 90 days after it
occurs in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA 313(c), and otherwise
as provided in Section 14.2 hereof. Except in the case of a Default in
payment of the principal of, interest on and any Additional Amount payable
with respect to any Security (including payments pursuant to a redemption or
repurchase of the Securities pursuant hereto), the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good
faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Securityholders.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event
of Default except (i) a Default under Section 6.1(a) or (b) so long as the
Trustee is Paying Agent or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which the
Trustee shall have received written notification or a Responsible Officer
charged with the administration of this Indenture shall have obtained actual
knowledge, and such notification shall not be deemed to include receipt of
information obtained in any report or other documents furnished under Section
4.4 of this Indenture, which reports and documents the Trustee shall have no
duty to examine.
SECTION 7.6 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
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Within 60 days after each January 1 beginning with the January 1
following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder
of a Registered Security a brief report dated as of such reporting date if
required by, and in compliance with, TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also
shall comply with TIA Section 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by
mail all reports as required by TIA Section 313(c).
Commencing at the time this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, a copy
of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed
with the Commission and each securities exchange, if any, on which the
Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee
whenever the Securities become listed on any securities exchange and of any
delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.7 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation
as shall be agreed to in writing from time to time between the Company and
the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Trustee's
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of
an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for
all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture. Such expenses
shall include the reasonable compensation and the disbursements, advances and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel, except to the extent any such
disbursement, advance or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and its directors, officers,
agents and employees against any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or
expense (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by it or such
officer, director, agent or employee in connection with the acceptance or
administration of its duties under this Indenture, except as set forth in the
next paragraph.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss,
liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee's own
willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee
shall have a Lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or
collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable with respect
to particular Securities. The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this
Section 7.7 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Trustee and
any discharge or defeasance under Sections 8.1 and 8.2.
When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e), the expenses are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
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SECTION 7.8 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company; provided,
however, no such resignation shall be effective until a successor Trustee has
accepted its appointment pursuant to this Section 7.8. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may remove
the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company shall
remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
(c) a receiver or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or
(d) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office
of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein
as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee.
If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment
to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under
this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession
to Securityholders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien
provided for in Section 7.7. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee
pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company's obligations under Section 7.7
shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
SECTION 7.9 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER.
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If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all of its corporate trust business or assets to,
another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or
transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall
be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section
310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least a
$50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of
condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b).
SECTION 7.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor
relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated
therein.
ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.1 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE.
(a) This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to a
series of Securities (except that the Company's obligations under Section 7.7
and the Trustee's and Paying Agent's obligations under Section 8.4 shall
survive) when (a) all outstanding Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and issued have been delivered (other than destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities which have been replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.6)
to the Trustee for cancellation and (b) the Company has paid all sums payable
hereunder.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.1(c), 8.2 and 8.5, the Company at any time may
terminate (i) all its obligations under the Securities of any series and this
Indenture with respect to such series of Securities ("legal defeasance
option") or (ii) its obligations under Article IV (except those obligations
set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.11 thereof) with respect to any series
of Securities ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant
defeasance option.
(c) If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities of the applicable series may not be accelerated because of an
Event of Default.
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Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of
the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's obligations
in Sections 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 7.7, 8.4 and 8.5 and Article XI and Article
XII shall survive until the Securities have been paid in full. Thereafter,
the Company's obligations in Sections 7.7 and 8.4 shall survive.
SECTION 8.2 CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE.
The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant
defeasance option with respect to a series of Securities only if the
following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of such series with the Trustee or a
Paying Agent or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company, under
the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Trustee and any such Paying Agent, (i) money in an amount
or Eligible Obligations sufficient, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations or
Eligible Obligations that shall be payable as to principal and interest in
such amounts and at such times as are sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (without consideration
of any reinvestment of such interest), or (iii) any combination thereof in an
amount sufficient, to pay the principal of, interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series on
the dates such installments are due to redemption or Stated Maturity, (b) the
trustee of the irrevocable trust shall have been irrevocably instructed to
pay such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations or
Eligible Obligations to the Trustee and (c) the Trustee or Paying Agent shall
have been irrevocably instructed in writing to apply the deposited money and
the proceeds from U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the terms of the Securities
of such series to the payment of principal of, interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable with respect to the Securities of such series;
(b) such deposit described in clause (a) of this Section 8.2 will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default under, any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound;
(c) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing (i) as of the date of such deposit or (ii) insofar as Sections
6.1(d) and 6.1(e) are concerned at any time during the period ending on the
91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day
following the expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the
Company in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in
this clause (ii) is a condition subsequent and shall not be deemed satisfied
until the expiration of such period);
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(d) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all sums currently due
and payable by the Company hereunder and under the Securities with respect to
such series including but not limited to all amounts due under section 7.7;
(e) such defeasance shall not cause or permit any Securities then
listed on any national securities exchange to be delisted;
(f) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
provided for herein relating to the termination by the Company of its
obligations as provided in this Section 8.2 have been complied with;
(g) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee either (i) a ruling received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel by
recognized counsel who is not an employee of the Company stating that, since
the date first set forth hereinabove, there has been a change in the
applicable federal income tax law, and based upon either case (i) or (ii)
such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of
such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of its legal defeasance option
under this Section 8.2 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 legal defeasance option had not been exercised; and
(h) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company has
delivered to the Trustee either (i) a ruling received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that, or (ii) an Opinion of Counsel by
recognized counsel who is not an employee of the Company stating that, the
Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company's exercise of
its covenant defeasance option under this paragraph 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 covenant defeasance option had not
been exercised.
SECTION 8.3. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company
shall hold in trust money, U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible
Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.2. It shall apply the
deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations and Eligible
Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to
the payment of principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts payable
with respect to the Securities.
SECTION 8.4. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY.
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The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company
upon written request any money, U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible
Obligations held by them in trust pursuant to Section 8.2 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect such defeasance, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall pay promptly to the Company upon
written request any money held by them for the payment of principal, interest
or Additional Amounts that remains unclaimed for two years after the date
upon which such payment shall have become due, unless otherwise required by
mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law (except that with respect to any amounts then held by the Company in
trust as its own Paying Agent no such request need be given and at such time
the Company shall be discharged from its duties to hold such money in trust
as Paying Agent). After payment to the Company, Securityholders entitled to
the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another Person, and all
liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such money
shall cease.
SECTION 8.5. REINSTATEMENT OF COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, U.S.
Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations in accordance with Section 8.2
by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of
any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture
and the Securities of the applicable series shall be revived and reinstated
as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 until such time as
the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money, U.S.
Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations in accordance with Section
8.2; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of interest
on, Additional Amounts payable with respect to or principal of any Securities
because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such
payment from the money, U.S. Government Obligations or Eligible Obligations
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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SECTION 9.1. WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to amend this
Indenture or the Securities with respect to a particular series without prior
notice to or the consent of any Securityholder of such series:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to comply with Article V;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection
with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA as then in effect;
(4) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place
of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated
Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of
the Internal Revenue Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated
Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(5) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the
legal rights of any Securityholder under this Indenture as then in effect;
(6) to secure the Securities and to make intercreditor arrangements
with respect to any such security, unless the incurrence of such obligations
or the security thereof is prohibited by this Indenture;
(7) to evidence or to provide for a replacement Trustee under Section
7.8; or
(8) to add to the covenants and agreements of the Company for the
benefit of all of the Holders of all of the Securities with respect to a
series (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being included solely
for the benefit of such series) and to surrender any right or power herein
reserved to the Company.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company
shall give to Securityholders a notice briefly describing the substance
thereof in the manner as provided in Section 14.2. The failure to give such
notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or
affect the validity of any supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.2 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into one or more supplemental indentures to amend this Indenture or the
Securities with respect to a particular series with the written consent of
the Holders of a majority of the principal
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amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of a
particular series may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such series without prior
notice to any other Securityholder.
Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section 9.2, without the
consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver under this
Section may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an
amendment or waiver;
(2) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest or
Additional Amounts, including default interest, on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security or alter the provisions with respect to redemption pursuant to
Section 3.5;
(4) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security;
(5) make any change in this paragraph of this Section 9.2;
(6) make any change in Article XIV that adversely affects the rights of
any Securityholder; or
(7) make any change in Section 6.4 or 6.7.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver
but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has been included solely for the
benefit of one or more series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or
other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
Any amendment shall be effective upon certification to the Trustee by
the Company or an agent of the Company that such amendment has been
authorized by the Company and that the consent of the majority in principal
amount of the Securities has been obtained, unless such consents specify that
they shall become effective at a later date, in which case such amendment
shall become effective in accordance with the terms of such consent.
After an amendment or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the
Company shall give to Securityholders a notice briefly describing the
substance thereof in the manner as
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provided in Section 14.2. The failure to give such notice to all
Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the
validity of any supplemental indenture.
SECTION 9.3 COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities or waiver of the
provisions hereof or thereof shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture
that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.4 REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS AND WAIVERS.
Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a
Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every
subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences
the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the
consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or
subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's
Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives written notice of
revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment
or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the first
sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were
Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only
those persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment or waiver or to
revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to
be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every
Securityholder, subject to the fourth paragraph of Section 9.2 and unless it
makes a change described in any of clauses (1) through (7) of Section 9.2. In
that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who
has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or a portion of
a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
SECTION 9.5 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.
If a supplemental indenture changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee
may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the
changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company
shall so determine, the Company in exchange for all Securities may issue and
the Trustee shall authenticate new Securities of the same series that reflect
the changed terms.
SECTION 9.6 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS.
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Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a Board
Resolution authorizing the execution of a supplemental indenture, and upon
the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Securityholders
if such consent shall be required under Section 9.2, the Trustee shall sign
any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article IX; provided
that the Trustee shall not be obligated to sign any supplemental indenture
that adversely affects the Trustee's rights, duties, liabilities or
immunities. In signing such supplemental indenture, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive and, subject to Section 7.1, shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that
such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not
inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company
in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE X
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 10.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the
Holders thereof before their maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal
amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require
repayment of Securities before their maturity shall not operate as a payment,
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the
same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be cancelled.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article X, in
connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the
purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment
bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the
Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the
repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the
Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to
pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged
to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE XI
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 11.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
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The provisions of this Article XI shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise
permitted or required by any form of Security of such series issued pursuant
to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is referred to in this Article XI as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series is herein referred to
as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. 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 11.2 SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of such series to be made pursuant to
the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series (1)
deliver outstanding Securities of such series (other than any of such
Securities previously called for redemption or any of such Securities in
respect of which cash shall have been released to the Company), together in
the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto, and (2) apply as a credit Securities of such series
which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to
the terms of such series of Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, provided that such series of Securities have not been previously
so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose
by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the
delivery or credit of Securities of any series in lieu of cash payments
pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be
less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such series for
redemption, except upon Company request, and such cash payment shall be held
by the Trustee or a Paying Agent for Securities of that series and applied to
the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent shall at the request of the Company from time to time
pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the
Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of
Securities purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal
to the cash payment requested to be released to the Company.
SECTION 11.3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
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Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount,
if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
credited and not theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall
specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the
amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund
payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.3 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the
expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.4. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon
the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.5 and 3.6.
ARTICLE XII
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 12.1 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE.
The provisions of this Article XII shall be applicable to the Securities
of any series which are convertible into Common Stock or, if so provided in a
Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed supplemental indenture
referred to in Section 2.1 by or pursuant to which the form and terms of the
Securities of such series were established, cash in lieu thereof, as provided
by the terms of the Securities of such series.
SECTION 12.2 EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any
Security to be converted shall surrender such Security to the Conversion
Agent at any time during usual business hours at its office or agency
maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 4.2, accompanied by a fully
executed written notice, in substantially the form set forth on the reverse
of the Security, that the Holder elects to convert such Security or a stated
portion thereof constituting a multiple of $1,000 in principal amount, and,
if such Security is surrendered for conversion during the period between the
close of business on any record date for such Security and the opening of
business on the related interest payment date and has not been called for
redemption on a Redemption Date within such period (or on such interest
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payment date), accompanied also by payment of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such interest payment date on the portion of the principal amount
of the Security being surrendered for conversion. No interest shall be
payable on any Security called for redemption which is converted between the
record date and the opening of business of the next succeeding interest
payment date. Such notice shall also state the name or names (and address)
in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be
issued (or to whom payment in cash in lieu of Common Stock shall be made).
Securities surrendered for conversion shall (if so required by the Company or
the Conversion Agent) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the Conversion Agent duly executed by, the Holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. As promptly as practicable after the receipt of such
notice and the surrender of such Security as aforesaid, the Company shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 12.7, issue and deliver at such office
or agency to such Holder, or on his written order, a certificate or
certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion of such Security in accordance with the provisions of such
Security and cash, as provided in Section 12.3, in respect of any fraction of
a share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion or, if so
provided in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Section 2.1 by or pursuant to which the
form and terms of the Securities of such Series were established, cash in
lieu of shares of Common Stock. Such conversion shall be at the Conversion
Price in effect, and shall be deemed to have been effected, immediately prior
to the close of business on the date (herein called the "Date of Conversion")
on which such notice in proper form shall have been received by the
Conversion Agent and such Security shall have been surrendered as aforesaid,
and the Person or Persons in whose name or names any certificate or
certificates for shares of Common Stock shall be issuable, if any, upon such
conversion shall be deemed to have become on the Date of Conversion the
holder or holders of record of the shares represented thereby; provided,
however, that any such surrender on any date when the stock transfer books of
the Company shall be closed shall constitute the Person or Persons in whose
name or names the certificate or certificates for such shares are to be
issued, if any, as the record holder or holders thereof for all purposes at
the opening of business on the next succeeding day on which such stock
transfer books are open but such conversion shall nevertheless be at the
Conversion Price in effect at the close of business on the date when such
Security shall have been so surrendered with the conversion notice in proper
form. In the case of conversion of a portion, but less than all, of a
Security, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the
Company, a Security or Securities in the aggregate principal amount of the
unconverted portion of the Security surrendered. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture, no payment or adjustment shall be made
for interest accrued on any Security (or portion thereof) converted or for
dividends or distributions on any Common Stock issued upon conversion of any
Security. The right, if any, of a Holder of any Security to cause the
Company to redeem, purchase or repay such Security shall terminate upon
receipt by the Company of any notice of conversion of such Security.
Section 12.3 FRACTIONAL INTERESTS.
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No fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of shares shall be
issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be
surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on
the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities so surrendered.
If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions
of this Section 12.3, be issuable on the conversion of any Security or
Securities, the Company shall make payment in lieu thereof in cash equal to
the value of such fraction computed on the basis of the Last Sale Price of
one share of Common Stock on the most recent Trading Day prior to the Date of
Conversion. "Last Sale Price" on any Trading Day shall mean (i) the closing
price regular way (or, if no closing price is reported the average of the bid
and asked prices) as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape,
or (ii) if on such Trading Day the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to
trading on such exchange, the closing price regular way (or, if no closing
price is reported the average of the bid and asked prices) on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted,
or (iii) if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange on such Trading Day, then the average of the closing bid and asked
prices as reported through the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. on its NASDAQ National Market System or NASDAQ System or a similar
organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting information, or (iv) if the
Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities
exchange or quoted on such National Market System or NASDAQ System on such
Trading Day, then the average of the closing bid and asked prices in the
over-the-counter market as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange member
firm selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose, or (v) if
not quoted by any such organization on such Trading Day, the fair value of
such Common Stock on such Trading Day, as determined by the Board of
Directors. The term "Trading Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, other than any day on which securities are
not traded on the applicable above mentioned exchanges or markets.
Section 12.4 ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE.
The "Conversion Price" for a Series of Securities shall be as set forth
in a Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or executed supplemental
indenture referred to in Section 2.1 by or pursuant to which the form and
terms of the Securities of such Series were established, and shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(a) In case the Company shall (1) pay a dividend or make a distribution
in shares of Common Stock to holders of Common Stock, (2) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common
Stock, (3) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock or (4) issue by reclassification of its
Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, the Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior to such action shall be adjusted so that the
Holder of any Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be
entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock or other capital
stock of the Company which he would
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have owned immediately following such action had such Security been
converted immediately prior thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this
subsection (a) shall become effective immediately, except as provided in
subsection (e) below, after the record date in the case of a dividend or
distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date
in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. If as a
result of an adjustment made pursuant to this subsection (a), the Holder of
any Security thereafter surrendered for conversion shall become entitled to
receive shares of two or more classes of capital stock (including shares of
Common Stock and other capital stock) of the Company, the Board of Directors
(whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be described in a
statement filed with the Trustee) shall determine the allocation of the
adjusted Conversion Price between or among shares of such classes of capital
stock or shares of Common Stock and other capital stock.
(b) In case the Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders of
Common Stock entitling them (for a period not exceeding 45 days from the date
of such issuance) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock or
Securities convertible into Common Stock at a price per share less than the
current market price per share (as determined pursuant to subsection (d)
below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned below, the Conversion
Price shall be adjusted to a price, computed to the nearest cent, so that the
same shall equal the price determined by multiplying:
(1) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants by
(2) a fraction, of which (i) the numerator shall be (A) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or
warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus (B) the number of shares
of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of
shares of Common Stock (or the aggregate conversion price of the convertible
securities) so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such
current market price (determined by multiplying such total number of shares
by the exercise price of such rights or warrants and dividing the product so
obtained by such current market price), and of which (ii) the denominator
shall be (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus
(B) the number of additional shares of Common Stock (or into which the
convertible securities are convertible) which are so offered for subscription
or purchase.
Such adjustment shall become effective immediately except as provided in
subsection (e) below, after the record date for the determination of holders
entitled to receive such rights or warrants.
(c) In case the Company shall distribute to substantially all holders of
Common Stock, evidences of indebtedness, equity securities (including equity
interests in the Company's Subsidiaries) other than common stock, or other
assets (other than cash dividends
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paid out of surplus of the Company), or shall distribute to substantially all
holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for securities (other
than those referred to in subsection (b) above) then in each such case the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to
the date of such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the current market price per share (determined as provided in subsection (d)
below) of the Common Stock on the record date mentioned below less the then
fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall, if made in good faith, be conclusive evidence of such
fair market value) of the portion of the assets so distributed or of such
subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock, and
of which the denominator shall be such current market price per share of the
Common Stock. Such adjustment shall become effective immediately, except as
provided in subsection (e) below, after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
(d) For the purpose of any computation under subsections (b) and (c)
above, the current market price per share of Common Stock on any date shall
be deemed to be the average of the Last Sale Prices for the 30 consecutive
Trading Days commencing 45 Trading Days before the date in question.
(e) In any case in which this Section 12.4 shall require that an
adjustment be made immediately following a record date, the Company may elect
to defer the effectiveness of such adjustment (but in no event until a date
later than the effective time of the event giving rise to such adjustment),
in which case the Company shall, with respect to any Security converted after
such record date and before such adjustment shall have become effective, (i)
defer paying any cash payment pursuant to Section 12.3 or issuing to the
Holder of such Security the number of shares of Common Stock and other
capital stock of the Company issuable upon such conversion in excess of the
number of shares of Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company
issuable thereupon only on the basis of the Conversion Price prior to
adjustment and (ii), not later than five Business Days after such adjustment
shall have become effective, pay to such Holder the appropriate cash payment
pursuant to Section 12.3 and issue to such Holder the additional shares of
Common Stock and other capital stock of the Company issuable on such
conversion.
(f) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the
Conversion Price; provided that any adjustments which by reason of this
subsection (f) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment and provided, further, that
adjustment shall be required and made in accordance with the provisions of
this Article XII (other than this subsection (f)) not later than such time as
may be required in order to preserve the tax-free nature of a distribution to
the holders of Securities or Common Stock. All calculations under this
Article XII shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth
of a share, as the case may be.
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(g) Anything in this Section 12.4 to the contrary notwithstanding, no
adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a
Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest or for rights to
purchase Capital Stock pursuant to any future dividend or distribution which
the Company determines to be comparable in purpose and in effect to the
dividend and subsequent distribution of Rights contemplated by the Rights
Agreement and no adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no
par value of the Common Stock.
(h) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided, the
Company shall promptly (i) file with the Trustee and each Conversion Agent an
Officers' Certificate setting forth the Conversion Price after such
adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of such adjustment, and (ii) mail or cause to be mailed a notice of such
adjustment to each Holder of Securities at his address as the same appears on
either the registry books of the Company or in the filings described in
Section 2.4. Anything in this Section 12.4 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Conversion
Price, in addition to those required by this Section 12.4, as it in its
discretion shall determine to be advisable in order that any stock dividend,
subdivision of shares, distribution of rights or warrants to purchase stock
or securities, or distribution of other assets (other than cash dividends)
hereafter made by the Company to its stockholders shall not be taxable.
Section 12.5 CONTINUATION OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE IN CASE OF MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OF ASSETS.
If any of the following shall occur, namely: (a) any consolidation or
merger of the Company as a result of which the holders of Common Stock shall
be entitled to receive stock, other securities or other assets (including
cash) with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock; or (b) any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the
Company as an entirety, then the Company, or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall, as a condition precedent to such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, execute and deliver to the Trustee
a supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the TIA as in force at the
date of the execution thereof) providing that the Holder of each convertible
Security then outstanding shall have the right to convert such Security into
the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property
(including cash) receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of such Security immediately prior to such reclassification,
change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. Such supplemental
indenture shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent
as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article XII.
If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the
stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable thereupon
by a holder of shares of Common Stock includes shares of stock or other
securities and property (including cash) of a corporation other than the
successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, in such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, then such supplemental indenture
shall also be executed by such other
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corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the
interests of the Holders of the Securities as the Board of Directors
shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The
provisions of this Section 12.5 shall similarly apply to successive
consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.
Within 30 days after the execution of such supplemental indenture the
Company shall give notice of the execution of such supplemental
indenture, with respect to Registered Securities affected by such
supplemental indenture, by mailing a notice of the execution of such
supplemental indenture to each Holder of Registered Securities at such
Holder's address as it appears on the Securities register maintained by
the Registrar and, with respect to Bearer Securities affected by such
supplemental indenture, by publishing in an Authorized Newspaper notice
of the execution of such supplemental indenture on two separate days.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any
responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained
in any such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount
of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable
by Holders of Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after
any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance or to any adjustment
to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of
Sections 7.1 and 7.2, may accept as conclusive evidence of the
correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying
upon, the Officers' Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to
file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental
indenture) with respect thereto.
Section 12.6 NOTICE OF CERTAIN EVENTS.
If: (a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) payable to the holders of Common Stock otherwise than in
cash; or
(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of Common
Stock of rights to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any
class or of any other rights; or
(c) the Company shall authorize any reclassification or change of the
Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding
shares of Common Stock), or any consolidation or merger to which the
Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the
Company is required, or the sale or conveyance of all or substantially
all the property or business of the Company; or
(d) there shall be authorized or ordered any voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;
then, the Company shall cause to be filed at the office or agency
maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Securities as provided in
Section 4.2, and shall, with respect to Registered Securities convertible
into Common Stock, cause to be mailed to each Holder of such Registered
Securities, at such Holder's address as it shall appear on the Securities
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register maintained by the Registrar and, with respect to Bearer
Securities convertible into Common Stock, cause to be published in an
Authorized Newspaper on two separate days, at least 20 days before the
date hereinafter specified (or the earlier of the dates hereinafter
specified, in the event that more than one date is specified), a notice
stating the date on which (1) a record is expected to be taken for the
purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, or if a record is not
to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record
to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be
determined, or (2) such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to
become effective and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which it is
expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.
Section 12.7 TAXES ON CONVERSION.
The Company will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar taxes
payable to the United States of America or any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein in respect of the issue or delivery
of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Securities pursuant thereto;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax
which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or
delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the
Holder of the Securities to be converted (or payment of cash in lieu
thereof to a Person other than such Holder) and no such issue or delivery
(or payment) shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such
issue or delivery (or payment) has paid to the Company the amount of any
such tax or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that
such tax has been paid. The Company extends no protection with respect
to any other taxes imposed in connection with conversion of Securities.
Section 12.8 COMPANY TO PROVIDE STOCK.
The Company shall reserve, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued shares, sufficient shares to provide for the
conversion of convertible Securities from time to time as such Securities
are presented for conversion, provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall be construed to preclude the Company from satisfying its
obligations in respect of the conversion of Securities by delivery of
repurchase shares of Common Stock which are held in the treasury of the
Company.
If any shares of Common Stock to be reserved for the purpose of
conversion of Securities hereunder require registration with or approval
of any governmental authority under any Federal or state law before such
shares may be validly issued or delivered upon conversion, then the
Company covenants that it will in good faith and as expeditiously as
possible endeavor to secure such registration or approval, as the case
may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 12.8 shall be
deemed to affect in any way the
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obligations of the Company to convert Securities into Common Stock as
provided in this Article XII.
Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment reducing the
Conversion Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common Stock,
the Company will take all corporate action which may, in the Opinion of
Counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at such
adjusted Conversion Price.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be
issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Company and free of preemptive rights.
Section 12.9 DISCLAIMER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN MATTERS.
Neither the Trustee, the Conversion Agent nor any agent of either
shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of
Securities to determine whether any facts exist which may require any
adjustment of the Conversion Price, or with respect to the Officers'
Certificate referred to in Section 12.4(h), or with respect to the nature
or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method
employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be
employed, in making the same. Neither the Trustee, the Conversion Agent
nor any agent of either shall be accountable with respect to the validity
of value (or the kind or amount) or any shares of Common Stock, or of any
securities or property (including cash), which may at any time be issued
or delivered upon the conversion of any Security; and neither the
Trustee, the Conversion Agent nor any agent of either makes any
representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee, the Conversion
Agent nor any agent of either shall be responsible for any failure of the
Company to issue, register the transfer of or deliver any shares of
Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property
(including cash) upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of
conversion or, subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, to comply with any of the
covenants of the Company contained in this Article XII.
Section 12.10 RETURN OF FUNDS DEPOSITED FOR REDEMPTION OF CONVERTED
SECURITIES.
Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited by the Company
or on its behalf with the Trustee or any Conversion Agent for the purpose
of paying the principal of and interest, if any, on any of the Securities
and which shall not be required for such purposes because of the
conversion of such Securities, as provided in this Article XII, shall
after such conversion be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such
Conversion Agent.
Section 12.11 RIGHTS ISSUED IN RESPECT OF COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON
CONVERSION.
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Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities
pursuant to this Article XII shall be entitled to receive the appropriate
number of preferred share purchase rights (the "Rights"), if any, and the
certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion
shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as provided by and subject
to the terms of the Rights Agreement, dated as of June 11, 1986, as
amended as of August 21, 1990, as further amended as of May 31, 1996,
between the Company and Centerre Trust Company of St. Louis, as Rights
Agent (the "Rights Agreement"), as in effect at the time of such
conversion. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this
Article XII, there shall not be any adjustment to the conversion
privilege or conversion rate as a result of (i) the distribution of
separate certificates representing the Rights, (ii) the occurrence of
certain events entitling holders of Rights to receive, upon exercise
thereof, Common Stock of the Company or Capital Stock of another
corporation or (iii) the exercise of such Rights in accordance with the
Rights Agreement.
ARTICLE XIII
SUBORDINATION
Section 13.1 SECURITIES SUBORDINATED TO SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Company covenants and agrees that, anything in this Indenture or
the Securities of any series to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of each series is subordinated
and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness to the extent
provided herein, and each Holder of Securities of each series, by his
acceptance thereof, whether upon original issue or upon transfer or
assignment thereof, likewise covenants and agrees to the subordination
herein provided and shall be bound by the provisions hereof.
Subject to Section 13.4, if the Company shall default in the payment
of any principal of interest on or any Additional Amount payable in
respect of any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and payable,
whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration
of acceleration or otherwise, then, upon written notice of such default
to the Company by the holders of Senior Indebtedness or any trustee
therefor, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived
or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash,
property, securities, by set off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to
be made on account of the principal of, interest on or Additional Amounts
payable in respect of any of the Securities, or in respect of any
redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the
Securities other than those made in capital stock of the Company (or cash
in lieu of fractional shares thereof) pursuant to Article XII or
otherwise made in capital stock of the Company (or cash in lieu of
fractional shares thereof).
If (a) without the consent of the Company a court having jurisdiction
shall enter an order for relief with respect to the Company under the
Bankruptcy Laws or without the consent of the Company a court having
jurisdiction shall enter a judgment, order or decree
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adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or enter an order for
relief for reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or
in respect of the Company under the Bankruptcy Laws or applicable state
insolvency law, or (b) the Company shall institute proceedings for entry
of an order for relief with respect to the Company under the Bankruptcy
Laws or for an adjudication of insolvency, or shall consent to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or shall
file a petition seeking, or seek or consent to reorganization,
arrangement, composition or relief under the Bankruptcy Laws or any
applicable state law, or shall consent to the filing of such petition or
to the appointment of a receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or similar official (other than a custodian
pursuant to 8 Delaware Code (S) 226 or any similar statute under other
state laws) in respect of the Company or of substantially all of its
property, or the Company shall make a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors as recognized under the Bankruptcy Laws, then all Senior
Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the
commencement of any such proceedings and any Additional Amounts payable
in respect thereof) shall first be paid in full before any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be
made to any Holder of any Securities on account thereof. Any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan
of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at
least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with
respect to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment
of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding and to any securities issued
in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment)
that would otherwise (but for these subordination provisions) be payable
or deliverable in respect of the Securities of any series shall be paid
or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance
with the priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior
Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing after the
commencement of any such proceedings and any Additional Amounts payable
in respect thereof) shall have been paid in full. In the event of any
such proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect to
Senior Indebtedness, the Holder of the Securities, together with the
holders of any obligation of the Company ranking on a parity with the
Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the
Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid
principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts payable in respect
of the Securities and such other obligations before any payment of other
distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on
account of any capital stock or any obligations of the Company ranking
junior to the Securities and such other obligations.
If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of any
character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan
of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at
least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions with
respect to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment
of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding and to any securities issued
in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or
readjustment), shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder in
contravention of any of the terms hereof, such payment or distribution or
security shall be
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received in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and
transferred to, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding in
accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for application
to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent
necessary to pay all such Senior Indebtedness in full. In the event of the
failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign any such payment,
distribution or security, each holder of Senior Indebtedness is hereby
irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same.
Nothing contained herein shall impair, as between the Company and the
Holders of Securities of each series, the obligation of the Company to pay to
such Holders the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts payable
with respect to such Securities or prevent the Trustee or the Holder from
exercising all rights, powers and remedies otherwise permitted by applicable
law or hereunder upon a Default or Event of Default hereunder, all subject to
the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to receive cash,
securities or other property otherwise payable or deliverable to the Holders.
Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless
the holders thereof shall have received cash, securities or other property
equal to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness then outstanding. Upon the
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of Securities of each
series shall be subrogated to all rights of any holders of Senior Indebtedness
to receive any further payments or distributions applicable to the Senior
Indebtedness until the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of such series
shall have been paid in full, and such payments or distributions received by
such Holders, by reason of such subrogation, of cash, securities or other
property that otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, shall as between the Company and its creditors other than the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders, on the other
hand, be deemed to be a payment by the Company on account of Senior
Indebtedness, and not on account of the Securities of such series.
The provisions of this Section 13.1 shall not impair any rights, interests,
remedies or powers of any secured creditor of the Company in respect of any
security interest the creation of which is not prohibited by the provisions of
this Indenture.
The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a
parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be
deemed to prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively, obligations
ranking on a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
SECTION 13.2 RELIANCE ON CERTIFICATE OF LIQUIDATING AGENT; FURTHER EVIDENCE AS
TO OWNERSHIP OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company, the Trustee and
the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon an order or decree issued by any
court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution or winding up or
liquidation or reorganization or
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arrangement proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors or other Person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders, 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 XIII. In the absence of any such bankruptcy trustee, receiver,
assignee or other Person, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon a written
notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness
(or a trustee or representative on behalf of such holder) as evidence that such
Person is a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or is such a trustee or
representative). If the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of
Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distributions pursuant to
this Article XIII, 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, as to the extent to which such Person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XIII, and if such
evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such
payment.
SECTION 13.3. PAYMENT PERMITTED IF NO DEFAULT.
Nothing contained in this Article XIII or elsewhere in this Indenture, or
in any of the Securities, shall prevent (a) the Company at any time, except
during the pendency of any default in the payment of any principal of or
interest on any Senior Indebtedness as described in Section 13.1 or of any of
the events described in clause (a) and (b) of Section 13.1, from making
payments of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities, or (b) the
application by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any moneys deposited with it
hereunder to payments of the principal of or interest, if any, on the
Securities, if, at the time of such deposit, the Trustee or such payment agent,
as the case may be, did not have the written notice provided for in Section
13.5 of any event prohibiting the making of such deposit, or if, at the time of
such deposit (whether or not in trust) by the Company with the Trustee or
Paying Agent (other than the Company) such payment would not have been
prohibited by the provisions of this Article XIII, and the Trustee or any
Payment Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary received by
it on or after such date.
SECTION 13.4. DISPUTES WITH HOLDERS OF CERTAIN SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
Any failure by the Company to make any payment on or under any Senior
Indebtedness, other than any Senior Indebtedness as to which the provisions of
this Section 13.4 shall have been waived by the Company in the instrument or
instruments by which the Company incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise
created such Senior Indebtedness, shall not be deemed a default under Section
13.1 if (i) the Company shall be disputing its obligation to make such payment
or perform such obligation, and (ii) either (A) no final
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judgment relating to such dispute shall have been issued against the Company
that is in full force and effect and is not subject to further review,
including a judgment that has become final by reason of the expiration of the
time within which a party may seek further appeal or review, or (B) in the
event of a judgment that is subject to further review or appeal has been
issued, the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or other
proceeding for review, and a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending
such appeal or review.
SECTION 13.5. TRUSTEE NOT CHARGED WITH KNOWLEDGE OF PROHIBITION.
Anything in this Article XIII or elsewhere in this Indenture contained to
the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall not at any time be charged with
knowledge of existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any
payment of money to or by the Trustee and shall be entitled to assume
conclusively that no such facts exist and that no event specified in Section
13.1 has happened, until the Trustee shall have received an Officers'
Certificate to that effect or notice in writing to that effect signed by or on
behalf of the holder or holders, or their representatives, of Senior
Indebtedness who shall have been certified by the Company or otherwise
established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such holder or
holders or representatives or from any trustee under any indenture pursuant to
which such Senior Indebtedness shall be outstanding; provided, however, that,
if the Trustee shall not have received the Officers' Certificate or notice
provided for in this Section 13.5 prior to the third Business Day preceding the
date upon which by the term hereof any money becomes payable (including,
without limitation, the payment of the principal of, interest on or any
Additional Amounts payable with respect to any Security), or in the event of
the execution of an instrument pursuant to Section 8.1 acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, then if prior to the third
Business Day preceding the date of such execution, the Trustee or any Paying
Agent shall not have received with respect to such money the Officers'
Certificate or notice provided for in this Section 13.5, then, anything herein
contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or such Paying Agent
shall have full power and authority to receive such money and apply the same to
the purpose for which it was received and shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such date. The Company
shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee and to the Paying Agent of any
facts that would prohibit the payment of the money to or by the Trustee or any
Paying Agent and the Trustee shall to be charged with knowledge of the curing
of any default or the elimination of any other fact or condition preventing
such payment or distribution unless and until the Trustee shall have received
an Officers' Certificate to such effect.
SECTION 13.6. TRUSTEE TO EFFECTUATE SUBORDINATION.
Each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination as between such Holder and holders
of Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article XIII and appoints the
Trustee its attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
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SECTION 13.7. RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE AS HOLDER OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article
XIII with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that may at the time be held by
it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing
in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder. Nothing in this Article XIII shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.7.
SECTION 13.8. ARTICLE APPLICABLE TO PAYING AGENTS.
In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been
appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "Trustee" as
used in this Article XIII shall in such case (unless the context shall
otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent
within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if the Paying Agent
were named in this Article XIII in addition to or in place of the Trustee;
provided, however, that Sections 13.5 and 13.7 shall not apply to the Company
if it acts as Paying Agent.
SECTION 13.9. SUBORDINATION RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED BY ACTS-OMISSIONS OF THE
COMPANY OR HOLDERS OF SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this
Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have
or be otherwise charged with. The holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any
time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, change the manner,
place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or
alter, any such Senior Indebtedness, or amend or supplement any instrument
pursuant to which any such Senior Indebtedness is issued or by which it may be
secured, or release any security therefor, or exercise or refrain from
exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Indebtedness, including,
without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice to or
assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee and without affecting
the obligations of the Company, the Trustee or the Holders of Securities under
this Article XIII.
SECTION 13.10. TRUSTEE NOT FIDUCIARY FOR HOLDERS OF INDEBTEDNESS.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it
shall mistakenly pay over or distribute money or assets to Securityholders or
the Company. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee
undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligation as
are specifically set forth in this Article XIII and no implied
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covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall
be read into the Indenture against the Trustee.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the
duties imposed by operation of subsection (c) of Section 318 of the TIA, the
imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 14.2. NOTICES.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is
duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by registered or certified
mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery, addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Kellwood Company
600 Kellwood Parkway
St. Louis County, MO 63017
Attention: General Counsel
If to the Trustee:
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_________________________
_________________________
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional
or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to the Company shall be deemed to have been
duly given or made at the time delivered by hand if personally delivered; five
calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and the
next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery (except that a notice of change of
address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the
addressee).
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Any notice or communication to the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given or made upon receipt.
Any notice or communication to a Holder of a Registered Security
shall be mailed by first-class mail to such Securityholder's address
shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or
communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect
its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above
within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the
addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it
shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Any notice to be given to a Holder of Bearer Securities shall be
given by publication in an Authorized Newspaper on two separate days
within the time prescribed.
Section 14.3 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with
other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture
or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone
else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 14.4 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers,
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating
to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel,
all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 14.5 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each party making such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition;
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(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such party, such party
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such
party to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such
party, such condition or covenant has been complied with;
provided, however, that with respect to matters of law, an Officers'
Certificate may be based upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless the signers
know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that such
Opinion of Counsel is erroneous, and provided, further, that with respect
to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers'
Certificate or certificates of public officials, unless the signer knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that any such document
is erroneous.
Section 14.6 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting
of Securityholders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make
reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 14.7 LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment
may be made at that place on the next succeeding Business Day, and no
interest on the amount payable on such payment date shall accrue for the
intervening period.
Section 14.8 NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the
Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or
by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver
and release are part of the consideration for the issue of Securities.
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Section 14.9 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 14.10 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan
or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. Any such indenture,
loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 14.11 SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities
shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 14.12 SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
Section 14.3 MULTIPLE ORIGINALS.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each
signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the
same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
Section 14.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS; HEADINGS.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the
Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part
hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof.
Section 14.15 SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES.
Wherever this Indenture provides for any action by, or the
determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any
series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same
currency, or any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of
any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular
series, any amount in respect of any a Security denominated in a currency
other than United States dollars shall be treated for any such action,
determination or distribution as that amount of United States dollars
that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of
exchange and as of
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such date as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee,
or in the absence of such notice, as the Trustee may determine.
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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 affixed
hereto and attested, all as of the date first above written.
KELLWOOD COMPANY
By
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Title:
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EXHIBIT 5
MWE LETTERHEAD
McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY
227 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Il 60606-5096
October 10, 1997
Kellwood Company
P. O. Box 14734
St. Louis, Missouri 63178
Re: $300,000,000 Aggregate Initial
Offering Price of Securities
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-36559) as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto (the
"Registration Statement") filed by Kellwood Company, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
relating to the registration of $300,000,000 aggregate initial offering price
of (i) unsecured debt securities which may be senior or subordinated ("Debt
Securities"), and which may be convertible into shares of common stock, par
value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), (ii) shares of preferred stock,
without par value ("Preferred Stock"), which may be issued in the form of
depositary shares, and which may be convertible into shares of Common Stock,
and (iii) shares of Common Stock. The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and
Common Stock are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Securities".
The Securities may be offered in series, in amounts, at prices and on other
terms set forth or to be set forth in the Registration Statement and any
amendments thereto and in the prospectus contained in the Registration
Statement (the "Prospectus") and one or more supplements thereto (each a
"Prospectus Supplement"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meaning set forth in the Registration Statement.
The Debt Securities specified as Senior Debt Securities in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement will be issued under an Indenture, to be dated as of
September 30, 1997, between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Trustee, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement (such Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, the
"Senior Debt Securities Indenture"). The Debt Securities specified as
Subordinated Debt Securities in the applicable Prospectus Supplement will be
issued under an Indenture, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, to be entered into by the Company and a trustee to be
named prior to the issuance of such Subordinated Debt Securities (such
Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Subordinated
Debt Securities Indenture").
We have reviewed the proceedings to date with respect to the proposed
issuance and sale of the Securities, and have examined such records,
documents and questions of law, as we have considered necessary as a basis
for this opinion. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal
capacity of all natural persons and the conformity with the original
documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for our examination.
Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth below,
we are of the opinion that:
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Kellwood Company
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1. Each series of Senior Debt Securities will be legally issued and
binding obligations of the Company when (i) the Registration Statement, as
finally amended, shall have become effective under the Act, (ii) the Senior
Debt Securities Indenture, including any necessary supplemental indenture,
shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "Trust Act"), (iii) each of the Senior Debt Securities Indenture and any
necessary supplemental indenture to the Senior Debt Securities Indenture
shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and
the trustee thereunder, (iv) the terms of such series of Senior Debt
Securities shall have been established and approved in accordance with the
resolutions of the Company's board of directors heretofore adopted, and as
contemplated by the Registration Statement, any applicable Prospectus
Supplement and the Senior Debt Securities Indenture, (v) a Prospectus
Supplement with respect to such series of Senior Debt Securities shall have
been filed (or transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) of the Act, and (vi) such Senior Debt Securities shall have been duly
executed and authenticated as provided in the Senior Debt Securities
Indenture and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the
agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the underwriting agreement
with respect thereto.
2. Each series of Subordinated Debt Securities will be legally issued
and binding obligations of the Company when (i) the Registration Statement,
as finally amended, shall have become effective under the Act, (ii) the
Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture, including any necessary supplemental
indenture, shall have been qualified under the Trust Act, (iii) each of the
Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture and any necessary supplemental
indenture to the Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the trustee thereunder,
(iv) the terms of such series of Subordinated Debt Securities shall have been
established and approved in accordance with the resolutions of the Company's
board of directors heretofore adopted, and as contemplated by the
Registration Statement, any applicable Prospectus Supplement and the
Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture, (v) a Prospectus Supplement with
respect to such series of Subordinated Debt Securities shall have been filed
(or transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Act, and (vi) such Subordinated Debt Securities shall have been duly
executed and authenticated as provided in the Subordinated Debt Securities
Indenture and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the
agreed consideration therefor in accordance with the underwriting agreement
with respect thereto.
3. The Common Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and
non-assessable when (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended, shall
have become effective under the Act, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Common
Stock shall have been duly authorized by the Company's board of directors or
a duly authorized committee thereof, and as contemplated by the Registration
Statement and any applicable Prospectus Supplement, (iii) a Prospectus
Supplement with respect to such shares of Common Stock shall have been filed
(or transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Act, and (iv) certificates representing the Common Stock shall have been
duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the
purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor but
not less than the stated value) in accordance with the underwriting agreement
with respect thereto.
4. Each series of Preferred Stock will be legally issued, fully paid
and non-assessable when (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended,
shall have become effective under the Act, (ii) the terms of such series of
Preferred Stock shall have been established and approved by the
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Company's board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, and as
contemplated by the Registration Statement an any applicable Prospectus
Supplement, (iii) a Certificate of Designations setting forth the terms of
such series of Preferred Stock shall have been executed, acknowledged,
filed and recorded and shall have become effective in accordance with Section
103 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, (iv) a
Prospectus Supplement with respect to such series of Preferred Stock shall
have been filed (or transmitted for filing) with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Act, and (v) certificates representing such series of
Preferred Stock shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered
and duly delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed
consideration therefor (but not less than the stated value).
The opinions set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 are subject to the
qualification that enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and (ii) general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
This opinion is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the United States
of America.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption "Legal
Opinions" in the Prospectus and to the use of our name in any Prospectus
Supplement relating to an offering of the Securities reviewed and approved by
us prior to the distribution of such Prospectus Supplement and the filing
thereof with the Commission. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit
that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by
Section 7 of the Act or the related rules promulgated by the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ McDermott, Will & Emery
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McDermott, Will & Emery
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF
A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
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CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF
A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ________
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THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4994650
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank) identification No.)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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KELLWOOD COMPANY
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 36-2472410
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification No.)
600 KELLWOOD PARKWAY
P.O. BOX 14374
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63178
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
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GENERAL
Item 1. General Information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to
which it is subject.
New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York
12110.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington,
D.C., 20551
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty
Street, New York, N.Y.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None.
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Item 16. List of Exhibits
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of
Eligibility.
1. A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee as now in
effect, including the Organization Certificate and the Certificates of
Amendment dated February 17, 1969, August 31, 1977, December 31, 1980,
September 9, 1982, February 28, 1985, December 2, 1991 and July 10, 1996 (see
Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No.
333-06249, which is incorporated by reference).
2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to
Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with
Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On
July 14, 1996, in connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase
Manhattan Bank (National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving
corporation, was renamed The Chase Manhattan Bank).
3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being
contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to
Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-06249, which
is incorporated by reference).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act
(see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement
No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference. On July 14, 1996, in
connection with the merger of Chemical Bank and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(National Association), Chemical Bank, the surviving corporation, was renamed
The Chase Manhattan Bank).
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee,
published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the
Trustee, The Chase Manhattan Bank, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of
eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in the City of New York and State of New York, on the 23RD
day of SEPTEMBER, 1997.
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By /s/ R. Lorenzen
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/s/ R. Lorenzen
Senior Trust Officer
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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The Chase Manhattan Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business June 30, 1997, in
accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this
District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS
ASSETS IN MILLIONS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and
currency and coin ........................................ $ 13,892
Interest-bearing balances ................................ 4,282
Securities: .................................................
Held to maturity securities................................... 2,857
Available for sale securities................................. 34,091
Federal Funds sold and securities purchased under
agreements to resell ..................................... 29,970
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income $124,827
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses 2,753
Less: Allocated transfer risk reserve .... 13
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Loans and leases, net of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve ................................... 122,061
Trading Assets ............................................... 56,042
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized
leases)................................................... 2,904
Other real estate owned ...................................... 306
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies...................................... 232
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances
outstanding .............................................. 2,092
Intangible assets ............................................ 1,532
Other assets ................................................. 10,448
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TOTAL ASSETS ................................................. $280,709
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LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices ...................................... $91,249
Noninterest-bearing ............................$38,157
Interest-bearing ............................... 53,092
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In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries,
and IBF's ................................................ 70,192
Noninterest-bearing ............................$ 3,712
Interest-bearing ............................... 66,480
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agree-
ments to repurchase .......................................... 35,185
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ................. 1,000
Trading liabilities .......................................... 42,307
Other Borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness
and obligations under calitalized leases):
With a remaining maturity of one year or less ............ 4,593
With a remaining maturity of more than one year .
through three years................................ 260
With a remaining maturity of more than three years...... 146
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding 2,092
Subordinated notes and debentures ............................ 5,715
Other liabilities ............................................ 11,373
TOTAL LIABILITIES ............................................ 264,112
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual Preferred stock and related surplus 0
Common stock ................................................. 1,211
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)..... 10,283
Undivided profits and capital reserves ....................... 5,280
Net unrealized holding gains (Losses)
on available-for-sale securities ............................. (193)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .......... 16
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ......................................... 16,597
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY CAPITAL ......................... $280,709
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I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named
bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has
been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued
by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness
of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been
examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and
belief has been prepared in conformance with the in-
structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory
authority and is true and correct.
WALTER V. SHIPLEY )
THOMAS G. LABRECQUE ) DIRECTORS
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR.)
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