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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 38-1984850
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60670
(312) 732-4000
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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ROBERT A. ROSHOLT
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60670
(312) 732-3209
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
COPIES TO:
LAURENCE GOLDMAN, ESQ. B. ROBBINS KIESSLING, ESQ.
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE
ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, CHICAGO, WORLDWIDE PLAZA
ILLINOIS 60670 825 EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
10019
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES TO THE
PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration
Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [_]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
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 number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [_]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [_]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION
REGISTERED REGISTERED(1)(2)(3) PER UNIT(2) PRICE(1)(4) FEE
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Debt securities........ ] 100% ]
Warrants to purchase ] ]
Debt Securities....... ] -- ]
Foreign Currency ] ]
Warrants.............. ] -- ]
Stock-Index Warrants... ] -- ]
Other Warrants......... ] -- ]
Preferred Stock(5)..... } $3,000,000,000 -- } $3,000,000,000 $909,091
Depositary Shares ] ]
representing Preferred ] ]
Stock(6).............. ] -- ]
Preferred Stock ] ]
Warrants.............. ] -- ]
Common Stock Warrants.. ] -- ]
Common Stock, $1 par ] ]
value per share(7).... ] -- ]
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(1) In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of the securities
issued under this Registration Statement, and not previously registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), exceed
$3,000,000,000, or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign
currencies or currency units.
(2) Or, if any Debt Securities are issued at original issue discount, such
greater amount as may result in the initial offering prices for Debt
Securities and Warrants to purchase Debt Securities.
(3) This Registration Statement also serves to register such indeterminate
amount of securities that are to be offered and sold in connection with
market making activities by an affiliate of the Registrant.
(4) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Any
offering of Debt Securities or Warrants denominated in any foreign
currency or currency unit will be treated as the equivalent in U.S.
dollars based on the exchange rate applicable to the purchase of such Debt
Securities or Warrants from the Registrant. No separate consideration will
be received for Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Debt Securities that are
issued upon conversion or exchange of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or
Depositary Shares registered hereunder.
(5) Such indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock as may from time to
time be issued at indeterminate prices or issuable upon conversion or
exchange of Debt Securities or exercise of Warrants.
(6) To be evidenced by Depositary Receipts issued pursuant to a Deposit
Agreement. In the event the Registrant elects to offer to the public
fractional interests in shares of the Preferred Stock registered
hereunder, Depositary Receipts will be distributed to those persons
purchasing such fractional interests and the shares of the Preferred Stock
will be issued to the Depositary under the Deposit Agreement.
(7) Such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may from time to
time be issued upon exercise of Warrants or conversion or exchange of Debt
Securities or Preferred Stock, to the extent any of such Debt Securities
or shares of Preferred Stock are, by their terms convertible into Common
Stock, registered hereunder.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO
SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
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+ INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A +
+ REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH +
+ THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD +
+ NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION +
+ STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER +
+ TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE +
+ OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE +
+ WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE +
+ SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. +
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
PROSPECTUS
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
DEBT SECURITIES AND WARRANTS TO PURCHASE DEBT SECURITIES
FOREIGN CURRENCY WARRANTS, STOCK-INDEX WARRANTS AND OTHER WARRANTS
PREFERRED STOCK, DEPOSITARY SHARES AND PREFERRED STOCK WARRANTS
COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
First Chicago NBD Corporation (the "Company") may issue from time to time,
together or separately, (i) in one or more series, its unsecured debt
securities ("Debt Securities"), which may be either senior (the "Senior
Securities") or subordinated (the "Subordinated Securities") in priority of
payment, both of which may be convertible or exchangeable into common stock,
par value $1.00 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock"), preferred stock of
the Company ("Preferred Stock"), other Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Common
Stock Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants or Depositary Shares (each as defined
herein); (ii) warrants ("Debt Warrants") to purchase Debt Securities; (iii)
options, warrants or other rights relating to the exchange of certain
currencies ("Currency Warrants"); (iv) options, warrants or other rights
entitling the holder to receive an amount in cash determined by reference to
increases ("Stock-Index Call Warrants") and decreases ("Stock-Index Put
Warrants" and, collectively with Stock-Index Call Warrants, being referred to
herein as the "Stock-Index Warrants") in the level of a specified stock-index
which may be based on one or more U.S. or foreign stocks or a combination
thereof; (v) options, warrants or other rights relating to other items or
indices ("Other Warrants"); (vi) shares of Preferred Stock which may be
convertible into shares of Common Stock or exchangeable for Debt Securities;
(vii) shares of Preferred Stock represented by depositary shares ("Depositary
Shares"); (viii) warrants to purchase shares of Preferred Stock ("Preferred
Stock Warrants"); and (ix) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock ("Common
Stock Warrants"), in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the
time of the offering. The Debt Warrants, Currency Warrants, Stock-Index
Warrants, Other Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants and Common Stock Warrants
are collectively referred to herein as the "Warrants"; and the Debt Securities,
Warrants, shares of Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares are collectively
referred to herein as the "Securities".
The Company may issue Securities for proceeds up to an aggregate of
$3,000,000,000, or the equivalent thereof if any of the Securities are
denominated in a foreign currency or a foreign currency unit, including the
European Currency Unit ("ECU"). The Securities of each series will be offered
on terms determined at the time of sale. The Securities may be sold for U.S.
dollars, foreign currencies or foreign currency units, and the principal of,
and any interest on, the Debt Securities may be payable in U.S. dollars,
foreign currencies or foreign currency units.
The Senior Securities will rank equally with all other unsubordinated and
unsecured indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Securities will be
unsecured and subordinated as described under "Subordinated Securities".
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
Subordinated Securities, payment of the principal of Subordinated Securities
may be accelerated only in the case of certain events involving the bankruptcy
or insolvency of the Company, and no right of acceleration will exist in the
case of default in the payment of principal or interest or in the performance
of any covenant.
When a particular series of Securities, in respect of which this Prospectus
is being delivered, is offered, a supplement to this Prospectus (the
"Prospectus Supplement") setting forth certain terms of the offered Securities
will be delivered together with this Prospectus. The applicable Prospectus
Supplement, among other things and where applicable, will include: (i) with
regard to Debt Securities, the specific designation, priority, aggregate
principal amount, currency or currency unit, rate (or method of calculation)
and time of payment of any interest, authorized denominations, maturity,
offering price, place or places of payment, redemption terms, terms of any
repayment at the option of the holder, special provisions relating to Debt
Securities in bearer form, terms for sinking fund payments, terms for
conversion or exchange into other securities, provisions regarding original
issue discount securities and other terms of such Debt Securities; (ii) with
regard to Warrants, where applicable, the duration, aggregate amount, offering
price, exercise price, and detachability; (iii) with regard to Debt Warrants,
Preferred Stock Warrants and Common Stock Warrants, the applicable type and
amount of Securities covered thereby; (iv) with regard to Stock-Index Warrants
or Other Warrants, the applicable securities index or other items or indices
with respect to which such warrants shall apply and the method of determining
the cash value payable in connection with the exercise of such warrants; (v)
with regard to Currency Warrants, the currency to which U.S. Dollars will be
compared, the method of determining the cash value payable in connection with
the exercise of such Currency Warrants, the manner in which such Currency
Warrants may be exercised and any restrictions on exercise of such Currency
Warrants; (vi) with regard to Preferred Stock, the specific number of shares,
title, stated value and liquidation preference of each share, issuance price,
dividend rate or method of calculation, dividend periods, dividend payment
dates, any redemption or sinking fund provisions, any conversion or exchange
provisions, whether fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock will be
offered through depositary arrangements and other specific terms of each series
of Preferred Stock; and (vii) in the case of Depositary Shares, the fraction of
a share of Preferred Stock which each such Depositary Share will represent.
The Prospectus Supplement will also contain information, where applicable,
about certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to, and any
listing on a securities exchange of, the Securities covered by the Prospectus
Supplement.
The Securities may be sold by the Company directly, through agents designated
from time to time, through underwriting syndicates led by one or more managing
underwriters or through one or more underwriters acting alone. If any agent of
the Company, or any underwriter, is involved in the sale of the Securities, the
name of such agent or underwriter, the principal or stated amount to be
purchased by it, any applicable commissions or discounts and the net proceeds
to the Company from such sale will be set forth in, or may be calculated from,
the Prospectus Supplement. The aggregate net proceeds to the Company from the
sale of all the Securities will be the public offering or purchase price of the
Securities sold less the aggregate of such commissions and discounts and other
expenses of issuance and distribution. An affiliate of the Company may from
time to time act as an agent or underwriter in connection with the sale of
Securities to the extent permitted by applicable law. See "Plan of
Distribution".
This Prospectus and applicable Prospectus Supplement may be used by First
Chicago Capital Markets, Inc. ("FCCM"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, in connection with offers and sales related to secondary market
transactions in the Securities to the extent permitted by applicable law. FCCM
may act as principal or agent in such transactions. Such sales will be made at
prices related to the prevailing market prices at the time of sale.
THESE SECURITIES ARE NOT SAVINGS OR DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS OR OTHER
OBLIGATIONS OF A BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL
DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE BANK
INSURANCE FUND OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY.
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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 date of this Prospectus is , 1997.
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS AND THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING MADE
HEREBY, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR BY ANOTHER PERSON.
THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO
SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY
IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER IN
SUCH JURISDICTION.
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 and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). Information, as of particular dates, concerning
directors and executive officers, their compensation, options granted to them,
the principal holders of securities of the Company and any material interest
of such persons in transactions with the Company is disclosed in proxy
statements distributed to stockholders of the Company and filed with the
Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information can be
inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room of the Commission at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and the Commission's Regional
Offices at 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and
Seven World Trade Center (13th Floor), New York, New York 10048. Copies of
such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the
Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed
rates. Such reports and other information may also be accessed through the
Commissions' electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system
("EDGAR") via electronic means, including the Commission's homepage on the
Internet (http://www.sec.gov). In addition, such reports, proxy statements and
other material concerning the Company can be inspected at the offices of the
New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York; the Chicago
Stock Exchange, 440 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois; and the Pacific
Stock Exchange, 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, California.
The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
Securities being offered by this Prospectus. This Prospectus does not contain
all the information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain portions
of which have been omitted as permitted by the rules and regulations of the
Commission. For further information with respect to the Company and the
Securities, reference is made to the Registration Statement, including the
exhibits thereto. The Registration Statement may be inspected by anyone
without charge at the principal office of the Commission in Washington, D.C.
and copies of all or any part of it may be obtained from the Commission upon
payment of the prescribed fees.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents heretofore filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act are incorporated herein by
reference:
(i) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996;
(ii) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 1997 and June 30, 1997;
(iii) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 13, 1997,
January 15, 1997, February 7, 1997, April 14, 1997 and July 14, 1997; and
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(iv) The description of the Company's common stock set forth in the
registration statement filed by NBD Bancorp, Inc. ("NBD") pursuant to
Section 12 of the Exchange Act and any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed 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 shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Prospectus.
ANY PERSON RECEIVING A COPY OF THIS PROSPECTUS MAY OBTAIN WITHOUT CHARGE,
UPON WRITTEN OR ORAL REQUEST, A COPY OF ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE HEREIN, EXCEPT FOR THE EXHIBITS TO SUCH DOCUMENTS (UNLESS SUCH
EXHIBITS ARE SPECIFICALLY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO SUCH DOCUMENTS).
REQUESTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION, ONE FIRST
NATIONAL PLAZA, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60670, ATTENTION: INVESTOR RELATIONS (312)
732-4812.
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
GENERAL
The Company is a multi-bank holding company registered under the Bank
Holding Company Act, as amended ("the "BHC Act"), which was incorporated under
the laws of the State of Delaware in 1972. The Company is the surviving
corporation resulting from the merger (the "Merger"), effective December 1,
1995, of First Chicago Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("First Chicago")
and registered bank holding company, with and into NBD, a Delaware corporation
and registered bank holding company. The Company's lead bank is The First
National Bank of Chicago ("FNBC"). The Company also is the parent corporation
of NBD Bank, Detroit, Michigan ("NBD Michigan"), American National Bank and
Trust Company of Chicago ("ANB"), FCC National Bank ("FCCNB"), NBD Bank, N.A.,
Indianapolis, Indiana ("NBD Indiana"), NBD Bank (Florida) and several other
bank subsidiaries. FCCNB is a Delaware-based national banking association
primarily engaged in the issuance of VISA and MasterCard credit cards.
Through its banking subsidiaries, the Company provides consumer and
corporate banking products and services. In addition, the Company, directly or
indirectly, owns the stock of various nonbank companies engaged in businesses
related to banking and finance.
In addition to its equity investment in subsidiaries, the Company, directly
or indirectly, raises funds principally to finance the operations of its
nonbank subsidiaries. A substantial portion of the Company's annual income
typically has been derived from dividends from its subsidiaries, and from
interest on loans, some of which are subordinated, to its subsidiaries.
The Company engages primarily in three lines of business--regional banking,
which includes retail banking and middle market banking; corporate and
institutional banking and corporate investments; and credit card. Each of
these businesses is conducted through the Company's bank and nonbank
subsidiaries.
Because the Company is a holding company, its rights and the rights of its
creditors, including the holders of the Debt Securities, to participate in the
assets of any subsidiary upon the subsidiary's liquidation or recapitalization
would be subject to the prior claims of such subsidiary's creditors except to
the extent that the Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims
against the subsidiary.
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The Company's executive offices are located at One First National Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois 60670, and the telephone number is (312) 732-4000.
SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
The operations of financial institutions may be affected by legislative
changes and by the policies of various regulatory authorities. In particular,
bank holding companies and their subsidiaries are affected by the credit
policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the "Federal
Reserve Board") through its regulation of the national supply of bank credit.
Among the instruments of monetary policy used by the Federal Reserve Board to
implement its objectives are open market operations in U.S. Government
securities, changes in the discount rate on bank borrowings and changes in
reserve requirements on bank deposits.
Bank holding companies, banks and financial institutions generally are
highly regulated, with numerous federal and state laws and regulations
governing their activities. As a bank holding company, the Company is subject
to regulation under the BHC Act and is subject to examination and supervision
by the Federal Reserve Board. Under the BHC Act, the Company is prohibited,
with certain exceptions, from acquiring or retaining direct or indirect
ownership or control of voting shares of any company which is not a bank or
bank holding company, and from engaging in activities other than those of
banking or of managing or controlling banks, other than subsidiary companies
and activities which the Federal Reserve Board determines to be so closely
related to the business of banking as to be a proper incident thereto. The
acquisition of direct or indirect ownership or control of a bank or bank
holding company by the Company is also subject to certain restrictions under
the BHC Act and applicable state laws.
The Company is a legal entity separate and distinct from the Company's
banking subsidiaries (the "Banks") and the Company's other affiliates.
Investors should be aware of the various legal limitations on the extent to
which the Banks can finance or otherwise supply funds to the Company or
various of its affiliates. In particular, the Banks are subject to certain
restrictions imposed by the laws of the United States on any extensions of
credit to the Company or, with certain exceptions, other affiliates, on
investments in stock or other securities thereof, on the taking of such
securities as collateral for loans, and on the terms of transactions between
the Banks and other subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries, including
the Banks, are also subject to certain restrictions with respect to engaging
in the issuance, flotation, underwriting, public sale or distribution of
securities.
Various federal and state laws govern the operations of the Banks. The
national bank subsidiaries of the Company, including FNBC, ANB, FCCNB and NBD
Indiana, are supervised, examined and regulated by the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (the "Comptroller") under the National Bank Act,
as amended. Since national banks are also members of the Federal Reserve
System and their deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (the "FDIC"), they are also subject to the applicable provisions
of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
as amended, and, in certain respects, to state laws applicable to financial
institutions. NBD Michigan and the other state-chartered bank subsidiaries of
the Company are, in general, subject to the same or similar restrictions and
regulations, but with more extensive regulation and examination by state
banking departments, the Federal Reserve Board for state banks which are
members of the Federal Reserve System, and the FDIC for state banks which are
not members of the Federal Reserve System. In addition, the Banks' operations
in other countries are subject to various restrictions imposed by the laws of
such countries.
Federal law prohibits the Company and certain of its affiliates from
borrowing from the Banks without the prior approval of the respective Bank's
Board of Directors and unless such loans are secured by U.S. Treasury or other
specified obligations. Further, such secured loans and investments by any of
the Banks are limited in amount as to the Company or any other such affiliate
to 10% of the respective Bank's capital and surplus and as to the Company and
all such affiliates to an aggregate 20% of the respective Bank's capital and
surplus. Under Federal Reserve Board policy, the Company is expected to act as
a source of financial strength to each Bank and to commit resources to support
such Bank in circumstances where it might not do so absent such policy. In
addition, any capital loans by the Company to any of the Banks would be
subordinate in right of payment to deposits and to certain other indebtedness
of such Bank.
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Additionally, there are certain federal and state regulatory limitations on
the payment of dividends to the Company by the Banks. Dividend payments by
national banks are limited to the lesser of (i) the level of undivided profits
and (ii) absent regulatory approval, an amount not in excess of net income for
the current year combined with retained net income for the preceding two
years. As of January 1, 1997, the Banks could have declared additional
dividends of approximately $0.9 billion without the approval of banking
regulatory agencies. The payment of dividends by any Bank may also be affected
by other factors, such as the maintenance of adequate capital for such Bank.
Bank regulatory agencies have the authority to prohibit the banking
organizations they supervise from paying dividends if, in the bank regulator's
opinion, the payment of dividends would, in light of the financial condition
of such bank, constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.
As a bank holding company, the Company and its subsidiaries generally are
prohibited from engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with
extensions of credit or providing property or services.
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
The Federal Reserve Board has adopted risk-based capital guidelines for bank
holding companies that require bank holding companies to maintain a minimum
ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets (including certain off-balance-
sheet items, such as standby letters of credit) of 8%. At least half of total
capital must be composed of common stockholders' equity, minority interest,
noncumulative perpetual preferred stock and a limited amount of cumulative
perpetual preferred stock, less disallowed intangibles and other adjustments
("Tier I capital"). The remainder ("Tier II capital") may consist of
subordinated debt, other preferred stock, certain other instruments and a
limited amount of loan loss reserves. At June 30, 1997 the Company's
consolidated Tier I capital and total capital ratios were 8.6% and 12.4%,
respectively.
In addition, the Federal Reserve Board has established minimum leverage
ratio guidelines for bank holding companies. These guidelines provide for a
minimum ratio of Tier I capital to total average assets (the "leverage ratio")
of 3% for bank holding companies that meet certain specified criteria,
including those having the highest regulatory rating. All other bank holding
companies generally are required to maintain a leverage ratio of at least 3%
plus an additional cushion of 100 to 200 basis points. The Company's leverage
ratio at June 30, 1997, was 8.6%. The guidelines also provide that bank
holding companies experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions will be
expected to maintain strong capital positions substantially above the minimum
supervisory levels without significant reliance on intangible assets.
Furthermore, the Federal Reserve Board has indicated that it will consider a
"tangible Tier I capital leverage ratio" (deducting all intangibles) and other
indicia of capital strength in evaluating proposals for expansion or new
activities.
Each of the Banks is subject to similar risk-based and leverage capital
requirements adopted by its applicable federal banking agency. Each of the
Company's Banks was in compliance with the applicable minimum capital
requirements as of June 30, 1997. Neither the Company nor any of the Banks has
been advised by any federal banking agency of any specific minimum leverage
ratio requirement applicable to it.
Failure to meet capital requirements could subject a bank to a variety of
enforcement remedies, including the termination of deposit insurance by the
FDIC, and to certain restrictions on its business, which are described below
under "FDICIA and FIRREA".
FDICIA AND FIRREA
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA")
significantly expanded the regulatory and enforcement powers of federal
banking regulators, in particular the FDIC, and has important consequences for
the Company, the Banks and other depository institutions located in the United
States.
A major feature of FDICIA is the comprehensive directions it gives to
federal banking regulators to promptly direct or require the correction of
problems at inadequately capitalized banks in the manner that is least costly
to the federal deposit insurance funds. The degree of corrective regulatory
involvement in the operations
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and management of banks and their holding companies is, under FDICIA, largely
determined by the actual or anticipated capital positions of the subject
institution.
FDICIA established five tiers of capital measurement for regulatory purposes
ranging from "well capitalized" to "critically undercapitalized." Under
regulations adopted by the federal banking agencies, a depository institution
is well capitalized if it significantly exceeds the minimum level required by
regulation for each relevant capital measure, adequately capitalized if it
meets such measure, undercapitalized if it fails to meet any such measure,
significantly undercapitalized if it is significantly below such measure and
critically undercapitalized if its tangible equity is not greater than 2% of
total tangible assets. A depository institution may be deemed to be in a
capitalization category lower than is indicated by its actual capital position
if it receives an unsatisfactory examination rating. FDICIA requires banking
regulators to take increasingly strong corrective steps, based on the capital
tier of any subject bank, to cause such bank to achieve and maintain capital
adequacy. Even if a bank is adequately capitalized, however, the banking
regulators are authorized to apply corrective measures if the bank is
determined to be in an unsafe or unsound condition or engaging in an unsafe or
unsound activity.
Depending on the level of capital of an insured depository institution, the
banking regulatory agencies' corrective powers can include: requiring a
capital restoration plan; placing limits on asset growth and restrictions on
activities; requiring the institution to reduce total assets; requiring the
institution to issue additional stock (including voting stock) or to be
acquired; placing restrictions on transactions with affiliates; restricting
the interest rate the institution may pay on deposits; ordering a new election
for the institution's board of directors; requiring that certain senior
executive officers or directors be dismissed; prohibiting the institution from
accepting deposits from correspondent banks; requiring the institution to
divest certain subsidiaries; prohibiting the payment of principal or interest
on subordinated debt; prohibiting the institution's parent bank holding
company from making capital distributions without prior regulatory approval;
and, ultimately, appointing a receiver for the institution.
If the insured depository institution is undercapitalized, the parent bank
holding company is required to guarantee that the institution will comply with
any capital restoration plan submitted to, and approved by, the appropriate
federal banking agency in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the
institution's total assets at the time the institution became undercapitalized
or (ii) the amount which is necessary (or would have been necessary) to bring
the institution into compliance with all applicable capital standards as of
the time the institution fails to comply with the capital restoration plan. If
such parent bank holding company guarantee is not obtained, the capital
restoration plan may not be accepted by the banking regulators. As a result,
such institution would be subject to the more severe restrictions imposed on
significantly undercapitalized institutions. Further, the failure of such a
depository institution to submit an acceptable capital plan is grounds for the
appointment of a conservator or receiver.
FDICIA also contains a number of other provisions affecting depository
institutions, including additional reporting and independent auditing
requirements, the establishment of safety and soundness standards, the
changing of FDIC insurance premiums from flat amounts to the system of risk-
based assessments described below under "FDIC Insurance," a review of
accounting standards, and supplemental disclosures and limits on the ability
of all but well capitalized depository institutions to acquire brokered
deposits.
Since FDICIA was enacted, Congress has enacted the Riegle Community
Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, the Economic Growth and
Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 and other legislation, which
contain a number of specific provisions easing to some extent the regulatory
burden on banks and bank holding companies, including some FDICIA-imposed
requirements, and which are intended to make the bank regulatory system more
efficient. When required, federal banking regulators are taking actions to
implement these provisions.
The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989
("FIRREA"), among other things, provides generally that, upon the default of
any bank of a multi-unit holding company, the FDIC may
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assess an affiliated insured depository institution for the estimated losses
incurred by the FDIC. Specifically, FIRREA provides that a depository
institution insured by the FDIC can be held liable for any loss incurred by,
or reasonably expected to be incurred ~by, the FDIC, in connection with (i)
the default of a commonly controlled FDIC-insured depository institution or
(ii) any assistance provided by the FDIC to a commonly controlled FDIC-insured
depository institution in danger of a default. "Default" is defined generally
as the appointment of a~ conservator or receiver. "In danger of a default" is
defined generally as the existence of certain conditions indicating that a
default is likely to occur in the absence of regulatory assistance. All of the
Banks are FDIC-insured depository institutions.
FDIC INSURANCE
The Banks are subject to FDIC deposit insurance assessments. Under the
FDIC's risk-based assessment system, the assessment rate is based on
classification of a depository institution in one of nine risk assessment
categories. Such classification is based upon the institution's capital level
and upon certain supervisory evaluations of the institution by its primary
regulator. The assessment rate schedule, effective January 1, 1997, creates a
spread in assessment rates ranging from 0.27% per annum on the amount of
domestic deposits for banks classified as weakest by the FDIC down to no
annual assessment for banks classified as strongest by the FDIC.
INTERSTATE BANKING AND BRANCHING
The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 (the
"Riegle-Neal Act") significantly revised prior laws applicable to interstate
acquisitions of banks and bank holding companies and the branching powers of
national banks. Prior to the Riegle-Neal Act, the Federal Reserve Board was
not permitted to approve an application to acquire shares of a bank located
outside the state in which the operations of the applicant's bank subsidiaries
were principally conducted unless the acquisition were specifically authorized
by a statute of the acquired bank's state. The Federal Reserve Board is now
authorized to approve an application of an adequately capitalized and
adequately managed bank holding company to acquire control of a bank located
in another state without regard to whether such transaction is prohibited
under the law of such state. The Federal Reserve Board may not, however,
approve such an application if, following the acquisition, the applicant would
control either (1) more than 10% of all insured depository institution
deposits in the United States or (2) under certain circumstances, 30% or more
of all insured depository institution deposits in any state where either the
applicant or the acquired bank is located. The 30% limit on aggregate deposits
that may be controlled by an applicant can be adjusted by the states on a non-
discriminatory basis.
The Riegle-Neal Act also revises the rules applicable to mergers between
insured banks located in different states. Before passage of the Riegle-Neal
Act, such mergers generally were not authorized. Commencing June 1, 1997,
however, adequately capitalized and adequately managed insured banks in
different states may merge without regard to whether the merger is authorized
under the law of any state. States may elect to prohibit interstate bank
mergers or may elect to permit early interstate bank mergers by adopting,
prior to June 1, 1997, legislation that expressly so provides, and that
applies on equal terms to all out-of-state banks. The Riegle-Neal Act provides
that an interstate merger involving the acquisition of a branch (as
distinguished from an entire bank) or the de novo establishment of a national
bank branch in another state may be approved only if the law of the host state
expressly permits such action. Generally, an interstate merger may not be
approved if, following the merger, the resulting bank would control (1) more
than 10% of all insured depository institution deposits in the United States
or (2) under certain circumstances, 30% or more of all insured depository
institution deposits in any state where the resulting bank will be located.
The 30% limit on aggregate deposits that may be controlled by the resulting
bank can be adjusted by the states on a non-discriminatory basis. The laws of
the host state regarding community reinvestment, consumer protection, fair
lending and the establishment of intrastate branches will apply to any out-of-
state branch of a national bank unless preempted by federal law or the
Comptroller determines that application of such laws would have a
discriminatory effect on the national bank.
The Riegle-Neal Act contains a number of other provisions related to banks
and bank holding companies, including: authorization of interstate branching
by foreign banks; additional branch closing notice requirements for interstate
banks proposing to close a branch in a low or moderate income area; amendments
to the
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Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to require separate written evaluations of
an insured depository institution for each state in which it maintains
branches; a prohibition on interstate banks maintaining out-of-state deposit
production offices; and authorization for a bank subsidiary of a bank holding
company to receive deposits, renew time deposits, close and service loans and
receive payments on loans as agent for a depository institution affiliate of
such bank.
The extent to, and terms on, which full interstate branching and certain
other actions authorized under the Riegle-Neal Act are implemented will depend
on the actions of entities other than the Company and the Banks, including the
legislatures of the various states. Further developments by state and federal
authorities, including legislation, with respect to matters covered by the
Riegle-Neal Act reasonably can be anticipated to occur in the future. In
addition, there may be new, significant banking legislation enacted or
introduced in the current Congress related to bank holding companies and their
powers; the likelihood of passage and effect, if any, of such legislation on
the Company and the Banks cannot be predicted.
CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The ratios of earnings to fixed charges for the Company, which are computed
on the basis of the total enterprise (as defined by the Commission) by
dividing earnings before fixed charges and income taxes by fixed charges, are
set forth below for the periods indicated. Also set forth below are the ratios
of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, which are
computed on the basis of the total enterprise by dividing earnings before
fixed charges and income taxes by fixed charges and preferred stock dividend
requirements for the periods indicated. Fixed charges consist principally of
interest expense on all long- and short-term borrowings, excluding or
including interest on deposits as indicated.
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SIX MONTHS
ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, JUNE 30,
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1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1997
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Earnings to Fixed Charges:
Excluding interest expense on
deposits............................ 2.2x 1.8x 2.2x 3.0x 1.3x 2.5x
Including interest expense on
deposits............................ 1.5x 1.4x 1.6x 1.8x 1.1x 1.6x
Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Dividends:
Excluding interest expense on
deposits............................ 2.1x 1.7x 2.1x(1) 2.7x 1.2x 2.4x
Including interest expense on
deposits............................ 1.5x 1.3x 1.5x(1) 1.7x 1.1x 1.6x
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(1) For 1994, preferred dividends include a $4.5 million premium related to
the redemption of the 10% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D of First
Chicago.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will use
the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities for general corporate
purposes, including the funding of investments in, or extensions of credit to,
the Company's subsidiaries. Pending the uses described above, the Company may
temporarily invest the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in various
short-term securities or apply the net proceeds to reduce short-term
indebtedness. Based upon the historic and anticipated future growth of the
Company and the financial needs of its subsidiaries, the Company anticipates
that it will, on a recurrent basis, engage in additional financings in
character and amount to be determined.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
GENERAL
The Debt Securities will constitute either Senior Securities or Subordinated
Securities. The Senior Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as
of October 1, 1997 (the "Senior Indentures"), between the Company and First
Security Bank, National Association, as Trustee ("First Security"). The
Subordinated Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of October
1, 1997 (the "Subordinated Indenture"), between the Company and First Trust
National Association, as Trustee ("First Trust"). The Senior Indenture and the
Subordinated Indenture are collectively referred to herein as the
"Indentures". References to the "Trustee" shall mean First Security or First
Trust, as applicable. The statements under this caption are brief summaries of
certain provisions contained in the Indentures, do not purport to be complete
and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the applicable Indenture,
copies of which are exhibits to the Registration Statement. Whenever defined
terms are used but not defined herein, such terms shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the applicable Indenture, it being intended that such
defined terms shall be incorporated herein by reference.
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 any Debt Securities
and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply to such
Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
such Debt Securities.
None of the Indentures limits the amount of Debt Securities which may be
issued thereunder, and each Indenture provides 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 and may be denominated in any
currency or currency unit designated by the Company. Neither the Indentures
nor the Debt Securities will limit or otherwise restrict the amount of other
indebtedness which may be incurred or the other securities which may be issued
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
Debt Securities of a series may be issuable in registered form without
coupons ("Registered Securities"), in bearer form with or without coupons
attached ("Bearer Securities") or in the form of one or more global securities
in registered or bearer form (each a "Global Security"). Bearer Securities, if
any, will be offered only to non-United States persons and to offices located
outside the United States of certain United States financial institutions.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement for a description of the
following terms, where applicable, of each series of Debt Securities in
respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered: (1) the title of such
Debt Securities; (2) the limit, if any, on the aggregate principal amount or
aggregate initial public offering price of such Debt Securities; (3) the
priority of payment of such Debt Securities; (4) the price or prices (which
may be expressed as a percentage of the aggregate principal amount thereof) at
which the Debt Securities will be issued; (5) the date or dates on which the
principal of the Debt Securities will be payable; (6) the rate or rates (which
may be fixed or variable) per annum at which such Debt Securities will bear
interest, if any, or the method of determining the same; (7) the date or dates
from which such interest, if any, on the Debt Securities will accrue, the date
or dates on which such interest, if any, will be payable, the date or dates on
which payment of such interest, if any, will commence and the Regular Record
Dates for such Interest Payment Dates; (8) the extent to which any of the Debt
Securities will be issuable in temporary or permanent global form, or the
manner in which any interest payable on a temporary or permanent global Debt
Security will be paid; (9) each office or agency where, subject to the terms
of the applicable Indenture, the Debt Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange; (10) the place or places where the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Debt
Securities will be payable; (11) the date or dates, if any, after which such
Debt Securities may be redeemed or purchased in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company or mandatorily pursuant to any sinking, purchase or
analogous fund or may be required to be purchased or redeemed at the option of
the holder, and the redemption or repayment price or prices thereof; (12) the
denomination or denominations in which such Debt Securities are authorized to
be issued; (13) the currency, currencies or units (including ECU) based on or
related
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to currencies for which the Debt Securities may be purchased and the currency,
currencies or currency units (including ECU) in which the principal of,
premium, if any, and any interest on such Debt Securities may be payable; (14)
any index used to determine the amount of payments of principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Debt Securities; (15) whether any of the Debt
Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities and/or Registered
Securities, and if issuable as Bearer Securities, any limitations on issuance
of such Bearer Securities and any provisions regarding the transfer or
exchange of such Bearer Securities (including exchange for registered Debt
Securities of the same series); (16) the payment of any additional amounts
with respect to the Debt Securities; (17) whether any of the Debt Securities
will be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities (as defined below); (18)
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; (19) the terms, if
any, upon which the Debt Securities may be convertible into or exchanged for
Common Stock, Preferred Stock (which may be represented by Depositary Shares),
other Debt Securities, Debt Warrants, Common Stock Warrants or Preferred Stock
Warrants or any other securities of the Company and the terms and conditions
upon which such conversion or exchange will be effected, including the initial
conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and
any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein; (20)
any additional covenants or Events of Default not currently set forth in the
applicable Indenture; and (21) any other terms of such Debt Securities not
inconsistent with the provisions of the applicable Indenture.
If any of the Debt Securities are sold for one or more foreign currencies or
foreign currency units or if the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any series of Debt Securities is payable in one or more foreign currencies or
foreign currency units, the restrictions, elections, tax consequences,
specific terms and other information with respect to such issue of Debt
Securities and such currencies or currency units will be set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Debt Securities may be issued as original issue discount Debt Securities
(bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of issuance is
below market rates) ("Original Issue Discount Securities"), to be sold at a
substantial discount below the stated principal amount thereof due at the
stated maturity of such Debt Securities. There may not be any periodic
payments of interest on Original Issue Discount Securities as defined herein.
In the event of an acceleration of the maturity of any Original Issue Discount
Security, the amount payable to the holder of such Original Issue Discount
Security upon such acceleration will be determined in accordance with the
Prospectus Supplement, the terms of such security and the Indenture, but will
be an amount less than the amount payable at the maturity of the principal of
such Original Issue Discount Security. Federal income tax considerations with
respect to Original Issue Discount Securities will be set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Debt
Securities will be issued only as Registered Securities. If Bearer Securities
are issued, the United States Federal income tax consequences and other
special considerations, procedures and limitations applicable to such Bearer
Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Debt Securities issued as Registered Securities will be without coupons.
Debt Securities issued as Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons
attached, unless issued as zero coupon securities.
Registered Securities (other than a Global Security) may be presented for
transfer (with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed) or
exchanged for other Debt Securities of the same series at the office of the
Note Registrar specified according to the terms of the applicable Indenture.
The Company has agreed in each of the Indentures that, with respect to
Registered Securities having The City of New York as a place of payment, the
Company will appoint a Note Registrar or Co-Note Registrar located in The City
of New York for such transfer or exchange. Such transfer or exchange shall be
made without service charge, but the Company may require payment of any taxes
or other governmental charges as described in the applicable Indenture.
Provisions relating to the exchange of Bearer Securities for other Debt
Securities of the same series (including, if applicable, Registered
Securities) will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In no
event, however, will Registered Securities be exchangeable for Bearer
Securities.
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GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities that will be deposited with, or on
behalf of, a depositary (the "Depositary") identified in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series. Global Securities may be issued in either
registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Debt
Securities represented thereby, a Global Security may not be transferred
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 the Depositary or any nominee to a
successor Depositary or any nominee of such successor.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of
Debt Securities and certain limitations and restrictions relating to a series
of Bearer Securities in the form of one or more Global Securities, will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. The Company
anticipates that the following provisions will generally apply to depositary
arrangements.
Upon the issuance of a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global
Security or its nominee will credit, on its book-entry registration and
transfer system, the respective principal amounts of the individual Debt
Securities represented by such Global Security to the accounts of persons that
have accounts with such Depositary. Such accounts shall be designated by the
underwriters or agents with respect to such Debt Securities. Ownership of
beneficial interests in a Global Security will be limited to persons that have
accounts with the applicable Depositary ("participants") or persons that may
hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in such
Global Security will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be
effected only through, records maintained by the applicable Depositary or its
nominee (with respect to interests of participants) and the records of
participants (with respect to interests of persons other than participants).
The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take
physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and such
laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global
Security.
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
Indenture governing such Debt Securities. Except as provided below, owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have any of
the individual 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 any such Debt Securities of such series in definitive
form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the
Indenture governing such Debt Securities.
Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
individual Debt Securities represented by a Global Security registered in the
name of a Depositary or its nominee will be made to the Depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of the Global Security
representing such Debt Securities. Neither the Company, the Trustee for such
Debt Securities, any Paying Agent, nor the Note Registrar for such Debt
Securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of the Global Security for such Debt Securities or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Subject to certain restrictions relating to Bearer Securities, the Company
expects that the Depositary for a series of Debt Securities or its nominee,
upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest in respect of a
permanent Global Security representing any of such Debt Securities will credit
participants' accounts immediately with payments in amounts proportionate to
their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such Global
Security for such Debt Securities as shown on the records of such Depositary
or its nominee. The Company also expects that payments by participants to
owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security held through such
participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary
practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of
customers in bearer form or registered in "street
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name". Such payments will be the responsibility of such participants. With
respect to owners of beneficial interests in a temporary Global Security
representing Bearer Securities, receipt by such beneficial owners of payments
of principal, premium or interest in respect thereof will be subject to
additional restrictions.
If the Depositary for a series of Debt Securities is at any time unwilling,
unable or ineligible to continue as depositary and a successor depositary is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days, the Company will issue individual
Debt Securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for the Global
Security representing such series of Debt Securities. In addition, the Company
may at any time and in its sole discretion, subject to any limitations
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt Securities,
determine not to have any Debt Securities of a series represented by one or
more Global Securities and, in such event, will issue individual Debt
Securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for the Global
Security or Securities representing such series of Debt Securities. Further,
if the Company so specifies with respect to the Debt Securities of a series,
an owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security representing Debt
Securities of such series may, on terms acceptable to the Company, Trustee and
the Depositary for such Global Security, receive Debt Securities of such
series in definitive form in exchange for such beneficial interests, subject
to any limitations described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
Debt Securities. In any such instance, an owner of a beneficial interest in a
Global Security will be entitled to physical delivery in definitive form of
Debt Securities of the series represented by such Global Security equal in
principal amount to such beneficial interest and to have such Debt Securities
registered in its name (if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as
Registered Securities). Debt Securities of such series so issued in definitive
form will be issued (a) as Registered Securities in denominations, unless
otherwise specified by the Company, of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof
if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as Registered Securities,
(b) as Bearer Securities in the denomination, unless otherwise specified by
the Company, of $5,000 if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as
Bearer Securities or (c) as either Registered or Bearer Securities, if the
Debt Securities of such series are issuable in either form. Certain
restrictions may apply, however, on the issuance of a Bearer Security in
definitive form in exchange for an interest in a Global Security.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on Registered Securities
will be made at the office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as the
Company may designate from time to time, except that, at the option of the
Company, payment of any interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the
address of the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
applicable Note Register or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by
the person entitled thereto as specified in the applicable Note Register.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of
any installment of interest on Registered Securities will be made to the
person in whose name such Debt Security is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such payment.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and any interest on Bearer Securities will
be payable, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the offices of
such Paying Agents outside the United States as the Company may designate from
time to time, at the option of the Holder, by check or by transfer to an
account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of
interest on Bearer Securities will be made only against surrender of the
coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. No payment with respect to any
Bearer Security will 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.
LEVERAGED AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
Each Indenture and the Debt Securities do not contain, among other things,
provisions which would afford holders of the Debt Securities protection in the
event of a highly leveraged or other transaction involving the Company which
could adversely affect the holders of Debt Securities.
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MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE; WAIVER OF COVENANTS
Each Indenture provides that, with the consent of the holders of not less
than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt
Securities of each affected series, modifications and alterations of such
Indenture may be made which affect the rights of the holders of such Debt
Securities; provided, however, that no such modification or alteration may be
made without the consent of the holder of each Debt Security so affected which
would, among other things, (i) change the maturity of the principal of, or of
any installment of interest (or premium, if any) on, any Debt Security issued
pursuant to such Indenture, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any
premium thereon, or change the method of calculation of interest or the
currency of payment of principal or interest (or premium, if any) on, or
reduce the minimum rate of interest thereon, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to any such
Debt Security, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount
Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity
thereof; or (ii) reduce the above-stated percentage in principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities required to modify or alter such Indenture.
CONVERTIBLE DEBT SECURITIES
Certain Debt Securities (the "Convertible Debt Securities") may be
convertible into other Securities of the Company. The holders of such
Convertible Debt Securities of a specified series may be entitled or, if so
provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, may be required at such time
or times specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, subject to prior
redemption, repayment or repurchase, to convert any Convertible Debt
Securities of such series (in denominations set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement) into Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Common Stock
Warrants, Preferred Stock Warrants, another series of Debt Securities, Debt
Warrants or Depositary Shares, as the case may be, (collectively, the
foregoing securities into which the Convertible Debt Securities may convert
are referred to herein as "Conversion Securities") at the conversion price set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, subject to adjustment as
described below, and in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The relevant
provisions for each series of Convertible Debt Securities will be set forth in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Except as described below or in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, no adjustment will be made upon conversion
of any Convertible Debt Securities for interest accrued thereon or for
dividends on any Conversion Securities issued. If any Convertible Debt
Securities not called for redemption are converted between a Regular Record
Date for the payment of interest and the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, such Convertible Debt Securities must be accompanied by funds equal to
the interest payable on such succeeding Interest Payment Date on the principal
amount so converted. The Company is not required to issue fractional shares of
Common Stock or Preferred Stock upon conversion of Convertible Debt Securities
that are convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and,
in lieu thereof, will pay a cash adjustment, in the case of Convertible Debt
Securities convertible into Common Stock, based upon the market value of the
Common Stock, and in the case of Convertible Debt Securities convertible into
Preferred Stock, based upon the liquidation preference of such series of
Preferred Stock, unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement. In
the case of Convertible Debt Securities convertible into securities other than
Common Stock or Preferred Stock, such adjustment will be based on such method
as is set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.
The conversion price for a series of Convertible Debt Securities that are
convertible into Common Stock is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of
certain events under formulas that will be set forth in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
In the event of a taxable distribution to holders of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock (or other transaction) which results in any adjustment of the
conversion price of Convertible Debt Securities that are convertible into
Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the holders of such Convertible Debt
Securities may, in certain circumstances, be deemed to have received a
distribution subject to United States Federal income tax as a dividend; in
certain other circumstances, the absence of such an adjustment may result in a
taxable dividend to the holders of Common Stock or Preferred Stock acquired
upon conversion of such Convertible Debt Securities.
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE OF ASSETS
Each Indenture provides that the Company may, without the consent of the
holders of any of the Debt Securities outstanding under the applicable
Indenture, consolidate with, merge into or transfer its assets substantially
as an entirety to any person, provided that (i) any such successor assumes the
Company's obligations on the applicable Debt Securities and under the
applicable Indenture, (ii) after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default
(as defined in the Senior Indenture) in the case of the Senior Securities, or
Default (as defined in the Subordinated Indenture) in the case of the
Subordinated Securities, shall have happened and be continuing and (iii)
certain other conditions under the applicable Indenture are met. Accordingly,
any such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets substantially as an
entirety, which meets the conditions described above, would not create any
Event of Default or Default which would entitle holders of the Debt
Securities, or the Trustee on their behalf, to take any of the actions
described below under "Senior Securities--Events of Default, Waivers, etc." or
"Subordinated Securities--Events of Default, Waivers, etc."
SENIOR SECURITIES
The Senior Securities will be direct, unsecured obligations of the Company
and will rank pari passu with all outstanding unsecured senior indebtedness of
the Company.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, WAIVERS, ETC.
An Event of Default with respect to Senior Securities of any series is
defined in the Senior Indenture as (i) default in the payment of principal of
or premium, if any, on any of the Senior Securities of that series outstanding
under the Senior Indenture when due; (ii) default in the payment of interest
on any of the Senior Securities of that series outstanding under the Senior
Indenture when due and continuance of such default for 30 days; (iii) default
in the performance of any other covenant of the Company in the Senior
Indenture with respect to Senior Securities of such series and continuance of
such default for 60 days after written notice; (iv) due acceleration of any
indebtedness for borrowed money in principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 of
the Company under the terms of the instrument under which such indebtedness is
issued or secured, if such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled or such
indebtedness is not discharged within 30 days after written notice; (v)
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company; and
(vi) any other event that may be specified in a Prospectus Supplement with
respect to any series of Senior Securities. If an Event of Default with
respect to any series of Senior Securities for which there are Senior
Securities outstanding under the Senior Indenture occurs and is continuing,
either the applicable Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Senior Securities of such series outstanding may
declare the principal amount (or if such Senior Securities are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified
in the terms of that series) of all Senior Securities of that series to be
immediately due and payable. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Senior Securities of any series outstanding under the Senior
Indenture may waive an Event of Default resulting in acceleration of such
Senior Securities, but only if all Events of Default with respect to Senior
Securities of such series have been remedied and all payments due (other than
those due as a result of acceleration) have been made. If an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the applicable Trustee may, in its discretion, and
at the written request of holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Senior Securities of any series outstanding under the
Senior Indenture and upon reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request and subject to
certain other conditions set forth in the Senior Indenture shall, proceed to
protect the rights of the holders of all the Senior Securities of such series.
Prior to acceleration of maturity of the Senior Securities of any series
outstanding under the Senior Indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of such Senior Securities may waive any past default under
the Senior Indenture except a default in the payment of principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on the Senior Securities of such series.
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The Senior Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default specified in clauses (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding
paragraph, the Company will, upon demand of the applicable Trustee, pay to it,
for the benefit of the holder of any such Senior Security, the whole amount
then due and payable on such Senior Securities for principal, premium, if any,
and interest. The Senior Indenture further provides that if the Company fails
to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, such Trustee may, among other
things, institute a judicial proceeding for the collection thereof.
A judgment for money damages by courts in the United States, including a
money judgment based on an obligation expressed in a foreign currency, will
ordinarily be rendered only in U.S. dollars. New York statutory law provides
that a court shall render a judgment or decree in the foreign currency of the
underlying obligation and that the judgment or decree shall be converted into
U.S. dollars at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of entry of the
judgment or decree.
The Senior Indenture also provides that notwithstanding any other provision
of the Senior Indenture, the holder of any Senior Security of any series shall
have the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Senior Securities when due
and that such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such holder.
The Company is required to file annually with the Trustee a written
statement of officers as to the existence or non-existence of defaults under
the Senior Indenture or the Senior Securities.
REGARDING FIRST SECURITY
First Security, the Trustee under the Senior Indenture, has its principal
corporate trust office at 79 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.
The Company has normal banking relationships with First Security.
SUBORDINATED SECURITIES
The Subordinated Securities will be direct, unsecured obligations of the
Company and will be subject to the subordination provisions described below.
The Subordinated Securities will be subordinated to the senior indebtedness
and general obligations of the Company.
SUBORDINATION
It is the intent of the Company that Subordinated Securities issued by the
Company be treated as capital for calculation of regulatory capital ratios.
The Federal Reserve Board ~ has issued interpretations of its capital
regulations indicating, among other things, that subordinated debt of bank
holding companies issued on or after September 4, 1992, is includable in
capital for calculation of regulatory capital ratios only if the subordination
of the debt meets certain criteria and if the debt may be accelerated only for
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar matters (the "Subordination
Interpretations"). Accordingly, the Subordinated Indenture contains
subordination and acceleration provisions for the Subordinated Securities
which are intended to be consistent with the Subordination Interpretations.
Subordinated debt of the Company (including subordinated debt issued prior to
the Merger by First Chicago and NBD) issued after September 4, 1992, which
meets the Subordination Interpretations are referred to herein as "New
Subordinated Securities". Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to a particular series of Subordinated Securities offered
thereby, Subordinated Securities offered pursuant to this Prospectus will
constitute New Subordinated Securities. See "Events of Default, Defaults,
Waivers, etc." below.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization, the payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Subordinated Securities is to be subordinated in
right of payment, to the extent provided in the Subordinated Indenture, to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. In certain events of
bankruptcy or insolvency, the payment of the principal of and interest on the
Subordinated Securities will, to the extent provided in the Subordinated
Indenture, also be effectively subordinated in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all General Obligations.
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Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization, the holders of Senior Indebtedness will
first be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become
due before the holders of the Subordinated Securities will be entitled to
receive any payment in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Subordinated Securities. If upon any such payment or
distribution of assets there remain, after giving effect to such subordination
provisions in favor of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, any amounts of
cash, property or securities available for payment or distribution in respect
of the Subordinated Securities ("Excess Proceeds") and if, at such time, any
creditors in respect of General Obligations have not received payment in full
of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of such General
Obligations, then such Excess Proceeds shall first be applied to pay or
provide for the payment in full of such General Obligations before any payment
or distribution may be made in respect of the Subordinated Securities. The
other New Subordinated Securities issued prior to the date of this Prospectus
contain similar provisions subordinating any payment or distribution on such
New Subordinated Securities to the payment of amounts due or to become due on
or in respect of general obligations of the Company.
In addition, no payment may be made of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Subordinated Securities, or in respect of any redemption,
retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Subordinated
Securities, at any time when (i) there is a default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, interest on or otherwise in respect of any
Senior Indebtedness or (ii) any event of default with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness has occurred and is continuing, or would occur as a result of
such payment on the Subordinated Securities or any redemption, retirement,
purchase or other acquisition of any of the Subordinated Securities,
permitting the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity
thereof. Except as described above, the obligation of the Company to make
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Subordinated
Securities will not be affected.
By reason of such subordination in favor of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, in the event of a distribution of assets upon any dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization, certain creditors of the Company
who are not holders of Senior Indebtedness or of the Subordinated Securities
may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Indebtedness and may recover
more, ratably, than holders of the Subordinated Securities. By reason of the
subordination of payments and distributions on the New Subordinated Securities
to creditors in respect of general obligations, in the event of a distribution
of assets upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization,
holders of Old Subordinated Indebtedness (as defined herein) may recover less,
ratably, than creditors in respect of general obligations and may recover
more, ratably, than the holders of New Subordinated Securities.
Subject to payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the
holders of Subordinated Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash,
property or securities of the Company applicable to Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to payment in full of all General Obligations, the rights of the
holders of the Subordinated Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the
creditors in respect of General Obligations to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to
such creditors in respect of General Obligations.
"Senior Indebtedness" is defined in the Subordinated Indenture as the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on (i) all of the Company's
indebtedness for money borrowed (but excluding trade accounts payable arising
in the ordinary course of business), other than (x) the Subordinated
Securities, the Company's 9 7/8% Subordinated Notes Due July 1999, the
Company's 9% Subordinated Notes Due June 15, 1999, the Company's 9 7/8%
Subordinated Notes Due August 15, 2000, the Company's 11 1/4% Subordinated
Notes Due February 20, 2001, the Company's 10 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due May
1, 2001, the Company's 9 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due November 15, 2001, the
Company's 8 7/8% Subordinated Notes Due March 15, 2002, the Company's 8 1/4%
Subordinated Notes Due June 15, 2002, the Company's 9 1/5% Subordinated Notes
Due December 17, 2001, the Company's 7 5/8% Subordinated Notes Due January 15,
2003 (the "January 2003 Notes"), the Company's 6 7/8% Subordinated Notes Due
June 15, 2003 (the "June 2003 Notes"), the Company's Floating Rate
Subordinated Notes Due July 28, 2003 (the "July 2003 Notes"), the Company's 6
3/8% Subordinated Notes Due January 30, 2009 (the "January 2009 Notes"), the
Company's 7 1/8% Subordinated Notes Due 2007 (the "2007 Notes"), the
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Company's 7 1/4% Subordinated Debentures Due 2004 (the "2004 Notes"), the
Company's 8.10% Subordinated Notes Due 2002, the Company's 7.40% Subordinated
Debenture due May 10, 2023 (the "2023 Debentures"), the Company's Floating
Rate Subordinated Notes Due 2005, the Company's 6 1/8% Subordinated Notes Due
February 15, 2006 (the "February 2006 Notes") and the subordinated notes
issued pursuant to the Company's Medium-Term Note Program, Series G (the "MTN
Notes") (collectively, all of the foregoing notes and debentures are
hereinafter referred to as the "Existing Subordinated Indebtedness") and (y)
Junior Subordinated Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution
of the Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred,
except such indebtedness as is by its terms expressly stated to be not
superior in right of payment to the Subordinated Securities or the Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness or to rank pari passu with the Subordinated
Securities or the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness; and (ii) any deferrals,
renewals or extensions of any such Senior Indebtedness. The term "indebtedness
for money borrowed" as used in the prior sentence includes, without
limitation, any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company
for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other written instruments, and any deferred obligation
for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets. The Subordinated
Indenture contains no limitation on the issuance of additional Senior
Indebtedness of the Company.
The January 2003 Notes, the June 2003 Notes, the July 2003 Notes, the
January 2009 Notes, the 2007 Notes, the 2023 Debentures, the February 2006
Notes and the MTN Notes all constitute New Subordinated Securities; all other
Existing Subordinated Indebtedness constitutes Old Subordinated Securities.
The Subordinated Securities rank and will rank pari passu with the Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness, subject to the obligations of the holders of
Subordinated Securities (and, generally, holders of other New Subordinated
Securities) to pay over any proceeds remaining after payments and
distributions to holders of Senior Indebtedness to creditors in respect of
general obligations. Thus, in the event of a distribution of assets of the
Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization, the
holders of the New Subordinated Securities (including holders of the
Subordinated Securities offered hereby) may receive less, ratably, than
holders of Old Subordinated Securities. The Subordinated Securities rank and
will rank senior to any Junior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company.
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a
particular series of Subordinated Securities offered thereby, "General
Obligations", with respect to the Subordinated Securities, means all
obligations of the Company to make payment on account of claims in respect of
derivative products such as interest and foreign exchange rate contracts,
commodity contracts and similar arrangements, other than (i) obligations on
account of Senior Indebtedness, (ii) obligations on account of indebtedness
for money borrowed ranking pari passu with or subordinate to the Subordinated
Securities (including, but not limited to, Junior Subordinated Indebtedness)
and (iii) obligations which by their terms are expressly stated not to be
superior in right of payment to the Subordinated Securities or to rank on
parity with the Subordinated Securities; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any rule, guideline or
interpretation promulgated or issued by the Federal Reserve Board (or other
competent regulatory agency or authority), as from time to time in effect,
establishes or specifies criteria for the inclusion in regulatory capital of
subordinated debt of a bank holding company requiring that such subordinated
debt be subordinated to obligations to creditors in addition to those set
forth above, then the term "General Obligations" shall also include such
additional obligations to creditors, as from time to time in effect pursuant
to such rules, guidelines or interpretations. For purposes of this definition,
"claim" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 101(4) of the
Bankruptcy Code 1978, as amended to the date of the Subordinated Indenture.
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to a
particular series of Subordinated Securities offered thereby, "Junior
Subordinated Indebtedness", with respect to the Subordinated Securities, means
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of the Company's
indebtedness for money borrowed (but excluding trade accounts payable arising
in the ordinary course of business) whether outstanding on the date of
execution of the Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or
incurred and any deferrals, renewals or extensions of such debt provided such
debt (i) is by its terms subordinated to the Subordinated Securities, (ii) is
between or among the Company and certain affiliated financing entities
including all debt securities and guarantees in respect of those debt
securities issued to certain financing entities or a trustee of a financing
entity
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sponsored by the Company, (iii) is evidenced by securities issued under one of
the indentures dated either as of November 15, 1996 or as of January 1, 1997,
each between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (unless such
securities are by their terms senior in right of payment to the securities
heretofore issued under said indentures), or (iv) is a guarantee of the
Company on a subordinated basis under certain guarantee agreements dated
December 3, 1996, December 5, 1996 or January 31, 1997, relating to securities
issued by certain financing entities affiliated with the Company. The term
"indebtedness for money borrowed" as used in the prior sentence includes,
without limitation, any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the
Company for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other written instruments, and any deferred
obligation for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets.
As of June 30, 1997, the aggregate amount of Senior Indebtedness and General
Obligations of the Company was approximately $2.58 billion.
LIMITED RIGHTS OF ACCELERATION
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to any
series of Subordinated Securities, payment of principal of the Subordinated
Securities may be accelerated only in case of the bankruptcy or reorganization
of the Company. There is no right of acceleration in the case of a default in
the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Subordinated
Securities or the performance of any other covenant of the Company in the
Subordinated Indenture. Payment of principal of the Old Subordinated
Securities may be accelerated in the case of the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company. Such payment may also be accelerated in the
case of certain events of insolvency or receivership of FNBC or NBD Michigan,
as the case may be.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, DEFAULTS, WAIVERS, ETC.
An Event of Default with respect to Subordinated Securities of any series is
defined in the Subordinated Indenture as certain events involving the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company and any other Event of Default
provided with respect to Subordinated Securities of that series. A Default
with respect to Subordinated Securities of any series is defined in the
Subordinated Indenture as (i) an Event of Default with respect to such series,
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any
Subordinated Security of such series when due, (iii) default in the payment of
interest upon any Subordinated Security of such series when due and the
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days, (iv) default in the
performance of any other covenant or agreement of the Company in the
Subordinated Indenture with respect to Subordinated Securities of such series
and continuance of such default for 60 days after written notice, or (v) any
other Default provided with respect to Subordinated Securities of any series.
If an Event of Default with respect to any series of Subordinated Securities
for which there are Subordinated Securities outstanding under the Subordinated
Indenture occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Securities of
such series may declare the principal amount (or if such Subordinated
Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all
Subordinated Securities of that series to be immediately due and payable. The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated
Securities of any series outstanding under the Subordinated Indenture may
waive an Event of Default resulting in acceleration of such Subordinated
Securities, but only if all Defaults have been remedied and all payments due
(other than those due as a result of acceleration) have been made. If a
Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion, and at
the written request of holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Subordinated Securities of any series outstanding
under the Subordinated Indenture and upon reasonable indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request
and subject to certain other conditions set forth in the Subordinated
Indenture shall, proceed to protect the rights of the holders of all the
Subordinated Securities of such series. Prior to acceleration of maturity of
the Subordinated Securities of any series outstanding under the Subordinated
Indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such
Subordinated Securities may waive any past default under the Subordinated
Indenture except a default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Subordinated Securities of such series.
The Subordinated Indenture provides that in the event of a Default specified
in clauses (ii) or (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph in payment of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Subordinated
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Security of any series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to
it, for the benefit of the holder of any such Subordinated Security, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Subordinated Security for principal,
premium, if any, and interest. The Subordinated Indenture further provides
that if the Company fails to pay such amount forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee may, among other things, institute a judicial proceeding for the
collection thereof.
The Subordinated Indenture also provides that notwithstanding any other
provision of the Subordinated Indenture, the holder of any Subordinated
Security of any series shall have the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
such Subordinated Security on the respective Stated Maturities (as defined in
the Subordinated Indenture) expressed in such Subordinated Security and that
such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such holder.
The Company is required to file annually with the Trustee a written
statement of officers as to the existence or non-existence of defaults under
the Subordinated Indenture or the Subordinated Securities.
REGARDING FIRST TRUST
First Trust, the Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture, has a corporate
trust office at One Illinois Center, 111 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
60601. The Company has normal banking relationships with First Trust.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT WARRANTS
The Company may issue Debt Warrants for the purchase of Debt Securities.
Debt Warrants may be issued independently or together with any Debt Securities
offered by any Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to or separate from
such Debt Securities. The Debt Warrants are to be issued under warrant
agreements (each a "Debt Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the
Company and a warrant agent which will be designated in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement (the "Debt Warrant Agent"), all as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of Debt Warrants (the
"Offered Debt Warrants"). The Debt Warrant Agent will act solely as an agent
of the Company in connection with the Debt Warrants and will not assume any
obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or
beneficial owners of Debt Warrants. The following summaries of certain
provisions of the form of Debt Warrant Agreement and the warrant certificates
representing the Debt Warrants (the "Debt Warrant Certificates"), if any, do
not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their
entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Debt Warrant Agreement and
the Debt Warrant Certificates, respectively, including the definitions therein
of certain terms, which Agreement and Certificates will be filed as exhibits
to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus forms a part.
If Debt Warrants are offered, the Prospectus Supplement will describe the
terms of the Offered Debt Warrants, the Debt Warrant Agreement relating to the
Offered Debt Warrants and the Debt Warrant Certificates representing the
Offered Debt Warrants, if any, including the following: (1) the offering
price; (2) the currency or currency unit in which the price for the Offered
Debt Warrants may be payable; (3) the designation, aggregate principal amount
and terms of the Debt Securities purchasable upon exercise of the Offered Debt
Warrants; (4) if applicable, the designation and terms of the Debt Securities
with which the Offered Debt Warrants are issued and the number of Offered Debt
Warrants issued with each such Debt Security; (5) if the Debt Securities
purchasable upon exercise of Offered Debt Warrants are denominated in a
currency or currency unit other than U.S. dollars, the denomination of such
Debt Securities and the currency or units based on or relating to currencies
(including ECU) in which the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
such Debt Securities will be payable; (6) if applicable, the date on and after
which the Offered Debt Warrants and the related Debt Securities will be
separately transferable; (7) the principal amount of Debt Securities
purchasable upon exercise of an Offered Debt Warrant and the price at which,
and currency or currency units based on or relating to currencies (including
ECU) in which, such principal amount of Debt Securities may be purchased upon
such exercise; (8) the date on which the right to exercise the Offered Debt
Warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire; (9) if
applicable, a discussion of certain Federal income tax, accounting and other
special considerations, procedures and limitations; (10) whether the Debt
Warrants represented by the Debt Warrant Certificates will be issued as
Registered Securities or Bearer Securities; and (11) any other terms of the
Offered Debt Warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to
the exchange and exercise of the Offered Debt Warrants.
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DESCRIPTION OF CURRENCY WARRANTS
The Company may issue Currency Warrants which, upon exercise at a permitted
time or times in the future, entitle any holder thereof to receive the Cash
Settlement Value (as defined below) of two designated currencies. Currency
Warrants may be issued independently or together with any Debt Securities
offered by any Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to or separate from
such Debt Securities. The Currency Warrants are to be issued under warrant
agreements (each a "Currency Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between
the Company and a warrant agent which will be designated in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement (the "Currency Warrant Agent"), all as set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of Currency Warrants
(the "Offered Currency Warrants"). The Currency Warrant Agent will act solely
as an agent of the Company in connection with the Currency Warrants and will
not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any
holder or beneficial owners of Currency Warrants. The following summaries of
certain provisions of the form of Currency Warrant Agreement do not purport to
be complete and are subject to and are qualified in their entirety by
reference to all the provisions of the Currency Warrant Agreement and the form
of certificate, if any, representing the Currency Warrants (the "Currency
Warrant Certificates"), respectively, including the definitions therein of
certain terms which Agreement and Certificate, if any, will be filed as an
exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus forms a part.
The Currency Warrants will not require, or entitle, any holder thereof to
sell any foreign currency to the Company. The Company will make only a U.S.
dollar cash settlement upon exercise of a Currency Warrant and will not be
obligated to purchase or take delivery of any foreign currency from any holder
of a Currency Warrant.
The "Cash Settlement Value" of an exercised Currency Warrant will be an
amount stated in U.S. dollars which is the greater of (i) zero and (ii) an
amount equal to (a) the nominal amount of such Currency Warrant, minus (b) an
amount equal to the nominal amount of such Currency Warrant times a fraction,
the numerator of which is the Strike Price of such Currency Warrant and the
denominator of which is the Spot Rate of such Currency Warrant on the Exercise
Date. The "nominal amount" of a Currency Warrant refers to the principal
amount, expressed in U.S. dollars, of a currency (the "Base Currency") which
is to be compared to another currency (the "Second Currency") upon exercise of
such Currency Warrant. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the Base Currency shall be U.S. dollars. The "Strike Price" is the
designated rate of exchange of the Base Currency for the Second Currency which
the Company will specify in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Offered
Currency Warrants. The "Spot Rate" refers to the floating rate of exchange of
the Base Currency for the Second Currency on any given date, as quoted by a
reference bank or banks or other institution at a designated time of day, such
source of quotations and time to be specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. The "Exercise Date" refers to the effective date on which the
holder of a Currency Warrant exercises such Currency Warrant.
If Currency Warrants are offered, the Prospectus Supplement will describe
the terms of the Offered Currency Warrants, the Currency Warrant Agreement
relating to the Offered Currency Warrants and, if applicable, Currency Warrant
Certificates, including the following: (1) the aggregate number of Offered
Currency Warrants; (2) the Nominal Amount of each Offered Currency Warrant;
(3) the price of the Offered Currency Warrants; (4) the Base Currency and the
Second Currency; (5) the Strike Price for the Offered Currency Warrants; (6)
the reference bank or banks or other institution and time of day to be used to
determine the Spot Rate; (7) the date on which the right to exercise the
Offered Currency Warrants shall begin and the date on which such right shall
terminate; (8) if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of Offered
Currency Warrants which may be exercised at any one time; (9) the place or
places at which payment of the Cash Settlement Value is to be made by the
Company; (10) whether the Offered Currency Warrants will be represented by
certificates or issued in book-entry form; (11) the method by which the
Offered Currency Warrants are to be exercised; (12) the Federal income tax
consequences and other special considerations, procedures and limitations
applicable to such Offered Currency Warrants; and (13) any other terms of the
Offered Currency Warrants, including risk factors specifically relating to the
Base Currency or Second Currency and Currency Warrants relating to such
currencies.
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DESCRIPTION OF STOCK-INDEX WARRANTS
The Company may issue Stock Index Warrants which, upon exercise at a
permitted time or times in the future, entitle any holder thereof to receive
an amount of cash determined by references to increases and/or decreases in
the level of a specified stock index. Stock-Index Warrants may be issued
independently or together with other Securities offered by any Prospectus
Supplement and may be attached to or separate from such other Securities. The
Stock-Index Warrants are to be issued under one or more warrant agreements
(each a "Stock-Index Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the
Company and a bank or trust company, as stock-index warrant agent which will
be designated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement (the "Stock-Index
Warrant Agent"), all as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
particular issue of Stock-Index Warrants. The Stock-Index Warrant Agent will
act solely as an agent of the Company in connection with the Stock-Index
Warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust
for or with any holder or beneficial owners of Stock-Index Warrants. The
following summaries of certain provisions of the form of Stock-Index Warrant
Agreement and form of certificate, if any, representing the Stock-Index
Warrants (the "Stock-Index Warrant Certificates") do not purport to be
complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to, all the provisions of the Stock-Index Warrant Agreement and the Stock-
Index Warrant Certificates, respectively, including the definitions therein of
certain terms which Agreement and Certificate, if any, will be filed as an
exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus forms a part.
The Company may issue Stock-Index Warrants either in the form of Stock-Index
Put Warrants entitling the holders thereof to receive from the Company the
Stock-Index Cash Settlement Value (as described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement) in U.S. dollars, which amount will be determined by reference to
the amount, if any, by which the Stock-Index Exercise Price (as described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement) exceeds the closing value of the Index
on the valuation date (the "Index Value") at the time of exercise, or in the
form of Stock-Index Call Warrants entitling the holders thereof to receive
from the Company the Stock-Index Cash Settlement Value in U.S. dollars, which
amount will be determined by reference to the amount, if any, by which the
Index Value at the time of exercise exceeds the Stock-Index Exercise Price.
The Prospectus Supplement for an issue of Stock-Index Warrants will set
forth the formula pursuant to which the Stock-Index Cash Settlement Value will
be determined. In addition, if so specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, following the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event (as defined
therein), the Stock-Index Cash Settlement Value may be determined on a
different basis than under normal exercise of a Stock-Index Warrant.
Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, a Stock-Index
Warrant will be settled only in cash and, accordingly, will not require or
entitle a holder thereof to sell, deliver, purchase or take delivery of any
shares of any underlying stock or any other securities. The holders will not
be entitled to any of the rights of the holders of any underlying stock.
If Stock-Index Warrants are offered, the Prospectus Supplement will describe
the terms of Stock-Index Warrants offered thereby, including the following:
(1) whether such Stock-Index Warrants are Stock-Index Put Warrants, Stock-
Index Call Warrants or both; (2) the aggregate amount of such Stock-Index
Warrants; (3) the offering price; (4) the stock index for such Stock-Index
Warrants, which may be based on one or more U.S. or foreign stocks or a
combination thereof and may be a preexisting U.S. or foreign stock index
compiled and published by a third party or an index based on one or more
underlying stock or stocks selected by the Company solely in connection with
the issuance of such Stock-Index Warrants, and certain information regarding
such stock index and the underlying stock or stocks; (5) the date on which the
right to exercise such Stock-Index Warrants commences and the date on which
such right expires (the "Stock-Index Warrant Expiration Date"); (6) the
procedures and conditions relating to exercise; (7) the circumstances, if any,
which will cause the Stock-Index Warrants to be deemed to be automatically
exercised; (8) the minimum number, if any, of Stock-Index Warrants to be
exercised at any one time other than upon automatic exercise and any other
restrictions on
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exercise; (9) the maximum number, if any, of such Stock-Index Warrants that
may, subject to the Company's election, be exercised by all owners (or by any
person or entity) on any day; (10) the method of providing for a substitute
index or otherwise determining the amount payable in connection with the
exercise of such Stock-Index Warrants if the stock index changes or ceases to
be made available by its publisher, which determination will be made by an
independent expert; (11) the national securities exchange on which the Stock-
Index Warrants will be listed, if any; (12) whether the Stock-Index Warrants
will be issued in certificated or book-entry form; (13) the place or places at
which payment of the Stock-Index Cash Settlement Value is to be made by the
Company; (14) information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; (15)
the plan of distribution of such Stock-Index Warrants; (16) the identity of
the Stock-Index Warrant Agent; (17) any provisions permitting a holder of a
Stock-Index Warrant to condition a stock-index exercise notice on the absence
of certain specified changes in the Index Value after the Stock-Index Warrant
Exercise Date; and (18) any other terms of such Stock-Index Warrants,
including risk factors specifically relating to fluctuations in the applicable
stock index and possible illiquidity in the secondary market.
Prospective purchasers of Stock-Index Warrants should be aware that special
U.S. Federal income tax, accounting and other considerations may be applicable
to instruments such as Stock-Index Warrants. The Prospectus Supplement
relating to any issue of Stock-Index Warrants will describe such
considerations.
DESCRIPTION OF OTHER WARRANTS
The Company may issue Other Warrants, if permitted under applicable law, to
buy or sell debt securities of or guaranteed by the United States, to buy or
sell a commodity or a unit of a commodity index or to buy or sell some other
item or unit of an index other than indices covered by Stock-Index Warrants
(collectively, "Exercise Items"). Owners of Other Warrants will be entitled to
receive from the Company the cash settlement value in U.S. dollars of the
right to buy or sell the Exercise Items (the "Other Warrant Cash Settlement
Value"). An Owner of Other Warrants will receive a cash payment upon exercise
only if the Other Warrants have an Other Warrant Cash Settlement Value in
excess of zero at that time.
Other Warrants may be issued independently or together with other Securities
offered by any Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to or separate from
such other Securities. The Other Warrants are to be issued under one or more
other warrant agreements (the "Other Warrant Agreements") to be entered into
between the Company and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent which will
be designated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement (the "Other Warrant
Agent"), all as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
particular issue of Other Warrants. The Other Warrant Agent will act solely as
an agent of the Company in connection with the Other Warrants and will not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any
holder or beneficial owners of the Other Warrants. The following summaries of
certain provisions of the form of Other Warrant Agreement and form of
certificate, if any, representing the Other Warrants (the "Other Warrant
Certificates") do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Other
Warrant Agreement and the Other Warrant Certificates, respectively, including
the definitions therein of certain terms which Agreement and Certificate, if
any, will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
Unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, an Other Warrant
will be settled only in cash, in U.S. dollars, and accordingly, will not
require or entitle an owner thereof to sell, deliver, purchase or take
delivery of any Exercise Items.
If Other Warrants are offered, the applicable Prospectus Supplement will
describe the terms of such Other Warrants, including, where applicable, the
following: (1) the title and aggregate number of such Other Warrants; (2) the
offering price; (3) the Exercise Items that such Other Warrants represent the
right to buy or sell; (4) the procedures and conditions relating to exercise;
(5) the date on which the right to exercise the Other Warrants shall commence
and the date such right shall expire (the "Other Warrant Expiration Date");
(6) the method of
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determining the Other Warrant Cash Settlement Value; (7) whether such Other
Warrants will be issued in certificated or book-entry form; (8) whether such
Other Warrants will be listed on a national securities exchange; (9)
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; (10) the identity
of the Other Warrant Agent; and (11) any other terms of such Other Warrants,
including risk factors relating to significant fluctuations in the market for
the applicable Exercise Item, the potential illiquidity of the secondary
market and the risk that the Other Warrants may expire worthless.
Prospective purchasers of Other Warrants should be aware that special U.S.
Federal income tax, accounting and other considerations may be applicable to
instruments such as Other Warrants. The Prospectus Supplement relating to any
issue of Other Warrants will describe such considerations.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED STOCK
The following description of the terms of the Preferred Stock sets forth
certain general terms and provisions of the Preferred Stock to which any
Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other terms of any series of
Preferred Stock offered by any Prospectus Supplement will be specified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. If so specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the terms of any series of Preferred Stock may differ from the
terms set forth below. The description of the terms of the Preferred Stock set
forth below and in any Prospectus Supplement does not purport to be complete
and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Certificate of Designation relating to the applicable series of Preferred
Stock, which Certificate will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
GENERAL
Pursuant to the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
(the "Certificate of Incorporation"), the Board of Directors of the Company
has the authority, without further stockholder action, to issue from time to
time a maximum of 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value, in
one or more series and for such consideration, as may be fixed from time to
time by the Board of Directors of the Company, and to fix before the issuance
of any shares of preferred stock of a particular series, the designation of
such series, the number of shares to comprise such series, the dividend rate
or rates payable with respect to the shares of such series, the redemption
price or prices, if any, and the terms and conditions of the redemption, the
voting rights, any sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of
the shares of such series, the terms and conditions upon which the shares are
convertible, if they are convertible, and any other relative rights,
preferences and limitations pertaining to such series. As of June 30, 1997,
there were issued and outstanding 1,191,000 shares of the Company's Preferred
Stock with Cumulative and Adjustable Dividends, Series B ($100 stated value)
(the "Series B Preferred Stock"), 713,800 shares of the Company's Preferred
Stock with Cumulative and Adjustable Dividends, Series C ($100 stated value)
(the "Series C Preferred Stock"), and 160,000 shares of the Company's 8.45%
Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series E ($625 stated value) (the "Series E
Preferred Stock") (collectively, the "Existing Preferred Stock"). In addition,
the Company has issued 6,000,000 preferred share purchase units ("Preferred
Purchase Units") which may require the holder of which to purchase, no later
than 2023, the Company's 7 1/2% Cumulative Preferred Stock (the "7 1/2%
Preferred Stock"). See "Description of Existing Preferred Stock and Preferred
Purchase Units" herein.
As described under "Description of Depositary Shares" below, the Company
may, at its option, elect to offer depositary shares ("Depositary Shares")
evidenced by depositary receipts, each representing a fraction (to be
specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular series of
Preferred Stock) of a share of the particular series of the Preferred Stock
issued and deposited with a depositary, in lieu of offering full shares of
such series of the Preferred Stock.
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Under interpretations adopted by the Federal Reserve Board, if the holders
of Preferred Stock of any series become entitled to vote for the election of
directors because dividends on such series are in arrears as described under
"Voting Rights" below, such series may then be deemed a "class of voting
securities" and a holder of 25% or more of such series (or a holder of 5% or
more if it otherwise exercises a "controlling influence" over the Company) may
then be subject to regulation as a bank holding company in accordance with the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. In addition, at such time as
such series is deemed a class of voting securities, any other bank holding
company may be required to obtain the prior approval of the Federal Reserve
Board to acquire 5% or more of such series, and any person other than a bank
holding company may be required to obtain the prior approval of the Federal
Reserve Board to acquire 10% or more of such series.
The Preferred Stock shall have the dividend, liquidation, redemption, voting
and conversion rights set forth below unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. Reference is made to the Prospectus
Supplement relating to the particular series of Preferred Stock offered
thereby for specific terms, including: (1) the designation, stated value and
liquidation preference of such Preferred Stock and the number of shares
offered; (2) the initial public offering price at which such shares will be
issued; (3) the dividend rate or rates (or method of calculation), the
dividend periods, the date on which dividends shall be payable and whether
such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the
dates from which dividends shall commence to cumulate; (4) any redemption or
sinking fund provisions; (5) any conversion provisions; (6) whether the
Company has elected to offer Depositary Shares as described below under
"Description of Depositary Shares"; and (7) any additional dividend,
liquidation, redemption, sinking fund and other rights, preferences,
privileges, limitations and restrictions of such Preferred Stock.
The Preferred Stock will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the shares
of each series of Preferred Stock will upon issuance rank on a parity in all
respects with the Company's Existing Preferred Stock, described below, and
each other then outstanding series of preferred stock of the Company. The
Preferred Stock will have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any additional
securities which may be issued by the Company. Unless otherwise specified in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, First Chicago Trust Company of New York
will be the transfer agent and registrar for the Preferred Stock.
Because the Company is a holding company, its rights and the rights of
holders of its securities, including the holders of Preferred Stock, to
participate in the assets of any Company subsidiary upon the latter's
liquidation or recapitalization will be subject to the prior claims of such
subsidiary's creditors and preferred shareholders, except to the extent the
Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against such
subsidiary or a holder of preferred shares of such subsidiary.
DIVIDENDS
The holders of the Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, when, as and
if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, out of funds legally
available therefor, dividends at such rates and on such dates as will be
specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such rates may be fixed or
variable or both. If variable, the formula used for determining the dividend
rate for each dividend period will be specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Dividends will be payable to the holders of record as they appear
on the stock books of the Company (or, if applicable, the records of the
Depositary referred to below under "Description of Depositary Shares") on such
record dates as will be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Dividends may be paid in the form of cash, Preferred Stock (of the same or a
different series) or Common Stock of the Company, in each case as specified in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Dividends on any series of Preferred Stock may be cumulative or
noncumulative, as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If the
Board of Directors of the Company fails to declare a dividend payable on a
dividend payment date on any Preferred Stock for which dividends are
noncumulative ("Noncumulative Preferred Stock"), then the holders of such
Preferred Stock will have no right to receive a dividend in respect of the
dividend period relating to such dividend payment date, and the Company will
have no obligation to pay the dividend accrued for such period, whether or not
dividends on such Preferred Stock are declared or paid on any future dividend
payment dates.
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The Company shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment any dividends
on any series of its preferred shares ranking, as to dividends, on a parity
with or junior to the outstanding Preferred Stock of any series unless (i) if
such Preferred Stock has a cumulative dividend ("Cumulative Preferred Stock"),
full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid
or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such
payment on such Preferred Stock for all dividend periods terminating on or
prior to the date of payment of any such dividends on such other series of
preferred shares of the Company, or (ii) if such Preferred Stock is
Noncumulative Preferred Stock, full dividends for the then-current dividend
period on such Preferred Stock have been or contemporaneously are declared and
paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for
such payment. When dividends are not paid in full upon Preferred Stock of any
series and any other shares of preferred stock of the Company ranking on a
parity as to dividends with such Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon
such Preferred Stock and any other preferred shares of the Company ranking on
a parity as to dividends with such Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata
so that the amount of dividends declared per share on such Preferred Stock and
such other shares shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that
the accrued dividends per share on such Preferred Stock (which shall not, if
such Preferred Stock is Noncumulative Preferred Stock, include any
accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods) and
such other preferred shares bear to each other. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, unless full dividends on the outstanding Cumulative
Preferred Stock of any series have been paid for all past dividend periods and
full dividends for the then-current dividend period on the outstanding
Noncumulative Preferred Stock of any series have been declared and paid or
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such
payment, no dividends (other than in Common Stock of the Company or other
shares of the Company ranking junior to such Preferred Stock as to dividends
and upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment, nor
shall any other distribution be made on the Common Stock of the Company or on
any other shares of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with such
Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation. Unless full dividends on
the Cumulative Preferred Stock of any series have been paid for all past
dividend periods and full dividends for the then-current dividend period on
the Noncumulative Preferred Stock of any series have been declared and paid or
declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such
payment, no Common Stock or any other shares of the Company ranking junior to
or on a parity with such Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation
shall be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or
any moneys be paid or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of
any such shares) by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company except by
conversion into or exchange for shares of the Company ranking junior to such
Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation.
REDEMPTION
A series of the Preferred Stock may be redeemable, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company, and may be subject to mandatory redemption pursuant
to a sinking fund or otherwise, in each case upon terms, at the times and at
the redemption prices specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement and
subject to the rights of holders of other securities of the Company. Preferred
Stock redeemed by the Company will be restored to the status of authorized but
unissued preferred shares.
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of Preferred Stock that is
subject to mandatory redemption will specify the number of shares of such
Preferred Stock that shall be redeemed by the Company in each year commencing
after a date to be specified, at a redemption price per share to be specified,
together with an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon
(which shall not, if such Preferred Stock is Noncumulative Preferred Stock,
include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend
periods) to the date of redemption. The redemption price may be payable in
cash or other property, as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
If the redemption price for Preferred Stock of any series is payable only from
the net proceeds of the issuance of capital stock of the Company, the terms of
such Preferred Stock may provide that, if no such capital stock shall have
been issued or to the extent the net proceeds from any issuance are
insufficient to pay in full the aggregate redemption price then due, such
Preferred Stock shall automatically and mandatorily be converted into shares
of the applicable capital stock of the Company pursuant to conversion
provisions specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
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If fewer than all the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series
are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed will be determined in
a manner designated by the Board of Directors of the Company and such shares
shall be redeemed pro rata from the holders of record of such shares in
proportion to the number of such shares held by such holders (with adjustments
to avoid redemption of fractional shares) or by lot or by any other method as
may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any dividends, including any accumulation,
on Cumulative Preferred Stock of any series are in arrears, no Preferred Stock
of such series shall be redeemed unless all outstanding Preferred Stock of
such series is simultaneously redeemed, and the Company shall not purchase or
otherwise acquire any Preferred Stock of such series; provided, however, that
the foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of Preferred Stock
of such series pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer provided such offer is
made on the same terms to all holders of the Preferred Stock of such series.
Notice of redemption shall be given by mailing the same to each record
holder of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof, to the respective
addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the stock books of the
Company. Each notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of
shares and series of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption
price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such Preferred Stock
are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends
on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; and
(vi) the date upon which the holder's conversion rights, if any, as to such
shares, shall terminate. If fewer than all the shares of Preferred Stock of
any series held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such
holder shall also specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be
redeemed from such holder.
If notice of redemption of any shares of Preferred Stock has been given,
from and after the redemption date for such shares (unless default shall be
made by the Company in providing money for the payment of the redemption price
of such shares), dividends on such shares shall cease to accrue and such
shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the
holders thereof as shareholders of the Company (except the right to receive
the redemption price) shall cease. Upon surrender in accordance with such
notice of the certificates representing any such shares (properly endorsed or
assigned for transfer, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall so
require and the notice shall so state), the redemption price set forth above
shall be paid out of the funds provided by the Company. If fewer than all the
shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate
shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without cost to the holder
thereof.
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of the Preferred Stock that
is convertible will state the terms on which shares of such series are
convertible into the Company's Common Stock, or another series of Preferred
Stock.
RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, the holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to
receive out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to
shareholders, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common
Stock or any other class or series of shares ranking junior to such Preferred
Stock upon liquidation, liquidating distributions in the amount of the
liquidation preference of such Preferred Stock plus accrued and unpaid
dividends (which shall not, if such Preferred Stock is Noncumulative Preferred
Stock, include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior
dividend periods). If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company the amounts payable with respect to
Preferred Stock of any series and any other shares of the Company ranking as
to any such distribution on a parity with such Preferred Stock are not paid in
full, the holders of such Preferred Stock and of such other shares will share
ratably in any such distribution of assets of the Company in proportion to the
full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After payment
of the full amount of the liquidating distribution to which they are entitled,
the holders of Preferred Stock of any series will not be entitled to any
further participation in any distribution of assets by the Company.
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VOTING RIGHTS
Except as indicated below or in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, or
except as expressly required by applicable law, the holders of the Preferred
Stock will not be entitled to vote. In the event the Company issues full
shares of any series of Preferred Stock, each such share will be entitled to
one vote on matters on which holders of such series of the Preferred Stock are
entitled to vote. However, as more fully described under "Description of
Depositary Shares" below, if the Company elects to issue Depositary Shares
representing a fraction of a share of a series of Preferred Stock, each such
Depositary Share will, in effect, be entitled to such fraction of a vote,
rather than a full vote, per Depositary Share. Since each full share of any
series of Preferred Stock of the Company shall be entitled to one vote, the
voting power of such series, on matters on which holders of such series and
holders of other series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote as a single
class, shall depend on the number of shares in such series, not the aggregate
stated value, liquidation preference or initial offering price of the shares
of such series of Preferred Stock.
If the equivalent of six quarterly dividends payable on any series of
Preferred Stock are in default, the number of directors of the Company will be
increased by two and the holders of all outstanding series of Preferred Stock,
voting as a single class without regard to series, will be entitled to elect
such additional two directors until all dividends in default have been paid or
declared and set apart for payment.
The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3 percent of
the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series, voting as a class,
will be required for any amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation (or any certificate supplemental thereto) that will adversely
affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the Preferred Stock of
such series. The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3
percent of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series and any
other series of preferred shares of the Company ranking on a parity with the
Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends or upon liquidation, voting as
a single class without regard to series, will be required to authorize, effect
or validate the creation, authorization or issue of any shares of any class of
stock of the Company ranking prior to the Preferred Stock of such series as to
dividends or upon liquidation, or the reclassification of any authorized stock
of the Company into any such prior shares, or the creation, authorization or
issue of any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right
to purchase any such prior shares.
Subject to such affirmative vote or consent of the holders of the
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock of any series, the Company may, by
resolution of its Board of Directors or as otherwise permitted by law, from
time to time alter or change the preferences, rights or powers of the
Preferred Stock of such series. The holders of the Preferred Stock of such
series shall not be entitled to participate in any such vote if, at or prior
to the time when any such alteration or change is to take effect, provision is
made for the redemption of all the Preferred Stock of such series at the time
outstanding. Nothing in this section shall be taken to require a class vote or
consent in connection with the authorization, designation, increase or
issuance of any shares of any class or series (including additional Preferred
Stock of any series) that rank junior to or on a parity with the Preferred
Stock of such series as to dividends and liquidation rights or in connection
with the authorization, designation, increase or issuance of any bonds,
mortgages, debentures or other obligations of the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
GENERAL
The Company may, at its option, elect to offer fractional shares of
Preferred Stock, rather than full shares of Preferred Stock. In the event such
option is exercised, the Company will issue to the public receipts for
Depositary Shares, each of which will represent 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 (the "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 (the "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,
conversion and liquidation rights).
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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 the offering. Copies of the
forms of Deposit Agreement and Depositary Receipt will be filed as exhibits
to, or incorporated by reference in, 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 principal office of the
Depositary (unless the related Depositary Shares have previously been called
for redemption), the owner of the Depositary Shares evidenced thereby is
entitled to delivery at such office, to or upon his order, of the number of
whole shares of Preferred Stock and any money or other property represented by
such Depositary Shares. Partial shares of Preferred Stock will not be issued.
If the Depositary Receipts delivered by the holder evidence a number of
Depositary Shares in excess of the number of Depositary Shares representing a
number of whole shares of Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, the Depositary will
deliver to such holder at the same time a new Depositary Receipt evidencing
such excess number of Depositary Shares. Holders of shares of Preferred Stock
thus withdrawn will not thereafter be entitled to deposit such shares under
the Deposit Agreement or to receive Depositary Shares therefor. The Company
does not expect that there will be any public trading market for withdrawn
shares of Preferred Stock.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
The Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash
distributions 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. The Depository shall
distribute only such amount, however, as can be distributed without
attributing to any holder of Depositary Shares a fraction of one cent, and any
balance not so distributed shall be added to and treated as part of the next
sum received by the Depositary for distribution to record holders of
Depositary Shares.
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 Depositary shall
mail notice of redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption to the record holders of the Depositary Shares to be
so redeemed at their respective addresses appearing in the Depositary's books.
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.
After the date fixed for redemption, the Depositary Shares so called for
redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the
holders of the Depositary Shares will cease, except the right to
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receive the moneys payable upon such redemption and any money or other
property to which the holders of such Depositary Shares were entitled upon
such redemption upon surrender to the Depositary of the Depositary Receipts
evidencing such Depositary Shares.
VOTING THE PREFERRED STOCK
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.
TAXATION
Owners of the Depositary Shares will be treated for Federal income tax
purposes as if they were owners of the series of Preferred Stock represented
by such Depositary Shares and, accordingly, will be entitled to take into
account for Federal income tax purposes income and deductions to which they
would be entitled if they were holders of such series of Preferred Stock. In
addition, (i) no gain or loss will be recognized for Federal income tax
purposes upon the withdrawal of Preferred Stock in exchange for Depositary
Shares as provided in the Deposit Agreement, (ii) the tax basis of each share
of Preferred Stock to an exchanging owner of Depositary Shares will, upon such
exchange, be the same as the aggregate tax basis of the Depositary Shares
exchanged therefor and (iii) the holding period for shares of the Preferred
Stock in the hands of an exchanging owner of Depositary Shares who held such
Depositary Shares as a capital asset at the time of the exchange thereof for
Preferred Stock will include the period during which such person owned such
Depositary Shares.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSITARY 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 of 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.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Depositary will forward to the holders of Depositary Shares all reports
and communications from the Company which are delivered to the Depositary and
which the Company is required to furnish to the holders of the Preferred
Stock.
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Neither the Depositary nor the Company will be liable if it is prevented or
delayed by law or any circumstance beyond its control in performing its
obligations under the Deposit Agreement. The obligations of the Company and
the Depositary under the Deposit Agreement will be limited to performance in
good faith of their duties thereunder and they will not be obligated to
prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any Depositary Shares
or Preferred Stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. 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.
DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING PREFERRED STOCK AND PREFERRED PURCHASE UNITS
The outstanding Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock of the
Company were issued as of December 1, 1995 as part of the Merger in exchange
for two similar series of preferred stock of First Chicago outstanding at the
effective time of the Merger. The First Chicago preferred stock was originally
issued in February 1983, and February 1984, respectively. The dividend rate on
each series is adjusted quarterly, based on a formula that considers the
interest rates for selected short- and long-term U.S. Treasury securities
prevailing at the time the rate is set. The Company's Series E Preferred
Stock, which also was issued on December 1, 1995 in connection with the
Merger, replaces a similar series of preferred stock of First Chicago which
was originally issued in November 1992. The Series E Preferred Stock has a
fixed dividend rate. The Existing Preferred Stock ranks prior to the Company's
Common Stock, both as to dividends and upon liquidation, but has no general
voting rights (except as described under "Description of the Preferred Stock--
Voting Rights"). Each series of the Existing Preferred Stock ranks pari passu
with each other series of the Existing Preferred Stock with respect to
dividends and liquidation rights.
The Series B Preferred Stock is subject to a minimum and maximum annual
dividend rate of 6.00 percent and 12.00 percent, respectively. The annualized
dividend rate for the quarterly period ended November 30, 1997, is 6.00
percent. Shares of this series are redeemable, at the option of the Company,
at their stated value of $100 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
Shares of this series are not convertible into other securities of the
Company.
The Series C Preferred Stock is subject to a minimum and maximum annual
dividend rate of 6.50 percent and 12.50 percent, respectively. The annualized
dividend rate for the quarterly period ended November 30, 1997, is 6.50
percent. Shares of this series are redeemable, at the option of the Company,
at their stated value of $100 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
Shares of this series are not convertible into other securities of the
Company.
The Series E Preferred Stock is represented by depositary shares with each
depositary share representing a one-twenty-fifth interest in a share of Series
E Preferred Stock. The Series E Preferred Stock has an annual dividend rate
equal to $52.8125 ($2.1125 per depositary share), or 8.45 percent, which was
fixed at the date of issue. Shares of this series are redeemable, at the
option of the Company, at any time on or after November 16, 1997 at a
redemption price of $625 per share ($25 per depositary share). Shares of this
series are not convertible into other securities of the Company.
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The shares of the outstanding Existing Preferred Stock (or with respect to
the Series E Preferred Stock, the outstanding depositary shares representing
such stock), are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. First Chicago Trust
Company of New York serves as transfer agent, registrar and dividend
disbursing agent for shares of the Existing Preferred Stock and the depositary
shares representing such stock. The First National Bank of Chicago also serves
as depositary for the shares of Existing Preferred Stock represented by
depositary shares.
In addition, on May 11, 1993, the Company issued 6,000,000 Preferred
Purchase Units each of which consisted of a 30-year subordinated debenture and
a purchase contract requiring the purchase by the holder thereof on May 10,
2023 (or earlier at the Company's election) of the Company's 7 1/2% Preferred
Stock at a purchase price of $25 per share. The Company may redeem any or all
of the Preferred Purchase Units at anytime after May 10, 1998, at par, and, as
a result, some or all of the 7 1/2% Preferred Stock may not be issued by the
Company. The 7 1/2% Preferred Stock would rank prior to the Company's Common
Stock, but would have no voting rights except if the Preferred Purchase Units
were in default or the Certificate of Incorporation was proposed to be amended
in a manner adverse to the holders of the 7 1/2% Preferred Stock. The 7 1/2%
Preferred Stock would rank pari passu with each other series of Existing
Preferred Stock with respect to dividends and liquidation rights. The 7 1/2%
Preferred Stock, if issued, would not be convertible into other securities of
the Company. The shares of preferred stock which could be issued pursuant to
the purchase contracts have been reserved by the Company on its stock records.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK WARRANTS
The Company may issue Preferred Stock Warrants for the purchase of Preferred
Stock. Preferred Stock Warrants may be issued independently or together with
other Securities offered by any Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to
or separate from such other Securities. Each series of Preferred Stock
Warrants will be issued under one or more warrant agreements (each a
"Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company
and a bank or trust company, as preferred stock warrant agent which will be
designated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement (the "Preferred Stock
Warrant Agent"), all as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
particular issue of Preferred Stock Warrants. The Preferred Stock Warrant
Agent will act solely as an agent of the Company in connection with the
Preferred Stock Warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of
agency or trust for or with any holders of Preferred Stock Warrant
Certificates or beneficial owners of Preferred Stock Warrants. The following
summaries of certain provisions of the form of Preferred Stock Warrant
Agreement and form of certificate representing the Preferred Stock Warrants
(the "Preferred Stock Warrant Certificates") do not purport to be complete and
are subject to and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the
provisions of the Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and the Preferred Stock
Warrant Certificates which Agreement and Certificate will be filed as an
exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus forms a part.
GENERAL
If Preferred Stock Warrants are offered, the applicable Prospectus
Supplement will describe the terms of such Preferred Stock Warrants, including
the following, where applicable: (1) the offering price; (2) the designation,
aggregate number and terms of the series of Preferred Stock purchasable upon
exercise of such Preferred Stock Warrants and minimum number of Preferred
Stock Warrants that are exercisable; (3) the designation and terms of the
series of Preferred Stock with which such Preferred Stock Warrants are being
offered and the number of such Preferred Stock Warrants being offered with
each such Preferred Stock; (4) the date on and after which such Preferred
Stock Warrants and the related series of Preferred Stock will be transferable
separately; (5) the number and stated values of the series of Preferred Stock
purchasable upon exercise of each such Preferred Stock Warrant and the price
at which such number of shares of Preferred Stock of such series may be
purchased upon such exercise; (6) the date on which the right to exercise such
Preferred Stock Warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall
expire (the "Preferred Stock Warrant Expiration Date"); (7) whether the
Preferred Stock Warrants represented by the Preferred Stock Warrant
Certificates will be issued in registered or bearer form; (8) information with
respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and (9) any other terms of such
Preferred Stock Warrants for the purchase of shares of Preferred Stock.
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Preferred Stock Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for new Preferred
Stock Warrant Certificates of different denominations, may (if in registered
form) be presented for registration of transfer, and may be exercised at the
corporate trust office of the Preferred Stock Warrant Agent or any other
office indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Prior to the
exercise of any Preferred Stock Warrant, a holder thereof shall have no rights
of a holder of shares of the Preferred Stock purchasable upon such exercise,
including the right to receive payment of dividends, if any, on the underlying
Preferred Stock or the right to vote such underlying Preferred Stock.
Prospective purchasers of Preferred Stock Warrants should be aware that
special U.S. Federal income tax, accounting and other considerations may be
applicable to instruments such as Preferred Stock Warrants. The Prospectus
Supplement relating to any issue of Preferred Stock Warrants will describe
such considerations.
EXERCISE OF PREFERRED STOCK WARRANTS
Each Preferred Stock Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase
such number of shares of Preferred Stock at such exercise price as shall be
set forth in, or calculable from, the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
offered Preferred Stock Warrants. After the close of business on the Preferred
Stock Warrant Expiration Date (or such later date to which such Preferred
Stock Warrant Expiration Date may be extended by the Company), unexercised
Preferred Stock Warrants will become void.
Preferred Stock Warrants may be exercised by delivery to the Preferred Stock
Warrant Agent of payment as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement
of the amount required to purchase the shares of Preferred Stock purchasable
upon such exercise together with certain information set forth on the reverse
side of the Preferred Stock Warrant Certificate. Preferred Stock Warrants will
be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt of the exercise price, subject
to the receipt, within five business days, of the Preferred Stock Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Preferred Stock Warrants. Upon receipt of such
payment and the Preferred Stock Warrant Certificate properly completed and
duly executed at the corporate trust office of the Preferred Stock Warrant
Agent or any other office indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the Company will, as soon as practicable, issue and deliver the shares of
Preferred Stock purchasable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the
Preferred Stock Warrants represented by such Preferred Stock Warrant
Certificate are exercised, a new Preferred Stock Warrant Certificate will be
issued for the remaining number of Preferred Stock Warrants.
MODIFICATIONS
The Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the Preferred Stock
Warrants may be amended by the Company and the Preferred Stock Warrant Agent,
without the consent of the holders, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity,
or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective or inconsistent
provision contained therein, or in any other manner which the Company may deem
necessary or desirable and which will not materially and adversely affect the
interests of the owners.
The Company and the Preferred Stock Warrant Agent also may modify or amend
the Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the Preferred Stock
Warrants, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
number of the then outstanding unexercised Preferred Stock Warrants affected,
provided that no such modification or amendment that shortens the period of
time during which the Preferred Stock Warrants may be exercised, increases the
exercise price of such Preferred Stock Warrants or otherwise materially and
adversely affects the exercise rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock
Warrants or reduces the number of outstanding Preferred Stock Warrants the
consent of whose holders is required for modification or amendment of the
Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement or the terms of the Preferred Stock Warrants
may be made without the consent of the holders affected thereby.
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITIONS
If at any time there shall be a merger, consolidation, sale, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, then the successor or assuming corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company in, and the Company will be relieved of any
further obligation under, the Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement or the
Preferred Stock Warrants.
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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
The Company may issue Common Stock Warrants for the purchase of Common
Stock. Common Stock Warrants may be issued independently or together with
other Securities offered by any Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to
or separate from such Securities. Each series of Common Stock Warrants will be
issued under one or more warrant agreements (each a "Common Stock Warrant
Agreement") to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust
company, as common stock warrant agent which will be designated in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement (the "Common Stock Warrant Agent"), all as
set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of
Common Stock Warrants. The Common Stock Warrant Agent will act solely as an
agent of the Company in connection with the Common Stock Warrants and will not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any
holders or beneficial owners of Common Stock Warrants. The following summaries
of certain provisions of the form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement and
certificate representing Common Stock Warrants (the "Common Stock Warrant
Certificates") do not purport to be complete and are subject to and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Common
Stock Warrant Agreement and the Common Stock Warrant Certificate which
Agreement and Certificate will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement which this Prospectus forms a part of.
GENERAL
If Common Stock Warrants are offered, the related Prospectus Supplement will
describe the terms of such Common Stock Warrants, including the following,
where applicable: (1) the offering price; (2) the aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of such Common Stock Warrants and
minimum number of Common Stock Warrants that are exercisable; (3) the number
of shares of Common Stock with which such Common Stock Warrants are being
offered and the number of such Common Stock Warrants being offered with each
such share of Common Stock; (4) the date on and after which such Common Stock
Warrants and the related shares of Common Stock will be transferable
separately; (5) the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise
of each such Common Stock Warrant and the price at which such number of shares
of Common Stock may be purchased upon such exercise; (6) the date on which the
right to exercise such Common Stock Warrants shall commence and the date on
which such right shall expire (the "Common Stock Warrant Expiration Date");
(7) whether the Common Stock Warrants represented by the Common Stock Warrant
Certificates will be issued in registered or bearer form; (8) information with
respect to book-entry procedures, if any; and (9) any other terms of such
Common Stock Warrants for the purchase of shares of Common Stock which shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Common Stock Warrant
Agreements.
Common Stock Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for new Common Stock
Warrant Certificates of different denominations, may (if in registered form)
be presented for registration of transfer, and may be exercised at the
corporate trust office of the Common Stock Warrant Agent or any other office
indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Prior to the exercise of
any Common Stock Warrants to purchase Common Stock, holders of such Common
Stock Warrants will not have any rights of holders of shares of the Common
Stock purchasable upon such exercise, including the right to receive payments
of dividends, if any, on the Common Stock purchasable upon such exercise or to
exercise any applicable right to vote.
Prospective purchasers of Common Stock Warrants should be aware that special
U.S. Federal income tax, accounting and other considerations may be applicable
to instruments such as Common Stock Warrants. The Prospectus Supplement
relating to any issue of Common Stock Warrants will describe such
considerations.
EXERCISE OF COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
Each Common Stock Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase such
number of shares of Common Stock at such exercise price as shall be set forth
in, or calculable from, the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Common Stock
Warrants. After the close of business on the Common Stock Warrant Expiration
Date (or such later date to which such Common Stock Warrant Expiration Date
may be extended by the Company), unexercised Common Stock Warrants will become
void.
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Common Stock Warrants may be exercised by delivery to the Common Stock
Warrant Agent of payment as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement
of the amount required to purchase the shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
such exercise together with certain information set forth on the reverse side
of the Common Stock Warrant Certificate. Common Stock Warrants will be deemed
to have been exercised upon receipt of the exercise price, subject to the
receipt, within five business days, of the Common Stock Warrant Certificate
evidencing such Common Stock Warrants. Upon receipt of such payment and the
Common Stock Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly executed at the
corporate trust office of the Common Stock Warrant Agent or any other office
indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will, as soon
as practicable, issue and deliver the shares of Common Stock purchasable upon
such exercise. If fewer than all of the Common Stock Warrants represented by
such Common Stock Warrant Certificate are exercised, a new Common Stock
Warrant Certificate will be issued for the remaining amount of Common Stock
Warrants.
MODIFICATIONS
The Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the Common Stock
Warrants may be amended by the Company and the Common Stock Warrant Agent,
without the consent of the holders, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity,
or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective or inconsistent
provision contained therein, or in any other manner which the Company may deem
necessary or desirable and which will not materially and adversely affect the
interests of the owners.
The Company and the Common Stock Warrant Agent also may modify or amend the
Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the Common Stock Warrants,
with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in number of the
then outstanding unexercised Common Stock Warrants affected, provided that no
such modification or amendment that shortens the period of time during which
the Common Stock Warrants may be exercised, increases the exercise price of
such Common Stock Warrants or otherwise materially and adversely affects the
exercise rights of the holders of the Common Stock Warrants or reduces the
number of outstanding Common Stock Warrants the consent of whose holders is
required for modification or amendment of the Common Stock Warrant Agreement
or the terms of the Common Stock Warrants may be made without the consent of
the holders affected thereby.
COMMON STOCK WARRANT ADJUSTMENTS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
exercise price of, and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by a
Common Stock Warrant, will be subject to adjustment in certain events,
including: (i) dividends (and other distributions) payable in the Common Stock
on any class of capital stock of the Company; (ii) subdivision, combinations
and reclassifications of Common Stock; (iii) the issuance to all holders of
Common Stock of certain rights or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or
purchase Common Stock, at less than the current market price (as defined in
the Common Stock Warrant Agreement for such series of Common Stock Warrants);
and (iv) the distribution to all holders of Common Stock of evidences of
indebtedness or assets of the Company (including securities, but excluding
those dividends and distributions referred to above and dividends and
distributions paid in cash out of surplus or retained earnings of the Company)
or rights or warrants (excluding those referred to above) of the Company,
subject to the limitation that all adjustments by reason of any of the
foregoing need not be made until they result in a cumulative change in the
exercise price of at least 1%.
In the event that the Company shall distribute or shall have distributed any
rights or warrants to acquire capital stock pursuant to clause (iv) of the
preceding paragraph ("Capital Stock Rights"), pursuant to which separate
certificates representing such Capital Stock Rights are distributed subsequent
to the initial distribution of such Capital Stock Rights (whether or not such
distribution shall have occurred prior to the date of the issuance of a series
of Common Stock Warrants), the subsequent distribution shall be deemed to be
the distribution of such Capital Stock Rights; provided, however, that the
Company may, in lieu of making any adjustment in the exercise price of, and
the number of shares of Common Stock covered by, a Common Stock Warrant upon a
distribution of separate certificates representing such Capital Stock Rights,
make proper
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provision so that each holder of such a Common Stock Warrant who exercises
such Common Stock Warrant (or any portion thereof) (a) on or before the record
date for such distribution of separate certificates shall be entitled to
receive upon such exercise shares of Common Stock issued with Capital Stock
Rights and (b) after such record date and prior to the expiration, redemption
or termination of such Capital Stock Rights shall be entitled to receive upon
such exercise, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
exercise, the same number of such Capital Stock Rights as would a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock that such Common Stock Warrant so
exercised would have entitled the holder thereof to acquire in accordance with
the terms and provisions applicable to the Capital Stock Rights if such Common
Stock Warrant were exercised immediately prior to the record date for such
distribution. Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or
any majority owned subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose
of any adjustment.
In the event the Company shall effect any capital reorganization or
reclassification of its shares or shall consolidate, merge or engage in a
statutory share exchange with or into any other corporation (other than a
consolidation, merger or share exchange into which the Company is the
surviving corporation) or shall sell or transfer substantially all its assets
to any other corporation for a consideration consisting in whole or in part of
equity securities of such other corporation, the holders of the Common Stock
Warrants then outstanding will be entitled thereafter to exercise such Common
Stock Warrants to acquire the kind and amount of stock and other securities,
cash or property which they would have received in connection with such
transaction had such Common Stock Warrants been exercised immediately prior to
such transaction.
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITIONS
If at any time there shall be a merger, consolidation, sale, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, then the successor or assuming corporation shall succeed to and be
substituted for the Company in, and the Company will be relieved of any
further obligation under, the Common Stock Warrant Agreement or the Common
Stock Warrants.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK
GENERAL
The Company is authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of
June 30, 1997, there were outstanding 302,064,635 shares of the Company's
Common Stock.
Holders of the Company's Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends
when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of any funds legally
available therefor, and are entitled upon liquidation, after claims of
creditors and preferences of the Company's preferred stock and any other
series of preferred stock hereafter authorized, to receive pro rata the net
assets of the Company.
The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held
and are vested with all of the voting power except as the Board of Directors
of the Company has provided with respect to the outstanding shares of the
Company's preferred stock or may provide, in the future, with respect to any
other series of preferred stock which it may hereafter authorize.
The shares of Common Stock have non-cumulative voting rights, which means
that the holders of more than 50% of the shares of Common Stock voting for the
election of directors can elect 100% of the directors standing for election at
any meeting if they choose to do so and, in such event, the holders of the
remaining shares voting for the election of directors will not be able to
elect any person or persons to the Board of Directors of the Company at that
meeting.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation contains specific provisions with
respect to the election of directors, which include the provision that the
Board of Directors of the Company is divided into three classes, each having a
number of directors as nearly equal as possible, and each class being elected
for a three-year term, with one class being elected each year. The Certificate
of Incorporation also includes specific provisions with respect to mergers and
other business combinations. In general, these provisions require that, in the
case of a proposed merger or other business combination involving the Company
and an Interested Stockholder (as defined therein), the approving vote of the
holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all shares of voting
stock held by persons who are not Interested Stockholders or persons
affiliated with Interested Stockholders is required, unless the business
combination has been approved by a majority of directors not affiliated with
the Interested Stockholder or unless certain conditions regarding minimum
price and procedural protections are met with respect to each class of the
Company's then outstanding voting stock. The provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation also require that the Board of Directors will not approve a
proposal for a business combination or a tender offer until the Board of
Directors has evaluated the proposal in light of its effect on the
stockholders and employees of the Company and the communities served by the
Company. These provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation could be used to
make more difficult a change in control of the Company.
The holders of the Company's Common Stock do not have any preemptive rights
to subscribe for additional shares of capital stock of the Company. The
holders of Common Stock have no conversion rights, the Common Stock is not
subject to redemption by either the Company or a stockholder, and there is no
restriction on the purchase by the Company of shares of Common Stock except
for certain regulatory limits.
The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York, Chicago and Pacific
Stock Exchanges. First Chicago Trust Company of New York is the transfer
agent, registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the Common Stock.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The distribution of the Securities may be effected from time to time in one
or more transactions at a fixed price or prices (which may be changed from
time to time), at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Each
Prospectus Supplement will describe the method of distribution of the
Securities offered therein.
The Company may sell Securities directly, through agents designated from
time to time, through underwriting syndicates led by one or more managing
underwriters or through one or more underwriters acting alone. Each Prospectus
Supplement will set forth the terms of the Securities to which such Prospectus
Supplement relates, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents
with whom the Company has entered into arrangements with respect to the sale
of such Securities, the public offering or purchase price of such Securities
and the net proceeds to the Company from such sale, any underwriting discounts
and other items constituting underwriters' compensation, any discounts and
commissions allowed or paid to dealers, if any, any commissions allowed or
paid to agents, and the securities exchange or exchanges, if any, on which
such Securities will be listed. Dealer trading may take place in certain of
the Securities, including Securities not listed on any securities exchange.
Securities may be purchased to be reoffered to the public through
underwriting syndicates led by one or more managing underwriters, or through
one or more underwriters acting alone. The underwriter or underwriters with
respect to each underwritten offering of Securities will be named in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to such offering and, if an underwriting
syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or underwriters will be set forth
on the cover page of such Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise set forth in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the obligations of the underwriters to
purchase the Securities will be subject to certain conditions precedent and
each of the underwriters with respect to a sale of Securities will be
obligated to purchase all of its Securities if any are purchased. Any initial
public offering price and any discounts or concession allowed or reallowed or
paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
Securities may be offered and sold by the Company through agents designated
by the Company from time to time. Any agent involved in the offer and sale of
any Securities will be named, and any commissions payable by the Company to
such agent will be set forth, in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
offering. Unless otherwise indicated in such Prospectus Supplement, any such
agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its
appointment.
Offers to purchase Securities may be solicited directly by the Company and
sales thereof may be made by the Company directly to institutional investors
or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the
Securities Act with respect to any resale thereof. The terms of any such sales
will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
The anticipated place and time of delivery of Securities will be set forth
in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will
authorize underwriters or agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to
purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to delayed delivery contracts
providing for payment and delivery at a future date. Institutions with which
such contracts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable
institutions and others, but in all cases such institutions must be approved
by the Company. Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the obligations of any purchaser under any such contract will not
be subject to any conditions except that (i) the purchase of the Securities
shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the
jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject, and (ii) if the Securities
are also being sold to underwriters acting as principals for their own
account, the underwriters shall have purchased such Securities not sold for
delayed delivery. The underwriters and such other persons will not have any
responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of such contracts.
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Any underwriter or agent participating in the distribution of the Securities
may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is defined in the Securities
Act, of the Securities so offered and sold and any discounts or commissions
received by them from the Company and any profit realized by them on the sale
or resale of the Securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and
commissions under the Securities Act.
Underwriters and agents may be entitled, under agreements entered into with
the Company, to indemnification by the Company against certain civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to
contribution with respect to payments which such underwriters or agents may be
required to make in respect thereof. Certain of any such underwriters and
agents, including their associates, may be customers of, engage in
transactions with and perform services for, the Company and its subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business.
First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc. ("FCCM"), an affiliate of the Company,
may from time to time act as an agent or underwriter in connection with the
sale of Securities to the extent permitted by applicable law. The
participation of FCCM in the offer and sale of the Securities will comply with
Rule 2720 of the Rules of Conduct of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") regarding the offer and sale of securities of an
affiliate. No NASD member participating in offers and sales of securities will
execute a transaction in the Securities in a discretionary account without the
prior written specific approval of the member's customer.
This Prospectus and related Prospectus Supplements may be used by FCCM in
connection with offers and sales related to secondary market transactions in
Securities. FCCM, to the extent permitted by law, may act as principal or
agent in such transactions. Such sales will be made at prices related to
prevailing market prices at the time of sale.
LEGAL OPINIONS
Certain legal matters relating to the Securities offered hereby will be
passed upon for the Company by its General Counsel and for any underwriters,
selling agents and certain other purchasers by Cravath, Swaine & Moore,
Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10019. Cravath, Swaine
& Moore has represented and continues to represent the Company from time to
time in other matters.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, incorporated herein
by reference have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said report.
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PART II.
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
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<S> <C>
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee.......... $ 909,091
Accounting Fees and Expenses................................. 225,000
Legal Fees and Expenses...................................... 40,000
Printing and Engraving....................................... 150,000
Fees and Expenses of Trustees................................ 75,000
Paying Agent Fees............................................ 30,000
Rating Agency Fees........................................... 500,000
Miscellaneous................................................ 55,000
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Total.................................................... $1,984,091*
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*Estimated.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware contains detailed provisions on indemnification of
directors and officers of a Delaware corporation against expenses, judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with litigation.
Article Eighth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, provides for indemnification of directors and officers. The provision
provides that any person shall be indemnified and reimbursed by the Registrant
for expenses and liabilities imposed upon the person in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, or threat thereof, in which the
person may be involved by reason of the person being or having been a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or of any corporation
or organization which the person served in any capacity at the request of the
Registrant, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Registrant and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful; provided,
however, that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of the person's duty to the Registrant unless
the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit
was brought shall determine upon application that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity.
The directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by an insurance
policy, indemnifying them against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the federal securities laws, which might be incurred by them
in such capacity.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
This Registration Statement includes the following Exhibits:
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
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1(a) Form of Debt Securities and Warrants Underwriting Agreement
[incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1(a) of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
1(b) Form of Debt Securities Distribution Agreement [incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1(b) of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
1(c) Form of Preferred Stock Underwriting Agreement*
1(d) Form of Common Stock Underwriting Agreement*
4(a) Form of Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, between the
Registrant and First Security Bank, National Association, as
Trustee
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
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<C> <S> <C>
4(b) Form of Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, between the
Registrant and First Trust National Association, as Trustee
4(d)(1) Form of Debt Warrant Agreement (for Warrants attached to
Debt Securities, including form of Debt Warrant Certifi-
cate)*
4(d)(2) Form of Debt Warrant Agreement (for Warrants not attached
to Debt Securities, including form of Debt Warrant Certifi-
cate)*
4(e) Form of Foreign Currency Warrant Agreement (including form
of Global Warrant Certificate)*
4(f)(1) Form of Senior Note [incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4(f)(1) of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
4(f)(2) Form of Subordinated Note [incorporated by reference to Ex-
hibit 4(f)(2) of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
4(f)(3) Form of Medium-Term Note (Fixed Rate) [incorporated by ref-
erence to Exhibit 4(f)(3) of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
4(f)(4) Form of Medium-Term Note (Floating Rate) [incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(f)(4) of the Registrant's Registra-
tion Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
4(f)(5) Form of Subordinated Medium-Term Note (Fixed Rate) [incor-
porated by reference to Exhibit 4(f)(5) of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-65431)]
4(f)(6) Form of Subordinated Medium-Term Note (Floating Rate) [in-
corporated by reference to Exhibit 4(f)(6) of the Regis-
trant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 33-
65431)]
4(g) Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended [incorpo-
rated by reference to Exhibit 3(A) of the Registrant's 1995
Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 1-7127]
4(h) By-laws of Registrant, as amended
4(i) Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences, Rights and
Limitations relating to Preferred Stock*
4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement, with form of Depositary Receipt
as an exhibit thereto*
4(k) Form of Other Warrant Agreement (including form of Other
Warrant Certificate)*
4(l) Form of Stock Index Warrant Agreement (including form of
Stock Index Warrant Certificate)*
4(m) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement (including form of
Common Stock Warrant Certificate)*
4(n) Form of Preferred Stock Warrant Agreement (including form
of Preferred Stock Warrant Certificate)*
5(a) Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Registrant (including
Consent of Counsel for the Registrant)
12 Computation of the Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23(a) Consent of Counsel for the Registrant (included in Exhibit
5(a))
23(b) Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
24 Power of Attorney
25(a) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of
First Security Bank, National Association, as Trustee under
the Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997
25(b) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of
First Trust National Association as Trustee under the In-
denture dated as of October 1, 1997
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*To be incorporated herein by reference.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933
(other than as provided in Item 512 of Regulation S-K); (ii) to reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement (other
than as provided in Item 512 of Regulation S-K). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of Prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and (iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) That, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT
CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY
AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO, AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, ON THE 26TH DAY OF
SEPTEMBER, 1997.
First Chicago NBD Corporation
/s/ M. Eileen Kennedy
By___________________________________
M. Eileen Kennedy
Attorney-in-Fact
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATE INDICATED.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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]
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(Terence E. Adderley) Director ]
]
James K. Baker* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(James K. Baker) Director ]
]
John H. Bryan* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(John H. Bryan) Director ]
]
]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Siegfried Buschmann) Director ]
]
James S. Crown* } September 26, 1997
- ------------------------------------ ]
(James S. Crown) Director ]
]
]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Maureen A. Fay, O.P.) Director ]
]
]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Charles T. Fisher III) Director ]
]
Verne G. Istock* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Verne G. Istock) Director and Principal ]
Executive Officer ]
Thomas H. Jeffs II* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Thomas H. Jeffs II) Director ]
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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
- ------------------------------------ ]
(William G. Lowrie) Director ]
]
Richard A. Manoogian* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Richard A. Manoogian) Director ]
]
Scott P. Marks, Jr.* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Scott P. Marks, Jr.) Director ]
]
]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(William T. McCormick, Jr.) Director ]
]
Andrew J. McKenna* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Andrew J. McKenna) Director ]
]
Earl L. Neal* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Earl L. Neal) Director ]
]
James J. O'Connor* ]
- ------------------------------------ } September 26, 1997
(James J. O'Connor) Director ]
]
Thomas E. Reilly, Jr.* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Thomas E. Reilly, Jr. Director ]
]
]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Adele Simmons) Director ]
]
Richard L. Thomas* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Richard L. Thomas) Director ]
]
David J. Vitale* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(David J. Vitale) Director ]
]
Robert A. Rosholt* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(Robert A. Rosholt) Principal Financial Officer ]
]
William J. Roberts* ]
- ------------------------------------ ]
(William J. Roberts) Principal Accounting Officer ]
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* The undersigned, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign this
Registration Statement on behalf of each of the above-indicated directors
and officers of the Registrant pursuant to a power of attorney signed by
such directors and officers.
/s/ M. Eileen Kennedy
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M. Eileen Kennedy
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT 4(A)
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FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
AND
FIRST SECURITY BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEE
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Indenture
Dated as of October 1, 1997
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SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
PAGE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.................................... 10
"this Indenture" and certain other terms....... 10
"Act".......................................... 10
"Affiliate".................................... 11
"Authenticating Agent"......................... 11
"Authorized Newspaper"......................... 11
"Authorized Officer"........................... 11
"Bank"......................................... 11
"Bearer Security".............................. 11
"Board of Directors"........................... 11
"Board Resolution"............................. 11
"Business Day"................................. 11
"CEDEL; CEDEL S.A."............................ 11
"Commission"................................... 11
"Common Depositary"............................ 11
"Common Stock"................................. 11
"Company"...................................... 11
"Company Request" and "Company Order".......... 12
"corporation".................................. 12
"coupon"....................................... 12
"Defaulted Interest"........................... 12
"Depositary"................................... 12
"Designated Currency".......................... 12
"Dollar"....................................... 12
"ECU".......................................... 12
"Euroclear".................................... 12
"European Communities"......................... 12
"Event of Default"............................. 12
"Exchange Rate"................................ 12
"Exchange Rate Agent".......................... 12
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate".......... 12
"Foreign Currency"............................. 12
"Global Exchange Date"......................... 12
"Global Security".............................. 12
"Holder"....................................... 13
"interest"..................................... 13
"Interest Payment Date"........................ 13
"Maturity"..................................... 13
"Officers' Certificate"........................ 13
"Opinion of Counsel"........................... 13
"Original Issue Discount Security"............. 13
"Outstanding".................................. 13
"Paying Agent"................................. 14
"Person"....................................... 14
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"Place of Payment"................................ 14
"Predecessor Security"............................ 14
"Principal Corporate Trust Office"................ 14
"Principal Paying Agent".......................... 14
"Redemption Date"................................. 14
"Redemption Price"................................ 14
"Registered Security"............................. 14
"Regular Record Date"............................. 14
"Remarketing Entity".............................. 14
"Repayment Date".................................. 14
"Repayment Price"................................. 14
"Responsible Officer"............................. 14
"Security" or "Securities"........................ 14
"Security Register"............................... 15
"Security Registrar".............................. 15
"Special Record Date"............................. 15
"Stated Maturity"................................. 15
"Subsidiary of the Company" or "Subsidiary"....... 15
"Trustee"......................................... 15
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA".................... 15
"United States"................................... 15
"United States Alien"............................. 15
"Vice President".................................. 15
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.............. 15
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee............ 16
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders................................... 16
SECTION 1.05. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company............. 18
SECTION 1.06. Notices to Holders; Waiver........................ 18
SECTION 1.07. Language of Notices, Etc.......................... 19
SECTION 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act................. 19
SECTION 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.......... 19
SECTION 1.10. Successors and Assigns............................ 19
SECTION 1.11. Separability Clause............................... 19
SECTION 1.12. Benefits of Indenture............................. 19
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays.................................... 20
SECTION 1.14. Governing Law..................................... 20
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally................................... 20
SECTION 2.02. Form of Securities................................ 20
SECTION 2.03. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication... 21
SECTION 2.04. Global Securities................................. 21
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
PAGE
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms...................................... 21
SECTION 3.02. Denominations........................................ 23
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating....... 23
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities................................. 25
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange........................................... 27
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..... 30
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved....... 30
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners................................ 31
SECTION 3.09. Cancellation......................................... 32
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.............................. 32
SECTION 3.11. Forms of Certification............................... 32
SECTION 3.12. Judgments............................................ 33
ARTICLE FOUR
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 4.01. Applicability of Article............................. 33
SECTION 4.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee................ 33
SECTION 4.03. Selection by Security Registrar of Securities to
be Redeemed........................................ 33
SECTION 4.04. Notice of Redemption................................. 34
SECTION 4.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.......................... 34
SECTION 4.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date................ 34
SECTION 4.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.......................... 35
ARTICLE FIVE
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest........... 35
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency...................... 35
SECTION 5.03. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust...... 37
SECTION 5.04. Additional Amounts................................... 38
SECTION 5.05. Statement as to Compliance........................... 38
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and
Franchises......................................... 38
ARTICLE SIX
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 6.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders......................................... 39
SECTION 6.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders............................................ 39
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SECTION 6.03. Reports by Trustee................................... 40
SECTION 6.04. Reports by Company................................... 40
ARTICLE SEVEN
REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.................................... 41
SECTION 7.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment... 42
SECTION 7.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee......................................... 42
SECTION 7.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..................... 43
SECTION 7.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities...................................... 43
SECTION 7.06. Application of Money Collected....................... 44
SECTION 7.07. Limitation on Suits.................................. 44
SECTION 7.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest............................... 45
SECTION 7.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies................... 45
SECTION 7.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative....................... 45
SECTION 7.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver......................... 45
SECTION 7.12. Control by Holders................................... 45
SECTION 7.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.............................. 46
SECTION 7.14. Undertaking for Costs................................ 46
SECTION 7.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..................... 46
ARTICLE EIGHT
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.................. 46
SECTION 8.02. Notice of Default.................................... 47
SECTION 8.03. Certain Rights of Trustee............................ 47
SECTION 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes.... 48
SECTION 8.05. May Hold Securities.................................. 48
SECTION 8.06. Money Held in Trust.................................. 48
SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Reimbursement....................... 49
SECTION 8.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.............. 49
SECTION 8.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.............. 49
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.... 50
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............... 51
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business of Trustee................................ 52
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims against Company.... 52
SECTION 8.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agents................. 52
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders... 53
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders...... 54
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures................. 55
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SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.................... 55
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.................. 55
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures... 55
ARTICLE TEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
Terms.............................................. 55
SECTION 10.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.................... 56
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.............. 56
SECTION 11.02. Application of Trust Money........................... 57
SECTION 11.03. Reinstatement........................................ 57
ARTICLE TWELVE
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. Exemption from Individual Liability.................. 57
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article............................. 58
SECTION 13.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities......................................... 58
SECTION 13.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund............ 58
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 14.01. Applicability of Article............................. 59
SECTION 14.02. Repayment of Securities.............................. 59
SECTION 14.03. Exercise of Option; Notice........................... 59
SECTION 14.04. Election of Repayment by Remarketing Entities........ 60
SECTION 14.05. Securities Payable on the Repayment Date............. 60
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 15.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called............ 60
SECTION 15.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings................... 60
SECTION 15.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings................. 61
SECTION 15.04. Quorum; Action....................................... 61
SECTION 15.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings............................
61
SECTION 15.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings...... 62
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 16.01. Counterparts................................... 62
TESTIMONIUM.................................................. 63
SIGNATURES AND SEALS......................................... 63
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................. 64
EXHIBIT A. Form of Certificate to be Given by Person
Entitled to Receive Bearer Security
EXHIBIT B. Form of Certificate to be Given by Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. in Connection with the Exchange
of a Portion of a Temporary Global Security
EXHIBIT C. Form of Certificate to be Given by Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. to Obtain Interest Prior to an
Exchange Date
EXHIBIT D. Form of Certificate to be Given by Beneficial
Owners to Obtain Interest Prior to an Exchange
Date
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TABLE SHOWING REFLECTION IN INDENTURE OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
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TIA
(S) 310(a)(1) ......................................... 8.09
(a)(2) ......................................... 8.09
(a)(3) ......................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ......................................... Not Applicable
(a)(5) ......................................... 8.09
(b) ............................................ 8.08
8.10
(c) ............................................ Not Applicable
(S) 311(a) ........................................... 8.13
(b) ............................................ 8.13
(S) 312(a) ............................................ 6.01
6.02(i)
(b) ............................................ 6.02(ii)
(c) ............................................ 6.02(iii)
(S) 313(a) ........................................... 6.03(i)
(b) ............................................ 6.03(ii)
(c) ............................................ 6.03(i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) ............................................ 6.03(iii)
(S) 314(a) ........................................... 6.04
5.05
(b) ............................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1) ......................................... 1.02
(c)(2) ......................................... 1.02
(c)(3) ......................................... Not Applicable
(d) ............................................ Not Applicable
(e) ............................................ 1.02
(f) ............................................ Not Applicable
(S) 315(a) ........................................... 8.01(i)
8.01(iii)
(b) ............................................ 8.02
(c) ............................................ 8.01(ii)
(d) ............................................ 8.01
(d)(1) ......................................... 8.01(i)
(d)(2) ......................................... 8.01(iii)(b)
(d)(3) ......................................... 8.01(iii)(c)
(e) ............................................ 7.14
(S) 316(a) ........................................... 1.01
(S) 316(a)(1)(A) ...................................... 7.02
7.12
(a)(1)(B) ...................................... 7.13
(a)(2) ......................................... Not Applicable
(b) ............................................ 7.08
(c) ............................................ 1.04(viii)
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(S) 317(a)(1) .......................................... 7.03
(a)(2) .......................................... 7.04
(b) ............................................. 5.03
(S) 318(a) ............................................. 1.08
(c) ............................................. 1.08
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THIS INDENTURE is entered into as of October 1, 1997, between FIRST CHICAGO
NBD CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
executive office at One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670, and
First Security Bank, National Association, a national banking association
(hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its principal corporate trust
office at 79 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary from time to time to issue its unsecured
debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in
one or more series (hereinafter called the "Securities") as hereinafter set
forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal
and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) the term "this Indenture" means this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one
or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01;
(ii) all references in this instrument to designated "Articles",
"Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections
and other subdivisions of this Indenture. The words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(iii) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(iv) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein; and
(v) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as may be otherwise expressly provided herein or in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
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"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities pursuant to Section 8.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive
publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President,
the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Comptroller, any Assistant Comptroller, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Bank" means The First National Bank of Chicago, a national banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.02 which is payable to bearer, including, without limitation, unless
the context otherwise indicates, a Security in global bearer form.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which
banking institutions in the City of Chicago and any Place of Payment for the
Securities are open for business.
"CEDEL" or "CEDEL S.A." means Cedel Bank, societe anonyme or its successors.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if any
time after the execution and delivery of this instrument such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(ii).
"Common Stock" means any stock of any class of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company and includes the common
stock, $1 par value per share, of the Company as the same exists at the date
of this Indenture or as such stock may be constituted from time to time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until any successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean any such successor corporation.
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"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice
President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Comptroller, an
Assistant Comptroller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"Co-Security Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in the form of a Global Security, the Person designated as Depositary
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall
have been appointed pursuant to Section 3.05, and thereafter "Depositary"
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with
respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with
respect to the Securities of that series.
"Designated Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.
"Dollar" or "$" means the coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
Office, as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article Seven.
"Exchange Rate" shall have the meaning specified as contemplated in Section
3.01.
"Exchange Rate Agent" shall have the meaning specified as contemplated in
Section 3.01.
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" with respect to any date for the
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any series of
Securities, means a certificate setting forth the applicable Exchange Rate and
the amounts payable in Dollars and Foreign Currencies in respect of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Securities denominated in
ECU, and other composite currency or Foreign Currency, and signed by the
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.01 and delivered to the Trustee.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any country
other than the United States of America.
"Global Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(iv).
"Global Security" means a Security issued to evidence all or a part of a
series of Securities in accordance with Section 3.03.
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"Holder", with respect to a Registered Security, means a Person in whose
name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register and, with
respect to a Bearer Security (or any temporary Global Security) or a coupon,
means the bearer thereof.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any series of Securities,
means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which
the principal of such Security (or any instalment of principal) becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial
Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall
contain the statements set forth in Section 1.02, if applicable.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee of the Company,
and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall
contain the statements set forth in Section 1.02, if applicable.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any
series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) such Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities, provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made; and
(iii) such Securities in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Indenture;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of such Securities Outstanding have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or
whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, the
principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof
that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02,
and Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or such other obligor.
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"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities or any coupons
appertaining thereto on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
means the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 5.02,
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 3.01.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Security; and for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Principal Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this
instrument is at the address set forth in the first paragraph of this
instrument.
"Principal Paying Agent" means the Paying Agent, if any, designated as such
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Indenture.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price specified in such Security at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.02 which is registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Security on any
Interest Payment Date means the date, if any, specified in such Security as
the "Regular Record Date".
"Remarketing Entity", when used with respect to the Securities of any series
which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated
Maturity, means any Person designated by the Company to purchase any such
Securities.
"Repayment Date", when used with respect to any Security to be repaid upon
exercise of option for repayment by the Holder, means the date fixed for such
repayment pursuant to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price", when used with respect to any Security to be repaid upon
exercise of option for repayment by the Holder, means the price at which it is
to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of
this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any Security or Securities, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities," with respect to any such Person, shall mean
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive,
however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
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"Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"Security Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means the
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, or any instalment
of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security, or such
instalment of principal or interest, is due and payable.
"Subsidiary of the Company" or "Subsidiary" means a corporation at least a
majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, or
by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
As used under this heading, the term "voting stock" means stock having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors irrespective of whether or
not stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power
by reason of the happening of any contingency.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of
that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed, and, to the extent required by law, as
amended.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the States and
the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax
purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-
resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or
a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate
or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the Officers' Certificate
required by Section 5.05) shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
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(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and
one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may
certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders.
(i) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders or
Holders of any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by an agent duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable
in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture
to be given or taken by Holders may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities voting in favor thereof,
either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of
Holders of Securities duly called and held in accordance with the provisions
of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered
to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act"
of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any
such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Security shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 8.01)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 15.06.
(ii) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to
take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing
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acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on
behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing
the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(iii) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(iv) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by
any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production
of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any
trust company, bank or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be
proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of
any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is
produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other
Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding.
(v) The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing, the
authority of the Person executing the same and the principal amount and serial
numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument
or writing and the date of holding the same may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance
require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this
Section.
(vi) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(vii) For purposes of determining the principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any series the Holders of which are required, requested or
permitted to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or take any other Act under the Indenture, each Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency or composite currency shall be deemed to
have the principal amount determined by the Exchange Rate Agent by converting
the principal amount of such Security in the currency in which such Security
is denominated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate as of the date such Act is
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company, by Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series (or, if there is no such rate on such
date, such rate on the date determined as specified as contemplated in Section
3.01).
(viii) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of
Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other Act, or to
vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the
Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such
Series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any
such vote, prior to such vote, such record date shall be the later of 30 days
prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent
list of Holders of such Securities furnished to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.01 prior to such solicitation.
(ix) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard
to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by
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one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any
notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to
different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have
the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such
different part.
(x) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or pursuant to one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, a Holder, including a Depositary that is the Holder of a
Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed
in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken
by Holders, and a Depositary that is the Holder of a Global Security may
provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such
Global Security through such Depositary's standing instructions and customary
practices.
(xi) The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the
Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security held by
a Depositary entitled under the procedures of such Depositary to make, give or
take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is
fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90
days after such record date.
SECTION 1.05. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(i) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Principal Corporate Trust Office, or
(ii) the Company by any Holder or by the Trustee shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to the Company, to the
attention of its Treasurer, addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 1.06. Notices to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any
event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or
in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class,
postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities affected by such
event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice.
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York
and, if the Securities of such series are then listed on the London Stock
Exchange and such stock exchange shall so require, in London and, if the
Securities of such series are then listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
and such stock exchange shall so require, in Luxembourg and, if the
Securities of such series are then listed on any other stock exchange and
such stock exchange shall so require, in any other required city outside
the United States, or, if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe on a
Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier
than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for
the giving of such notice.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of
Registered Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for
every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of Registered
Securities shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided above.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any
notice mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 1.07. Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
SECTION 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an
"incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by operation of Sections
310 to 318, inclusive, of the TIA, such imposed duties or incorporated
provision shall control.
SECTION 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.10. Successors and Assigns.
All convenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.11. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
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SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Repayment Date
or Redemption Date of any Security or any date on which any Defaulted Interest
is proposed to be paid shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provisions of the Securities or this
Indenture) payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Securities need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Repayment Date or
Redemption Date or on the date on which Defaulted Interest is proposed to be
paid, and, if such payment is made, no interest shall accrue on such payment
for the period from and after any such Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity,
Repayment Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.14. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of New York.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally.
All Securities and any related coupons shall have such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities
or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to
any series of Securities, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons. If so provided as contemplated by Section
3.01, the Securities of a series shall be issuable solely in bearer form, or
in both registered form and bearer form. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01, Securities in bearer form shall have interest
coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved
border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Securities.
Each Security and coupon shall be in one of the forms approved from time to
time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. Upon or prior to the delivery of a
Security or coupons in any such form to the Trustee for authentication, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee the following:
(i) the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security
or coupons has been approved, certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(ii) the Officers' Certificate required by Section 3.01 of this
Indenture;
(iii) the Company Order required by Section 3.03 of this Indenture; and
(iv) the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 3.03 of this Indenture.
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If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form as permitted
by Section 3.04, the form thereof also shall be established as provided in
this Section 2.02.
SECTION 2.03. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
First Security Bank, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By________________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Section 2.04. Global Securities.
If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form,
as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, then, notwithstanding clause
(xi) of Section 3.01 and the provisions of Section 3.02, such Global Security
shall represent such of the outstanding Securities of such series as shall be
specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time
to time be reduced to reflect exchanges or increased to reflect the issuance
of additional uncertificated securities of such series. Any endorsement of a
Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the
amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such
manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04.
Global Securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in
either temporary or permanent form.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued up
to the aggregate principal amount of Securities from time to time authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. All Securities of each
series issued under this Indenture shall in all respects be equally and
ratably entitled to the benefits hereof with respect to such series without
preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of
the authentication and delivery or Maturity of the Securities of such series.
There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth
in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
issuance of Securities of any series,
(i) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(ii) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that
series pursuant to this Article Three or Sections 4.07, 9.06 or 14.03);
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(iii) the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of
the Securities of the series is payable;
(iv) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, or the method or methods by which such rates may be
determined, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable,
the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than
that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(v) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 5.02,
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities
of the series shall be payable;
(vi) the extent to which any of the Securities will be issuable in
temporary or permanent global form, and in such case, the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon
which such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
definitive securities, and the manner in which any interest payable on a
temporary or permanent Global Security will be paid, whether or not
consistent with Section 3.04 or 3.05;
(vii) the office or offices or agency where, subject to Section 5.02, the
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange;
(viii) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(ix) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(x) whether, and under what conditions, additional amounts will be
payable to Holders of Securities of the series pursuant to Section 5.04;
(xi) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable; and, if other than $5,000 or any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Bearer Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
(xii) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities or both, whether Securities of the series are
to be issuable with or without coupons or both and, in the case of Bearer
Securities, the date as of which such Bearer Securities shall be dated if
other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of such
series of like tenor and term to be issued;
(xiii) the currency or currencies of denominations of the Securities of
any series, which may be in Dollars, any Foreign Currency or any composite
currency, including but not limited to the ECU, and, if any such currency
of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or
organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
(xiv) the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities will be made, the
currency or currencies, if any, in which payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or the interest on Registered Securities, at the election
of each of the Holders thereof, may also be payable and the periods within
which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made
and the Exchange Rate and the Exchange Rate Agent;
(xv) if payments of principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on
the Securities of the series are to be made in a Foreign Currency other
than the currency in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in
which the Exchange Rate with respect to such payments shall be determined;
(xvi) the terms, if any, upon which the Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for Common Stock, preferred stock (which may
be represented by depositary shares), other debt securities or warrants for
Common Stock, preferred stock or indebtedness or other securities of any
kind of the Company or any other obligor, and the terms and conditions upon
which such conversion or exchange shall
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be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate,
the conversion or exchange period and any other provision in addition to or
in lieu of those described herein;
(xvii) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
any interest on Securities of the series may be determined with reference
to an index, the method or methods by which such amounts shall be
determined;
(xviii) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
7.02;
(xix) any addition to or change in the Events of Default or covenants of
the Company pertaining to the Securities of the series; and
(xx) any other terms of the series.
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer
Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except, in
the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth,
or determined in the manner provided, in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.
Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with
different dates on which the principal or any instalment of principal is
payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by
which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such
interest may be payable and with different Redemption Dates or Repayment Dates
and may be denominated in different currencies or payable in different
currencies.
SECTION 3.02. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such form and
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the
absence of any specification with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Registered Securities of each series shall be issuable only as Securities
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof
and the Bearer Securities of each series, if any, shall be issuable with
coupons and in denominations of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, its President, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial
Officer or one of its Executive Vice Presidents and by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries. The signatures of any or all of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile
signature of the Company's Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, one of its Executive Vice
Presidents or the Treasurer.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any
coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of the
Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise; provided, however, that, in connection with its
original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered
to any location in the United States; and provided, further, that a Bearer
Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the
Person entitled to receive
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such Bearer Security shall have delivered to the Trustee, or such other Person
as shall be specified in a temporary Global Security delivered pursuant to
Section 3.04, a certificate in the form required by Section 3.11(i).
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities
of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities in registered or permanent bearer form, then the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Global Securities
with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global
Securities in permanent or temporary form that (i) shall represent and shall
be denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by one or more
Global Securities, (ii) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the
name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee
of such Depositary, and (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions.
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for a Global Security in
registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it
serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or
regulation.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 8.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section
1.02 and stating that,
(i) the form of such Securities and coupons, if any, has been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) the terms of such Securities and coupons, if any, or the manner of
determining such terms, have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(iii) that such Securities and coupons, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and to general principles of equity; and
(iv) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the
issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03, if
all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution or Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order
and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to this Section 3.03 at or
prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and such documents
reasonably contemplate the issuance of all Securities of such series; provided
that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such
request, the statements made in the Officers' Certificate or other
certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 3.01 shall be true and
correct as if made on such date.
A Company Order, Officers' Certificate or Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture delivered by the Company to the Trustee in the circumstances set
forth in the preceding paragraph may provide that Securities which are the
subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its
agent on original issue from time to time in the aggregate principal amount,
if any, established for such series pursuant to such procedures acceptable to
the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order upon
telephonic,
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electronic or written order of Persons designated in such Company Order,
Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution and that
such Persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Company Order,
Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, such terms
and conditions of said Securities as are specified in such Company Order,
Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication; and
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, each Bearer
Security and any temporary Global Security referred to in Section 3.04 shall
be dated as of the date of original issuance of such Security.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 3.06, the Trustee shall not
authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons
for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security or portion thereof shall have been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 together with a written statement
(which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security or portion thereof has never
been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such
Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities.
(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order and the receipt of the
certifications and opinions required under Sections 3.01 and 3.03, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denominations, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued in registered form or, if
authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of any series
which may be issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Securities may be
in global form, representing such of the Outstanding Securities of such series
as shall be specified therein.
(b) Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01:
(i) Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, each of
which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraphs, if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of
such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series
(accompanied, if applicable, by all unmatured coupons and all matured
coupons in default appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Securities of such series of authorized
denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall
be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided,
further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange
for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set
forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
(ii) If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any
such temporary Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided in such
temporary Global Security, be delivered to the London office of a
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depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit
of the operator of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., for credit to the respective
accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other
accounts as they may direct). Upon receipt of written instructions (which
need not comply with Section 1.02) signed on behalf of the Company by any
Person authorized to give such instructions, the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent shall endorse such temporary Global Security to
reflect the initial principal amount, or an increase in the principal
amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby. Until such initial
endorsement, such temporary Global Security shall not evidence any
obligation of the Company. Such temporary Global Security shall at any time
represent the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities
theretofore endorsed thereon as provided above, subject to reduction to
reflect exchanges as described below.
(iii) Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, and
subject to the second proviso in the following paragraph, the interest of a
beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary Global Security
shall be exchanged for definitive Securities (including a definitive global
Bearer Security) of such series and of like tenor following the Global
Exchange Date (as defined below) when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on
his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a
certificate in the form required by Section 3.11(i), dated no earlier than
15 days prior to the Global Exchange Date, copies of which certificate
shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities
and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global
Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial
owners of such temporary Global Security, except that a Person receiving
definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take
delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of
Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be
delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Security shall
be delivered only outside the United States.
(iv) Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary
Global Security as the "Global Exchange Date" (the "Global Exchange Date"),
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, or, if the Trustee appoints an
Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 8.14, to any such Authenticating
Agent, definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the
Company. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, such
definitive Securities shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as may be specified by
the Company, the Trustee or any such Authenticating Agent, as may be
appropriate. On or after the Global Exchange Date, such temporary Global
Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee or
any such Authenticating Agent, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to
be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive
Securities without charge and the Trustee or any such Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such
temporary Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations and
of like tenor as the portion of such temporary Global Security to be
exchanged, which, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities,
or any combination thereof, provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified in such temporary Global Security, upon such presentation by the
Common Depositary, such temporary Global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Global Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed
by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Global
Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A., as to the
portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged, each in the form required by Section 3.11(ii); and provided,
further, that a definitive Bearer Security (including a definitive global
Bearer Security) shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a
temporary Global Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth
in Section 3.03.
(v) Upon any exchange of a portion of any such temporary Global Security,
such temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee or any such
Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, to reflect the reduction of the
principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon its remaining principal
amount shall be
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reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged. Until so exchanged in
full, such temporary Global Security shall in all respects be entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest payable on such
temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of
such series occurring prior to the applicable Global Exchange Date shall be
payable, without interest, to Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. on or after such
Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euro-clear and CEDEL S.A. to the
Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, of a certificate or
certificates in the form required by Section 3.11(iii), for credit on or
after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons
who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security on such
Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL
S.A., as the case may be, a certificate in the form required by Section
3.11(iv). Any interest so received by Euroclear and Cedel S.A. and not paid
as herein provided prior to the Global Exchange Date shall be returned to
the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, which, upon expiration of
two years after such Interest Payment Date, shall repay such interest to
the Company on Company Request in accordance with Section 5.03.
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to Registered Securities, the Company shall keep or cause to be
kept a register (sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Registered Securities and the registration of
transfers of Registered Securities and the Company shall appoint a "Security
Registrar", and may appoint any "Co-Security Registrar", as may be
appropriate, to keep the Security Register. Such Security Register shall be in
written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form
within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times the information contained in
such Security Register shall be available for inspection by the Trustee at the
office of the Security Registrar. In the event that any Registered Securities
issued hereunder have The City of New York as a Place of Payment, the Company
shall appoint either a Security Registrar or Co-Security Registrar located in
The City of New York.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02 for such purpose in a Place of Payment for such series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered
Securities of such series of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount, tenor and Stated Maturity.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of such series, of any authorized
denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, tenor and Stated
Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Registered Securities may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.
At the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon
surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or
agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such
unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such
exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment
in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of
such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall
surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such
a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount of such payment from the Company; provided,
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however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency of a Paying
Agent, maintained pursuant to Section 5.02 for such purpose, located outside
the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of
any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a
Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the
case may be.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities represented thereby, a
Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to
a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such
Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities
of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.03, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such
series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's election pursuant to
Section 3.01(vi) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities
of such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of
a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities
of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of
like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such
series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the
Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such
event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor
and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series
in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may
surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole
or in part for Securities of such series of like tenor and terms and in
definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee
and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver, without
service charge:
(a) to the Depositary or to each Person specified by such Depositary a
new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and terms and
of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial
interest in the Global Security; and
(b) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and
in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the
principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
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In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the
Company will execute and the Trustee, pursuant to a Company Order, will
authenticate and deliver, Securities (a) in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations, if the Securities of such series are issuable as
Registered Securities, (b) in definitive bearer form in authorized
denominations, with coupons attached, if the Securities of such series are
issuable as Bearer Securities or (c) as either Registered or Bearer
Securities, if the Securities of such series are issuable in either form;
provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Global Security other than in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3.03 and 3.04.
Upon the exchange of Global Securities for Securities in definitive form,
such Global Securities shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Registered
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section
3.05 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations,
and delivered to such addresses, as the Depositary for such Global Security,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver
such Registered Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are
so registered or to the Depositary. The Trustee shall deliver Bearer
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section
3.05 to the Depositary or to the Persons at such addresses, and in such
authorized denominations, as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee in writing; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Global Security other
than in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.03 and 3.04.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be registered for transfer or
exchanged, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise provided in such
Securities) 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 expressly provided in
this Indenture to be made at the Company's own expense or without expense or
without charge to the Holders.
Neither the Company, the Security Registrar nor any Co-Security Registrar
shall be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the day of selection of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption of Registered Securities of such series so
selected for redemption or (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered
Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer or exchange of any Securities or
portions thereof so selected for redemption.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the exchange of Bearer
Securities into Registered Securities shall be subject to applicable laws and
regulations in effect at the time of exchange; none of the Company, the
Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall exchange any Bearer Securities into
Registered Securities if it has received an Opinion of Counsel that as a
result of such exchanges the Company would suffer adverse consequences under
the United States federal income tax laws and regulations then in effect and
the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Order directing the Trustee
not to make such exchanges unless and until the Trustee receives a subsequent
Company Order to the contrary. The Company shall deliver copies of such
Company Orders to the Security Registrar.
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SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If (i) any mutilated Security or Security with a mutilated coupon is
surrendered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar, or if the Company, the
Trustee and the Security Registrar receive evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) there is
delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar
that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in
exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new
Security of the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and, if
applicable, with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining thereto;
provided, however, that any new Bearer Security will be delivered only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.05.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security; provided, however,
that payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer
Securities shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the
United States, and, in the case of interest, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of the
coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in
exchange for a Security with a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon, shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any,
or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series and
their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest on any
Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall unless otherwise provided in such
Security be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01, 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 referred to in Section 3.05) on any Regular Record
Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next
succeeding 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 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. At the option of the Company, payment of interest on any
Registered Security may be made by check in the currency designated for such
payment pursuant to the terms of such Registered Security mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by wire transfer to an account in such currency
designated by such Person in writing not later than ten days prior to the date
of such payment.
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Any interest on any Registered Security which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Holder,
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in
each case, as provided in clause (i) or clause (ii) below.
(i) The Company may elect to make payments of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names any such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of
the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed,
first-class, postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address as it appears
in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such
Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (ii). In case a Bearer Security of any
series is surrendered at the office or agency 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 of payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall
be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date for
payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date
for 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
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities with
respect to which there exists such default may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause,
such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.02, the Holder of any
coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security shall be entitled to receive the
interest payable on such coupon upon presentation and surrender of such coupon
on or after the Interest Payment Date of such coupon at an office or agency
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 5.02.
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners.
Title to any Bearer Security, any coupons appertaining thereto and any
temporary Global Security shall pass by delivery.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Registered
Security, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as
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the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal
of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security,
and for all purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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 be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent
or the Security Registrar will have the responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interest of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest, and they
shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting on any such
information provided by the Depositary.
SECTION 3.09. Cancellation.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities, all
Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, registration of transfer,
exchange, repayment or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered or
surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture or such Securities. All cancelled Securities or coupons held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company.
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
SECTION 3.11. Forms of Certification.
Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01:
(i) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by a Person entitled to receive a
Bearer Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto, with only such changes as shall be approved by
the Company.
(ii) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. in
connection with the exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security,
such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company.
(iii) Whenever any provision of the Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. in
connection with payment of interest with respect to a temporary Global
Security prior to the related Global Exchange Date, such certification
shall be provided substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, with only
such changes as shall be approved by the Company.
(iv) Whenever any provision of the Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by a beneficial owner of a portion
of a temporary Global Security in connection with payment of interest with
respect to a temporary Global Security prior to the related Global Exchange
Date, such
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certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company.
SECTION 3.12. Judgments
The Company may provide, pursuant to Section 3.01, for the Securities of any
series that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law and except as
may otherwise be specified as contemplated in Section 3.01, (a) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest of the Securities of any series and any appurtenant coupons
in a Foreign Currency, composite currency or Dollars (the "Designated
Currency") as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 is of the essence and
agrees that judgments in respect of such Securities shall be given in the
Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the
Designated Currency of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
such Securities and any appurtenant coupons shall, notwithstanding any payment
in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be
discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that
the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking
procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any
premium and cost of exchange) in the country of issue of the Designated
Currency in the case of Foreign Currency or Dollars or in the international
banking community in the case of a composite currency on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such payment; (c)
if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any
reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such
additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and
(d) any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due
as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided
herein, shall continue in full force and effect.
ARTICLE FOUR
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 4.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, in
accordance with this Article.
SECTION 4.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the
option of the Company shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate. In case
of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the
Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee and the Security Registrar of
such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series
to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (ii) pursuant to an election of
the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such
Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers'
Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 4.03. Selection by Security Registrar of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series with the same terms are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Security Registrar from the
Outstanding Securities of such series having such terms not previously called
for redemption, by such method as the Security Registrar shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination equal
to or larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such
series. Unless otherwise provided by the terms
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of the Securities of any series so selected for partial redemption, the
portions of the principal of Securities of such series so selected for partial
redemption shall be, in the case of Registered Securities, equal to $1,000 or
an integral multiple thereof or, in the case of Bearer Securities, equal to
$5,000 or an integral multiple thereof, and the principal amount of any such
Security which remains outstanding shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination for Securities of such series.
The Security Registrar shall promptly notify the Company, the Trustee and
the Co-Security Registrar, if any, 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.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.04. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.06,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price,
(iii) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series having the
same terms are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular
Securities to be redeemed,
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security to be redeemed, and that interest, if any,
thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(v) the place or places where such Securities, together in the case of
Bearer Securities with all remaining coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price,
(vi) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(vii) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the CEDEL reference numbers
(or any other number used by a Depository to identify such Securities), if
any, of the Securities to be redeemed.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 1.06 need not
identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee
in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 4.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
At or prior to the opening of business on any Redemption Date, the Company
shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent
(or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 5.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date;
provided, however, that deposits with respect to Bearer Securities shall be
made with a Paying Agent or Paying Agents located outside the United States
except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
SECTION 4.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be
redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such
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date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price)
such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Securities for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Securities shall be paid by
the Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that instalments of
interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside
the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest.
Instalments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on
or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the
close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security
may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the
face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the
Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so
deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from
the Redemption Date at the rate borne by such Security, or as otherwise
provided in such Security.
SECTION 4.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment therefor (with, if
the Company or the Security Registrar so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder of such Security or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated
Maturity, containing identical terms and conditions, of any authorized
denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered.
ARTICLE FIVE
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Securities of such series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series, any coupons appertaining thereto and
this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01
with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer
Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only outside the United
States upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest instalments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an
office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or
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exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If Securities of a series
may be issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York an office or agency where any
Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served, (B) subject
to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that
series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where
Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered
for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities
of that series pursuant to Section 5.04); provided, however, that if the
Securities of that series are listed on the London Stock Exchange 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 for the Securities of that series in London or
Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as
the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such
exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a
Place of Payment for such series located outside the United States an office
or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location,
and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time
the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in
respect of any series of Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, and surrenders of Securities of that
series may be made and notices and demands may be made or served at the
Principal 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 pursuant to Section 5.04) at the place specified for
the purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01, and the Company hereby appoints
the Trustee as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
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, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any
office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any
address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a
bank located in the United States; provided, however, payment of principal of
and any premium and interest denominated in Dollars (including additional
amounts payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer Security may be made at an
office or agency of, and designated by, the Company located in the United
States if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium,
interest or additional amounts in Dollars at all offices outside the United
States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or similar
restrictions and the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel that such payment
within the United States is legal. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated
by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, at the option of the
Holder of any Bearer Security or related coupon, payment may be made by check
in the currency designated for such payment pursuant to the terms of such
Bearer Security presented or mailed to an address outside the United States or
by transfer to an account in such currency maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all of such purposes specified above in this Section
and may constitute and appoint one or more Paying Agents for the payment of
such Securities, in one or more other cities, and may from time to time
rescind such designations and appointments; provided, however, that no such
designation, appointment 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.
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The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency. Unless and until the Company rescinds one or more such
appointments, the Company hereby appoints: (i) First Chicago Trust Company of
New York, as its Paying Agent in The City of New York with respect to all
series of Securities having a Place of Payment in The City of New York and
(ii) the Bank at its principal office as its Paying Agent in the City of
Chicago with respect to all series of Securities having a Place of Payment in
the City of Chicago.
Section 5.03. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent for any series
of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series and any
appurtenant coupons, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium or
interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities, it will, at or prior to the opening of business on each due date
of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such
series and any appurtenant coupons, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay the principal, premium or interest so becoming due, such sum
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal,
premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee for any
series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on Securities of such series and any appurtenant coupons
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;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of
principal, premium or interest on the Securities of such series or any
appurtenant coupons; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payments by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Security of any series or any appurtenant coupons and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security 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, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be
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less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 5.04. Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts,
the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of any series or any coupon
appertaining thereto additional amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this
Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any
series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the
sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed
to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in this
Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section
and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in
any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts
in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts,
at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that
series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal (and
premium, if any) is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment
of principal (and premium, if any) or interest if there has been any change
with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers'
Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's Principal
Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers'
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that
series or any related coupons who are United States Aliens without withholding
for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge
described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be
required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount,
if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities
or coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the
additional amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to
indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless
against, any loss, liability or reasonable expense incurred without negligence
or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken
or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished
pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 5.05. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers' Certificate (provided, however,
that one of the signatories of which shall be the Company's principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer) stating, as to each signer thereof, that
(i) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of
performance under this Indenture and under the terms of the Securities has
been made under his supervision; and
(ii) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company
has fulfilled all its obligations and complied with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture and under the terms of the Securities
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of
any such obligation, condition or covenant specifying each such default
known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has
occurred and is occurring which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default, or if such an event has occurred
and is continuing, specifying such event known to him and the nature and
status thereof.
For purposes of this Section, compliance or default shall be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided for
herein.
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and Franchises.
So long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises to carry on
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its business; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.06 shall
prevent (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company, or any conveyance or
transfer of its property and assets substantially as an entirety to any
person, permitted by Article Ten, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company after any conveyance or transfer of its property and assets
substantially as an entirety to any person permitted by Article Ten.
ARTICLE SIX
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 6.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (i)
semiannually, not more than 10 days after each [February 1 and August 1,] a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the
information in the possession or control of the Company, any of its Paying
Agents (other than the Trustee) or the Security Registrar, if other than the
Trustee, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such
[February 1 and August 1,] and (ii) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is requested to be furnished; provided, however,
that if and so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar for Securities of
a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such series of
Securities.
SECTION 6.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(i) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Securities contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 6.01 and the
names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its
capacity as the Security Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(ii) If three or more Holders of Securities of any series (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to
the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of
such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire to
communicate with other Holders of Securities of such series or with the
Holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
under such Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the
Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either
(a) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i), or
(b) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of
Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may be, whose
names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i), and as to the approximate cost
of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if
any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Holder of a Security of such series or all Holders of Securities,
as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i), a
copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such
request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the
material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless, within five days after such tender,
the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the
effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to
the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or all
Securities, as the case may be,
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or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall
specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a
hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall
enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the
entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission
shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections
so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee
shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders of Securities with
reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such
tender; otherwise, the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to
such applicants respecting their application.
(iii) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information
as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with
Section 6.02(ii), regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of
mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 6.02(ii).
SECTION 6.03. Reports by Trustee.
(i) Within 60 days after May 1 of each year commencing with the year 1998,
the Trustee shall mail to each Holder reports concerning the Trustee and its
action under the Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act if and to the extent and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(ii) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail (1) to
all Holders of Registered Securities, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register and (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities as have,
within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee for that purpose, and (3) except in the cases of
reports under Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, to each Holder of
a Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i).
(iii) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, and also with the Commission. The Company will notify
the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any securities exchange.
SECTION 6.04. Reports by Company.
The Company will:
(i) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then
it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations;
(ii) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(iii) transmit by mail to Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the
extent provided in Section 6.03(ii), within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (i) and
(ii) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", with respect to any series of Securities, wherever used
herein, means 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), unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or
it is specifically deleted or modified in the supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of
Security for such series:
(i) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on)
any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
or
(iv) if an event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be
secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed of the Company,
whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall
happen and shall result in any such indebtedness in principal amount in
excess of $1,000,000 becoming or being duly declared due and payable prior
to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such
acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled, or such indebtedness shall
not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there has been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to
the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cause such
acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such indebtedness to
be discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; provided, however, that, if such default under such mortgage,
indenture or instrument shall be cured by the Company, or be waived by the
holders of such indebtedness, in each case as may be permitted by such
instrument, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason of such default
shall be likewise deemed to have been cured or waived; and provided,
further, that, subject to Section 8.01, the Trustee shall not be charged
with knowledge of any such default unless either (a) a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee assigned to its corporate trust department shall have actual
knowledge of such default, or (b) written notice of such default shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Company, by the trustee then acting under
any indenture or other instrument under which such default shall have
occurred or by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of that series then Outstanding; or
(v) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises granting relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, adjudging the Company a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of
the Company under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, custodian,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company,
or of any substantial part of its properties, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
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(vi) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the
Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State
law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of any such petition or to
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company, or of any
substantial part of its properties, or the making by the Company of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Company in
writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or
the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such
action; or
(vii) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
SECTION 7.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities for which
there are Securities Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, and in every
such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal of all
the Securities of such series (or, if the Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of that series) to be immediately due and
payable, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due
and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
(a) all overdue instalments of interest on all Securities of such
series,
(b) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue instalments of interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series, and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, the Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, and their agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been
cured or waived as provided in Section 7.13.
No such recission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 7.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(i) default is made in the payment of any instalment of interest on any
Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such
default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof,
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the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
the Holder of any such Security or coupon appertaining thereto, if any, the
whole amount then due and payable on any such Security or coupon for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, with interest upon the overdue
principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be lawful) upon overdue instalments of interest, at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor by the terms of any such Security; and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable
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 8.07.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect
the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out
of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series
by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of any
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium,
if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium,
if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 8.07) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due 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 8.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a
Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or
to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 7.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or under the Securities
of any series, or coupons (if any) appertaining thereto, may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
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Securities of such series or coupons appertaining thereto or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted
by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 8.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
such series and coupons appertaining thereto in respect of which such judgment
has been recovered.
SECTION 7.06. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date
or dates fixed by the Trustee, and, in case of the distribution of such money
on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of
the Securities of such series or coupons appertaining thereto, if any, or
both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities of such series and coupons for principal, premium, if any, and
interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has
been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on Securities of such series and
coupons, if any, for principal, premium, if any, and interest,
respectively. The Holders of each series of Securities denominated in ECU,
any other composite currency or a Foreign Currency and any matured coupons
relating thereto shall be entitled to receive a ratable portion of the
amount determined by the Exchange Rate Agent by converting the principal
amount Outstanding of such series of Securities and matured but unpaid
interest on such series of Securities in the currency in which such series
of Securities is denominated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate as of the
date of declaration of acceleration of the Maturity of the Securities; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 7.07. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series;
(ii) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in
its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities of
such series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other Holders of Securities of such series or to obtain or
to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Securities of such
series.
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SECTION 7.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional,
to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 3.07) interest on such Security or payment of such coupon on the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the
case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date) and
to institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 7.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
SECTION 7.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Securities or coupons in the last
paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 7.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiesence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time
to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 7.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture,
(ii) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be
unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction,
(iii) subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine
that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability, and
(iv) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
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SECTION 7.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
series waive any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
not theretofore cured
(i) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Security of such series, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 7.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such
suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may
in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder of Securities or coupons for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or
payment of any coupon on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed
in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or
after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date).
SECTION 7.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extention law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any
such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution
of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE EIGHT
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(i) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any
series of Securities,
(a) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to Securities of
such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee with respect to such series; and
(b) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively
rely with respect to such series, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; but in the case of
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any such certificate or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform
as to form to the requirements of the Indenture.
(ii) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities
has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights
and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to such series, and use
the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would
exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own
affairs.
(iii) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(a) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (i) of this Section;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this
Indenture with respect to Securities of such series; and
(d) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(iv) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 8.02. Notice of Default.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section
6.03(ii) notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in
the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Security of such series, or any related coupons or in the
payment of any sinking fund instalment with respect to Securities of such
series the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee
of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case
of any default of the character specified in Section 7.01(iii) with respect to
Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders of Securities of such
series shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term "default", with respect to Securities of
any series, means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such
series.
SECTION 8.03. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
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(iii) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(iv) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(v) 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;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, security or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney;
(vii) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
(viii) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as
defined in Section 8.02) or Event of Default unless either (1) a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such
default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event
of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any
Holder; and
(ix) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
SECTION 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 8.05. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, the Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 8.08 and 8.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 8.06. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
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SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(i) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(iii) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 7.01, the expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the
services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 8.07 and any lien
arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the
discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Eleven of this
Indenture, the termination of this Indenture and the repayment of the
Securities whether at the Stated Maturity or otherwise.
SECTION 8.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and
this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the
Securities of any series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series of Securities other than that series.
SECTION 8.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of
Securities hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, provided,
however, that if Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act at any time permit
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any other
jurisdiction to serve as trustee of an indenture qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, this Section 8.09 shall be automatically deemed amended to
permit a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any such
jurisdiction to serve as Trustee hereunder. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be
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its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company
may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee with respect to any series of
Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(i) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 8.11.
(ii) The Trustee may resign with respect to any series of Securities at any
time by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the
resigning Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
Securities of such series.
(iii) The Trustee may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at
any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
(iv) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 8.08 with respect to
any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Company or
by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series
for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 8.09 with
respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of Securities of such
series, or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (1) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to such series, or (2) subject to Section 7.14, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
(v) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting
with respect to any series of Securities, or if a vacancy shall occur in the
office of Trustee with respect to any series of Securities for any cause, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being
understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to
the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there
shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to such series of
Securities shall be appointed by the Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee with respect to such series, the successor
Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment,
become the successor Trustee with respect to such series and to that extent
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such
series. If no successor Trustee with respect to such series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series and
accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder
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of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself
and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such
series.
(vi) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Registered Securities of such series as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issuable
as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized
Newspaper in each place of payment located outside the United States. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Principal Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(i) In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to any series of Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective with
respect to all or any series as to which it is resigning as Trustee, and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to all or any such series; but, on request of the Company or such
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers and trusts of such retiring Trustee with respect to all or
any such series; and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to all or any such series, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any,
provided for in Section 8.07.
(ii) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (b) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to
all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (c) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart
from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and
upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but,
on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in
Section 8.07.
(iii) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
Paragraph (i) or (ii) of this Section, as the case may be.
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(iv) No successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities shall
accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
Trustee shall be qualified and eligible with respect to such series under this
Article.
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of
Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under
this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have
been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating
Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of such claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). A Trustee that
has resigned or been removed shall be subject to and comply with said Section
311 to the extent required thereby.
SECTION 8.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agents.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents, which may include
any Affiliate of the Company, with respect to one or more series of
Securities. Such Authenticating Agent or Agents at the option of the Trustee
shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon original issuance, exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Whenever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or
the Trustee's certificate of authentication or the delivery of Securities to
the Trustee for authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent, a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and delivery of Securities to the Authenticating Agent on
behalf of the Trustee. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $5,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Authenticating Agent located outside the
United States may be appointed by the Trustee if previously approved in
writing by the Company and if such Authenticating Agent meets the minimum
capitalization requirements of this Section 8.14. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its
most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating
Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency
or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be
an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation
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shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and
upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of an Authenticating
Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such termination,
or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
First Security Bank, National
Association, as Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holder of any Securities or coupons, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another corporation or Person to the
Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company herein and in the Securities contained; or
(ii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by another
corporation as a successor Trustee hereunder with respect to one or more
series of Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to Section 8.11; or
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the
Holders of Securities of all or any series of Securities or coupons (and if
such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities or coupons, stating that such covenants are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(iv) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the
Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons
in any material respect; or
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(v) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any
series of the Securities (and, if such Event of Default is applicable to
less than all series of Securities, specifying the series to which such
Event of Default is applicable); or
(vi) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or any interest on Bearer Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer
Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(vii) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (a) shall
become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
adversely affected by such change in or elimination of such provision or
(b) shall not apply to any Securities Outstanding; or
(viii) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(ix) to add to or change any provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities
convertible into other securities; or
(x) to evidence any changes to Section 8.09 as permitted by the terms
thereof; or
(xi) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture as
shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the
Trust Indenture Act, provided such action shall not adversely affect the
interest of Holders of Securities of any series or any appurtenant coupons
in any material respect; or
(xii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder of a Security in any material respect.
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture or indentures (acting as one class), by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of each
such series and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
(i) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated Maturity of
any instalment of interest (or premium, if any) on, any Security, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon or the rate of interest
thereon, or change the obligation of the Company to pay additional amounts
pursuant to Section 5.04 (except as contemplated by Section 10.01 (i) and
permitted by Section 9.01), or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
7.02, or change the method of calculating interest thereon or the coin or
currency in which any Security (or premium, if any, thereon) or the
interest thereon is payable, or reduce the minimum rate of interest
thereon, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment
Date);
(ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or of
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture or reduce the requirements of Section 15.04 for a quorum;
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(iii) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or
agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 5.02; or
(iv) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 7.13, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included soley for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 8.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by and complies with this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, liabilities, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform
to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared
and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation
or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, unless
(i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer
the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
(including all additional amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section
5.04) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
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(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 10.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance or transfer of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 10.01, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance
or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.
In the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company as the
predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time
thereafter.
The successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue in its own
name or in the name of First Chicago NBD Corporation, any or all of the
Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and,
upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Company and
subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture
prescribed, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered
by the officers of the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for
authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter
shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the
execution hereof.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for and rights to receive payments thereon and any right to
receive additional amounts, as provided in Section 5.04), and the Trustee, on
receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when
(i) either
(a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (1) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for
exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange,
whose surrender is not required or has not been waived as provided in
Section 3.05, (2) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose
surrender has been waived as provided in Section 4.07, (3) Securities
and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, and (4) Securities
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 5.03)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
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(2) will become due and payable at their Maturity within one year,
or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (b) (1), (2) or (3) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in
trust for the purpose, an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities and coupons not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if
any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable), or to the Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 8.07 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause
(i) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 11.02 and
the last paragraph of Section 5.03 shall survive.
SECTION 11.02. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 5.03, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the
coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 11.03. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 11.02 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 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 until
such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money in accordance with Section 11.02.
ARTICLE TWELVE
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this
Indenture, or of any Security or coupon, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the
Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations of the Company, and that no such personal liability
whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors, as
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such, of the Company or of any successor corporation, or any of them, because
of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason
of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Securities or coupons or implied therefrom; and that any and all
such personal liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution
or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of
the Securities or coupons or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived
and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of
this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 13.02. 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 13.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption), together in the case of any Bearer
Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and
(ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed
either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments
pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all
or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such
series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have
not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in
such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 13.03. 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 and the Security
Registrar an Officers' Certificate specifying (i) the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that
series, (ii) 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 Securities of that series pursuant to Section 13.02,
and (iii) that none of such Securities has theretofore been so credited and
stating the basis for such credit, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each sinking fund
payment date the Security Registrar shall select the Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 4.03
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 4.04. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon
the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 4.06 and 4.07.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 14.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with their
terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for
Securities of such series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 14.02. Repayment of Securities.
Each Security which is subject to repayment in whole or in part at the
option of the Holder thereof on a Repayment Date shall be repaid at the
applicable Repayment Price together with interest accrued to such Repayment
Date as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
Section 14.03. Exercise of Option; Notice.
Each Holder desiring to exercise such Holder's option for repayment shall,
as conditions to such repayment, surrender the Security to be repaid in whole
or in part together with written notice of the exercise of such option at any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, not less than 30 nor
more than 45 days prior to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that
surrender of Bearer Securities together with written notice of exercise of
such option shall be made at an office or agency located outside the United
States except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02. Such notice, which shall
be irrevocable, shall specify the principal amount of such Security to be
repaid, which shall be equal to the minimum authorized denomination for such
Security or an integral multiple thereof, and shall identify the Security to
be repaid and, in the case of a partial repayment of the Security, shall
specify the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities of the
same series to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal of the
Security surrendered which is not to be repaid.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by
all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default, such Bearer Security
may be paid after deducting from the Repayment Price an amount equal to the
face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Repayment
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted without
interest thereon; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
without service charge to the Holder of any Registered Security so surrendered
a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series and tenor, of any
authorized denomination specified in the foregoing notice, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to any portion of the principal of the Registered
Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
without service charge to the Holder of any Bearer Security so surrendered a
new Registered Security or Securities or new Bearer Security or Securities
(and all appurtenant unmatured coupons and matured coupons in default) or any
combination thereof of the same series and tenor of any authorized
denomination or denominations specified in the foregoing notice, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to any portion of the principal of the
Security so surrendered which is not to be paid; provided, however, that the
issuance of a Registered Security therefor shall be subject to applicable laws
and regulations, including provisions of the United States federal income tax
laws and regulations in effect at the time of the exchange; neither the
Company, the Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall issue Registered
Securities for Bearer Securities if it has received an Opinion of Counsel that
as a result of such issuance the Company would suffer adverse consequences
under the United States federal income tax laws then in effect and the Company
has delivered to the Trustee a Company Order directing the Trustee not to make
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such issuances thereafter unless and until the Trustee receives a subsequent
Company Order to the contrary. The Company shall deliver copies of such
Company Order to the Security Registrar.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the repayment of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Security repaid or to be repaid only in part, to the portion of
the principal of such Security which has been or is to be repaid.
Section 14.04. Election of Repayment by Remarketing Entities.
The Company may elect, with respect to Securities of any series which are
repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity,
at any time prior to any Repayment Date to designate one or more Remarketing
Entities to purchase, at a price equal to the Repayment Price, Securities of
such series from the Holders thereof who give notice and surrender their
Securities in accordance with Section 14.03.
Section 14.05. Securities Payable on the Repayment Date.
Notice of exercise of the option of repayment having been given and the
Securities so to be repaid having been surrendered as aforesaid, such
Securities shall, unless purchased in accordance with Section 14.04, on the
Repayment Date become due and payable at the price therein specified and from
and after the Repayment Date such Securities shall cease to bear interest and
shall be paid on the Repayment Date, and the coupons for such interest
appertaining to Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent
provided above, shall be void, unless the Company shall default in the payment
of such price, in which case the Company shall continue to be obligated for
the principal amount of such Securities and shall be obligated to pay interest
on such principal amount at the rate prescribed therefor by such Securities
from time to time until payment in full of such principal amount.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 15.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part as Bearer
Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at
any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series.
Section 15.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(i) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series issuable as Bearer Securities for any purpose specified in Section
15.01, to be held at such time and at such place in the City of Chicago,
Illinois, the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given,
in the manner provided in Section 1.06, not less than 21 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(ii) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders
of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 15.01, by
written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be
taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first
publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series
in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and
the place in the City of Chicago, Illinois, the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, or in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (i) of this
Section.
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Section 15.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities
of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy
for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series
by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be
present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.
Section 15.04. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of a greater
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the
Persons entitled to vote such greater percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the
absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of
Securities of such series, be dissolved. In the absence of a quorum in any
other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairperson of the meeting prior to the adjournment
of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 15.02(i), except that such notice need
be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the
meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of
the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall
constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the provisos to Section 9.02, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the provisos to Section 9.02,
any resolution with respect to any consent or waiver which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the Holders of a greater percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such
greater percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; and provided, further, that, except as limited by the provisos to
Section 9.02, any resolution with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related
coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Section 15.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may
make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to
the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such
regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in
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the manner specified in Section 1.04 and the appointment of any proxy shall be
proved in the manner specified in Section 1.04 or, in the case of Bearer
Securities, by having the signature of the person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by
Section 1.04 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations
may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their
face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section
1.04 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairperson of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.02(ii), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the
meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary
chairperson. A permanent chairperson and a permanent secretary of the meeting
shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at
the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall
be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or the equivalent in
ECU, any other composite currency or a Foreign Currency) of Securities of such
series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be
cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairperson of the meeting not to be Outstanding.
The chairperson of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder
of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant
to Section 15.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to
time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 15.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairperson of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and
who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified
written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at
least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and
there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors
of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of
the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section
15.02 and, if applicable, Section 15.04. Each copy shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairperson and secretary of the
meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified
shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 16.01. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
First Security Bank, National Association, hereby accepts the trusts in this
Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set
forth.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
First Chicago NBD Corporation
BY________________________________
Senior Vice President and
Treasurer
Attest:
[CORPORATE SEAL]
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Assistant Secretary
First Security Bank, National
Association, as Trustee
BY________________________________
Vice President
Attest:
[CORPORATE SEAL]
- -------------------------------
Corporate Trust Officer
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State of Illinois,
County of Cook }ss.:
On this day of October, 1997, before me personally came M. Eileen
Kennedy, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she
resides at Chicago, Illinois; that she is Senior Vice President and Treasurer
of FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION, one of the corporations described in and
which executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the corporate seal of
said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
State of Utah
County of } ss.:
On this day of October, 1997, before me personally appeared , to me
known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
; that he is a of First Security Bank, National Association, one
of the parties described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that
he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said
instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by
like authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that the above-captioned Securities are not being
acquired by or on behalf of a United States person, or, if a beneficial
interest in the Securities is being acquired by or on behalf of a United
States person, that such United States person is a financial institution
within the meaning of Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury
regulations which agrees to comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and
the regulations thereunder. If the undersigned is a dealer, the undersigned
agrees to obtain a similar certificate from each person entitled to delivery
of any of the above-captioned Securities in bearer form purchased from it;
provided, however, that, if the undersigned has actual knowledge that the
information contained in such a certificate is false, the undersigned will not
deliver a Security in temporary or definitive bearer form to the person who
signed such certificate notwithstanding the delivery of such certificate to
the undersigned.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the
United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, and "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to beneficial
ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the above-captioned
Securities in bearer form as to all of such Securities.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings
are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or
would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:..............., ........
[To be dated no earlier than 15 days prior
to the Exchange Date]
[Name of Person Entitled to
Receive Bearer Security]
.....................................
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH
THE
EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify with respect to $.......... principal amount of the above-
captioned Securities (i) that we have received from each of the persons
appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of such principal
amount (our "Qualified Account Holders") a certificate with respect to such
portion substantially in the form attached hereto, and (ii) that we are not
submitting herewith for exchange any portion of the temporary global Security
representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in such certificates.
We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Qualified Account Holders to the effect that the
statements made by such Qualified Account Holders with respect to any portion
of the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be
relied upon as of the date hereof.
Dated: ..............., .......
[To be dated no earlier than
the Exchange Date]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, Brussels Office, as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By ..................................
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL S.A. TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
This is to certify that, as of the Interest Payment Date on [Insert Date],
the undersigned, which is a holder of an interest in the temporary global
Security representing the above Securities, is not a United States person.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the
United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, and "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We confirm that the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be
paid to each of the persons appearing in our records as being entitled to
interest to be paid on the above date from whom we have received a written
certification dated not earlier than 15 days prior to such Interest Payment
Date to the effect that the beneficial owner of such portion with respect to
which interest is to be paid on such date either is not a United States person
or is a United States person which is a financial institution which has
provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or is an exempt recipient as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations (S) 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii). We
undertake to retain certificates received from our member organizations in
connection herewith for four years from the end of the calendar year in which
such certificates are received.
The foregoing reflects any advice received subsequent to the date of any
certificate stating that the statements contained in such certificate are no
longer correct.
Dated: ..............., .......
[To be dated on or after the
relevant Interest Payment
Date]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, Brussels Office, as
Operator of the Euroclear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By...................................
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY BENEFICIAL OWNERS TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, no portion of the temporary
global Security representing the above-captioned Securities and held by you
for our account is beneficially owned by a United States person or, if any
portion thereof held by you for our account is beneficially owned by a United
States person, such United States person is a financial institution within the
meaning of Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations
which agrees to comply with Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder, and certifies
that either it has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or is an
exempt recipient as defined in Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii) of the United States
Treasury regulations.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the
United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, and "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to beneficial
ownership is not correct on the Interest Payment Date on [Insert Date] as to
any such portion of such temporary global Security.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings
are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or
would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:................, .......
[To be dated on or after the
15th day before the relevant
Interest Payment Date]
[Name of Account
Holder]
.....................................
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 4(B)
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FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
AND
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEE
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Indenture
Dated as of October 1, 1997
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SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
PAGE
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.................................... 11
"this Indenture" and certain other terms....... 11
"Act".......................................... 11
"Affiliate".................................... 12
"Authenticating Agent"......................... 12
"Authorized Newspaper"......................... 12
"Authorized Officer"........................... 12
"Bank"......................................... 12
"Bearer Security".............................. 12
"Board of Directors"........................... 12
"Board Resolution"............................. 12
"Business Day"................................. 12
"CEDEL; CEDEL S.A."............................ 12
"Commission"................................... 12
"Common Stock"................................. 12
"Common Depositary"............................ 12
"Company"...................................... 12
"Company Request" and "Company Order".......... 13
"corporation".................................. 13
"Co-Security Register"......................... 13
"coupon"....................................... 13
"Default"...................................... 13
"Defaulted Interest"........................... 13
"Depositary"................................... 13
"Designated Currency".......................... 13
"Dollar"....................................... 13
"ECU".......................................... 13
"Euroclear".................................... 13
"European Communities"......................... 13
"Event of Default"............................. 13
"Exchange Rate"................................ 13
"Exchange Rate Agent".......................... 13
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate".......... 13
"Existing Subordinated Indebtedness"........... 13
"Financing Entity"............................. 14
"Foreign Currency"............................. 14
"General Obligations".......................... 14
"Global Exchange Date"......................... 14
"Global Security".............................. 14
"Holder"....................................... 14
"interest"..................................... 14
"Interest Payment Date"........................ 14
"Junior Subordinated Indebtedness"............. 15
"Maturity"..................................... 15
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"Officers' Certificate"........................ 15
"Opinion of Counsel"........................... 15
"Original Issue Discount Security"............. 15
"Outstanding".................................. 15
"Paying Agent"................................. 16
"Person"....................................... 16
"Place of Payment"............................. 16
"Predecessor Security"......................... 16
"Principal Corporate Trust Office"............. 16
"Principal Paying Agent"....................... 16
"Redemption Date".............................. 16
"Redemption Price"............................. 16
"Registered Security".......................... 16
"Regular Record Date".......................... 16
"Remarketing Entity"........................... 16
"Repayment Date"............................... 16
"Repayment Price".............................. 16
"Responsible Officer".......................... 16
"Security" or "Securities"..................... 17
"Security Register"............................ 17
"Security Registrar"........................... 17
"Senior Indebtedness".......................... 17
"Special Record Date".......................... 17
"Stated Maturity".............................. 17
"Subsidiary of the Company" or "Subsidiary".... 17
"Trustee"...................................... 17
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA"................. 17
"United States"................................ 17
"United States Alien".......................... 17
"Vice President"............................... 18
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........... 18
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......... 18
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders................................ 18
SECTION 1.05. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.......... 20
SECTION 1.06. Notices to Holders; Waiver..................... 21
SECTION 1.07. Language of Notices, Etc....................... 21
SECTION 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............. 21
SECTION 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....... 21
SECTION 1.10. Successors and Assigns......................... 22
SECTION 1.11. Separability Clause............................ 22
SECTION 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.......................... 22
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays................................. 22
SECTION 1.14. Governing Law.................................. 22
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
PAGE
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally................................ 22
SECTION 2.02. Form of Securities............................. 23
SECTION 2.03. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentica-
SECTION 2.04. tion........................................... 23
Global Securities.............................. 23
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms................................ 24
SECTION 3.02. Denominations.................................. 26
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dat-
SECTION 3.04. ing............................................ 26
Temporary Securities........................... 28
SECTION 3.05.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Ex-
SECTION 3.06. change......................................... 29
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securi-
SECTION 3.07. ties........................................... 32
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Pre-
SECTION 3.08. served......................................... 33
Persons Deemed Owners.......................... 34
SECTION 3.09. Cancellation................................... 35
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest........................ 35
SECTION 3.11. Forms of Certification......................... 35
SECTION 3.12. Judgments...................................... 35
ARTICLE FOUR
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 4.01.
Applicability of Article....................... 36
SECTION 4.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.......... 36
SECTION 4.03. Selection by Security Registrar of Securities
SECTION 4.04. to be Redeemed................................ 36
Notice of Redemption........................... 36
SECTION 4.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.................... 37
SECTION 4.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......... 37
SECTION 4.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.................... 38
SECTION 4.08. Redemption Suspended During Event of Default... 38
ARTICLE FIVE
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest..... 38
SECTION 5.02.
Maintenance of Office or Agency................ 38
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ARTICLE SIX
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
PAGE
SECTION 6.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders.................................... 41
SECTION 6.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders........................................ 42
SECTION 6.03. Reports by Trustee............................. 42
SECTION 6.04. Reports by Company............................. 43
ARTICLE SEVEN
REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.............................. 43
SECTION 7.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and An-
nulment........................................ 44
SECTION 7.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee........................ 44
SECTION 7.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............... 45
SECTION 7.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities................................. 46
SECTION 7.06. Application of Money Collected................. 46
SECTION 7.07. Limitation on Suits............................ 46
SECTION 7.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest............... 47
SECTION 7.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............. 47
SECTION 7.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................. 47
SECTION 7.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................... 47
SECTION 7.12. Control by Noteholders......................... 48
SECTION 7.13. Waiver of Past Defaults........................ 48
SECTION 7.14. Undertaking for Costs.......................... 48
SECTION 7.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............... 48
ARTICLE EIGHT
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities............ 49
SECTION 8.02. Notice of Default.............................. 49
SECTION 8.03. Certain Rights of Trustee...................... 50
SECTION 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Notes.......................................... 50
SECTION 8.05. May Hold Securities............................ 51
SECTION 8.06. Money Held in Trust............................ 51
SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Reimbursement................. 51
SECTION 8.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests........ 51
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SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Reimbursement................. 51
SECTION 8.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests........ 52
SECTION 8.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility........ 52
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
SECTION 8.11. Successor..................................... 52
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......... 53
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business of Trustee............. 54
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims against
SECTION 8.14. Company....................................... 54
Appointment of Authenticating Agents........... 54
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders....................................... 56
SECTION 9.02.
Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
SECTION 9.03. Holders....................................... 57
Execution of Supplemental Indentures........... 57
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............. 57
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act............ 58
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures.................................... 58
ARTICLE TEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain
SECTION 10.02. Terms......................................... 58
Successor Corporation Substituted.............. 58
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture........ 59
SECTION 11.02. Application of Trust Money..................... 60
SECTION 11.03. Reinstatement.................................. 60
ARTICLE TWELVE
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. Exemption from Individual Liability............ 60
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 13.01.
Applicability of Article....................... 60
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SECTION 13.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
SECTION 13.03. Securities.................................... 61
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...... 61
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 14.01. Agreement to Subordinate....................... 61
SECTION 14.02. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and
Reorganization; Subrogation of Securities..... 61
SECTION 14.03. Payments on Securities Prohibited During Event
of Default under Senior Indebtedness.......... 63
SECTION 14.04. Payments on Securities Permitted............... 64
SECTION 14.05. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect
Subordination................................. 64
SECTION 14.06.
Notice to Trustee.............................. 64
SECTION 14.07. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness
or General Obligations........................ 64
SECTION 14.08. Article Fourteen Not to Prevent Defaults or
SECTION 14.09. Events of Default............................. 64
Securities to Rank Pari Passu with Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness; Payment of
Proceeds in Certain Cases..................... 65
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 15.01. Applicability of Article....................... 66
SECTION 15.02. Repayment of Securities........................ 66
SECTION 15.03.
Exercise of Option; Notice..................... 66
SECTION 15.04. Election of Repayment by Remarketing Entities.. 67
SECTION 15.05. Securities Payable on the Repayment Date....... 67
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 16.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...... 67
SECTION 16.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings............. 67
SECTION 16.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........... 68
SECTION 16.04. Quorum; Action................................. 68
SECTION 16.05.
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and
Adjournment of Meetings....................... 69
SECTION 16.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of
Meetings...................................... 69
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
PAGE
SECTION 17.01. Counterparts................................ 70
TESTIMONIUM.................................................. 70
SIGNATURES AND SEALS......................................... 70
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.............................................. 71
EXHIBIT A. Form of Certificate to be Given by Person En-
titled to Receive Bearer Security
EXHIBIT B. Form of Certificate to be Given by Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. in Connection with the Exchange
of a Portion of a Temporary Global Security
EXHIBIT C. Form of Certificate to be Given by Euroclear
and CEDEL S.A. to Obtain Interest Prior to an
Exchange Date
EXHIBIT D. Form of Certificate to be Given by Beneficial
Owners to Obtain Interest Prior to an Exchange
Date
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TABLE SHOWING REFLECTION IN INDENTURE OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
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REFLECTED IN INDENTURE
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TIA
(S) 310(a)(1) ......................................... 8.09
(a)(2) ......................................... 8.09
(a)(3) ......................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ......................................... Not Applicable
(a)(5) ......................................... 8.09
(b) ............................................ 8.08
8.10
(c) ............................................ Not Applicable
(S) 311(a) ............................................ 8.13
(b) ............................................ 8.13
(S) 312(a) ............................................ 6.01
6.02(i)
(b) ............................................ 6.02(ii)
(c) ............................................ 6.02(iii)
(S) 313(a) ............................................ 6.03(i)
(b) ............................................ 6.03(ii)
(c) ............................................ 6.03(i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) ............................................ 6.03(iii)
(S) 314(a) ............................................ 6.04
5.05
(b) ............................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1) ......................................... 1.02
(c)(2) ......................................... 1.02
(c)(3) ......................................... Not Applicable
(d) ............................................ Not Applicable
(e) ............................................ 1.02
(f) ............................................ Not Applicable
(S) 315(a) ............................................ 8.01(i)
8.01(iii)
(b) ............................................ 8.02
(c) ............................................ 8.01(ii)
(d) ............................................ 8.01
(d)(1) ......................................... 8.01(i)
(d)(2) ......................................... 8.01(iii)(b)
(d)(3) ......................................... 8.01(iii)(c)
(e) ............................................ 7.14
(S) 316(a) ............................................ 1.01
(S) 316(a)(1)(A) ...................................... 7.02
7.12
(a)(1)(B) ...................................... 7.13
(a)(2) ......................................... Not Applicable
(b) ............................................ 7.08
(c) ............................................ 1.04(viii)
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(S) 317(a)(1) .......................................... 7.03
(a)(2) .......................................... 7.04
(b) ............................................. 5.03
(S) 318(a) ............................................. 1.08
(c) ............................................. 1.08
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THIS INDENTURE is entered into as of October 1, 1997, between FIRST CHICAGO
NBD CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal
executive office at One First National Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670, and
First Trust National Association, a national banking association, as trustee
(hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having a corporate trust office at One
Illinois Center, 111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 3000, Chicago, Illinois 60601.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary from time to time to issue its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness to
be issued in one or more series (hereinafter called the "Securities") as
hereinafter set forth, and to provide therefor the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal
and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) the term "this Indenture" means this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one
or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01;
(ii) all references in this instrument to designated "Articles",
"Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections
and other subdivisions of this Indenture. The words "herein", "hereof" and
"hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;
(iii) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(iv) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein; and
(v) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as may be otherwise expressly provided herein or in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, the term "generally accepted
accounting principles" with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
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"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly
or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities pursuant to Section 8.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the
country of publication or in the English language, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is
used or in the financial community of such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive
publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same
city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
"Authorized Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President,
the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Comptroller, any Assistant Comptroller, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Bank" means The First National Bank of Chicago, a national banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.02 which is payable to bearer, including, without limitation, unless
the context otherwise indicates, a Security in global bearer form.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which
banking institutions in the City of Chicago and any Place of Payment for the
Securities are open for business.
"CEDEL" or "CEDEL S.A." means Cedel Bank, societe anonyme or its successors.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if any
time after the execution and delivery of this instrument such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Common Stock" means any stock of any class of the Company which has no
preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company and includes the common
stock, $1 par value per share, of the Company as the same exists at the date
of this Indenture or as such stock may be constituted from time to time.
"Common Depositary" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(ii).
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until any successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean any such successor corporation.
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"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice
President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Comptroller, an
Assistant Comptroller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business
trusts.
"Co-Security Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Default" has the meaning specified in Section 7.07.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in the form of a Global Security, the Person designated as Depositary
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall
have been appointed pursuant to Section 3.05, and thereafter "Depositary"
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" as used with
respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with
respect to the Securities of that series.
"Designated Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 3.12.
"Dollar" or "$" means the coin or currency of the United States of America
as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
Office, as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article Seven.
"Exchange Rate" shall have the meaning specified as contemplated in Section
3.01.
"Exchange Rate Agent" shall have the meaning specified as contemplated in
Section 3.01.
"Exchange Rate Officer's Certificate" with respect to any date for the
payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any series of
Securities, means a certificate setting forth the applicable Exchange Rate and
the amounts payable in Dollars and Foreign Currencies in respect of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on Securities denominated in
ECU, and other composite currency or Foreign Currency, and signed by the
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant
Treasurer of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent appointed pursuant to
Section 3.01 and delivered to the Trustee.
"Existing Subordinated Indebtedness" means, unless otherwise determined with
respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company's 9
7/8% Subordinated Notes Due July 1999, the Company's 9% Subordinated Notes Due
June 15, 1999, the Company's 9 7/8% Subordinated Notes Due August 15, 2000,
the Company's 11 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due February 20, 2001, the Company's
10 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due
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May 1, 2001, the Company's 9 1/4% Subordinated Notes Due November 15, 2001,
the Company's 8 7/8% Subordinated Notes Due March 15, 2002, the Company's 8
1/4% Subordinated Notes Due June 15, 2002, the Company's 9 1/5% Subordinated
Notes Due December 17, 2001, the Company's 7 5/8% Subordinated Notes Due
January 15, 2003, the Company's 6 7/8% Subordinated Notes Due June 15, 2003,
the Company's Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Due July 28, 2003, the
Company's 6 3/8% Subordinated Notes Due January 30, 2009, the Company's 7.125%
Subordinated Notes Due 2007, the Company's 7 1/4% Subordinated Debentures Due
2004, the Company's 8.10% Subordinated Notes Due 2002, the Company's 7.40%
Subordinated Debentures due May 10, 2023, the Company's Floating Rate
Subordinated Notes Due 2005, the Company's 6 1/8% Subordinated Notes Due
February 15, 2006 and the subordinated notes issued pursuant to the Company's
Medium-Term Note Program, Series G.
"Financing Entity" means any trust, partnership or other entity affiliated
with or sponsored by the Company that is a financing entity of the Company and
which issues securities that rank, or that have the benefit of a Company
guarantee which ranks, junior to the Securities, including but not limited to,
First Chicago NBD Institutional Capital A, First Chicago NBD Institutional
Capital B and First Chicago NBD Capital I, all statutory business trusts
created under the laws of the State of Delaware.
"Foreign Currency" means a currency issued by the government of any country
other than the United States of America.
"General Obligations" means, unless otherwise determined with respect to any
series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.01, all obligations of the Company
to make payment on account of claims in respect of derivative products such as
interest and foreign exchange rate contracts, commodity contracts and similar
arrangements, other than (i) obligations on account of Senior Indebtedness,
(ii) obligations on account of indebtedness for money borrowed ranking pari
passu with or subordinate to the Securities (including, but not limited to,
Junior Subordinated Indebtedness) and (iii) obligations which by their terms
are expressly stated not to be superior in right of payment to the Securities
or to rank on a parity with the Securities; provided, however, that
notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any rule, guideline or
interpretation promulgated or issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or other competent regulatory agency or authority), as from
time to time in effect, establishes or specifies criteria for the inclusion in
regulatory capital of subordinated debt of a bank holding company requiring
that such subordinated debt be subordinated to obligations to creditors in
addition to those set forth above, then the term "General Obligations" shall
also include such additional obligations to creditors, as from time to time in
effect pursuant to such rules, guidelines or interpretations. For purposes of
this definition, "claim" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
101(4) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended to the date of this
instrument.
"Global Exchange Date" has the meaning specified in Section 3.04 (iv).
"Global Security" means a Security issued to evidence all or a part of a
series of Securities in accordance with Section 3.03.
"Holder", with respect to a Registered Security, means a Person in whose
name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register and, with
respect to a Bearer Security (or any temporary Global Security) or a coupon,
means the bearer thereof.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any series of Securities,
means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Securities.
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"Junior Subordinated Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium if any,
and interest on all of the Company's indebtedness for money borrowed (but
excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business)
whether outstanding on the date of execution of the Indenture or thereafter
created, assumed or incurred and any deferrals, renewals or extensions of such
debt provided such indebtedness (i) is by its terms to rank subordinate to the
Securities, (ii) is between or among the Company and a Financing Entity,
including all debt securities and guarantees in respect of those debt
securities issued to a Financing Entity or a trustee of a Financing Entity,
(iii) is evidenced by securities issued under one of the indentures dated
either as of November 15, 1996 or as of January 1, 1997, each between the
Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (unless such securities by
their terms are senior in right of payment to the securities issued under said
indentures prior to the date of the Indenture), or (iv) is a guarantee of the
Company under certain guarantee agreements dated December 31, 1996, December
5, 1996 or January 31, 1997, which relate to securities issued by certain
Financing Entities. The term "indebtedness for money borrowed" as used in the
foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, any obligation of, or
any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of borrowed money,
whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written
instruments and any deferred obligation for the payment of the purchase price
of property or assets.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which
the principal of such Security (or any instalment of principal) becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or
by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Financial
Officer or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Comptroller, an Assistant Comptroller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall
contain the statements set forth in Section 1.02, if applicable.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee of the Company,
and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall
contain the statements set forth in Section 1.02, if applicable.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any
series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) such Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities, provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made; and
(iii) such Securities in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Indenture;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of such Securities Outstanding have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or
whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of Securities, the
principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof
that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02,
and Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the
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Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be disregarded. Securities so
owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities or any coupons
appertaining thereto on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
means the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 5.02,
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified in accordance with Section 3.01.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Security; and for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a lost,
destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Principal Corporate Trust Office" means the the office of the Trustee so
designated by the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be, for purposes of this Agreement, administered, which office
at the date of execution of this instrument is at the address set forth in the
first paragraph of this instrument.
"Principal Paying Agent" means the Paying Agent, if any, designated as such
by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 of this Indenture.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price specified in such Security at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.02 which is registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Security on any
Interest Payment Date means the date, if any, specified in such Security as
the "Regular Record Date".
"Remarketing Entity", when used with respect to the Securities of any series
which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated
Maturity, means any Person designated by the Company to purchase any such
Securities.
"Repayment Date", when used with respect to any Security to be repaid upon
exercise of option for repayment by the Holder, means the date fixed for such
repayment pursuant to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price", when used with respect to any Security to be repaid upon
exercise of option for repayment by the Holder, means the price at which it is
to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice
president, assistant vice president or corporate trust officer of the
Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom
such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
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"Security" or "Securities" means any Security or Securities, as the case may
be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, "Securities," with respect to any such Person, shall mean
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive,
however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"Security Registrar" has the meaning specified in Section 3.05.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on (i) all of the Company's indebtedness for money borrowed (but excluding
trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business), other than
the Securities, the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness and Junior Subordinated
Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the Indenture or
thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except such indebtedness as is by its
terms expressly stated to be not superior in right of payment to the
Securities or the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness and (ii) any deferrals,
renewals or extensions of any such Senior Indebtedness. The term "indebtedness
for money borrowed" as used in the foregoing sentence shall include, without
limitation, any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company
for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other written instruments, and any deferred obligation
for the payment of the purchase price of property or assets.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means the
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, or any instalment
of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security, or such
instalment of principal or interest, is due and payable.
"Subsidiary of the Company" or "Subsidiary" means a corporation at least a
majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, or
by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company.
As used under this heading, the term "voting stock" means stock having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors irrespective of whether or
not stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power
by reason of the happening of any contingency.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of
that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed, and, to the extent required by law, as
amended.
"United States" means the United States of America (including the States and
the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas
subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax
purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-
resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or
a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
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"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing
of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture
relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate
or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the Officers' Certificate
required by Section 5.05) shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and
one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may
certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders.
(i) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders or
Holders of any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or
by an agent duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable
in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may, alternatively, be embodied
in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities voting in favor
thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities duly called and held in accordance with the
provisions of Article Sixteen, or a combination of such instruments and any
such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are
delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting
at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Security shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 8.01)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities
shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 16.06.
(ii) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to
take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual,
such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of
the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(iii) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(iv) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by
any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production
of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any
trust company, bank or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be
proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of
any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is
produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other
Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding.
(v) The fact and date of execution of any such instrument or writing, the
authority of the Person executing the same and the principal amount and serial
numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument
or writing and the date of holding the same may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and the Trustee may in any instance
require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this
Section.
(vi) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof,
in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
(vii) For purposes of determining the principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any series the Holders of which are required, requested or
permitted to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or take any other Act under the Indenture, each Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency or composite currency shall be deemed to
have the principal amount determined by the Exchange Rate Agent by converting
the principal amount of such Security in the currency in which such Security
is denominated into
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Dollars at the Exchange Rate as of the date such Act is delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, by Holders
of the required aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series (or, if there is no such rate on such date, such rate on the date
determined as specified as contemplated in Section 3.01).
(viii) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust
Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of
Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other Act, or to
vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the
Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such
Series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any
such vote, prior to such vote, such record date shall be the later of 30 days
prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent
list of Holders of such Securities furnished to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.01 prior to such solicitation.
(ix) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard
to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more
duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or
action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such
principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if
given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.
(x) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 3.01 or pursuant to one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, a Holder, including a Depositary that is the Holder of a
Global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed
in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken
by Holders, and a Depositary that is the Holder of a Global Security may
provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such
Global Security through such Depositary's standing instructions and customary
practices.
(xi) The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the
Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security held by
a Depositary entitled under the procedures of such Depositary to make, give or
take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is
fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90
days after such record date.
SECTION 1.05. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(i) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or
with the Trustee at its Principal Corporate Trust Office, or
(ii) the Company by any Holder or by the Trustee shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to the Company, to the
attention of its Treasurer, addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
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SECTION 1.06. Notices to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any
event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or
in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class,
postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities affected by such
event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice.
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer
Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York
and, if the Securities of such series are then listed on the London Stock
Exchange and such stock exchange shall so require, in London and, if the
Securities of such series are then listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange
and such stock exchange shall so require, in Luxembourg and, if the
Securities of such series are then listed on any other stock exchange and
such stock exchange shall so require, in any other required city outside
the United States, or, if not practicable, elsewhere in Europe on a
Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier
than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for
the giving of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of
Registered Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for
every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of Registered
Securities shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice by
publication to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided above.
In case by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized
Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as
provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as
shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient
notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any
notice mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 1.07. Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
SECTION 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies
or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an
"incorporated provision") included in this Indenture by operation of Sections
310 and 318, inclusive, of the TIA, such imposed duties or incorporated
provision shall control.
SECTION 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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SECTION 1.10. Successors and Assigns.
All convenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.11. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 1.12. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, the Holders and, to the extent provided in Article Fourteen hereof,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness and creditors in respect of General
Obligations, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Repayment Date
or Redemption Date of any Security or any date on which any Defaulted Interest
is proposed to be paid shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provisions of the Securities or this
Indenture) payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any
Securities need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on the Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity, Repayment Date or
Redemption Date or on the date on which Defaulted Interest is proposed to be
paid, and, if such payment is made, no interest shall accrue on such payment
for the period from and after any such Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity,
Repayment Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.14. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of New York.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally.
All Securities and any related coupons shall have such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities
or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to
any series of Securities, the Securities of each series shall be issuable in
registered form without coupons. If so provided as contemplated by Section
3.01, the Securities of a series shall be issuable solely in bearer form, or
in both registered form and bearer form. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01, Securities in bearer form shall have interest
coupons attached.
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The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved
border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Securities.
Each Security and coupon shall be in one of the forms approved from time to
time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. Upon or prior to the delivery of a
Security or coupons in any such form to the Trustee for authentication, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee the following:
(i) the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security
or coupons has been approved, certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(ii) the Officers' Certificate required by Section 3.01 of this
Indenture;
(iii) the Company Order required by Section 3.03 of this Indenture; and
(iv) the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 3.03 of this Indenture.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form as permitted
by Section 3.04, the form thereof shall be established as provided in this
Section 2.02.
SECTION 2.03. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
First Trust National Association, as
Trustee
By___________________________________
Authorized Officer
Section 2.04. Global Securities.
If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form,
as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, then, notwithstanding clause
(xi) of Section 3.01 and the provisions of Section 3.02, such Global Security
shall represent such of the outstanding Securities of such series as shall be
specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time
to time be reduced to reflect exchanges or increased to reflect the issuance
of additional uncertificated securities of such series. Any endorsement of a
Global Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the
amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such
manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04.
Global Securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in
either temporary or permanent form.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued up
to the aggregate principal amount of Securities from time to time authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. All Securities of each
series issued under this Indenture shall in all respects be equally and
ratably entitled to the benefits hereof with respect to such series without
preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of
the authentication and delivery or Maturity of the Securities of such series.
There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth
in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the
issuance of Securities of any series,
(i) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(ii) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that
series pursuant to this Article Three or Sections 4.07, 9.06 or 14.03);
(iii) the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of
the Securities of the series is payable;
(iv) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, or the method or methods by which such rates may be
determined, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable,
the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than
that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months;
(v) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 5.02,
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities
of the series shall be payable;
(vi) the extent to which any of the Securities will be issuable in
temporary or permanent global form, and in such case, the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon
which such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
definitive securities, and the manner in which any interest payable on a
temporary or permanent Global Security will be paid, whether or not
consistent with Section 3.04 or 3.05;
(vii) the office or offices or agency where, subject to Section 5.02, the
Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange;
(viii) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(ix) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(x) whether, and under what conditions, additional amounts will be
payable to Holders of Securities of the series pursuant to Section 5.04;
(xi) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Registered Securities of the series
shall be issuable; and, if other than $5,000 or any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Bearer Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
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(xii) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities or both, whether Securities of the series are
to be issuable with or without coupons or both and, in the case of Bearer
Securities, the date as of which such Bearer Securities shall be dated if
other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of such
series of like tenor and term to be issued;
(xiii) the currency or currencies of denominations of the Securities of
any series, which may be in Dollars, any Foreign Currency or any composite
currency, including but not limited to the ECU, and, if any such currency
of denomination is a composite currency other than the ECU, the agency or
organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
(xiv) the currency or currencies in which payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities will be made, the
currency or currencies, if any, in which payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or the interest on Registered Securities, at the election
of each of the Holders thereof, may also be payable and the periods within
which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made
and the Exchange Rate and the Exchange Rate Agent;
(xv) if payments of principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on
the Securities of the series are to be made in a Foreign Currency other
than the currency in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in
which the Exchange Rate with respect to such payments shall be determined;
(xvi) the terms, if any, upon which the Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for Common Stock, preferred stock (which may
be represented by depositary shares), other debt securities or warrants for
Common Stock, preferred stock or indebtedness or other securities of any
kind of the Company or any other obligor, and the terms and conditions upon
which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial
conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and
any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(xvii) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
any interest on Securities of the series may be determined with reference
to an index, the method or methods by which such amounts shall be
determined;
(xviii) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
7.02;
(xix) any addition to or change in the Events of Default or covenants of
the Company pertaining to the Securities of the series; and
(xx) any other terms of the series.
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to Bearer
Securities of such series, if any, shall be substantially identical except, in
the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth,
or determined in the manner provided, in such Officers' Certificate or in any
such indenture supplemental hereto.
Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with
different dates on which the principal or any instalment of principal is
payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by
which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such
interest may be payable and with different Redemption Dates or Repayment Dates
and may be denominated in different currencies or payable in different
currencies.
All Securities shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the
obligations of the Company to holders of Senior Indebtedness and creditors in
respect of General Obligations of the Company as provided in Article Fourteen.
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SECTION 3.02. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such form and
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the
absence of any specification with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Registered Securities of each series shall be issuable only as Securities
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof
and the Bearer Securities of each series, if any, shall be issuable with
coupons and in denominations of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, its President, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial
Officer or one of its Executive Vice Presidents and by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries. The signatures of any or all of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile
signature of the Company's Chairman of the Board, its President, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Financial Officer, one of its Executive Vice
Presidents or the Treasurer.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any
coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of the
Company Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise; provided, however, that, in connection with its
original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered
to any location in the United States; and provided, further, that a Bearer
Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the
Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have delivered to the
Trustee, or such other Person as shall be specified in a temporary Global
Security delivered pursuant to Section 3.04, a certificate in the form
required by Section 3.11(i).
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities
of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities in registered or permanent bearer form, then the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Global Securities
with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global
Securities in permanent or temporary form that (i) shall represent and shall
be denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by one or more
Global Securities, (ii) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the
name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee
of such Depositary and (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instructions.
Each Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for a Global Security in
registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it
serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other applicable statute or
regulation.
In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 8.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section
1.02 and stating that,
(i) the form of such Securities and coupons, if any, has been established
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) the terms of such Securities and coupons, if any, or the manner of
determining such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
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(iii) that such Securities and coupons, when authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general
principles of equity; and
(iv) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the
issue thereof will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03, if
all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution or Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order
and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to this Section 3.03 at or
prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and such documents
reasonably contemplate the issuance of all Securities of such series; provided
that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Company that as of the date of such
request, the statements made in the Officers' Certificate or other
certificates delivered pursuant to Sections 1.02 and 3.01 shall be true and
correct as if made on such date.
A Company Order, Officers' Certificate or Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture delivered by the Company to the Trustee in the circumstances set
forth in the preceding paragraph may provide that Securities which are the
subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its
agent on original issue from time to time in the aggregate principal amount,
if any, established for such series pursuant to such procedures acceptable to
the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order upon the
telephonic, electronic or written order of Persons designated in such Company
Order, Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution and
that such Persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Company
Order, Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, such
terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified in such Company
Order, Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication; and
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, each Bearer
Security and any temporary Global Security referred to in Section 3.04 shall
be dated as of the date of original issuance of such Security.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there
appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 3.06, the Trustee shall not
authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons
for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any Security or portion thereof shall have been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the
Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 together with a written statement
(which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security or portion thereof has never
been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such
Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities.
(a) Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order and the receipt of the
certifications and opinions required under Sections 3.01 and 3.03, the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denominations, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued in registered form or, if
authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of any series
which may be issuable as Bearer Securities, such temporary Securities may be
in global form, representing such of the Outstanding Securities of such series
as shall be specified therein.
(b) Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01:
(i) Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, each of
which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following
paragraphs, if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of
such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series
(accompanied, if applicable, by all unmatured coupons and all matured
coupons in default appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Securities of such series of authorized
denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall
be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided,
further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange
for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set
forth in Section 3.03. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
(ii) If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any
such temporary Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided in such
temporary Global Security, be delivered to the London office of a
depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit
of the operator of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., for credit to the respective
accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other
accounts as they may direct). Upon receipt of written instructions (which
need not comply with Section 1.02) signed on behalf of the Company by any
Person authorized to give such instructions, the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent shall endorse such temporary Global Security to
reflect the initial principal amount, or an increase in the principal
amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby. Until such initial
endorsement, such temporary Global Security shall not evidence any
obligation of the Company. Such temporary Global Security shall at any time
represent the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities
theretofore endorsed thereon as provided above, subject to reduction to
reflect exchanges as described below.
(iii) Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, and
subject to the second proviso in the following paragraph, the interest of a
beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary Global Security
shall be exchanged for definitive Securities (including a definitive global
Bearer Security) of such series and of like tenor following the Global
Exchange Date (as defined below) when the account holder instructs
Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on
his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL S.A., as the case may be, a
certificate in the form required by Section 3.11(i), dated no earlier than
15 days prior to the Global Exchange Date, copies of which certificate
shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and CEDEL S.A., the
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities
and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global
Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial
owners of such temporary Global Security, except that a Person receiving
definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take
delivery of such definitive Securities in person at
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the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL S.A. Definitive Securities in bearer form
to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary Global Security
shall be delivered only outside the United States.
(iv) Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary
Global Security as the "Global Exchange Date" (the "Global Exchange Date"),
the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, or, if the Trustee appoints an
Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 8.14, to any such Authenticating
Agent, definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the
Company. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, such
definitive Securities shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or
Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as may be specified by
the Company, the Trustee or any such Authenticating Agent, as may be
appropriate. On or after the Global Exchange Date, such temporary Global
Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee or
any such Authenticating Agent, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to
be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive
Securities without charge and the Trustee or any such Authenticating Agent
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such
temporary Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations and
of like tenor as the portion of such temporary Global Security to be
exchanged, which, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities,
or any combination thereof, provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified in such temporary Global Security, upon such presentation by the
Common Depositary, such temporary Global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Global Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed
by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Global
Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by CEDEL S.A., as to the
portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged, each in the form required by Section 3.11(ii); and provided,
further, that a definitive Bearer Security (including a definitive global
Bearer Security) shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a
temporary Global Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth
in Section 3.03.
(v) Upon any exchange of a portion of any such temporary Global Security,
such temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee or any such
Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, to reflect the reduction of the
principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon its remaining principal
amount shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged. Until
so exchanged in full, such temporary Global Security shall in all respects
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder, except
that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest
payable on such temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for
Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Global Exchange
Date shall be payable, without interest, to Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. on or
after such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A.
to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, of a certificate or
certificates in the form required by Section 3.11(iii), for credit on or
after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons
who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security on such
Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL
S.A., as the case may be, a certificate in the form required by Section
3.11(iv). Any interest so received by Euroclear and Cedel S.A. and not paid
as herein provided prior to the Global Exchange Date shall be returned to
the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, which, upon expiration of
two years after such Interest Payment Date, shall repay such interest on
Company Request in accordance with Section 5.03.
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to Registered Securities, the Company shall keep or cause to be
kept a register (sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Registered Securities and the registration of
transfers of Registered Securities and the Company shall appoint a "Security
Registrar", and may appoint any "Co-Security Registrar", as may be
appropriate, to keep the Security Register. Such Security Register shall be in
written form
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or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time. At all reasonable times the information contained in such
Security Register shall be available for inspection by the Trustee at the
office of the Security Registrar. In the event that any Registered Securities
issued hereunder have The City of New York as a Place of Payment, the Company
shall appoint either a Security Registrar or Co-Security Registrar located in
The City of New York.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of
any series at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to
Section 5.02 for such purpose in a Place of Payment for such series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered
Securities of such series of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount, tenor and Stated Maturity.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of such series, of any authorized
denominations and of like aggregate principal amount, tenor and Stated
Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Registered Securities may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities.
At the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon
surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or
agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto
appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such
unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such
exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment
in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of
such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall
surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such
a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount of such payment from the Company; provided, however, that interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of those coupons at an office or agency of a Paying Agent, maintained pursuant
to Section 5.02 for such purpose, located outside the United States.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security
of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such office
or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at
such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any
Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or
agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer
Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities represented thereby, a
Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to
a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such
Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities
of
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such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.03, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series.
If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or
becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's election pursuant to
Section 3.01(vi) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities
of such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of
a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities
of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of
like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such
series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the
Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such
event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for
such Global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may
surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in exchange in whole
or in part for Securities of such series of like tenor and terms and in
definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee
and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series, shall authenticate and deliver, without
service charge:
(a) to the Depositary or to each Person specified by such Depositary a
new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and terms and
of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial
interest in the Global Security; and
(b) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and
in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the
principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the
Company will execute and the Trustee, pursuant to a Company Order, will
authenticate and deliver, Securities (a) in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations, if the Securities of such series are issuable as
Registered Securities, (b) in definitive bearer form in authorized
denominations, with coupons attached, if the Securities of such series are
issuable as Bearer Securities or (c) as either Registered or Bearer
Securities, if the Securities of such series are issuable in either form;
provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in
exchange for a temporary Global Security other than in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3.03 and 3.04.
Upon the exchange of Global Securities for Securities in definitive form,
such Global Securities shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Registered
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section
3.05 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations,
and delivered to such addresses, as the Depositary for such Global Security,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall deliver
such Registered Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are
so registered or to the Depositary. The Trustee shall deliver Bearer
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section
3.05 to the Depositary or to the Persons at such addresses, and in such
authorized denominations, as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee in writing; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Global Security other
than in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.03 and 3.04.
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All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be registered for transfer or
exchanged, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise provided in such
Securities) 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 expressly provided in
this Indenture to be made at the Company's own expense or without expense or
without charge to Holders.
Neither the Company, the Security Registrar nor any Co-Security Registrar
shall be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the day of selection of Securities of such series to be
redeemed and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the
series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption of Registered Securities of such series so
selected for redemption or (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of
redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered
Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer or exchange of any Securities or
portions thereof so selected for redemption.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the exchange of Bearer
Securities into Registered Securities shall be subject to applicable laws and
regulations in effect at the time of exchange; none of the Company, the
Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall exchange any Bearer Securities into
Registered Securities if it has received an Opinion of Counsel that as a
result of such exchanges the Company would suffer adverse consequences under
the United States federal income tax laws and regulations then in effect and
the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Company Order directing the Trustee
not to make such exchanges unless and until the Trustee receives a subsequent
Company Order to the contrary. The Company shall deliver copies of such
Company Orders to the Security Registrar.
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If (i) any mutilated Security or Security with a mutilated coupon is
surrendered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar, or if the Company, the
Trustee and the Security Registrar receive evidence to their satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) there is
delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Security Registrar such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar
that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in
exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new
Security of the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and, if
applicable, with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining thereto;
provided, however, that any new Bearer Security will be delivered only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.05.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security; provided, however,
that payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any interest on Bearer
Securities shall
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be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States, and,
in the case of interest, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series, with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in
exchange for a Security with a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon, shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any,
or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series and
their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, interest on any
Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall unless otherwise provided in such
Security be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01, 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 referred to in Section 3.05) on any Regular Record
Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next
succeeding 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 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. At the option of the Company, payment of interest on any
Registered Security may be made by check in the currency designated for such
payment pursuant to the terms of such Registered Security mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register or by wire transfer to an account in such currency
designated by such Person in writing not later than ten days prior to the date
of such payment.
Any interest on any Registered Security which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such Holder,
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in
each case, as provided in clause (i) or clause (ii) below.
(i) The Company may elect to make payments of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names any such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of
the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause
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notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class, postage prepaid, to each
Holder at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been
mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names such Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii). In case a Bearer Security
of any series is surrendered at the office or agency 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 of payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall
be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date for
payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date
for 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
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities with respect to which there exists such
default may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.02, the Holder of any
coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security shall be entitled to receive the
interest payable on such coupon upon presentation and surrender of such coupon
on or after the Interest Payment Date of such coupon at an office or agency
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 5.02.
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners.
Title to any Bearer Security, any coupons appertaining thereto and any
temporary Global Security shall pass by delivery.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Registered
Security, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium,
if any, and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security, and for all
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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 be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent
or the Security Registrar will have the responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interest of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest, and they
shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting on any such
information provided by the Depositary.
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SECTION 3.09. Cancellation.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities, all
Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, registration of transfer,
exchange, repayment or redemption shall, if surrendered to any Person other
than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Securities so delivered or
surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture or such Securities. All cancelled Securities or coupons held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company.
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
SECTION 3.11. Forms of Certification.
Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01:
(i) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by a Person entitled to receive a
Bearer Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto, with only such changes as shall be approved by
the Company.
(ii) Whenever any provision of this Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. in
connection with the exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security,
such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company.
(iii) Whenever any provision of the Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by Euroclear and CEDEL S.A. in
connection with payment of interest with respect to a temporary Global
Security prior to the related Global Exchange Date, such certification
shall be provided substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, with only
such changes as shall be approved by the Company.
(iv) Whenever any provision of the Indenture or the forms of Securities
contemplate that certification be given by a beneficial owner of a portion
of a temporary Global Security in connection with payment of interest with
respect to a temporary Global Security prior to the related Global Exchange
Date, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of
Exhibit D hereto, with only such changes as shall be approved by the
Company.
SECTION 3.12. Judgments
The Company may provide, pursuant to Section 3.01, for the Securities of any
series that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law and except as
may otherwise be specified as contemplated in Section 3.01, (a) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest of the Securities of any series and any appurtenant coupons
in a Foreign Currency, composite currency or Dollars (the "Designated
Currency") as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01 is of the essence and
agrees that judgments in respect of such Securities shall be given in the
Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments in the
Designated Currency of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
such Securities and any appurtenant coupons shall, notwithstanding any payment
in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be
discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that
the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking
procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any
premium and cost of exchange) in the country of issue of the Designated
Currency in the case of Foreign Currency or Dollars or in the international
banking community in
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the case of a composite currency on the Business Day immediately following the
day on which such Holder receives such payment; (c) if the amount in the
Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the
amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be
necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the
Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and
independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall
continue in full force and effect.
ARTICLE FOUR
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 4.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, in
accordance with this Article.
SECTION 4.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the
option of the Company shall be evidenced by an Officers' Certificate. In case
of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the
Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee and the Security Registrar of
such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series
to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, or (ii) pursuant to an election of
the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such
Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers'
Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
SECTION 4.03. Selection by Security Registrar of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series with the same terms are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Security Registrar from the
Outstanding Securities of such series having such terms not previously called
for redemption, by such method as the Security Registrar shall deem fair and
appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination equal
to or larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such
series. Unless otherwise provided by the terms of the Securities of any series
so selected for partial redemption, the portions of the principal of
Securities of such series so selected for partial redemption shall be, in the
case of Registered Securities, equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof
or, in the case of Bearer Securities, equal to $5,000 or an integral multiple
thereof, and the principal amount of any such Security which remains
outstanding shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of such series.
The Security Registrar shall promptly notify the Company, the Trustee and
the Co-Security Registrar, if any, 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.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.04. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.06,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed.
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All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price,
(iii) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series having the
same terms are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular
Securities to be redeemed,
(iv) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Security to be redeemed, and that interest, if any,
thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(v) the place or places where such Securities, together in the case of
Bearer Securities with all remaining coupons appertaining thereto, if any,
maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price,
(vi) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(vii) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the CEDEL reference number (or
any other number used by a Depositary to identify such Securities), if any,
of the Securities to be redeemed.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 1.06 need not
identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee
in the name and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 4.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.
At or prior to the opening of business on any Redemption Date, the Company
shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent
(or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 5.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date;
provided, however, that deposits with respect to Bearer Securities shall be
made with a Paying Agent or Paying Agents located outside the United States
except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
SECTION 4.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be
redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities
shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to
any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below,
shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Securities for redemption in
accordance with said notice, such Securities shall be paid by the Company at
the Redemption Price; provided, however, that instalments of interest on
Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, only upon
presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest. Instalments of
interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or
more Predecessor Securities, registered as such on the close of business on
the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions
of Section 3.07.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security
may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the
face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a
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deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be
entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from
the Redemption Date at the rate borne by such Security, or as otherwise
provided in such Security.
SECTION 4.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment therefor (with, if
the Company or the Security Registrar so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder of such Security or his
attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without
service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated
Maturity, containing identical terms and conditions, of any authorized
denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered.
SECTION 4.08. Redemption Suspended During Event of Default.
The Trustee shall not redeem any Securities (unless all Securities then
Outstanding are to be redeemed) or commence the giving of any notice of
redemption of Securities during the continuance of any Event of Default known
to the Trustee, except that where the giving of notice of redemption of any
Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall, subject to the
provisions of Section 14.04, redeem such Securities, provided funds are
deposited with it for such purpose. Subject to the rights of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness and creditors in respect of General Obligations, except as
aforesaid, any moneys theretofore or thereafter received by the Trustee shall,
during the continuance of such Event of Default, be held in trust for the
benefit of the Holders and applied in the manner set forth in Section 7.06;
provided, however, that in case such Event of Default shall have been waived
as provided herein or otherwise cured, such moneys shall thereafter be held
and applied in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE FIVE
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on the Securities of such series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities of such series, any coupons appertaining thereto and
this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01
with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer
Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only outside the United
States upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest instalments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
SECTION 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an
office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of such office or
agency. If Securities of a series may be issuable as Bearer
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Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that
series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of
that series and this Indenture may be served, (B) subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is
located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of
that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 5.04); provided, however, that if the Securities of
that series are listed on the London Stock Exchange 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
for the Securities of that series in London or Luxembourg or any other
required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long
as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject
to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for such
series located outside the United States an office or agency where any
Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location,
of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency in respect of any series of
Securities or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made and
notices and demands may be made or served at the Principal 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
pursuant to Section 5.04) at the place specified for the purpose as
contemplated by Section 3.01, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
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, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any
office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any
address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a
bank located in the United States; provided, however, payment of principal of
and any premium and interest denominated in Dollars (including additional
amounts payable in respect thereof) on any Bearer Security may be made at an
office or agency of, and designated by, the Company located in the United
States if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium,
interest or additional amounts in Dollars at all offices outside the United
States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or similar
restrictions and the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel that such payment
within the United States is legal. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated
by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, at the option of the
Holder of any Bearer Security or related coupon, payment may be made by check
in the currency designated for such payment pursuant to the terms of such
Bearer Security presented or mailed to an address outside the United States or
by transfer to an account in such currency maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all of such purposes specified above in this Section
and may constitute and appoint one or more Paying Agents for the payment of
such Securities, in one or more other cities, and may from time to time
rescind such designations and appointments; provided, however, that no such
designation, appointment 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. Unless and until
the Company rescinds one or more such appointments, the Company hereby
appoints: (i) First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as its Paying Agent in
The City of New York with respect to all series of Securities having a Place
of Payment in The City of
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New York and (ii) the Bank at its principal office as its Paying Agent in the
City of Chicago with respect to all series of Securities having a Place of
Payment in the City of Chicago.
Section 5.03. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent for any series
of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such series and any
appurtenant coupons, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium or
interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities, it will, at or prior to the opening of business on each due date
of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities of such
series and any appurtenant coupons, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay the principal, premium or interest so becoming due, such sum
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal,
premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee for any
series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on Securities of such series and any appurtenant coupons
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;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of
principal, premium or interest on the Securities of such series or any
appurtenant coupons; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payments by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such
Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by
the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Security of any series or any appurtenant coupons and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security 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, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
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SECTION 5.04. Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts,
the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of any series or any coupon
appertaining thereto additional amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this
Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any
series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds received on the
sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed
to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in this
Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section
and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in
any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts
in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts,
at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that
series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal (and
premium, if any) is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment
of principal (and premium, if any) or interest if there has been any change
with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers'
Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's Principal
Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers'
Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents
whether such payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that
series or any related coupons who are United States Aliens without withholding
for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge
described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be
required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount,
if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities
or coupons and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the
additional amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to
indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence
or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken
or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished
pursuant to this Section.
SECTION 5.05. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers' Certificate (provided, however,
that one of the signatories of which shall be the Company's principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer) stating, as to each signer thereof, that
(i) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of
performance under this Indenture and under the terms of the Securities has
been made under his supervision; and
(ii) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company
has fulfilled all its obligations and complied with all conditions and
covenants under this Indenture and under the terms of the Securities
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of
any such obligation, condition or covenant specifying each such default
known to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has
occurred and is occurring which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, a Default, or if such an event has occurred and is
continuing, specifying such event known to him and the nature and status
thereof.
For purposes of this Section, compliance or default shall be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided for
herein.
SECTION 5.06. Maintenance of Corporate Existence, Rights and Franchises.
So long as any of the Securities shall be Outstanding, the Company will do
or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force
and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises to carry on its
business; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.06 shall prevent
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company, or any conveyance or transfer
of its property and assets substantially as an entirety to any person,
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permitted by Article Ten, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the
Company after any conveyance or transfer of its property and assets
substantially as an entirety to any person permitted by Article Ten.
ARTICLE SIX
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 6.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (i)
semiannually, not more than 10 days after each February 1 and August 1, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the
information in the possession or control of the Company, any of its Paying
Agents (other than the Trustee) or the Security Registrar, if other than the
Trustee, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such
February 1 and August 1, and (ii) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is requested to be furnished; provided, however,
that if and so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar for Securities of
a series, no such list need be furnished with respect to such Series of
Securities.
SECTION 6.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(i) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Securities contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 6.01 and the
names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its
capacity as the Security Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 6.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(ii) If three or more Holders of Securities of any series (hereinafter
referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to
the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of
such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire to
communicate with other Holders of Securities of such series or with the
Holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
under such Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the
Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such
application, at its election, either
(a) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i), or
(b) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of
Securities of such series or all Securities, as the case may be, whose
names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i), and as to the approximate cost
of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if
any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such
information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants,
mail to each Holder of a Security of such series or all Holders of Securities,
as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i), a
copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such
request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the
material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless, within five days after such tender,
the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission,
together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the
effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to
the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or all
Securities, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law.
Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the
Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in
the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any
of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more
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of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity
for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall
enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to
all such Holders of Securities with reasonable promptness after the entry of
such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise, the Trustee shall be
relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(iii) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information
as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with
Section 6.02(ii), regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of
mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 6.02(ii).
SECTION 6.03. Reports by Trustee.
(i) Within 60 days after May 1 of each year commencing with the year 1998,
the Trustee shall mail to each Holder reports concerning the Trustee and its
action under the Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act if and to the extent and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(ii) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted by mail (1) to
all Holders of Registered Securities, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register and (2) to such Holders of Bearer Securities as have,
within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee for that purpose, and (3) except in the cases of
reports under Section 313(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act, to each Holder of
a Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information
preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 6.02(i).
(iii) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each securities exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, and also with the Commission. The Company will notify
the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any securities exchange.
SECTION 6.04. Reports by Company.
The Company will:
(i) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required
to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of
the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then
it will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities
exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and
regulations;
(ii) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(iii) transmit by mail to Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the
extent provided in Section 6.03(ii), within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (i) and
(ii) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", with respect to any series of Securities, wherever used
herein, means 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), unless it is either inapplicable to a particular series or
it is specifically deleted or modified in the supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of
Security for such series:
(i) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises granting relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, adjudging the Company a bankrupt, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver (or other similar
official) of the Company, or of substantially all of its properties, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs under any such law,
and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(ii) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or the consent of the Company to the institution of bankruptcy
proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law, or the consent by the Company to the filing of
any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
custodian, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of
the Company, or of substantially all of its properties under any such law;
or
(iii) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
SECTION 7.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities for which
there are Securities Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then, and in every
such case, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal of all
the Securities of such series (or, if the Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of that series) to be immediately due and
payable, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), and upon any such declaration the same shall become immediately due
and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
(a) all overdue instalments of interest on all Securities of such
series,
(b) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Securities of such
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue instalments of interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor by the terms of the Securities of such series, and
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(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, the Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, and their agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07 and
(ii) all other Defaults with respect to Securities of that series, other
than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured
or waived as provided in Section 7.13.
No such recission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 7.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(i) default is made in the payment of any instalment of interest on any
Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such
default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
the Holder of any such Security or coupon appertaining thereto, if any, the
whole amount then due and payable on any such Security or coupon for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, with interest upon the overdue
principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be lawful) upon overdue instalments of interest, at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor by the terms of any such Security; and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable
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 8.07.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect
the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out
of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated.
If a Default with respect to any series of Securities occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 7.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other
judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of any
Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium,
if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal, premium,
if any, and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to
file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in
order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation,
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expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel
and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07) and of the
Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Trustee any amount due 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 8.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a
Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or
to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 7.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or under the Securities
of any series, or coupons (if any) appertaining thereto, may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of
such series or coupons appertaining thereto or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07, be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series and
coupons appertaining thereto in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
SECTION 7.06. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date
or dates fixed by the Trustee, and, in case of the distribution of such money
on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of
the Securities of such series or coupons appertaining thereto, if any, or
both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only
partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 8.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities of such series and coupons for principal, premium, if any, and
interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has
been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on Securities of such series and
coupons, if any, for principal, premium, if any, and interest,
respectively. The Holders of each series of Securities denominated in ECU,
any other composite currency or a Foreign Currency and any matured coupons
relating thereto shall be entitled to receive a ratable portion of the
amount determined by the Exchange Rate Agent by converting the principal
amount Outstanding of such series of Securities and matured but unpaid
interest on such series of Securities in the currency in which such series
of Securities is denominated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate as of the
date of declaration of acceleration of the Maturity of the Securities; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 7.07. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have
any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any
other remedy hereunder, unless
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(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Default with respect to Securities of such series;
(ii) the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to
the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders of Securities of
such series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other Holders of Securities of such series or to obtain or
to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other such Holders or to
enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided
and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Securities of such
series.
The following events shall be "Defaults" with respect to any series of
Securities under this Indenture:
(a) an Event of Default with respect to such series specified in Section
7.01; or
(b) default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any
Security of such series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of such
series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(d) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or perform any of
the other covenants or agreements on its part in the Securities of such
series or in this Indenture and continuance of such failure for a period of
sixty days after the date on which written notice of such failure,
requiring the Company to remedy the same and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been given by registered mail to
the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the
holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
such series at the time Outstanding, or
(e) any other Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series.
SECTION 7.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional,
to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 3.07) interest on such Security or payment of such coupon on the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the
case of redemption or repayment on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date) and
to institute suit for the enforcement of such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 7.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such
case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of
the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
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SECTION 7.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Securities or coupons in the last
paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any
other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and
remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 7.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or
coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Default or an
acquiesence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to
the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often
as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may
be.
SECTION 7.12. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with
this Indenture,
(ii) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would be
unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction,
(iii) subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, the Trustee shall have
the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine
that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal
liability, and
(iv) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 7.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
series waive any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
not theretofore cured
(i) in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any Security of such series, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Default or
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 7.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it
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as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to
pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder
of Securities or coupons for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security or payment of any coupon on
or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon
(or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date
or Repayment Date).
SECTION 7.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extention law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any
such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution
of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE EIGHT
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(i) Except during the continuance of a Default with respect to any series of
Securities,
(a) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to Securities of
such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Indenture against the Trustee with respect to such series; and
(b) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively
rely with respect to such series, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificate or opinions which
by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine
whether or not they conform as to form to the requirements of the
Indenture.
(ii) In case a Default with respect to any series of Securities has occurred
and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture with respect to such series, and use the same
degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(iii) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own wilful misconduct, except that
(a) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (i) of this Section;
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken,
suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the
direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding
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for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to Securities
of such series; and
(d) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(iv) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 8.02. Notice of Default.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section
6.03(ii) notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in
the case of a default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on any Security of such series, or any related coupons or in the
payment of any sinking fund instalment with respect to Securities of such
series the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so
long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee
of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case
of any default of the character specified in Section 7.07(d) with respect to
Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders of Securities of such
series shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term "default", with respect to Securities of
any series, means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time, or
both, would become, a Default or an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series.
SECTION 8.03. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:
(i) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(iv) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel
or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(v) 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;
(vi) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, security or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make further inquiry or
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investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney and, if so requested to do so
by any of the Holders, at the sole cost and expense of the Holders;
(vii) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder; and
(viii) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent,
Authenticating Agent or Security Registrar hereunder, the rights and
protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article Eight shall
also be afforded to such Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or Security
Registrar.
SECTION 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of
Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 8.05. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, the Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 8.08 and 8.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 8.06. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(i) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(iii) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
particular Securities.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 7.01, the expenses (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the
services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
The obligations of the Company set forth in this Section 8.07 and any lien
arising hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the
discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Eleven of this
Indenture, the termination of this Indenture and the repayment of the
Securities whether at the Stated Maturity or otherwise.
SECTION 8.08. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such conflicting interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and
this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest with respect to the
Securities of any series by virtue of being Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series of Securities other than that series.
SECTION 8.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of
Securities hereunder which shall be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, subject
to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, provided,
however, that if Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Trust Indenture Act at any time permit
a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any other
jurisdiction to serve as trustee of an indenture qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, this Section 8.09 shall be automatically deemed amended to
permit a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of any such
jurisdiction to serve as Trustee hereunder. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any person directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the
Company may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee with respect to any
series of Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(i) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 8.11.
(ii) The Trustee may resign with respect to any series of Securities at any
time by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the
resigning Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
Securities of such series.
(iii) The Trustee may be removed with respect to any series of Securities at
any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
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(iv) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 8.08 with respect to
any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Company or
by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series
for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 8.09 with
respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of Securities of such
series, or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (1) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to such series, or (2) subject to Section 7.14, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee
and the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such series.
(v) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting
with respect to any series of Securities, or if a vacancy shall occur in the
office of Trustee with respect to any series of Securities for any cause, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or
Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being
understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to
the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there
shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If,
within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the
occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to such series of
Securities shall be appointed by the Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the
Company and the retiring Trustee with respect to such series, the successor
Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment,
become the successor Trustee with respect to such series and to that extent
supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such
series. If no successor Trustee with respect to such series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series and
accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to such series.
(vi) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment
of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing
written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
Holders of Registered Securities of such series as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issuable
as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized
Newspaper in each place of payment located outside the United States. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Principal Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(i) In the case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to any series of Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective with
respect to all or any series as to which it is resigning as Trustee, and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to all or any such series; but, on request of the Company or such
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers and trusts of such retiring Trustee with
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respect to all or any such series; and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to all or any such series, subject nevertheless to its
lien, if any, provided for in Section 8.07.
(ii) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company,
the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which
(a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to
transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (b) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to
all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (c) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart
from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and
upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but,
on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in
Section 8.07.
(iii) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
Paragraph (i) or (ii) of this Section, as the case may be.
(iv) No successor Trustee with respect to a series of Securities shall
accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor
Trustee shall be qualified and eligible with respect to such series under this
Article.
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of
Trustee.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided that such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under
this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have
been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any
successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating
Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so
authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 311 of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of such claims against the Company (or any such other obligor). A Trustee that
has resigned or been removed shall be subject to and comply with said Section
311 to the extent required thereby.
SECTION 8.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agents.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents, which may include
any Affiliate of the Company, with respect to one or more series of
Securities. Such Authenticating Agent or Agents at the option of
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the Trustee shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issuance,
exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant
to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes
as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Whenever reference is made in
this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee
or the Trustee's certificate of authentication or the delivery of Securities
to the Trustee for authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent, a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and delivery of Securities to the Authenticating Agent on
behalf of the Trustee. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $5,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Authenticating Agent located outside the
United States may be appointed by the Trustee if previously approved in
writing by the Company and if such Authenticating Agent meets the minimum
capitalization requirements of this Section 8.14. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent
shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its
most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating
Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency
or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be
an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and
upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of an Authenticating
Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the
Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such termination,
or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a
successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
First Trust National Association, as
Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holder of any Securities or coupons, the Company,
when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from
time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another corporation or Person to the
Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company herein and in the Securities contained; or
(ii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by another
corporation as a successor Trustee hereunder with respect to one or more
series of Securities and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to Section 8.11; or
(iii) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the
Holders of Securities of all or any series of Securities or coupons (and if
such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities or coupons, stating that such covenants are expressly being
included solely for the benefit of such series), or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(iv) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein
which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the
Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons
in any material respect; or
(v) to add any additional Defaults or Events of Default with respect to
all or any series of the Securities (and, if such Defaults or Event of
Default is applicable to less than all series of Securities, specifying the
series to which such Default or Event of Default is applicable); or
(vi) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of
principal of (or premium, if any) or any interest on Bearer Securities, to
permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer
Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of
any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(vii) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (a) shall
become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
adversely affected by such change in or elimination of such provision or
(b) shall not apply to any Securities Outstanding; or
(viii) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(ix) to add to or change any provisions of this Indenture to such extent
as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities
convertible into other securities; or
(x) to evidence any changes to Section 8.09 as permitted by the terms
thereof; or
(xi) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture as
shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the
Trust Indenture Act, provided such action shall not adversely affect the
interest of Holders of Securities of any series or any appurtenant coupons
in any material respect; or
(xii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Holder of a Security in any material respect.
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SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture or indentures (acting as one class), by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture
or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of each
such series and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security affected thereby;
(i) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated Maturity of
any instalment of interest (or premium, if any) on, any Security, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or any premium thereon or the rate of interest
thereon, or change the obligation of the Company to pay additional amounts
pursuant to Section 5.04 (except as contemplated by Section 10.01 (i) and
permitted by Section 9.01), or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
7.02, or change the method of calculating interest thereon or the coin or
currency in which any Security (or premium, if any, thereon) or the
interest thereon is payable, or reduce the minimum rate of interest
thereon, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment
Date);
(ii) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture or the consent of whose Holders is required for
any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or of
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture or reduce the requirements of Section 16.04 for a quorum;
(iii) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or
agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 5.02; or
(iv) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 7.13, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions
of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 8.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by and complies with this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, liabilities, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
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SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform
to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared
and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities.
ARTICLE TEN
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation
or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any Person, unless
(i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer
the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
(including all additional amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section
5.04) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default, and
no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 10.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance or transfer of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 10.01, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance
or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise
every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Company herein.
In the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company as the
predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants
under this Indenture and may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time
thereafter.
The successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue either in
its own name or in the name of First Chicago NBD Corporation, any or all of
the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed
by the Company and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; and,
upon the order of such successor corporation instead of the Company and
subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture
prescribed, the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and
deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered
by the officers of the Company to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent for
authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter
shall
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cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the
same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore
or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though
all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for and rights to receive payments thereon and any right to
receive additional amounts, as provided in Section 5.04), and the Trustee, on
receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when
(i) either
(a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (1) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for
exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange,
whose surrender is not required or has not been waived as provided in
Section 3.05, (2) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose
surrender has been waived as provided in Section 4.07, (3) Securities
and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06, and (4) Securities
for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 5.03)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Maturity within one year,
or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (b) (1), (2) or (3) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in
trust for the purpose, an amount (said amount to be immediately due and
payable to the Holders) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities and coupons not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which
have become due and payable), or to the Maturity or Redemption Date, as
the case may be;
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 8.07 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause
(i) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 11.02 and
the last paragraph of Section 5.03 shall survive. The Trustee may give notice
at the Company's expense to the Holders of Securities Outstanding of the
immediate availability of the amount referred to in Clause (i) of this Section
11.01. Funds held pursuant to this Section shall not be subject to the
provisions of Article Fourteen.
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SECTION 11.02. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 5.03, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the
coupons, if any, and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent), as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION 11.03. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with Section 11.02 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 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 until
such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such
money in accordance with Section 11.02.
ARTICLE TWELVE
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. Exemption from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this
Indenture, or of any Security or coupon, or for any claim based thereon or
otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the
Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the
Company, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations of the Company, and that no such personal liability
whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators,
stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities or coupons or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal
liability, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute,
of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator,
stockholder, officer or director, as such, because of the creation of the
indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities or coupons or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 13.01. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
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subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.02. 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 13.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any previously called for redemption), together in the case of any Bearer
Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and
(ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed
either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments
pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all
or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such
series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have
not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in
such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 13.03. 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 and the Security
Registrar an Officers' Certificate specifying (i) the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that
series, (ii) 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 Securities of that series pursuant to Section 13.02,
and (iii) that none of such Securities has theretofore been so credited and
stating the basis for such credit, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 45 days before each sinking fund
payment date the Security Registrar shall select the Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 4.03
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 4.04. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon
the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 4.06 and 4.07.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 14.01. Agreement to Subordinate.
The Company, for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees,
and each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants
and agrees, that the payment of the principal and premium, if any, and
interest on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated,
to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness and, subject to the
provisions of Section 14.09, General Obligations of the Company.
SECTION 14.02. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization;
Subrogation of Securities.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment
for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and
liabilities of the Company or otherwise (subject to the power of a court of
competent jurisdiction to make other equitable provision reflecting the rights
conferred in this Indenture upon the Senior Indebtedness and the holders
thereof with respect to the Securities and the Holders thereof (and, upon the
General Obligations and the creditors in respect thereof with respect to the
Securities and the Holders thereof) by a lawful plan of reorganization under
applicable bankruptcy law),
(i) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to
receive payment in full in accordance with the terms of such Senior
Indebtedness of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and the interest
due
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thereon (including interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any
proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law now or hereafter in
effect) before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any
payment upon the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities;
(ii) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of
the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions
of this Article Fourteen, including any such payment or distribution which
may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other
indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the
Securities, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other
person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in
bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to the
holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives
or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any
instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, in accordance with the priorities then existing among holders of
Senior Indebtedness for payment of the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid
on account of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including
interest accruing subsequent to the commencement of any proceeding for the
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar law now or hereafter in effect) on the
Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to
make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after
giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness; it being understood that if the Holders of
Securities shall fail to file a proper claim in the form required by any
proceeding referred to in this subparagraph (ii) prior to thirty days
before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then the
holders of Senior Indebtedness are hereby authorized to file an appropriate
claim or claims for and on behalf of the Holders of Securities in the form
required in any such proceeding (as are the creditors in respect of General
Obligations in the event Section 14.09 is applicable); and
(iii) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, including any such payment or distribution
which may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other
indebtedness of the Company being subordinate to the payment of the
Securities, shall be received by the Trustee or Holders of the Securities
before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or
distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid
over to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under
which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for application to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness
shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment
or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of
the Securities shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders of
all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to
indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities
are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior
Indebtedness until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the
Securities shall be paid in full and no such payments or distributions to
holders of such Senior Indebtedness to which the Holders of the Securities
would be entitled except for the provisions hereof of cash, property or
securities otherwise distributable to the Senior Indebtedness shall, as
between the Company, its creditors, other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by
the Company to or on account of the Securities. It is understood that the
provisions of this Article Fourteen are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on
the one hand, and the holders of Senior Indebtedness (and, in the case of
Section 14.09, the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and creditors
in respect of General Obligations) on the other hand. Nothing contained in
this Article Fourteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is
intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors, other than
the holders of
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Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the
Company, which is unconditional and absolute (and which, subject to the rights
under this Article Fourteen of the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness and the rights under Section 14.09 of creditors in respect of
General Obligations, is intended to rank equally with all other general
obligations of the Company), to pay to the Holders of the Securities the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities as and when the
same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms or to affect
the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the
Company, other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and creditors in
respect of General Obligations, nor shall anything herein or in the Securities
prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon Default under this Indenture,
subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Fourteen of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness and under Section 14.09 of creditors in respect of General
Obligations in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received
upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of
assets of the Company referred to in this Article Fourteen, the Trustee,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.01, and the Holders of the Securities
shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the
liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the
Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities for the purpose of ascertaining
the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company and the creditors in
respect of General Obligations, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Fourteen. In the absence of any such liquidating
trustee, agent 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) or a
creditor in respect of General Obligations as evidence that such Person is a
holder of Senior Indebtedness (or is such a trustee or representative) or a
creditor in respect of General Obligations, as the case may be. In the event
that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that further evidence is required
with respect to the right of any Person, as a holder of Senior Indebtedness or
a creditor in respect of General Obligations, to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Section or Section 14.09, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness or General Obligations held by
such Person, as to the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participation in such payment or distribution, and as to other facts pertinent
to the rights of such Person under this Section or Section 14.09, 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.
The obligations of the Company in respect of the Securities shall rank on a
parity with the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness and any other obligations
of the Company ranking on a parity with the Securities.
The obligations of the Company in respect of the Securities shall rank
senior to the obligations of the Company with respect to Junior Subordinated
Indebtedness and any other obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with
Junior Subordinated Indebtedness.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or creditors in respect
of General Obligations, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only
such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Article, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness or creditors in respect of General Obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee, however, shall not
be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
creditors in respect of General Obligations, and shall not be liable to any
such holders or creditors if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to or
on behalf of Holders of Securities or the Company moneys or assets to which
any holders of Senior Indebtedness or creditors in respect of General
Obligations shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Fourteen.
SECTION 14.03. Payments on Securities Prohibited During Event of Default under
Senior Indebtedness.
In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Senior Indebtedness
beyond any applicable period of grace, or in the event that any event of
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default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be
continuing, or would occur as a result of the payment referred to hereinafter,
permitting the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of
the holders thereof) to accelerate the maturity thereof, then, unless and
until such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived or
shall have ceased to exist, no payment of principal of, or premium or interest
on the Securities, or in respect of any redemption, retirement, purchase or
other acquisition of any of the Securities, shall be made by the Company.
SECTION 14.04. Payments on Securities Permitted.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall (i)
impair, as between the Company and Holders of Securities, the obligation of
the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time except as
provided in Sections 14.02, 14.03 and 14.09, payments of principal of or
premium, if any, or interest (including interest accruing subsequent to the
commencement of any proceeding for the bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Company under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or
hereafter in effect) on the Securities, as and when the same shall become due
and payable in accordance with the terms of the Securities, (ii) affect the
relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company
other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Company and the
creditors in respect of General Obligations, (iii) prevent the Holder of any
Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon default thereunder, subject to the rights, if any, under Article Fourteen
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the creditors in respect of General
Obligations in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received
upon the exercise of such remedy, or (iv) prevent the application by the
Trustee or any Paying Agent of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the
payment of or on account of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest
on the Securities or prevent the receipt by the Trustee or any Paying Agent of
such moneys, if, prior to the second Business Day prior to such deposit, the
Trustee or such Paying Agent did not have written notice of any event
prohibiting the making of such deposit by the Company.
SECTION 14.05. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee in his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article
Fourteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION 14.06. Notice to Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of
the Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or General Obligations
or of any event which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or
by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee assigned to its Corporate Trustee Administration Department or
such Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Company
or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the representative of
any such holder or from any creditor in respect of General Obligations.
SECTION 14.07. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness or General
Obligations.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article
in respect of any Senior Indebtedness or General Obligation at any time held
by it in its individual capacity to the same extent as any other holder of
such Senior Indebtedness or creditor in respect of such General Obligation and
nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder or creditor.
SECTION 14.08. Article Fourteen Not to Prevent Defaults or Events of Default.
The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Securities by reason of any
provision in this Article shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence
of a Default or an Event of Default.
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SECTION 14.09. Securities to Rank Pari Passu with Existing Subordinated
Indebtedness; Payment of Proceeds in Certain Cases.
(i) Subject to the provisions of this Section and to any provisions
established or determined with respect to Securities of any series pursuant
to Section 3.01, the Securities shall rank pari passu in right of payment
with the Existing Subordinated Indebtedness.
(ii) Upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in the first
paragraph of Section 14.02, the provisions of that Section and the
corresponding provisions of each indenture (including this Indenture) or
other instrument or document establishing or governing the terms of any
Existing Subordinated Indebtedness shall be given effect on a pro rata
basis to determine the amount of cash, property or securities which may be
payable or deliverable as between the holders of Senior Indebtedness, on
the one hand, and the Holders of the Securities and holders of Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness, on the other hand.
(iii) If, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 14.02, and the
respective corresponding provisions of each indenture or other instrument
or document establishing or governing the terms of any Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness on such pro rata basis, any amount of cash,
property or securities shall be available for payment or distribution in
respect of the Securities ("Excess Proceeds"), and any creditors in respect
of General Obligations shall not have received payment in full of all
amounts due or to become due on or in respect of such General Obligations
(and provision shall not have been made for such payment in money or
money's worth), then such Excess Proceeds shall first be applied (ratably
with any amount of cash, property or securities available for payment or
distribution in respect of any other indebtedness of the Company that by
its express terms provides for the payment over of amounts corresponding to
Excess Proceeds to creditors in respect or General Obligations) to pay or
provide for the payment of the General Obligations remaining unpaid, to the
extent necessary to pay all General Obligations in full, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for creditors in
respect of General Obligations. Any Excess Proceeds remaining after payment
(or provision for payment) in full of all General Obligations shall be
available for payment or distribution in respect of the Securities.
(iv) In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
subsection (iii) of this Section, the Trustee or Holder of any Security
shall, in the circumstances contemplated by such subsection, have received
any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, before all General
Obligations are paid in full or payment thereof duly provided for, and if
such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution
have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder,
then and in such event, subject to any obligation that the Trustee or such
Holder may have pursuant to Section 14.02, such payment or distribution
shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person
making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for payment in
accordance with subsection (iii).
(v) Subject to the payment in full of all General Obligations, the Holder
of the Securities shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with the holders
of all indebtedness of the Company that by its express terms provides for
the payment over of amounts corresponding to Excess Proceeds to creditors
in respect of General Obligations and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the rights of the creditors in respect of General
Obligations to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and
securities applicable to the General Obligations until the principal of and
interest on the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such
subrogation, no payments or distributions to creditors in respect of
General Obligations of any cash, property or securities to which Holders of
the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions
of this Section, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this
Section to creditors in respect of General Obligations by Holders of
Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors
(other than creditors in respect of General Obligations) and the Holders of
Securities be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or
on account of the General Obligations.
(vi) The provisions of subsections (iii), (iv) and (v) of this Section
are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights
of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the creditors in
respect of General Obligations, on the other hand, after giving effect to
the rights of the holders of Senior
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Indebtedness, as provided in this Article. Nothing contained in subsections
(iii), (iv) and (v) of this Section is intended to or shall affect the
relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and
(a) the holders of Senior Indebtedness, (b) the holders of Existing
Subordinated Indebtedness or (c) other creditors of the Company other than
creditors in respect of General Obligations.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 15.01. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders
thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with their
terms and (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for
Securities of such series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 15.02. Repayment of Securities.
Each Security which is subject to repayment in whole or in part at the
option of the Holder thereof on a Repayment Date shall be repaid at the
applicable Repayment Price together with interest accrued to such Repayment
Date as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
Section 15.03. Exercise of Option; Notice.
Each Holder desiring to exercise such Holder's option for repayment shall,
as conditions to such repayment, surrender the Security to be repaid in whole
or in part together with written notice of the exercise of such option at any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, not less than 30 nor
more than 45 days prior to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that
surrender of Bearer Securities together with written notice of exercise of
such option shall be made at an office or agency located outside the United
States except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02. Such notice, which shall
be irrevocable, shall specify the principal amount of such Security to be
repaid, which shall be equal to the minimum authorized denomination for such
Security or an integral multiple thereof, and shall identify the Security to
be repaid and, in the case of a partial repayment of the Security, shall
specify the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities of the
same series to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal of the
Security surrendered which is not to be repaid.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by
all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default, such Bearer Security
may be paid after deducting from the Repayment Price an amount equal to the
face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Repayment
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted without
interest thereon; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
without service charge to the Holder of any Registered Security so surrendered
a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series and tenor of any
authorized denomination specified in the foregoing notice, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to any portion of the principal of the Registered
Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
The Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
without service charge to the Holder of any Bearer Security so surrendered a
new Registered Security or Securities or new Bearer Security or Securities
(and all appurtenant unmatured coupons and matured coupons in default) or any
combination thereof of the same series and tenor of any authorized
denomination or denominations specified in the foregoing notice, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to any portion of the principal of the
Security so surrendered which is
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not to be paid; provided, however, that the issuance of a Registered Security
therefor shall be subject to applicable laws and regulations, including
provisions of the United States federal income tax laws and regulations in
effect at the time of the exchange; neither the Company, the Trustee nor the
Security Registrar shall issue Registered Securities for Bearer Securities if
it has received an Opinion of Counsel that as a result of such issuance the
Company would suffer adverse consequences under the United States federal
income tax laws then in effect and the Company has delivered to the Trustee a
Company Order directing the Trustee not to make such issuances thereafter
unless and until the Trustee receives a subsequent Company Order to the
contrary. The Company shall deliver copies of such Company Order to the
Security Registrar.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the repayment of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Security repaid or to be repaid only in part, to the portion of
the principal of such Security which has been or is to be repaid.
Section 15.04. Election of Repayment by Remarketing Entities.
The Company may elect, with respect to Securities of any series which are
repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity,
at any time prior to any Repayment Date to designate one or more Remarketing
Entities to purchase, at a price equal to the Repayment Price, Securities of
such series from the Holders thereof who give notice and surrender their Debt
Securities in accordance with Section 15.03.
Section 15.05. Securities Payable on the Repayment Date.
Notice of exercise of the option of repayment having been given and the
Securities so to be repaid having been surrendered as aforesaid, such
Securities shall, unless purchased in accordance with Section 15.04, on the
Repayment Date become due and payable at the price therein specified and from
and after the Repayment Date such Securities shall cease to bear interest and
shall be paid on the Repayment Date, and the coupons for such interest
appertaining to Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent
provided above, shall be void, unless the Company shall default in the payment
of such price, in which case the Company shall continue to be obligated for
the principal amount of such Securities and shall be obligated to pay interest
on such principal amount at the rate prescribed therefor by such Securities
from time to time until payment in full of such principal amount.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 16.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
If Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part as Bearer
Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at
any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series.
Section 16.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(i) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series issuable as Bearer Securities for any purpose specified in Section
16.01, to be held at such time and at such place in the City of Chicago,
Illinois, the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London as the
Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in
general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given,
in the manner provided in Section 1.06, not less than 21 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(ii) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of
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the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section
16.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the
first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt
of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be
held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such
series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the
time and the place in the City of Chicago, Illinois, the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, or in London for such meeting and may call such meeting
for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (i) of
this Section.
Section 16.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities
of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy
for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series
by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be
present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any
representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the
Company and its counsel.
Section 16.04. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is
to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of a greater
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the
Persons entitled to vote such greater percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the
absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such
meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of
Securities of such series, be dissolved. In the absence of a quorum in any
other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairperson of the meeting prior to the adjournment
of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting
shall be given as provided in Section 16.02(i), except that such notice need
be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the
meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of
the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall
constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the provisos to Section 9.02, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the provisos to Section 9.02,
any resolution with respect to any consent or waiver which this Indenture
expressly provides may be given by the Holders of a greater percentage in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such
greater percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series; and provided, further, that, except as limited by the provisos to
Section 9.02, any resolution with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as
aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
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Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related
coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Section 16.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may
make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to
the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and
examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote,
and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem
appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such
regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified
in Section 1.04 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner
specified in Section 1.04 or, in the case of Bearer Securities, by having the
signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any
trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 1.04 to certify to the
holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written
instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid
and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.04 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary
chairperson of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the
Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 16.02(ii), in which
case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the
meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary
chairperson. A permanent chairperson and a permanent secretary of the meeting
shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at
the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall
be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or the equivalent in
ECU, any other composite currency or a Foreign Currency) of Securities of such
series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be
cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairperson of the meeting not to be Outstanding.
The chairperson of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder
of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant
to Section 16.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to
time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 16.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be
subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of
their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of
the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The
permanent chairperson of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who
shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and
who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified
written reports in triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at
least in triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and
there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors
of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more
persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of
the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section
16.02 and, if applicable, Section 16.04. Each copy shall be signed and
verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairperson and secretary of the
meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified
shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 17.01. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
First Trust National Association hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture
declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
* * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
First Chicago NBD Corporation
BY
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Senior Vice President and
Treasurer
Attest:
[CORPORATE SEAL]
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Assistant Secretary
First Trust National Association,
as Trustee
BY
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Vice President
Attest:
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Assistant Secretary
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State of Illinois, ss.:
County of Cook
On this th day of , 1997, before me personally came M. Eileen
Kennedy, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she
resides at Chicago, Illinois; that she is Senior Vice President and Treasurer
of FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION, one of the corporations described in and
which executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the corporate seal of
said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
State of Illinois, ss.:
County of Cook
On this th day of , 1997, before me personally appeared , to
me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides at
; that he is a of First Trust National Association, one
of the parties described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; and
that he signed his name by authority of the Board of Directors of said
association.
[Notarial Seal]
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Notary Public
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that the above-captioned Securities are not being
acquired by or on behalf of a United States person, or, if a beneficial
interest in the Securities is being acquired by or on behalf of a United
States person, that such United States person is a financial institution
within the meaning of Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury
regulations which agrees to comply with the requirements of Section
165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and
the regulations thereunder. If the undersigned is a dealer, the undersigned
agrees to obtain a similar certificate from each person entitled to delivery
of any of the above-captioned Securities in bearer form purchased from it;
provided, however, that, if the undersigned has actual knowledge that the
information contained in such a certificate is false, the undersigned will not
deliver a Security in temporary or definitive bearer form to the person who
signed such certificate notwithstanding the delivery of such certificate to
the undersigned.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the
United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, and "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to beneficial
ownership is not correct on the date of delivery of the above-captioned
Securities in bearer form as to all of such Securities.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings
are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or
would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:.........................
[To be dated no earlier than 15 days prior
to the Exchange Date]
[Name of Person Entitled to
Receive Bearer Security]
.....................................
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH
THE
EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify with respect to $.......... principal amount of the above-
captioned Securities (i) that we have received from each of the persons
appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of such principal
amount (our "Qualified Account Holders") a certificate with respect to such
portion substantially in the form attached hereto, and (ii) that we are not
submitting herewith for exchange any portion of the temporary global Security
representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in such certificates.
We further certify that as of the date hereof we have not received any
notification from any of our Qualified Account Holders to the effect that the
statements made by such Qualified Account Holders with respect to any portion
of the part submitted herewith for exchange are no longer true and cannot be
relied upon as of the date hereof.
Dated: ........................
[To be dated no earlier than
the Exchange Date]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, Brussels Office, as
Operator of the Euro-clear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By ..................................
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CEDEL S.A. TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
This is to certify that, as of the Interest Payment Date on [Insert Date],
the undersigned, which is a holder of an interest in the temporary global
Security representing the above Securities, is not a United States person.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the
United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, and "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We confirm that the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date will be
paid to each of the persons appearing in our records as being entitled to
interest to be paid on the above date from whom we have received a written
certification dated not earlier than 15 days prior to such Interest Payment
Date to the effect that the beneficial owner of such portion with respect to
which interest is to be paid on such date either is not a United States person
or is a United States person which is a financial institution which has
provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or is an exempt recipient as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations (S) 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii). We
undertake to retain certificates received from our member organizations in
connection herewith for four years from the end of the calendar year in which
such certificates are received.
The foregoing reflects any advice received subsequent to the date of any
certificate stating that the statements contained in such certificate are no
longer correct.
Dated: ........................
[To be dated on or after the
relevant Interest Payment
Date]
[MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK, Brussels Office, as
Operator of the Euro-clear System]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By...................................
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY BENEFICIAL OWNERS TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PRIOR TO AN EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
.............................
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities]
This is to certify that as of the date hereof, no portion of the temporary
global Security representing the above-captioned Securities and held by you
for our account is beneficially owned by a United States person or, if any
portion thereof held by you for our account is beneficially owned by a United
States person, such United States person is a financial institution within the
meaning of Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) of the United States Treasury regulations
which agrees to comply with Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations thereunder, and certifies
that either it has provided an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or is an
exempt recipient as defined in Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii) of the United States
Treasury regulations.
As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the
United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States and any estate or trust
the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation
regardless of its source, and "United States" means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
We undertake to advise you by telex if the above statement as to beneficial
ownership is not correct on the Interest Payment Date on [Insert Date] as to
any such portion of such temporary global Security.
We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain
tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings
are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or
would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:.........................
[To be dated on or after the
15th day before the relevant
Interest Payment Date]
[Name of Account
Holder]
.....................................
(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit 4(h)
BY-LAWS
As Amended and Restated
September 12, 1997
First Chicago NBD Corporation
(A Delaware Corporation)
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation is
located at 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The Corporation may,
by resolution of the Board of Directors, change the location to any other place
in Delaware.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices, within
or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to
time establish.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the
election of directors and for the transaction of any other business as may
properly come before the meeting shall be held on the second Friday in May of
each year or on such other date as from time to time may be designated by the
Board of Directors.
Section 2. Special Meetings. A special meeting of the stockholders may be
called at any time only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution
approved by a majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may designate any place,
either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place of meeting for any
annual meeting or for any special meeting of stockholders.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice stating the place, date and hour
of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called, shall be given by or under the direction of the
Secretary, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.
Except as otherwise required by statute, the written notice shall be given not
less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. If
mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid,
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directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting of
stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when
the stockholder attends for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened. Any previously scheduled meeting of the
stockholders may be postponed, and (unless the Certificate of Incorporation
otherwise provides) any special meeting of the stockholders may be cancelled, by
resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the date
previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
Section 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise required by statute, the presence at
any meeting, in person or by proxy, of a majority of the shares then issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business. The Chairman of the meeting or a
majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time,
whether or not there is such a quorum. The stockholders present at a duly
called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business
until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to
leave less than a quorum.
Section 6. Voting Lists. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders of record entitled to vote at
the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the
meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the
meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.
The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting
during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of record
who is present.
Section 7. Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or
place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place
thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the
adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have
been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than
thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 8. Proxies. Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting
of stockholders may authorize another person or persons (but no more than two)
to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon other
than at the meeting specified in the proxy or any adjournment of such meeting.
Section 9. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the provisions of Article VI of
these By-Laws, each stockholder of record shall at every meeting of the
stockholders be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having
voting power held by such stockholder.
Section 10. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
A. Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of
the Corporation may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders
pursuant the procedures set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation. Proposals of other business to be considered by the
stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a)
pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting, (b) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the
Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of
notice provided for in this By-Law, who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
By-Law.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before
an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of
paragraph (A)(1) of this By-Law, the stockholder must have
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given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for
stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be
delivered to or mailed, postage prepaid, and received by the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation at
least 60 days but no more than 90 days prior to the anniversary date
of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual
meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day
prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business
on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th
day following the day on which public announcement of the date of
such meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the
public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a
new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described
above. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to director
nominations, that information which is required by the Certificate of
Incorporation; (b) as to any business, other than the nomination of
director candidates, that the stockholder proposes to bring before
the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business
at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or
proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as
they appear on the Corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner
and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are
owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such
beneficial owner.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph
(A)(2) of this By-Law to the contrary, in the event that the number
of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the
Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the
size of the increased Board of Directors at least 70 days prior to
the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a
stockholder's notice required by this By-Law shall also be considered
timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions
created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than
the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
B. Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant
to the Corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at
a special meeting of stockholders (a) by the Board of Directors, on
behalf of the Board of Directors by any nominating committee
appointed by the Board of Directors, or (b) provided that the Board
of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such
meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for
the election of directors at the meeting. In the event the
Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose
of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such
stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be),
for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation's
notice of meeting, if the stockholder's notice required by paragraph
(A)(2) of this By-Law shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation at least 60 days but
no more than 90 days prior to such special meeting or the 10th day
following the day on which public announcement is first made of the
date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board
of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the
public announcement of an adjournment of a special meeting commence a
new time period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described
above.
C. General.
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(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and this By-
Law shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business
shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been
brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this By-Law. Whenever the language of a proposed resolution
is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders the
resolution may be adopted at such meeting with only such clarifying
or other amendments as do not enlarge its original purpose without
further notice to stockholders not present in person or by proxy.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation
or these By-Laws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power
and duty to determine whether any business proposed to be brought
before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-Law and, if any
proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with the
Certificate of Incorporation or this By-Law, to declare that such
defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.
(2) For purposes of this By-Law, "public announcement" shall mean
disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service,
Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document
publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this By-Law, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to
the matters set forth in this By-Law. Nothing in this By-Law shall
be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request
inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant
to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified
circumstances.
Section 11. Required Vote. Except as otherwise required by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, in all matters other than the election of
directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter
shall decide any question brought before a meeting of the stockholders at which
a quorum is present.
Section 12. Elections of Directors. Elections of directors shall be by ballot,
and, subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to
elect directors under specified circumstances, a plurality of the votes cast
thereat shall elect directors.
Section 13. Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls. The Board
of Directors by resolution shall appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector
or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other
capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or
representatives, to act at the meetings of stockholders and make a written
report thereof. One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors
to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has
been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the
Chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the
meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and
sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict
impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors
shall have the duties prescribed by law.
The Chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and
time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the
stockholders will vote at a meeting.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Section 1. General Powers. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by
the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2. Number. The number of the Directors of the Corporation shall be
fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation, except that the
minimum number of directors shall be fixed at no less than 15 and the maximum
number of directors shall be fixed at no more than 30. The directors shall be
divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each
class shall consist, as nearly equal in number as possible, of one-third of the
total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. At the
1986 annual meeting of stockholders, Class I directors shall be elected for a
one-year term, Class II directors for a two-year term and Class III directors
for a three-year term. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders
beginning in 1987, successors of the class of directors whose term expires at
that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of
directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the
classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal
as possible.
Section 3. Election and Term of Office. Except as otherwise provided in these
By-laws, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders.
Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of
directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even
though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director of any
class chosen to fill a vacancy in such class shall hold office for a term that
shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a
decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.
A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his
or her term expires and until such director's successor shall have been elected
and qualified.
Section 4. First Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of
Directors shall be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of
the stockholders for the purpose of the organization of the Board, the election
of officers, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
Section 5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be
held without notice at such times and at such places, within or without the
State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
Section 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called by the Chairman of the Board or the President. Such meetings shall be
held at such times and at such places, within or without the State of Delaware,
as shall be determined by the officer calling the meeting. Notice of any
special meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his business or
residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail or courier
service, telegram or facsimile transmission, or orally by telephone. If mailed
by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when
deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid,
at least two (2) days before such meeting. If by telegram, overnight mail or
courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the
telegram is delivered to the telegraph company or the notice is delivered to the
overnight mail or courier service company at least twenty-four (24) hours before
such meeting. If by facsimile transmission, such notice shall be deemed
adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least twelve (12) hours
before such meeting. Such notice need not state the purposes of the meeting.
Any or all directors may waive notice of any meeting, either before or after the
meeting. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except when the director attends for the express purpose
of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any
business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 7. Quorum, Required Vote, and Adjournment. The presence, at any
meeting, of a majority of the whole Board shall be necessary and sufficient to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise
required by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the vote of a
majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a
majority of the directors present at the time and place of any meeting may
adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum be present.
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Section 8. Consent of Directors in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any
committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the
Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the
writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or
committee.
Section 9. Participation in Meetings by Telephone. A member of the Board or
any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by
means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in
person at such meeting.
Section 10. Compensation. The Board of Directors may authorize the payment to
directors of a fixed fee and expenses for attendance at meetings of the Board or
any committee thereof, and annual fees for service as directors. No such
payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other
capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE IV
BOARD COMMITTEES
Section 1. Designation and Membership. The Board of Directors may designate
one or more regular and special committees, consisting of directors, officers or
other persons, which shall have and may exercise such powers and functions as
the Board may prescribe in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation; provided, however, that no committee shall have power or authority
in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or
recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the
Delaware General Corporation Law to be submitted to stockholders for approval or
(b) adopting, amending or repealing any By-Law of the Corporation. Such
committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same
to the Board of Directors when required. The Board of Directors may from time
to time suspend, alter, continue or terminate any such committee or the powers
and functions thereof. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or
disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or
disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such
member or members constitutes a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member
of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent
or disqualified member.
Section 2. Executive Committee. There shall be an Executive Committee, which,
during intervals between regular meetings of the Board of Directors and to the
extent permitted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws,
shall have and may exercise all the powers of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. Number, Election, Term of Office and Qualification. The number,
titles and duties of the officers shall be determined by the Board of Directors
from time to time, subject to the provisions of applicable law, the Certificate
of Incorporation, and these By-Laws. Each officer shall be elected in the
manner prescribed by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until such
officer's successor is elected and qualified or until such officer's death,
resignation or removal. The election of officers shall be held annually at the
first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of
stockholders, subject to the power of the Board of Directors to designate any
office at any time and elect any person thereto. The officers shall include a
Chairman of the Board and a President, and may include one or more Vice Chairmen
of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such
other officers as the Board of Directors may determine. The same person may
hold any two or more offices, and in any such case, these By-Laws shall be
construed and understood accordingly; provided that the same person may not hold
the offices of Chairman of the Board and Secretary or President and Secretary.
No officer other than the Chairman of the Board, President or Vice Chairman of
the Board need be a director of the Corporation.
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Section 2. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed at any time, with or
without cause, by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation
may be filled for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed by these By-Laws
for the regular election to such office.
Section 4. Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors shall designate one
of the officers to be the Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the direction and
under the supervision of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer
shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the
Corporation, and control over its officers, agents and employees.
Section 5. The Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the
proceedings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more
books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal
of the Corporation, and the Secretary, and any Assistant Secretary, shall have
authority to cause such seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it and
when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall, in general, perform all duties and
have all powers incident to the office of Secretary and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to the
Secretary by these By-Laws, by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive
Officer.
Section 6. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds
and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall cause
all moneys and other valuable effects to be deposited in the name and to the
credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board
of Directors. The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be
disbursed when such disbursements have been duly authorized, taking proper
vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer
and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all transactions
conducted by the Treasurer for the Corporation and of the financial condition of
the Corporation. The Treasurer shall, in general, perform all duties and have
all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to the
Treasurer by these By-Laws, by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive
Officer.
ARTICLE VI
FIXING RECORD DATE
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or
entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment
of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action,
the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be
more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor
more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed, the
record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the
close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held
and the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be
at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the
resolution relating thereto.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided,
however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
ARTICLE VII
EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS AND INSTRUMENTS
Section 1. Execution of Documents and Instruments Generally. Any officer of
the Corporation and such other
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persons as may be authorized by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or any
Vice Chairman of the Board from time to time are severally and respectively
authorized to execute documents and to take actions in the Corporation's name in
connection with transactions conducted in the ordinary course of the
Corporation's business. With respect to all other transactions, all documents,
instruments or writings of any nature shall be signed, executed, verified,
acknowledged and delivered by such officer or officers or such agent or agents
of the Corporation and in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to
time may determine.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All notes, drafts, acceptances, checks,
endorsements, and all evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation whatsoever,
shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the
Corporation and in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may
determine. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of
its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of
Directors from time to time may determine.
Section 3. Proxies and Consents. Proxies to vote and written consent with
respect to shares of stock of other corporations owned by or standing in the
name of the Corporation may be executed and delivered from time to time on
behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any
Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer of the Corporation, or by any
other person or persons duly authorized by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 1. Stock Certificates. The interest of every holder of stock in the
Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates signed by, or in
the name of the Corporation by the Chairman, President, Vice Chairman or a Vice
President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation
certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation and in such form
not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law as the
Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. If such certificate is
countersigned (1) by a transfer agent, whether or not a subsidiary of the
Corporation, other than the Corporation or its employee, or (2) by a registrar,
whether or not a subsidiary of the Corporation, other than the Corporation or
its employee, the signatures of the officers of the Corporation may be
facsimiles. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has
been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect
as if he were such officer at the date of issue.
Section 2. Transfer of Stock. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be
transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof
or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation
of the certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or
persons, with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer,
authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and
accompanied by all necessary stock transfer tax stamps. In that event it shall
be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction on its books.
Section 3. Rights of Corporation with Respect to Registered Owners. Prior to
the surrender to the Corporation of the certificates for shares of stock with a
request to record the transfer of such shares, the Corporation may treat the
registered owner as the person entitled to receive dividends, to vote, to
receive notifications, and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an
owner.
Section 4. Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board of Directors may make
such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issuance and
transfer of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation and may
appoint transfer agents or registrars or both, and may require all certificates
of stock to bear the signature of either or both. Nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit the Corporation or any subsidiary of it from acting as its
own transfer agent or registrar at any of its offices.
Section 5. Lost, Destroyed and Stolen Certificates. Where the owner of a
certificate for shares claims that such certificate has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate in place of the
original certificate if the owner satisfies such reasonable requirements,
including evidence of such loss, destruction, or wrongful taking, as may be
imposed by the Corporation, including but without limitation, the delivery to
the Corporation of an indemnity bond satisfactory to it.
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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Contract Right. The right to indemnification conferred in the
Certificate of Incorporation and this By-Law shall be a contract right and shall
include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such advances
to be paid by the Corporation within 20 days after the receipt by the
Corporation of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such
advance or advances from time to time; provided, however, that the payment of
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such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a
director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is
rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without
limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final
disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all
amounts so advanced unless it shall ultimately be determined that such director
or officer is entitled to be indemnified under this By-Law or otherwise.
Section 2. Submission of Claim. To obtain indemnification under this By-Law, a
claimant shall submit to the Corporation a written request, including therein or
therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the
claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the
claimant is entitled to indemnification. In the event the determination of
entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel (as
hereinafter defined) as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, the
Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors unless there
shall have occurred within two years prior to the date of the commencement of
the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is claimed a "Change of
Control" as defined in the Corporation's Stock Performance Plan, in which case
the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the claimant unless the claimant
shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors. If it is
so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to the
claimant shall be made within 10 days after such determination.
Section 3. Unpaid Claim. If a claim under Section 1 of this By-Law is not paid
in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a written claim pursuant to
Section 2 of this By-Law has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may
at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid
amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall
be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be
a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim
for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been
tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of
conduct which makes it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed. It shall also be a defense if indemnification is not permissible under
applicable banking statutes or regulations. The burden of proving any such
defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) to have
made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) that the
claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to
the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable
standard of conduct.
Section 4. Binding Determination. If a determination shall have been made
pursuant to Section 2 of this By-Law that the claimant is entitled to
indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in any
judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 3 of this By-Law.
Section 5. Binding Effect on Corporation. The Corporation shall be precluded
from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Section 3 of
this By-Law that the procedures and presumptions of this By-Law are not valid,
binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the
Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this By-Law.
Section 6. Non-exclusivity. The right to indemnification and the payment of
expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition
conferred in this By-Law shall not be exclusive of any other right which
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any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or
Disinterested Directors or otherwise. No repeal or modification of this By-Law
shall in any way diminish or adversely affect the rights of any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any
occurrence or matter arising prior to any such repeal or modification.
Section 7. Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized
from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification,
and rights to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any employee or agent of the
Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this By-Law with respect
to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of
the Corporation.
Section 8. Validity. If any provision or provisions of this By-Law shall be
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this By-Law
(including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this By-Law
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that
is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the
provisions of this By-Law (including, without limitation, each such portion of
any Section of this By-Law containing any such provision held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent
manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
Section 9. Definitions. For purposes of this By-Law:
A. "Disinterested Director" means a director of the Corporation who is
not and was not a party to the matter in respect of which
indemnification is sought by the claimant.
B. "Independent Counsel" means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an
independent practitioner, that is experienced in matters of
corporation law and shall include any person who, under the
applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would
not have a conflict of interest in representing either the
Corporation or the claimant in an action to determine the claimant's
rights under this By-Law.
Section 10. Notice. Any notice, request or other communication required or
permitted to be given to the Corporation under this By-Law shall be in writing
and either delivered in person or sent by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight
mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be
effective only upon receipt by the Secretary.
ARTICLE X
SEAL
The corporate seal, subject to alteration by the Board of Directors, shall be in
the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and the year of
its incorporation and shall indicate its formation under the laws of the State
of Delaware. Such seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
ARTICLE XI
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year except as
otherwise provided by the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS
The By-Laws of the Corporation may be amended or repealed, or new By-Laws not
inconsistent with law or any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, may be made and adopted by a majority vote of the whole Board of
Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board.
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[Letterhead of First Chicago NBD Corporation]
Exhibit 5(a) and 23(a)
September 26, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: First Chicago NBD Corporation
Form S-3 Registration Statement
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of First
Chicago NBD Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and in such
capacity, I, or members of my staff subject to my supervision, have represented
the Company in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3
concurrently being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Registration Statement") relating to (i) debt securities which may be either
senior (the "Senior Securities") or subordinated (the "Subordinated Securities")
(collectively, the "Debt Securities"), either of which may be convertible or
exchangeable into the Company's common stock, $1 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), the Company's preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock"), other
Debt Securities, Debt Warrants (as defined herein), Preferred Stock Warrants (as
defined herein) or Common Stock Warrants (as defined herein), (ii) warrants to
purchase Debt Securities (the "Debt Warrants"), (iii) currency warrants (the
"Currency Warrants"), (iv) stock-index warrants (the "Stock-Index Warrants"),
(v) warrants relating to other indices (the "Other Warrants"), (vi) shares of
Preferred Stock which may be convertible into shares of Common Stock or
exchangeable for Debt Securities, (vii) shares of Preferred Stock represented by
depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares"), (viii) warrants to purchase shares
of Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock Warrants"), and (ix) warrants to
purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock Warrants"). The Debt
Warrants, Currency Warrants, Stock-Index Warrants, Other Warrants, Preferred
Stock Warrants and Common Stock Warrants are referred to herein collectively as
the "Warrants"; the Debt Securities, Warrants, shares of Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares and shares of Common Stock are referred to herein collectively
as the "Offered Securities".
The Offered Securities will be sold or delivered from time to time as set
forth in the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus
contained therein (the
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CONTINUING OUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
SHEET NO. 2
"Prospectus") and supplements to the Prospectus (the "Prospectus Supplement").
The Senior Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of October 1,
1997, between the Company and, First Security Bank, National Association, as
trustee, (the "Senior Indenture"). The Subordinated Securities will be issued
under an Indenture dated as of October 1, 1997, between the Company and First
Trust National Association (the "Subordinated Indenture"). The Senior Indenture
and Subordinated Indenture are exhibits to the Registration Statement.
I have reviewed such corporate records and other documents and have made
such further examinations and inquiries as I have deemed necessary to enable me
to express the opinions set forth herein.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations
stated herein, it is my opinion that:
(i) upon the issuance, authentication and delivery of the Debt
Securities in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Senior
Indenture or Subordinated Indenture, as the case may be, against payment
therefor, the Debt Securities will constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms
subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of
equity;
(ii) upon the due execution of the debt warrant agreement and the
issuance, authentication and delivery of the Debt Warrants in accordance
with the provisions of such debt warrant agreement against payment
therefor, the Debt Warrants will constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms
subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of
equity;
(iii) upon the due execution of the currency warrant agreement and the
issuance, authentication and delivery of the Currency Warrants in
accordance with the provisions of such currency warrant agreement against
payment therefor, the Currency Warrants will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their
terms subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of
equity;
(iv) upon the due execution of the stock-index warrant agreement and
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CONTINUING OUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
SHEET NO. 3
the issuance, authentication and delivery of the Stock-Index Warrants in
accordance with the provisions of such stock-index warrant agreement
against payment therefor, the Stock-Index Warrants will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity;
(v) upon the due execution of the warrant agreement and the issuance,
authentication and delivery of the Other Warrants in accordance with the
provisions of such warrant agreement against payment therefor, the Other
Warrants will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company enforceable in accordance with their terms subject, as to
enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally
from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity;
(vi) upon the due execution of the preferred stock warrant agreement
and the issuance, authentication and delivery of the Preferred Stock
Warrants in accordance with the provisions of such preferred stock warrant
agreement against payment therefor, the Preferred Stock Warrants will
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable
in accordance with their terms subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to
general principles of equity;
(vii) upon the due execution of the common stock warrant agreement and
the issuance, authentication and delivery of the Common Stock Warrants in
accordance with the provisions of such common stock warrant agreement
against payment therefor, the Common Stock Warrants will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity;
(viii) upon designation of the preferences and relative, participating,
optional and other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of the Preferred Stock by the Company's Board of Directors or
by a duly authorized committee thereof, and thereafter upon proper filing
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of
Designations relating to the Preferred Stock and when such shares of
Preferred Stock are issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration
Statement and in accordance with their respective terms, such shares of
Preferred Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable;
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CONTINUING OUR LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 26, 1997
SHEET NO. 4
(ix) when the deposit agreement relating to the issuance of the
Depositary Shares has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and the applicable depositary, the depositary receipts evidencing
the Depositary Shares have been duly executed and delivered by the
applicable depositary and duly countersigned by a registrar and the
depositary pursuant to the terms of the Deposit Agreement as contemplated
in the Registration Statement, the Depositary Shares will be legally
issued, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits of the deposit agreement; and
(x) when issued in accordance with their respective terms and the terms
of the Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Common Stock Warrants which are
convertible, exchangeable or exercisable, as the case may be, into such
shares of Common Stock, the shares of the Common Stock will be legally
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
I am a member of the Bar of the State of Illinois, and I do not express any
opinion herein concerning any law other than the law of the State of Illinois,
the federal law of the United States and the Delaware General Corporation Law.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of my name whenever it appears in such
Registration Statement, including the Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement
constituting a part hereof, as originally filed or as subsequently amended.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sherman I. Goldberg
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Exhibit 12
STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIOS
The ratios of earnings to fixed charges for First Chicago NBD Corporation
have been computed on the basis of the total enterprise (as defined by the
Securities and Exchange Commission) by dividing earnings before fixed charges
and income taxes by fixed charges. Fixed charges consist principally of
interest expense on all long-term and short-term borrowings, excluding or
including interest on deposits as indicated.
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Exhibit 23(b)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To First Chicago NBD Corporation:
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated January 15, 1997,
on the consolidated financial statements of First Chicago NBD Corporation
included in the Form 10-K of First Chicago NBD Corporation for the year ended
December 31, 1996 and to the reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts"
included in this Registration Statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Chicago, Illinois,
September 26, 1997
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Verne G. Istock, Thomas H. Jeffs II, Scott P. Marks,
Jr., David J. Vitale, Sherman I. Goldberg, Robert A. Rosholt and M. Eileen
Kennedy, jointly and severally, his attorney-in-fact, each with power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities to sign a Registration Statement
on Form S-3 relating to debt obligations of, warrants, options, rights and
preferred stock of First Chicago NBD Corporation (the "Corporation") to be
issued pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation on July 11, 1997, and any amendments thereto (including any post-
effective amendments) and any subsequent registration statement filed by the
Corporation pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature Title
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Director
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Terence E. Adderley
/s/ James K. Baker Director
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James K. Baker
/s/ John H. Bryan Director
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John H. Bryan
Director
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Siegfried Buschmann
/s/ James S. Crown Director
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James S. Crown
Director
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Maureen A. Fay, O. P.
Director
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Charles T. Fisher III
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/s/ Verne G. Istock Director and Principal
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Verne G. Istock
/s/ Thomas H. Jeffs II Director
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Thomas H. Jeffs II
Director
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William G. Lowrie
/s/ Richard A. Manoogian Director
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Richard A. Manoogian
/s/ Scott P. Marks, Jr. Director
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Scott P. Marks, Jr.
/s/ Andrew J. McKenna Director
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Andrew J. McKenna
Director
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William T. McCormick, Jr.
/s/ Earl L. Neal Director
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Earl L. Neal
/s/ James J. O'Connor Director
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James J. O'Connor
/s/ Thomas E. Reilly, Jr. Director
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Thomas E. Reilly, Jr.
Director
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Adele Simmons
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/s/ Richard L. Thomas Director
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Richard L. Thomas
/s/ David J. Vitale Director
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David J. Vitale
/s/ William J. Roberts Principal Accounting Officer
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William J. Roberts
/s/ Robert A. Rosholt Principal Financial Officer
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Robert A. Rosholt
Dated: July 11, 1997
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Exhibit 25(a)
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
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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)
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NOT APPLICABLE 87-0131890
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
if not a U.S. national bank) Identification No.)
79 SOUTH MAIN STREET 84111
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
First Chicago NBD Corporation
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 38-1984850
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
One First National Plaza
Chicago, Illinois 60670
(Zip Code)
(Address or principal executive offices)
Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the Indenture Securities)
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Item 1. General Information. Furnish the following information as to the
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trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to
which it is subject.
Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C. 20230; Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94120; Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C. 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust
powers.
The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Item 2. Affiliations With The Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the
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trustee, describe each such affiliation.
Neither the obligor nor any underwriter for the obligor is an
affiliate of the Trustee.
Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as part of this
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statement of eligibility and qualification.
Exhibit 1: copy of the articles of association as now in effect
Exhibit 2: certificate of authority to commence business including a
certificate of the Comptroller of the Currency evidencing
the change of the Trustee's name
Exhibit 3: copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise
corporate trust powers
Exhibit 4: copy of the bylaws of the trustee
Exhibit 5: Not applicable
Exhibit 6: Not applicable
Exhibit 7: A copy of the latest report published pursuant to law or
its supervising or examining authority
Exhibit 8: Not applicable
Exhibit 9: Not applicable
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, the trustee, First Security Bank, National Association, a national
banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States,
has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunder duly authorized, all in the City of
Salt Lake City, and State of Utah, on the 26th of September, 1997.
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee
By:/s/ Nancy M. Dahl
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Nancy M. Dahl
Vice President
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EXHIBIT 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
FIRST SECURITY BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(As Amended)
FIRST. The title of this Association, which shall carry on the business
of banking under the laws of the United States, shall be "First Security Bank,
National Association."
SECOND. The place where the main banking house or office of this
Association shall be located shall be Ogden, County of Weber, State of Utah. Its
general business and its operations of discount and deposit shall also be
carried on in said city, and the branch or branches established or maintained by
it in accordance with the provisions of Section 36 of Title 12, United States
Code. The Board of Directors shall the power to change the location of the main
office of this Association (i) to any other authorized branch location within
the limits of Ogden, Utah, without the approval of the shareholders of this
Association and upon notice to the Comptroller of the Currency or, (ii) to any
other place within Ogden, Utah, or within thirty (30) miles of Ogden, Utah, with
the approval of the shareholders and the Comptroller of the Currency. The Board
of Directors shall have the power to change the location of any branch or
branches of this Association to any other location, without the approval of the
shareholders of this Association but subject to the approval of the Comptroller
of the Currency.
THIRD. The Board of Directors of the consolidated association shall
consist of not less than five (5) nor more than twenty-five (25) of its
shareholders.
FOURTH. There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders the purpose
of which shall be the election of Directors and the transaction of whatever
other business may be brought before said meeting. It shall be held at the main
office of the Bank or other convenient place as the Board of Directors may
designate, on the third Monday of March of each year, but if no election is held
on that day, it may be held on any subsequent day according to such lawful rules
as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Nominations for election to the
Board of Directors may be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder
of any outstanding class of capital stock of the Bank entitled to vote for
election of directors. Nominations, other than those made by or on behalf of the
existing management of the Bank, shall be made in writing and shall be delivered
or mailed to the President of the Bank and to the Comptroller of the Currency,
Washington, D.C., not less than 14 days nor more than 50 days prior to any
meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors, provided, however,
that if less than 21 days notice of the meeting is given to shareholders, such
nomination shall be mailed or delivered to the President of the Bank and to the
Comptroller of the Currency not later than the close of business on the seventh
day following the day on which the notice of meeting was mailed. Such
notification shall contain the following information to the extent known to the
notifying shareholder: (a) the name and address of each proposed nominee; (b)
the principal occupation of each proposed nominee; (c) the total number of
shares of capital stock of the Bank that will be voted for each proposed
nominee; (d) the name and residence address of the notifying shareholder; and
(e) the number of shares of capital stock of the Bank owned by the notifying
shareholder. Nominations not made in accordance herewith may, in his discretion,
be disregarded by the Chairman of the meeting, and upon his instructions, the
voting inspectors may disregard all votes cast for each such nominee.
FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of this Association shall
be One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00), divided into 4,000,000 shares
of common stock of the par value of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) each; provided,
however, that said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to
time, in accordance with the provision of the laws of the United States. The
shareholders of this Association shall not have any pre-emptive rights to
acquire unissued shares of this Association.
SIXTH. (1) The Board of Directors shall appoint one of its members
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President of this Association. It may also appoint a Chairman of the Board, and
one or more Vice Chairman. The Board of Directors shall have the power to
appoint one or more Vice Presidents, at least one of whom shall also be a member
of the Board of Directors, and who shall be authorized, in the absence of the
President, to perform all acts and duties pertaining to the office of the
President; to appoint a Cashier and such other officers and employees as may be
required to transact the business of this Association; to fix the salaries to be
paid to such officers or employees and appoint others to take their place.
(2) The Board of Directors shall have the power to define the duties of
officers and employees of this Association and to require adequate bonds from
them for the faithful performance of their duties; to make all By-Laws that may
be lawful for the general regulation of the business of this Association and the
management of its affairs, and generally to do and perform all acts that may be
lawful for a Board of Directors to do and perform.
(3) Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Association) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Association or is or was serving at
the request of the Association as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate or other
enterprise or was acting in furtherance of the Association's business shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Association; provided, however, no indemnification shall be given to a person
adjudged guilty of, or liable for, willful misconduct, gross neglect of duty, or
criminal acts or where there is a final order assessing civil money penalties or
requiring affirmative action by such person in the form of payments to the
Association. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement, or its equivalent, shall not of itself, create a presumption
that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Association.
(4) Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right
of the Association (such action or suit being known as a "derivative
proceeding") to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Association or is or was
serving at the request of the Association as a director, officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
estate or other enterprise shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the
defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Association; provided, however, that no indemnification shall be given where
there is a final order assessing civil money penalties or requiring affirmative
action by such person in the form of payments to the Association; and provided
further that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Association,
unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall
deem proper.
(5) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in (3) or (4) of this Article or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith.
(6) Any indemnification under (3) or (4) of this Article (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the Association only as authorized in the
specific case upon a reasonable determination that indemnification of the
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in (3) or (4) of this
Article. Such
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determination shall be made (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, or (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in
written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders.
(7) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the Association in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the manner
provided in (6) of this Article (i) if the Board of Directors determines, in
writing, that (1) the director, officer, employee or agent has a substantial
likelihood or prevailing on the merits; (2) in the event the director, officer,
employee or agent does not prevail, he or she will have the financial capability
or reimburse the Association; and (3) payment of expenses by the Association
will not adversely affect its safety and soundness; and (ii) upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay
such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be
indemnified by the Association as authorized in this Article.
(8) The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled
under any By-Law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office and shall continue as to a person who
has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, successors in interest, and administrators of
such a person.
SEVENTH. This Association shall have succession from the date of its
organization certificate until such time as it be dissolved by the act of its
shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the banking laws of the United
States, or until its franchise becomes forfeited by reason of violation of law,
or until terminated by either a general or a special act of Congress, or until
its affairs be placed in the hands of a receiver and finally wound up by him.
EIGHTH. The Board of Directors of this Association, or any three or more
shareholders owning, in the aggregate, not less than ten per centum of the stock
of this Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time:
Provided, however, that unless otherwise provided by law, not less than ten days
prior to the date fixed for any such meeting, a notice of the time, place and
purpose of the meeting shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all shareholders of record of this Association. These Articles of Association
may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the Shareholders by the
affirmative vote of the shareholders owning at least a majority of the stock of
this Association, subject to the provisions of the banking laws of the United
States. The notice of any shareholders' meeting, at which an amendment to the
Articles of Association of this Association is to be considered shall be given
as hereinabove set forth.
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EXHIBIT 2
CERTIFICATE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT )
Office of ) ss:
Comptroller of the Currency )
I, Thomas G. DeShazo, Deputy Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify
that:
Pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq., as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1, et seq., the
Comptroller of the Currency charters and exercises regulatory and supervisory
authority over all national banking associations;
On December 9, 1881, The First National Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah was chartered
as a National Banking Association under the laws of the United States and under
Charter No. 2597;
The document hereto attached is a true and complete copy of the Comptroller
Certificate issued to The First National Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah, the
original of which certificate was issued by this Office on December 9, 1881;
On October 2, 1922, in connection with a consolidation of The First Bank of
Ogden, Ogden, Utah, and The Utah National Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah, the title
was charged to "The First & Utah National Bank of Ogden"; on January 18, 1923,
The First & Utah National Bank of Ogden changed its title to "First Utah
National Bank of Ogden"; on January 19, 1926, the title was changed to "First
National Bank of Ogden"; and on February 24, 1934, the title was changed to
"First Security Bank of Utah, National Association"; and
First Security Bank of Utah, National Association, Ogden, Utah, continues to
hold a valid certificate to do business as a National Banking Association.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto subscribed my name and
caused the seal of Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency to be
affixed to these presents at the
Treasury Department, in the City of
Washington and District of Columbia,
this fourth day of April, A.D. 1972.
Thomas G. DeShazo
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Deputy Comptroller of the Currency
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Comptroller of the Currency,
Washington, December 9th, 1881
WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned it has been
made to appear that "The First National Bank of Ogden" in Ogden City in
the County of Weber, and Territory of Utah has complied with all the
provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United States, required to be
complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the
business of Banking.
Now, therefore, I, John Jay Knox, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby
certify that "The First National Bank of Ogden" in Ogden City in the
County of Weber, and Territory of Utah is authorized to commence the
business of Banking, as provided in Section Fifty-one hundred and sixty-
nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and
seal of office this 9th day of December,
1881.
John Jay Knox
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Comptroller of the Currency
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EXHIBIT 3
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON, D.C.
I, S.R. Carpenter, Assistant Secretary of the Federal Reserve Board, do hereby
certify that it appears from the records of the Federal Reserve Board that:
(1) Pursuant to authority vested in the Federal Reserve Board by an Act
of Congress approved December 23, 1913, known as the Federal Reserve Act, as
amended, the Federal Reserve Board has heretofore granted to the First National
Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah, the right to act when not in contravention of State
or local law, as trustee, executor, administrator, registrar of stocks and
bonds, guardian of estates, assignee, receiver, committee of estates of
lunatics, or in any other fiduciary capacity in which State banks, trust
companies or other corporations which come into competition with national banks
are permitted to act under the laws of the State of Utah;
(2) On February 24, 1934, the First National Bank of Ogden, Ogden,
Utah, changed its title to First Security Bank of Utah, National Association,
under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved May 1, 1886, whereby all of
the rights, liabilities and powers of such national bank under its old name
devolved upon and inured to the bank under its new name; and
(3) Pursuant to the permission heretofore granted by the Federal
Reserve Board to the First National Bank of Ogden, Ogden, Utah, as aforesaid,
and by virtue of the change in the title of such bank, the First Security Bank
of Utah, National Association has authority to act, when not in contravention of
State or local law, as trustee, executor, administrator, registrar of stocks and
bonds, guardian of estates of lunatics, or in any other fiduciary capacity in
which State banks, trust companies or other corporations which come into
competition with national banks are permitted to act under the laws of the State
of Utah, subject to regulations prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused
the seal
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of the Federal Reserve Board to be affixed at the City of Washington, in the
District of Columbia, on the 1st day of March, 1934.
S.R. Carpenter
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Assistant Secretary, Federal Reserve Board.
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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON
ADDRESS OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE TO
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
March 1, 1934.
First Security Bank of Utah, National Association,
Ogden, Utah.
Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to the change in the name of the First National Bank of
Ogden, Ogden, Utah, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of May 1, 1886, to
First Security Bank of Utah, National Association, and there is enclosed a
certificate issued by the Federal Reserve Board showing the trust powers
heretofore granted to the bank under its former name and that it is authorized
to exercise such powers under its new name.
Very truly yours,
S.R. Carpenter
S.R. Carpenter,
Assistant Secretary.
Enclosure
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[GRAPHIC APPEARS HERE]
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Comptroller of the Currency
Administrator of National Banks
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Licensing Unit (Applications)
50 Fremont Street, Suite 3900
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 545-5900, FAX (415) 545-5925
June 20, 1996
Board of Directors
First Security Bank of Utah, N.A.
c/o First Security Corporation
Attn: Brad D. Hardy, EVP
Post Office Box 30006
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130
Re: Merger - First Security Bank of Idaho, N.A., Boise, Idaho into First
Security Bank of Utah, N.A., Ogden, Utah, under the title of First
Security Bank, N.A., Ogden, Utah. Control No: 96-WE-02-010
Dear Members of the Board:
This letter is the official certification of the Comptroller of the Currency to
merge First Security Bank of Idaho, National Association, Boise, Idaho into
First Security Bank of Utah, National Association, Ogden, Utah, effective as of
June 21, 1996. The resulting bank title is First Security Bank, National
Association and charter number is 2597.
This is also the official authorization given to First Security Bank, National
Association to operate the branches of the target institution and to operate the
main office of the target institution as a branch. Branches of a national bank
target are not listed since they are automatically carried over to the resulting
bank and retain their current OCC branch numbers.
Please be advised that the Charter Certificate for the merged bank, First
Security Bank of Idaho, National Association, must be returned to the Western
District Office for cancellation.
Very truly yours,
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Robert G. Tornborg
Robert G. Tornborg
Acting Director of Bank Supervision - Compliance and Analysis
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EXHIBIT 4
BY-LAWS OF THE
FIRST SECURITY BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Organized under the National Banking laws of the United States.
MEETINGS
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SECTION 1. Unless otherwise provided by the articles of association a notice of
each shareholder's meeting, setting forth clearly the time, place and purpose of
the meeting, shall be given, by mail, to each shareholder of record of this bank
at lease 10 days prior to the date of such meeting. Any failure to mail such
notice or any irregularity therein, shall not affect the validity of such
meeting or of any of the proceedings thereat.
SECTION 2. A record shall be made of the shareholders represented in person and
by proxy, after which the shareholders shall proceed to the transaction of any
business that may properly come before the meeting. A record of the
shareholder's meeting, giving the names of the shareholders present and the
number of shares of stock held by each, the names of the shareholders
represented by proxy and the number of shares held by each, and the names of the
proxies, shall be entered in the records of the meeting in the minute book of
the bank. This record shall show the names of the shareholders and the number of
shares voted for each resolution or voted for each candidate for director.
Proxies shall be secured for the annual meeting alone, shall be dated, and shall
be filed with the records of the meeting. No officer, director, employee, or
attorney for the bank may act as proxy.
The chairman or Secretary of the meeting shall notify the directors-elect of
their election and of the time at which they are required to meet at the banking
house for the purpose of organizing the new board. At the appointed time, which
as closely as possible shall follow their election, the directors-elect shall
convene and organize.
The president or cashier shall then forward to the office of the Comptroller of
the Currency a letter stating that a meeting of the shareholders was held in
accordance with these by-laws, stating the number of shares represented in
person and the number of shares represented by proxy, together with a list of
the directors elected and the report of the appointment and signatures of
officers.
OFFICERS
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SECTION 3. Each officer and employee of this bank shall be responsible for all
such moneys, funds, valuables, and property of every kind as may be entrusted to
his care or otherwise come into his possession, and shall faithfully and
honestly discharge his duties and apply and account for all such moneys, funds,
valuables and other property that may come into his hands as such officer or
employee and pay over and deliver the same to the order of the Board of
Directors or to such person or persons as may be authorized to demand and
receive same.
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SECTION 4. If the Board of Directors shall not require separate bonds, it shall
require a blanket bond in an amount deemed by it to be sufficient.
SECTION 5. The following is an impression of the seal adopted by the Board of
Directors of this bank: (Here in the original resolution was imprinted the
Association's seal).
SECTION 6. The various branches of this bank shall be open for business during
such hours as shall be customary in the vicinity, or as shall be fixed, as to
any branch, by the clearing house association of which such branch shall be a
member.
SECTION 7. The regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held on the
first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of each month. When any regular meeting
of the board of directors falls upon a holiday, the meeting shall be held on
such other day as the board may previously designate. Special meetings may be
called by the president, any vice-president, the secretary or the cashier, or at
the request of three or more directors.
MINUTE BOOK
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SECTION 8. The organization papers of this bank, the returns of the elections,
the proceedings of all regular and special meetings of the directors and of the
shareholders, the by-laws and any amendments thereto, and reports of the
committees of directors shall be recorded in the minute book; and the minutes of
each meeting shall be signed by the chairman and attest by the secretary of the
meeting.
TRANSFERS OF STOCK
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SECTION 9. The stock of this bank shall be assignable and transferable only on
the books of this bank, subject to the restrictions and provisions of the
national banking laws; and a transfer book shall be provided in which all
assignments and transfers of stock shall be made.
SECTION 10. Certificates of stock, signed by the president or vice-president,
and the secretary or the cashier or any assistant cashier, may be issued to
shareholders, and when stock is transferred the certificates thereof shall be
returned to the association, cancelled, preserved, and new certificates issued.
Certificates of stock shall state upon the face thereof that the stock is
transferable only upon the books of the association, and shall meet the
requirements of section 5139, United States Revised Statutes, as amended.
EXPENSES
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SECTION 11. All the current expenses of the bank shall be paid by the cashier,
except that the current expenses of each branch shall be paid by the manager
thereof; and such officer shall, every six months, or more often if required,
make to the board a report thereof.
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EXAMINATIONS
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SECTION 12. There shall be appointed by the board of directors a committee of
three members, exclusive of the active officers of the bank, whose duty it shall
be to examine, at least once in each period of eighteen months, the affairs of
each branch as well as the head office of the association, count its cash, and
compare its assets and liabilities with the accounts of the general ledgers,
ascertain whether the accounts are correctly kept and that the condition of the
bank corresponds therewith, and whether the bank is in a sound and solvent
condition, and to recommend to the board such changes in the manner of doing
business, etc., as shall seem to be desirable, the result of which examination
shall be reported in writing to the board at the next regular meeting
thereafter, provided that the appointment of such committee and the examinations
by it may be dispensed with if the board shall cause such examination to be made
and reported to the board by accountants approved by it.
CHANGES IN BY-LAWS
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SECTION 13. These by-laws may be changed or amended by the vote of a majority of
the directors at any regular or special meeting of the board, provided, however,
that the directors shall have been given 10 days notice of the intention to
change or offer an amended thereto.
REPEAL
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SECTION 14. All by-laws heretofore adopted are repealed.
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
First Security Bank, N.A. EXHIBIT 7 Call Date: 03/31/97 ST-BC:49-0290 FFIEC 031
P.O. BOX 30011 PAGE RT- 10
Salt Lake City, UT 84130 VENDOR ID: D Cert: 13718
12
Transit Number: 12400001 Transmitted to EDS as 0042861 on 4/30/97 at 19:02:11 CST
</TABLE>
Schedule RC - Continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts in Thousands
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
LIABILITIES
13. Deposits: RCON
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of ----
columns A and C from Schedule RC-E, part I)______________________________________2200. . 7,079,084 13.a
RCON
----
(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)___________________6631. . 1,582,595 . . . . . . . 13.a.1
(2) Interest-bearing__________________________6636. . 5,496,489 . . . . . . . 13.a.2
RCFN
----
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFS (from
Schedule RC-E, part II)__________________________________________________________2200 51,656 13.b
RCFN
----
(1) Noninterest-bearing_______________________6631. . 0 . . . . . . . 13.b.1
(2) Interest-bearing__________________________6636. . 51,656 . . . . . . . 13.b.2
RCFD
----
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase__________2000. . 1,987,674 14.
RCDU
----
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury_________________________________________2810. . 20,244 15.a
RCFD
----
b. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-E)_________________________________________3548. . 150 15.b
16. Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under
capitalized leases):
a. With a remaining maturity of one year or less____________________________________2332. . 552,757 16.a
b. With a remaining maturity of more than one year__________________________________2333. . 353,202 16.b
17. Not applicable.
18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding____________________________2920. . 803 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures (2)_______________________________________________3200. . 45,000 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-0)______________________________________________2930. . 362,343 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)______________________________________2908. . 10,452,893 21.
22. Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
RCFD
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23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus_______________________________________3832. . 0 23.
24. Common stock________________________________________________________________________3230. . 59,270 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)____________________________3839. . 285,944 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves___________________________________________3632. . 590,530 26.a
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities___________3434. . ( 14,857) 26.b
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments_________________________________3284. . 0 27.
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27)___________________________________3270. . 920,887 28.
29. Total liabilities, limited life preferred stock, and equity capital (sum of
items 21 and 28)____________________________________________________________________3300. . 11,373,780 29.
Memorandum
To be reported only with the March Report of Condition.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes
the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent RCFD Number
---- ------
external auditors as of any date during 1996________________________________________6726. . 2 M.1
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1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified public
accounting firm which submits a report on the consolidated holding company
(but not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards by a certified public accounting firm (may be
required by state chartering authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other external auditors (may
be required by state chartering authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited life preferred stock and related surplus.
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First Security Bank, N.A. EXHIBIT 7 Call Date: 03/31/97 ST-SK: 49-0290 FFIEC 031
P.O. Box 30011 Page R1-9
Salt Lake City, UT 84130 Vendor ID: D CSRT: 13718
11
Transit Number: 12400001 Transmitted to EDS as 0042881 on 05/30/97 at 19:02:11 CSR
</TABLE>
Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and
State-Chartered Savings Banks for March 31, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
Schedule RC - Balance Sheet
Dollar Amounts in Thousands
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<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A) RCFD
----
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin (1)___________________________0081.. 655,052 1.a
b. Interest-bearing balances (2)____________________________________________________0071.. 67 1.b
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)_______________________1794.. 0 2.a
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)_____________________1778.. 2,180,112 2.b
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell______________1350.. 65,178 3
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, not of unearned income RCFD
----
(from Schedule RC-C)____________________________2122.. 7,516,685 . . . . . . 4.a
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses_______3123.. 99,148 . . . . . . 4.b
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve___________3128.. 0 . . . . . . 4.c
d. Loans and leases, not of unearned income,
allowance, and reserve (item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)______________________________2125.. 7,417,537 4.d
5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)_________________________________________________3545.. 368,486 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)____________________________2145.. 174,816 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-N)________________________________________2150.. 825 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from
Schedule RC-M)______________________________________________________________________2130.. 0 8.
9. Customers liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding_________________________2155.. 803 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-N)______________________________________________2143.. 157,257 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)___________________________________________________2160.. 332,647 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)____________________________________________2170.. 11,373,780 12.
</TABLE>
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and imposed debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
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Exhibit 25(b)
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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
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 105(b)(2)
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FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact Name of Trustee as Specified in the Charter)
36-4046888
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
111 E. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 3000
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
(Address of Principal Executive Officer) (Zip Code)
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MARTHA SANDERS
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
111 E. WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 3000
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
TELEPHONE: (312) 228-9452
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
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FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORP.
(Exact Name of Obligor as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE 38-1984850
(State or other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
One First National Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois 60670
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of Indenture Securities)
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<PAGE>
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.
Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C.
(B) Whether it is authorized to exercise Corporate Trust Powers.
Yes.
ITEM 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
APPLICATION.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.
ITEM 3. VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE.
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO EACH CLASS OF VOTING SECURITIES
OF THE TRUSTEE:
As of September 26, 1997
Col. A Col. B
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Amount
Title of Class Outstanding
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Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 4. TRUSTEESHIPS UNDER OTHER INDENTURES.
IF THE TRUSTEE IS A TRUSTEE UNDER ANOTHER INDENTURE UNDER WHICH ANY
OTHER SECURITIES, OR CERTIFICATES OF INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY OTHER
SECURITIES, OF THE OBLIGOR ARE OUTSTANDING, FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(A) Title of the Securities outstanding under each such other
Indenture.
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
(B) A brief statement of the facts relied upon as a basis for the
claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of
the Act arises as a result of the Trusteeship under any such other Indenture,
including a statement as to how the Indenture Securities will rank as compared
with the Securities issued under such other Indenture.
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
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ITEM 5. INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES AND SIMILAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OBLIGOR
OR UNDERWRITERS.
IF THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THE DIRECTORS OR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE
TRUSTEE IS A DIRECTOR, OFFICER, PARTNER, EMPLOYEE, APPOINTEE, OR REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE OBLIGOR OR OF ANY UNDERWRITER FOR THE OBLIGOR, IDENTIFY EACH SUCH PERSON
HAVING ANY SUCH CONNECTION AND STATE THE NATURE OF EACH SUCH CONNECTION.
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 6. VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE OWNED BY THE OBLIGOR OR ITS OFFICIALS.
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE
TRUSTEE OWNED BENEFICIALLY BY THE OBLIGOR AND EACH DIRECTOR, PARTNER AND
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE OBLIGOR.
As of September 26, 1997
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
- ------------------ -------- ------------ ----------------------
Percentage of Voting
Amount Securities Represented
Title of Owned by Amount Given on
Name of Owner Class Beneficially Col. C
- ------------------ -------- ------------ ----------------------
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 7. VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE OWNED BY UNDERWRITERS OR THEIR
OFFICIALS.
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE
TRUSTEE OWNED BENEFICIALLY BY EACH UNDERWRITER FOR THE OBLIGOR AND EACH
DIRECTOR, PARTNER, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF EACH SUCH UNDERWRITER.
As of September 26, 1997
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
- ------------------ -------- ------------ ----------------------
Percentage of Voting
Amount Securities Represented
Title of Owned by Amount Given on
Name of Owner Class Beneficially Col. C
- ------------------ -------- ------------ ----------------------
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
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ITEM 8. SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE.
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR OWNED
BENEFICIALLY OR HELD AS COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS IN DEFAULT BY THE
TRUSTEE:
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As of September 26, 1997
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
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Whether
the
Securities
are Amount owned Beneficially
Voting or or Held as Collateral Percent of Class
Nonvoting Security for Obligations Represented by Amount
Title of Class Securities in Default Given in Col. C
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Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 9. SECURITIES OF UNDERWRITERS OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE.
IF THE TRUSTEE OWNS BENEFICIALLY OR HOLDS AS COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR
OBLIGATIONS IN DEFAULT ANY SECURITIES OF AN UNDERWRITER FOR THE OBLIGOR, FURNISH
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES OF SUCH UNDERWRITER
ANY OF WHICH ARE SO OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE.
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As of September 26, 1997
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
- --------------------------------- ------------ ------------------------- ------------------------
Amount owned
Beneficially or Held Percent of Class
as Collateral Security Represented by
Amount for Obligations in Amount Given
Name of Source and Title of Class Outstanding Default by Trustee in Col. C
- --------------------------------- ------------ ------------------------- ------------------------
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Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 10. OWNERSHIP OR HOLDINGS BY THE TRUSTEE OF VOTING SECURITIES OF CERTAIN
AFFILIATES OR SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE OBLIGOR.
IF THE TRUSTEE OWNS BENEFICIALLY OR HOLDS AS COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR
OBLIGATIONS IN DEFAULT VOTING SECURITIES AS A PERSON WHO, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF
THE TRUSTEE (1) OWNS 10 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR
OR (2) IS AN AFFILIATE, OTHER THAN A SUBSIDIARY, OF THE OBLIGOR, FURNISH THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE VOTING SECURITIES OF SUCH PERSON.
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As of September 26, 1997
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Col. A Col. B Col. C Col. D
- --------------------------------- ------------ ------------------------- ------------------------
Amount owned
Beneficially or Held Percent of Class
as Collateral Security Represented by
Amount for Obligations in Amount Given
Name of Source and Title of Class Outstanding Default by Trustee in Col. C
- --------------------------------- ------------ ------------------------- ------------------------
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Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
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ITEM 11. OWNERSHIP OF HOLDINGS BY THE TRUSTEE OF ANY SECURITIES OF A PERSON
OWNING 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR.
As of September 26, 1997
IF THE TRUSTEE OWNS BENEFICIALLY OR HOLDS AS COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR
OBLIGATIONS IN DEFAULT ANY SECURITIES OF A PERSON WHO, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
TRUSTEE, OWNS 50 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTING SECURITIES OF THE OBLIGOR,
FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES OF SUCH PERSON
ANY OF WHICH ARE SO OWNED OR HELD BY THE TRUSTEE.
Col. A Col B. Col. C Col. D
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Amount Owned
Beneficially
or Paid
as Collateral
Security for Percent of Class
Obligations Represented by
Name of Issuer and Amount in Default Amount given
Title of Class Outstanding by Trustee in Col. C
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Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 12. INDEBTEDNESS OF THE OBLIGOR TO THE TRUSTEE.
EXCEPT AS NOTED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS. IF THE OBLIGOR IS INDEBTED TO THE
TRUSTEE, FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.
As of September 26, 1997
Col. A Col. B Col. C
Nature of Indebtedness Amount Outstanding Date Due
- ---------------------- ------------------ --------
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 13. DEFAULTS BY THE OBLIGOR.
(A) State whether there is or has been a default with respect to the
Securities under this Indenture. Explain the nature of any such default.
There is not nor has there been a default with respect to the
securities under this Indenture.
(B) If the Trustee is a Trustee under another Indenture under which
any other Securities, or Certificates of Interest or participation in any other
Securities, of the Obligor are outstanding, or is Trustee for more than one
outstanding Series of Securities under the Indenture, state whether there has
been a default under any such Indenture or Series, identify the Indenture or
Series affected, and explain the nature of any such default.
There is not nor has there been a default with respect to the
securities under this Indenture. The trustee is not a trustee under other
indentures under which any other securities or certificates of interest or
participation in any other securities of the obligor are outstanding.
ITEM 14. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE UNDERWRITERS.
IF ANY UNDERWRITER IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE OR THE TRUSTEES,
DESCRIBE EACH SUCH APPLICATION.
Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
ITEM 15. FOREIGN TRUSTEE.
IDENTIFY THE ORDER OR RULE PURSUANT TO WHICH THE FOREIGN TRUSTEE IS
AUTHORIZED TO ACT AS SOLE TRUSTEE UNDER INDENTURES QUALIFIED OR TO BE QUALIFIED
UNDER THE ACT.
Not applicable.
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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 First Trust National
Association as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 to
T-1, Registration No. 333-19025.
2. A copy of the certificate of authority to commence business,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2 to T-1, Registration No. 33-64175.
3. A copy of the certificate of authority to exercise corporate trust
powers, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to T-1, Registration No.
33-64175.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of First Trust National Association
as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 to T-1,
Registration No. 333-26727.
5. Not applicable by virtue of response to Item 13.
6. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 to T-1,
Registration No. 33-64175.
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,
filed herewith, attached.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
Trustee, First Trust National Association, a National Banking Association
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly
caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the city of Chicago, and state of
Illinois, as of 26th day of September, 1997.
FIRST TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Martha L. Sanders
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Martha L. Sanders
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
First Trust National Association Call Date: 6/30/97 ST-BK: 17-1638 FFIEC 033
400 North Michigan Avenue Page RC-1
Chicago, IL 60611 Vendor ID: D CERT: 34094 9
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Transit Number: 09600069
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION FOR INSURED COMMERCIAL AND STATE-CHARTERED
SAVINGS BANKS FOR JUNE 30, 1997
All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise
indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the
quarter.
SCHEDULE RC - BALANCE SHEET
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C200 --
Dollar Amounts in Thousands
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
1. Cash and balances due from depositary institutions (from Schedule RC-A): RCON
----
a. Noninterest-bearing balances and coin (1)____________________________________0081....... 53,059 1.a
b. Interest-bearing balances (2)________________________________________________0071....... 0 1.b
2. Securities:
a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)___________________1754....... 0 2.a
b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)_________________1773....... 3,215 2.b
3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell___________1350....... 0 3.
4. Loans and lease financing receivables:
a. Loans and leases, net of unearned income RCON
----
(from Schedule RC-C)___________________________2122..................0................................4.a
b. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses______3123..................0................................4.b
c. LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve__________3128..................0................................4.c
d. Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance, and reserve
(item 4.a minus 4.b and 4.c)_________________________________________________2125....... 0 4.d
5. Trading assets___________________________________________________________________3545....... 0 5.
6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)_________________________2145....... 115 6.
7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)_____________________________________2150....... 0 7.
8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
(from Schedule RC-M)_____________________________________________________________2130....... 0 8.
9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding_____________________2155....... 0 9.
10. Intangible assets (from Schedule RC-M)___________________________________________2143....... 49,565 10.
11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)________________________________________________2160....... 3,367 11.
12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)_________________________________________2170.......109,321 12.
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(1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits.
(2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading.
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
First Trust National Association Call Date: 06/30/97 ST-BK: 17-1638 FFIEC 033
400 North Michigan Avenue Page RC-2
Chicago, IL 60611 Vendor ID: D CERT: 34094 10
Transit Number: 09600069
Schedule RC - Continued
Dollar Amounts in Thousands
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LIABILITIES
13. Deposits:
a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of RCON
----
columns A and C from Schedule RC-E) _______________________________________2200.. 0 13.a
RCON
----
(1) Noninterest-bearing (1)__________________________________6631... 0... .......... 13.a.1
(2) Interest-bearing ________________________________________6636... 0... .......... 13.a.2
b. In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs _________________ ..........
(1) Noninterest-bearing _______________________________________________________ ..........
(2) Interest-bearing ___________________________________________________________ ..........
14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase____2800.. 0 14.
15. a. Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury __________________________________2840.. 0 15.a
b. Trading liabilities _______________________________________________________3548.. 0 15.b
16. Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under
capitalized leases):
a. With a remaining maturity of one year or less _____________________________2332.. 0 16.a
b. With a remaining maturity of more than one year through three years _______A547.. 0 16.b
c. With a remaining maturity of more than three years ________________________A548.. 0 16.c
17. Not applicable
18. Bank's liability on acceptance executed and outstanding ______________________2920.. 0 18.
19. Subordinated notes and debentures (2) ________________________________________3200.. 0 19.
20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G) _______________________________________2930.. 2,024 20.
21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20) _______________________________2948.. 2,024 21.
22. Not applicable
EQUITY CAPITAL
23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ________________________________3838.. 0 23.
24. Common stock _________________________________________________________________3230.. 1,000 24.
25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) _____________________3839.. 106,712 25.
26. a. Undivided profits and capital reserves ____________________________________3632.. ( 415) 26.a
b. Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities ____8434.. 0 26.b
27. Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments __________________________ ...........
28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27) ___________________________3210.. 107,297 28.
29. Total liabilities and equity capital (sum of items 21 and 28) _______________3300.. 109,321 29.
MEMORANDUM
TO BE REPORTED ONLY WITH THE MARCH REPORT OF CONDITION.
1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best describes
the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank by independent
external auditors as of any date during 1996 _________________________________6724.. N/A M.1
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified
public accounting firm which submits a report on the bank
2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company
conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards by a certified public accounting firm which
submits a report on the consolidated holding company (but
not on the bank separately)
3 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards by a certified
public accounting firm (may be required by state charter-
ing authority)
4 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other
external auditors (may be required by state chartering
authority)
5 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external
auditors
6 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by
external auditors
7 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work)
8 = No external audit work
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(1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings
deposits.
(2) Includes limited life preferred stock and related surplus.
