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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 11, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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TEXAS 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
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CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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74-6456072
74-6456074
DELAWARE 74-6456077
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
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200 CONCORD PLAZA, SUITE 600
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216
(210) 822-2828
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices for each registrant)
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L. LOWRY MAYS
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
200 CONCORD PLAZA, SUITE 600
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216
(210) 822-2828
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service for each registrant)
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COPIES TO:
STEPHEN C. MOUNT, ESQ. JOHN W. WHITE, ESQ.
AKIN, GUMP, STRAUSS, HAUER & FELD, L.L.P. CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE
1500 NATIONSBANK PLAZA WORLDWIDE PLAZA
300 CONVENT STREET 825 EIGHTH AVENUE
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From
time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Title of each Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of
class of securities to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration
to be registered Registered Per Unit(1) Offering Price(1)(2) Fee
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Debt Securities and Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities of Clear Channel Communications,
Inc. (the "Company")(4)(7) . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Stock of the Company(5)(7) . . . .
Common Stock of the Company(6)(7) . . . . . .
Warrants of the Company(8) . . . . . . . . .
Third Party Warrants (9) . . . . . . . . . . (3) (3) (3) (3)
Preferred Securities of CCCI Capital Trust I,
CCCI Capital Trust II, and CCCI Capital Trust
III (collectively, the "CCCI Trusts") (10). .
Guarantees of Preferred Securities of the
CCCI Trusts by the Company(11) . . . . . . .
Stock Purchase Contracts(12) . . . . . . . .
Stock Purchase Units(13) . . . . . . . . . .
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Total(14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500,000,000(14) 100% $1,500,000,000(14) $454,545
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(1) The proposed maximum offering price per unit will be determined from time
to time by the Registrants in connection with the issuance by the
Registrants of the securities registered hereunder.
(2) The proposed maximum aggregate offering price has been estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457
under the Securities Act.
(3) Not applicable pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3.
(4) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate principal amount of Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities of the Company as may be sold, from time to time. If any
Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued at an
original issue discount, then the offering price shall be in such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price
not to exceed $1,500,000,000.
(5) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock of the Company as may be
sold, from time to time.
(6) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as may be
sold from time to time.
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(7) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate principal amount of Debt Securities and Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, and an indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock
and Common Stock of the Company, as shall be issuable upon conversion or
redemption, or upon the exercise of Warrants of the Company registered
hereunder of Debt Securities and Junior Subordinated Debt Securities,
Preferred Stock or Common Stock of the Company or Preferred Securities of
the CCCI Trusts ("Preferred Securities"), as the case may be, registered
hereunder.
(8) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of Warrants of the Company, representing
rights to purchase certain of the Debt Securities and Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Common Stock of the Company registered
hereunder.
(9) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of Third Party Warrants of the Company,
representing rights to purchase certain shares of capital stock or debt of
another corporation or entity.
(10) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of the Preferred Securities as may be sold
from time to time.
(11) No separate consideration will be received for the Guarantees of the Trust
Preferred Securities (the"Guarantees"). The Guarantees include the right
of holders of Trust Preferred Securities under the Guarantees and certain
back-up undertakings, as described in the Registration Statement.
(12) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of Stock Purchase Contracts, representing
rights (and obligations) to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock.
(13) Subject to note (14) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate amount and number of Stock Purchase Units, representing
ownership of Stock Purchase Contracts and Debt Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities or debt obligations of third parties,
including U.S. Treasury Securities.
(14) In no event will the aggregate offering price of all securities issued
from time to time pursuant to this Registration Statement exceed
$1,500,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign
currencies, foreign currency units or composite currencies. The aggregate
amount of Common Stock of the Company registered hereunder is further
limited to that which is permissible under Rule 415(a)(4) under the
Securities Act. The securities registered hereunder may be sold separately
or as units with other securities 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, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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PROSPECTUS Subject To Completion
August 11, 1997
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
$1,500,000,000
[LOGO]
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
COMMON STOCK
WARRANTS
THIRD PARTY WARRANTS
STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
PREFERRED SECURITIES
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN
BY CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the
"Company"), may issue from time to time, together or separately, (i) unsecured
senior debt securities (the "Senior Debt Securities"), (ii) unsecured
subordinated debt securities (the "Subordinated Debt Securities" and, together
with the Senior Debt Securities, the "Debt Securities"), (iii) unsecured junior
subordinated debt securities ("Junior Subordinated Debt Securities"); (iv)
warrants to purchase Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
(the "Debt Warrants"), (v) shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per
share, of the Company (the "Preferred Stock"), (vi) warrants to purchase shares
of Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock Warrants"), (vii) shares of common
stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), (viii)
warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock Warrants"), (ix)
warrants to purchase shares of capital stock or debt of another corporation or
entity ("Third Party Warrants"), (x) stock purchase contracts ("Stock Purchase
Contracts") to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock and (xi) stock purchase
units ("Stock Purchase Units"), each representing ownership of a Stock Purchase
Contract and Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, debt obligations of third parties, including the United States of
America or agencies or instrumentalities thereof ("U.S. Obligations") or
Preferred Securities (as defined below), securing the holder's obligation to
purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock under the Stock Purchase Contract, or
any combination of the foregoing, either individually or as units consisting of
one or more of the foregoing in amounts, at prices and on terms to be
determined by market conditions at the time of offering. The Debt Warrants,
Preferred Stock Warrants, Common Stock Warrants and Third Party Warrants are
referred to herein collectively as the "Warrants", and the Debt Securities, the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock, the
Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units are referred to
herein collectively as the "Company Securities".
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CCCI Capital Trust I, CCCI Capital Trust II and CCCI Capital Trust III
(each, a "CCCI Trust" and collectively, the "CCCI Trusts"), each a statutory
business trust formed under Delaware law, may offer, from time to time,
preferred securities (the "Preferred Securities") with the payment of
distributions and payments on liquidation or redemption of the Preferred
Securities issued by each such CCCI Trust guaranteed on a subordinated basis by
the Company to the extent described herein and in an accompanying prospectus
supplement (the "Guarantees"). The Company will be the owner of the trust
interests represented by common securities (the "Common Securities") to be
issued by each CCCI Trust. Unless indicated otherwise in a prospectus
supplement, each CCCI Trust exists for the sole purpose of issuing its trust
interests and investing the proceeds thereof in Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities. The Company Securities and the Preferred Securities are referred
to herein collectively as the "Offered Securities".
The Offered Securities may be issued in one or more series or
issuances and will be limited to $1,500,000,000 in aggregate public offering
price (or its equivalent, based on the applicable exchange rate, to the extent
Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued for one or
more foreign currencies or currency units). The Offered Securities may be sold
for U.S. dollars, or any foreign currency or currencies or currency units, and
the principal of, any premium on, and any interest on, the Debt Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be payable in U.S. dollars, or any
foreign currency or currencies or currency units.
The Offered Securities may be offered separately or as units with
other Offered Securities, in separate series in amounts, at prices and on terms
to be determined at or prior to the time of sale. The sale of other securities
under the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part or under
a Registration Statement to which this Prospectus relates will reduce the
amount of Offered Securities which may be sold hereunder.
The specific terms of the Offered Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered are set forth in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement"), including, where applicable, (i) in
the case of Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, the
specific designation, aggregate principal amount, ranking as senior or
subordinated debt, authorized denomination, initial offering price, maturity
(which may be fixed or extendible), premium (if any), interest rate (which may
be fixed or floating), time of and method of calculating the payment of
interest, if any, the currency in which principal, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, are payable, any exchangeability, conversion, redemption or
sinking fund terms, the right of the Company, if any, to defer payment or
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the maximum length of
such deferral period, put options, if any, public offering price, and other
specific terms; (ii) in the case of Preferred Stock or Preferred Securities,
the designation, number of shares, liquidation preference per share, initial
public offering price, dividend or distribution rate (or method of calculation
thereof), dates on which dividends or distributions shall be payable and dates
from which dividends or distributions shall accrue, any redemption or sinking
fund provisions, any voting rights, any conversion or exchange provisions, and
any other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or restrictions relating
to the Preferred Stock or Preferred Securities of a specific series and the
terms upon which the proceeds of the sale of the Preferred Securities will be
used to purchase a specific series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of
the Company; (iii) in the case of Common Stock, the number of shares, public
offering price and the terms of the offering and sale thereof; (iv) in the case
of Warrants, the number and terms thereof, the designation and description of
the Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Preferred Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities issuable thereunder, the number of
securities issuable upon exercise, the exercise price, the terms of the
offering and sale thereof and, where applicable, the duration and detachability
thereof; (v) in the case of Third Party Warrants, the number and terms thereof,
the designation and description of the capital stock or debt of such third
party, the number of securities issuable upon exercise, the exercise price, the
terms of the offering and sale thereof and, where applicable, the duration and
detachibility thereof; (vi) in the case of Stock Purchase Contracts, the
designation and number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock issuable
thereunder, the purchase price of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock, the date
or dates on
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which the Common Stock or Preferred Stock is required to be purchased by the
holders of the Stock Purchase Contracts, any periodic payments required to be
made by the Company to the holders of the Stock Purchase Contracts or vice
versa, and the terms of the offering and sale thereof; (vii) in the case of
Stock Purchase Units, the specific terms of the Stock Purchase Contracts and
any Preferred Stock, Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or
debt obligations of third parties or Preferred Securities securing the holder's
obligation to purchase the Preferred Stock or Common Stock under the Stock
Purchase Contracts, and the terms of the offering and sale thereof; and (viii)
in the case of all Offered Securities, whether such Offered Securities will be
offered separately or as a unit with other Offered Securities. The Prospectus
Supplement will also contain information, where applicable, about certain
federal income tax considerations relating to, and any listing on a securities
exchange of, the Offered Securities covered by the Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The Offered Securities will be sold directly, through agents, dealers
or underwriters as designated from time to time, or through a combination of
such methods. If any agents of the Company or the CCCI Trusts or any dealers or
underwriters are involved in the sale of the Offered Securities in respect of
which this Prospectus is being delivered, the names of such agents, dealers or
underwriters and any applicable agent's commission, dealer's purchase price or
underwriter's discount will be set forth in or may be calculated from the
Prospectus Supplement. The net proceeds to the Company or the CCCI Trusts from
such sale will be the purchase price less such commission in the case of an
agent, the purchase price in the case of a dealer, or the public offering price
less such discount in the case of an underwriter and less, in each case, other
applicable issuance expenses. See "Plan of Distribution."
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The date of this Prospectus is , 1997.
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IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING, CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN
THIS OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN PASSIVE MARKET MAKING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON
STOCK ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 103 UNDER
REGULATION M. SEE "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION."
CERTAIN PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THIS OFFERING MAY ENGAGE IN
TRANSACTIONS THAT STABILIZE, MAINTAIN OR OTHERWISE AFFECT THE PRICE OF THE DEBT
SECURITIES, INCLUDING STABILIZING AND SYNDICATE COVERING TRANSACTIONS. THE
UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN
THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH
MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THESE
ACTIVITIES. SEE "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION."
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the information requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in
accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy
and information statements filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
the information requirements of the Exchange Act may be inspected and copied at
the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549; and at the following Regional Offices of
the Commission: New York Regional Office, Seven World Trade Center, 13th
Floor, New York, New York 10048; and Chicago Regional Office, Citicorp Center,
500 West Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such
material may be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. The
Commission also maintains a site on the World Wide Web at http://www.sec.gov
that contains reports, proxies and information statements and other information
regarding registrants (including the Company) that file electronically. In
addition, reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the
Company can be inspected and copied at the offices of the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE"), 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, on which
the Common Stock of the Company (symbol: "CCU") is listed.
No separate financial statements of the CCCI Trusts have been included
or incorporated by reference herein. Neither the CCCI Trusts nor the Company
considers such financial statements material to holders of Preferred Securities
because (i) all of the voting securities of each CCCI Trust will be owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company, a reporting company under the Exchange
Act, (ii) no CCCI Trust has independent operations but rather each exists for
the purpose of issuing securities representing undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of such CCCI Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, and (iii) the obligations of the CCCI Trusts
under the Preferred Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a
subordinated basis by the Company to the extent set forth herein. See "The CCCI
Trusts" and "Description of Guarantees."
The Company and the CCCI Trusts have filed with the Commission a joint
registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the securities
offered hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth
in the Registration Statement, certain parts of which are omitted in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Commission. Reference is made to the
Registration Statement and to the exhibits relating thereto for further
information with respect to the Company, the CCCI Trusts and the securities
offered hereby.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, heretofore filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Prospectus and made a part hereof:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1996, dated March 31, 1997.
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 1997, dated May 15, 1997.
3. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17,
1997.
4. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24,
1996.
5. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 5,
1996.
Any documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Prospectus and prior to
the termination of the Offering of the Offered Securities offered hereby shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in 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. To the extent
that any proxy statement is incorporated by reference herein, such
incorporation shall not include any information contained in such proxy
statement which is not, pursuant to the Commission's rules, deemed to be
"filed" with the Commission or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the
Exchange Act.
The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any document described
above (other than exhibits, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference). Requests for such copies should be directed to Houston Lane,
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San Antonio,
Texas 78216 (telephone: (210) 822-2828).
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THE COMPANY
The Company, which began operations in 1974, is a diversified media
company in three primary lines of business: radio, television, and outdoor
advertising. In addition, the Company owns a 50% equity interest in the
Australian Radio Network Pty. Ltd., which operates radio stations in Australia,
a one-third equity interest in New Zealand Radio Network which operates radio
stations in New Zealand, and a 32.3% non-voting equity interest in Heftel
Broadcasting Corporation (Nasdaq : HBCCA), a Spanish-language broadcaster
which operates radio stations in domestic markets.
The radio stations currently owned or programmed by the Company are
located principally in the South, Southeast, Northeast and Midwest. These radio
stations employ a wide variety of programming formats, such as
News/Talk/Sports, Country, Adult Contemporary, Urban and Album Rock. The
television stations currently owned or programmed by the Company are located in
the South, Southeast, Northeast and Midwest. These television stations are
typically affiliated with one of the television networks, including the FOX
television network, the UPN television network, the ABC television network, the
NBC television network, or the CBS television network. Additionally, the
Company operates radio networks serving Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Kentucky and
Virginia. The Company's outdoor advertising properties are located primarily in
the South, Southeast, Midwest, and West.
The Company has its principal executive offices at 200 Concord Plaza,
Suite 600, San Antonio, Texas 78216 (telephone: 210-822-2828).
THE CCCI TRUSTS
Each of CCCI Capital Trust I, CCCI Capital Trust II and CCCI Capital
Trust III is a statutory business trust formed under Delaware law pursuant to
(i) a separate Declaration of Trust executed by the Company, as depositor for
such CCCI Trust, and the Trustees (as defined herein) of such trust and (ii)
the filing of a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State. The
declarations will be amended and restated in their entirety (each as so amended
and restated, a "Declaration") substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part and will be
qualified as Indentures under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
"Trust Indenture Act"). Unless an accompanying Prospectus Supplement provides
otherwise, each CCCI Trust exists for the sole purposes of (i) issuing the
Preferred Securities, (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the sale of the
Preferred Securities in a specific series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, and (iii) engaging in only those other activities necessary or
incidental thereto. All of the Common Securities will be owned by the Company.
The Common Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon
pro rata, with the Preferred Securities, except that upon the occurrence and
continuance of an event of default under the applicable Declaration, the rights
of the holders of the applicable Common Securities to payment in respect of
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be
subordinated to the rights of the holders of the applicable Preferred
Securities. The Company will acquire Common Securities having an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to a minimum of 1% of the total capital of each CCCI
Trust. Each CCCI Trust will have a term of at least 20 but not more than 50
years, but may terminate earlier as provided in the applicable Declaration.
Each CCCI Trust's business and affairs will be conducted by the Trustees. The
holder of the Common Securities will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace
any of, or increase or reduce the number of, the Trustees of each CCCI Trust.
The duties and obligations of the Trustees shall be governed by the Declaration
of such CCCI Trust. At least one of the Trustees of each CCCI Trust will be a
person who is an employee or officer of or who is affiliated with the Company
(a "Regular Trustee"). One Trustee of each CCCI Trust will be a financial
institution that is not affiliated with the Company, which shall act as
property trustee and as indenture trustee for the purposes of
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the Trust Indenture Act, pursuant to the terms set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement (the "Property Trustee"). In addition, unless the Property Trustee
maintains a principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise
meets the requirements of applicable law, one Trustee of each CCCI Trust will
be a legal entity having a principal place of business in, or an individual
resident of, the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Trustee"). The Company will
pay all fees and expenses related to each CCCI Trust and the offering of the
Preferred Securities. Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement,
the Property Trustee will be The Bank of New York, and the Delaware Trustee
will be The Bank of New York (Delaware). The office of the Delaware Trustee in
the State of Delaware is 100 White Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711. The
principal place of business of each CCCI Trust is c/o Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., 200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San Antonio, Texas 78216
(telephone: (210) 822-2828).
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
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Years Ended December 31,
Three Months Ended -----------------------------------------------
March 31, 1996 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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2.17 3.63 3.32 5.54 3.81 2.55
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The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock
dividends has been computed on a total enterprise basis. Earnings represent
income from continuing operations before income taxes less equity in
undistributed net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates plus fixed
charges. Fixed charges represent interest, amortization of debt discount and
expense, and the estimated interest portion of rental charges. The Company had
no Preferred Stock outstanding and paid no dividends thereon for any period
presented.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement, the net
proceeds from the sale of the Company Securities offered hereby will be used
for general corporate purposes, including repayment of borrowings, working
capital, capital expenditures, stock repurchase programs and acquisitions.
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement, each CCCI Trust will
use all proceeds received from the sale of Preferred Securities to purchase
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company. Additional information on
the use of net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities offered hereby
may be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered
Securities.
HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE
The Company is a holding company and its assets consist primarily of
investments in its subsidiaries and majority-owned partnerships. The Company's
rights and the rights of its creditors, including holders of Debt Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, to participate in the distribution of
assets of any person in which the Company owns an equity interest (including
any subsidiary and majority-owned partnerships) upon such person's liquidation
or reorganization will be subject to prior claims of such person's creditors,
including trade creditors, except to the extent that the Company may itself be
a creditor with recognized claims against such person (in which case the claims
of the Company would still be subject to the prior claims of any
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secured creditor or such person and of any holder of indebtedness of such
person that is senior to that held by the Company). Accordingly, the holder of
Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be deemed to be
effectively subordinated to such claims.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES AND RISK FACTORS
The Company may offer shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, Debt
Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Warrants, Stock Purchase
Contracts or Stock Purchase Units or any combination of the foregoing either
individually or as units consisting of one or more Securities under this
Prospectus. Each CCCI Trust may offer Preferred Securities under this
Prospectus.
CERTAIN OF THE SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED HEREBY THEMSELVES MAY INVOLVE
A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SUCH RISKS WILL BE SET FORTH IN THE PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT RELATING TO SUCH SECURITY. IN ADDITION, CERTAIN RISK FACTORS, IF
ANY, RELATING TO THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS WILL BE SET FORTH IN A PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description of the terms of the Debt Securities
summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities to which
any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the Debt
Securities and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply
to any series of Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such series.
Senior Debt Securities may be issued, from time to time, in one or
more series under an Indenture (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company
and The Bank of New York, as trustee, or such other trustee as shall be named
in a Prospectus Supplement (the "Senior Trustee"). The Senior Indenture is
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a
part. Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued, from time to time, in one or
more series under an indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture") between the
Company and The Bank of New York or such other trustee as shall be named in a
Prospectus Supplement (the "Subordinated Trustee"). The Subordinated Indenture
is filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus
is a part. The Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are sometimes
referred to collectively as the "Indentures," and the Senior Trustee and the
Subordinated Trustee are sometimes referred to collectively as the "Debt
Trustees." None of the Indentures will limit the amount of Debt Securities
that may be issued hereunder, and each Indenture will provide that Debt
Securities may be issued thereunder up to an aggregate principal amount
authorized from time to time by the Company and may be payable in any currency
or currency unit designated by the Company or in amounts determined by
reference to an index. The following statements are subject to the detailed
provisions of the Indentures. Wherever any particular provisions of the
Indentures or terms defined therein are referred to, such provisions and terms
are incorporated by reference as a part of the statements made herein and such
statements are qualified in their entirety by such references, including the
definitions therein of certain terms. Capitalized terms used herein but not
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Indentures.
GENERAL
The Senior Debt Securities will be unsecured and will rank equally and
ratably with other unsecured and unsubordinated debt of the Company, unless the
Company shall be required to secure the Senior Debt
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Securities as described below under "--Senior Debt Securities." The obligations
of the Company pursuant to any Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinate
in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company with respect to
such Subordinated Debt Securities, and will be described in an accompanying
Prospectus Supplement. Debt Securities will be issued from time to time and
offered on terms determined by market conditions at the time of sale.
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series with the same
or various maturities, at par, at a premium, or at a discount. Any Debt
Securities bearing no interest or interest at a rate which at the time of
issuance is below market rates will be sold at a discount (which may be
substantial) from their stated principal amount. Federal income tax
consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such
substantially discounted Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement for the following terms
of the Debt Securities offered hereby: (i) the designation, aggregate principal
amount and authorized denominations of such Debt Securities; (ii) the
percentage of their principal amount at which such Debt Securities will be
issued; (iii) the date or dates on which the Debt Securities will mature (which
may be fixed or extendible); (iv) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or
floating) per annum at which the Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or
the method of determining such rate or rates; (v) the date or dates on which
any such interest will be payable, the date or dates on which payment of any
such interest will commence and the Regular Record Dates for such Interest
Payment Dates; (vi) the terms of any mandatory or optional redemption
(including any provisions for any sinking, purchase or other analogous fund) or
repayment option; (vii) the currency, currencies or currency units for which
the Debt Securities may be purchased and the currency, currencies or currency
units in which the principal thereof, any premium thereon and any interest
thereon may be payable; (viii) if the currency, currencies or currency units
for which the Debt Securities may be purchased or in which the principal
thereof, any premium thereon and any interest thereon may be payable is at the
election of the Company or the purchaser, the manner in which such election may
be made; (ix) if the amount of payments on the Debt Securities is determined
with reference to an index based on one or more currencies or currency units,
changes in the price of one or more securities or changes in the price of one
or more commodities, the manner in which such amounts may be determined; (x)
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 Security will be paid; (xi) the terms and
conditions upon which the Debt Securities may be convertible into or exchanged
for Common Stock, Preferred Stock, or indebtedness or other securities of any
kind of the Company or any Third Party Securities (as defined herein); (xii)
information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any; (xiii) a discussion
of certain federal income tax, accounting and other special considerations,
procedures and limitations with respect to the Debt Securities; and (xiv) any
other specific terms of the Debt Securities not inconsistent with the
applicable Indenture.
In the event Debt Securities of any series are to be offered that are
convertible into or exchangeable for securities of third parties ("Third Party
Securities"), the Prospectus Supplement will identify the Third Party
Securities, the issuer of such Third Party Securities (the "Third Party
Company"), all documents filed by the Third Party Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of such Third Party
Company's last completed fiscal year for which a Form 10-K annual report has
been filed and the document or documents filed under the Exchange Act which
contain a description of the Third Party Securities being sold or, if no such
document or documents exist, the Prospectus Supplement will include a
description of the Third Party Securities being sold. Third Party Securities
will only be securities of third parties that are eligible to use Form S-3 (or
any successor form) for primary offerings under the rules and regulations of
the Commission or securities that are registered under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act. To the extent the Securities Act requires registration of the
Third Party Securities by the Third Party Company, such as where the Third
Party Company is an affiliate of the Company, in connection with the issuance,
conversion and/or
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exchange of such Debt Securities, the Company will cause the Third Party
Company to file a third party registration statement ("Third Party Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act. Where the conversion and/or exchange of
the Debt Securities would require an effective Third Party Registration
Statement at the time of such exchange or conversion, the exchange or
conversion will be subject to the effectiveness of such registration statement.
For example, Debt Securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for
Third Party Securities may be convertible or exchangeable by their terms at the
election of the Company or mandatorily at the expiration of a specified period
or at other times under specified circumstances ("Mandatory Debt Securities")
or may be convertible or exchangeable by their terms at the election of the
holder at any time during a specified period or periods or on a specified date
or dates ("Voluntary Debt Securities"). In the case of both Mandatory Debt
Securities and Voluntary Debt Securities, if the Company is an affiliate of the
Third Party Company, the Third Party Securities into which they may be
converted or for which they may be exchanged will be the subject of a
registration statement filed under the Securities Act by the Third Party
Company prior to any offer of such Mandatory or Voluntary Debt Securities, and
a Third Party Registration Statement with respect to such Third Party
Securities will have been declared effective prior to any sale of such
Mandatory or Voluntary Debt Securities, except in the case of Voluntary Debt
Securities that are not immediately exercisable or convertible, in which case,
such a Third Party Registration Statement would have to be effective, absent an
exemption, when the holder of such securities elects to convert such Voluntary
Debt Securities into or exchange them for Third Party Securities.
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 any interest on any series of Debt Securities is payable in one or more
foreign currencies or foreign currency units, the restrictions, elections,
federal income 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.
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement, the principal
of, any premium on, and any interest on the Debt Securities will be payable,
and the Debt Securities will be transferable, at the Corporate Trust Office of
the applicable Debt Trustee in New York, New York, provided that payment of
interest, if any, may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed on
or before the payment date, first class mail, to the address of the person
entitled thereto as it appears on the registry books of the Company or its
agent.
Unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement, the Debt
Securities will be issued only in fully registered form and in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. No service charge will be made for
any transfer or exchange of any Debt Securities, but the Company may, except in
certain specified cases not involving any transfer, require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, interest
on outstanding Debt Securities will be paid to holders of record on the date
which is 15 days immediately prior to the date such interest is to be paid.
The Company's rights and the rights of its creditors (including
holders of Debt Securities) to participate in any distribution of assets of
any subsidiary of the Company upon its liquidation or reorganization or
otherwise is necessarily subject to the prior claims of creditors of the
subsidiary, except to the extent that claims of the Company itself as a
creditor of the subsidiary may be recognized. The operations of the Company
are conducted through its subsidiaries and, therefore, the Company is
dependent upon the earnings and cash flow of its subsidiaries to meet its
obligations, including obligations under the Debt Securities. The Debt
Securities will be effectively subordinated to all indebtedness of the
Company's subsidiaries.
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 only in
fully registered 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 of such Depositary to a
successor Depositary or any nominee of such successor.
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The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a
series of Debt 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
dealers, underwriters or agents with respect to such Debt Securities or by the
Company if such Debt Securities are offered and sold directly by the Company.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be limited to
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
applicable Indenture. 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 applicable Indenture
governing such Debt Securities.
Payments of principal of, any premium on, and any interest 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 applicable Debt
Trustee for such Debt Securities, any Paying Agent, nor the Security 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.
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, immediately will credit participants' accounts 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 name".
Such payments will be the responsibility of such participants.
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
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Company will issue individual Debt Securities of such series 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 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, the applicable Debt Trustee and
the Depositary for such Global Security, receive individual Debt Securities of
such series 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 of individual 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. Individual Debt Securities of such series so issued will be issued in
denominations, unless otherwise specified by the Company, of $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Each Indenture provides that the Company may 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 successor
corporation shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall
expressly assume by a supplemental indenture the due and punctual payment of
the principal of, any premium on, and any interest on, all the outstanding Debt
Securities and the performance of every covenant in the applicable Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed; (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 shall have delivered to
the applicable Debt Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel,
each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such
supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating to such
transaction. In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer,
such successor corporation will succeed to and be substituted for the Company
as obligor on the Debt Securities, with the same effect as if it had been named
in the applicable Indenture as the Company. Other than the restrictions on
Mortgages described below, the Indentures and the Debt Securities do not
contain any covenants or other provisions designed to protect holders of Debt
Securities in the event of a highly leveraged transaction involving the Company
or any Subsidiary.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; WAIVER AND NOTICE THEREOF; DEBT SECURITIES IN FOREIGN
CURRENCIES
As to any series of Debt Securities, an Event of Default is defined in
each Indenture as (a) default for 30 days in payment of any interest on the
Debt Securities of such series, or, in the case of the Subordinated Debt
Indenture, for a period of 90 days; (b) default in payment of principal of or
any premium on the Debt Securities of such series at maturity; (c) default in
payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation, if any, on the
Debt Securities of such series; (d) default by the Company in the performance
of any other covenant or warranty contained in the applicable Indenture for the
benefit of such series which shall not have been remedied for a period of 90
days after notice is given as specified in the applicable Indenture; and (e)
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Company.
A default under other indebtedness of the Company will not be a
default under the Indentures and a default under one series of Debt Securities
will not necessarily be a default under another series.
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Each Indenture provides that (i) if an Event of Default described in
clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above (if the Event of Default under clause (d) is
with respect to less than all series of Debt Securities then outstanding) shall
have occurred and be continuing with respect to any series, either the
applicable Debt Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding (each
such series acting as a separate class) may declare the principal (or, in the
case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereof specified in
the terms thereof) of all outstanding Debt Securities of such series and the
interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately and (ii) if
an Event of Default described in clause (d) or (e) above (if the Event of
Default under clause (d) is with respect to all series of Debt Securities then
outstanding) shall have occurred and be continuing, either the applicable Debt
Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all
Debt Securities then outstanding (treated as one class) may declare the
principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion
thereof specified in the terms thereof) of all Debt Securities then outstanding
and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately,
but upon certain conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults
(except for defaults in the payment of principal of, any premium on, or any
interest on, such Debt Securities and in compliance with certain covenants) may
be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities of such series then outstanding.
Under each Indenture the applicable Debt Trustee must give to the
holders of each series of Debt Securities notice of all uncured defaults known
to it with respect to such series within 90 days after such a default occurs
(the term "default" to include the events specified above without notice or
grace periods, except that in the case of any default of the type described in
clause (d) above, no such notice shall be given until at least 90 days after
the occurrence thereof); provided that, except in the case of default in the
payment of principal of, any premium on, or any interest on, any of the Debt
Securities, or default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund
installment or analogous obligations, the applicable Debt Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if it in good faith determines that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the holders of the Debt
Securities of such series then outstanding.
No holder of any Debt Securities of any series may institute any
action under either Indenture unless (a) such holder shall have given the Debt
Trustee thereunder written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect
to such series, (b) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding shall have
requested the Debt Trustee thereunder to institute proceedings in respect of
such Event of Default, (c) such holder or holders shall have offered the Debt
Trustee thereunder such reasonable indemnity as such Debt Trustee may require,
(d) the Debt Trustee thereunder shall have failed to institute an action for 60
days thereafter and (e) no inconsistent direction shall have been given to the
Debt Trustee thereunder during such 60-day period by the holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of such series then
outstanding.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of any series affected and then outstanding will have the right,
subject to certain limitations, to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the applicable Debt
Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on such Debt Trustee with
respect to such series of Debt Securities. Each Indenture provides that, in
case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Debt Trustee
thereunder, in exercising its rights and powers under such Indenture, will be
required to use the degree of care of a prudent person in the conduct of such
person's own affairs. Each Indenture further provides that the Debt Trustee
thereunder shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties under
such Indenture unless it has reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is reasonably
assured to it.
The Company must furnish to the Debt Trustees within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year a statement signed by one of certain officers of
the Company to the effect that a review of the activities of the
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Company during such year and of its performance under the applicable Indenture
and the terms of the Debt Securities has been made, and, to the best of the
knowledge of the signatories based on such review, the Company has complied
with all conditions and covenants of such Indenture through such year or, if
the Company is in default, specifying such default.
If any Debt Securities are denominated in a coin or currency other
than that of the United States, then for the purposes of determining whether
the holders of the requisite principal amount of Debt Securities have taken any
action as herein described, the principal amount of such Debt Securities shall
be deemed to be that amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for
such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange into United
States dollars for the currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated
(as evidenced to the applicable Debt Trustee by an Officers' Certificate) as of
the date the taking of such action by the holders of such requisite principal
amount is evidenced to the applicable Debt Trustee as provided in the
respective Indenture.
If any Debt Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, then
for the purposes of determining whether the holders of the requisite principal
amount of Debt Securities have taken any action herein described, the principal
amount of such Debt Securities shall be deemed to be the portion of such
principal amount that would be due and payable at the time of the taking of
such action upon a declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURES
The Indentures provide that the Company and the applicable Debt
Trustee may, without the consent of any holders of Debt Securities, enter into
supplemental indentures for the purposes, among other things, of adding to the
Company's covenants, adding additional Events of Default, establishing the form
or terms of any series of Debt Securities or, provided such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of any series of Debt Securities
in any material respect, curing ambiguities or inconsistencies in such
Indenture or making other provisions.
With certain exceptions, the applicable Indenture or the rights of the
holders of the Debt Securities may be modified by the Company and the
applicable Debt Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of each series affected by
such modification then outstanding, but no such modification may be made
without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security affected
thereby which would (i) change the maturity of any payment of principal of, or
any premium on, or any installment of interest on any Debt Security, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or the interest or any premium thereon, or change
the method of computing the amount of principal thereof or interest thereon on
any date or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in
which, any Debt Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after the maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on
or after the redemption date or the repayment date, as the case may be), (ii)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of
any series, the consent of whose holders is required for any such modification,
or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver of compliance with
certain provisions of the applicable Indenture or certain defaults thereunder
and their consequences provided for in such Indenture, or (iii) modify any of
the provisions of certain Sections of the applicable Indenture, including the
provisions summarized in this paragraph, except to increase any such percentage
or to provide that certain other provisions of such Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt
Security affected thereby.
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF THE INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
The Indenture shall generally cease to be of any further effect with
respect to a series of Debt Securities if (a) the Company has delivered to the
applicable Debt Trustee for cancellation all Debt Securities of such series
(with certain limited exceptions) or (b) all Debt Securities of such series not
theretofore delivered to the applicable Debt Trustee for cancellation shall
have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable
within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year, and the
Company shall have deposited with the applicable Debt Trustee as trust funds
the entire amount sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the applicable Debt Trustee) without consideration of any
reinvestment and after payment of all taxes or other charges and assessments in
respect thereof payable by the applicable Debt Trustee to pay at maturity or
upon redemption all such Debt Securities, no default with respect to the Debt
Securities has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit, such
deposit does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, the applicable Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which
the Company is a party and the Company delivered an officers' certificate and
an opinion of counsel each stating that such conditions have been complied with
(and if, in either case, the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all
other sums payable under the applicable Indenture by the Company).
In addition, the Company shall have a "legal defeasance option"
(pursuant to which it may terminate, with respect to the Debt Securities of a
particular series, all of its obligations under such Debt Securities and the
applicable Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities) and a "covenant
defeasance option" (pursuant to which it may terminate, with respect to the
Debt Securities of a particular series, its obligations with respect to such
Debt Securities under certain specified covenants contained in the applicable
Indenture). If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option with respect
to a series of Debt Securities, payment of such Debt Securities may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its
covenant defeasance option with respect to a series of Debt Securities, payment
of such Debt Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default
related to the specified covenants.
The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant
defeasance option with respect to the Debt Securities of a series only if (a)
the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the applicable Debt Trustee cash
or U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the applicable Indenture) for the
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to such Debt
Securities to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, (b) the Company
delivers to the applicable Debt Trustee a certificate from a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressing their opinion that
the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the
deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without
investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be
sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest when due with
respect to all the Debt Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as
the case may be, (c) 91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the
91-day period no default described in clause (e) under "-- Events of Default,
Waiver and Notice Thereof; Debt Securities in Foreign Currencies" above with
respect to the Company occurs that is continuing at the end of such period, (e)
the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on
the Company, (f) the Company delivers to the applicable Debt Trustee an opinion
of counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not
constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, (g) the Company shall have delivered to the
applicable Debt Trustee an opinion of counsel addressing certain federal income
tax matters relating to the defeasance, and (h) the Company delivers to the
applicable Debt Trustee an officers' certificate and an
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opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance
and discharge of the Debt Securities of such series as contemplated by the
applicable Indenture have been complied with.
The applicable Debt Trustee shall hold in trust cash or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited with it as described above and shall apply the
deposited cash and the proceeds from deposited U.S. Government Obligations to
the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the
Debt Securities of the defeased series.
CONCERNING THE DEBT TRUSTEE
The Debt Trustee for the Senior Debt Securities and the Debt Trustee
for the Subordinated Debt Securities will be identified in the relevant
Prospectus Supplement. In certain instances, the Company or the holders of a
majority of the then outstanding principal amount of the Debt Securities issued
under an indenture may remove the Debt Trustee and appoint a successor Debt
Trustee. The Debt Trustee may become the owner or pledgee of any of the Debt
Securities with the same rights, subject to certain conflict of interest
restrictions, it would have if it were not the Debt Trustee. The Debt Trustee
and any successor trustee must be a corporation organized and doing business as
a commercial bank or trust company under the laws of the United States or of
any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and
subject to examination by federal or state authority. From time to time and
subject to applicable law relating to conflicts of interest, the Debt Trustee
may also serve as trustee under other indentures relating to Debt Securities
issued by the Company or affiliated companies and may engage in commercial
transactions with the Company and affiliated companies. The initial Debt
Trustee under each Indenture is The Bank of New York, who currently serves as
the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and is a lender to the
Company under the Company's Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April
10, 1997.
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
In addition to the provisions previously described herein and
applicable to all Debt Securities, the following description of the Senior Debt
Securities summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the Senior Debt
Securities to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The particular terms
of the Senior Debt Securities offered by any Prospectus Supplement and the
extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply to any series of
Senior Debt Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto.
Ranking of Senior Debt Securities
Unless otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement for a particular
series of Debt Securities, all series of Senior Debt Securities will be senior
indebtedness of the Company and will be direct, unsecured obligations of the
Company, ranking on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of the Company. The Company is a holding company and the Debt
Securities will be effectively subordinated to all existing and future
liabilities, including indebtedness, of the Company's subsidiaries. See
"Holding Company Structure."
Covenants of the Company
The Senior Indenture contains the covenants summarized below, which
will be applicable (unless waived or amended) so long as any of the Senior Debt
Securities are outstanding, unless stated otherwise in the Prospectus
Supplement.
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Limitation on Mortgages. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist (i) any
Mortgage upon any stock or indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether
owned on the date of the Senior Indenture or thereafter acquired, to secure any
Debt of the Company or any other person (other than the Senior Debt
Securities), and (ii) any Mortgage upon any Principal Property, whether owned
or leased on the date of the Senior Indenture, or thereafter acquired, to
secure any Debt of the Company or any other person (other than the Senior Debt
Securities), without in any such case making effective provision whereby all
the outstanding Senior Debt Securities shall be directly secured equally and
ratably with such Debt. There will be excluded from this restriction any
Mortgage upon stock or indebtedness of a corporation existing at the time such
corporation becomes a Subsidiary or at the time stock or indebtedness of a
Subsidiary is acquired and any extension, renewal or replacement of any such
Mortgage; provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby
shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such
extension, renewal or replacement; and provided further, that such Mortgage
shall be limited to all or such part of the stock or indebtedness which secured
the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced.
There will be excluded from the restriction referred to in the next
preceding paragraph the following Mortgages (the Mortgages set forth in the
following clauses (i) through (vi) the "Permitted Mortgages") (i) any Mortgage
upon property owned or leased by a corporation existing at the time such
corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Mortgage upon property
existing at the time of the acquisition thereof or to secure payment of any
part of the purchase price thereof or any Debt incurred to finance the purchase
thereof, (iii) any Mortgage upon property to secure any part of the cost of
development, construction, alteration, repair or improvement of such property,
or Debt incurred to finance such cost, (iv) any Mortgage securing Debt of a
Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary,
(v) any Mortgage existing on the date of the Senior Indenture, (vi) Mortgages
on property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United
States of America or any State or political subdivision thereof, or in favor of
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to secure payment
pursuant to any contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred for
the purpose of financing all or part of the purchase price or the cost of
construction or improvement of the property subject to such Mortgages; (vii)
Mortgages on any property subsequently acquired by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, contemporaneously with such acquisition or within 120
days thereafter, to secure or provide for the payment of any part of the
purchase price of such property, or Mortgages assumed by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary upon any property subsequently acquired by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary which were existing at the time of such
acquisition, provided that the amount of any Indebtedness secured by any such
Mortgage created or assumed does not exceed the cost to the Company or
Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, of the property covered by such
Mortgage; and (viii) any extension, renewal or replacement, in whole or in
part, of any Mortgage referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vii);
provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not
exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or replacement; and provided, further, that such Mortgage shall be
limited to all or such part of the property which secured the Mortgage so
extended, renewed or replaced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Mortgage
upon any Principal Property without equally and ratably securing the Senior
Debt Securities if the aggregate amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by
such Mortgage and all similar Mortgages does not exceed 15% of the total
consolidated shareholders' equity (including preferred stock) of the Company as
shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual
report to shareholders of the Company; provided that Debt secured by Permitted
Mortgages shall not be included in the amount of such secured Debt.
Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company will not, nor will it
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any person
providing for the leasing by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as lessee
of any Principal Property (except for temporary leases for a term, including
renewals, of not more than three years), which property has been or is to be
sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such person
(herein referred to as a "Sale-Leaseback Transaction"), unless (i) such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within 120 days from the date of acquisition
of such Principal Property or the date of the completion of construction or
commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later,
or (ii) the Company, within 120 days after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction,
applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company
or any Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt of the Company which by its terms or
the terms of the instrument pursuant to which it was issued is subordinate in
right of payment to the Senior
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Debt Securities) an amount not less than the net proceeds of the sale of such
Principal Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company may,
and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback
Transaction involving any Principal Property, provided that the net sale
proceeds from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with all Debt secured
by Mortgages other than Permitted Mortgages, does not exceed 15% of the total
consolidated shareholders' equity of the Company as shown on the audited
consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to
shareholders of the Company.
Definitions
For the purposes of the description of the Senior Debt Securities:
"Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Funded Debt" of any person means all indebtedness for borrowed money
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed in any manner by such person, and all
indebtedness, contingent or otherwise, incurred or assumed by such person in
connection with the acquisition of any business, property or asset, which in
each case matures more than one year after, or which by its terms is renewable
or extendible or payable out of the proceeds of similar indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the terms of any revolving credit agreement or any similar
agreement at the option of such person for a period ending more than one year
after the date as of which Funded Debt is being determined; provided, however,
that Funded Debt shall not include (i) any indebtedness for the payment,
redemption or satisfaction of which money (or evidences of indebtedness, if
permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness) in the
necessary amount shall have been irrevocably deposited in trust with a trustee
or proper depository either on or before the maturity or redemption date
thereof or (ii) any indebtedness of such person to any of its Subsidiaries or
of any Subsidiary to such person or any other Subsidiary or (iii) any
indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of operating,
construction or acquisition projects, provided that the recourse for such
indebtedness is limited to the assets of such projects.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or
security interest of any kind.
"Principal Property" means any property owned or leased by the
Company or any subsidiary, unless, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of
the Company, such property is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries as an entirety.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means each Subsidiary as of the date of the
Indenture and each Subsidiary thereafter created or acquired, unless expressly
excluded by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company before, or
within 120 days following, such creation or acquisition.
"Subsidiary", when used with respect to the Company, means any
corporation of which a majority of the outstanding voting stock is owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or
both.
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SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
In addition to the provisions previously described herein and
applicable to all Debt Securities, the following description of the
Subordinated Debt Securities summarizes certain general terms and provisions of
the Subordinated Debt Securities to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate.
The particular terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities offered by any
Prospectus Supplement and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions
may apply to any series of Subordinated Debt Securities will be described in
the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Subordinated Debt Securities may be
issued from time to time in one or more series under the Subordinated
Indenture.
Ranking of Subordinated Debt Securities
The Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated and junior in
right of payment to certain other indebtedness of the Company to the extent set
forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Company and pari passu
with the Company's trade creditors. No payment on account of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities and no
acquisition of, or payment on account of any sinking fund for, the Subordinated
Debt Securities may be made unless full payment of amounts then due for
principal, premium, if any, and interest then due on all Senior Indebtedness by
reason of the maturity thereof (by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise)
has been made or duly provided for in cash or in a manner satisfactory to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness. In addition, the Subordinated Indenture
provides that if a default has occurred giving the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness the right to accelerate the maturity thereof, or an event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice, or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute such an event of default, then unless and until such event shall
have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payment on account
of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities
and no acquisition of, or payment on account of a sinking fund for, the
Subordinated Debt Securities may be made. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Subordinated Trustee of any default under any Senior
Indebtedness or under any agreement pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may
have been issued. The Subordinated Indenture provisions described in this
paragraph, however, do not prevent the Company from making a sinking fund
payment with Subordinated Debt Securities acquired prior to the maturity of
Senior Indebtedness or, in the case of default, prior to such default and
notice thereof. Upon any distribution of its assets in connection with any
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, all Senior
Indebtedness must be paid in full before the holders of the Subordinated Debt
Securities are entitled to any payments whatsoever. As a result of these
subordination provisions, in the event of the Company's insolvency, holders of
the Subordinated Debt Securities may recover ratably less than senior creditors
of the Company.
For purposes of the description of the Subordinated Debt Securities,
the term "Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the following, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the
Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture or thereafter incurred or created (i)
indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed by the Company (including
purchase money obligations with an original maturity in excess of one year) or
evidenced by securities (other than the Subordinated Debt Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities), notes, bankers' acceptances or other corporate
debt securities or similar instruments issued by the Company; (ii) obligations
with respect to letters of credit; (iii) indebtedness of the Company
constituting it a guarantee of indebtedness of others of the type referred to
in the preceding clauses
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(i) and (ii); or (iv) renewals, extensions or refundings of any of the
indebtedness referred to in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) unless,
in the case of any particular indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding,
under the express provisions of the instrument creating or evidencing the same,
or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, such indebtedness or such
renewal, extension or refunding thereof is not superior in right of payment to
the Subordinated Debt Securities.
DESCRIPTION OF JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The following description of the terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The
particular terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities offered by any
Prospectus Supplement and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions
may apply to any series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be
described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in
one or more series under an Indenture (the "Junior Subordinated Indenture")
between the Company and The Bank of New York or such other trustee as may be
named in a Prospectus Supplement (the "Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee").
The Junior Subordinated Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part. The following
description summarizes the material terms of the Junior Subordinated Indenture
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Junior Subordinated
Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act. Whenever particular provisions or
defined terms in the Junior Subordinated Indenture are referred to herein, such
provisions or defined terms are incorporated by reference herein.
GENERAL
The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be unsecured, junior
subordinated obligations of the Company. The Junior Subordinated Indenture
does not limit the amount of additional indebtedness the Company or any of its
subsidiaries may incur. Since the Company is a holding company, the Company's
rights and the rights of its creditors, including the holders of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary
upon the latter's liquidation or recapitalization will be subject to the prior
claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that the Company may
itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary.
The Junior Subordinated Indenture does not limit the aggregate
principal amount of indebtedness which may be issued thereunder and provides
that Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued thereunder from time to
time in one or more series. The Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are
issuable in one or more series pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the
Junior Subordinated Indenture.
In the event Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a CCCI
Trust or a Trustee of such CCCI Trust in connection with the issuance of
Preferred Securities by such CCCI Trust, such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities subsequently may be distributed pro rata to the holders of such
Preferred Securities in connection with the dissolution of such CCCI Trust upon
the occurrence of certain events described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Only one series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be
issued to a CCCI Trust or a Trustee of such CCCI Trust in connection with the
issuance of Preferred Securities by such CCCI Trust.
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Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement for the following terms
of the series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities being offered hereby (to
the extent such terms are applicable to the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities): (i) the specific designation of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities, aggregate principal amount and purchase price; (ii) any limit on
the aggregate principal amount of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities;
(iii) the date or dates on which the principal of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities is payable and the right, if any, to extend such date or dates; (iv)
the rate or rates at which such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will bear
interest or the method of calculating such rate or rates, if any; (v) the date
or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on
which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such
interest payment dates and the record dates for the determination of holders to
whom interest is payable on any such interest payment dates; (vi) the right, if
any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such extension;
(vii) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the
terms and conditions upon which, such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; (viii) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be redeemed or purchased,
in whole or part, pursuant to such obligation; (ix) any applicable federal
income tax consequences, including whether and under what circumstances the
Company will pay additional amounts on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
held by a person who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will
have the option to redeem such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities rather than
pay such additional amounts; (x) the form of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities; (xi) if other than denominations of $25 or any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
shall be issuable; (xii) any and all other terms with respect to such series,
including any modification of or additions to the events of default or
covenants provided for with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities,
and any terms which may be required by or advisable under applicable laws or
regulations not inconsistent with the Junior Subordinated Indenture; (xiii) the
terms and conditions upon which the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be
convertible into or exchanged for Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Preferred
Securities, or indebtedness or other securities of any kind of the Company or
any Third Party Securities; and (xiv) whether such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities are issuable as a global security, and in such case, the identity
of the depositary.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the Junior Subordinated Debentures will be issued in United States dollars in
fully registered form without coupons in denominations of $25 or integral
multiples thereof. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange
of any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, but the Company may, except in
certain specified cases not involving any transfer, require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. Unless otherwise set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, interest
on outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be paid to holders of
record on the date which is 15 days immediately prior to the date such interest
is to be paid.
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may bear interest at a fixed rate
or a floating rate. Junior Subordinated Debt Securities bearing no interest or
interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing market
rate will be sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. Special
federal income tax considerations applicable to any such discounted Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities or to certain Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
issued at par which are treated as having been issued at a discount for federal
income tax purposes will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
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GLOBAL SECURITIES
If any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of a series are represented
by one or more Global Securities, the applicable Prospectus Supplement will
describe the circumstances, if any, under which beneficial owners of interests
in any such Global Security may exchange such interests for Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount in any
authorized form and denomination. Principal of, and any premium and interest
on, a Global Security will be payable in the manner described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement.
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any
portion of a series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be represented by
a Global Security will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, OR CONVEYANCE
The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that the Company may 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 successor corporation shall be a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia,
and shall expressly assume by a supplemental indenture the due and punctual
payment of the principal of, any premium on, and any interest on, all the
outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the performance of every
covenant in the Junior Subordinated Indenture on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed; (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 shall have delivered to the applicable Junior
Subordinated Indenture Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer
and such supplemental indenture comply with the foregoing provisions relating
to such transaction. In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer, such successor corporation will succeed to and be substituted for the
Company as obligor on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, with the same
effect as if it had been named in the Junior Subordinated Indenture as the
Company. The Junior Subordinated Indentures and the Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities do not contain any covenants or other provisions designed to protect
holders of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in the event of a highly
leveraged transaction involving the Company or any Subsidiary.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; WAIVER AND NOTICE THEREOF; JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
As to any series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, an Event of
Default is defined in each Junior Subordinated Indenture as (a) default for 90
days in payment of any interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of
such series; (b) default in payment of principal of or any premium on the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series at maturity; (c) default in
payment of any sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation, if any, on the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series; (d) default by the Company
in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty contained in
the Junior Subordinated Indenture for the benefit of such series which shall
not have been remedied for a period of 90 days after notice is given as
specified in the Junior Subordinated Indenture; and (e) certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization of the Company.
A default under other indebtedness of the Company will not be a
default under the Junior Subordinated Indentures and a default under one series
of Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will not necessarily
be a default under another series.
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The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that (i) if an Event of
Default described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above (if the Event of Default
under clause (d) is with respect to less than all series of Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities outstanding) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect
to any series, either the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee or the holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities of such series then outstanding (each such series acting as a
separate class) may declare the principal (or, in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities, the portion thereof specified in the terms thereof) of all
outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series and the interest
accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately if an Event of
Default described in clause (d) or (e) above (if the Event of Default under
clause (d) is with respect to all series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
then outstanding) shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Junior
Subordinated Indenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities then outstanding
(treated as one class) may declare the principal (or, in the case of Original
Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereof specified in the terms thereof)
of all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities then outstanding and the interest
accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain
conditions such declarations may be annulled and past defaults (except for
defaults in the payment of principal of, any premium on, or any interest on,
such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and in compliance with certain
covenants) may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series then
outstanding (subject to, in the case of any series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI
Capital Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI
Capital Trust). "Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of
any series which are held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust pursuant to
the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust means the distribution of
the Securities of such series by such CCCI Capital Trust in exchange for the
Preferred Securities and Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust in
dissolution of such CCCI Capital Trust pursuant to the Declaration of Trust of
such CCCI Capital Trust.
Under the Junior Subordinated Indenture the Junior Subordinated
Indenture Trustee must give to the holders of each series of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities notice of all uncured defaults known to it with
respect to such series within 90 days after such a default occurs (the term
"default" to include the events specified above without notice or grace
periods, except that in the case of any default of the type described in clause
(d) above, no such notice shall be given until at least 90 days after the
occurrence thereof); provided that, except in the case of default in the
payment of principal of, any premium on, or any interest on, any of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, or default in the payment of any sinking or
purchase fund installment or analogous obligations, the applicable Junior
Subordinated Indenture Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if
it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such
series (subject to, in the case of any series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI
Capital Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI
Capital Trust).
No holder of any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of any series may
institute any action under the Junior Subordinated Indenture unless (a) such
holder shall have given the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee thereunder
written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to such series,
(b) the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series then outstanding (subject
to, in the case of any series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities held as
trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to which a Security
Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as
may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust)
shall have requested the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee thereunder to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default, (c) such holder or
holders shall have offered the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee thereunder
such reasonable indemnity as such Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee may
require, (d) the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee thereunder shall have
failed to institute an action for 60 days thereafter and (e) no inconsistent
direction shall have been given to the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee
thereunder during such 60-day period by the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series then
outstanding (subject to, in the case of any series of Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI
Capital Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI
Capital Trust).
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities of any series affected and then outstanding
(subject to, in the case of any series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to which a
Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of
the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as
may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust) will
have the right, subject to certain limitations, to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the applicable
Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred
on such Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee with respect to such series of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides
that, in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Junior
Subordinated Indenture Trustee thereunder, in exercising its rights and powers
under such Junior Subordinated Indenture, will be required to use the degree of
care of a prudent person in the conduct of such person's own affairs. Each
Junior Subordinated Indenture further provides that the Junior Subordinated
Indenture Trustee thereunder shall not be required to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties under such Junior Subordinated Indenture unless it has reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability is reasonably assured to it.
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The Company must furnish to the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a statement signed by one of
certain officers of the Company to the effect that a review of the activities
of the Company during such year and of its performance under the Junior
Subordinated Indenture and the terms of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
has been made, and, to the best of the knowledge of the signatories based on
such review, the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants of such
Junior Subordinated Indenture through such year or, if the Company is in
default, specifying such default.
If any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are denominated in a coin
or currency other than that of the United States, then for the purposes of
determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities have taken any action as herein described, the
principal amount of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities shall be deemed to
be that amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such
principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange into United States
dollars for the currency in which such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are
denominated (as evidenced to the applicable Junior Subordinated Indenture by an
Officers' Certificate) as of the date the taking of such action by the holders
of such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the applicable Junior
Subordinated Indenture as provided in the respective Junior Subordinated
Indenture.
If any Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities, then for the purposes of determining whether the holders of the
requisite principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities have taken
any action herein described, the principal amount of such Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities shall be deemed to be the portion of such principal amount that
would be due and payable at the time of the taking of such action upon a
declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof.
MODIFICATION OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that the Company and the
Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee may, without the consent of any holders
of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, enter into supplemental indentures for
the purposes, among other things, of adding to the Company's covenants, adding
additional Junior Subordinated Indenture Events of Default, establishing the
form or terms of any series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or, provided
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of any
series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in any material respect, curing
ambiguities or inconsistencies in the Junior Subordinated Indenture or making
other provisions.
With certain exceptions, the Junior Subordinated Indenture or the
rights of the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be
modified by the Company and the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee with the
consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of each series affected by such
modification then outstanding (subject to, in the case of any series of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and
with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such
consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of
such CCCI Capital Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of
such CCCI Capital Trust), but no such modification may be made without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Security
affected thereby (subject to, in the case of any series of Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect
to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI
Capital Trust as may be required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI
Capital Trust) which would (i) change the maturity of any payment of principal
of, or any premium on, or any installment of interest on any Junior
Subordinated Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
interest or any premium thereon, or change the method of computing the amount
of principal thereof or interest thereon on any date or change any place of
payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Junior Subordinated Debt
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the redemption
date or the repayment date, as the case may be), (ii) reduce the percentage in
principal amount of the outstanding Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of any
series, the consent of whose holders is required for any such modification, or
the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver of compliance with
certain provisions of the Junior Subordinated Indenture or certain defaults
thereunder and their consequences provided for in such Indenture, or (iii)
modify any of the provisions of certain Sections of
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the Junior Subordinated Indenture, including the provisions summarized in this
paragraph, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of the Junior Subordinated Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Junior
Subordinated Debt Security affected thereby.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
The Junior Subordinated Indenture shall generally cease to be of any
further effect with respect to a series of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
if (a) the Company has delivered to the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee
for cancellation all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series (with
certain limited exceptions) or (b) all Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of
such series not theretofore delivered to the Junior Subordinated Indenture
Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their
terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for
redemption within one year, and the Company shall have deposited with the
Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee as trust funds the entire amount
sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee) without consideration of any
reinvestment and after payment of all taxes or other charges and assessments in
respect thereof payable by the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee to pay at
maturity or upon redemption all such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, no
default with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities has occurred
and is continuing on the date of such deposit, such deposit does not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Junior
Subordinated Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party and the Company delivered an officers' certificate and an
opinion of counsel each stating that such conditions have been complied with
(and if, in either case, the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all
other sums payable under the Junior Subordinated Indenture by the Company).
In addition, the Company shall have a "legal defeasance option"
(pursuant to which it may terminate, with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities of a particular series, all of its obligations under such
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and the Junior Subordinated Indenture with
respect to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) and a "covenant defeasance
option" (pursuant to which it may terminate, with respect to the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities of a particular series, its obligations with
respect to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities under certain specified
covenants contained in the Junior Subordinated Indenture). If the Company
exercises its legal defeasance option with respect to a series of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities, payment of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the
Company exercises its covenant defeasance option with respect to a series of
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, payment of such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default related to the
specified covenants.
The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant
defeasance option with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of a
series only if (a) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Junior
Subordinated Indenture Trustee cash or U.S. Government Obligations (as defined
in the Junior Subordinated Indenture) for the payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest with respect to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be, (b) the Company delivers to the
Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee a certificate from a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressing their opinion that
the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the
deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without
investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be
sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest when due with
respect to all the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be, (c) 91 days pass after the deposit
is made and
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during the 91-day period no default described in clause (e) under "-- Events of
Default, Waiver and Notice Thereof; Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in
Foreign Currencies" above with respect to the Company occurs that is continuing
at the end of such period, (e) the deposit does not constitute a default under
any other agreement binding on the Company, (f) the Company delivers to the
Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that
the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a
regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (g) the
Company shall have delivered to the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee an
opinion of counsel addressing certain federal income tax matters relating to
the defeasance, and (h) the Company delivers to the Junior Subordinated
Indenture Trustee an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of such series as contemplated by the
Junior Subordinated Indenture have been complied with.
The Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee shall hold in trust cash or
U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it as described above and shall
apply the deposited cash and the proceeds from deposited U.S. Government
Obligations to the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with
respect to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities of the defeased series.
CONCERNING THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE TRUSTEE
The Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee for the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities will be identified in the relevant Prospectus Supplement. In
certain instances, the Company or the holders of a majority of the then
outstanding principal amount of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities issued
under an Junior Subordinated Indenture may remove the Junior Subordinated
Indenture Trustee and appoint a successor Junior Subordinated Indenture
Trustee. The Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee may become the owner or
pledgee of any of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities with the same rights,
subject to certain conflict of interest restrictions, it would have if it were
not the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee. The Junior Subordinated
Indenture Trustee and any successor trustee must be a corporation organized and
doing business as a commercial bank or trust company under the laws of the
United States or of any state thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and subject to examination by federal or state authority. From
time to time and subject to applicable law relating to conflicts of interest,
the Junior Subordinated Indenture Trustee may also serve as trustee under other
indentures relating to Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
issued by the Company or affiliated companies and may engage in commercial
transactions with the Company and affiliated companies. Initially, the Junior
Subordinated Indenture Trustee is The Bank of New York, who currently serves as
the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and is a lender to the
Company under the Company's Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April
10, 1997.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY APPLICABLE TO THE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT
SECURITIES
If Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a CCCI Trust in
connection with the issuance of Preferred Securities by such CCCI Trust, the
Company covenants in the Junior Subordinated Indenture that, so long as the
Preferred Securities of such CCCI Trust remain outstanding, the Company will not
declare or pay any dividends on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a
distribution or liquidation payment with respect to, any Common Stock or
Preferred Stock or make any guarantee payments with respect thereto if at such
time (i) the Company shall be in default with respect to its Guarantee Payments
(as defined herein) or other payment obligations under the related Guarantee,
(ii) there shall have occurred any Junior Subordinated Indenture Event of
Default with respect to such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, or (iii) in
the event that Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to the applicable
CCCI Trust in connection with the issuance
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of Preferred Securities by such CCCI Trust, the Company shall have given notice
of its election to defer payments of interest on such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities by extending the interest payment period as provided in the terms of
the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities and such period, or any extension
thereof, is continuing; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall
not apply to (i) dividends, redemptions, purchases, acquisitions, distributions
or payments made by the Company by way of issuance of shares of its capital
stock, (ii) any declaration of a dividend under a shareholder rights plan or in
connection with the implementation of a shareholder rights plan, the issuance of
capital stock of the Company under a shareholder rights plan or the redemption
or repurchase of any such right distributed pursuant to a shareholder rights
plan, (iii) payments of accrued dividends by the Company upon the redemption,
exchange or conversion of any Preferred Stock as may be outstanding from time to
time in accordance with the terms of such Preferred Stock, (iv) cash payments
made by the Company in lieu of delivering fractional shares upon the redemption,
exchange or conversion of any Preferred Stock as may be outstanding from time to
time in accordance with the terms of such Preferred Stock, (v) payments under
the Guarantees, or (vi) purchases of Common Stock related to the issuance of
Common Stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans for its
directors, officers or employees, or related to the issuance of Common Stock or
rights under a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan. In addition, if
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to a CCCI Trust in connection
with the issuance of Preferred Securities by such CCCI Trust, for so long as the
Preferred Securities of such CCCI Trust remain outstanding, the Company has
agreed (i) to remain the sole direct or indirect owner of all the outstanding
Common Securities issued by such CCCI Trust and not to cause or permit such
Common Securities to be transferred except to the extent permitted by the
Declaration of such CCCI Trust; provided that any permitted successor of the
Company under the Junior Subordinated Indenture may succeed to the Company's
ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) to comply fully with all its
obligations and agreements under such Declaration and (iii) not to take any
action which would cause such CCCI Trust to cease to be treated as a grantor
trust for federal income tax purposes, except in connection with a distribution
of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities.
SUBORDINATION
The Junior Subordinated Indenture provides that the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness of the Company. No payment by the Company on account
of principal of (or premium, if any) or any interest on the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities may be made if any default or event of default with respect to
any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing and written
notice thereof shall have been given to the Junior Subordinated Indenture
Trustee by the Company or to the Company and the Junior Subordinated Indenture
Trustee by the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of any kind or
category of any Senior Indebtedness (or a representative or trustee on their
behalf). Upon any acceleration of the principal due on the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities or any payment or distribution of assets of the Company to
creditors upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization,
whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other proceedings, all principal of (and premium, if any) and interest due or
to become due on all Senior Indebtedness must be paid in full before the
holders of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities will be entitled to receive or
retain any payment (other than shares of stock or subordinated indebtedness
provided by a plan of reorganization or adjustment which does not alter the
rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness). Subject to the payment in full of
all Senior Indebtedness, the holders of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
are to be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to
receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company applicable to Senior
Indebtedness until the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are paid in full.
By reason of such subordination, in the event of insolvency, creditors of the
Company who are holders of Senior Indebtedness, as well as general creditors of
the Company, may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities.
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For the purposes of the Junior Subordinated Indenture, the term
"Senior Indebtedness" shall mean (i) the principal of, premium, if any, and
accrued and unpaid interest on (a) indebtedness of the Company for money
borrowed, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the Junior
Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, (b)
guarantees by the Company of indebtedness for money borrowed by any other
person, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the Junior Subordinated
Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, (c) indebtedness
evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other instruments of indebtedness for
the payment of which the Company is responsible or liable, by guarantees or
otherwise, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the Junior
Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and (d)
obligations of the Company under any agreement to lease, or any lease of, any
real or personal property, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the
Junior Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, (ii)
any other indebtedness, liability or obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
the Company and any guarantee, endorsement or other contingent obligation of
the Company in respect of any indebtedness, liability or obligation, whether
outstanding on the date of execution of the Junior Subordinated Indenture or
thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and (iii) modifications, renewals,
extensions and refundings of any such indebtedness, liabilities, obligations or
guarantees; unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or
pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such
indebtedness, liabilities, obligations or guarantees, or such modification,
renewal, extension or refunding thereof, are not superior in right of payment
to the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities; provided, however, that Senior
Indebtedness shall not include any obligation of the Company to any Subsidiary
or obligations to trade creditors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
the Junior Subordinated Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities,
Senior Indebtedness shall not include any indebtedness of the Company which, by
its terms or the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing it, is
subordinate in right of payment to, or pari passu with, the Junior Subordinated
Debt Securities, as the case may be. The Junior Subordinated Indenture does
not contain any limitation on the amount of Senior Indebtedness that can be
incurred by the Company.
The Company's rights and the rights of its creditors (including
holders of Debt Securities) to participate in any distribution of assets of any
subsidiary of the Company upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is
necessarily subject to the prior claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except
to the extent that claims of the Company itself as a creditor of the subsidiary
may be recognized. The operations of the Company are conducted through its
subsidiaries and, therefore, the Company is dependent upon the earnings and cash
flow of its subsidiaries to meet its obligations, including obligations under
the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities will be effectively subordinated to
all indebtedness of the Company's subsidiaries.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
The Board of Directors has the authority to issue up to 2,000,000
shares of Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix the rights,
preferences, privileges and qualifications thereof without any further vote or
action by the shareholders. The issuance of Preferred Stock could decrease the
amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of Common
Stock, and adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of
such holders and may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a
change in control of the Company. No shares of Preferred Stock have ever been
issued. The particular terms of any series of Preferred Stock will be
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all
matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Company and to ratably
receive dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of
Directors from funds legally available therefor, subject to the payment of any
preferential dividends declared with respect to any Preferred Stock that from
time to time may be outstanding. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in any
assets available for distribution to shareholders after payment of all
obligations of the Company, subject to the rights to receive preferential
distributions of the holders of any shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding.
Shareholders do not have cumulative voting rights or preemptive or
other rights to acquire or subscribe to additional, unissued or treasury
shares. The shares of Common Stock currently outstanding are, and the shares of
Common Stock offered hereby will be, upon issuance thereof, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
In May 1977, the Company and its then shareholders, including L. Lowry
Mays and B.J. McCombs, entered into a Buy-Sell Agreement (the "Repurchase
Agreement") restricting the disposition of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock owned by L. Lowry Mays and B.J. McCombs and their heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the "Restricted
Parties"). The Repurchase Agreement provides that in the event that a
Restricted Party desires to dispose of his shares, other than by disposition by
will or intestacy or through gifts to such Restricted Party's spouse or
children, such shares must be offered for a period of 30 days to the Company.
Any shares not purchased by the Company must then be offered for a period of 30
days to the other Restricted Parties. If all of the offered shares are not
purchased by the Company or the other Restricted Parties, the Restricted Party
offering his shares may sell them to a third party during a period of 90 days
thereafter at a price and on terms not more favorable than those offered to the
Company and the other Restricted Parties. In addition, a Restricted Party may
not individually or in concert with others sell any shares so as to deliver
voting control to a third party without providing in any such sale that all
Restricted Parties will be offered the same price and terms for their shares.
The Repurchase Agreement will continue in effect following the Offering and may
preserve the control of the present principal shareholders.
TEXAS BUSINESS COMBINATION LAW
The Company will be governed by the provisions of the Texas Business
Combination Law, Part 13 of the Texas Business Corporation Act, which takes
effect on September 1, 1997. In general, the law prohibits a Texas "issuing
public corporation" from engaging in a "business combination" with an
"affiliated shareholder," or an affiliate or associate thereof, for a period of
three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an
affiliate shareholder, unless the business combination is approved in a
prescribed manner. "Business combinations" include mergers, asset sales and
other transactions resulting in a financial benefit to the affiliated
shareholder. An "affiliated shareholder" is a person who, together with
affiliates and associates, owns (or within three years, did own) 20% or more of
the corporation's voting stock. The applicability of the Texas Business
Combination Law to the Company may have an anti-takeover effect.
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FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
As a consequence of the restrictions imposed by the Communications Act
of 1934 on ownership of Common Stock by aliens, the Company's bylaws were
amended effective December 31, 1983 to provide that (i) not more than one-fifth
of the shares outstanding shall at any time be owned of record, or voted, by or
for the account of aliens, their representatives, a foreign government or a
corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country, (ii) the Company
shall not be owned or controlled directly or indirectly by any other
corporation of which any officer or more than one- fourth of the directors are
aliens or of which more than one-fourth of the shares are owned of record or
voted by aliens, (iii) no person who is an alien may be elected or serve as an
officer or director of the Company, and (iv) if the stock records of the
Company shall at any time reflect one-fifth ownership, no transfers of
additional shares to aliens shall be made and, if it shall thereafter be found
that any such additional shares are in fact held by or for the account of an
alien, such shares shall not be entitled to vote, to receive dividends or to
have any other rights. The holder of such shares will be required to transfer
them to a United States citizen or to the Company. This restriction will be
applicable to the shares of Common Stock offered hereby and to the issuance or
transfer of such shares after the date of this Prospectus. The Company's stock
certificates will bear a legend setting forth this restriction. Since the
bylaws were amended, the Communications Act of 1934 has been revised to remove
the limitations on alien officers and directors.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The Company may issue Warrants for the purchase of Debt Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities ("Debt Warrants") or shares of Preferred
Stock or Common Stock ("Stock Warrants"). Warrants may be issued independently
or together with any Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or
shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock offered by any Prospectus Supplement
and may be attached to or separate from such Debt Securities or Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities or shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock. The
Warrants are to be issued under Warrant Agreements to be entered into between
the Company and The Bank of New York, as Warrant Agent, or such other bank or
trust company as is named in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the
particular issue of Warrants (the "Warrant Agent"). The Warrant Agent will act
solely as an agent of the Company in connection with the Warrants and will not
assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any
holders of Warrants or beneficial owners of Warrants. The following summaries
of certain provisions of the form of Warrant Agreement and Warrants do not
purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety
by reference to, all the provisions of the applicable Warrant Agreement and the
Warrants.
GENERAL
If Warrants are offered, the Prospectus Supplement will describe the
terms of the Warrants, including the following: (i) the offering price; (ii)
the currency, currencies or currency units for which Warrants may be purchased;
(iii) the designation, aggregate principal amount, currency, currencies or
currency units and terms of the Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities purchasable upon exercise of the Debt Warrants and the price at
which such Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities may be
purchased upon such exercise; (iv) the designation, number of shares and terms
of the Preferred Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Preferred Stock
Warrants and the price at which such shares of Preferred Stock Warrants may be
purchased upon such exercise; (v) the designation, number of shares and terms
of the Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Common Stock Warrants and
the price at which such shares of Common Stock may be purchased upon such
exercise; (vi) if applicable, the designation and terms of the Debt Securities,
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Common Stock with which
the Warrants are issued and the number of Warrants issued with each such Debt
Security or share of Preferred Stock or
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Common Stock; (vii) if applicable, the date on and after which the Warrants and
the related Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, Preferred
Stock or Common Stock will be separately transferable; (viii) the date on which
the right to exercise the Warrants shall commence and the date (the "Expiration
Date") on which such right shall expire; (ix) whether the Warrants will be
issued in registered or bearer form; (x) a discussion of certain federal income
tax, accounting and other special considerations, procedures and limitations
relating to the Warrants; and (xi) any other terms of the Warrants.
Warrants may be exchanged for new Warrants 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 Warrant Agent or any other
office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement. Before the exercise of their
Warrants, holders of Warrants will not have any of the rights of holders of the
Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or shares of Preferred
Stock or Common Stock purchasable upon such exercise, including the right to
receive payments of principal of, any premium on, or any interest on, the Debt
Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchasable upon such
exercise or to enforce the covenants in the Indenture or to receive payments of
dividends, if any, on the Preferred Stock or Common Stock purchasable upon such
exercise or to exercise any applicable right to vote. If the Company maintains
the ability to reduce the exercise price of any Stock Warrant and such right is
triggered, the Company will comply with the federal securities laws, including
Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act, to the extent applicable.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Each Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase such principal amount
of Debt Securities or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or such number of
shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock at such exercise price as shall in
each case be set forth in, or calculable from, the Prospectus Supplement
relating to the Warrant. Warrants may be exercised at such times as are set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Warrants. After the close
of business on the Expiration Date (or such later date to which such Expiration
Date may be extended by the Company), unexercised Warrants will become void.
Subject to any restrictions and additional requirements that may be
set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, Warrants may be
exercised by delivery to the Warrant Agent of the certificate evidencing such
Warrants properly completed and duly executed and of payment as provided in the
Prospectus Supplement of the amount required to purchase the Debt Securities,
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or shares of Preferred Stock or Common
Stock purchasable upon such exercise. The exercise price will be the price
applicable on the date of payment in full, as set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to the Warrants. Upon receipt of such payment and the
certificate representing the Warrants to be exercised, properly completed and
duly executed at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent or any other
office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will, as soon as
practicable, issue and deliver the Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities or shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock purchasable upon such
exercise. If fewer than all of the Warrants represented by such certificate are
exercised, a new certificate will be issued for the remaining amount of
Warrants.
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
The exercise price payable and the number of shares of Common or
Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Stock Warrant will be
subject to adjustment in certain events, including the issuance of a stock
dividend to holders of Common or Preferred Stock, respectively, or a
combination, subdivision or reclassification of Common or Preferred Stock,
respectively. In lieu of adjusting the number of shares of Common or Preferred
Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Stock Warrant, the Company may elect to
adjust the number of Stock Warrants. No adjustment in the number of shares
purchasable upon exercise of
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the Stock Warrants will be required until cumulative adjustments require an
adjustment of at least 1% thereof. The Company may, at its option, reduce the
exercise price at any time. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise
of Stock Warrants, but the Company will pay the cash value of any fractional
shares otherwise issuable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case of any
consolidation, merger, or sale or conveyance of the property of the Company as
an entirety or substantially as an entirety, the holder of each outstanding
Stock Warrant shall have the right upon the exercise thereof to the kind and
amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (including cash)
receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred
Stock into which such Stock Warrants were exercisable immediately prior
thereto.
NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDERS
Holders of Stock Warrants will not be entitled, by virtue of being
such holders, to vote, to consent, to receive dividends, to receive notice as
shareholders with respect to any meeting of shareholders for the election of
directors of the Company or any other matter, or to exercise any rights
whatsoever as shareholders of the Company.
DESCRIPTION OF THIRD PARTY WARRANTS
The following statements with respect to the Third Party Warrants are
summaries of, and subject to, the detailed provisions of a warrant agreement
(the "Third Party Warrant Agreement") to be entered into by the Company and a
warrant agent to be selected at the time of issue (the "Third Party Warrant
Agent"), which Third Party Warrant Agreement may include or incorporate by
reference standard warrant provisions substantially in the form of the Standard
Stock Warrant Provisions or the provisions set forth in the form of the Warrant
Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or other provisions
set forth in the Third Party Warrant Agreement which will be filed as an
exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
GENERAL
The Third Party Warrants may be issued under the Third Party Warrant
Agreement independently or together with any Securities offered by any
Prospectus Supplement and may be attached to or separate from such Securities.
If Third Party Warrants are offered, the related Prospectus Supplement will
describe the terms of the warrants, including without limitation the following:
(i) the offering price, if any; (ii) the designation, aggregate principal
amount and terms of the Third Party Securities purchasable upon exercise of the
warrants; (iii) if applicable, the designation and terms of the Third Party
Securities with which the Third Party Warrants are issued and the number of
Third Party Warrants issued with each such Third Party Security; (iv) if
applicable, the date on and after which the Third Party Warrants and the
related Third Party Securities will be separately transferable; (v) the number
of principal amount of Third Party Securities purchasable upon exercise of one
Third Party Warrant and the price at which such number or principal amount of
Third Party Securities may be purchased upon exercise; (vi) the date on which
the right to exercise the Third Party Warrants shall commence, the date on
which such right shall expire and whether the Company has the ability to extend
the exercise period; (vii) federal income tax consequences; (viii) whether the
Third Party Warrants will be issued in registered or bearer form; (ix) the
antidilution provisions of the Third Party Warrants; and (xi) any other terms
of the Third Party Warrants. If the Company possesses the ability to reduce
the exercise price of any Third Party Warrant and such right is triggered, the
Company will comply with the federal securities laws, including Rule 13e-4
under the Exchange Act, to the extent applicable.
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The Prospectus Supplement will identify the Third Party Securities,
the Third Party Company, all documents filed by the Third Party Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of such Third Party Company's last completed fiscal year for which a Form
10-K annual report has been filed and the document or documents filed under the
Exchange Act which contain a description of the Third Party Securities being
sold or, if no such document or documents exist, the Prospectus Supplement will
include a description of the Third Party Securities being sold. Third Party
Warrants may be offered only with respect to Third Party Securities being sold
or, if no such document or documents exist, the Prospectus Supplement will
include a description of the Third Party Securities being sold. Third Party
Warrants may be offered only with respect to Third Party Securities of Third
Party Companies that are eligible to use Form S-3 (or any successor form) for
primary offerings under the rules and regulations of the Commission and Third
Party Securities that are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. To
the extent the Securities Act requires registration of the Third Party
Securities by the Third Party Company, such as where the Third Party is an
affiliate of the Company, in connection with the issuance and/or exercise of
Third Party Warrants, the Company will cause the Third Party Company to file a
Third Party Registration Statement under the Securities Act. Where the
exercise of Third Party Warrants would require the Third Party to have an
effective Third Party Registration Statement at the time of exercise, the
exercise will be subject to the effectiveness of such registration statement.
For example, if the Company is an affiliate of the Third Party
Company, the Third Party Securities that can be acquired upon exercise of the
Third Party Warrants will be the subject of a registration statement filed
under the Securities Act by the Third Party Company prior to any offer of such
Third Party Warrants, and a Third Party Registration Statement will have been
declared effective prior to any sale of Third Party Warrants, except in the
case of Third Party Warrants which are not immediately exercisable, in which
case, such a registration statement would have to be effective, absent an
exemption, when the holder of any Third Party Warrants elects to exercise them
to acquire Third Party Securities.
Third Party Warrants may be exchanged for new Third Party Warrants of
different denominations and may (if in registered form) be presented for
registration of transfer at the corporate trust office of the Third Party
Warrant Agent, which will be listed in the related Prospectus Supplement, or at
such other office as may be set forth therein. Warrant holders do not have any
of the rights of holders of Third Party Securities (except as may be otherwise
set forth in the Prospectus Supplement.)
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE
CONTRACTS AND STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
The Company may issue Stock Purchase Contracts, which are contracts
obligating holders to purchase from the Company, and the Company to sell to the
holders, a specified number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock at a
future date or dates. The price per share of Common Stock or Preferred Stock
may be fixed at the time the Stock Purchase Contracts are issued or may be
determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the Stock Purchase
Contracts. Any such formula may include anti-dilution provisions to adjust the
number of shares issuable pursuant to Stock Purchase Contracts upon certain
events. The Stock Purchase Contracts may be issued separately or as a part of
Stock Purchase Units each representing ownership of a Stock Purchase Contract
and Debt Securities, Preferred Securities or debt obligations of third parties,
including U.S. Obligations, securing the holders' obligations to purchase the
Common Stock or the Preferred Stock under the Purchase Contracts.
Except as otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
in the case of Stock Purchase Units that include debt obligations of third
parties, unless a holder of Stock Purchase Units settles its
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obligations under the Stock Purchase Contracts early through the delivery of
consideration to the Company or its agent in the manner discussed below, the
principal of such debt obligations, when paid at maturity, will automatically
be applied to satisfy the holder's obligation to purchase Common Stock or
Preferred Stock under the Stock Purchase Contracts.
Except as otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
in the case of Stock Purchase Units that include Debt Securities or Preferred
Securities, in the absence of any such early settlement or the election by a
holder to pay the consideration specified in the Stock Purchase Contracts, the
Debt Securities or Preferred Securities will automatically be presented to the
applicable CCCI Trust for redemption at 100% of face or liquidation value and
the CCCI Trust will present Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in an equal
principal amount to the Company for redemption at 100% of principal amount.
Amounts received in respect of such redemption will automatically be
transferred to the Company and applied to satisfy in full the holder's
obligation to purchase Common Stock or Preferred Stock under the Stock Purchase
Contracts. The Stock Purchase Contracts may require the Company to make
periodic payments to the holders of the Stock Purchase Units or vice versa, and
such payments may be unsecured or refunded on some basis. The Stock Purchase
Contracts may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder in a
specified manner.
Except as otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
holders of Stock Purchase Units may be entitled to settle the underlying Stock
Purchase Contracts prior to the stated settlement date by surrendering the
certificate evidencing the Stock Purchase Units, accompanied by the payment
due, in such form and calculated pursuant to such formula as may be prescribed
in the Stock Purchase Contracts and described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Upon early settlement, the holder would receive the number of
shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock deliverable under such Stock Purchase
contracts, subject to adjustment in certain cases. Holders of Stock Purchase
Units may be entitled to exchange their Stock Purchase Units together with
appropriate collateral, for separate Stock Purchase Contracts and Preferred
Securities, Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or debt
obligations. In the event of either such early settlement or exchange, the
Preferred Securities, Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or
debt obligations that were pledged as security for the obligation of the holder
to perform under the Stock Purchase Contracts would be transferred to the
holder free and clear of the Company's security interest therein.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the terms of any
Stock Purchase Contracts or Stock Purchase Units including differences, if any,
from the term described above.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SECURITIES
PREFERRED SECURITIES
Each CCCI Trust may issue, from time to time, only one series of
Preferred Securities having terms described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto. The Declaration of each CCCI Trust authorizes the Regular
Trustees of such CCCI Trust to issue on behalf of such CCCI Trust one series of
Preferred Securities. Each Declaration will be qualified as an indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred Securities will have such terms,
including distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation rights and such other
preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions as shall be
set forth in the related Declaration or made part of such Declaration by the
Trust Indenture Act. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating
to the Preferred Securities of a CCCI Trust for specific terms, including (i)
the specific designation of such Preferred Securities, (ii) the number of
Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust, (iii) the annual distribution
rate (or method of calculation thereof) for Preferred Securities issued by such
CCCI Trust, the date or dates upon which such distributions shall be payable
and the record date or dates for
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the payment of such distributions, (iv) whether distributions on Preferred
Securities issued by such CCCI Trust shall be cumulative, and, in the case of
Preferred Securities having such cumulative distribution rights, the date or
dates or method of determining the date or dates from which distributions on
Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust shall be cumulative, (v) the
amount or amounts which shall be paid out of the assets of such CCCI Trust to
the holders of Preferred Securities of such CCCI Trust upon voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or termination of such CCCI
Trust, (vi) the obligation or right, if any, of such CCCI Trust to purchase or
redeem Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust and the price or prices
at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon
which Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust shall or may be purchased
or redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation or right, (vii)
the voting rights, if any, of Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust in
addition to those required by law, including the number of votes per Preferred
Security and any requirement for the approval by the holders of Preferred
Securities, or of Preferred Securities issued by one or more CCCI Trusts, or of
both, as a condition to specified actions or amendments to the Declaration of
such CCCI Trust, (viii) the terms and conditions upon which the Preferred
Securities may be convertible into or exchanged for Common Stock, Preferred
Stock, Debt Securities, Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, or indebtedness or
other securities of any kind of the Company or any Third Party Securities (as
defined herein); and (ix) any other relevant rights, preferences, privileges,
limitations or restrictions of Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust
consistent with the Declaration of such CCCI Trust or with applicable law. All
Preferred Securities offered hereby will be guaranteed by the Company as and to
the extent set forth below under "Description of the Guarantees." Certain
federal income tax considerations applicable to any offering of Preferred
Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
In connection with the issuance of Preferred Securities, each CCCI
Trust will issue one series of Common Securities. The Declaration of each CCCI
Trust authorizes the Regular Trustees of such CCCI Trust to issue on behalf of
such CCCI Trust one series of Common Securities having such terms including
distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation rights or such restrictions as
shall be set forth therein. The terms of the Common Securities issued by a
CCCI Trust will be substantially identical to the terms of the Preferred
Securities issued by such CCCI Trust and the Common Securities will rank pari
passu and payments will be made thereon on a pro rata basis with the Preferred
Securities except that, if a Declaration Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the rights of the holders of such Common Securities to payment in
respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and maturity
will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of such Preferred Securities.
Except in certain limited circumstances, the Common Securities issued by a CCCI
Trust will also carry the right to vote and to appoint, remove or replace any
of the Trustees of such CCCI Trust. All the Common Securities of a CCCI Trust
will be directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Declaration of any CCCI
Trust occurs and is continuing, then the holders of Preferred Securities of
such CCCI Trust would rely on the enforcement by the Property Trustee of its
rights as a holder of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in such
CCCI Trust against the Company. In addition, the holders of a majority in
liquidation amount of such Preferred Securities will have the right to direct
the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Property Trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or
power conferred upon the Property Trustee under such Declaration, including the
right to direct the Property Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it
as a holder of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. If the Property
Trustee fails to enforce its rights under such Junior Subordinated Debt
Securities deposited in such CCCI Trust, any holder of such Preferred
Securities may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, after a period of 30
days has elapsed from such holder's written request, institute a legal
proceeding against the Company to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under
such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities without first instituting any
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legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other person or entity.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Declaration of any CCCI Trust occurs
and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company
to pay interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities on the
date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of
redemption, on the redemption date), then a holder of Preferred Securities of
such CCCI Trust may also directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of
payment to such holder of the principal of or interest on such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of such Preferred Securities held by such holder (a "Direct
Action") on or after the respective due date specified in such Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities without first (i) directing the Property Trustee
to enforce the terms of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities or (ii)
instituting a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the Property
Trustee's rights under such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities. In connection
with such Direct Action, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such
holder of such Preferred Securities under such Declaration to the extent of any
payment made by the Company to such holder of such Preferred Securities in such
Direct Action. The holders of Preferred Securities of a CCCI Trust will not be
able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities unless the Property Trustee first fails to
do so.
Certain federal income tax considerations applicable to an investment
in Preferred Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating
thereto.
The Property Trustee and its affiliates provide customary commercial
banking services to the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and participate
in various financing agreements of the Company in the ordinary course of their
business. Initially, the Property Trustee is The Bank of New York, who
currently serves as the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and
is a lender to the Company under the Company's Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated April 10, 1997.
DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEES
Set forth below is a summary of information concerning the Guarantees
that will be executed and delivered by the Company for the benefit of the
holders from time to time of Preferred Securities of a CCCI Trust. Each
Preferred Security Guarantee will be separately qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and will be held by The Bank of New York, acting in its capacity
as indenture trustee with respect thereto (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the
benefit of holders of the Preferred Securities of the applicable CCCI Trust.
The terms of each Guarantee will be those set forth in such Guarantee and those
made part of such Guarantee by the Trust Indenture Act. This description
summarizes the material terms of the Guarantees and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the form of Guarantee, which is filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part, and the Trust
Indenture Act.
GENERAL
Pursuant to each Guarantee, the Company will irrevocably and
unconditionally agree, to the extent set forth therein, to pay in full, to the
holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable CCCI Trust, the
Guarantee Payments (as defined herein), to the extent not paid by such CCCI
Trust, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that such
CCCI Trust may have or assert. The following distributions and other payments
with respect to Preferred Securities issued by a CCCI Trust to the extent not
made or paid by such CCCI Trust (the "Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to
the Guarantee (without duplication): (i) any accrued and unpaid distributions
on such Preferred Securities, but only if and to the
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extent that in each case the Company has made a payment to the Property Trustee
of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities, (ii) the redemption
price, including all accrued and unpaid distributions to the date of
redemption, with respect to any Preferred Securities called for redemption by
such CCCI Trust, but only if and to the extent that in each case the Company
has made a payment to the Property Trustee of interest or principal on the
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in such CCCI Trust as trust
assets, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution,
winding-up or termination of such CCCI Trust (other than in connection with the
distribution of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of such
Preferred Securities or the redemption of all such Preferred Securities upon
the maturity or redemption of such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities) the
lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and
unpaid distributions on such Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to
the extent such CCCI Trust has funds available therefor, and (b) the amount of
assets of such CCCI Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of
such Preferred Securities upon liquidation of such CCCI Trust. The Company's
obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of
the required amounts by the Company to the holders of the applicable Preferred
Securities or by causing the applicable CCCI Trust to pay such amounts to such
holders.
The Guarantee is a full and unconditional guarantee from the time of
issuance of the applicable Preferred Securities, but the Guarantee covers
distributions and other payments on such Preferred Securities only if and to
the extent that the Company has made a payment to the Property Trustee of
interest or principal on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities deposited in
the applicable CCCI Trust as trust assets. If the Company does not make
interest or principal payments on the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
deposited in the applicable CCCI Trust as trust assets, the Property Trust will
not make distributions on the Preferred Securities of such CCCI Trust and the
CCCI Trust will not have funds available therefor.
The Company's obligations under the Declaration for each CCCI Trust,
the Guarantee issued with respect to Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI
Trust, the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by such CCCI Trust and
the Junior Subordinated Indenture in the aggregate will provide a full and
unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by the Company of payments due
on the Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
In each Guarantee, the Company will covenant that, so long as any
Preferred Securities issued by the applicable CCCI Trust remain outstanding,
the Company will not declare or pay any dividends on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire or make a distribution or liquidation payment with respect to, any
Common Stock or Preferred Stock or make any guarantee payment with respect
thereto, if at such time (i) the Company shall be in default with respect to
its Guarantee Payments or other payment obligations under such Guarantee, (ii)
there shall have occurred any Event of Default under the related Declaration or
(iii) in the event that Junior Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to the
applicable CCCI Trust in connection with the issuance of Preferred Securities
by such CCCI Trust, the Company shall have given notice of its election to
defer payments of interest on such Junior Subordinated Debt Securities by
extending the interest payment period as provided in the terms of the Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities and such period, or any extension thereof, is
continuing; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply
to (i) dividends, redemptions, purchases, acquisitions, distributions or
payments made by the Company by way of issuance of shares of its capital stock,
(ii) any declaration of a dividend under a shareholder rights plan or in
connection with the implementation of a shareholder rights plan, the issuance
of capital stock of the Company under a shareholder rights plan or the
redemption or repurchase of any such right distributed pursuant to a
shareholder rights plan, (iii) payments of accrued dividends by the Company
upon the redemption, exchange or conversion
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of any Preferred Stock as may be outstanding from time to time in accordance
with the terms of such Preferred Stock, (iv) cash payments made by the Company
in lieu of delivering fractional shares upon the redemption, exchange or
conversion of any Preferred Stock as may be outstanding from time to time in
accordance with the terms of such Preferred Stock, (v) payments under the
Guarantees, or (vi) purchases of Common Stock related to the issuance of Common
Stock or rights under any of the Company's benefit plans for its directors,
officers or employees, or related to the issuance of Common Stock or rights
under a dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan. In addition, so long as
any Preferred Securities of a CCCI Trust remain outstanding, the Company has
agreed (i) to remain the sole direct or indirect owner of all the outstanding
Common Securities issued by such CCCI Trust and not to cause or permit such
Common Securities to be transferred except to the extent permitted by the
Declaration of such CCCI Trust, provided that any permitted successor of the
Company under the Junior Subordinated Indenture may succeed to the Company's
ownership of such Common Securities, and (ii) to use reasonable efforts to
cause such CCCI Trust to continue to be treated as a grantor trust for federal
income tax purposes, except in connection with a distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debt Securities.
AMENDMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the
rights of holders of the applicable Preferred Securities (in which case no
consent will be required), each Guarantee may be amended only with the prior
approval of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% in liquidation amount of the
outstanding Preferred Securities issued by the applicable CCCI Trust. The
manner of obtaining any such approval of holders of such Preferred Securities
will be set forth in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement. All guarantees and
agreements contained in a Guarantee shall bind the successors, assignees,
receivers, trustees and representatives of the Company and shall inure to the
benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities of the applicable CCCI Trust
then outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease of assets involving the Company that is permitted
under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, the Company may not assign its
obligations under any Guarantee.
TERMINATION OF THE GUARANTEES
Each Guarantee will terminate and be of no further force and effect as
to the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable CCCI Trust upon full
payment of the redemption price of all Preferred Securities of such CCCI Trust,
or upon distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders
of the Preferred Securities of such CCCI Trust in exchange for all the
Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI Trust, or upon full payment of the
amounts payable upon liquidation of such CCCI Trust. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Preferred Securities issued by
the applicable CCCI Trust must restore payment of any sums paid under such
Preferred Securities or such Guarantee.
STATUS OF THE GUARANTEES
The Company's obligations under each Guarantee to make the Guarantee
Payments will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Company and will rank
(i) subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of the Company and any guarantees, endorsements or
other contingent obligations of the Company in respect of such indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations, including the Junior Subordinated Debt Securities,
except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and (ii) senior to
all capital stock now or hereafter issued by the Company and to any guarantee
now or hereafter entered into by the Company in respect of any of its capital
stock. The Company's obligations under each
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Guarantee will rank pari passu with each other Guarantee. Because the Company
is a holding company, the Company's obligations under each Guarantee are also
effectively subordinated to all existing and future liabilities, including trade
payables, of the Company's subsidiaries, except to the extent that the Company
is a creditor of the subsidiaries recognized as such. Each Declaration provides
that each holder of Preferred Securities issued by the applicable CCCI Trust, by
acceptance thereof, agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of
the related Guarantee.
Each Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of
collection (that is, the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding
directly against the Company to enforce its rights under such Guarantee without
first instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity). Each
Guarantee will be deposited with the Guarantee Trustee, to be held for the
benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities issued by the applicable
CCCI Trust. The Guarantee Trustee shall enforce such Guarantee on behalf of
the holders of such Preferred Securities. The holders of not less than a
majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities issued by
the applicable CCCI Trust have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available in respect of the related
Guarantee, including the giving of directions to the Guarantee Trustee. If the
Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce a Guarantee as above provided, any holder of
Preferred Securities issued by the applicable CCCI Trust may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Company to enforce its rights under such
Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the applicable
CCCI Trust, or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
the Company has failed to make a Guarantee Payment, a holder of Preferred
Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Company for
enforcement of such holder's right to receive payment under the Guarantee. The
Company waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first
against a CCCI Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding directly
against the Company.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Company will be required to provide annually to the Guarantee
Trustee a statement as to the performance by the Company of certain of its
obligations under each Guarantee and as to any default in such performance.
The Company is required to file annually with the Guarantee Trustee an
officer's certificate as to the Company's compliance with all conditions to be
complied with by it under each Guarantee.
The Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default,
undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the
applicable Guarantee and, after default with respect to a Guarantee, shall
exercise the same degree of care as a prudent individual would exercise under
the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to such
provision, the Guarantee Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the
powers vested in it by a Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request of any
holder of Preferred Securities unless it is offered reasonable security and
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred
thereby.
ERISA MATTERS
The Company and its affiliates may each be considered a "party in
interest" (within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA")) or a "disqualified person" (within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"))
with respect to many employee benefit plans ("Plans") that are subject to
ERISA. The purchase of Offered Securities by a Plan that is subject to the
fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or the prohibited
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transaction provisions of Section 4975 of the Code (including individual
retirement arrangements and other plans described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the
Code) and with respect to which the Company or any affiliate of the Company is
a service provider (or otherwise is a party in interest or a disqualified
person) may constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code, unless such Offered Securities are acquired pursuant
to and in accordance with an applicable exemption. Any pension or other
employee benefit plan proposing to acquire any Offered Securities should
consult with its counsel.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company or the CCCI Trusts may sell the Offered Securities offered
hereby (i) through underwriters or dealers, (ii) through agents, (iii) directly
to purchasers, or (iv) through a combination of any such methods of sale. Any
such underwriter, dealer or agent may be deemed to be an underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act. The Prospectus Supplement relating to the
Offered Securities will set forth their offering terms, including the name or
names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, the purchase price of the Offered
Securities and the proceeds to the Company or the CCCI Trusts from such sale,
any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items constituting
compensation to underwriters, dealers or agents, any initial public offering
price, any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid by
underwriters or dealers to other dealers, and any securities exchanges on which
the Offered Securities may be listed.
If underwriters or dealers are used in the sale, the Offered
Securities will be acquired by the underwriters or dealers for their own
account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions, at a
fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at
the time of sale, or at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or at
negotiated prices. The Offered Securities may be offered to the public either
through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing
underwriters or directly by one or more of such firms. Unless otherwise set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement, the obligations of underwriters or dealers
to purchase the Offered Securities will be subject to certain conditions
precedent and the underwriters or dealers will be obligated to purchase all the
Offered Securities if any are purchased. Any public offering price and any
discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid by underwriters or
dealers to other dealers may be changed from time to time.
Offered Securities may be sold directly by the Company or the CCCI
Trusts or through agents designated by the Company or the CCCI Trusts from time
to time. Any agent involved in the offer or sale of the Offered Securities in
respect of which this Prospectus is delivered will be named, and any
commissions payable by the Company or the CCCI Trusts to such agent will be set
forth, in the Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the
Prospectus Supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis
for the period of its appointment.
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company or the CCCI
Trusts will authorize underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by
certain specified institutions to purchase Offered Securities from the Company
or the CCCI Trusts at the public offering price set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and
delivery on a specified date in the future. Such contracts will be subject to
any conditions set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus
Supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such
contracts. The underwriters and other persons soliciting such contracts will
have no responsibility for the validity or performance of any such contracts.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled under agreements
entered into with the Company or the CCCI Trusts to indemnification by the
Company or the CCCI Trusts against certain civil liabilities,
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including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution by the
Company or the CCCI Trusts to payments they may be required to make in respect
thereof. The terms and conditions of such indemnification will be described in
an applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be
customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for, the Company
or the CCCI Trusts in the ordinary course of business.
Each series of Offered Securities will be a new issue of securities
with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom Offered Securities
are sold by the Company or the CCCI Trusts for public offering and sale may
make a market in such Offered Securities, but such underwriters will not be
obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without
notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for
any Offered Securities.
Any underwriter may engage in stabilizing and syndicate covering
transactions in accordance with Rule 104 under the Exchange Act. Rule 104
permits stabilizing bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the
stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. The underwriters may
over-allot shares of the Common Stock in connection an offering of Common
Stock, thereby creating a short position in the underwriters' account.
Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the Debt Securities or
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities in the open market after the distribution
has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Stabilizing
and syndicate covering transactions may cause the price of the Debt Securities
or Junior Subordinated Debt Securities to be higher than it would otherwise be
in the absence of such transactions. These transactions, if commenced, may be
discontinued at any time.
LEGAL OPINIONS
The validity of the Company Securities will be passed upon for the
Company by its special counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (a
partnership including professional corporations), San Antonio, Texas. Certain
matters relating to the validity of the Preferred Securities will be passed
upon for the Company and the CCCI Trusts by Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell,
Wilmington, Delaware, special Delaware counsel to the Company and the CCCI
Trusts. The validity of the Offered Securities will be passed upon for the
underwriters, dealers or agents, if any, by Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York,
New York. Alan D. Feld, the sole shareholder of a professional corporation
which is a partner of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., is a director
of the Company and owns approximately 48,000 shares of Common Stock (including
presently exercisable nonqualified options to acquire approximately 40,000
shares).
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements (and schedules) of the Company
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young
LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon included or
incorporated by reference therein and incorporated herein by reference which,
as to the years 1995 and 1996, are based in part on the report of KPMG,
independent auditors. The financial statements and schedules referred to above
are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given upon
the authority of such firms as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Australian Radio Network Pty
Ltd not separately presented in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1996, have been audited by KPMG, independent
auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and
incorporated herein
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by reference. Such report referred to above is incorporated herein by reference
in reliance upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Eller Media Corporation as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the year ended December 31, 1996 and for the
period from August 18, 1995 through December 31, 1995, together with the
consolidated financial statements of PMG Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries and
the combined financial statements of Eller Investment Company, Inc. for the
period from January 1, 1995 to August 17, 1995, incorporated by reference in
this Prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement are included in the
Company's current report on Form 8-K, filed on April 17, 1997, have been
audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in
their report with respect thereto, and are incorporated by reference herein in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing
in giving said reports.
The combined financial statements of Eller Investment Company, Inc. as
of and for the period ended December 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in
this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement are included in the
Company's current report on form 8-K, filed April 17, 1997, have been audited
by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their
report with respect thereto and are incorporated by reference herein in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing
in giving said reports.
The consolidated financial statements of PMG Holdings, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and for the year then ended included in
the Company's current report on Form 8-K dated April 17, 1997, have been
incorporated herein by reference in reliance on the report of KPMG Peat Marwick
LLP, independent accountants, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The consolidated financial statements of US Radio, Inc. for the years
ended December 31, 1995 and 1994, included in the Company's current report on
Form 8-K dated May 24, 1996, have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP,
independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon included therein and
incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The combined financial statements of Ragan Henry Communications Group,
L.P., US Radio, L.P. and US Radio Stations, L.P. for the year ended December
31, 1994, included in the Company's current report on Form 8-K dated May 24,
1996 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth
in their report thereon incorporated herein by reference. Such combined
financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such
report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Radio Equity Partners, L.P.
and its subsidiary as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and for the years then
ended have been incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon the report of
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing in
the Company's current report on Form 8-K dated June 5, 1996, and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION
WITH THE OFFERING MADE HEREBY TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY UNDERWRITER. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE
COMPANY SINCE THE DATES HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES
OFFERED HEREBY TO ANY PERSON OR BY ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT IS
UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE
ANY IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY DATE
SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.
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Available Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The CCCI Trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Use of Proceeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holding Company Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
General Description of the Securities and Risk Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Description of Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Description of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Description of Preferred Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Description of Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Description of Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Description of Third Party Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Description of Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Description of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Description of Guarantees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ERISA Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Plan of Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Legal Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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$1,500,000,000
[LOGO]
CLEAR CHANNEL
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Debt Securities
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Warrants
Third Party Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts
Stock Purchase Units
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
Preferred Securities
Guaranteed to the Extent Set Forth Herein by Clear Channel
Communications, Inc.
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PROSPECTUS
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
The estimated expenses (other than underwriting discounts and
commissions) in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Common
Stock registered hereby are as follows:
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SEC registration fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 454,545
Trustee's fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Rating Agency fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Legal fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Accounting fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Blue Sky fees and expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Printing and engraving expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
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Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
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* To be completed by amendment.
The foregoing expenses will be paid by the registrant.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.
Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act provides for
indemnification of directors and officers in certain circumstances. In
addition, the Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Law provides that a corporation
may amend its Articles of Incorporation to provide that no director shall be
liable to the registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or
omission in the director's capacity as a director, provided that the liability
of a director is not eliminated or limited (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the registrant or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of law, (iii) any transaction from which such director derived an
improper personal benefit, or (iv) an act or omission for which the liability
of a director is expressly provided by an applicable statute. The registrant
has amended its Articles of Incorporation and added Article Eleven adopting
such limitations on a director's liability. The registrant's Articles of
Incorporation also provide in Article Nine, for indemnification of directors or
officers in connection with the defense or settlement of suits brought against
them in their capacities as directors or officers of the Company, except in
respect of liabilities arising from gross negligence or willful misconduct in
the performance of their duties.
Article IX(8) of the registrant's bylaws provides for indemnification
of any person made a party to a proceeding by reason of such person's status as
a director, officer, employee, partner or trustee of the Company, except in
respect of liabilities arising from negligence or misconduct in the performance
of their duties.
The Underwriting Agreement provides for indemnification by the
underwriters of the registrant, its directors and officers, and by the
registrant of the underwriters, for certain liabilities, including liabilities
arising under the Securities Act.
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An insurance policy obtained by the registrant provides for
indemnification of officers and directors of the registrant and certain other
persons against liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in certain
stated proceedings and under certain stated conditions.
INDEMNIFICATION OF TRUSTEES OF THE CCCI TRUSTS.
Each Declaration pursuant to which each CCCI Trust is organized will
provide that no Regular Trustee, or affiliate of any Regular Trustee, or
officer, director, shareholder, member, partner, employee, representative or
agent of any Regular Trustee or of any such affiliate, or employee or agent of
the applicable CCCI Trust or its affiliates (each an "Indemnified Person")
shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to such
CCCI Trust or any employee or agent of such CCCI Trust or its affiliates for
any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed
or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of such CCCI
Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within
the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by such
Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for
any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such act or omission.
Each Declaration also provides that to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified
Person from and against any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified
Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such
Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the applicable CCCI Trust and in
a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of
authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by such Declaration, except that
no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any
loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of gross
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such act or omission. Each
Declaration further provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, expenses (including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified
Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from
time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such
claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be
determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified for
the underlying cause of action as authorized by such Declaration.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
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1.1 -- Form of Underwriting Agreement.
3.1 -- Current Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
3.2 -- Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
4.1 -- Buy-Sell Agreement by and between Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., L. Lowry Mays, B. J. McCombs,
John M. Schaefer, and John W. Barger, dated
May 31, 1977. (Incorporated by reference to the
exhibits of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Reg. No. 289161) dated April 19, 1984).
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4.2 -- Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., NationsBank of
Texas, N.A., as administrative lender, the First
National Bank of Boston, as documentation agent, the
Bank of Montreal and Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc.,
as co-syndication agents, and certain other lenders
dated April 10, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to
the exhibits of the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-25497)
dated May 9, 1997).
4.3 -- Form of Senior Indenture.
4.4 -- Form of Senior Debt Security (included in Form of
Senior Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.3).
4.5 -- Form of Subordinated Indenture.
4.6 -- Form of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Form
of Subordinated Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.5).
4.7 -- Form of Junior Subordinated Indenture.
4.8 -- Form of Junior Subordinated Debt Security (included
in Form of Junior Subordinated Indenture filed as
Exhibit 4.7).
4.9 -- Form of Preferred Securities Certificate (included in
Forms of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI
Capital Trusts I, II, and III filed as Exhibits 4.18,
4.19, and 4.20, respectively).
4.10 -- Form of Warrant Agreement.
4.11 -- Form of Standard Stock Warrant Agreement Provisions.
4.12 -- Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.13 -- Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.14 -- Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust III.
4.15 -- Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.16 -- Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.17 -- Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust III.
4.18 -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.19 -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.20 -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI Capital
Trust III.
4.21 -- Form of Pledge Agreement.
4.22 -- Form of Deposit Agreement.
4.23 -- Form of Stock Purchase Contract Agreement.
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4.24 -- Form of Guarantee of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.25 -- Form of Guarantee of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.26 -- Form of Guarantee of CCCI Capital Trust III.
5.1* -- Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.,
special counsel for the Company, regarding the Senior
Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt Securities, the
Preferred Stock, the Common Stock, the Warrants, the
Third Party Warrants, the Stock Purchase Contracts,
and the Stock Purchase Units..
5.2* -- Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, special
Delaware counsel for the Company and the CCCI Trusts,
regarding the Preferred Securities.
12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.1 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.4 -- Consent of KPMG.
23.5 -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.6 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.7 -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.8* -- Consent of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.9* -- Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell
(included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).
24 -- Power of Attorney for Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
(included on Signature Page).
25.1 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Senior Indenture.
25.2 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Subordinated Indenture.
25.3 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Junior Subordinated
Indenture.
25.4 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Declaration of Trust of
CCCI Capital Trust I.
25.5 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Declaration of Trust of
CCCI Capital Trust II.
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25.6 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Declaration of Trust of
CCCI Capital Trust III.
25.7 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Trust Guarantee of the
Company for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities of the CCCI Capital Trust I.
25.8 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Trust Guarantee of the
Company for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities of the CCCI Capital Trust II.
25.9 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of
New York, as trustee under the Trust Guarantee of the
Company for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities of the CCCI Capital Trust III.
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*To be filed by Amendment
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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;
provided, however, that 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
Securities and Exchange 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 the undertakings set forth in
clauses (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Company
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement;
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(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; and
(4) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrants pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15
above or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of
the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrants of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrants in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the
Registrants by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the opinion of
their respective counsels the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under
subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of
the Act.
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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 San Antonio, State of Texas, on August 11, 1997.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ L. LOWRY MAYS
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L. Lowry Mays
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
directors and officers of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., hereby constitute
and appoint L. Lowry Mays, Randall T. Mays and Herbert W. Hill, Jr., and each
of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to execute any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or case to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated below.
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NAME TITLE DATE
---- ----- ----
Chief Executive
/s/ L. LOWRY MAYS Officer and Director August 11, 1997
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L. Lowry Mays
Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
/s/ RANDALL T. MAYS (Principal Financial Officer) August 11, 1997
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Randall T. Mays
Senior Vice President/Chief Accounting
/s/ HERBERT W. HILL, JR. Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) August 11, 1997
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Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
/s/ B. J. MCCOMBS Director August 11, 1997
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B.J. McCombs
/s/ ALAN D. FELD Director August 11, 1997
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Alan D. Feld
/s/ THEODORE H. STRAUSS Director August 11, 1997
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Theodore H. Strauss
/s/ JOHN H. WILLIAMS Director August 11, 1997
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John H. Williams
/s/ KARL ELLER Director August 11, 1997
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Karl Eller
</TABLE>
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of
CCCI Capital Trust I, CCCI Capital Trust II and CCCI Capital Trust III
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 San Antonio, Texas on the 11th day of August, 1997.
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I,
a Delaware business trust
By: CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ L. LOWRY MAYS
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L. Lowry Mays
Chief Executive Officer
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II,
a Delaware business trust
By: CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ L. LOWRY MAYS
------------------------------------
L. Lowry Mays
Chief Executive Officer
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III,
a Delaware business trust
By: CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By: /s/ L. LOWRY MAYS
------------------------------------
L. Lowry Mays
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBITS.
<S> <C> <C>
1.1 -- Form of Underwriting Agreement.
3.1 -- Current Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
3.2 -- Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
4.1 -- Buy-Sell Agreement by and between Clear Channel Communications, Inc., L. Lowry Mays,
B. J. McCombs, John M. Schaefer, and John W. Barger, dated May 31, 1977.
(Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Reg. No. 289161) dated April 19, 1984).
4.2 -- Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., NationsBank of Texas, N.A., as administrative lender, the First
National Bank of Boston, as documentation agent, the Bank of Montreal and Toronto
Dominion (Texas), Inc., as co-syndication agents, and certain other lenders dated
April 10, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to the exhibits of the Company's
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-25497) dated
May 9, 1997).
4.3 -- Form of Senior Indenture.
4.4 -- Form of Senior Debt Security (included in Form of Senior Indenture filed as Exhibit
4.3).
4.5 -- Form of Subordinated Indenture.
4.6 -- Form of Subordinated Debt Security (included in Form of Subordinated Indenture filed
as Exhibit 4.5).
4.7 -- Form of Junior Subordinated Indenture.
4.8 -- Form of Junior Subordinated Debt Security (included in Form of Junior Subordinated
Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.7).
4.9 -- Form of Preferred Securities Certificate (included in Forms of Amended and Restated
Declaration of CCCI Capital Trusts I, II, and III filed as Exhibits 4.18, 4.19, and
4.20, respectively).
4.10 -- Form of Warrant Agreement.
4.11 -- Form of Standard Stock Warrant Agreement Provisions.
4.12 -- Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.13 -- Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.14 -- Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust III.
4.15 -- Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.16 -- Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.17 -- Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust III.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
4.18 -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.19 -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.20 -- Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of CCCI Capital Trust III.
4.21 -- Form of Pledge Agreement.
4.22 -- Form of Deposit Agreement.
4.23 -- Form of Stock Purchase Contract Agreement.
4.24 -- Form of Guarantee of CCCI Capital Trust I.
4.25 -- Form of Guarantee of CCCI Capital Trust II.
4.26 -- Form of Guarantee of CCCI Capital Trust III.
5.1* -- Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., special counsel for the
Company, regarding the Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt Securities, the
Preferred Stock, the Common Stock, the Warrants, the Third Party Warrants, the Stock
Purchase Contracts, and the Stock Purchase Units..
5.2* -- Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, special Delaware counsel for the Company
and the CCCI Trusts, regarding the Preferred Securities.
12 -- Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
23.1 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3 -- Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.4 -- Consent of KPMG.
23.5 -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.6 -- Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.7 -- Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.8* -- Consent of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (included in opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1).
23.9* -- Consent of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell (included in opinion filed as Exhibit
5.2).
24 -- Power of Attorney for Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (included on Signature
Page).
25.1 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Senior Indenture.
25.2 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Subordinated Indenture.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
25.3 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Junior Subordinated Indenture.
25.4 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Declaration of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I.
25.5 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Declaration of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust II.
25.6 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Declaration of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust III.
25.7 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Trust Guarantee of the Company for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities of the CCCI Capital Trust I.
25.8 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Trust Guarantee of the Company for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities of the CCCI Capital Trust II.
25.9 -- Statement on Form T-1 of the eligibility of The Bank of New York, as trustee under
the Trust Guarantee of the Company for the benefit of the holders of Preferred
Securities of the CCCI Capital Trust III.
</TABLE>
* To be filed by amendment.
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EXHIBIT 1.1
[Revised--08/08/97]
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SHARES
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
______________________________
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
______________________________
___________ _____, 1997
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SHARES
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
COMMON STOCK
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
________ _, 1997
[To be conformed to Shelf provisions]
[Underwriters]
c/o
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to sell to the several underwriters (the "Underwriters")
named in Schedule I hereto shares of the Company's Common Stock,
$.10 par value (the "Firm Shares"), of which shares are to be sold
by the Company (the "Shares"). The respective amounts of the Firm Shares to be
so purchased by the several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in
Schedule I hereto. The Company also proposes to sell at the Underwriters'
option an aggregate of up to [ ] additional shares of the Company's
Common Stock (the "Option Shares") as set forth below.
As the Underwriters, you have advised the Company (a) that you
are authorized to enter into this Agreement, and (b) that the Underwriters are
willing, acting severally and not jointly, to purchase the numbers of Firm
Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I, plus their pro
rata portion of the Option Shares if you elect to exercise the over-allotment
option in whole or in part. The Firm Shares and the Option Shares (to the
extent the aforementioned option is exercised) are herein collectively called
the "Shares".
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In consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and
of the interests of the parties in the transactions contemplated hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The
Company represents and warrants as follows:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. )
with respect to the Shares has been carefully prepared by the
Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Act") and the Rules
and Regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder and has been filed
with the Commission under the Act. The Company has complied with the
conditions for the use of Form S-3. Copies of such registration
statement, including any amendments thereto, the preliminary
prospectuses (meeting the requirements of Rule 430A of the Rules and
Regulations) contained therein and the exhibits, financial statements
and schedules, as finally amended and revised, have heretofore been
delivered by the Company to you. Such registration statement,
together with any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant
to Rule 462(b) of the Act, herein referred to as the "Registration
Statement," which shall be deemed to include all information omitted
therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the Prospectus
referred to below, has been declared effective by the Commission under
the Act and no post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
has been filed as of the date of this Agreement. "Prospectus" means
(i) the form of prospectus first filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to its Rule 424(b) or (ii) the last preliminary
prospectus included in the Registration Statement filed prior to the
time it becomes effective or filed pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the
Act that is delivered by the Company to the Underwriters for delivery
to purchasers of the Shares, together with any term sheet or
abbreviated term sheet filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b)(7) under the Act. Each preliminary prospectus included in the
Registration Statement prior to the time it becomes effective is
herein referred to as a "Preliminary Prospectus." Except as
specifically set forth herein, (i) any reference herein to any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference
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therein, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus,
as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of any reference herein to
any Prospectus, also shall be deemed to include any documents
incorporated by reference therein, and any supplements or amendments
thereto, filed with the Commission after the date of filing of the
Prospectus under Rules 424(b) and 430A, and prior to the termination
of the offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(b) The Company has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Texas, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement; each
of the subsidiaries of the Company as listed on Schedule II hereto
(collectively, the "Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and, is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement; the Company and each of the
Subsidiaries are duly qualified to transact business in all
jurisdictions in which the conduct of their business requires such
qualification and a failure to qualify would have a materially adverse
effect upon the business or financial condition of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; except as set forth on Schedule II
hereto, the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries owned by the Company or a Subsidiary have been duly
authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and
are owned by the Company or another subsidiary free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and security interests and no options, warrants or
other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue or
other rights to convert any obligations into shares of capital stock
or ownership interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(c) The authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company have
been duly authorized. The outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully-paid
and non-assessable; the Shares to be issued and sold by the Company
have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for as contemplated
herein will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable; and no
preemptive rights of stockholders exist with respect to any of the
Shares
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or the issue and sale thereof. Neither the filing of the Registration
Statement nor the offering or sale of the Shares as contemplated by
this Agreement gives rise to any rights, other than those which have
been waived or satisfied, for or relating to the registration of any
shares of Common Stock.
(d) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
(e) The information set forth under the caption
"Capitalization" in the Prospectus is true and correct. The Shares
conform in all material respects with the statements concerning them
in the Registration Statement.
(f) The Commission has not issued an order preventing or
suspending the use of any Prospectus relating to the proposed offering
of the Shares nor instituted proceedings for that purpose. The
Registration Statement contains and the Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto will contain all statements which are required
to be stated therein by, and in all material respects conform or will
conform, as the case may be, to the requirements of, the Act and the
Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, at the time they were filed with the Commission conformed
in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or the Act, as applicable, and the Rules and
Regulations of the Commission thereunder. Neither the Registration
Statement nor any amendment thereto, and neither the Prospectus nor
any supplement thereto, including any documents incorporated by
reference therein, contains or will contain, as the case may be, any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes
no representations or warranties as to information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any such
amendment or supplement, or any documents incorporated by reference
therein, in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter,
specifically for use in the preparation thereof.
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(g) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and
the Subsidiaries, together with related notes and schedules
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, present
fairly the financial position and the results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries consolidated, at the indicated dates and
for the indicated periods. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted principles of
accounting, consistently applied throughout the periods involved, and
all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of results for such
periods have been made. The selected and summary financial and
statistical data included in the Registration Statement present fairly
the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
consistent with the financial statements incorporated by reference
therein and the books and records of the Company. The pro forma
financial information included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein, have been
properly compiled on the pro forma bases described therein, and, in
the opinion of the Company, the assumptions used in the preparation
thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are
appropriate to give effect to the transactions or circumstances
referred to therein.
(h) Except for those license renewal applications of the
Company or its Subsidiaries currently pending before the Federal
Communications Commission (the "FCC"), a description of which is set
forth on Schedule II hereto or as set forth in the Registration
Statement, there is no action or proceeding pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries before any court or administrative agency which could
reasonably be likely to result in any material adverse change in the
earnings, business, management, properties, assets, rights,
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and of
the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(i) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all of the properties and assets reflected in the financial
statements hereinabove described (or as described in the Registration
Statement) subject to no material lien, mortgage, pledge, charge or
encumbrance of any kind, except those reflected in such financial
statements or as described in the Registration Statement or set forth
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on Schedule II. The Company and the Subsidiaries occupy their leased
properties under valid leases with such exceptions as are not material
to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole and do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
properties by the Company and the Subsidiaries.
(j) The Company and the Subsidiaries have filed all Federal,
State and foreign income tax returns which have been required to be
filed and have paid all taxes indicated by said returns and all
assessments received by them or any of them to the extent that such
taxes have become due and are not being contested in good faith. The
Company has no knowledge of any tax deficiency that has been or might
be asserted against the Company.
(k) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or
supplemented, there has not been any material adverse change or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change in or
affecting the earnings, business, management, properties, assets,
rights, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or business
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole),
whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of business, other
than general economic and industry conditions changes in the ordinary
course of business and changes or transactions described or
contemplated in the Registration Statement and there has not been any
material transaction entered into by the Company or the Subsidiaries,
other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes
and transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement, as it may
be amended or supplemented. None of the Company or the Subsidiaries
have any material contingent obligations which are not disclosed in
the Registration Statement, as it may be amended or supplemented.
(l) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is or
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, will be in default
under its Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or any agreement,
lease, contract, indenture or other instrument or obligation to which
it is a party or by which it, or any of its properties, is bound and
which default is of material significance in respect of the business
or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as
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a whole). The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and the
fulfillment of the terms hereof will not conflict with or result in a
breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party, or of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of the Company
or any order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any
Subsidiary, or of any court or of any regulatory body or
administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction,
except in all cases a conflict, breach or default which would not have
a materially adverse effect on the business or financial condition of
the Company and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(m) Each approval, consent, order, authorization,
designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory,
administrative or other governmental body necessary in connection with
the execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (except such
additional steps as may be required by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE") or may be necessary to qualify the Shares for public offering
by the Underwriters under State securities or Blue Sky laws) has been
obtained or made and is in full force and effect.
(n) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries hold all
material licenses, certificates and permits from governmental
authorities, including without limitation, the FCC, which are
necessary to the conduct of their businesses; and neither the Company
nor any of the Subsidiaries has received notice of any infringement of
any material patents, patent rights, trade names, trademarks or
copyrights, which infringement is material to the business of the
Company and the Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).
(o) Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG and KPMG Peat Marwick, each of
whom have certified certain of the financial statements incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, are to the
knowledge of the Company independent public accountants as required by
the Act and the Rules and Regulations.
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(p) To the Company's knowledge, there are no affiliations or
associations between any member of the NASD and any of the Company's
officers, directors or 5% or greater security holders except as
otherwise disclosed in writing to .
(q) Neither the Company, nor to the Company's knowledge, any
of the Subsidiaries, has taken or may take, directly or indirectly,
any action designed to cause or result in, or which has constituted or
which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Shares. The Company acknowledges that the
Underwriters may engage in passive market making transactions in the
Shares on The NYSE in accordance (and in compliance) with Regulation M
under the Exchange Act.
(r) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment
company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company
Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(s) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain
accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and
(iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(t) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries carry, or are
covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is
adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value
of their respective properties and as is customary for companies
engaged in similar industries.
(u) The Company is in compliance in all material respects
with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and
published
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interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as
defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability has
occurred and is continuing; the Company has not incurred and does not
expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to
termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or (ii)
Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder
(the "Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company would have
any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has
occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause
the loss of such qualification.
(v) The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is in
compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida,
Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of doing Business with
Cuba, and the Company further agrees that if it commences engaging in
business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate
located in Cuba after the date the Registration Statement becomes or
has become effective with the Commission or with the Florida
Department of Banking and Finance (the "Department"), whichever date
is later, or if the information reported or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba
or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any
material way, the Company will provide the Department notice of such
business or change, as appropriate, in a form acceptable to the
Department.
(w) The information set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption "Prospectus Summary-Recent Developments" is true and correct
in all material respects.
2. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Shares. (a) On the
basis of the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and
subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the
Underwriters the Shares, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase at a price of $______ per share, the number of Firm Shares
set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in Schedule I hereof, subject
to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof.
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(b) Payment for the Firm Shares to be sold hereunder by the
Company is to be made via wire transfer of immediately available funds or such
other payment procedures agreed to by the parties. Such payment and delivery
are to be made at the offices of , at 10:00 a.m., time, on
the third business day after the date of this Agreement or at such other time
and date not later than five business days thereafter as you and the Company
shall agree upon, such time and date being herein referred to as the "Closing
Date." (As used herein, "business day" means a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading and on which banks in New York are open for
business and not permitted by law or executive order to be closed.) The
certificates for the Firm Shares will be delivered in such denominations and in
such registrations as the Underwriters request in writing not later than the
second full business day prior to the Closing Date, and will be made available
for inspection by the Underwriters at least one business day prior to the
Closing Date.
(c) In addition, on the basis of representations and
warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to
purchase the Option Shares at the price per share as set forth in the first
paragraph of this Section 2. The option granted hereby may be exercised in
whole or in part by giving written notice only once within 30 days after the
date of this Agreement, by you, the Underwriters, to the Company, setting forth
the number of Option Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising
the option, the names and denominations in which the Option Shares are to be
registered and the time and date at which such certificates are to be
delivered. The time and date at which certificates for Option Shares are to be
delivered shall be determined by the Underwriters but shall not be earlier than
three nor later than ten full business days after the exercise of such option,
nor in any event prior to the Closing Date (such time and date being herein
referred to as the "Option Closing Date"). If the date of exercise of the
option is three or more days before the Closing Date, the notice of exercise
shall set the Closing Date as the Option Closing Date. The option with respect
to the Option Shares granted hereunder may be exercised only to cover
over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters. You, the
Underwriters, may cancel such option at any time prior to its expiration by
giving written notice of such cancelation to the Company. To the extent, if
any, that the option is exercised, payment for the Option Shares shall be made
on the Option Closing
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Date via wire transfer of immediately available funds or other payment
procedures agreed to by the parties against delivery of certificates therefor
at the offices of .
3. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the
Underwriters are to make a public offering of the Firm Shares as soon as the
Underwriters deem it advisable to do so. The Firm Shares are to be initially
offered to the public at the public offering price set forth in the Prospectus.
The Underwriters may from time to time thereafter change the public offering
price and other selling terms. To the extent, if at all, that any Option
Shares are purchased pursuant to Section 2 hereof, the Underwriters will offer
them to the public on the foregoing terms.
It is further understood that you will act as the Underwriters
in the offering and sale of the Shares will take place in accordance with a
Master Agreement Among Underwriters entered into by you and the several other
Underwriters.
4. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and
agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will (i) prepare and timely file with the
Commission under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus
containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness
of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A of the Rules
and Regulations, (ii) not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or documents incorporated by
reference therein of which the Underwriters shall not previously have
been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Underwriters
shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in
compliance with the Rules and Regulations and (iii) file on a timely
basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to
the date of the Prospectus and prior to the termination of the
offering of the Shares by the Underwriters.
(b) The Company will advise the Underwriters promptly of any
request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement
or for supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information,
or of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
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the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the
Prospectus or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose,
and the Company will use reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of
any such stop order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus
and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(c) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the
Underwriters, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary
Prospectus as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company
will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Underwriters during the
period when delivery of a Prospectus is required under the Act, as
many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended
or supplemented, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The
Company will deliver to the Underwriters at or before the Closing
Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and all
amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will
deliver to the Underwriters such number of copies of the Registration
Statement, but without exhibits, and of all amendments thereto, as the
Underwriters may reasonably request, including documents incorporated
by reference therein.
(d) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not
later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration
Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in
reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months
beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement,
which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section
11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations and will
advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(e) The Company will, for a period of five years from the
Closing Date, deliver to the Underwriters copies of annual reports and
copies of all other documents, reports and information furnished by
the Company to its stockholders or filed with any securities exchange
pursuant to the requirements of such exchange or with the Commission
pursuant to the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act").
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(f) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any
Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for shares of Common Stock of the Company will be made by
the Company for a period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement,
directly or indirectly, by the Company otherwise than hereunder, or
with the prior written consent of , except that
the Company may, without such consent, grant options or issue shares
of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of options granted under the
Company's current stock option plans and may offer or issue shares of
Common Stock in connection with the acquisition of stock or assets of
another person.
(g) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the
distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the
Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is required by
law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur
as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the
reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus
is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at
any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law,
the Company promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the
Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Prospectus or (ii) prepare and file with the
Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as
so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances
when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will
comply with the law.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts to list, subject to
notice of issuance, the Shares on the NYSE.
(i) The Company has caused each of L. Lowry Mays and B. J.
McCombs to furnish to you, or prior to the date of this agreement, a
letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters, pursuant to which each such person has agreed not to
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offer, sell, sell short or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common
Stock of the Company or other capital stock of the Company, or any
other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for common
stock or derivative of common stock owned by such person or request
the registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing (or as
to which such person has the right to direct the disposition of) for a
period of 90 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or
indirectly, except with the prior written consent of
("Lockup Agreements").
(j) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the
proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a
manner as would require the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to
register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act").
(k) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if
necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a
registrar for the Common Stock.
(l) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any
action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or
might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
5. Costs and Expenses. The Company will pay all costs,
expenses and fees incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Agreement, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the following: accounting fees of the Company; the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Company; the cost of printing and delivering
to, or as requested by, the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement,
Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus, this Agreement; fees and expenses
related to Blue Sky matters; the filing fees of the Commission; and the filing
fees of the NASD. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay for any
of the Underwriters' expenses except that, if this Agreement shall not be
consummated because the conditions in Section 8 hereof are not satisfied, or
because this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7
hereof, or by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the
Company to perform any undertaking or satisfy any condition of this Agreement
or to comply with any of the terms hereof on its part to be performed, unless
such
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failure to satisfy said condition or to comply with said terms is due to the
default or omission of any Underwriter, then the Company shall reimburse the
several Underwriters for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including fees and
disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred in connection with investigating,
marketing and proposing to market the Shares or in contemplation of performing
their obligations hereunder; but the Company shall not in any event be liable
to any of the several Underwriters for damages on account of loss of
anticipated profits from the sale by them of the Shares.
6. Conditions of Obligations of the Underwriters. The
several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Shares on the
Closing Date and the Option Shares, if any, on the Option Closing Date are
subject to the accuracy, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as
the case may be, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained
herein, and to the performance by the Company of its covenants and obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The Registration Statement and all post-effective
amendments thereto shall have become effective and any and all filings
required by Rule 424 and Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations shall
have been made, and any request of the commission for additional
information (to be included in the Registration Statement or
otherwise) shall have been disclosed to the Underwriters and complied
with to their reasonable satisfaction. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to
time, shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall
have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be
contemplated by the Commission and no injunction, restraining order,
or order of any nature by a Federal or state court of competent
jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Closing Date which would
prevent the issuance of the Shares.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated
the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case
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may be, addressed to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) The Company is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas, with
corporate power and authority to own or lease its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; each
of the Subsidiaries is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus; and the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each of the Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, except (A) as reflected in the
Company's financial statements, (B) as described in the
Registration Statement, are owned by the Company or a
Subsidiary or (C) as set forth on Schedule II hereto; and, to
such counsel's knowledge, the outstanding shares of capital
stock of each of the Subsidiaries are owned free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and security interests and no options,
warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other
obligations to issue, or other rights to convert any
obligations into any shares of capital stock or of ownership
interests in the Subsidiaries are outstanding.
(ii) The Company has authorized and outstanding
capital stock as set forth under the caption "Capitalization"
in the Prospectus; the authorized shares of its Common Stock
have been duly authorized; the outstanding shares of its
Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully-paid and non-assessable; all of the Shares conform
to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the
Shares, including the Option Shares, if any, to be sold by the
Company pursuant to this Agreement have been duly authorized
and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when
issued and paid for as contemplated by this Agreement; and, to
the knowledge of such counsel, no preemptive rights of
stockholders exist with respect to any of the Shares or the
issue and sale thereof.
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(iii) Except as described in or contemplated by the
Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, there are no
outstanding securities of the Company convertible or
exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase or
subscribe for any shares of capital stock of the Company and
there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, or
rights of any character obligating the Company to issue any
shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible or
exchangeable into or evidencing the right to purchase or
subscribe for any shares of such stock; and except as
described in the Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel,
no holder of any securities of the Company or any other person
has the right, contractual or otherwise, which has not been
satisfied or effectively waived, to cause the Company to sell
or otherwise issue to them, or to permit them to underwrite
the sale of, any of the Shares or the right to have any Common
Stock or other securities of the Company included in the
Registration Statement or the right, as a result of the filing
of the Registration Statement, to require registration under
the Act of any shares of Common Stock or other securities of
the Company.
(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and, to the best of the knowledge of such
counsel, no stop order proceedings with respect thereto have
been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act.
(v) The Registration Statement, all Preliminary
Prospectuses, the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein (each
as amended to date) comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder
(except that such counsel need express no opinion as to, the
statistical information contained in the Prospectus or
financial statements, schedules and other financial
information incorporated by reference therein).
(vi) The statements under the captions "Prospectus
Summary -- Recent Developments,"
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"Shares Eligible for Future Sale -- Registration Rights" and
"Description of Capital Stock" in the Prospectus, insofar as
such statements constitute a summary of documents referred to
therein or matters of law, are accurate summaries and fairly
and correctly present the information called for with respect
to such documents and matters.
(vii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no
contracts or documents required to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (excluding any document
incorporated therein by reference) which are not so filed or
described as required, and such contracts and documents as are
summarized in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
(excluding any document incorporated therein by reference) are
fairly summarized in all material respects.
(viii) To such counsel's knowledge, there are no
material legal proceedings pending or threatened against the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries which is of a character
required to be disclosed in the Prospectus and which has not
been properly disclosed therein.
(ix) The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated
do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach of any
of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, or to
such counsel's knowledge, any agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries may be bound (other
than licenses or permits granted by the FCC, on which such
counsel need not express any opinion), except a conflict,
breach or default which would not have a materially adverse
effect on the business or financial condition of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(x) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
(xi) No approval, consent, order, authorization,
designation, declaration or filing by or with any regulatory,
administrative or other
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governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company is
necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
contemplated (other than as may be required by the NASD or
NYSE or as required by State securities and Blue Sky laws as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) except such as
have been obtained or made, specifying the same.
(xii) The Company is not, and will not become, as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and application of the net proceeds therefor
as described in the Prospectus, required to register as an
investment company under the 1940 Act.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
governed by the laws of states other than Texas or Federal laws on
local counsel in such jurisdictions, provided that in each case such
counsel shall state that they believe that they and the Underwriters
are justified in relying on such other counsel and (B) as to matters
of fact, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and
certificates or other written statements of officers or departments of
various jurisdictions having custody of documents respecting the
corporate existence or good standing of the Company and any
Subsidiary. In addition to the matters set forth above, such opinion
shall also include a statement to the effect that nothing has come to
the attention of such counsel which leads them to believe that the
Registration Statement, as of the time it became effective under the
Act, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, on the
date it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) and the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading (except that such counsel need
express no view as to matters pertaining to statistical information
contained in the Prospectus or financial statements, schedules and
other financial information contained or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus). With respect to such statement, such counsel may
state that their belief is based upon the procedures set forth
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therein, but is without independent check and verification.
(c) The Underwriters shall also have received on the Closing
Date the opinion of local counsel for the Company experienced in such
matters, in each of the major jurisdictions in which the Company
conducts business (Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, San Antonio and Houston,
Texas; Los Angeles and San Francisco/Oakland, California; Cleveland,
Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; and Tampa, Florida), dated the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the
Underwriters substantially to the effect that the statements under the
caption "Risk Factors-Government Regulation" insofar as such
statements constitute a summary of regulatory matters in the
applicable jurisdiction relating to the outdoor advertising industry,
fairly describes the regulatory matters relating to the Company's
business as that business is conducted in the applicable metropolitan
area.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the opinion of Wiley,
Rein and Fielding, special FCC counsel to the Company, dated the
Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed
to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) No consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or filing or declaration with, the FCC is required for or in
connection with the authorization, issuance, transfer, sale or
delivery of the Shares by the Company as described in the
Prospectus assuming that (i) no individual or entity will
acquire an attributable ownership interest in the Company as
that term is defined by the FCC; and (ii) less than 25% of the
capital stock of the Company will be owned by alien
individuals or entities; provided, however, certain of the
transaction documents may be subject to a requirement that
they be filed with the FCC pursuant to Section 73.3613 of its
rules.
(ii) The authorization, issuance, transfer, sale and
delivery of the Shares by the company as described in the
Prospectus will not result in a breach or violation of any
term or provision of the Communications Act or the
Telecommunications Act of 1996, or any orders, rules or
regulations of the FCC thereunder, assuming that (i) no
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individual or entity will acquire an attributable ownership
interest in the Company as that term is defined by the FCC and
(ii) less than 25% of the capital stock of the Company will be
owned by alien individuals or entities.
(iii) Subsidiaries of the Company hold valid
authorizations from the FCC ("Licenses") for the U.S. radio
and television stations (the "Stations") identified in the
Prospectus under "Business -- Radio Broadcasting " and
"Business -- Television Broadcasting" in those instances where
a date is entered in the column "Date of Acquisition." All of
the Licenses are in full force and effect.
(iv) To counsel's knowledge, the Licenses are the
only FCC main station licenses necessary to operate the
Stations on the frequencies and in the markets listed in the
Prospectus under "Business -- Radio Broadcasting" and
"Business -- Television Broadcasting" in the columns
"Frequency" and "Market (Rank)/Station" or "Market/Network"
respectively.
(v) Those portions of the Prospectus under the
caption "Risk Factors -- Government Regulation-Broadcasting"
and "Risk Factors-- New Technologies" in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended to date, incorporated therein
by reference, under the caption "Item 1. Business - Regulation
of the Company's Business" (excluding those paragraphs headed
"Antitrust Matters" and "Environmental Matters") are accurate
and fairly present the information set forth therein in all
material respects as of the date of the Prospectus.
(vi) Subsidiaries of the Company have pending before
the FCC or the FCC has granted the license assignment or
transfer of control applications for the U.S. radio and
television stations listed in the Prospectus Summary under the
caption "Recent Developments-Pending Acquisitions."
(e) The Underwriters shall have received from Cravath, Swaine
& Moore, counsel for the Underwriters, an opinion dated the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, substantially to
the effect specified in subparagraphs (ii), (iv), (v) and (x) of
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Paragraph (b) of this Section 7, and that the Company is a validly
organized and existing corporation under the laws of the State of
Texas. In rendering such opinion Cravath, Swaine & Moore, may rely as
to all matters governed other than by the laws of the State of
Maryland or Federal laws on the opinion of counsel referred to in
paragraph (b) of this Section 7. In addition to the matters set forth
above, such opinion shall also include a statement to the effect that
nothing has come to the attention of such counsel which leads them to
believe that the Registration Statement, as of the time it became
effective under the Act, and the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, on the date it was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date,
as the case may be, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (except that
such counsel need express no view as to financial statements,
schedules and other financial information included therein). With
respect to such statement, Cravath, Swaine & Moore may state that
their belief is based upon the procedures set forth therein, but is
without independent check and verification.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on each of the date
hereof, the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, signed letters from Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP and
KPMG, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case
may be, which shall confirm, on the basis of a review in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the letters signed by such firms and
dated and delivered to the Underwriters on the date hereof that
nothing has come to their attention during the period from the date
five days prior to the date hereof, to a date not more than five days
prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may
be, which would require any change in their letter dated the date
hereof if it were required to be dated and delivered on the Closing
Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. All such letters
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate or
certificates of the President or Chief Executive Officer and the
Senior Vice
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President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company to the effect
that, as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case
may be, each of them severally represents as follows:
(i) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement has been issued, and no
proceedings for such purpose have been taken or are, to his
knowledge, contemplated by the Commission.
(ii) He does not know of any litigation instituted
or threatened against the Company of a character required to
be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not so
disclosed.
(iii) He has carefully examined the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and, in his opinion to his
knowledge, as of the effective date of the Registration
Statement, the statements contained in the Registration
Statement were true and correct in all material respects, and
such Registration Statement and Prospectus did not omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading and, in his opinion, since the effective date of
the Registration Statement, no event has occurred which should
have been set forth in a supplement to or an amendment of the
Prospectus which has not been so set forth in such supplement
or amendment.
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such
further certificates and documents confirming the representations and
warranties contained herein and related matters as the Underwriters
may reasonably have requested.
(i) The Shares and Option Shares, if any, have been approved
for listing upon official notice of issuance on the NYSE.
The opinions and certificates mentioned in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are
in all material respects reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and to
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the Underwriters.
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If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this
Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement
to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be
terminated by the Underwriters by notifying the Company of such termination in
writing or by telegram at or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing
Date, as the case may be. In such event, the Company and the Underwriters
shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided
in Sections 5 and 8 hereof).
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Company. The
obligations of the Company to sell and deliver the Shares required to be
delivered as and when specified in this Agreement are subject to the conditions
that at the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall
have been issued and in effect or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened.
8. Indemnification. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which such Underwriter or such controlling person may become
subject under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company will not
be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement, or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, or such amendment or supplement, in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or through the Underwriters specifically for use in the preparation
thereof, and provided further that the Company shall not be liable with respect
to any untrue statement contained in or
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any omission from a Preliminary Prospectus if the untrue statement contained in
or such omission from such Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the
applicable Prospectus and the person asserting any such loss, liability, claim
or damage was not given or sent a copy of the applicable Prospectus (excluding
the documents incorporated by reference therein) in the manner and at such time
as required by the Act, provided the Company has furnished you copies of such
applicable Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors or nominees for director, each of its officers
who have signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, nominee for
director, officer, or controlling person may become subject under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made; and will reimburse any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, any such director,
nominee for director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or
proceeding; provided, however, that each Underwriter will be liable in each
case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or such
amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter or through the
Underwriters on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for use in the
preparation thereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought
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pursuant to this Section 8, such person (the "indemnified party") shall
promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"indemnifying party") in writing. No indemnification provided for in Section
8(a) or (b) shall be available to any party who shall fail to give notice as
provided in this Section 8(c) if the party to whom notice was not given was
unaware of the proceeding to which such notice would have related and was
prejudiced by the failure to give such notice, but the failure to give such
notice shall not relieve the indemnifying party or parties from any liability
which it or they may have to the indemnified party for contribution or
otherwise than on account of the provisions of Section 8(a) or (b). In case
any such proceeding shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party and
shall pay as incurred the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to
such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the
right to retain its own counsel at its own expense. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the indemnifying party shall pay as incurred (or within 30 days of
presentation) the fees and expenses of the counsel retained by the indemnified
party in the event (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall
have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties
to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties
by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing
interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall
not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm for all such indemnified parties. Such firm shall be selected by
you in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a) and by the
Company in the event of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
Section 8(a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to therein,
then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares.
If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is
not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall contribute
to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof),
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each
case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by
the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. No party shall be held liable for
contribution with respect to any claim or action settled without its consent
which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such consent shall be given within
three business days from the date on which the party requesting consent
provides a written request to the other party.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations
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referred to above in this Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions or proceedings in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section
8(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d),
(i) no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
underwriting discounts and commissions applicable to the Shares purchased by
such Underwriter and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this Section 8(d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) In any proceeding relating to the Registration Statement,
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any supplement or amendment
thereto, each party against whom contribution may be sought under this Section
8 hereby consents to the jurisdiction of any court having jurisdiction over any
other contributing party, agrees that process issuing from such court may be
served upon him or it by any other contributing party and consents to the
service of such process and agrees that any other contributing party may join
him or it as an additional defendant in any such proceeding in which such other
contributing party is a party.
(f) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for
which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under
this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying party to the indemnified party
as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The
indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall
remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling
any Underwriter, the Company, or its directors, nominees for director or
officers or any persons controlling the Company, (ii) acceptance of any Shares
and payment therefor hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A
successor to any Underwriter, or to the Company, or their respective directors
or officers, or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity,
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contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8.
9. Default by Underwriters. If on the Closing Date or the
Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter shall fail to purchase
and pay for the portion of the Shares which such Underwriter has agreed to
purchase and pay for on such date (otherwise than by reason of any default on
the part of the Company, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall use their best
efforts to procure within 24 hours thereafter one or more of the other
Underwriters, or any others, to purchase from the Company such amounts as may
be agreed upon and upon the terms set forth herein, the Firm Shares or Option
Shares, as the case may be, which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
failed to purchase. If during such 24 hours you, the non-defaulting
Underwriters, shall not have procured such other Underwriters, or any others,
to purchase the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, agreed to be
purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then (a) if the
aggregate number of shares with respect to which such default shall occur does
not exceed 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, covered
hereby, the other Underwriters shall be obligated, severally, in proportion to
the respective numbers of Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be,
which they are obligated to purchase hereunder, to purchase the Firm Shares or
Option Shares, as the case may be, which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters failed to purchase, or (b) if the aggregate number of shares of
Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the case may be, with respect to which such
default shall occur exceeds 10% of the Firm Shares or Option Shares, as the
case may be, covered hereby, the Company or you as the Underwriters will have
the right, by written notice given within the next 24-hour period to the
parties to this Agreement, to terminate this Agreement without liability on the
part of the non-defaulting Underwriters or of the Company except to the extent
provided in Section 9 hereof. In the event of a default by any Underwriter or
Underwriters, as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or Option
Closing Date, as the case may be, may be postponed for such period, not
exceeding seven days, as you, the non-defaulting Underwriters, may determine in
order that the required changes in the Registration Statement or in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. The term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for a defaulting Underwriter.
Any action taken under this Section 9 shall not relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under
this Agreement.
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10. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in
writing and, except as otherwise provided herein, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed as follows: if to the Underwriters, to __________,
__________, Attention: __________, Managing Director; if to the Company, to
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 20 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San Antonio,
Texas 78216, attention: Randall Mays, Vice President.
11. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by you by
notice to the Company as follows:
(a) at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the time the
Shares are released by you for sale by notice to the Underwriters, or
(ii) 11:30 A.M. on the date of this Agreement;
(b) at any time prior to the Closing Date if any of the
following has occurred: (i) since the effective date of the
Registration Statement, any material adverse change or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change in or affecting the
condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or the earnings, business affairs, management or
business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii)
any outbreak of hostilities or other national or international
calamity or crisis or change in economic or political conditions if
the effect of such outbreak, calamity, crisis or change on the
financial markets of the United States would, in your reasonable
judgment, make the offering or delivery of the Shares impracticable,
(iii) suspension of trading in securities on the NYSE or limitation on
prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading)
for securities on the NYSE, (iv) the enactment, publication, decree or
other promulgation of any federal or state statute, regulation, rule
or order of any court or other governmental authority which in your
reasonable opinion materially and adversely affects or will materially
or adversely affect the business or operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (v) declaration of a banking moratorium
by either federal or New York State authorities or (vi) the taking of
any action by any federal, state or local government or agency in
respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs which in your reasonable
opinion has a material adverse effect on the securities markets in the
United States; or
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(c) as provided in Sections 6 and 9 of this Agreement.
This Agreement also may be terminated by you, by notice to the
Company, as to any obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option
Shares, upon the occurrence at any time prior to the Option Closing Date of any
of the events described in subparagraph (b) above or as provided in Sections 6
and 9 of this Agreement.
12. Successors. This Agreement has been and is made solely
for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and their respective
successors, executors, administrators, heirs and assigns, and the officers,
directors and controlling persons referred to herein, and no other person will
have any right or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not
include any purchaser of the Shares merely because of such purchase.
13. Information Provided by Underwriters. The Company and
the Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the only information furnished or
to be furnished by any Underwriter to the Company for inclusion in any
Prospectus or the Registration Statement consists of the information set forth
in the last paragraph on the front cover page (insofar as such information
relates to the Underwriters), legends required by Item 502(d) of Regulation S-K
and Regulation M under the Act and the information under the caption
"Underwriting" in the Prospectus.
14. Miscellaneous. The reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution agreements contained in this Agreement and the representations,
warranties and covenants in this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of (a) any termination of this Agreement, (b) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person
thereof, or by or on behalf of the Company or its directors or officers and (c)
delivery of and payment for the Shares under this Agreement.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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If the foregoing letter is in accordance with your
understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed
duplicates hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the
Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
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L. Lowry Mays
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
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Authorized Officer
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SCHEDULE I
SCHEDULE OF UNDERWRITERS
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NUMBER OF
FIRM SHARES
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED
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SCHEDULE II
DISCLOSURE ITEMS
1. Material Subsidiaries
2. Liens, capitalization except for Subsidiary Stock
3. Pending Renewal applications
4. Clear Channel Common Stock exceptions
5. [other]
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EXHIBIT 3.1
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
ARTICLE ONE
Name
The name of the Corporation is Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
ARTICLE TWO
The period of the duration of the Corporation is perpetual.
ARTICLE THREE
Purposes
The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are:
(a) To own and operate radio and television stations and other forms of
public communications, and to fabricate, process, design, develop, market,
distribute, import, export, buy, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of and
generally deal in equipment, appliances, devices, materials, goods and personal
services of every class and description; and
(b) To conduct and engage in any lawful business or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the Act.
ARTICLE FOUR
Capital Stock
Section 1. Authorized Shares. The aggregate number of shares which the
Corporation shall have the authority to issue is 152,000,000 shares,
150,000,000 of which shall be Common Stock ("Common Stock"), par value $.10
each, and 2,000,000 of which shall be Preferred Stock ("Preferred Stock"), par
value of $1.00 each.
Section 2. Series Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred issued from time
to time in one or more series, each such series to have such distinctive
designation or title as may be fixed by the Board of Directors prior to the
issuance of any shares thereof. Each such series shall have such voting powers,
if any, and such preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights, with such qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights, as
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shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of
each such series of Preferred Stock, as may be adopted from time to time by the
Board of Directors prior to the issuance of any shares thereof, in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas. Each share of any series of Preferred
stock shall be identical with all other shares of such series.
Section 3. Denial of Preemptive Rights. The preemptive right of any
shareholder of the Corporation to acquire additional, unissued or treasury
shares of the Corporation, or securities of the Corporation convertible into or
carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of the Corporation, is
hereby denied.
Section 4. Cumulative Voting Denied. Cumulative voting by the
shareholders of the Corporation at any election for directors of the
Corporation is hereby prohibited. Every shareholder entitled to vote at each
such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number
of shares owned by him for as may persons as there are directors to be elected
and for whose election he has a right to vote.
ARTICLE FIVE
Initial Consideration for Issuance of Shares
The Corporation will not commence business until it has received for
the issuance of shares consideration of One Thousand and no/100 Dollars
($1,000.00), consisting of money, labor done or property received.
ARTICLE SIX
Registered Office and Agent
The address of the registered office of the Corporation is Suite 600,
7710 Jones Maltsberger, San Antonio, Texas 78216, and the name of the
registered agent of the Corporation, at such address, is L. Lowry Mays.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Data Respecting Directors
Section 1. Board of Directors. The number of directors shall from time
to time be fixed by the by-laws of the Corporation. The directors constituting
the Board of Directors need not be residents of the State of Texas or
shareholders of the Corporation.
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Section 2. Names and Addresses. The names and addresses of the persons
who are serving as directors until the next annual meeting of the shareholders,
or until their successors shall have been elected and qualify, are:
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L. Lowry Mays Suite 600, 7710 Jones Maltsberger
San Antonio, Texas 78216
B.J. McCombs 825 Contour
San Antonio, Texas 78212
Alan D. Feld 4235 Bordeaux
Dallas, Texas 76205
Theodore H. Strauss 5100 Park Lane
Dallas, Texas 75220
John H. Williams 7810 Glen Albens Circle
Dallas, Texas 75225
Karl Eller Suite 300, 2850 E. Camelback Rd.
Phoenix, Arizona 85016
</TABLE>
Section 3. Increase or Decrease of Directors. The number of directors
may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to the By-laws;
but no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent
director. In the absence of a by-law fixing the number of directors, the number
shall be three (3).
ARTICLE EIGHT
The Corporation shall indemnify any and all persons who may serve or
who may have served at any time as directors of officers of the Corporation or
who, at the request of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may serve or
at any time have served as directors and officers of another corporation in
which the Corporation at such time owned or may own shares of stock or of which
it was or may be a creditor, and their respective heirs, administrators,
successors and assigns, against any and all expenses, including amounts paid
upon judgments, counsel fees and amounts paid in settlement (before or after
suit is commenced), actually and necessarily incurred by such persons in
connection with the defense or settlement of any claim, action suit or
proceeding, in which the defense or settlement of any claim, action, suit or
proceeding, in which they or any of them, are made parties, or a party, or
which any be asserted against them or any of them, by reason of being or having
been directors or officers or a director of officer of
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the Corporation, or of such other corporation, except in relation to matters as
to which any such director of officer or former director or officer or person
shall be adjudged in any action, suit or proceeding to be guilty of gross
negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of duty. Such
indemnification shall be in addition to any other rights to which those
indemnified may be entitled under any law, by-law, agreement, vote of
shareholders or otherwise.
ARTICLE NINE
A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or
its shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in the director's
capacity as a director, except that this Article Nine shall not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director for:
(1) a beach of a director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or
its shareholders;
(2) an act or omission not in good faith or that involves
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;
(3) a transaction from which a director received an improper
benefit, whether or not the benefit resulted from an action taken within the
scope of the director's office;
(4) an act or omission for which the liability of a director is
expressly provided by statue; or
(5) an act related to an unlawful stock repurchase or payment of
dividend.
ARTICLE TEN
Section 1. Written Consent in lieu of shareholders Meeting. Any action
required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, or any
action which may be taken at any annul or special meeting of shareholders, may
be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a
consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by the holder or holders of shares not less than the minimum number of
votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the
holders of all shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted.
Section 2. Notice to Non-consenting shareholders. Prompt notice of the
taking of any action by shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those shareholders who did not consent in
writing to the action.
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EXHIBIT 3.2
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office and Place of Business. The registered
office of the Corporation shall be at 200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San
Antonio, Texas 78216 and the name of the registered agent at such address is L.
Lowry Mays. The Corporation may have, in addition to its registered office,
offices and places of business at such places, both within and without the
State of Texas as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the shareholders of the
Corporation shall be held at such times and at such place within or without the
State of Texas as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the shareholders
commencing with the year 1975 shall be held each year at the time and date
during the month of April to be selected by the Board of Directors. If the day
is a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be on the next business day
following. At the meeting they shall elect a Board of Directors, and transact
such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Voting List. At least ten days before each meeting of the
shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at said
meeting, arranged in \alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the
number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer or agent
having charge of the stock transfer books. Such list, for a period of ten days
prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the
Corporation and shall be subject to the inspection by any shareholder at any
time during usual business hours. Such list shall be produced and kept open at
the time and place of the meeting during the whole thereof, and shall be
subject to the inspection of any shareholder who may be present. The original
stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the
shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any
meeting of shareholders. Failure to comply with the requirements of this
section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at said meeting.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the
Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, may be called by the Chairman of
the Board, the president, the Board of Directors or the
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holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at the
meetings. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the
purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 5. Notice of Meetings. Written or printed notice stating the
place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not
less than ten nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting,
either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the
Secretary or the officer or person calling the meeting, to each shareholder of
record entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
to be delivered when deposited in .the United States mail addressed to the
shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the
Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.
Section 6. Quorum of Shareholders. The holders of a majority of the
shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person
or represented by proxy, shall be requisite to and shall constitute a quorum at
all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as
otherwise provided by statute, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these
By-Laws. If a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the
shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is
present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be
present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
Section 7. Majority Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum. When a quorum is
present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares
having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide
any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one on which,
by express provision of the statutes, the Articles of Incorporation or these
By-Laws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision
shall govern and control the decision of such question. The shareholders
present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave
less than a quorum.
Section 8. Method of Voting. Each outstanding share, regardless of
class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a
meeting of the shareholders except to the extent that the voting rights of the
shares of any class or classes are limited or denied by statute, by the
Articles of Incorporation or by any other certificate creating any class or
series of stock. At any meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having
the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by
an instrument in writing subscribed by such shareholder or by his duly
authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from
the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Each proxy
shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and
unless otherwise made irrevocable by law. Each proxy shall be filed with the
secretary of the corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting. Any vote
may be taken by voice or by show of hands unless someone entitled to vote
objects, in which case written ballots shall be used.
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Section 9. Record Date; Closing Transfer Books. The Board of Directors
may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders, the record
date to be not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the
meeting; or the Board of Directors may close the stock transfer books for such
purpose for a period of not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days
prior to such meeting. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors,
the date upon which the notice of the meeting is mailed shall be the record
date.
Section 10. Action Without Meeting. Any action required by statute to
be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any action which may be taken at
a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect
to the subject matter thereof and such consent shall have the same force and
effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders. Any such signed consent, or a
signed copy thereof, shall be placed in the minute. book of the Corporation.
Section 11. Telephone Meeting. Subject to the provisions of applicable
law and these By-Laws, shareholders may participate in and hold a meeting by
means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by 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, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express
purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Management of the Corporation. The business and affairs of
the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, who may exercise
all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as
are not, by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws,
directed or required to be exercised 'or done by the shareholders.
Section 2. Number and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall
consist of up to nine (9) members, none of whom need be shareholders or
residents of the State of Texas. The Directors shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the shareholders, except as hereinafter provided and each director
elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall
qualify.
Section 3. Change in Number. The number of Directors may be increased
or decreased from time to time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
directors at any meeting of the Board of Directors; provided that at all times
the number of directors shall be at least one and no decrease shall have the
effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. Any directorship to be
filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by
election by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum.
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Section 4. Removal. Any director may be removed either for or without
cause at any special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of a
majority in number of the shareholders present in person or represented by
proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote for the election of such director,
if notice of the intention to act upon such matter shall have been given in the
notice calling such meeting.
Section 5. Vacancies. If any vacancies occur in the Board of Directors
by the death, resignation retirement, disqualification or removal from office
of any director, or otherwise than as a result of an increase in the number of
directors, a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a
quorum, may choose a successor or successors, or a successor or' successors may
be chosen at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A
director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of
his predecessor in office. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors to be filled
by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by election
at the annual meeting of the shareholders or at a special meeting of
shareholders called for that purpose.
Section 6. Election of Directors. Directors shall be elected by
plurality vote. Cumulative voting shall not be permitted.
Section 7. Place of Meetings. The directors of the Corporation may
hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the
State of Texas.
Section 8. Annual Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected
Board shall be held without further notice immediately following the annual
meeting of the shareholders and at the same place, unless by majority vote of
the directors then elected and serving such time or place is changed.
Section 9. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as may be fixed
from time to time by resolutions adopted by the Board and communicated to all
directors. Except as otherwise by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or
these By-Laws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of,
any regular meeting need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such
meeting.
Section 10. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the president on
twenty-four (24) hours' notice to each director either personally or by mail or
by telegram. special meetings shall be called by the President or secretary in
like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors. Except
as may be otherwise expressly provided by statute, the Articles of
Incorporation or these By-Laws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor
the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in the notice or waiver
of notice of such meeting.
Section 11. Quorum; Majority Vote. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, the presence of a majority of the directors fixed by these By-Laws
shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and the act of a majority of the directors present
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at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of
Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the
Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws. If a quorum is not present at any
meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting
from time .to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting,
until a quorum is present. At any such adjourned meeting any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally
notified.
Section 12. Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have authority
to determine from time to time the amount of compensation, if any, which shall
be paid to its members for their services as directors and as members of
standing or special committees of the Board. The Board shall also have power in
its discretion to provide for and to pay to directors rendering services to the
Corporation not ordinarily rendered by directors as such, special compensation
appropriate to the value of such services as determined by the Board from time
to time. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any directors
from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
Section 13. Procedure. The Board of Directors shall keep regular
minutes of its proceedings. The minutes shall be placed in the minute book of
the Corporation.
Section 14. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted
to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may
be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or such
committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and
effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any
document or instrument filed with the Secretary of State. The signed consent,
or a signed copy, shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.
Section 15. Telephone Meeting. Subject to the provisions of applicable
statutes and these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors or of any
committee thereof may participate in and hold a meeting of the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by 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, except where a person
participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
ARTICLE IV.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1. Designation. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed by these By-Laws,
designate an Executive Committee, to consist of two or more of the directors'
of the Corporation (with such alternatives, if any, as may be deemed
desirable), one of whom shall be the president of the Corporation.
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Section 2. Authority. The Executive Committee, to the extent provided
in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the
Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, except where action of the full Board of Directors is required by
statute or by the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 3. Change in Number. The number of members of the Executive
Committee may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution adopted
by a majority of the whole Board of Directors.
Section 4. Removal. Any member of the Executive Committee may be
removed by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
whole Board, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation
will be served thereby.
Section 5. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Executive Committee may be
filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board.
Section 6. Meetings. Time, place and notice, if any, of meetings of
the Executive Committee shall be determined by the Executive Committee.
Section 7. Quorum; Majority Vote. At meetings of the Executive
Committee, a majority of the number of members designated by the Board of
Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of
a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Executive Committee, except as otherwise specifically
provided by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws. If a
quorum is not present at a meeting of the Executive Committee, the members
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
Section 8. Compensation. See Article, III, Section 12.
Section 9. Procedure. The Executive Committee shall keep regular
minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when
required. The minutes of the proceedings of the Executive Committee shall be
placed in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary of the Corporation,
or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as the secretary of the
Executive Committee, or the committee may, in its discretion, appoint its own
secretary.
Section 10. Action Without Meeting. See Article III, Section 14.
Section 11. Telephone Meeting. See Article III, Section 15.
Section 12. Responsibility. The designation of an Executive Committee
and the delegation of authority to it shall not operate to relieve the Board of
Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him
by law.
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ARTICLE V.
OTHER COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
Section 1. Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution
adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, designate two or
more directors (with such alternates, if any, as may be deemed desirable) to
constitute another committee or committees for any purpose; provided, that any
such other committee or committees shall have and may exercise only the power
of recommending action to the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee
and of carrying out and implementing any instructions or any policies, plans
and programs therefore approved, authorized and adopted by the Board of
Directors or the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE VI.
NOTICE
Section 1. Manner of Giving Notice. Whenever under the provisions of
the statutes, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, notice is
required to be given to any committee member, director or shareholder, and no
provisions are made as to how such notice shall be given, it shall not be
construed to mean personal notice, but any such notice may be given in writing,
by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such committee member, director or
shareholder at the address appearing on the books of the Corporation. Any
notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed given at the
time when the same is thus deposited in the United States mails as aforesaid.
Section 2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be
given to any committee member, director or shareholder of the Corporation under
the provisions of the statutes, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws,
a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such
notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, shall be deemed
equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends
for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the
ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE VII.
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS: POWERS AND DUTIES
Section 1. Elected Officers. The elected officers of the Corporation
shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents as
may be determined from time to time by the Board (and, in the case of each such
Vice President, with such descriptive title, if any, as the Board of Directors
shall deem appropriate), a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Chairman of the Board
shall be a member of the Board of Directors; no other elected officer of the
Corporation need be a director of the Corporation, and no elected officer of
the Corporation need be a shareholder or resident of the State of Texas.
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Section 2. Appointive Officers. The Board of Directors may also
appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers and such
other officers and assistant officers and agents (none of whom need be a member
of the Board, a shareholder or resident of the State of Texas) as it shall from
time to time deem necessary, who shall exercise such powers and perform such
duties as shall be set forth in these By-Laws or determined from time to time
by the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.
Section 3. Two or More Offices. Any two (2) or more offices may be
held by the same person.
Section 4. Compensation. The compensation of all officers of the
Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee. The Board of Directors or the Executive Committee may from
time to time delegate to the President the authority to fix the compensation of
any or all of the other officers (except the Chairman of the Board) of the
Corporation.
Section 5. Term of Office; Removal; Filling of Vacancies. Unless
otherwise specified by the Board at the time of election or in an employment
contract approved by the Board, each elected officer's term shall end at the
first meeting of directors after the next annual meeting of shareholders. Each
elected officer of the Corporation shall hold office until his successor is
chosen and qualified in his stead or until his earlier death, resignation or
removal from office. Each appointive officer or agent shall hold office at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors without the necessity of periodic
reappointment. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of
Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors whenever in its
judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such
removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the
person so removed. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason,
the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall
preside when present at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of
Directors. He shall be the chief executive officer ("CEO") of the Corporation
and shall advise and counsel the President and other officers of the
Corporation and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be
assigned to or required of him from time to time by the Board of Directors or
the Executive Committee.
Section 7. President. The President shall be the chief operating
officer of the Corporation and, subject to the provisions of these By-Laws,
shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation and shall have
general and active control of all its business. In the absence of the Chairman
of the Board or if such officer shall not have been elected or be serving, the
President shall preside when present at meetings of the shareholders and the
Board of Directors, shall have the power to call special meetings of the Board
of Directors and shareholders for any purpose or purposes, and shall be the
chief executive officer of the Corporation. Subject to the supervision,
approval and review of his actions by the Executive Committee and the Board of
Directors, he shall have authority to: cause the employment or appointment of
and the discharge of employees and
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agents of the Corporation, other than officers, and fix their compensation;
suspend for cause, pending final action by the authority which shall have
elected or appointed him, any officer subordinate to the President; make and
sign bonds, deeds, contracts and agreements in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation and to affix the corporate seal thereto; sign stock certificates;
and in general to exercise all the powers usually appertaining to the office of
president of a corporation, except as otherwise provided by statute, the
Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The President shall put into
operation the business policies of the Corporation as determined by the
Executive Committee and the Board of Directors and as communicated to him by
such bodies. In carrying out such business policies, the President shall,
subject to the supervision of the Executive Committee and the Board of
Directors, have general management and control of the day-to-day business
operations of the Corporation. He shall see that the books, reports, statements
and certificates required by statutes or laws applicable to the Corporation are
properly kept, made and filed according to law. The President shall be subject
only to the authority of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors in
carrying out his duties. In the absence of or disability of the President, his
duties shall be performed and his powers may be exercised by the Vice
Presidents in order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the
President, the Executive Committee, or the Board of Directors.
Section 8. Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall generally assist
the President and shall have such powers and perform such duties and services
as shall from time to time be prescribed or delegated to him by the President,
the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors.
Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall see that notice is given of
all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors
and shall keep and attest true records of all proceedings at all meetings of
the shareholders and the Board of Directors. He shall have charge of the
corporate seal and have authority to attest any and all instruments or writings
to which the same may be affixed. He shall keep and account for all books,
documents, papers and records of the Corporation except those for which some
other officer or agent is properly accountable. He shall have authority to sign
stock certificates and shall generally perform all the duties usually
appertaining to the office of secretary of a corporation. In the absence or
disability of the Secretary, his duties shall be performed and his powers may
be exercised by the Assistant Secretaries in the order of their seniority,
unless otherwise determined by the Secretary, the President, the Executive
Committee or the Board of Directors.
Section 10. Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall
generally assist the Secretary and shall have such powers and perform such
duties and services as shall from time to time be prescribed or delegated to
him by the Secretary, the President, the Executive Committee or the Board of
Directors.
Section 11. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the chief, accounting
and financial officer of the Corporation and shall have active control of and
shall be responsible for all matters pertaining to the accounts and finances of
the Corporation. He shall audit all payrolls and vouchers of the Corporation
and shall direct the manner of certifying the same; shall receive, audit and
consolidate all operating and financial statements of the Corporation and its
various departments; shall have
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supervision of the books of account of the Corporation, their arrangement and
classification; shall supervise the accounting and auditing practices of the
Corporation and shall have charge of all matters relating to taxation. The
Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all monies, funds and securities
of the Corporation; shall deposit or cause to be deposited all such funds in
and with such depositaries as the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee
shall from time to time direct or as shall be selected in accordance with
procedure established by the Board or Executive Committee; shall advise upon
all terms of credit granted by the Corporation; and shall be responsible for
the collection of all its accounts and shall cause to be kept full and accurate
accounts of all receipts and disbursements of the Corporation. He shall have
the power to endorse for deposit or collection or otherwise all checks, drafts,
notes, bills of exchange or other commercial papers payable to the Corporation
and to give proper receipts or discharges for all payments to the Corporation.
The Treasurer shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to
the office of treasurer of a corporation. In the absence or disability of the
Treasurer his duties shall be performed and his powers may be exercised by the
Assistant Treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise
determined by the Treasurer, the President, the Executive Committee or the
Board of Directors.
Section 12. Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall
generally assist the Treasurer and shall have such powers and perform such
duties and services as shall from time to time be prescribed or delegated to
him by the Treasurer, the President, the Executive Committee or the Board of
Directors.
Section 13. Additional Powers and Duties. In addition to the
foregoing especially enumerated duties, services and powers, the several
elected and appointive officers of the Corporation shall perform such other
duties and services and exercise such further powers as may be provided by
statute, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws or as the Board of
Directors or the Executive Committee may from time to time determine or as may
be assigned to them by any competent superior officer.
ARTICLE VIII.
STOCK AND TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 1. Certificates Representing Shares. Certificates in such
form as may be determined by the Board of Directors and as shall conform to the
requirements of the statutes, the Articles of Incorporation and these By-Laws
shall be delivered representing all shares to which shareholders are entitled.
Such certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the
books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on
the face thereof that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State
of Texas, the holder's name, the number and class of shares and the designation
of the series, if any, which such certificate represents, the par value of such
shares or a statement that such shares are without par value and such other
matters as may be required by law. Each certificate shall be signed by the
Chairman of the Board or the President of a Vice President and the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a
facsimile thereof. If any certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or
registered by a registrar,
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either of which is other than the Corporation or an employee of the
Corporation, the signature of any such officer may be a facsimile.
Section 2. Issuance. Subject to the provisions of the statutes, the
Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, shares may be issued for such
consideration and to such persons as the Board of Directors may determine from
time to time. Shares may not be issued until the full amount of the
consideration, fixed as provided by law, has been paid.
Section 3. Payment for Shares. The consideration for the issuance of
shares shall consist of money paid, labor done (including services actually
performed for the Corporation) or property (tangible or intangible) actually
received. Neither promissory notes nor the promise of future services shall
constitute payment for shares. In the absence of fraud in the transaction, the
judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of consideration received
shall be conclusive. when consideration, fixed as provided by law, has been
paid, the shares shall be deemed to have been issued and shall be considered
fully paid and nonassessable.
Section 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee, the President, or such other officer or
officers of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may from time to time
designate, in its or his discretion may direct a new certificate or
certificates representing shares to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed. when
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors, the Executive Committee, the President, or any such other officer,
in its or his discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof,
may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative,,to advertise the Name in such manner
as it or he shall require and/or give the Corporation a bond in such form, in
such sum, and with such surety or sureties as it or he may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the
certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 5. Transfers of Shares. Shares of stock shall be transferable
only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his
duly authorized attorney. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer
agent of the Corporation of a certificate or certificates representing shares,
duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or
authority to transfer, with all required stock transfer tax stamps affixed
thereto and cancelled or accompanied by sufficient funds to pay such taxes, it
shall be the duty of the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation
to issue a new certificate or certificates to the person entitled thereto,
cancel the old certificate or certificates and record the transaction upon its
books.
Section 6. Foreign Ownership of Shares. Not more than one-fifth of
the aggregate number of shares of stock of the Corporation shall at any time be
owned of record or voted by or for the
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account of aliens, their representatives, or by a foreign government or
representative thereof, or by any corporation organized under the laws of a
foreign country. The Company shall not be owned or controlled directly or
indirectly by any other corporation of which any officer or more than
one-fourth of the directors are aliens or of which more than one-fourth of the
stock is owned of record or voted by aliens. No person who is an alien may be
elected to serve as an officer or director of the Company. In the event that
the stock records of the Corporation shall at any time reflect one-fifth
foreign stock ownership, no transfers of additional share certificates to
aliens and other entities described above shall be made. If it shall thereafter
be learned that any such additional share certificates are held by aliens and
others described, such certificates shall not be entitled to vote, receive
dividends or enjoy any other rights accorded to stock of the Corporation, and
the holder of such certificates will be required to transfer them to a citizen
of the United States or the Company.
Section 7. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled
to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in
fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or
other. claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other
person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as
otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the outstanding shares of the
Corporation, subject to the provisions of the statutes and of the Articles of
Incorporation, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any annual, regular
or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the
Corporation, or in any combination thereof.
The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the
purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend, the record date to be not less than ten nor more than fifty days
prior to the payment date of such dividend, or the Board of Directors may close
the stock transfer books for such purpose for a period of not less than ten nor
more than fifty days prior to the payment date of such dividend. In the absence
of any action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the Board of
Directors adopts the resolution declaring the dividend shall be the record
date.
Section 2. Reserves. There may be created from time to time by
resolution of the Board of Directors, out of the earned surplus of the
Corporation, such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in
their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize
dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation or for such
other purpose as the directors shall think beneficial to the Corporation. The
directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was
created.
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Section 3. Signature of Negotiable Instruments. All bills, notes,
checks or other instruments for the payment of money shall be signed or
countersigned by such officer, officers, agent or agents and in such manner as
are permitted by these By-Laws and/or as, from time to time, may be prescribed
by resolution (whether general or special) of the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee.
Section 4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
from January through December.
Section 5. Seal. The Corporation's seal shall be in such form as shall
be adopted and approved from time to time by the Board of Directors. The seal
may be used by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed, affixed,
imprinted or in any manner reproduced.
Section 6. Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and
complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings
of its shareholders and Board of Directors and shall keep at its registered
office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent
or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of
all shareholders and the number and class of the shares held by each.
Section 7. Resignation. Any director, committee member, officer or
agent may resign by giving written notice to the President or the Secretary.
The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or immediately
if no time is specified. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of
such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 8. Indemnification. Any person made a party to, or involved
in, any civil, criminal or administrative action, suit or proceeding by reason
of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer,
employee, partner or trustee of the Corporation, or of any corporation or any
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise which he, his testator or
intestate, served as such at the request of the Corporation, shall be
indemnified by the Corporation against expenses reasonably incurred by him or
imposed on him in connection with, or resulting from, the defense of such
action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with, or resulting from, any
appeal therein, except with respect to matters as to which it is adjudged in
such action, suit or proceeding that such officer or director is liable to the
Corporation or to such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties.
As used herein the term "expenses" shall include all obligations incurred by
such person for the payment of money including, without limitation, attorney's
fees, judgments, awards, fines, penalties and amounts paid in satisfaction of
judgment or in settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding, except
amounts paid to the Corporation or such other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise by him. A judgment or conviction (whether
based on a plea of guilty or nolo contendre or its equivalent, or after trial)
shall not of itself be deemed an adjudication that such director or officer is
liable to the Corporation or such other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his duties. Determination of the right to such indemnification
and the amount thereof may be made, at the option of the person to be
indemnified,
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pursuant to procedure set forth from time to time by these By-Laws or by any of
the following procedures: (a) order of the court or administrative body or
agency having jurisdiction of the action, suit or proceeding, (b) resolution
adopted by a majority of a quorum of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
without counting in such majority or quorum any directors who have incurred
expenses in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, (c) if there is no
quorum of directors who have not incurred expenses in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, then by resolution adopted by a majority of a
committee of shareholders or directors who have not incurred such expenses,
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (d) resolution adopted
by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote and present in
person or represented by proxy at any meeting of shareholders of the
Corporation at which a quorum is so present or represented, such holders voting
together and not by class or (e) order of any court having jurisdiction over
the Corporation. Any such determination that a payment by way of indemnity
should be made shall be binding upon the Corporation. Such right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right which such directors
and officers of the Corporation, and the other persons above mentioned, may
have or hereafter acquire and, without limiting the generality of such
statement, they shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification
under the Articles of Incorporation or any other by-law, agreement, vote of
shareholders, provisions of law or otherwise, as well as their rights under
this Section. The provisions of this Section shall apply to any member of any
committee appointed by the Board of Directors as fully as though such person
had been a director o officer of the Corporation.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by
him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not
the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
under the provisions of this Section.
Section 9. Surety Bonds. Such officers and agents of the Corporation
(if any) as the President, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee
may direct, from time to time, shall e bonded for the faithful performance of
their duties and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of their
death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, of all
books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in their
possession or under their control belonging to the Corporation, in such amounts
and by such surety companies as the President, the Board of Directors or the
Executive Committee may determine. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by
the Corporation, and the bonds so furnished shall be in the custody of the
Secretary.
Section 10. Interested Directors, Officers and Shareholders.
(a) Validity. Any contract or other transaction between the
Corporation and any of its directors, officers or shareholders (or any
corporation or firm in which any of them are directly or indirectly interested)
shall be valid for all purposes notwithstanding the presence of such director,
officer or shareholder at the meeting authorizing such contract or transaction,
or his participation or vote in such meeting or authorization.
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(b) Disclosure, Approval, The foregoing shall, however, apply only
if the material facts of the relationship or the interest of each such
director, officer or shareholder is known or disclosed:
(1) to the Board of Directors and it nevertheless
authorizes or ratifies the contract or transaction by a majority of
the directors present, each such interested director to be counted in
determining whether a is present but not in calculating the majority
necessary to carry the vote; or
(2) to the shareholders and they nevertheless authorize
or ratify the contract or transaction by a majority of the shares
present, each such interested person to be counted for quorum and
voting purposes.
(c) Non-Exclusive. This provision shall not be construed to
invalidate any contract or transaction which would be valid in the absence of
this provision.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
By-Laws may be adopted at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a
quorum is present by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors
present at such meeting.
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EXHIBIT 4.3
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
FORM OF
SENIOR INDENTURE
Dated as of ________, 1997
Providing for Issuance of Securities in Series
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Recitals of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Agreements of the Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request, Company Order and Company Consent . . . . 3
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Depositary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Funded Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indenture, this Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Permitted Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Predecessor Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Principal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Repayment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Repayment Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Restricted Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security or Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Securityholder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trust Indenture Act or TIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Vice President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Voting Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 104. Acts of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 106. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 109. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 110. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 112. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 113. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 114. Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 202. Forms of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . 17
Section 204. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security . . . 17
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in
Series; Terms of Particular Series . . . . . . . . 20
Section 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating . . . . . 23
Section 304. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . . . . . 27
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . . 28
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 309. Cancelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 310. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 311. Medium-Term Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 402. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities
of any Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . . 37
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 506. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 507. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 512. Control by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 602. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . . 48
Section 605. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 606. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . . . . 50
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . . . . . 53
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE SEVEN
Securityholders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 703. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 704. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms . . . 65
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders 66
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders . . 67
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . . . . 69
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . 69
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . . . 70
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 1005. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 1006. Limitation on Liens 72
Section 1007. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions . . . . . . . 73
Section 1008. Limitations on Subsidiary Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Section 1009. Limitation on Transfers of Principal Properties to
Unrestricted Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . . . 76
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 1108. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds . . . . . . . 78
ARTICLE TWELVE
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture;
Defeasance; Unclaimed Moneys
Section 1201. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 1202. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance . . . . 80
Section 1203. Conditions of Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1204. Applicaoitn of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 1205. Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 1206. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 1207. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
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THIS SENIOR INDENTURE (the "Indenture")
between CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Texas
corporation (hereinafter called the "Company") having
its principal office at 200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600,
San Antonio, Texas 78216, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a
New York banking corporation, trustee (hereinafter
called the "Trustee"), is made and entered into as of
this __ day of ________, 1997.
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance of its debentures, notes, bonds or
other evidences of indebtedness, to be issued in one or more fully registered
series.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Agreements of the Parties
To set forth or to provide for the establishment of the terms
and conditions upon which the Securities are and are to be authenticated,
issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of a series thereof, as the case may be:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture
and of any indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as
the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or by Commission rule under
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the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have
the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean
such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States of America at the date of such computation;
(4) all references in this instrument to designated
"Articles", "Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated
Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this instrument as
originally executed. 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; and
(5) "including" and words of similar import shall be deemed to
be followed by "without limitation".
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in
that Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Security-holder, has the
meaning specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee to authenticate Securities under Section 614.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
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"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each day which is neither a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the pertinent Place or
Places of Payment are authorized or required by law or executive order to be
closed.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission
is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request", "Company Order" and "Company Consent" mean,
respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, Controller, an Assistant Controller,
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the
Trustee in New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date
hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10286,
except that with respect to the presentation of Securities for payment or for
registration of transfer and exchange, such term shall mean the office or the
agency of the Trustee in said city at which at any particular time its
corporate agency business shall be conducted, which office at the date hereof
is located at 101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10286.
"Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"Depositary" means, unless otherwise specified by the Company
pursuant to either Section 204 or 301, with respect to Securities of any series
issuable or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New
York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or
regulation.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article Five.
"Funded Debt" of any person means all indebtedness for
borrowed money created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed in any manner by such
person, and all indebtedness, contingent or otherwise, incurred or assumed by
such person in connection with the acquisition of any business, property or
asset, which in each case matures more than one year after, or which by its
terms is renewable or extendible or payable out of the proceeds of similar
indebtedness incurred pursuant to the terms of any revolving credit agreement
or any similar agreement at the option of such person for a period ending more
than one year after the date as of which Funded Debt is being determined;
provided, however, that Funded Debt shall not include (i) any indebtedness for
the payment, redemption or satisfaction of which money (or evidences of
indebtedness, if permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing such
indebtedness) in the necessary amount shall have been irrevocably deposited in
trust with a trustee or proper depository either on or before the maturity or
redemption date thereof or (ii) any indebtedness of such person to any of its
Subsidiaries or of any Subsidiary to such person or any other Subsidiary or
(iii) any indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of operating,
construction or acquisition projects, provided that the recourse for such
indebtedness is limited to the assets of such projects.
"Global Security" means with respect to any series of
Securities issued hereunder, a Security which is executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an
indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a
Company Request, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such
series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including,
without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which
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principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest.
"Holder", when used with respect to any Security, means a
Securityholder.
"Indenture" or "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 301.
"Independent", when used with respect to any specified Person,
means such a Person who (1) is in fact independent, (2) does not have any
direct financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the
Company or in any other obligor upon the Securities or in any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor, and (3) is not connected with the Company or
such other obligor or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor, as
an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or
person performing similar functions. Whenever it is herein provided that any
Independent Person's opinion or certificate shall be furnished to the Trustee,
such Person shall be appointed by a Company Order and approved by the Trustee
in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state
that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is Independent
within the meaning hereof.
"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 any installment of interest on
those Securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Securities, means
the date on which the principal of any such Security becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether on a Repayment Date, at the Stated Maturity
or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance,
charge or security interest of any kind.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
Wherever this Indenture requires that an Officers' Certificate be signed also
by an engineer or an accountant or other expert, such engineer, accountant or
other expert (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) may be
in the employ of the Company, and shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee
of or of counsel to the Company. Such counsel shall be acceptable to the
Trustee, whose acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means (i) 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, and
(ii) any other Security deemed an Original Issue Discount Security for United
States Federal income tax purposes.
"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 cancelation;
(ii) such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee
or any Paying Agent in trust 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 exchange for or in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture, or which shall have been paid pursuant to the terms of
Section 306 (except with respect to any such Security as to which
proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is
held by a person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company).
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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, (i) the principal amount of any
Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of the taking of such action upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof and (ii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. 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 assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee
knows to be owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right to act as owner 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
"Permitted Mortgage" means (i) any Mortgage upon property
owned or leased by a corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes
a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Mortgage upon property existing at the time
of the acquisition thereof or to secure payment of any part of the purchase
price thereof or any Debt incurred to finance the purchase thereof, (iii) any
Mortgage upon property to secure any part of the cost of development,
construction, alteration, repair or improvement of such property, or Debt
incurred to finance such cost, (iv) any Mortgage securing Debt of a Restricted
Subsidiary owing to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (v) any
Mortgage existing on the date of the Senior Indenture, and (vi) any extension,
renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred to in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (v); provided, however, that the principal amount
of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so
secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and provided,
further, that such Mortgage shall be limited to all or such part of the
property which secured the Mortgage so extended, renewal or replaced.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Mortgage upon any
Principal Property without equally and ratably securing the Senior Debt
Securities if the aggregate amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by such
Mortgage and all similar Mortgages does not exceed 10% of the total
consolidated stockholders' equity (including preferred stock) of the Company as
shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual
report to stockholders of the Company; provided that Debt secured by Permitted
Mortgages shall not be included in the amount of such secured debt.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means with respect to any series of
Securities issued hereunder the city or political subdivision so designated
with respect to the series of Securities in question in accordance with the
provisions of Section 301.
"Predecessor Securities" of any particular Security means
every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu
of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means any ___________ owned or leased by
the Company or any Subsidiary, unless, in the opinion of the Board of Directors
of the Company, such _______ is not of material importance to the total
business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"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 the Security at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
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"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Security
on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified in such Security as the
Regular Record Date.
"Repayment Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid, means the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to such Security.
"Repayment Price", when used with respect to any Security to
be repaid, means the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to such
Security.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any
senior trust officer or trust officer, the controller and any assistant
controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity
with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which owns or
leases (as lessor or lessee) a Principal Property, but does not include any
Subsidiary the principal business of which is leasing machinery, equipment,
vehicles or other properties none of which is a Principal Property, or
financing accounts receivable, or engaging in ownership and development of any
real property which is not a Principal Property.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or
bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the
case may be, of any series authenticated and delivered from time to time under
this Indenture.
"Security Register" shall have the meaning specified in
Section 305.
"Security Registrar" means the Person who keeps the Security
Register specified in Section 305.
"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Security is
registered in the Security Register.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest (as defined in Section 307) means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any specified corporation means any
corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the
time be owned, directly or indirectly, by the specified corporation or by one
or more of its Subsidiaries, or both.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed except as provided in Section
905.
"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 and include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
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.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are
(x) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled
or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either
case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
"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", including,
without limitation, an assistant vice president.
"Voting Stock", as applied to the stock of any corporation,
means stock of any class or classes (however designated) having by the terms
thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the members of the board
of directors (or other governing body) of such corporation other than stock
having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the
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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 (except for the written
statement required by Section 1004) shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to the 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
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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 104. Acts of Securityholders. (a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Securityholders or
Securityholders of any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. If any Securities are denominated in coin
or currency other than that of the United States, then for the purposes of
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities
have taken any action as herein described, the principal amount of such
Securities shall be deemed to be that amount of United States dollars that
could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of
exchange into United States dollars for the currency in which such Securities
are denominated (as evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers' Certificate) as of
the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal
amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the
Securityholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of
any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
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(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness to 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 an officer of a corporation or a member of
a partnership, on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact
and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority
of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which
the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, the Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a
record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but
the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Securities Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, and for that purpose the Securities Outstanding shall be computed
as of the record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or
consent by the Holders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it
shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind the
Holder of every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done
by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Security.
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Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Securityholders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Securityholder or by the Company shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall
be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as provided in
Section 501(4) or, in the case of a request for repayment, as
specified in the Security carrying the right to repayment) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in
the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver. Where this
Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Securityholders of any event,
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 Securityholder affected by such event, at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Securityholders is given by mail, neither the failure
to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Securityholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Securityholders. Where this Indenture or any Security 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
Securityholders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service
as a result of a strike, work stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to
mail notice of any event to any Securityholder when such notice is required to
be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any method of
notification as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be
deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
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Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any
of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through the
operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in
this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this
Indenture or in any Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any
Authenticating Agent or Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and the Holders of
Securities (or such of them as may be affected thereby), any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law. This Indenture shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be
an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 114. Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the
fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if
for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert
the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on
the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which
a judgment
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will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be
the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee
could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment
Currency on the New York Banking Day (as defined below) preceding that on which
final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this
Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged
or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether
or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than
the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall
result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required
Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be
enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of
recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual
receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in the City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally. The Securities 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 applicable laws or regulations or with the
rules of any securities exchange, or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be
set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the
face of the Security.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution
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of such Securities, subject, with respect to the Securities of any series, to
the rules of any securities exchange on which such Securities are listed.
Section 202. Forms of Securities. Each Security shall be in
one of the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.
Prior to the delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any
form approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of
Security has been approved, which Board Resolution shall have attached thereto
a true and correct copy of the form of Security which has been approved thereby
or, if a Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers to approve
a form of Security, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the
form of Security attached thereto. Any form of Security approved by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee,
such acceptance to be evidenced by the Trustee's authentication of Securities
in that form or a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
and delivered to the Company.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication for any Security issued
pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially as follows:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Section 204. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global
Security. (a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 202 and 301
that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part
in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute
and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the
Company Request delivered to the Trustee or its agent thereunder,
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authenticate and deliver, such Global Security or Securities, which (i) shall
represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of, the Outstanding Securities of such series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as
the Company shall specify in a Company Request, (ii) shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or its nominee,
(iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary's instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: "Unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for the individual Securities represented hereby, this Global
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 204
or of Section 305, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless
the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be
exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global Security may
be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section
305, only to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or to the
Depositary, or a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or
approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such Global Security or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities
for such series ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation,
the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global
Security. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee or its
agent, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery
of individual Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security,
will authenticate and deliver, individual Securities of such series of like
tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.
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(ii) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion
determine that the Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or
issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be
represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company
will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the
authentication and delivery of individual Securities of such series in exchange
in whole or in part for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver
individual Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global
Security or Securities representing such series or portion thereof in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities.
(iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 202
and 301 with respect to Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global
Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global
Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such
series of like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are
acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee or its agent shall authenticate and deliver, without
service charge, (1) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security
or Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Security;
and (2) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in
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 the Holders thereof.
(iv) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding
three paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will
authenticate and deliver individual Securities in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of
a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be
canceled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this
Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the
Security Registrar. The Trustee or the Security Registrar shall deliver such
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in
Series; Terms of Particular Series. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this
Indenture is not limited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to an
aggregate principal amount of Securities as from time to time may be authorized
by the Board of Directors. All Securities of each series 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 of the authentication and delivery or Stated
Maturity of the Securities of such series.
Each series of Securities shall be created either by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or by or pursuant to an indenture supplemental
hereto. The Securities of each such series may bear such date or dates, be
payable at such place or places, have such Stated Maturity or Maturities, be
issuable at such premium over or discount from their face value, bear interest
at such rate or rates (which may be fixed or floating), from such date or
dates, payable in such installments and on such dates and at such place or
places to the Holders of Securities registered as such on such Regular Record
Dates, or may bear no interest, and may be redeemable or repayable at such
Redemption Price or Prices or Repayment Price or Prices, as the case may be,
whether at the option of the Holder or otherwise, and upon such terms, all as
shall be provided for in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or in or pursuant
to the supplemental indenture creating that series. There may also be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in or pursuant to a
supplemental indenture prior to the issuance of Securities of each such series,
provision for:
(1) the exchange or conversion of the Securities of that
series, at the option of the Holders thereof, for or into new
Securities of a different series or other securities or other
property, including shares of capital stock of the Company or any
subsidiary of the
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Company or securities directly or indirectly convertible into or
exchangeable for any such shares;
(2) a sinking or purchase fund or other analogous obligation;
(3) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies or
units based on or related to currencies (including European Currency
Units) in which the Securities of such series shall be denominated and
in which payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on,
such Securities shall or may be payable;
(4) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on the Securities of such series are to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a holder thereof, in a currency or
currencies or units based on or related to currencies (including
European Currency Units) other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the
terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(5) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series may be
determined with reference to an index based on (i) a currency or
currencies or units based on or related to currencies (including
European Currency Units) other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, (ii) changes in the price of one or more other
securities or groups or indexes of securities or (iii) changes in the
prices of one or more commodities or groups or indexes of commodities,
or any combination of the foregoing, the manner in which such amounts
shall be determined;
(6) if the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series is to be limited, such limitations;
(7) the exchange of Securities of that series, at the option
of the Holders thereof, for other Securities of the same series of the
same aggregate principal amount of a different authorized kind or
different authorized denomination or denominations, or both;
(8) the appointment by the Trustee of an Authenticating Agent
in one or more places other than the location of the office of the
Trustee with power to act on behalf of the Trustee and subject to its
direction in the authentication and delivery of the
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Securities of any one or more series in connection with such
transactions as shall be specified in the provisions of this Indenture
or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the supplemental
indenture creating such series;
(9) the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the
series, if other than the total principal amount thereof, which shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section
504;
(10) any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
such series, if not set forth herein and any additions, deletions or
other changes to the Events of Default set forth herein that shall be
applicable to the Securities of such series (including a provision
making any Event of Default set forth herein inapplicable to the
Securities of that series);
(11) any covenant solely for the benefit of the Securities of
such series and any additions, deletions or other changes to the
provisions of Article Ten or any definitions relating to such Article
that shall be applicable to the Securities of such series (including a
provision making any Section of such Article inapplicable to the
Securities of such series);
(12) the applicability of Section 403 of this Indenture to
the Securities of such series;
(13) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of a Global Security or Global Securities, the
terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or
Global Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other
individual Securities; and the Depositary for such Global Security or
Global Securities (if other than the Depositary specified in Section
101 hereof);
(14) the subordination of the Securities of such series to
any other indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation,
the Securities of any other series; and
(15) any other terms of the series, which shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
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all upon such terms as may be determined in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture with respect
to such series. All Securities of the same series shall be
substantially identical in tenor and effect, except as to
denomination.
The form of the Securities of each series shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture creating such
series. The Securities of each series shall be distinguished from the
Securities of each other series in such manner, reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, as the Board of Directors may determine.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to Securities of a
particular series, the Securities of any series may only be issuable in
registered form, without coupons.
Any terms or provisions in respect of the Securities of any
series issued under this Indenture may be determined pursuant to this Section
by providing in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture for the method by
which such terms or provisions shall be determined.
Section 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series
shall be issuable in such denominations and currency as shall be provided in
the provisions of this Indenture or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
the supplemental indenture creating such series. In the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of that
series shall be issuable only in fully registered form in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and
Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its
Treasurer under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
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At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall, upon Company
Order, authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture provided
and not otherwise.
Prior to any such authentication and delivery, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, in addition to any Officers' Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section
102, and the Board Resolution and any certificate relating to the issuance of
the series of Securities required to be furnished pursuant to Section 202, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that:
(1) all instruments furnished to the Trustee conform to the
requirements of the Indenture and constitute sufficient authority
hereunder for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Securities;
(2) the form and terms (or in connection with the issuance of
medium-term Securities under Section 311, the manner of determining
the terms) of such Securities have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(3) all laws and requirements with respect to the execution
and delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied
with, the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and
such Securities have been duly authorized and delivered by the Company
and, assuming due authentication and delivery by the Trustee,
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 and legal principles affecting creditors'
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general equitable
principles, whether applied in an action at law or in equity) and
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, equally and ratably with
all other Securities, if any, of such series Outstanding; and
(4) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request;
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and, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of Securities
created by an indenture supplemental hereto, also stating that all laws and
requirements with respect to the form and execution by the Company of the
supplemental indenture with respect to that series of Securities have been
complied with, the Company has corporate power to execute and deliver any such
supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary corporate action for those
purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed and delivered
and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement of
remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other laws and legal principles affecting creditors' rights generally from time
to time in effect and to general equitable principles, whether applied in an
action at law or in equity).
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.
Unless otherwise provided in the form of Security for any
series, all Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an
authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation
of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and, upon
receipt of the documents required by Section 303, together with a Company
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in
any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
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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, without
charge to the Holder; and upon surrender for cancelation of any one or more
temporary Securities 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 and of like
tenor and terms. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of such series
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The
Company shall keep or cause to be kept a register (herein 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 Securities,
or of Securities of a particular series, and for transfers of Securities or of
Securities of such series.
Any such 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 register or registers shall be
available for inspection by the Trustee at the office or agency to be
maintained by the Company as provided in Section 1002.
Subject to Section 204, upon surrender for transfer of any
Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of
Payment, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of a like
aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms.
Subject to Section 204, at the option of the Holder,
Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of such series
of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and
Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms, 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 Securityholder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
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All Securities issued upon any 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 transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Security to be transferred or
exchanged, no service charge shall be made on any Securityholder for any
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise
provided in such Security) require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304 or 906 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, transfer or
exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of such series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending
at the close of business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) to transfer or
exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
for the portion of such Security not so selected for redemption.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee,
any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Security
Registrar for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and
from time to time authorize any Person to act as Security Registrar in place of
the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this
Indenture.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities. If (i) any mutilated Security is
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surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and (ii)
there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee 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 or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor,
series, Stated Maturity and principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section
301, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
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Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of his having been such Holder; and, except as hereinafter provided, such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (1) or Clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names any such 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 such 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 the Holder
of each such Security 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
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered
on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to
the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon
such
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notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by
the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
If any installment of interest the Stated Maturity of which is
on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Security called for redemption
pursuant to Article Eleven is not paid or duly provided for on or prior to the
Redemption Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section,
such interest shall be payable as part of the Redemption Price of such
Securities.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or
in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and
unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
any Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if
any), and (subject to Section 307) interest on, such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for
payment, redemption, transfer, conversion or exchange or credit against a
sinking fund shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly
canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancelation 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 canceled by the Trustee. No Security
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as
provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities in accordance with its
customary procedures and shall deliver a certificate of such disposition to the
Company.
Section 310. Computation of Interest. Unless otherwise
provided as contemplated in Section 301, interest on the Securities shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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Section 311. Medium-term Securities. Notwithstanding any
contrary provision herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be
originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary for the Company to
deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate, Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture, Opinion of Counsel or Company Request otherwise required pursuant to
Sections 202, 301 and 303 at or prior to the time of authentication of each
Security of such series if such documents are delivered to the Trustee or its
agent at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued; 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 delivered pursuant to Section 102 shall be true and correct as if
made on such date.
An Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution 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 upon the telephonic or written order of
persons designated in such Officers' Certificate, Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture (any such telephonic instructions to be confirmed
promptly in writing by such persons) and that such persons are authorized to
determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture
or Board Resolution, such terms and conditions of said Securities as are
specified in such Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board
Resolution.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of
Securities (except as to any surviving rights of conversion, transfer or
exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the
form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Company,
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shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore
authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such
series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and
(ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in
trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have
been delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation; or
(B) all such Securities of that series not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancelation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose
an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancelation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable), or
to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of
such series; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
series have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with
respect to that series under Section 607 shall survive and the obligations of
the Trustee under Sections 402 and 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money. All money and
obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or Section 403
and all money received by the Trustee in respect of such obligations shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
series of Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture,
to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest
for whose payment such money and obligations have been deposited with or
received by the Trustee; but such money and obligations need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of
Securities of any Series. If this Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by
Section 301, to be applicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the
Securities of any such series at the time outstanding, and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction, discharge and defeasance of such indebtedness, when
(1) either
(A) with respect to all Securities of such series at
the time outstanding,
(i) the Company has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust
for such purpose an amount sufficient, together with
any obligations deposited pursuant to clause (ii)
below, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness
on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, on the days on which such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest, as the
case may be, is due
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and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and such Securities, to the date of
maturity or date of redemption thereof as
contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this
Section 403, as the case may be; or
(ii) the Company has deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee as obligations in trust
for such purpose such amount of direct obligations
of, or obligations the principal of and interest on
which are fully guaranteed by, the government which
issued the currency in which such Securities are
denominated (other than such obligations as are
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof) as
will, together with the income to accrue thereon
without consideration of any reinvestment thereof, be
sufficient, in the written opinion of a firm of
nationally recognized independent public accountants
(which may be the Company's auditors) delivered to
the Trustee, together with any funds deposited
pursuant to clause (i) above, to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on all such Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, on the
days on which such principal (and premium, if any) or
interest, as the case may be, is due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such
Securities, to the date of maturity or date of
redemption thereof as contemplated by the penultimate
paragraph of this Section 403, as the case may be; or
(B) the Company has properly fulfilled such other
means of satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as
contemplated by Section 301, to be applicable to the
Securities of such series;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable with respect to the Securities of such series at the time
Outstanding;
(3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse
of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and
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(5) 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,
discharge and defeasance of the entire indebtedness on all Securities
of any such series at the time Outstanding have been complied with.
Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 403(1)(A)
above shall be irrevocable. If any Securities of such series at the time
outstanding are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant
to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory
sinking fund requirement, the Company shall make such arrangements as are
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this
Section 403 with respect to all the Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, the terms and conditions of such series, including the terms and
conditions with respect thereto set forth in this Indenture (except as to any
surviving rights of conversion, transfer or exchange of Securities of such
series expressly provided for herein or in the form of Security for such
series), shall no longer be binding upon, or applicable to, the Company,
provided that the Company shall not be discharged from any payment obligations
in respect of Securities of such series which are deemed not to be Outstanding
under clause (iii) of the definition thereof if such obligations continue to be
valid obligations of the Company under applicable law.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction of the conditions set forth
in this Section 403 with respect to all Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that
series under Section 607 and the obligations of the Trustee with respect to
that series under Section 402 and 1003 shall survive.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever
used herein, means with respect to any series of Securities any one of the
following events
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(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 such event is either inapplicable
to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the
supplemental indenture creating such series of Securities or in the form of
Security for such series:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of
such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or
analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture in respect of the Securities
of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the
Securities of such series a default in the performance of which or the
breach of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with),
all of such covenants and warranties in the Indenture which are not
expressly stated to be for the benefit of a particular series of
Securities being deemed in respect of the Securities of all series for
this purpose, and continuance of such default or breach for a period
of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified
mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is
a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry of an order for relief against the Company under
the Federal Bankruptcy Code by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises or a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent under any other
applicable Federal or State law, or the entry of a decree or order
approving as properly filed a
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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, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or
other similar official) of the Company or of any substantial part of
its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and
in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the consent by the Company to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it
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 it to the filing of any such petition or
to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment
for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking
of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;
or
(7) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental
indenture under which such series of Securities is issued or in the
form of Security for such series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment. If an Event of Default described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or
(7) (if the Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (7) is with respect to less
than all series of Securities then Outstanding) of Section 501 occurs and is
continuing with respect to any series, then and in each and every such case,
unless the principal of all the Securities of such series shall have already
become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding
hereunder (each such series acting as a separate class), by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the
principal amount (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified
in the terms of that series) of all the Securities of such series then
Outstanding and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately,
and upon any such declaration the same
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shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this
Indenture or in the Securities of such series contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in paragraph (4) or (7) (if
the Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (7) is with respect to all series
of Securities then Outstanding), (5) or (6) of Section 501 occurs and is
continuing, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all
the Securities shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of all the
Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class), by notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare
the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and all accrued interest
thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the
same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this
Indenture or in the Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been
made with respect to the Securities of any series 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
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on the
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, to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful,
(C) interest upon overdue installments of interest at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor by the terms of the
Securities of such series to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, 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, its agents and
counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section
607;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to such series of
Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the
Securities of such series which have become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due
and payable, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or purchase
fund or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of
the Securities of any series,
and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to
the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee,
pay to it, for the benefit of the Holder of any such Security (or the Holders
of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above), the whole amount then due
and payable on any such Security (or on the Securities of any such series in
the case of Clause (3) above) for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
with interest, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue
installments of interest, at such rate or rates as may be prescribed therefor
by the terms of any such Security (or of Securities of any such series in the
case of Clause (3) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
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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 the Securities
of such series and collect the money 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 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of
the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents
as may be necessary and 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 all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607) and
of the Securityholders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
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(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar
official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Securityholder to make such payment to the Trustee and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan or 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 Securityholder in
any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Securities of such series 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 agent and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities of the series in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. 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 (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities of such series 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 607.
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SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid
upon the Securities of that series for principal (and 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 such Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security
of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series;
(2) 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of 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 proportionate benefit of all the Holders of all
Securities of such series.
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to
Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions
in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of
redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case
may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such
right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Trustee or any Securityholder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued
or abandoned for any reason, then and in every such case the Company, the
Trustee and the Securityholders 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
Securityholders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or
remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as
may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders, as the case
may be.
Section 512. Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall
have the right to direct the
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time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any
such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines
that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would
conflict with this Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by
a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed
would involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to
the Holders not taking part in such direction, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive
any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences,
except a default not theretofore cured
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any
sinking or purchase fund or analogous obligation with respect to the
Securities of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require,
in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or
in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as
Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such
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suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than
10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series to which
the suit relates, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the
Redemption Date or Repayment Date).
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a)
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any series
of Securities,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may,
with respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the
Trustee
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and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case
of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not
they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise with
respect to the Securities of such series such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series;
and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or
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affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the
occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders of such series, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such
default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been
cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in
the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund
installment or analogous obligation with respect to Securities of such series,
the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such
series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series no such
notice to Securityholders of such series shall be given until at least 90 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 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board
Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on
its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
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(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct
or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the
Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying
Agent, the Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its
individual or any other capacity, may
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become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613,
may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee
in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company
agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of 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 (and premium,
if any) or interest on particular Securities.
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Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The
Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period
of time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee has a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded for
purposes of the conflicting interest provisions of such Section 310(b) the
Securities of every other series issued under this Indenture (i) every series
of securities issued under the Indenture dated as of __________ __, 199_,
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and _________________, (ii) every
series of securities issued under the Indenture dated as of _________ __, 199_,
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and ____________. Nothing herein
shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application
referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of
Securities, which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or of any State, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal
or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of 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. 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 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of
a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 611.
(b) 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
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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.
(c) 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 that series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act pursuant to Section 608(a) with respect to any
series of Securities after written request therefor by the Company or
by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of
that series for at least 6 months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609
with respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such
Securityholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect
to any series of Securities, or
(4) the Trustee shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a
receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, with respect to the series, or in the case of Clause (4), with respect
to all series, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Securityholder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least 6 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 the series, or, in the case of Clause (4),
with respect to all series.
(e) 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 the Trustee with respect to any series of
Securities for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly
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appoint a successor Trustee for that series of Securities. If, within one year
after such resignation, removal or incapacity, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to such series of Securities shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to
such series and 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 Securityholders of such
series and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series for
at least 6 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to any series by mailing written notice of
such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities
of that series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of
its principal Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every
successor Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Company and to the predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
Trustee shall become effective with respect to any series as to which it is
resigning or being removed 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 predecessor Trustee with respect to any such
series; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its reasonable charges, if any,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers and trusts of the predecessor Trustee, and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such predecessor Trustee hereunder with respect to all or any such
series, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.
Upon request of any such
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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.
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 predecessor Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
as to which the predecessor Trustee is not being succeeded shall continue to be
vested in the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.
No successor Trustee with respect to any 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 that series
under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted
or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company. (a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this
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Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or
indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within 3 months prior to a
default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, or subsequent to such a
default, then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall
set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee
individually, the Holders of the Securities and the holders of other indenture
securities (as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section):
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount
due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal
or interest, effected after the beginning of such 3-month period and
valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any such
reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property
described in paragraph (2) of this Subsection, or from the exercise of
any right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a
petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against the Company upon
the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any
claim as such creditor, either as security therefor, or in
satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning
of such 3-month period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such
property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of
the Company and its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made
on account of any such claim by any Person (other than the
Company) who is liable thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the
bona fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third
person, and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or
other property in respect of claims filed against the Company
in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or
applicable State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any
property held by it as security for any such claim, if such
property was so held prior to the beginning of such 3-month
period;
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(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the
extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property
held by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was
created after the beginning of such 3-month period and such
property was received as security therefor simultaneously with
the creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the
burden of proving that at the time such property was so
received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a
default as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section would
occur within 3 months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in
paragraph (B) or (C), against the release of any property held
as security for such claim as provided in paragraph (B) or
(C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of
such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property
substituted after the beginning of such 3-month period for property held as
security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair
value of the property released, have the same status as the property released,
and, to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is
created in renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or
refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim
shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and
property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be
apportioned between the Trustee, the Securityholders and the holders of other
indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Securityholders and
the holders of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from
such special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the
Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization
pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, the same
percentage of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of
the Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the
funds and property in such special account and before crediting to the
respective claims of the Trustee and the Securityholders and the holders of
other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in
bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the
Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, but after crediting thereon
receipts
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on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all
sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held
in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim,
the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with respect to such claim,
in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the
Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, whether such distribution is
made in cash, securities, or other property, but shall not include any such
distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The
court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization
is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion between the Trustee and the
Securityholders and the holders of other indenture securities in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such
special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in
whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration
in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee and
the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture securities with respect
to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to
liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in
such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific
allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions
of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a
mathematical formula.
Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the
beginning of such 3-month period shall be subject to the provisions of this
Subsection as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any
Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such 3-month
period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if
the following conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim,
which would have given rise to the obligation to account, if
such Trustee had continued as Trustee, occurred after the
beginning of such 3-month period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim
occurred within 3 months after such resignation or removal.
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(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection
(a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under
any indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one
year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court
of competent jurisdiction, or by this Indenture, for the purpose of
preserving any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien
of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or
encumbrances thereon, if notice of such advances and of the
circumstances surrounding the making thereof is given to the
Securityholders at the time and in the manner provided in this
Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in
the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar,
custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar
capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered
or premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or
securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in Subsection (c) of
this Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a
corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the
Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a
creditor of the Company; or
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of
any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall
within the classification of self liquidating paper as defined in
Subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(1) The term "default" means any failure to make payment in
full of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or upon
the other indenture securities when and as such principal or interest
becomes due and payable.
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(2) The term "other indenture securities" means securities
upon which the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other
indenture (i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which
contains provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this
Section, and (iii) under which a default exists at the time of the
apportionment of the funds and property held in such special account.
(3) The term "cash transaction" means any transaction in
which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within 7 days
after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or
other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand.
(4) The term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill
of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated
or incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase,
processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares
or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the
receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or
merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the
security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation
of the creditor relationship with the Company arising from the making,
drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange,
acceptance or obligation.
(5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Securities.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any
time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the
approval of the Company, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with
respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section 306, 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. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or
the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent
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and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as an Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and,
if other than the Company itself, subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or State authority. 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, if other than the Company, to the
Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating
Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and, if
other than the Company, to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon
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acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent
shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent (other
than an Authenticating Agent appointed at the request of the Company from time
to time) reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
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.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE SEVEN
Securityholders' Lists and Reports by
Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Securityholders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular
Record Date, in each year in such form as the Trustee may reasonably
require, a list of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities of such series as of such date, and
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(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Securityholders. (a) 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 701 and the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by
the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) If 3 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 6 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 5 Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved
at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of
Holders 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 702(a), and as
to the approximate cost of mailing to such Securityholders 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
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Holder of a Security of such series or to all Securityholders, as the case may
be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of
payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing,
unless, within 5 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 Securityholders, 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 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 Securityholders of such series or all
Securityholders, as the case may be, 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.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee 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 702(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
Section 703. Reports by Trustee. (a) The term "reporting
date" as used in this Section means _____. Within 60 days after the reporting
date in each year, beginning in 199__, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register, a brief report dated as of such reporting date with respect to any of
the following events which may
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have occurred during the 12 months preceding the date of such report (but if no
such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):
(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 609 and its
qualifications under Section 608;
(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship
specified in Section 310(b)(1) through Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust
Indenture Act;
(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the
Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making
thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date
of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may
claim a lien or charge, prior to that of Securities of any series, on
any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except that
the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such
advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than
1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the Securities of such series
outstanding on the date of such report;
(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date
of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other
obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity,
on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property
held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based
upon a creditor relationship arising in a manner described in Section
613(b)(2), (3), (4) or (6);
(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically
in the possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(6) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has
not previously reported; and
(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its
duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its
opinion materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of
a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the
Trustee in accordance with Section 602.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear in the
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Security Register, a brief report with respect to the character and amount of
any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances
surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of
the last report transmitted pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section (or if
no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this
instrument) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or
charge, prior to that of the Securities of any series, on property or funds
held or collected by it as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported
pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but
may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any
time aggregate 10% or less of the principal amount of the Securities
Outstanding of such series at such time, such report to be transmitted within
90 days after such time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which the Securities are listed, and also with the Commission.
The Company will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company. The Company will
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may
be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the
Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it 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;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with rules and regulations prescribed from
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time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents
and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the
conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from
time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after
the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required
by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 801. 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:
(1) 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 be a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or the District of
Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental
hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental
indenture comply with
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this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. 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
801, 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 may be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders. Without the consent of the Holders of any Securities, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time
and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company, or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Securities of any or all series (and if such
covenants or the surrender of such right or power are to be for the
benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included or such surrenders are
expressly being made solely for the benefit of one or more specified
series); or
(3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to
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make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture; or
(4) to add to this Indenture such provisions as may be
expressly permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions
referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA as in effect at the date
as of which this instrument was executed or any corresponding
provision in any similar federal statute hereafter enacted; or
(5) to establish any form of Security, as provided in Article
Two, and to provide for the issuance of any series of Securities as
provided in Article Three and to set forth the terms thereof, and/or
to add to the rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series;
or
(6) 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 611; or
(7) to add any additional Events of Default in respect of the
Securities of any or all series (and if such additional Events of
Default are to be in respect of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of one or more specified series); or
(8) to provide for the issuance of Securities in coupon as
well as fully registered form.
No supplemental indenture for the purposes identified in
Clauses (2), (3), (5) or (7) above may be entered into if to do so would
adversely affect the interest of the Holders of Securities of any series.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Securityholders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by
such supplemental indenture or indentures, 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
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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 the Securities of each such series under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated
Maturity of any premium on, or any installment of interest on, any
Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the interest or
any premium thereon, or change the method of computing the amount of
principal thereof or interest thereon on any date or change any Place
of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or
any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Maturity or the Stated Maturity, as the case may be, thereof (or, in
the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the Redemption Date
or the Repayment Date, as the case may be); or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences, provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section
513, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain
other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby.
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 Securityholders 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.
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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not
(except to the extent required in the case of a supplemental indenture entered
into under Section 901(4) or 901(6)) be obligated to, enter into any such
supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture
shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of
Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby to the extent provided therein.
Section 905. 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 906. 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 Board of Directors, 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
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually
pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in
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accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all
the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the
Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company
will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may
be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered
for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities 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 at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands may be made or served at the principal Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Section 1003. 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
(and premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, any Securities of such
series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal (and premium, if any) 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
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deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying
Agent will
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of such series in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums
shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of
any such payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of
obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to any series of Securities 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 in respect of
each and every series of Securities as to which it seeks to discharge
this Indenture or, if for any other purpose, all sums so held in trust
by the Company in respect of all Securities, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were
held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by
any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released
from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest
has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or
(if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor,
look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee
or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. The Trustee or such Paying
Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may
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at the expense of the Company mail to the Holders of the Securities as to which
the money to be repaid was held in trust, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register, a notice that such moneys remain unclaimed and that,
after a date specified in the notice, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date on which the notice was first mailed to the Holders of the Securities
as to which the money to be repaid was held in trust, any unclaimed balance of
such moneys then remaining will be paid to the Company free of the trust
formerly impressed upon it.
The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Paying
Agent for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from
time to time authorize one or more Persons to act as Paying Agent in addition
to or in place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued
under this Indenture.
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance. The Company will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a
written statement signed by the principal executive officer, principal
financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year
and of the Company's performance under this Indenture and under the
terms of the Securities has been made under his supervision; and
(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, the
Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture through such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known
to him and the nature and status thereof.
Section 1005. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Eight
the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
Section 1006. Limitation on Liens. The Company will not, nor
will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist (i)
any Mortgage upon any stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary, whether owned on
the date of this Indenture or hereafter acquired, to secure any Debt of the
Company or any other Person (other than the Securities), and (ii) any Mortgage
upon any Principal Property, whether owned or leased on the date of this
Indenture, or thereafter acquired, to secure any Debt of the Company or any
other person (other than the Securities)
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without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the
Securities Outstanding shall be directly secured equally and ratably with such
Debt, excluding, however, from the operation of the foregoing provisions of
this Section 1006 any Mortgage upon stock or indebtedness of any corporation
existing at the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary, or existing upon
stock or indebtedness of a Subsidiary at the time of acquisition of such stock
or indebtedness, and any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive
extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any such Mortgage;
provided, however, that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not
exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or replacement; and provided further, that such Mortgage shall be
limited to all or such part of the stock or indebtedness which secured the
Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist (i) any
Permitted Mortgages and (ii) any Mortgage upon any Principal Property without
equally and ratably securing the Senior Debt Securities if the aggregate amount
of all Debt then outstanding secured by such Mortgage and all similar Mortgages
does not exceed 10% of the total consolidated stockholders' equity (including
preferred stock) of the Company as shown on the audited consolidated balance
sheet contained in the latest annual report to stockholders of the Company;
provided that Debt secured by Permitted Mortgages shall not be included in the
amount of such secured Debt.
Section 1007. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter
into any arrangement with any person providing for the leasing by the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary as lessee of any Principal Property (except for
temporary leases for a term, including renewals, of not more than three years),
which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary to such person (herein referred to as a "Sale-Leaseback
Transaction"), unless (i) such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within 120
days from the date of acquisition of such Principal Property or the date of the
completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such Principal
Property, whichever is later, or (ii) the Company, within 120 days after such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement
of Funded Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt of the
Company which by its terms or the terms of the instrument pursuant to which
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it was issued is subordinate in right of payment to the Senior Debt Securities)
an amount not less than the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal
Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Company may, and may
permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction
involving any Principal Property, provided that the net sale proceeds from such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with all Debt secured by Mortgages other
than Permitted Mortgages, does not exceed 10% of the total consolidated
stockholders' equity of the Company as shown on the audited consolidated
balance sheet contained in the latest annual report to stockholders of the
Company.
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Section 1008. Limitation on Transfers of Principal Properties
to Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Principal
Property to any Subsidiary which is not a Restricted Subsidiary other than for
cash or other consideration which, in the opinion of the Company's Board of
Directors, constitutes fair value for such Principal Property.
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may
omit in respect of any series of Securities, in any particular instance, to
comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 1006, if before or
after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of such series
shall, by Act of such Securityholders, either waive such compliance in such
instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no
such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the
obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article. The Company may
reserve the right to redeem and pay before Stated Maturity all or any part of
the Securities of any series, either by optional redemption, sinking or
purchase fund or analogous obligation or otherwise, by provision therefor in
the form of Security for such series established and approved pursuant to
Section 202 and on such terms as are specified in such form or in the Board
Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto with respect to Securities of such
series as provided in Section 301. Redemption of Securities of any series
shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and, to the
extent that this Article does not conflict with such terms, the succeeding
Sections of this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the election of
the Company shall be evidenced by, or made pursuant to authority granted by, a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
any Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
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 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of like tenor and terms of any
series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for
redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may include provision for the selection for redemption of portions of the
principal of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the
minimum authorized denomination
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for Securities of that series. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a
particular series of Securities, the portions of the principal of Securities so
selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized
denomination of the Securities of such series, or an integral multiple thereof,
and the principal amount which remains outstanding shall not be less than the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series. If less than
all the Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30
nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each holder of
Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are
to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the Securities to be
redeemed, from the Holder to whom the notice is given;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security, and that interest, if
any, thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said date;
(5) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for
payment of the Redemption Price, which shall be the office or agency
of the Company in the Place of Payment; and
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(6) that the redemption is on account of a sinking or purchase
fund, or other analogous obligation, if that be the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to
any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate
and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that
date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice
of Redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified 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. Upon surrender of such Securities for redemption in accordance
with the notice, such Securities shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption
Price. Installments of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to
the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities
registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security, or as
otherwise provided in such Security.
Section 1107. 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 the Place of Payment with respect to that series
(with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security
or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and
terms, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Security so surrendered.
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Section 1108. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds.
Unless the form or terms of any series of Securities shall provide otherwise,
in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with
respect to such series of Securities in cash, the Company may at its option (1)
deliver to the Trustee for cancelation any Securities of such series
theretofore acquired by the Company, or (2) receive credit for any Securities
of such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company and
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancelation or redeemed by the Company
other than through the mandatory sinking fund, and if it does so then (i)
Securities so delivered or credited shall be credited at the applicable sinking
fund Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such series, and (ii) on or
before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date with
respect to such series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee
(A) an Officers' Certificate specifying the portions of such sinking fund
payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and by delivery or credit of
Securities of such series acquired by the Company or so redeemed, and (B) such
Securities so acquired, to the extent not previously surrendered. Such
Officers' Certificate shall also state the basis for such credit and that the
Securities for which the Company elects to receive credit have not been
previously so credited and were not redeemed by the Company through operation
of the mandatory sinking fund, if any, provided with respect to such Securities
and shall also state that no Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series has occurred and is continuing. All Securities so delivered to the
Trustee shall be canceled by the Trustee and no Securities shall be
authenticated in lieu thereof.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or
optional) with respect to any series of Securities made in cash plus any unused
balance of any preceding sinking fund payments with respect to Securities of
such series made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company
shall so request), unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of
Securities, that cash shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund
Redemption Date with respect to Securities of such series next following the
date of such payment to the redemption of Securities of such series at the
applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such
series, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for
redemption, with the effect provided in Section 1106. The Trustee shall
select, in the manner provided in Section 1103, for redemption on such
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sinking fund Redemption Date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of
such series to utilize that cash and shall thereupon cause notice of redemption
of the Securities of such series for the sinking fund to be given in the manner
provided in Section 1104 (and with the effect provided in Section 1106) for the
redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company. Any sinking
fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of
Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment
with respect to Securities of such series received by the Trustee and, together
with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 1108. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to Securities of
any series held by the Trustee at the Maturity of Securities of such series,
and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such
series, shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if
necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the
principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity.
On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with
respect to Securities of any series, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in
cash a sum equal to all accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for
redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date
pursuant to this Section 1108.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance;
Unclaimed Moneys
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. If, pursuant to Section 301,
provision is made for the defeasance of Securities of a series and if the
Securities of such series are denominated and payable only in Dollars (except
as provided pursuant to Section 301), then the provisions of this Article
Twelve relating to defeasance of Securities shall be applicable except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of such series.
Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency
may be specified pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1201. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.
(a) If at any time (i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (1) any Securities of such series which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306 and (2) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as
provided in Section 1205) or (ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their germs to become due and payable within one year or are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in the Currency in which such
Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section
301) sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee) without consideration of any reinvestment and after payment of all
taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the
Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal
and premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of maturity
or redemption date, as the case may be, no default with respect to the
Securities has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit, such
deposit does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party and the Company delivers an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such conditions have been complied with and if in
either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive
payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities)
with respect to the Securities of such series, and the Trustee, on demand of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture.
(b) Subject to Sections 1202(c), 1203 and 1207, the Company at any time
may terminate, with respect to Securities of a particular series, (i) all its
obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect
tot he Securities of such series ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its
obligations with respect to the Securities of such series under clause (3) of
Section 801 ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its legal
defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance
option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of
Default.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clause (a) above and the exercise of the legal
defeasance option in clause (b) above, the Company's obligations in Sections
305, 306, 1002, 701, 607, 608, 1205, 1206 and 1207 shall survive until the
Securities of the defeased series have been paid in full. Thereafter, the
Company's obligations in Sections 607, 1205 and 1206 shall survive.
SECTION 1203. Conditions of Defeasance. The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to
Securities of a particular series only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee
money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of,
and premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities of such series to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressing
their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and
without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus
any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times
and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium,
if any, and interest when due on all the Securities of such series to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(3) 91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 91-day
period no Default specified in Section 501(5) or (6) with respect to the
Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(4) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such
deposit and after giving effect thereto;
(5) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company;
(6) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not
constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(7) in the event of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii)
since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the
applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that,
and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the
Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred;
(8) in the event of the covenant defeasance option, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
(9) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities of such series as
contemplated by this Article Twelve have been complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities of such series at a
future date in accordance with Article Twelve.
SECTION 1204. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in
trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this
Article Twelve. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations through any paying agent and in accordance with this
Indenture to the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on,
the Securities of the defeased series.
SECTION 1205. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and any paying
agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or
securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and any
paying agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for
the payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed for two
years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Company
for payment as general creditors and all liability of the Trustee or such paying
agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 1206. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Company
shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustees and the Holders against any tax,
fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government
Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government
Obligations.
SECTION 1207. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is
unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this
Article Twelve by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or government authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities of the defeased series shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Twelve
until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all
such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article
Twelve.
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.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
by
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Name:
Title:
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) ss:
_________________________)
On the ____ day of _____________, 1997 before me personally
came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and
say that he resides at ; that he is of
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., one of the parties described in and which
executed the above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to that instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was affixed by authority of the board of directors of the corporation;
and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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Name
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ____ day of __________, 1997 before me personally came
, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides
at ; that he is of
___________________, one of the parties described in and which executed the
above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that
the seal affixed to that instrument is such corporate seal; that it was affixed
by authority of the board of directors of the corporation; and that he signed
his name thereto by like authority.
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
FORM OF
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Dated as of ________, 1997
Providing for Issuance of Securities in Series
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Recitals of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Agreements of the Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request, Company Order and Company Consent . . . . . . . 3
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Depositary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Funded Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indenture, this Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Permitted Mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Predecessor Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Principal Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Repayment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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Repayment Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Restricted Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security or Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Securityholder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trust Indenture Act or TIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Vice President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Voting Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 104. Acts of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 106. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 109. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 110. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 112. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 113. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 114. Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 202. Forms of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . 17
Section 204. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security . . . . . . 18
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301.
General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of
Particular Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating . . . . . . . . 24
Section 304. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . . . . . . . . 28
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 309. Cancelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 310. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 311. Medium-Term Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 402. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any
Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . . . . . 38
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee . 39
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities . . . 41
Section 506. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 507. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 512. Control by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 602. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . . . . . 49
Section 605. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 606. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . . . . . . . 51
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . 53
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . . . . . . . . 54
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ARTICLE SEVEN
Securityholders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders 61
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Securityholders . 61
Section 703. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 704. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms . . . . . . 65
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders . . . 67
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders . . . . . 68
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . 70
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 1005. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Section 1108. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds . . . . . . . . . . 79
ARTICLE TWELVE
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture;
Defeasance; Unclaimed Moneys
Section 1201. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Section 1202. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance . . . . . . . 79
Section 1203. Conditions of Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 1204. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1205. Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1206. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1207. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Subordination
Section 1301. Agreement of Securityholders that Securities Subordinated to
Extent Provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Section 1302. Company not to Make Payments With Respect to Securities in
Certain Circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Section 1303. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payments of All Senior
Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or
Reorganization of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1304. Securityholders to be Subrogated to Right of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 1305. Obligation of the Company Unconditional . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 1306. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of
Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 1307. Application by Trustee of Monies Deposited With It . . . . . . . 85
Section 1308. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of Company
or Holders of Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Section 1309. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to Effectuate Subordination of
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Section 1210. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . 86
Section 1211. Article Twelve Not to Prevent Events of Default . . . . . . . . . 86
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THIS SUBORDINATED INDENTURE (the "Indenture")
between CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Texas
corporation (hereinafter called the "Company") having
its principal office at 200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600,
San Antonio, Texas 78216, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a
New York banking corporation, trustee (hereinafter
called the "Trustee"), is made and entered into as of
this ___ day of ________, 1997.
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of its debentures, notes, bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness, to be issued in one or more fully registered series.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Agreements of the Parties
To set forth or to provide for the establishment of the terms and
conditions upon which the Securities are and are to be authenticated, issued
and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of a series thereof, as the case may be:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture and of
any indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
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(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such
computation;
(4) all references in this instrument to designated "Articles",
"Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections
and other subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed. 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; and
(5) "including" and words of similar import shall be deemed to be
followed by "without limitation". Certain terms, used principally in
Article Six, are defined in that Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Security-holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
authenticate Securities under Section 614.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
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"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banking institutions in the pertinent Place or Places of
Payment are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request", "Company Order" and "Company Consent" mean,
respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, Controller, an Assistant Controller,
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located
at 101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10286, except that with
respect to the presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of
transfer and exchange, such term shall mean the office or the agency of the
Trustee in said city at which at any particular time its corporate agency
business shall be conducted, which office at the date hereof is located at 101
Barclay Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10286.
"Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"Depositary" means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant
to either Section 204 or 301, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New
York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or
regulation.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article Five.
"Funded Debt" of any person means all indebtedness for borrowed money
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed in any manner by such person, and all
indebtedness, contingent or otherwise, incurred or assumed by such person in
connection with the acquisition of any business, property or asset, which in
each case matures more than one year after, or which by its terms is renewable
or extendible or payable out of the proceeds of similar indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the terms of any revolving credit agreement or any similar
agreement at the option of such person for a period ending more than one year
after the date as of which Funded Debt is being determined; provided, however,
that Funded Debt shall not include (i) any indebtedness for the payment,
redemption or satisfaction of which money (or evidences of indebtedness, if
permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness) in the
necessary amount shall have been irrevocably deposited in trust with a trustee
or proper depository either on or before the maturity or redemption date
thereof or (ii) any indebtedness of such person to any of its Subsidiaries or
of any Subsidiary to such person or any other Subsidiary or (iii) any
indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of operating,
construction or acquisition projects, provided that the recourse for such
indebtedness is limited to the assets of such projects.
"Global Security" means with respect to any series of Securities
issued hereunder, a Security which is executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture
supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a Company
Request, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee
and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series
or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including,
without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which
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principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest.
"Holder", when used with respect to any Security, means a
Securityholder.
"Indenture" or "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 301.
"Independent", when used with respect to any specified Person, means
such a Person who (1) is in fact independent, (2) does not have any direct
financial interest or any material indirect financial interest in the Company
or in any other obligor upon the Securities or in any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor, and (3) is not connected with the Company or such
other obligor or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor, as an
officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions. Whenever it is herein provided that any
Independent Person's opinion or certificate shall be furnished to the Trustee,
such Person shall be appointed by a Company Order and approved by the Trustee
in the exercise of reasonable care, and such opinion or certificate shall state
that the signer has read this definition and that the signer is Independent
within the meaning hereof.
"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 any installment of interest on those
Securities.
"Junior Subordinated Securities" means the securities issued under the
Indenture dated as of , 1997, between the Company and The Bank of
New York.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Securities, means the date
on which the principal of any such Security becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether on a Repayment Date, at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or
security interest of any kind.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Wherever
this Indenture requires that an Officers' Certificate be signed also by an
engineer or an accountant or other expert, such engineer, accountant or other
expert (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) may be in the
employ of the Company, and shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee of or
of counsel to the Company. Such counsel shall be acceptable to the Trustee,
whose acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means (i) 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, and (ii)
any other Security deemed an Original Issue Discount Security for United States
Federal income tax purposes.
"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 cancelation;
(ii) such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent in trust 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 exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, or which shall have been paid pursuant to the terms of Section
306 (except with respect to any such Security as to which proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a
person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company).
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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, (i) the principal amount of any
Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of the taking of such action upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof and (ii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. 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 assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee
knows to be owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right to act as owner 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Company.
"Permitted Mortgage" means (i) any Mortgage upon property owned or
leased by a corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) any Mortgage upon property existing at the time of
the acquisition thereof or to secure payment of any part of the purchase price
thereof or any Debt incurred to finance the purchase thereof, (iii) any
Mortgage upon property to secure any part of the cost of development,
construction, alteration, repair or improvement of such property, or Debt
incurred to finance such cost, (iv) any Mortgage securing Debt of a Restricted
Subsidiary owing to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary, (v) any
Mortgage existing on the date of the Senior Indenture, and (vi) any extension,
renewal or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Mortgage referred to in the
foregoing clauses (i) through (v); provided, however, that the principal amount
of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so
secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement and provided,
further, that such Mortgage shall be limited to all or such part of the
property which secured the Mortgage so extended, renewal or replaced.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Mortgage upon any
Principal Property without equally and ratably securing the Senior Debt
Securities if the aggregate amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by such
Mortgage and all similar Mortgages does not exceed 10% of the total
consolidated stockholders' equity (including preferred stock) of the Company as
shown on the audited consolidated balance sheet contained in the latest annual
report to stockholders of the Company; provided that Debt secured by Permitted
Mortgages shall not be included in the amount of such secured debt.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means with respect to any series of Securities
issued hereunder the city or political subdivision so designated with respect
to the series of Securities in question in accordance with the provisions of
Section 301.
"Predecessor Securities" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu
of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means any __________ owned or leased by the
Company or any Subsidiary, unless, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of
the Company, such _______ is not of material importance to the total business
conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"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 the Security at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
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"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Security on any
Interest Payment Date means the date specified in such Security as the Regular
Record Date.
"Repayment Date", when used with respect to any Security to be repaid,
means the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to such Security.
"Repayment Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid, means the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to such Security.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any
senior trust officer or trust officer, the controller and any assistant
controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity
with the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which owns or leases (as
lessor or lessee) a Principal Property, but does not include any Subsidiary the
principal business of which is leasing machinery, equipment, vehicles or other
properties none of which is a Principal Property, or financing accounts
receivable, or engaging in ownership and development of any real property which
is not a Principal Property.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case
may be, of any series authenticated and delivered from time to time under this
Indenture.
"Security Register" shall have the meaning specified in Section 305.
"Security Registrar" means the Person who keeps the Security Register
specified in Section 305.
"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
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"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the following whether outstanding on the date of execution of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred or created (i) indebtedness of the Company for
money borrowed by the Company (including purchase money obligations with an
original maturity in excess of one year) or evidenced by securities (other than
the Junior Subordinated and the Securities), notes, bankers' acceptances or
other corporate debt securities or similar instruments issued by the Company;
(ii) obligations with respect to letters of credit; (iii) indebtedness of the
Company constituting a guarantee of indebtedness of others of the type referred
to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii); or (iv) renewals, extensions or
refundings of any of the indebtedness referred to in the preceding clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, renewal,
extension or refunding, under the express provisions of the instrument creating
or evidencing the same, or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, such
indebtedness or such renewal, extension or refunding thereof is not superior in
right of payment to the Subordinated Debt Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest (as
defined in Section 307) means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any specified corporation means any corporation at
least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly, by the specified corporation or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or both.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, as in force at the date
as of which this instrument was executed except as provided in Section 905.
"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 and include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder. If at any time
there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the
Securities of
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any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (x) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States
of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
"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", including, without
limitation, an assistant vice president.
"Voting Stock", as applied to the stock of any corporation, means
stock of any class or classes (however designated) having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the members of the board of
directors (or other governing body) of such corporation other than stock having
such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such Counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for the written
statement required by Section 1004) shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case
where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other
such Persons as to the 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 104. Acts of Securityholders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Securityholders or Securityholders of
any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. If any Securities are denominated in coin or
currency other than
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that of the United States, then for the purposes of determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have taken any action
as herein described, the principal amount of such Securities shall be deemed to
be that amount of United States dollars that could be obtained for such
principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of exchange into United States
dollars for the currency in which such Securities are denominated (as evidenced
to the Trustee by an Officers' Certificate) as of the date the taking of such
action by the Holders of such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the
Trustee as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness to 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 an officer of a corporation or a member of
a partnership, on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact
and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority
of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which
the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the
Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date
for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be
Holders
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for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Securities Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and
for that purpose the Securities Outstanding shall be computed as of the record
date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders
on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after
the record date.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind the Holder of
every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee
or the Company in reliance thereon whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Securityholders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Securityholder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed
in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as provided in Section
501(4) or, in the case of a request for repayment, as specified in the
Security carrying the right to repayment) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address
of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument
or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company.
Section 106. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver. Where this
Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Securityholders of any event,
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 Securityholder affected by such event, at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Securityholders is given by mail, neither the failure
to mail such
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notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Securityholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Securityholders. Where this Indenture or any Security 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
Securityholders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to any Securityholder when such notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any method of
notification as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be
deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through the
operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in
any Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Authenticating Agent or
Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and the Holders of Securities (or such of
them as may be affected thereby), any
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benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law. This Indenture shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 114. Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the
Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a
judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used
shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the
Trustee could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day (as defined below) preceding that
on which final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under
this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be
discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment
(whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency
other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or
recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required
Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment
being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in the City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
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ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally. The Securities 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 applicable laws or regulations or with the
rules of any securities exchange, or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be
set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the
face of the Security.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or
may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities,
subject, with respect to the Securities of any series, to the rules of any
securities exchange on which such Securities are listed.
Section 202. Forms of Securities. Each Security shall be in one of
the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the
delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been
approved, which Board Resolution shall have attached thereto a true and correct
copy of the form of Security which has been approved thereby or, if a Board
Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers to approve a form of
Security, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the form of
Security attached thereto. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance
to be evidenced by the Trustee's authentication of Securities in that form or a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the
Company.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication for any Security issued
pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially as follows:
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TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee,
By:
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Authorized Signatory
Section 204. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 202 and 301 that the
Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company
Request delivered to the Trustee or its agent thereunder, authenticate and
deliver, such Global Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of,
the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Global
Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall specify in
a Company Request, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by
the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
"Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual
Securities represented hereby, this Global Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 204 or of
Section 305, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the
terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be
exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global Security may
be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section
305, only to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or to the
Depositary, or a successor Depositary for such Global
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Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(c) (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities for such
series ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security. If
a successor Depositary for such Global Security is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon
receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of individual
Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver, individual Securities of such series of like tenor
and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(ii) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the
form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery
of individual Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for
such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver individual Securities of
such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or
Securities representing such series or portion thereof in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
(iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 202 and 301
with respect to Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security,
the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in
exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such series of like
tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the
Company and such Depositary. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee or its agent shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(1) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of
the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount
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equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global
Security; and (2) to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and
terms and in 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 the Holders thereof.
(iv) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three
paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will
authenticate and deliver individual Securities in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of
a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be
canceled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this
Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the
Security Registrar. The Trustee or the Security Registrar shall deliver such
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series;
Terms of Particular Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which
may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not
limited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to an aggregate
principal amount of Securities as from time to time may be authorized by the
Board of Directors. All Securities of each series 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 of the authentication and delivery or Stated Maturity of the
Securities of such series.
Each series of Securities shall be created either by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or by or pursuant to an indenture supplemental hereto. The
Securities of each such series may bear such date or dates, be payable at such
place
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or places, have such Stated Maturity or Maturities, be issuable at such premium
over or discount from their face value, bear interest at such rate or rates
(which may be fixed or floating), from such date or dates, payable in such
installments and on such dates and at such place or places to the Holders of
Securities registered as such on such Regular Record Dates, or may bear no
interest, and may be redeemable or repayable at such Redemption Price or Prices
or Repayment Price or Prices, as the case may be, whether at the option of the
Holder or otherwise, and upon such terms, all as shall be provided for in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or in or pursuant to the supplemental
indenture creating that series. There may also be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture prior to
the issuance of Securities of each such series, provision for:
(1) the exchange or conversion of the Securities of that series, at
the option of the Holders thereof, for or into new Securities of a
different series or other securities or other property, including shares of
capital stock of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or securities
directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for any such
shares;
(2) a sinking or purchase fund or other analogous obligation;
(3) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies or units
based on or related to currencies (including European Currency Units) in
which the Securities of such series shall be denominated and in which
payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, such Securities
shall or may be payable;
(4) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
the Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a holder thereof, in a currency or currencies or units based on
or related to currencies (including European Currency Units) other than
that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the period or
periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such
election may be made;
(5) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series may be determined with
reference to an index based on (i) a currency or currencies or units based
on or related to currencies (including European Currency Units) other than
that in which the Securities
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are stated to be payable, (ii) changes in the price of one or more other
securities or groups or indexes of securities or (iii) changes in the
prices of one or more commodities or groups or indexes of commodities, or
any combination of the foregoing, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(6) if the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series
is to be limited, such limitations;
(7) the exchange of Securities of that series, at the option of the
Holders thereof, for other Securities of the same series of the same
aggregate principal amount of a different authorized kind or different
authorized denomination or denominations, or both;
(8) the appointment by the Trustee of an Authenticating Agent in one
or more places other than the location of the office of the Trustee with
power to act on behalf of the Trustee and subject to its direction in the
authentication and delivery of the Securities of any one or more series in
connection with such transactions as shall be specified in the provisions
of this Indenture or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the
supplemental indenture creating such series;
(9) the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series,
if other than the total principal amount thereof, which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504;
(10) any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series, if not set forth herein and any additions, deletions or other
changes to the Events of Default set forth herein that shall be applicable
to the Securities of such series (including a provision making any Event of
Default set forth herein inapplicable to the Securities of that series);
(11) any covenant solely for the benefit of the Securities of such
series and any additions, deletions or other changes to the provisions of
Article Ten or any definitions relating to such Article that shall be
applicable to the Securities of such series (including a provision making
any Section of such Article inapplicable to the Securities of such series);
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(12) the applicability of Section 403 of this Indenture to the
Securities of such series;
(13) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in
part in the form of a Global Security or Global Securities, the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Global Securities
may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities; and
the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities (if other than
the Depositary specified in Section 101 hereof);
(14) the subordination of the Securities of such series to any other
indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation, the Securities
of any other series; and
(15) any other terms of the series, which shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture,
all upon such terms as may be determined in or pursuant to a Board Resolution
or in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture with respect to such series. All
Securities of the same series shall be substantially identical in tenor and
effect, except as to denomination.
The form of the Securities of each series shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture creating such
series. The Securities of each series shall be distinguished from the
Securities of each other series in such manner, reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, as the Board of Directors may determine.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to Securities of a particular
series, the Securities of any series may only be issuable in registered form,
without coupons.
Any terms or provisions in respect of the Securities of any series
issued under this Indenture may be determined pursuant to this Section by
providing in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture for the method by
which such terms or provisions shall be determined.
Section 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable in such denominations and currency as shall be provided in the
provisions of this Indenture or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the
supplemental indenture creating such series. In the absence
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of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of that series shall be issuable only in fully registered form in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating. The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order,
authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not
otherwise.
Prior to any such authentication and delivery, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, in addition to any Officers' Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 102, and
the Board Resolution and any certificate relating to the issuance of the series
of Securities required to be furnished pursuant to Section 202, an Opinion of
Counsel stating that:
(1) all instruments furnished to the Trustee conform to the
requirements of the Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder
for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Securities;
(2) the form and terms (or in connection with the issuance of
medium-term Securities under Section 311, the manner of determining the
terms) of such Securities have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(3) all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and
delivery by the Company of such
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Securities have been complied with, the Company has the corporate power to
issue such Securities and such Securities have been duly authorized and
delivered by the Company and, assuming due authentication and delivery by
the Trustee, 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 and legal principles affecting creditors' rights generally
from time to time in effect and to general equitable principles, whether
applied in an action at law or in equity) and entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture, equally and ratably with all other Securities, if any, of
such series Outstanding; and
(4) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request;
and, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of Securities
created by an indenture supplemental hereto, also stating that all laws and
requirements with respect to the form and execution by the Company of the
supplemental indenture with respect to that series of Securities have been
complied with, the Company has corporate power to execute and deliver any such
supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary corporate action for those
purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed and delivered
and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement of
remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other laws and legal principles affecting creditors' rights generally from time
to time in effect and to general equitable principles, whether applied in an
action at law or in equity).
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.
Unless otherwise provided in the form of Security for any series, all
Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
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executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and
such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and, upon receipt
of the documents required by Section 303, together with a Company Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of 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, without charge to the
Holder; and upon surrender for cancelation of any one or more temporary
Securities 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 and of like tenor and terms. Until
so exchanged the temporary Securities of such series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of
such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
keep or cause to be kept a register (herein 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 Securities, or of
Securities of a particular series, and for transfers of Securities or of
Securities of such series. Any such 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 register or
registers shall be available for inspection by the Trustee at the office or
agency to be maintained by the Company as provided in Section 1002.
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Subject to Section 204, upon surrender for transfer of any Security of
any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
such series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal
amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms.
Subject to Section 204, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any
series may be exchanged for other Securities of such series of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of
like tenor and terms, 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 Securityholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any 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 transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall
(if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Security to be transferred or
exchanged, no service charge shall be made on any Securityholder for any
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise
provided in such Security) require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304 or 906 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, transfer or exchange
any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities
of such series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) to transfer or exchange
any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part,
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except for the portion of such Security not so selected for redemption.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying
Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for
any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Security
Registrar for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and
from time to time authorize any Person to act as Security Registrar in place of
the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this
Indenture.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If
(i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and
the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security, and (ii) there is delivered to the Company and the
Trustee 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 or the Trustee
that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of like tenor, series, Stated Maturity and principal
amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
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shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series duly
issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Unless
otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301,
interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security 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 registered
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such
Holder; and, except as hereinafter provided, such Defaulted Interest may be
paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or
Clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names any such 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
such 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
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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 the Holder of each such Security
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 Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
If any installment of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or
prior to the Redemption Date for any Security called for redemption pursuant to
Article Eleven is not paid or duly provided for on or prior to the Redemption
Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section, such interest
shall be payable as part of the Redemption Price of such Securities.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and
(subject to Section 307) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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Section 309. Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, transfer, conversion or exchange or credit against a sinking fund
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the
Trustee and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancelation 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 canceled by the Trustee. No Security shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of
all canceled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures and shall
deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Company.
Section 310. Computation of Interest. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated in Section 301, interest on the Securities shall be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. Medium-term Securities. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued
at one time, it shall not be necessary for the Company to deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate, Board Resolution, supplemental indenture,
Opinion of Counsel or Company Request otherwise required pursuant to Sections
202, 301 and 303 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of
such series if such documents are delivered to the Trustee or its agent at or
prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of
such series to be issued; 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
delivered pursuant to Section 102 shall be true and correct as if made on such
date.
An Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution
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 upon the telephonic or written order of persons
designated in such Officers' Certificate, Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture (any such telephonic instructions to be confirmed promptly in writing
by such persons) and that such persons
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are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate,
supplemental indenture or Board Resolution, such terms and conditions of said
Securities as are specified in such Officers' Certificate, supplemental
indenture or Board Resolution.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities
(except as to any surviving rights of conversion, transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the form of
Security for such series), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation; or
(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose
an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancelation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of
such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable), or
to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with
respect to that series under Section 607 shall survive and the obligations of
the Trustee under Sections 402 and 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money. All money and obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or Section 403 and all money
received by the Trustee in respect of such obligations shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the series of
Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money and obligations have been deposited with or received by the
Trustee; but such money and obligations need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of
any Series. If this Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301,
to be applicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities of any
such series at the time outstanding, and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company,
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shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction, discharge and
defeasance of such indebtedness, when
(1) either
(A) with respect to all Securities of such series at the time
outstanding,
(i) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount
sufficient, together with any obligations deposited pursuant to
clause (ii) below, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, on the days on which such principal (and premium, if
any) or interest, as the case may be, is due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities,
to the date of maturity or date of redemption thereof as
contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section 403, as
the case may be; or
(ii) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as obligations in trust for such purpose such amount
of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the government which
issued the currency in which such Securities are denominated
(other than such obligations as are redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof) as will, together with the income to accrue
thereon without consideration of any reinvestment thereof, be
sufficient, in the written opinion of a firm of nationally
recognized independent public accountants (which may be the
Company's auditors) delivered to the Trustee, together with any
funds deposited pursuant to clause (i) above, to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on all such Securities for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, on the days on which such principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, as the case may be, is due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such
Securities, to the date of maturity or date of redemption thereof
as contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section 403,
as the case may be; or
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(B) the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of
satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section
301, to be applicable to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
with respect to the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding;
(3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time
or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(5) 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, discharge and defeasance
of the entire indebtedness on all Securities of any such series at the time
Outstanding have been complied with.
Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 403(1)(A) above
shall be irrevocable. If any Securities of such series at the time outstanding
are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any
optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund
requirement, the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name,
and at the expense, of the Company.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 403
with respect to all the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, the
terms and conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with
respect thereto set forth in this Indenture (except as to any surviving rights
of conversion, transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly
provided for herein or in the form of Security for such series), shall no
longer be binding upon, or applicable to, the Company, provided that the
Company shall not be discharged from any payment obligations in respect of
Securities of such series which
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are deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition thereof
if such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under
applicable law.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this
Section 403 with respect to all Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that
series under Section 607 and the obligations of the Trustee with respect to
that series under Section 402 and 1003 shall survive.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used
herein, means with respect to any series of Securities 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 such event is either inapplicable
to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the
supplemental indenture creating such series of Securities or in the form of
Security for such series:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 90 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or
analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture in respect of the Securities of such
series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of
such series a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), all of such covenants
and warranties in the Indenture which are not expressly
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stated to be for the benefit of a particular series of Securities being
deemed in respect of the Securities of all series for this purpose, and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry of an order for relief against the Company under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code by a court having jurisdiction in the premises or a
decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging
the Company a bankrupt or insolvent under any other applicable Federal or
State law, or the entry of a decree or order 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,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company
or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the consent by the Company to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it 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 it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture
under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security
for such series.
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Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If
an Event of Default described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) (if the
Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (7) is with respect to less than all
series of Securities then Outstanding) of Section 501 occurs and is continuing
with respect to any series, then and in each and every such case, unless the
principal of all the Securities of such series shall have already become due
and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding
hereunder (each such series acting as a separate class), by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the
principal amount (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified
in the terms of that series) of all the Securities of such series then
Outstanding and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately,
and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately
due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series
contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in
paragraph (4) or (7) (if the Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (7) is
with respect to all series of Securities then Outstanding), (5) or (6) of
Section 501 occurs and is continuing, then and in each and every such case,
unless the principal of all the Securities shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as
one class), by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and all
accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable,
anything in this Indenture or in the Securities contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made
with respect to the Securities of any series 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
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(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on the 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, to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful,
(C) interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor by the terms of the Securities of such
series to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 607;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to such series of Securities,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Securities of such series
which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or
analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of any series,
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and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to
the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee,
pay to it, for the benefit of the Holder of any such Security (or the Holders
of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above), the whole amount then due
and payable on any such Security (or on the Securities of any such series in
the case of Clause (3) above) for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
with interest, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue
installments of interest, at such rate or rates as may be prescribed therefor
by the terms of any such Security (or of Securities of any such series in the
case of Clause (3) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a 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 the Securities of such series and
collect the money 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 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of
any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other
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obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal
of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by
declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have
made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or
interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings
or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary and
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 all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 607) and of the Securityholders 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
Securityholder to make such payment to the Trustee and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any
plan or 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 Securityholder in any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities of any series may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without
the possession of any of the Securities of such series 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
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payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agent and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Securities of the series in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered.
Section 506. 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
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of such
series 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
607.
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities of that series for principal (and 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 such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any
series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series;
(2) 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;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
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(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of 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 proportionate benefit of all the Holders of all
Securities of such series.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute
and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or
repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or
any Securityholder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the
Securityholders 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 Securityholders shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given
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hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The
assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall
not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of
the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the
action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would conflict with this
Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer,
determine that the proceedings so directed would involve it in personal
liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such
direction, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past
default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a
default not theretofore cured
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking
or purchase fund or analogous obligation with respect to the Securities of
such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of
such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than
10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series to which
the suit relates, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the
Redemption Date or Repayment Date).
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that
it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during
the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with
respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise with
respect to the Securities of such series such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction
of the
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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
the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence
of any default hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders of such series, as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or
in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment or analogous
obligation with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series; and provided,
further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series no such notice to
Securityholders of such series shall be given until at least 90 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.
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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
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(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, 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 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse 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
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(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of 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 (and premium, if any) or interest
on particular Securities.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee
for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period of
time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee has a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded for
purposes of the conflicting interest provisions of such Section 310(b) the
Securities of every other series issued under this Indenture (i) every series
of securities issued under the Indenture dated as of __________ __, 199_,
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and _________________, (ii) every
series of securities issued under the Indenture dated as of _________ __, 199_,
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and ____________. Nothing herein
shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application
referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at
all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of Securities,
which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or
State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of 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.
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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 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a)
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 611.
(b) 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
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.
(c) 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 that series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act pursuant to Section 608(a) with respect to any series of
Securities after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series
for at least 6 months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 with
respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities, or
(4) the Trustee 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,
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then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, with respect to the series, or in the case of Clause (4), with respect
to all series, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Securityholder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least 6 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 the series, or, in the case of Clause (4),
with respect to all series.
(e) 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 the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities for any
cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee for that series of Securities. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to such series of Securities shall be appointed
by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee,
the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to such series and
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 Securityholders of such series and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Securityholder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series for at least 6 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to any series by mailing written notice of such
event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of
that series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
principal Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor
Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such
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appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
Trustee shall become effective with respect to any series as to which it is
resigning or being removed 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 predecessor Trustee with respect to any such
series; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its reasonable charges, if any,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers and trusts of the predecessor Trustee, and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such predecessor Trustee hereunder with respect to all or any such
series, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.
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.
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
predecessor Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which
the predecessor Trustee is not being succeeded shall continue to be vested in
the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.
No successor Trustee with respect to any 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 that series under this
Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger,
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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 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 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. (a)
Subject to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall
become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company
within 3 months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default
shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for
the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Securities and the
holders of other indenture securities (as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section):
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and
owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest,
effected after the beginning of such 3-month period and valid as against
the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting
from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2)
of this Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the
Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by
or against the Company upon the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claim as
such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or
composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such 3-month
period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if
disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and
its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
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Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of
any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable
thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim
by the Trustee to a third person, and (iii) distributions made in
cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed against
the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable
State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it
as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to
the beginning of such 3-month period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the
claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as security
for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of
such 3-month period and such property was received as security
therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee
shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was
so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a
default as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section would occur
within 3 months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B)
or (C), against the release of any property held as security for such
claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the
extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted
after the beginning of such 3-month period for property held as security at the
time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the
property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the
extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in
renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding
any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have
the same status as such pre-existing claim.
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If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property
held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned
between the Trustee, the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture
securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Securityholders and the holders
of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such
special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company
in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to
the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, the same percentage of
their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee
anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and
property in such special account and before crediting to the respective claims
of the Trustee and the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture
securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal
Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, but after crediting thereon receipts on
account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all
sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held
in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim,
the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with respect to such claim,
in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the
Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, whether such distribution is
made in cash, securities, or other property, but shall not include any such
distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The
court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization
is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion between the Trustee and the
Securityholders and the holders of other indenture securities in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such
special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in
whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration
in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee and
the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture securities with respect
to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to
liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in
such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific
allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions
of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a
mathematical formula.
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Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of
such 3-month period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection as
though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has
resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such 3-month period, it
shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if the
following conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim, which would
have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had
continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such 3-month
period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred
within 3 months after such resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of
this Section a creditor relationship arising from
(1) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any
indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or
more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of
competent jurisdiction, or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving
any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien of this
Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances
thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding
the making thereof is given to the Securityholders at the time and in the
manner provided in this Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the
capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar,
custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar
capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or
premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or
securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation
organized under the provisions of
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Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly
or indirectly a creditor of the Company; or
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any
drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the
classification of self liquidating paper as defined in Subsection (c) of
this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(1) The term "default" means any failure to make payment in full of
the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or upon the other
indenture securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and
payable.
(2) The term "other indenture securities" means securities upon which
the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i) under
which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions
substantially similar to the provisions of this Section, and (iii) under
which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and
property held in such special account.
(3) The term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full
payment for goods or securities sold is made within 7 days after delivery
of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn
upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand.
(4) The term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or
incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase,
processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or
merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the
receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or
merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is
received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating
or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
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(5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Securities.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when
any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the approval of the
Company, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or
more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section
306, 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. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or
the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as an
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and, if other than the Company itself, subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authority. 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.
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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Trustee and, if other than the Company, to the Company.
The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and, if other than
the Company, to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or
upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.
Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent (other than an
Authenticating Agent appointed at the request of the Company from time to time)
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Securityholders' Lists and Reports by
Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Securityholders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record
Date, in each year in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, a
list of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series
as of such date, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Securityholders. (a) 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 701 and the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by
the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
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(b) If 3 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 6 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 5 Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders 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 702(a), and as to the approximate cost
of mailing to such Securityholders 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 to all
Securityholders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section
702(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified
in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of
the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless, within 5 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 Securityholders,
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,
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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 Securityholders of such
series or all Securityholders, as the case may be, 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.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee 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 702(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
Section 703. Reports by Trustee. (a) The term "reporting date" as
used in this Section means _____. Within 60 days after the reporting date in
each year, beginning in 199__, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all
Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register,
a brief report dated as of such reporting date with respect to any of the
following events which may have occurred during the 12 months preceding the
date of such report (but if no such event has occurred within such period no
report need be transmitted):
(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 609 and its
qualifications under Section 608;
(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified
in Section 310(b)(1) through Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee
elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made
by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report,
and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge,
prior to that of Securities of any series, on any property or funds held or
collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required
(but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining
unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the
Securities of such series outstanding on the date of such report;
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(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all
other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the
Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such
report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral
security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor
relationship arising in a manner described in Section 613(b)(2), (3), (4)
or (6);
(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the
possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(6) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not
previously reported; and
(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties
hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion
materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default,
notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 602.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report with
respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects
so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the
Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to
Subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so
transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the
reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that
of the Securities of any series, on property or funds held or collected by it
as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this
Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to
report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate
10% or less of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of such
series at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such
time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which the Securities are listed, and also with the Commission.
The Company will notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
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Section 704. Reports by Company. The Company will
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then
it 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;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or
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merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) 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
be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the
Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance 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 802. 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
801, 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 may be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Securityholders. Without the consent of the Holders of any Securities, the
Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time
and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company, or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company, for the benefit of the Holders
of the Securities of any or all series (and if such covenants or the
surrender of such right or power are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being
included or such surrenders are expressly being made solely for the benefit
of one or more specified series); or
(3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture; or
(4) to add to this Indenture such provisions as may be expressly
permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in
Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA as in effect at the date as of which this
instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any similar
federal statute hereafter enacted; or
(5) to establish any form of Security, as provided in Article Two, and
to provide for the issuance of any series of Securities as provided in
Article Three and to set forth the terms thereof, and/or to add to the
rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by
another corporation as a successor
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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 611; or
(7) to add any additional Events of Default in respect of the
Securities of any or all series (and if such additional Events of Default
are to be in respect of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit
of one or more specified series); or
(8) to provide for the issuance of Securities in coupon as well as
fully registered form.
No supplemental indenture for the purposes identified in Clauses (2),
(3), (5) or (7) above may be entered into if to do so would adversely affect
the interest of the Holders of Securities of any series.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental
indenture or indentures, 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 the Securities of each such series under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
(1) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated Maturity of
any premium on, or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or the interest or any premium thereon, or
change the method of computing the amount of principal thereof or interest
thereon on any date or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or
currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Maturity or the Stated Maturity, as the case
may be, thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after
the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be); or
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(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences, provided for in this
Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
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 Securityholders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by
this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not (except to the
extent required in the case of a supplemental indenture entered into under
Section 901(4) or 901(6)) be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution
of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a
part
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of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore
or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby to
the extent provided therein.
Section 905. 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 906. 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
Board of Directors, 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
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. With
respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in
accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all
the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the
Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities 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 at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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Section 1003. 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 (and
premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on, any Securities of such series, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any)
or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such principal (and premium, if any) 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
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Securities of such series in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any such
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of
such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of
Securities 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 in respect of each and every series of Securities as to which it
seeks to discharge this Indenture or, if for any other purpose, all sums so
held in trust by the Company in respect of all Securities, such sums to be held
by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by
the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to
the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. The Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Company mail to the Holders of the Securities as to which the money to be
repaid was held in trust, as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register, a notice that such moneys remain unclaimed and that, after a date
specified in the notice, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date on
which the notice was first mailed to the Holders of the Securities as to which
the money to be repaid was held in trust, any unclaimed balance of such moneys
then remaining will be paid to the Company free of the trust formerly impressed
upon it.
The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Paying Agent
for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to
time authorize one or more Persons to act as Paying Agent in addition to or in
place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this
Indenture.
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance. The Company will deliver
to the Trustee, within 120 days after
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the end of each fiscal year, a written statement signed by the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer
of the Company, stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of
the Company's performance under this Indenture and under the terms of the
Securities has been made under his supervision; and
(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, the Company
has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture through
such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and
status thereof.
Section 1005. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Eight the
Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article. The Company may reserve the
right to redeem and pay before Stated Maturity all or any part of the
Securities of any series, either by optional redemption, sinking or purchase
fund or analogous obligation or otherwise, by provision therefor in the form of
Security for such series established and approved pursuant to Section 202 and
on such terms as are specified in such form or in the Board Resolution or
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to Securities of such series as
provided in Section 301. Redemption of Securities of any series shall be made
in accordance with the terms of such Securities and, to the extent that this
Article does not conflict with such terms, the succeeding Sections of this
Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of
the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the election of the Company
shall be evidenced by, or made pursuant to authority granted by, a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of any
Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
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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 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If
less than all the Securities of like tenor and terms of any series are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may include provision
for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of
such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a
particular series of Securities, the portions of the principal of Securities so
selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized
denomination of the Securities of such series, or an integral multiple thereof,
and the principal amount which remains outstanding shall not be less than the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series. If less than
all the Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior
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to the Redemption Date, to each holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his
address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
respective principal amounts) of the Securities to be redeemed, from the
Holder to whom the notice is given;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security, and that interest, if any, thereon
shall cease to accrue from and after said date;
(5) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment
of the Redemption Price, which shall be the office or agency of the Company
in the Place of Payment; and
(6) that the redemption is on account of a sinking or purchase fund,
or other analogous obligation, if that be the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any
Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold
in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of Redemption
having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein
specified 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.
Upon surrender of such Securities for redemption in accordance with the notice,
such Securities shall be paid by the Company at the
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Redemption Price. Installments of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on
or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security, or as
otherwise provided in such Security.
Section 1107. 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 the Place of Payment with respect to that series (with, if the
Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of
the same series and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
Section 1108. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds. Unless
the form or terms of any series of Securities shall provide otherwise, in lieu
of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to
such series of Securities in cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to
the Trustee for cancelation any Securities of such series theretofore acquired
by the Company, or (2) receive credit for any Securities of such series (not
previously so credited) acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancelation or redeemed by the Company other than through the
mandatory sinking fund, and if it does so then (i) Securities so delivered or
credited shall be credited at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with
respect to Securities of such series, and (ii) on or before the 60th day next
preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to such series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee (A) an Officers'
Certificate specifying the portions of such sinking fund payment to be
satisfied by payment of cash and by delivery or credit of Securities of such
series acquired by the Company or so redeemed, and (B) such Securities so
acquired, to the extent not previously surrendered. Such Officers' Certificate
shall also state
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the basis for such credit and that the Securities for which the Company elects
to receive credit have not been previously so credited and were not redeemed by
the Company through operation of the mandatory sinking fund, if any, provided
with respect to such Securities and shall also state that no Event of Default
with respect to Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing. All
Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled by the Trustee and no
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu thereof.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) with
respect to any series of Securities made in cash plus any unused balance of any
preceding sinking fund payments with respect to Securities of such series made
in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request),
unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of Securities, that cash
shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund Redemption Date with
respect to Securities of such series next following the date of such payment to
the redemption of Securities of such series at the applicable sinking fund
Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such series, together with
accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption, with the effect
provided in Section 1106. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in
Section 1103, for redemption on such sinking fund Redemption Date a sufficient
principal amount of Securities of such series to utilize that cash and shall
thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series for the
sinking fund to be given in the manner provided in Section 1104 (and with the
effect provided in Section 1106) for the redemption of Securities in part at
the option of the Company. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated
by the Trustee to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to
the next cash sinking fund payment with respect to Securities of such series
received by the Trustee and, together with such payment, shall be applied in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 1108. Any and all sinking fund
moneys with respect to Securities of any series held by the Trustee at the
Maturity of Securities of such series, and not held for the payment or
redemption of particular Securities of such series, shall be applied by the
Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient
for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Securities of such
series at Maturity.
On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with respect
to Securities of any series, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum
equal to all accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption
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on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date pursuant to
this Section 1108.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance;
Unclaimed Moneys
Section 1201. Applicability of Article. If, pursuant to Section 301,
provision is made for the defeasance of Securities of a series and if the
Securities of such series are denominated and payable only in Dollars (except
as provided pursuant to Section 301), then the provisions of this Article
Twelve relating to defeasance of Securities shall be applicable except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of such series.
Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency
may be specified pursuant to Section 301.
Section 1201. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.
(a) If at any time (i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (1) any Securities of such series which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306 and (2) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as
provided in Section 1205) or (ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their germs to become due and payable within one year or are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in the Currency in which such
Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section
301) sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee) without consideration of any reinvestment and after payment of all
taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the
Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal
and premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of maturity
or redemption date, as the case may be, no default with respect to the
Securities has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit, such
deposit does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party and the Company delivers an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such conditions have been complied with and if in
either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to receive
payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, such Securities)
with respect to the Securities of such series, and the Trustee, on demand of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and
discharging this Indenture.
(b) Subject to Sections 1202(c), 1203 and 1207, the Company at any time
may terminate, with respect to Securities of a particular series, (i) all its
obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect
tot he Securities of such series ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its
obligations with respect to the Securities of such series under clause (3) of
Section 801 ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its legal
defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance
option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of
Default.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clause (a) above and the exercise of the legal
defeasance option in clause (b) above, the Company's obligations in Sections
305, 306, 1002, 701, 607, 608, 1205, 1206 and 1207 shall survive until the
Securities of the defeased series have been paid in full. Thereafter, the
Company's obligations in Sections 607, 1205 and 1206 shall survive.
Section 1203. Conditions of Defeasance. The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to
Securities of a particular series only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee
money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of,
and premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities of such series to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressing
their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and
without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus
any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times
and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium,
if any, and interest when due on all the Securities of such series to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(3) 91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 91-day
period no Default specified in Section 501(5) or (6) with respect to the
Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
(4) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such
deposit and after giving effect thereto;
(5) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company;
(6) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not
constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(7) in the event of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii)
since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the
applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that,
and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the
Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred;
(8) in the event of the covenant defeasance option, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the
same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
(9) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities of such series as
contemplated by this Article Twelve have been complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities of such series at a
future date in accordance with Article Twelve.
Section 1204. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall
hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant
to this Article Twelve. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from
U.S. Government Obligations through any paying agent and in accordance with
this Indenture to the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on, the Securities of the defeased series.
Section 1205. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and any paying
agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or
securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee
and any paying agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by
them for the payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed
for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to such money must look to the
Company for payment as general creditors and all liability of the Trustee or
such paying agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease.
Section 1206. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The
Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustees and the Holders against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S.
Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S.
Government Obligations.
Section 1207. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is
unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
this Article Twelve by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or government authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities of the defeased series shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Twelve
until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all
such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article
Twelve.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Subordination
Section 1301. Agreement of Securityholders that Securities
Subordinated to Extent Provided. The Company, for itself, its successors and
assigns, covenants and agrees and each Holder of the Securities by his or her
acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees that the payment of the
principal of, 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, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. The
provisions of this Article shall constitute a continuing offer to all persons
who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold,
Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are hereby made obligees
hereunder the same as if their names were written herein as such, and the
and/or each of them may proceed to enforce such provisions.
Section 1302. Company Not to Make Payments With Respect to
Securities in Certain Circumstances. (a) Upon the maturity of any Senior
Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all principal thereof
and premium, if any, and interest thereon shall first be paid in full, or such
payment duly provided for in cash or in a manner satisfactory to the holder or
holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment is made on account of
the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to acquire
any of the Securities or on account of any sinking fund (except sinking fund
payments made in Securities acquired by the Company before the maturity of such
Senior Indebtedness).
(b) Upon the happening of (i) an event of default with respect to
any Senior Indebtedness, as such event of default is defined therein or in the
instrument under which it is outstanding, permitting the holders to accelerate
the maturity thereof, or (ii) an event which, with the giving of notice, or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute such an event of default, then, unless
and until such event shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the
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Securities or to acquire any of the Securities or on account of any sinking
fund for the Securities (except sinking fund payments made in Securities
acquired by the Company before such default and notice thereof).
(c) In the event that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
1302 the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee on account of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, or on account
of any sinking fund, or the Holders of the Securities shall receive any such
payment, after the happening of a default in payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on Senior Indebtedness, then, unless and until
such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist, such payment (subject to the provisions of Section 1206) shall
be held by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, as the case may be, in
trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered to,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata as to each of such holders on the
basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by them) or their
representatives or the trustee under the indenture or other agreement (if any)
pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the
payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to
pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with the terms of such Senior
Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to
or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any default under any Senior Indebtedness or
under any agreement pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been issued.
Section 1303. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payments of All Senior
Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or otherwise):
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to
receive payment in full of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and
interest due thereon before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to
receive any payment on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities;
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(b) 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 Trustees would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article Twelve, 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 other trustee
or agent, 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, to the extent necessary to make payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness;
(c) in the event that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 1303, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of
any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be
received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities on account of
principal, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities before all
Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or effective provisions made for its
payment, such payment or distribution (subject to the provisions of
Sections 1306 and 1307) shall be received and held in trust for and shall
be paid over to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid or
unprovided for 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, for
application to the payment of such Senior Indebtedness until all such
Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1304. Securityholders to be Subrogated to Right of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts
owing on the Securities shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such
subrogation no payments or distributions to the holders
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of the Senior Indebtedness by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of
the Holders of the Securities by virtue of this Article which otherwise would
have been made to the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be payment by the
Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that
the provisions of this Article Twelve 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 the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Section 1305. Obligation of the Company Unconditional. Nothing
contained in this Article Twelve or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities is intended to or shall impair as between the Company and the
Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, 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 is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors
of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall
anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Twelve
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon
any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Twelve,
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the Holders of the
Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court
of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee or 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, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve.
Section 1306. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in
Absence of Notice. The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge
of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Trustee, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have received written notice
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thereof from the Company or from one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or
from any trustee therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written
notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be
entitled to assume conclusively that no such facts exist.
Section 1307. Application by Trustee of Monies Deposited With It.
Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any deposit of
monies by the Company with the Trustee or any paying agent (whether or not in
trust) for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Securities shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 1301, 1302, 1303
and 1304 except that, if prior to the date on which by the terms of this
Indenture any such monies may become payable for any purpose (including,
without limitation, the payment of either the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Security) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
not have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in
Section 1306, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to
apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such date.
Section 1308. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions
of Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness. No right of any present or
future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
Section 1309. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination of Securities. Each Holder of the Securities by his or her
acceptance thereof authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his or her
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article Twelve and appoints the Trustee his/her
attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the event of any dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in
bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for
the benefit of creditors or otherwise) tending towards liquidation of the
business and assets of the Company, the immediate filing of a claim for the
unpaid
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balance of its or his or her Securities in the form required in said
proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the trustee does not file
a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in such proceeding prior
to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then
the holder or holders of the Senior Indebtedness are hereby authorized to and
have the right to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the holders of
said Securities.
Section 1310. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness. The
Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Twelve
in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it to the same extent
as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 613 or
elsewhere in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
Section 13.11. Article Twelve Not to Prevent Events of Default. The
failure to make a payment on account of principal, interest or sinking fund by
reason of any provision of this Article Twelve shall not be construed as
preventing the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 501.
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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.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
by
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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_________________________)
) ss:
_________________________)
On the ____ day of _____________, 1997 before me personally came,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides
at ; that he is of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., one of the parties described in and which executed the
above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that
the seal affixed to that instrument is such corporate seal; that it was affixed
by authority of the board of directors of the corporation; and that he signed
his name thereto by like authority.
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Name
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[Notarial Seal]
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ____ day of __________, 1997 before me personally came
, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides
at ; that he is of
___________________, one of the parties described in and which executed the
above instrument; that he knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that
the seal affixed to that instrument is such corporate seal; that it was affixed
by authority of the board of directors of the corporation; and that he signed
his name thereto by like authority.
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Name
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[Notarial Seal]
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EXHIBIT 4.7
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
FORM OF
JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Dated as of ________, 1997
Providing for Issuance of Securities in Series
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Recitals of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Agreements of the Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CCCI Capital Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Company Request, Company Order and Company Consent . . . . . . . 3
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Declaration of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Depositary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Funded Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Indenture, this Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Officers' Certific.t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Predecessor Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Repayment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Repayment Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Security or Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Security Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Security holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trust Indenture Act or TIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
U.S. Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vice Presi.e.t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Voting Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 104. Acts of Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 106. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 109. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 110. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 112. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 113. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 114. Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 115. Certain Rights of Holders of
Preferred Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 202. Forms of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . . . . . . 18
Section 204. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security . . . . . . 18
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The Securities
Section 301.
General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of
Particular Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating . . . . . . . . 24
Section 304. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . . . . . . . . 28
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 309. Cancelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 310. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 311. Medium-Term Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 312. CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 402. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of any
Defeasance of Securities of any Indenture . . . . . . . . 34
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . . . . . . . 39
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee . 40
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities . . . 42
Section 506. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 507. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 512. Control by Securityholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 602. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . . . . . 51
Section 605. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 606. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . . . . . . . 53
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business . . . 56
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . . . . . . . . 56
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ARTICLE SEVEN
Securityholders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders 63
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Securityholders . 63
Section 703. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Section 704. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms . . . . . . 67
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders . . . 69
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders . . . . . 70
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . 72
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . 73
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1005. Corporate Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 1108. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds . . . . . . . . . . 79
ARTICLE TWELVE
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture;
Defeasance; Unclaimed Moneys
Section 1201. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Section 1202. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance . . . . . . . 81
Section 1203. Conditions of Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1204. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 1205. Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 1206. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Section 1207. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Subordination
Section 1301. Agreement of Securityholders that
Securities Subordinated to Extent Provided . . . . . . . 85
Section 1302. Company not to Make payments With
Respect to Securities in Certain Circumstances . . . . . 85
Section 1303. Securities Subordinated to Prior
Payments of All Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution,
Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company . . . . . . 86
Section 1304. Securityholders to be Subrogated to
Right of Holders of Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . 87
Section 1305. Obligation of the Company
Unconditional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Section 1306. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments
Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice . . . . . . . . . . 88
Section 1307. Application by Trustee of Monies
Deposited With It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 1308. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by
Acts or Omissions of Company or Holders of Senior
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Section 1309. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination of Securities . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 1310. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Section 1311. Article Twelve Not to Prevent Events
of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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THIS JUNIOR SUBORDINATED INDENTURE (the "Indenture") between
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Texas corporation
(hereinafter called the "Company") having its principal office at
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600, San Antonio, Texas 78216, and THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, trustee
(hereinafter called the "Trustee"), is made and entered into as of
this ___ day of ________, 1997.
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of its Securities, notes, bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness, to be issued in one or more fully registered series.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Agreements of the Parties
To set forth or to provide for the establishment of the terms and
conditions upon which the Securities are and are to be authenticated, issued
and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of a series thereof, as the case may be:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture and of
any indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
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(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or by Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such
computation;
(4) all references in this instrument to designated "Articles",
"Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections
and other subdivisions of this instrument as originally executed. 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; and
(5) "including" and words of similar import shall be deemed to be
followed by "without limitation".
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that
Article.
"Act", when used with respect to any Security-holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to
authenticate Securities under Section 614.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
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"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means each day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which banking institutions in the pertinent Place or Places of
Payment are authorized or required by law or executive order to be closed.
"CCCI Capital Trust" means such business trust created under the laws
of the State of Delaware specified in the applicable Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture establishing a particular series of Securities pursuant
to Section 2.01 and to whom such Series of Securities will be sold.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Common Securities" means the common undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the applicable CCCI Capital Trust.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request", "Company Order" and "Company Consent" mean,
respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, Controller, an Assistant Controller,
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located
at 101 Barclay Street, 21st Floor, New York, New York 10286, except that with
respect to the presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of
transfer
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and exchange, such term shall mean the office or the agency of the Trustee in
said city at which at any particular time its corporate agency business shall
be conducted, which office at the date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street,
21st Floor, New York, New York 10286.
"Debt" means indebtedness for money borrowed.
"Declaration of Trust" means the Declaration of Trust of the CCCI
Capital Trust, if any, specified in the applicable Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture establishing a particular series of Securities pursuant
to Section 2.01.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant
to either Section 204 or 301, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
or issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New
York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or
regulation.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Article Five.
"Funded Debt" of any person means all indebtedness for borrowed money
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed in any manner by such person, and all
indebtedness, contingent or otherwise, incurred or assumed by such person in
connection with the acquisition of any business, property or asset, which in
each case matures more than one year after, or which by its terms is renewable
or extendible or payable out of the proceeds of similar indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the terms of any revolving credit agreement or any similar
agreement at the option of such person for a period ending more than one year
after the date as of which Funded Debt is being determined; provided, however,
that Funded Debt shall not include (i) any indebtedness for the payment,
redemption or satisfaction of which money (or evidences of indebtedness, if
permitted under the instrument creating or evidencing such indebtedness) in the
necessary amount shall have been irrevocably deposited in trust with a trustee
or proper depository either on or before the maturity or redemption date
thereof or (ii) any indebtedness of such person to any of its Subsidiaries or
of any Subsidiary to such person or any other Subsidiary or (iii) any
indebtedness incurred in connection with the financing of operating,
construction or acquisition
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projects, provided that the recourse for such indebtedness is limited to the
assets of such projects.
"Global Security" means with respect to any series of Securities
issued hereunder, a Security which is executed by the Company and authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture
supplemental hereto, if any, or Board Resolution and pursuant to a Company
Request, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee
and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series
or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including,
without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which
principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest.
"Guarantee" means the guarantee, if any, that the Company may enter
into that operates directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of
Preferred Securities issued by a CCCI Capital Trust.
"Holder", when used with respect to any Security, means a
Securityholder.
"Indenture" or "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 301.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any series of
Securities, means the Stated Maturity of any installment of interest on those
Securities.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Securities, means the date
on which the principal of any such Security becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether on a Repayment Date, at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice
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President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an
Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee. Wherever this Indenture requires that an
Officers' Certificate be signed also by an engineer or an accountant or other
expert, such engineer, accountant or other expert (except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Indenture) may be in the employ of the Company, and
shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be an employee of or
of counsel to the Company. Such counsel shall be acceptable to the Trustee,
whose acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means (i) 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, and (ii)
any other Security deemed an Original Issue Discount Security for United States
Federal income tax purposes.
"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 cancelation;
(ii) such Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent in trust 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 exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, or which shall have been paid pursuant to the terms of Section
306 (except with respect to any such Security as to which proof
satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a
person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company).
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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, (i) the principal amount of any
Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of the taking of such action upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof and (ii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor
upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. 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 assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee
knows to be owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right to act as owner 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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means with respect to any series of Securities
issued hereunder the city or political subdivision so designated with respect
to the series of Securities in question in accordance with the provisions of
Section 301.
"Predecessor Securities" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu
of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
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"Preferred Securities" means the preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the applicable CCCI Capital Trust.
"Property Trustee" means the entity performing the function of the
Property Trustee under the applicable Declaration of Trust of a CCCI Capital
Trust.
"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 the Security at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Security on any
Interest Payment Date means the date specified in such Security as the Regular
Record Date.
"Repayment Date", when used with respect to any Security to be repaid,
means the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to such Security.
"Repayment Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid, means the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to such Security.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means
the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice-
chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president,
any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any
assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any senior trust
officer or trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds,
Security or Securities, or any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may
be, of any series authenticated and delivered from time to time under this
Indenture.
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"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of any
series which are held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust pursuant to the
Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust means the distribution of the
Securities of such series by such CCCI Capital Trust in exchange for the
Preferred Securities and Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust in
dissolution of such CCCI Capital Trust pursuant to the Declaration of Trust of
such CCCI Capital Trust.
"Security Register" shall have the meaning specified in Section 305.
"Security Registrar" means the Person who keeps the Security Register
specified in Section 305.
"Securityholder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the following, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this
Indenture or thereafter incurred or created (i) indebtedness of the Company for
money borrowed by the Company (including purchase money obligations with an
original maturity in excess of one year) or evidenced by Securitys (other than
the Senior Securities, Subordinated Securities or Securities), notes, bankers'
acceptances or other corporate debt securities or similar instruments issued by
the Company; (ii) obligations with respect to letters of credit; (iii)
indebtedness of the Company constituting a guarantee of indebtedness of others
of the type referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii); or (iv)
renewals, extensions or refundings of any of the indebtedness referred to in
the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) unless, in the case of any particular
indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, under the express provisions of
the instrument creating or evidencing the same, or pursuant to which the same
is outstanding, such indebtedness or such renewal, extension or refunding
thereof is not superior in right of payment to the Securities.
"Senior Securities" means to securities issued under the Security,
dated as of _________, 1997, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as
trustee.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest (as
defined in Section 307) means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
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"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subordinated Securities" means the securities issued under the
Indenture, dated as of _______, 1997, between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as trustee.
"Subsidiary" of any specified corporation means any corporation at
least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly, by the specified corporation or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or both.
"Trust Indenture Act" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, as in force at the date
as of which this instrument was executed except as provided in Section 905.
"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 and include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder. 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.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (x) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States
of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
"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", including, without
limitation, an assistant vice president.
"Voting Stock", as applied to the stock of any corporation, means
stock of any class or classes (however designated) having by the terms thereof
ordinary voting
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power to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or other
governing body) of such corporation other than stock having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such Counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for the written
statement required by Section 1004) shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition
has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case
where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify or give an opinion
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with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to the 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 104. Acts of Securityholders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given or taken by Securityholders or Securityholders of
any series may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Securityholders in person or by an
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. If any Securities are denominated in coin or
currency other than that of the United States, then for the purposes of
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities
have taken any action as herein described, the principal amount of such
Securities shall be deemed to be that amount of United States dollars that
could be obtained for such principal amount on the basis of the spot rate of
exchange into United States dollars for the currency in which such Securities
are denominated (as evidenced to the Trustee by an Officers' Certificate) as of
the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal
amount is evidenced to the Trustee as
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provided in the immediately preceding sentence. Such instrument or instruments
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness to 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 an officer of a corporation or a member of
a partnership, on behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate
or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact
and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority
of the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which
the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the
Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date
for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed,
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Holders
of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Securities Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action, and for that purpose the Securities Outstanding shall be computed
as of the record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or
consent by the Holders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it
shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than six months after the record date.
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(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind the Holder of
every Security issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in
lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee
or the Company in reliance thereon whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Securityholders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Securityholder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed
in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as provided in Section
501(4) or, in the case of a request for repayment, as specified in the
Security carrying the right to repayment) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address
of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument
or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company.
Section 106. Notices to Securityholders; Waiver. Where this
Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Securityholders of any event,
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 Securityholder affected by such event, at his address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In
any case where notice to Securityholders is given by mail, neither the failure
to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Securityholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Securityholders. Where this Indenture or any Security 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
Securityholders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent
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to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service as a
result of a strike, work stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to mail
notice of any event to any Securityholder when such notice is required to be
given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any method of
notification as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be
deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by any of
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act through the
operation of Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in
any Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Authenticating Agent or
Paying Agent, the Security Registrar and the Holders of Securities (or such of
them as may be affected thereby), any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law. This Indenture shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such
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counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 114. Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the
Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a
judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used
shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the
Trustee could purchase in the City of New York the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day (as defined below) preceding that
on which final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under
this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be
discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment
(whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency
other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or
recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required
Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment
being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in the City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close.
Section 115. Certain Rights of Holders of Preferred Securities.
The Company hereby acknowledges that, to the extent specifically set forth
herein, prior to a Security Exchange with respect to the Securities of any
series held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust, the holders of the
Preferred Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust shall expressly be third party
beneficiaries of this Indenture. The Company further acknowledges that, prior
to a Security Exchange with respect to Securities of any series held as trust
assets of a CCCI Capital Trust, if the Property Trustee of such CCCI Capital
Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of the
Securities of a series held as trust assets of such CCCI Capital Trust, any
holder of the Preferred Securities of
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such CCCI Capital Trust may institute legal proceedings directly against the
Company to enforce such Property Trustee's rights under this Indenture without
first instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any
other Person.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally. The Securities 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 applicable laws or regulations or with the
rules of any Securities exchange, or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be
set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the
face of the Security.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
or produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved borders or
may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities,
subject, with respect to the Securities of any series, to the rules of any
securities exchange on which such Securities are listed.
Section 202. Forms of Securities. Each Security shall be in one of
the forms approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the
delivery of a Security to the Trustee for authentication in any form approved
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of Security has been
approved, which Board Resolution shall have attached thereto a true and correct
copy of the form of Security which has been approved thereby or, if a Board
Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers to approve a form of
Security, a certificate of such officer or officers approving the form of
Security attached thereto. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance
to be evidenced by
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the Trustee's authentication of Securities in that form or a certificate signed
by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Company.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication for any Security issued
pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially as follows:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee,
By:
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Dated: Authorized Signatory
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Section 204. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 202 and 301 that the
Securities of a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company
Request delivered to the Trustee or its agent thereunder, authenticate and
deliver, such Global Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of,
the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Global
Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall specify in
a Company Request, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by
the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
"Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual
Securities represented hereby, this Global Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
or a nominee of such successor Depositary."
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 204 or of
Section 305, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the
terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be
exchanged in whole or in part for individual Securities, a Global Security may
be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section
305, only to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or to the
Depositary, or a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or
approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c) (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Global Security or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities for such
series ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security. If a
successor Depositary for such Global Security is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon
receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery of individual
Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver, individual Securities of such series of like tenor
and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security in exchange for such Global Security.
(ii) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the
form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication and delivery
of individual Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for
such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver individual Securities of
such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or
Securities representing such series or portion thereof in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
(iii) If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 202 and 301
with respect to Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security,
the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security
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in exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such series of
like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the
Company and such Depositary. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee or its agent shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(1) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of
the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for such Person's beneficial interest in the Global Security; and (2) to such
Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in 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 the Holders thereof.
(iv) In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three
paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will
authenticate and deliver individual Securities in definitive registered form in
authorized denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of
a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global Security shall be
canceled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this
Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its
direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the
Security Registrar. The Trustee or the Security Registrar shall deliver such
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series;
Terms of Particular Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which
may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not
limited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to an aggregate
principal amount of Securities as from time to time may be authorized by the
Board of Directors. All Securities of each series under this Indenture shall
in all respects be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits
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hereof with respect to such series without preference, priority or distinction
on account of the actual time of the authentication and delivery or Stated
Maturity of the Securities of such series.
Each series of Securities shall be created either by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution or by or pursuant to an indenture supplemental hereto. The
Securities of each such series may bear such date or dates, be payable at such
place or places, have such Stated Maturity or Maturities, be issuable at such
premium over or discount from their face value, bear interest at such rate or
rates (which may be fixed or floating), from such date or dates, payable in
such installments and on such dates and at such place or places to the Holders
of Securities registered as such on such Regular Record Dates, or may bear no
interest, and may be redeemable or repayable at such Redemption Price or Prices
or Repayment Price or Prices, as the case may be, whether at the option of the
Holder or otherwise, and upon such terms, all as shall be provided for in or
pursuant to the Board Resolution or in or pursuant to the supplemental
indenture creating that series. There may also be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture prior to
the issuance of Securities of each such series, provision for:
(1) the exchange or conversion of the Securities of that series, at
the option of the Holders thereof, for or into new Securities of a
different series or other securities or other property, including shares of
common stock, preferred stock, indebtedness or securities of any kind of
the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any third party or Securities
directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for any such
securities;
(2) a sinking or purchase fund or other analogous obligation;
(3) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies or units
based on or related to currencies (including European Currency Units) in
which the Securities of such series shall be denominated and in which
payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, such Securities
shall or may be payable;
(4) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
the Securities of such series are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a holder thereof, in a currency or currencies or units based on
or related to currencies (including European
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Currency Units) other than that in which the Securities are stated to be
payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions
upon which, such election may be made;
(5) if the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on the Securities of such series may be determined with
reference to an index based on (i) a currency or currencies or units based
on or related to currencies (including European Currency Units) other than
that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, (ii) changes in the
price of one or more other Securities or groups or indexes of Securities or
(iii) changes in the prices of one or more commodities or groups or indexes
of commodities, or any combination of the foregoing, the manner in which
such amounts shall be determined;
(6) if the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series
is to be limited, such limitations;
(7) the exchange of Securities of that series, at the option of the
Holders thereof, for other Securities of the same series of the same
aggregate principal amount of a different authorized kind or different
authorized denomination or denominations, or both;
(8) the appointment by the Trustee of an Authenticating Agent in one
or more places other than the location of the office of the Trustee with
power to act on behalf of the Trustee and subject to its direction in the
authentication and delivery of the Securities of any one or more series in
connection with such transactions as shall be specified in the provisions
of this Indenture or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the
supplemental indenture creating such series;
(9) the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series,
if other than the total principal amount thereof, which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504;
(10) any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such
series, if not set forth herein and any additions, deletions or other
changes to the Events of Default set forth herein that shall be applicable
to the Securities of such series (including a provision
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making any Event of Default set forth herein inapplicable to the Securities
of that series);
(11) any covenant solely for the benefit of the Securities of such
series and any additions, deletions or other changes to the provisions of
Article Ten or any definitions relating to such Article that shall be
applicable to the Securities of such series (including a provision making
any Section of such Article inapplicable to the Securities of such series);
(12) the applicability of Section 403 of this Indenture to the
Securities of such series;
(13) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in
part in the form of a Global Security or Global Securities, the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Global Securities
may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Securities; and
the Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities (if other than
the Depositary specified in Section 101 hereof);
(14) the subordination of the Securities of such series to any other
indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation, the Securities
of any other series;
(15) if the Securities of the series are to be deposited as trust
assets in a CCCI Capital Trust, the name of the applicable CCCI Capital
Trust (which shall distinguish such statutory business trust from all other
CCCI Capital Trusts) into which the Securities of the series are to be
deposited as trust assets and the date of its Declaration of Trust;
(16) the applicability of Section 1202(b) and any changes or additions
to Article Twelve, including the addition of additional covenants that may
be subject to the covenant defeasance option pursuant to Section
1202(b)(ii); and
(17) any other terms of the series, which shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture,
all upon such terms as may be determined in or pursuant to a Board Resolution
or in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture with respect to such series. All
Securities of the same series shall be substantially identical in tenor and
effect, except as to denomination.
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The form of the Securities of each series shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture in or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture creating such
series. The Securities of each series shall be distinguished from the
Securities of each other series in such manner, reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee, as the Board of Directors may determine.
Unless otherwise provided with respect to Securities of a particular
series, the Securities of any series may only be issuable in registered form,
without coupons.
Any terms or provisions in respect of the Securities of any series
issued under this Indenture may be determined pursuant to this Section by
providing in a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture for the method by
which such terms or provisions shall be determined.
Section 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable in such denominations and currency as shall be provided in the
provisions of this Indenture or in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or the
supplemental indenture creating such series. In the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of that
series shall be issuable only in fully registered form in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating. The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order,
authenticate and make available for delivery such Securities as in this
Indenture provided and not otherwise.
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Prior to any such authentication and delivery, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, in addition to any Officers' Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel required to be furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 102, and
the Board Resolution and any certificate relating to the issuance of the series
of Securities required to be furnished pursuant to Section 202, an Opinion of
Counsel stating that:
(1) all instruments furnished to the Trustee conform to the
requirements of the Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder
for the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Securities;
(2) the form and terms (or in connection with the issuance of medium-
term Securities under Section 311, the manner of determining the terms) of
such Securities have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(3) all laws and requirements with respect to the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with, the
Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and such
Securities have been duly authorized and delivered by the Company and,
assuming due authentication and delivery by the Trustee, 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 and legal
principles affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in
effect and to general equitable principles, whether applied in an action at
law or in equity) and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, equally
and ratably with all other Securities, if any, of such series Outstanding;
and
(4) such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request;
and, if the authentication and delivery relates to a new series of Securities
created by an indenture supplemental hereto, also stating that all laws and
requirements with respect to the form and execution by the Company of the
supplemental indenture with respect to that series of Securities have been
complied with, the Company has corporate power to execute and deliver any such
supplemental indenture and has taken all necessary corporate action for those
purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been
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executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject, as to
enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or other laws and legal principles affecting creditors' rights
generally from time to time in effect and to general equitable principles,
whether applied in an action at law or in equity).
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.
Unless otherwise provided in the form of Security for any series, all
Securities shall be dated the date of their authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and
such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 304. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and, upon receipt
of the documents required by Section 303, together with a Company Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers
executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of 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, without charge to the
Holder; and upon surrender for cancelation of any one or more temporary
Securities the Company shall execute and the
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Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of such series of authorized denominations and
of like tenor and terms. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of such
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
keep or cause to be kept a register (herein 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 Securities, or of
Securities of a particular series, and for transfers of Securities or of
Securities of such series. Any such 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 register or
registers shall be available for inspection by the Trustee at the office or
agency to be maintained by the Company as provided in Section 1002.
Subject to Section 204, upon surrender for transfer of any Security of
any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more new Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of a like
aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of like tenor and terms.
Subject to Section 204, at the option of the Holder, Securities of any
series may be exchanged for other Securities of such series of any authorized
denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity and of
like tenor and terms, 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 make available
for delivery, the Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any 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 transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall
(if so required by the Company or
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the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Security to be transferred or
exchanged, no service charge shall be made on any Securityholder for any
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise
provided in such Security) require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section
304 or 906 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, transfer or exchange
any Security of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities
of such series selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) to transfer or exchange
any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except for the
portion of such Security not so selected for redemption.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying
Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for
any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Security
Registrar for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and
from time to time authorize any Person to act as Security Registrar in place of
the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this
Indenture.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If
(i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company and
the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security, and (ii) there is delivered to the Company and the
Trustee 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 or the Trustee
that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and upon its request the Trustee
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shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor,
series, Stated Maturity and principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Unless
otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301,
interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security 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 registered
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such
Holder; and, except as hereinafter provided, such
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Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in Clause (1) or Clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names any such 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
such 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 the Holder of each such Security 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 Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
Securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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If any installment of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or
prior to the Redemption Date for any Security called for redemption pursuant to
Article Eleven is not paid or duly provided for on or prior to the Redemption
Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section, such interest
shall be payable as part of the Redemption Price of such Securities.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and
(subject to Section 307) interest on, such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, transfer, conversion or exchange or credit against a sinking fund
shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the
Trustee and, if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by it. The
Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancelation 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 canceled by the Trustee. No Security shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall return to
the Company.
Section 310. Computation of Interest. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated in Section 301, interest on the Securities shall be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. Medium-term Securities. Notwithstanding any contrary
provision herein, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued
at one time, it shall not be necessary for the Company to deliver to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate, Board
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Resolution, supplemental indenture, Opinion of Counsel or Company Request
otherwise required pursuant to Sections 202, 301 and 303 at or prior to the
time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are
delivered to the Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued; 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 delivered pursuant to Section
102 shall be true and correct as if made on such date.
An Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution
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 upon the telephonic or written order of persons
designated in such Officers' Certificate, Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture (any such telephonic instructions to be confirmed promptly in writing
by such persons) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent
with such Officers' Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution,
such terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified in such Officers'
Certificate, supplemental indenture or Board Resolution.
Section 312. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities
may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee
shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to
the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as
contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP"
numbers.
Definitions
"Extension Period" has the meaning specified in Section 313 of this
Indenture.
SECTION 313. Deferrals of Interest Payment Dates. If the Securities
of a particular series are to be deposited as trust assets in a CCCI Capital
Trust and as specified by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such
series, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with
respect to such Securities, the Company shall have the right, at any time or
from time to time during the term of such series, to defer the payment of
interest on such Securities for such period or periods as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 301 (each, an "Extension Period") during which
Extension Periods the Company shall have the right to make partial payments of
interest on any Interest Payment Date. No Extension Period shall end on a date
other than an Interest Payment Date. At the end of any such Extension Period
the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid on the Securities
(together with interest thereon accrued at a [floating] [fixed rate equal to
% per annum], compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] from the
relevant Interest Payment Date, to the extent permitted by applicable law),
provided, however, that no Extension Period may extend beyond the Stated
Maturity of these Securities. During an Extension Period, interest will continue
to accrue and Holders of the Securities will be required to accrue interest
income for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. During any such Extension Period,
the Company shall not (i) declare or pay dividends or distributions on, or
redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of
the Company's capital stock (which includes the Common Stock and the Preferred
Stock), or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest, or premium, if any, on
or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company (including
other Securities) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to the
Securities of such series or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to
any guarantee by the Company of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the
Company if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior in interest to the
Securities of such series (other than (a) dividends or distributions in Common
Stock, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation
of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in
the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto,
(c) payments under the applicable CCCI Capital Trust Guarantee, (d) purchases or
acquisitions of shares of the Common Stock in connection with the satisfaction
by the Company of its obligations under any employee benefit plan or other
contractual obligation of the Company (other than a contractual obligation
ranking pari passu with or junior to these Securities), (e) as a result of a
reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion of
one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another class or series
of the Company's capital stock, or (f) the purchase of fractional interests in
shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange
provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged).
Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further
extend such Extension Period; provided, however, that no Extension Period shall
exceed [60] [20] [10] consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] or [semi-annual] periods
or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of such Securities. Upon termination of any
Extension Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest then
due on any Interest Payment Date, and subject to the foregoing limitations, the
Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period. No interest shall be due and
payable during an Extension Period, except at the end thereof. The Company shall
give the Holders, the Trustee notice of its election to begin any such Extension
Period (or an extension thereof) at least three Business Days prior to the
Interest Payment Date or, with respect to the Securities of a series issued to a
CCCI Capital Trust, prior to the earlier of (i) the date the distributions on
the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust
would have been payable except for the election to begin or extend such
Extension Period or (ii) the date the regular trustees of such CCCI Capital
Trust are required to give notice to any automated quotation system or to
holders of the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities of the record date
or the date such distributions are payable, but in any event not less than three
Business Days prior to such record date. There is no limitation on the number of
times that the Company may elect to begin an Extension Period.
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ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities
(except as to any surviving rights of conversion, transfer or exchange of
Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the form of
Security for such series), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation; or
(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose
an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee canceled or for
cancelation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of
such deposit (in the case of
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Securities which have become due and payable), or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with
respect to that series under Section 607 shall survive and the obligations of
the Trustee under Sections 402 and 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money. All money and obligations
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or Section 403 and all money
received by the Trustee in respect of such obligations shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the series of
Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money and obligations have been deposited with or received by the
Trustee; but such money and obligations need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Section 403. Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance of Securities of
any Series. If this Section 403 is specified, as contemplated by Section 301,
to be applicable to Securities of any series, the Company shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the Securities of any
such series at the time outstanding, and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company,
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shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction, discharge and
defeasance of such indebtedness, when
(1) either
(A) with respect to all Securities of such series at the time
outstanding,
(i) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount
sufficient, together with any obligations deposited pursuant to
clause (ii) below, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, on the days on which such principal (and premium, if
any) or interest, as the case may be, is due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities,
to the date of maturity or date of redemption thereof as
contemplated by the penultimate paragraph of this Section 403, as
the case may be; or
(ii) the Company has deposited or caused to be deposited with
the Trustee as obligations in trust for such purpose such amount
of direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the government which
issued the currency in which such Securities are denominated
(other than such obligations as are redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof) as will, together with the income to accrue
thereon without consideration of any reinvestment thereof, be
sufficient, in the written opinion of a firm of nationally
recognized independent public accountants (which may be the
Company's auditors) delivered to the Trustee, together with any
funds deposited pursuant to clause (i) above, to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on all such Securities for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, on the days on which such principal
(and premium, if any) or interest, as the case may be, is due and
payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such
Securities, to the date of maturity or date of redemption thereof
as contemplated by the
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penultimate paragraph of this Section 403, as the case may be; or
(B) the Company has properly fulfilled such other means of
satisfaction and discharge as is specified, as contemplated by Section
301, to be applicable to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
with respect to the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding;
(3) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(4) no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time
or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date of such deposit; and
(5) 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, discharge and defeasance
of the entire indebtedness on all Securities of any such series at the time
Outstanding have been complied with.
Any deposits with the Trustee referred to in Section 403(1)(A) above
shall be irrevocable. If any Securities of such series at the time outstanding
are to be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturity, whether pursuant to any
optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory sinking fund
requirement, the Company shall make such arrangements as are satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name,
and at the expense, of the Company.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 403
with respect to all the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, the
terms and conditions of such series, including the terms and conditions with
respect thereto set forth in this Indenture (except as to any surviving rights
of conversion, transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly
provided for herein or in the form of Security for such series), shall no
longer be binding upon, or applicable to, the Company, provided that the
Company shall not be discharged from any payment obligations in respect of
Securities of such series which
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are deemed not to be Outstanding under clause (iii) of the definition thereof
if such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under
applicable law.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this
Section 403 with respect to all Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that
series under Section 607 and the obligations of the Trustee with respect to
that series under Section 402 and 1003 shall survive.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used
herein, means with respect to any series of Securities 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 such event is either inapplicable
to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in the
supplemental indenture creating such series of Securities or in the form of
Security for such series:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 90 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or
analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of such series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture in respect of the Securities of such
series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of
such series a default in the performance of which or the breach of which is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), all of such covenants
and warranties in the Indenture which are not expressly
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stated to be for the benefit of a particular series of Securities being
deemed in respect of the Securities of all series for this purpose, and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry of an order for relief against the Company under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code by a court having jurisdiction in the premises or a
decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging
the Company a bankrupt or insolvent under any other applicable Federal or
State law, or the entry of a decree or order 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,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company
or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the consent by the Company to the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it 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 it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture
under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security
for such series.
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Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If
an Event of Default described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) (if the
Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (7) is with respect to less than all
series of Securities then Outstanding) of Section 501 occurs and is continuing
with respect to any series, then and in each and every such case, unless the
principal of all the Securities of such series shall have already become due
and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding
hereunder (each such series acting as a separate class), by notice in writing
to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare the
principal amount (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified
in the terms of that series) of all the Securities of such series then
Outstanding and all accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately,
and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately
due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of such series
contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in
paragraph (4) or (7) (if the Event of Default under paragraph (4) or (7) is
with respect to all series of Securities then Outstanding), (5) or (6) of
Section 501 occurs and is continuing, then and in each and every such case,
unless the principal of all the Securities shall have already become due and
payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as
one class), by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and all
accrued interest thereon to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable,
anything in this Indenture or in the Securities contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made
with respect to the Securities of any series 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 (subject to, in the case of any series of
Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to
which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the
holders of the Preferred
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Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as may be
required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust), by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration
and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on the 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, to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful,
(C) interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor by the terms of the Securities of such
series to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 607;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to such series of Securities,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Securities of such series
which have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable, or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or
analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of any series,
and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to
the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee,
pay to it, for the benefit of the Holder of any such Security (or the Holders
of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above), the whole amount then due
and payable on any such Security (or on the Securities of any such series in
the case of Clause (3) above) for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
with interest, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue
installments of interest, at such rate or rates as may be prescribed therefor
by the terms of any such Security (or of Securities of any such series in the
case of Clause (3) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a 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 the Securities of such series and
collect the money 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.
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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary and
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 all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 607) and of the Securityholders 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
Securityholder to make such payment to the Trustee and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any
plan or 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 Securityholder in any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities of any series may be
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prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities of such series 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 agent and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of the series in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. 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
(or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of such
series 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
607.
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities of that series for principal (and 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 such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, respectively.
THIRD: To the Company.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any
series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series;
(2) 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;
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(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (subject to,
in the case of any series of Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI
Capital Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not
theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as may be
required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust);
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 proportionate benefit of all the Holders of all
Securities of such series.
The Company expressly acknowledges that if, prior to a Security
Exchange with respect to the Securities of any series, a Default with respect
to the Securities of such series shall have occurred, under the circumstances
set forth in the applicable Declaration of Trust, any holder of Preferred
Securities of the applicable CCCI Capital Trust may, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, enforce directly against the Company the applicable Property
Trustee's rights hereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing and for the
avoidance of any doubt, the Company acknowledges that, under the circumstances
described in the applicable Declaration of Trust, any such holder of Preferred
Securities, in its own name, in the name of the applicable CCCI Capital Trust
or in the name of the holders of the Preferred Securities issued by such CCCI
Capital Trust, may institute or cause to be instituted a proceeding, including,
without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or
administrative proceeding, to enforce the applicable Property Trustee's rights
hereunder directly
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against the Company as issuer of the applicable series of Securities, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same
against the Company.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this
Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute
and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or
repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or
any Securityholder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the
Securityholders 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 Securityholders shall
continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Securityholders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or
remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of
the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders, as the case may be.
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Section 512. Control by Securityholders. The Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series (subject to, in
the case of any series of Securities held as trust assets of a CCCI Capital
Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore
occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as may be required under the
Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust) shall have the right to direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the
action so directed may not lawfully be taken or would conflict with this
Indenture or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer,
determine that the proceedings so directed would involve it in personal
liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such
direction, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
(subject to, in the case of any series of Securities held as trust assets of a
CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not
theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as may be required under
the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust) may on behalf of the
Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder
with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default not
theretofore cured
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking
or purchase fund or analogous obligation with respect to the Securities of
such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended
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without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of
such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding in the aggregate more than
10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series to which
the suit relates, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after the
Redemption Date or Repayment Date).
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that
it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except during
the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth in this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may, with
respect to Securities of such series, conclusively rely, as to the truth of
the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the
same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this
Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise with
respect to the Securities of such series such of the rights and powers vested
in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in
the conduct of such persons own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of
Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in
good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the
Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in
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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 the Securities of such
series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of
this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence
of any default hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders of such series, as their names
and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or
in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment or analogous
obligation with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors,
the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series; and provided,
further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series no such notice to
Securityholders of such series shall be given until at least 90 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.
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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided
in Section 601:
(a) 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, Security or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution
of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence
be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of
any of the Securityholders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable Security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, Security or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
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(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it
hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, 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 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder as the parties shall agree from time to
time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
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disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration
of 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 (and premium, if any) or interest
on particular Securities.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee
for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to the
provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act during the period of
time provided for therein. In determining whether the Trustee has a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
with respect to the Securities of any series, there shall be excluded for
purposes of the conflicting interest provisions of such Section 310(b) the
Securities of every other series issued under this Indenture (i) every series
of Securities issued under the Indenture dated as of __________ __, 199_,
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and _________________, (ii) every
series of Securities issued under the Indenture dated as of _________ __, 199_,
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and ____________. Nothing herein
shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application
referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at
all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of Securities,
which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State, authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or
State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
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the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee 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 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a)
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 611.
(b) 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
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.
(c) 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 that series, delivered to the Trustee and to
the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act pursuant to Section 608(a) with respect to any series of
Securities after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series
for at least 6 months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 with
respect to any series of Securities and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any
series of Securities, or
(4) the Trustee 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
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property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, with respect to the series, or in the case of Clause (4), with respect
to all series, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Securityholder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least 6 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 the series, or, in the case of Clause (4),
with respect to all series.
(e) 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 the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities for any
cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee for that series of Securities. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to such series of Securities shall be appointed
by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee,
the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to such series and
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 Securityholders of such series and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Securityholder who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security of that series for at least 6 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to any series by mailing written notice of such
event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Securities of
that series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its
principal Corporate Trust Office.
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Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. Every successor
Trustee appointed hereunder shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor
Trustee shall become effective with respect to any series as to which it is
resigning or being removed 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 predecessor Trustee with respect to any such
series; but, on request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
predecessor Trustee shall, upon payment of its reasonable charges, if any,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers and trusts of the predecessor Trustee, and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money
held by such predecessor Trustee hereunder with respect to all or any such
series, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.
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.
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
predecessor Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
predecessor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which
the predecessor Trustee is not being succeeded shall continue to be vested in
the predecessor Trustee, and shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.
No successor Trustee with respect to any 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 that series under this
Article.
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Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. (a)
Subject to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall
become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company
within 3 months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default
shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for
the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders of the Securities and the
holders of other indenture Securities (as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section):
(1) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and
owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest,
effected after the beginning of such 3-month period and valid as against
the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting
from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2)
of this Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the
Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by
or against the Company upon the date of such default; and
(2) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claim as
such creditor, either as Security therefor, or in satisfaction or
composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such 3-month
period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if
disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and
its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
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Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of
any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable
thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim
by the Trustee to a third person, and (iii) distributions made in
cash, Securities or other property in respect of claims filed against
the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for
reorganization pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable
State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it
as Security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to
the beginning of such 3-month period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the
claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as Security
for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of
such 3-month period and such property was received as Security
therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee
shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was
so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a
default as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section would occur
within 3 months; or
(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B)
or (C), against the release of any property held as Security for such
claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the
extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted
after the beginning of such 3-month period for property held as Security at the
time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the
property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the
extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in
renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding
any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have
the same status as such pre-existing claim.
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If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property
held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned
between the Trustee, the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture
Securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Securityholders and the holders
of other indenture Securities realize, as a result of payments from such
special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company
in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to
the Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, the same percentage of
their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee
anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and
property in such special account and before crediting to the respective claims
of the Trustee and the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture
Securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or
receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Federal
Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, but after crediting thereon receipts on
account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all
sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held
in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim,
the term "dividends" shall include any distribution with respect to such claim,
in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the
Federal Bankruptcy Act or applicable State law, whether such distribution is
made in cash, Securities, or other property, but shall not include any such
distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The
court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization
is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion between the Trustee and the
Securityholders and the holders of other indenture Securities in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such
special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in
whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration
in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee and
the Securityholders and the holders of other indenture Securities with respect
to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to
liquidate or to appraise the value of any Securities or other property held in
such special account or as Security for any such claim, or to make a specific
allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions
of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a
mathematical formula.
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Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of
such 3-month period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection as
though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has
resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such 3-month period, it
shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if the
following conditions exist:
(i) the receipt of property or reduction of claim, which would
have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had
continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such 3-month
period; and
(ii) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred
within 3 months after such resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of
this Section a creditor relationship arising from
(1) the ownership or acquisition of Securities issued under any
indenture, or any Security or Securities having a maturity of one year or
more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(2) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of
competent jurisdiction, or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving
any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien of this
Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances
thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding
the making thereof is given to the Securityholders at the time and in the
manner provided in this Indenture;
(3) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the
capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar,
custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar
capacity;
(4) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or
premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or
Securities sold in a cash transaction as defined in Subsection (c) of this
Section;
(5) the ownership of stock or of other Securities of a corporation
organized under the provisions of
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Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or
indirectly a creditor of the Company; or
(6) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any
drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the
classification of self liquidating paper as defined in Subsection (c) of
this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(1) The term "default" means any failure to make payment in full of
the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or upon the other
indenture Securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and
payable.
(2) The term "other indenture Securities" means Securities upon which
the Company is an obligor outstanding under any other indenture (i) under
which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions
substantially similar to the provisions of this Section, and (iii) under
which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and
property held in such special account.
(3) The term "cash transaction" means any transaction in which full
payment for goods or Securities sold is made within 7 days after delivery
of the goods or Securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn
upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand.
(4) The term "self-liquidating paper" means any draft, bill of
exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or
incurred by the Company for the purpose of financing the purchase,
processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or
merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to,
possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the
receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or
merchandise previously constituting the Security, provided the Security is
received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor
relationship with the Company arising from the making, drawing, negotiating
or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.
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(5) The term "Company" means any obligor upon the Securities.
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when
any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee, with the approval of the
Company, may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or
more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section
306, 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. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or
the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as an
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and, if other than the Company itself, subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authority. 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
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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, if other than the Company, to the Company.
The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by
giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and, if other than
the Company, to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or
upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall
cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee, with the approval of the Company, may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.
Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent (other than an
Authenticating Agent appointed at the request of the Company from time to time)
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee
shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions
of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate
certificate of authentication in the following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Dated: Authorized Signatory
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Securityholders' Lists and Reports by
Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Securityholders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each Regular Record
Date, in each year in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, a
list of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series
as of such date, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Securityholders. (a) 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 701 and the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by
the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any
list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
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(b) If 3 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 6 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 5 Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the
time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 702(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders 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 702(a), and as to the approximate cost
of mailing to such Securityholders 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 to all
Securityholders, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section
702(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified
in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of
the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless, within 5 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 Securityholders,
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,
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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 Securityholders of such
series or all Securityholders, as the case may be, 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.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee 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 702(b), regardless of the source from which such
information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by
reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 702(b).
Section 703. Reports by Trustee. (a) The term "reporting date" as
used in this Section means May 15 of each year. Within 60 days after the
reporting date in each year, beginning in 199__, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear in the
Security Register, a brief report dated as of such reporting date with respect
to any of the following events which may have occurred during the 12 months
preceding the date of such report (but if no such event has occurred within
such period no report need be transmitted):
(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 609 and its
qualifications under Section 608;
(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified
in Section 310(b)(1) through Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust Indenture Act;
(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee
elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made
by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report,
and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge,
prior to that of Securities of any series, on any property or funds held or
collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required
(but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining
unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the
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Securities of such series outstanding on the date of such report;
(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all
other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the
Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such
report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral
Security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor
relationship arising in a manner described in Section 613(b)(2), (3), (4)
or (6);
(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the
possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(6) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not
previously reported; and
(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties
hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion
materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default,
notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 602.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, a brief report with
respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects
so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the
Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to
Subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so
transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the
reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that
of the Securities of any series, on property or funds held or collected by it
as Trustee, and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this
Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to
report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate
10% or less of the principal amount of the Securities Outstanding of such
series at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such
time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which the Securities are listed, and also with the Commission.
The Company will
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notify the Trustee when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company. The Company will
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports
and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file
information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then
it 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, as
amended, in respect of a Security listed and registered on a national
securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules
and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by
the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be
required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing
thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and
reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and
(2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or Transfer
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or
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merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties and
assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) 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
be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States
of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the
Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the
part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance 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 802. 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
801, 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 may be
dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders.
Without the consent of the Holders of any Securities, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company
herein and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company, or to surrender any right
or power herein conferred upon the Company, for the benefit of the Holders
of the Securities of any or all series (and if such covenants or the
surrender of such right or power are to be for the benefit of less than all
series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being
included or such surrenders are expressly being made solely for the benefit
of one or more specified series); or
(3) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under this Indenture; or
(4) to add to this Indenture such provisions as may be expressly
permitted by the TIA, excluding, however, the provisions referred to in
Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA as in effect at the date as of which this
instrument was executed or any corresponding provision in any similar
federal statute hereafter enacted; or
(5) to establish any form of Security, as provided in Article Two, and
to provide for the issuance of any series of Securities as provided in
Article Three and to set forth the terms thereof, and/or to add to the
rights of the Holders of the Securities of any series; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by
another corporation as a successor
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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 611; or
(7) to add any additional Events of Default in respect of the
Securities of any or all series (and if such additional Events of Default
are to be in respect of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit
of one or more specified series); or
(8) to provide for the issuance of Securities in coupon as well as
fully registered form.
No supplemental indenture for the purposes identified in Clauses (2),
(3), (5) or (7) above may be entered into if to do so would adversely affect
the interest of the Holders of Securities of any series.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental
indenture or indentures (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as
trust assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to which a Security
Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as may be
required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust), 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 the
Securities of each such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no
such supplemental
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indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as trust
assets of a CCCI Capital Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange
has not theretofore occurred, such consent of holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities of such CCCI Capital Trust as may be
required under the Declaration of Trust of such CCCI Capital Trust),
(1) change the Maturity of the principal of, or the Stated Maturity of
any premium on, or any installment of interest on, any Security, or reduce
the principal amount thereof or the interest or any premium thereon, or
change the method of computing the amount of principal thereof or interest
thereon on any date or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or
currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Maturity or the Stated Maturity, as the case
may be, thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on or after
the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be); or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences, provided for in this
Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513,
except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the
consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
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 Securityholders under this
Section to approve the particular
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form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by
this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not (except to the
extent required in the case of a supplemental indenture entered into under
Section 901(4) or 901(6)) be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution
of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a
part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities
theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound
thereby to the extent provided therein.
Section 905. 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 906. 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
Board of Directors, 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.
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ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. With
respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in
accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all
the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the
Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities 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 at any time the Company shall fail
to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the principal Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Section 1003. 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 (and
premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on, any Securities of such series, deposit
with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any)
or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such principal (and premium, if any) or interest, and
(unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
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promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee for
any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Securities of such series in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to
such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any such
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of
such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of
Securities 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 in respect of each and every series of Securities as to which it
seeks to discharge this Indenture or, if for any other purpose, all sums so
held in trust by the Company in respect of all Securities, such sums to be held
by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by
the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to
the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability
with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by
the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
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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. The Trustee or such Paying
Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of
the Company mail to the Holders of the Securities as to which the money to be
repaid was held in trust, as their names and addresses appear in the Security
Register, a notice that such moneys remain unclaimed and that, after a date
specified in the notice, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date on
which the notice was first mailed to the Holders of the Securities as to which
the money to be repaid was held in trust, any unclaimed balance of such moneys
then remaining will be paid to the Company free of the trust formerly impressed
upon it.
The Company initially authorizes the Trustee to act as Paying Agent
for the Securities on its behalf. The Company may at any time and from time to
time authorize one or more Persons to act as Paying Agent in addition to or in
place of the Trustee with respect to any series of Securities issued under this
Indenture.
Section 1004. Statement as to Compliance. The Company will deliver
to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written
statement signed by the principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of
the Company's performance under this Indenture and under the terms of the
Securities has been made under his supervision; and
(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, the Company
has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture through
such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such
obligation, specifying each such default known to him and the nature and
status thereof.
Section 1005. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article Eight the
Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its corporate existence.
SECTION 1006. Additional Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees
with each Holder of Securities of a series issued to a National City Capital
Trust that it will not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or
redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any
shares of the Company's capital stock (which includes the Common Stock and the
Preferred Stock), or (ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium,
if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Company
(including other Securities) that rank pari passu with or junior in interest to
the Securities of such series or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect
to any guarantee by the Company of debt securities of any subsidiary of the
Company (including Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or
junior in interest to the Securities of such series (other than (a) dividends
or distributions in Common Stock of the Company, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders, rights plan,
or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the redemption
or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the
applicable CCCI Capital Trust Guarantee, (d) purchases or acquisitions of
shares of the Common Stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company
of its obligations under any employee benefit plan or other contractual
obligation of the Company (other than a contractual obligation ranking pari
passu with or junior in interest to these Securities), (e) as a result of a
reclassification of the Company's capital stock or the exchange or conversion
of one class or series of the Company's capital stock for another class or
series of the Company's capital stock or (f) the purchase of fractional
interests in shares of the Company's capital stock pursuant to the conversion
or exchange provisions of such capital stock or the security being converted or
exchanged), it at such time (i) there shall have occurred an Event of Default,
(ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment of any
obligations under the related CCCI Capital Trust Guarantee or (iii) the Company
shall have given notice of its election to begin an Extension Period as
provided herein and shall not have rescinded such notice, or such Extension
Period, or any extension thereof, shall be continuing.
The Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities of a series
issued to a CCCI Capital Trust (i) to maintain directly, or indirectly through
a wholly owned Subsidiary, 100% ownership of the Common Securities of such CCCI
Capital Trust; provided, however, that any permitted successor of the Company
hereunder may succeed to the Company's ownership of such Common Securities,
(ii) not to voluntarily terminate, windup or liquidate such CCCI Capital Trust,
except (a) in connection with a distribution of the Securities of such series
to the holders of Preferred Securities in liquidation of such CCCI Capital
Trust or (b) in connection with certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations permitted by the related Declaration of Trust and (iii) to use
its reasonable best efforts, consistent with the terms and provisions of such
Declaration of Trust, to cause such CCCI Capital Trust to remain classified as
a grantor trustee and not as an association taxable as a corporation for United
States Federal income tax purposes.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article. The Company may reserve the
right to redeem and pay before Stated Maturity all or any part of the
Securities of any series, either by optional redemption, sinking or purchase
fund or analogous obligation or otherwise, by provision therefor in the form of
Security for such series established and approved pursuant to Section 202 and
on such terms as are specified in such form or in the Board Resolution or
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to Securities of such series as
provided in Section 301. Redemption of Securities of any series shall be made
in accordance with the terms of such Securities and, to the extent that this
Article does not conflict with such terms, the succeeding Sections of this
Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of
the Company to redeem any Securities redeemable at the election of the Company
shall be evidenced by, or made pursuant to authority granted by, a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of any
Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
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 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If
less than all the Securities of like tenor and terms of any series are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may include provision
for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of
such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
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for Securities of that series. Unless otherwise provided in the terms of a
particular series of Securities, the portions of the principal of Securities so
selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized
denomination of the Securities of such series, or an integral multiple thereof,
and the principal amount which remains outstanding shall not be less than the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series. If less than
all the Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security selected
for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
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 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification, including CUSIP numbers (and, in the case of
partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the Securities to
be redeemed, from the Holder to whom the notice is given;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security, and that interest, if any, thereon
shall cease to accrue from and after said date;
(5) the place where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment
of the Redemption Price, which
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shall be the office or agency of the Company in the Place of Payment; and
(6) that the redemption is on account of a sinking or purchase fund,
or other analogous obligation, if that be the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Such notice shall be
deemed to have been given to each Holder if sent in accordance with Section 105
hereof.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to 10:00 a.m.
on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate
and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to
pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that
date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of
Redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified 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. Upon surrender of such Securities for redemption in accordance
with the notice, such Securities shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption
Price. Installments of interest the Stated Maturity of which is on or prior to
the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities
registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security, or as
otherwise provided in such Security.
Section 1107. 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 the Place of Payment with respect to that series (with, if the
Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed
by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and the
Company
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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 and of like tenor and terms, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so
surrendered.
Section 1108. Provisions with Respect to any Sinking Funds. Unless
the form or terms of any series of Securities shall provide otherwise, in lieu
of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to
such series of Securities in cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to
the Trustee for cancelation any Securities of such series theretofore acquired
by the Company, or (2) receive credit for any Securities of such series (not
previously so credited) acquired by the Company and theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancelation or redeemed by the Company other than through the
mandatory sinking fund, and if it does so then (i) Securities so delivered or
credited shall be credited at the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with
respect to Securities of such series, and (ii) on or before the 60th day next
preceding each sinking fund Redemption Date with respect to such series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee (A) an Officers'
Certificate specifying the portions of such sinking fund payment to be
satisfied by payment of cash and by delivery or credit of Securities of such
series acquired by the Company or so redeemed, and (B) such Securities so
acquired, to the extent not previously surrendered. Such Officers' Certificate
shall also state the basis for such credit and that the Securities for which
the Company elects to receive credit have not been previously so credited and
were not redeemed by the Company through operation of the mandatory sinking
fund, if any, provided with respect to such Securities and shall also state
that no Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series has occurred
and is continuing. All Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be
canceled by the Trustee and no Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
thereof.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) with
respect to any series of Securities made in cash plus any unused balance of any
preceding sinking fund payments with respect to Securities of such series made
in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request),
unless otherwise provided by the terms of such series of Securities, that cash
shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund Redemption Date with
respect to Securities of such series next following the date of such payment to
the redemption of Securities of such series at
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the applicable sinking fund Redemption Price with respect to Securities of such
series, together with accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for
redemption, with the effect provided in Section 1106. The Trustee shall
select, in the manner provided in Section 1103, for redemption on such sinking
fund Redemption Date a sufficient principal amount of Securities of such series
to utilize that cash and shall thereupon cause notice of redemption of the
Securities of such series for the sinking fund to be given in the manner
provided in Section 1104 (and with the effect provided in Section 1106) for the
redemption of Securities in part at the option of the Company. Any sinking
fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of
Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment
with respect to Securities of such series received by the Trustee and, together
with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 1108. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to Securities of
any series held by the Trustee at the Maturity of Securities of such series,
and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Securities of such
series, shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if
necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the
principal of the Securities of such series at Maturity.
On or before each sinking fund Redemption Date provided with respect
to Securities of any series, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum
equal to all accrued interest, if any, to the date fixed for redemption on
Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund Redemption Date pursuant to this
Section 1108.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance; Unclaimed Moneys
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. If, pursuant to Section 301,
provision is made for the defeasance of Securities of a series and if the
Securities of such series are denominated and payable only in Dollars (except
as provided pursuant to Section 301), then the provisions of this Article
Twelve relating to defeasance of Securities shall be applicable except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of such series.
Defeasance provisions, if any, for Securities denominated in a Foreign
Currency may be specified pursuant to Section 301.
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SECTION 1202. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.
(a) If at any time (i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for
cancelation all Securities of any series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (1) any Securities of such series which shall have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 306 and (2) Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as
provided in Section 1205) or (ii) all Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancelation shall have become due and payable, or
are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in the Currency in which such
Securities are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section
301) sufficient (in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to
the Trustee) without consideration of any reinvestment and after payment of all
taxes or other charges and assessments in respect thereof payable by the
Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancelation, including principal
and premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of maturity
or redemption date, as the case may be, no default with respect to the
Securities has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit, such
deposit does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party and the Company delivers an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that such conditions have been complied with and if in
either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer
or exchange of such Securities herein expressly provided for and rights to
receive payments of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, such
Securities) with respect to the Securities of such series, and the Trustee, on
demand of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture.
(b) Subject to Sections 1202(c), 1203 and 1207, the Company at any
time may terminate, with respect to Securities of a particular series, (i) all
its obligations under the Securities of such series and this Indenture with
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respect to the Securities of such series ("legal defeasance option") or (ii)
its obligations with respect to the Securities of such series under clause (3)
of Section 801 ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant
defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the
Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of
Default.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding clause (a) above and the exercise of the legal
defeasance option in clause (b) above, the Company's obligations in Sections
305, 306, 1002, 701, 607, 608, 1205, 1206 and 1207 shall survive until the
Securities of the defeased series have been paid in full. Thereafter, the
Company's obligations in Sections 607, 1205 and 1206 shall survive.
SECTION 1203. Conditions of Defeasance. The Company may exercise its
legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to
Securities of a particular series only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money
or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal of, and
premium, if any, and interest on, the Securities of such series to
maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressing
their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and
without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any
deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in
such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any,
and interest when due on all the Securities of such series to maturity or
redemption, as the case may be;
(3) 91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 91-day
period no Default specified in Section 501(5) or (6) with respect to the
Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;
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(4) no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such
deposit and after giving effect thereto;
(5) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company;
(6) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is
qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company
Act of 1940;
(7) in the event of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii)
since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of
Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not
occurred;
(8) in the event of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
Holders of Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and
(9) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance and discharge of the Securities of such series as contemplated
by this Article Twelve have been complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities of such series at
a future date in accordance with Article Twelve.
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SECTION 1204. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in
trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this
Article Twelve. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S.
Government Obligations through any paying agent and in accordance with this
Indenture to the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on,
the Securities of the defeased series.
SECTION 1205. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and any paying agent
shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or
securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and any
paying agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for
the payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed for two
years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Company
for payment as general creditors and all liability of the Trustee or such
paying agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 1206. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Company
shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee and the Holders against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government
Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government
Obligations.
SECTION 1207. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any paying agent is
unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with
this Article Twelve by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or government authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this
Indenture and the Securities of the defeased series shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article Twelve
until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all
such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article
Twelve.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Subordination
SECTION 1301. Agreement of Securityholders that Securities
Subordinated to Extent Provided. The Company, for itself, its successors and
assigns, covenants and agrees and each Holder of the Securities by his or her
acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees that the payment of the
principal of, 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, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness. The
provisions of this Article shall constitute a continuing offer to all persons
who, in reliance upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold,
Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are hereby made obligees
hereunder the same as if their names were written herein as such, and the
and/or each of them may proceed to enforce such provisions.
SECTION 1302. Company Not to Make Payments With Respect to Securities
in Certain Circumstances. (a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness by
lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, all principal thereof and premium, if
any, and interest thereon shall first be paid in full, or such payment duly
provided for in cash or in a manner satisfactory to the holder or holders of
such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment is made on account of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to acquire
any of the Securities or on account of any sinking fund (except sinking fund
payments made in Securities acquired by the Company before the maturity of such
Senior Indebtedness).
(b) Upon the happening of (i) an event of default with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness, as such event of default is defined therein or in the
instrument under which it is outstanding, permitting the holders to accelerate
the maturity thereof, or (ii) an event which, with the giving of notice, or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute such an event of default, then, unless
and until such event shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist, no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or to acquire any of the
Securities or on account of any sinking fund for the Securities (except sinking
fund payments made in Securities acquired by the Company before such default
and notice thereof).
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(c) In the event that notwithstanding the provisions of this Section
1302 the Company shall make any payment to the Trustee on account of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, or on account
of any sinking fund, or the Holders of the Securities shall receive any such
payment, after the happening of a default in payment of the principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on Senior Indebtedness, then, unless and until
such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have
ceased to exist, such payment (subject to the provisions of Section 1206) shall
be held by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, as the case may be, in
trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered to,
the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata as to each of such holders on the
basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by them) or their
representatives or the trustee under the indenture or other agreement (if any)
pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have
been issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the
payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to
pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with the terms of such Senior
Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to
or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any default under any Senior Indebtedness or
under any agreement pursuant to which Senior Indebtedness may have been issued.
SECTION 1303. Securities Subordinated to Prior Payments of All Senior
Indebtedness on Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of the Company.
Upon any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding
up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or otherwise):
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to
receive payment in full of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and
interest due thereon before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to
receive any payment on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities;
(b) 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 Trustees would be entitled except for
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the provisions of this Article Twelve, 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 other
trustee or agent, 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, to the extent necessary to make payment
in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness;
(c) in the event that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 1303, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, shall be
received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities on account of
principal, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities before all
Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, or effective provisions made for its
payment, such payment or distribution (subject to the provisions of
Sections 1306 and 1307) shall be received and held in trust for and shall
be paid over to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid or
unprovided for 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, for
application to the payment of such Senior Indebtedness until all such
Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1304. Securityholders to be Subrogated to Right of Holders of
Senior Indebtedness. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of
assets of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts
owing on the Securities shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such
subrogation no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of the Holders
of the Securities by virtue of this Article which otherwise would have been
made to the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be payment by the
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Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that
the provisions of this Article Twelve 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 the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
SECTION 1305. Obligation of the Company Unconditional. Nothing
contained in this Article Twelve or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Securities is intended to or shall impair as between the Company and the
Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, 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 is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors
of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall
anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Twelve
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon
any distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Twelve,
the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the Holders of the
Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court
of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the Trustee or 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, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Twelve.
SECTION 1306. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in
Absence of Notice. The Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge
of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of
monies to or by the Trustee, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or from one
or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee therefor; and, prior
to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee,
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subject to the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled to assume
conclusively that no such facts exist.
SECTION 1307. Application by Trustee of Monies Deposited With It.
Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any deposit of
monies by the Company with the Trustee or any paying agent (whether or not in
trust) for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Securities shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 1301, 1302, 1303
and 1304 except that, if prior to the date on which by the terms of this
Indenture any such monies may become payable for any purpose (including,
without limitation, the payment of either the principal of or interest or
premium, if any, on any Security) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall
not have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in
Section 1306, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to
apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such date.
SECTION 1308. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions
of Company or Holders of Senior Indebtedness. No right of any present or
future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein
provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or
failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in
good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge
thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
SECTION 1309. Securityholders Authorize Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination of Securities. Each Holder of the Securities by his or her
acceptance thereof authorizes and expressly directs the Trustee on his or her
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination provided in this Article Twelve and appoints the Trustee his/her
attorney-in-fact for such purpose, including, in the event of any dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company (whether in
bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for
the benefit of creditors or otherwise) tending towards liquidation of the
business and assets of the Company, the immediate filing of a claim for the
unpaid balance of its or his or her Securities in the form required in said
proceedings and cause said claim to be approved. If the trustee does not file
a proper claim or proof of debt in
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the form required in such proceeding prior to 30 days before the expiration of
the time to file such claim or claims, then the holder or holders of the Senior
Indebtedness are hereby authorized to and have the right to file an appropriate
claim for and on behalf of the holders of said Securities.
SECTION 1310. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness. The
Trustee shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Twelve
in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it to the same extent
as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 613 or
elsewhere in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder.
SECTION 1311. Article Twelve Not to Prevent Events of Default. The
failure to make a payment on account of principal, interest or sinking fund by
reason of any provision of this Article Twelve shall not be construed as
preventing the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 501.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 4.10
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND
_______________________,
Warrant Agent
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
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Providing for the Issuance of
% {Notes/Debentures} Due Purchase Warrants
Dated as of ____________, 1997
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT is entered into as of ,
1997 between Clear Channel Communications Inc., a corporation incorporated
under the laws of Delaware (the "Company") and _____________________, a
________ incorporated under the laws of ____________ (the "Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue ____ Warrants (as
hereinafter defined), each Warrant entitling the registered owner thereof to
purchase ___% {Notes/Debentures} Due ______ (as hereinafter defined) of the
Company at the price and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Company is duly authorized to issue the Warrants as
herein provided; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done and performed to
make the Warrants when duly authenticated by the Agent and issued as in this
Agreement provided legal and valid and binding upon the Company with the
benefits and subject to the terms of this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that for good and
valuable consideration mutually given and received, the receipt and sufficiency
whereof is hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed and declared as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this
Section 1.1 shall for all purposes of this Agreement, have the meanings herein
specified, the following definitions to be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein defined:
AGENT
The term "Agent" shall mean _____________, a _________
incorporated under the laws of ____________ or its
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lawful successors from time to time appointed in accordance with this
Agreement.
AGREEMENT
The term "Agreement" shall mean this Warrant Agreement between
the Company and the Agent, as such agreement is originally executed or as it
may from time to time be supplemented, modified or amended as provided herein.
BUSINESS DAY
The term "Business Day" shall mean any day which is not a
Saturday or Sunday or which in the City of San Antonia, Texas or in the City of
New York or ____________ is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking
institutions are authorized by law or regulation to close.
COMPANY
The term "Company" shall mean Clear Channel Communications, Inc.,
a Texas corporation, until a successor entity shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement and thereafter the term
"Company" shall mean such successor entity.
EVENT OF DEFAULT
The term "Event of Default" shall mean any event specified as
such in Section 6.1 hereof. An Event of Default shall "exist" if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
EXERCISE DATE
The term "Exercise Date" shall mean each date during the Exercise
Period on which {Notes/Debentures} are purchased by a Registered Owner through
the exercise of all or a portion of its Warrants.
EXERCISE FORM
The term "Exercise Form" shall mean the form designated Exercise
Form attached as Annex II to each Warrant.
EXERCISE PERIOD
The term "Exercise Period" shall mean the period commencing at
9:00 A.M. (time) on _____________, 1997 and
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ending at 4:00 P.M. (___________ time) on _____________, _____.
EXERCISE PRICE
The term "Exercise Price" shall have the meaning accorded such
term in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
INDENTURE
The term "Indenture" shall mean that certain Indenture dated as
of ___________, 1997 between the Company and ___________, as trustee, as such
Indenture was originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented, modified or amended in accordance with the terms thereof.
[NOTES/DEBENTURES]
The term "{Notes/Debentures}" means any or all, as the case may
be, of the Company's ___% {Notes/Debentures} Due ___________, authenticated and
delivered as provided in the Indenture.
NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE
The term "Notice of Intent to Exercise" shall have the meaning
accorded thereto in Section 4.1 of this Agreement. The form of Notice of
Intent to Exercise is attached as Annex I to each Warrant.
OUTSTANDING
The term "Outstanding" when used with reference to the Warrants
shall mean, as of the date of determination, all Warrants theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Agreement, except:
(a) Warrants theretofore canceled by the Agent or
delivered to the Agent for cancelation and
(b) Warrants in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Warrants shall have been authenticated and delivered under this
Agreement.
PERSON
The term "Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, a joint venture, an association, a joint stock company, a trust,
an unincorporated
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organization, or a government or any agency, authority or political subdivision
thereof.
REGISTER
The term "Register" shall mean the books for the registration and
transfer of Warrants which books are kept by the Agent pursuant to Section 3.1
hereof.
TIME OF EXPIRY
The term "Time of Expiry" means 4:00 p.m., _________ time, on
____________, 19___.
WARRANTHOLDERS; REGISTERED OWNERS
The term "Warrantholders" or "Registered Owners" means the
persons from time to time who are Registered Owners of the Warrants.
WARRANTHOLDERS' REQUEST
The term "Warrantholders' Request" means an instrument signed in
one or more counterparts by the Warrantholders entitled to purchase in the
aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of
{Notes/Debentures} which could be purchased pursuant to all Warrants then
Outstanding requesting the Agent to take some action or proceeding specified
therein.
WARRANTS
The term "Warrants" means the ___% {Notes/ Debentures} Due 200__
Purchase Warrants issued hereunder pursuant to which Warrantholders have the
right to purchase {Notes/Debentures} on the terms and conditions herein set
forth.
WRITTEN ORDER OF THE COMPANY
The term "Written Order of the Company" and "Written Consent of
the Company" mean, respectively, a written order or consent signed in the name
of the Company by any one of its officers and may consist of one or more
instruments so executed.
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ARTICLE II
ISSUANCE OF WARRANTS
SECTION 2.1. ISSUANCE AND TERMS OF WARRANTS. The issuance of
Warrants entitling the Registered Owners thereof to purchase up to an aggregate
of not more than {U.S. $/Specified Currency}_______ in principal amount of the
{Notes/Debentures} is hereby authorized. The Warrants are hereby designated as
the "{Notes/Debentures} Due Purchase Warrants." The Warrants shall be
delivered by the Company to the Agent to be authenticated by the Agent and
delivered in accordance with the Written Order of the Company. The Warrants
shall be dated , 19__ and shall be issuable in fully registered
form and in denominations that permit the purchase upon exercise of {U.S.
$/Specified Currency}_______ principal amount of {Notes/Debentures} and any
integral multiples thereof.
The Warrants shall be exercisable on any Business Day during the
Exercise Period. Each Warrant in the denomination of {U.S. $/Specified
Currency} shall entitle the Registered Owner thereof to exercise such Warrant
in accordance with and pursuant to the terms thereof for the purchase of a
{Note/Debenture} in the principal amount of {U.S. $/Specified Currency} at par
plus interest accrued thereon from _______________, _______, _____ to but not
including, the Exercise Date (the "Exercise Price").
SECTION 2.2. FORM OF WARRANTS. The Warrants shall be in
substantially the form set out in this Section 2.2, with such additional
provisions, omissions, variations or substitutions as are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Agreement. The Warrants may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the officer executing
such Warrants as evidenced by such officer's execution thereof.
FORM OF WARRANT
Number R-W-___ _____ Warrant(s) Representing Right to Purchase Up
to {U.S. $/Specified Currency} ________ in Aggregate Principal Amount of ___%
{Notes/Debentures} Due .
This Warrant expires at 4:00 p.m. (_______ time) on {________,
_________} and thereafter will be void and of no value. Notice of the holder's
intent to exercise this Warrant must be given to ________________, as Agent not
later than 4:00 P.M. (________ time) {____________, _____}.
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
{NOTE/DEBENTURE} PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, ____________, the
Registered Owner hereof (herein sometimes called the "Warrantholder") is
entitled, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in
the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement") dated as of ___________, ____,
____ between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (the "Company") and
______________, as Agent, (the "Agent"), to purchase at par plus interest
accrued thereon, if any, at any time from 9:00 A.M. (___________ time)
{____________, _____} to 4:00 P.M. (________ time) {________________, _____},
inclusive (each such date being referred to as an "Exercise Date") up to {U.S.
$/Specified Currency} ___________ in aggregate principal amount of ___%
{Notes/Debentures} Due 0000 (the "{Notes/Debentures}") of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. (the "Company"), by providing written notice to the Agent
of the Warrantholder's intention to exercise its right to purchase provided for
herein specifying the number of Warrants which the Warrantholder wishes to
exercise, such notice to be provided in the notice form annexed hereto as Annex
II not earlier than 9:00 A.M. (________ time)on {_________________, ____} and
not later than 4:00 P.M. (___________ time) [____________, ___], and by
surrendering to the Agent at its principal office in _____________, ___________
on any Exercise Date, this Warrant, with the Exercise Form on which this
Warrant is exercised, the {Notes/Debentures} will be delivered as described
below against payment therefor in {U.S. Federal Reserve or other United
States/Specified Currency} funds current and immediately available to the Agent
at the amount designated in the Warrant Agreement, in each case in an amount
equal to the purchase price of the {Notes/Debentures} so purchased pursuant to
the exercise of this Warrant.
This Warrant is one of a duly authorized issue of warrants issued
under the provisions of the Warrant Agreement. Reference is hereby made for
particulars of the rights of the Warrantholders and of the Company in respect
thereof and the terms and conditions upon which the Warrants are issue and
held, all to the sole effect as if the provisions of the Warrant Agreement were
herein set forth, to all of which the Warrantholder by acceptance hereof
assents. The Company will furnish to the Warrantholder, upon written request
and without charge, a copy of the Warrant Agreement. All capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Warrant Agreement.
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The {Notes/Debentures} purchased pursuant to the exercise of this
Warrant will be mailed by certified mail return receipt requested to the person
specified in the Exercise Form annexed hereto at its address specified therein
or, if so specified in the Exercise Form, delivered to such person or its agent
at the principal office of the Agent in ______________ on the Exercise Date.
If {Notes/ Debentures} are purchased in an aggregate principal amount which is
less than the total principal amount of the {Note/Debentures} that can be
purchased pursuant to this Warrant, the Warrantholder hereof will be entitled
to receive without charge a new Warrant in respect of the balance of the
principal amounts of {Notes/Debentures} which the Registered Owner hereof was
entitled to purchase under the surrendered Warrant and which were not then
purchased.
On presentation at the principal office of the Agent in
______________ subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, one or more
Warrants may be exchanged for one or more Warrants entitling the Warrantholder
to purchase an equal aggregate principal amount of {Notes/Debentures} as may be
purchased under the Warrant or Warrants so exchanged. Nothing contained in
this Warrant, the Warrant Agreement or elsewhere shall be construed as
conferring upon the Warrantholder hereof any right or interest whatsoever as an
owner of {Notes/Debentures} or any other right or interest in respect thereof
except as herein and in the Warrant Agreement expressly provided.
This Warrant is registered on the books of the Company and is
transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the Warrant Agreement by
surrender thereof at the principal office of the Agent duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Registered
Owner of this Warrant or its attorney duly authorized in writing all in
accordance with the terms and provisions of the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant and the Warrant Agreement are governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of [New York].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed as of _________________, ___.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Warrants described
in the within-mentioned Warrant Agreement
______________________, as Agent
By
Authorized Officer
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ANNEX I - NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE
TO:
The undersigned Warrantholder of _____ Warrants evidenced by
Warrant Number (The "Warrant") hereby notifies you pursuant to Section 4.1 of
the Warrant Agreement dated as of , (the "Warrant Agreement")
between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (the "Company") and {___________,
the undersigned}, of the undersigned's intention to exercise _______ of such
Warrants on ____________, ____ ) (the "Exercise Date") to purchase {U.S.
$/Specified Currency} ________________ in aggregate principal amount of the
Company's ___% {Notes/Debentures} Due __________________ (the
"{Notes/Debentures}") at par plus interest accrued, if any, from and after
[___________, _____]. The purchase price shall be a total of {U.S. $/Specified
Currency} __________ representing {U.S. $/Specified Currency} _______ in
principal and {U.S. $/Specified Currency} in accrued interest.
The Warrant with the Exercise Form duly completed shall be
delivered to the Agent at its principal office in ________________, ________.
Payment of the purchase price of the {Notes/Debentures} shall be made in {U.S.
Federal Reserve or other United States/Specified Currency funds} immediately
available at the principal office of the Agent on the Exercise Date. The
undersigned shall direct such {Notes/Debentures} be registered and delivered in
the name(s) and the amount(s) set forth opposite the undersigned's name on
Annex II to the Warrant.
DATED this _____ day of ____________, ____.
[NAME OF WARRANTHOLDER]
By
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ANNEX II - EXERCISE FORM
TO:
The undersigned Warrantholder of ______ Warrants evidenced by the
Warrant attached hereto hereby exercises on _____________, ____ (the "Exercise
Date") Warrants to purchase [U.S. $/Specified Currency] _______ in aggregate
principal amount of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.'s ___%
{Notes/Debentures} Due ____________ (the "{Notes/ Debentures}") at par plus
$______ in accrued interest on the {Notes/Debentures} from {_________________,
___}, and agrees to transfer on the Exercise Date in {U.S. $/Specified
Currency} funds immediately available to the Agent (at {account}) such purchase
price of the {Notes/Debentures} all in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Warrant Agreement dated as of ____________, ____ (the "Warrant
Agreement") between Clear Channel Communications, Inc. and
{____________________}, as Agent. The undersigned hereby irrevocably directs
that such {Notes/Debentures} be registered and delivered in accordance with the
directions set forth herein.
The undersigned acknowledges that all taxes or other governmental
charges payable upon the registration and delivery of such {Notes/Debentures}
(other than in connection with each original issue and sale of the
{Notes/Debentures}), including any transfer taxes payable if the
{Notes/Debentures} are to be registered in the name of a person or persons
other than the undersigned Warrantholder, must be paid by the undersigned.
DATED this _________ day of _____________, ___.
{NAME OF WARRANTHOLDER}
By
Please check box if {Notes/Debentures} are to be delivered at the
offices of on the Exercise Date, failing which the
{Notes/Debentures} will be mailed by certified mail return receipt
requested.
Unless the foregoing box is checked, the {Notes/Debentures} shall be delivered
to the Warrantholder at its address set forth in the Register.
SECTION 2.3. WARRANTS MUTILATED, LOST, DESTROYED OR STOLEN
WARRANTS. If (i) any mutilated Warrant is surrendered to the Agent, or the
Company and the Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction,
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loss or theft of any Warrant and (ii) there is delivered to the Company and the
Agent 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 or the Agent that
such Warrant has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall
execute and upon its request the Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Warrant, a new Warrant of the same principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding.
Upon the issuance of any new Warrant under this Section 2.3, 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 connected therewith.
Every new Warrant issued pursuant to this Section 2.3 in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Warrant shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the security and benefits of this Agreement equally and ratably
with all other Outstanding Warrants.
The provisions of this Section 2.3 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 Warrants.
SECTION 2.4. WARRANTHOLDER NOT A REGISTERED OWNER OF THE
{NOTES/DEBENTURES}. The ownership of a Warrant shall not constitute the
Registered Owner thereof an owner of any of the {Notes/Debentures} nor entitle
the Registered Owner to any right or interest in respect thereof except upon
the exercise and surrender of its Warrants and the payment of the purchase
price of the {Notes/Debentures} in accordance with and pursuant to the terms
herein provided.
SECTION 2.5. WARRANTS TO RANK PARI PASSU. All Warrants shall
rank pari passu with each other.
SECTION 2.6. EXECUTION OF WARRANTS. The Warrants shall be
signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by one of its officers. The
signature of the officer executing the Warrants may be manual or facsimile. In
case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrants
(manually or in facsimile) shall cease to be such officer before the Warrants
so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Agent, such
Warrants
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nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered as though the Person who signed
such Warrants had not ceased to be such officer of the Company. Also, any
Warrant may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as on the actual
date of execution of such Warrant shall be the proper officers of the Company,
although at the date of the execution of this Agreement any such Person was not
such officer.
Only such of the Warrants as shall bear thereon a certificate of
authentication in substantially the form set forth in Section 2.2 hereof,
executed by the Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
SECTION 2.7. PURCHASE OF WARRANTS BY THE COMPANY. The Company
may purchase in the market, by private contracts or otherwise all or any
portion of the Warrants on such terms as the Company may determine.
ARTICLE III
EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS; REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER OF WARRANTS; NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS
SECTION 3.1. REGISTER. The Agent, as agent of the Company, shall
maintain, at its principal office in ____________, ____, the Register in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it and the Company may prescribe, it
shall provide for the registration of the Warrants and the transfer of Warrants
as in this Agreement provided. The Register shall be in written form or in any
other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time. The Registered Owners of the Warrants shall present directly to the
Agent all requests for (a) registration of transfer of Warrants, (b) exchange
of Warrants for new Warrants in authorized denominations and (c) replacement of
Warrants in the case of mutilation, destruction, loss or theft.
Upon the Company's request, the Agent shall furnish the Company
with a list of names and addresses of the Registered Owners showing the number
of such Warrants held by each Registered Owner.
SECTION 3.2. EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS. Warrants entitling the
Registered Owner to purchase any specified principal amount of
{Notes/Debentures} may, upon compliance with the reasonable requirements of the
Agent, be exchanged for Warrants entitling the Registered Owner thereof to
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purchase an equal aggregate principal amount of {Notes/ Debentures}.
Warrants may be exchanged only at the principal office of the
Agent in _______________, ___ or at any other place that is designated by the
Company. Any Warrants tendered for exchange shall be surrendered to the Agent
and canceled. The Company shall execute all Warrants necessary to carry out
exchanges as aforesaid and such Warrants shall be authenticated by the Agent.
SECTION 3.3. CHARGES FOR EXCHANGE. For each Warrant exchanged
or transferred, the Agent, except as otherwise herein provided, shall, if
required by the Company, charge a reasonable sum for each new Warrant issued;
and payment of such charges and reimbursement of the Agent or the Company for
any taxes or governmental or other charges required to be paid shall be made by
the party requesting such exchange, as a condition precedent thereto.
SECTION 3.4. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER; RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFERS. No transfer of a Warrant shall be valid unless made at the
principal offices of the Agent in the ____________, __________ or at any other
place that is designated by the Company as an office for registration of
transfer by the Registered Owner or such Registered Owner's executors,
administrators or other legal representatives or attorney duly appointed by an
instrument in writing in form and execution satisfactory to the Agent and upon
compliance with such reasonable requirements as the Agent and the Company may
prescribe. Any Warrants tendered for registration of transfer shall be
surrendered to the Agent.
SECTION 3.5. NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS. Unless herein otherwise
expressly provided, any notice to be given hereunder to Warrantholders shall be
deemed to be validly given if such notice is mailed to the last addresses of
the Warrantholders appearing on the Register. Any notice so given shall be
deemed to have been given on the day on which it has been mailed. In
determining under any provision hereof the date when notice of any meeting or
other event must be given, the date of giving notice shall be included and the
date of the meeting or other event shall be excluded.
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ARTICLE IV
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
SECTION 4.1. METHOD OF EXERCISE OF WARRANTS. The Registered
Owner of any Warrant may exercise the right thereby to purchase
{Notes/Debentures} by surrendering to the Agent on any Business Day during the
Exercise Period at the principal office of the Agent ___________, ___________,
or at any other place or places that may be designated by the Company:
(a) at least 3 Business Days prior to the exercise of its
Warrants, a completed and executed Notice of Intent to Exercise
in the form thereof set forth in Annex I to each Warrant (a
"Notice of Intent to Exercise");
(b) on the Exercise Date, a duly completed and executed
Exercise Form in the form thereof set forth in Annex II to each
Warrant;
(c) on the Exercise Date, its Warrant or Warrants which it
is exercising; and
(d) on the Exercise Date, the Exercise Price in funds
immediately available to the Company.
The items described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be
deemed received when an actual copy or a facsimile thereof is received by the
Agent. Each Warrant shall be deemed to be surrendered only upon personal
delivery thereof to or, if sent by mail or other means of transmission, upon
receipt thereof by, the Agent at the office specified in this Section 4.1.
Each Warrant shall be deemed exercised as of the first Business Day on which
all of the foregoing conditions are satisfied with respect to such Warrant.
The first day on which the Warrants may be exercised is ________________,
____________, ___. The Company acknowledges that the Registered Owners of the
Warrants are not required under any circumstances to take any other actions in
order to exercise their Warrants.
SECTION 4.2. EFFECT OF EXERCISE OF WARRANTS. Upon surrender and
payment of the Exercise Price by the Registered Owner of any Warrant in
accordance with Section 4.1, the {Notes/Debentures} so purchased shall be
deemed to have been issued and the person or persons to whom such
{Notes/Debentures} are to be issued shall be deemed to have become the
Registered Owner or owners of such {Notes/ Debentures} on the {Exercise Date}.
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After the due exercise of a Warrant as aforesaid, the Company
shall forthwith cause to be delivered to the person to whom the
{Notes/Debentures} so purchased are to be issued at the address specified in
such form or, if so specified in such purchase form, cause to be delivered to
such person at the office where such Warrant was surrendered, a
{Note/Debenture} or {Notes/Debentures} in the form or forms and in the
denominations requested and for the appropriate principal amount of
{Notes/Debentures} not exceeding the principal amount which the Warrantholder
is entitled to purchase pursuant to the Warrant surrendered.
SECTION 4.3. PARTIAL EXERCISE OF WARRANTS. Subject to the
issuance of {Notes/Debentures} in authorized denominations only, the Registered
Owner of any Warrant may purchase (Notes/Debentures} in a principal amount less
than that which such Registered Owner is entitled to purchase pursuant to the
surrendered Warrant. In the event of any purchase of a principal amount of
{Notes/Debentures} less than the principal amount which can be purchased
pursuant to a Warrant, the Registered Owner thereof upon exercise thereof prior
to the Time of Expiry shall, in addition, be entitled to receive forthwith a
new Warrant in respect of the balance of the principal amount of
{Notes/Debentures} which such Registered Owner was entitled to purchase
pursuant to the surrendered Warrant and which were not then exercised. The
Company shall not be responsible for any taxes which may be payable in
connection with the issuance of such new Warrant.
SECTION 4.4. EXPIRATION OF WARRANTS. After the Time of Expiry,
all rights under any Warrant in respect of which the right of purchase herein
and therein provided for shall not theretofore have been exercised pursuant to
Section 4.1 shall cease and terminate and such Warrant shall become void and of
no effect and all rights of the Registered Owner thereof under this Warrant
Agreement shall cease and terminate as of such termination; provided that such
Registered Owner's rights under this Warrant Agreement with respect to actions
occurring prior to such termination shall remain in full force. After the Time
of Expiry, each Registered Owner of any Warrants shall return any unexercised
Warrants to the Agent for cancelation in accordance with Section 4.5 of this
Agreement.
SECTION 4.5. CANCELATION OF SURRENDERED WARRANTS. All Warrants
surrendered to the Agent pursuant to Sections 2.3, 3.2, 3.4 or 4.1 shall
forthwith be canceled by the Agent. All Warrants canceled or required to be
canceled under this or any other provision of this Agreement may be destroyed
by or under the direction of the Agent and the
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Agent shall furnish the Company with a destruction certificate identifying the
Warrants so destroyed and the principal amount of {Notes/Debentures} which
could have been purchased pursuant to each.
SECTION 4.6. ACCOUNTING AND RECORDING. The Agent shall
forthwith account and remit to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised
and immediately forward to the Company (or into an account or accounts of the
Company with the bank or trust company designated by the Company for that
purpose) all monies received by the Agent on the purchase of {Notes/Debentures}
through the exercise of Warrants. All such monies, and any {Notes/Debentures}
or other instruments, from time to time received by the Agent shall be received
in trust for, and shall be segregated and kept apart by the Agent in trust for,
the Company.
The Agent shall record the particulars of the Warrants exercised
which shall include the names and addresses of the persons who become
Registered Owners of {Notes/Debentures} on exercise, the Exercise Date, the
Exercise Price and the number of {Notes/Debentures} reserved for that purpose
by the Company. The Agent shall provide such particulars in writing to the
Company.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.1. ISSUANCE OF {NOTES/DEBENTURES}. The Company
covenants that so long as any Warrants remain Outstanding it will cause the
{Notes/Debentures} from time to time paid for pursuant to the Warrants in the
manner herein provided to be duly issued and delivered in accordance with the
Warrants and the terms hereof.
SECTION 5.2. CORPORATE EXISTENCE OF THE COMPANY; CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, SALE OR TRANSFER. The Company covenants that so long as any of the
Warrants are Outstanding, it will maintain its existence, will not dissolve,
sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and will
not consolidate with or merge into another entity or permit one or more other
entities to consolidate with or merge into it; provided that the Company may,
without violating the covenants in this Section 5.2 contained, consolidate with
or merge into another entity or permit one or more other entities to
consolidate with or merge into it, or sell or otherwise transfer to another
entity all or substantially all of its assets as an entirety and thereafter
dissolve, if the surviving , resulting or transferee entity, as the case may
be, (i) shall be formed
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and existing under the laws of one of the States of the United States of
America, (ii) assumes, if such entity is not the Company, all of the
obligations of the Company hereunder and (iii) is not, after such transaction,
otherwise in default under any provisions hereof.
SECTION 5.3. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICES OR AGENCIES FOR TRANSFER,
REGISTRATION, EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS. So long as any of the Warrants shall
remain Outstanding, the Company covenants that it will maintain an office or
agency in , where the Warrants may be presented for
registration, exchange and transfer as in this Agreement provided, and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Warrants or of
this Agreement may be served, and where the Warrants may be presented for
exchange for {Notes/Debentures} as provided herein.
SECTION 5.4. APPOINTMENT TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF
AGENT. The Company, whenever necessary to void or fill a vacancy in the office
of Agent, covenants that it will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 9.4
hereof, an Agent, so that there shall at all times be a Agent with respect to
the Outstanding Warrants.
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The term "Event of Default"
whenever used herein with respect to any Warrant shall mean any one of the
following events:
(a) Failure by the Company to deliver the
{Notes/Debentures} in exchange for the Warrants in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or
(b) failure on the part of the Company to observe or
perform in any material respect any of the covenants or
agreements on its part in the Warrants or in this Agreement
specifically contained for the benefit of the Warrantholders, for
a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company by the Agent, or to the Company
and the Agent by the Registered Owners of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Warrants at the time Outstanding under
this Agreement a written notice specifying such failure and
stating that such is a "Notice of Default" hereunder.
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SECTION 6.2. SUITS BY WARRANTHOLDERS. All or any of the rights
conferred upon the Registered Owner of any Warrant by the terms of such Warrant
and/or this Agreement may be enforced by the Registered Owner of such Warrants
by appropriate legal proceedings but without prejudice to the right which is
hereby conferred upon the Agent to proceed in its own name to enforce each and
all of the provisions herein contained for the benefit of the Registered Owners
of the Warrants from time to time Outstanding.
SECTION 6.3. REMEDIES NOT WAIVED; ENFORCEMENT EXPENSE. No delay
or failure on the part of the Registered Owners of Warrants or the Agent to
exercise any right shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise
prejudice such Registered Owner's or Agent's, as the case may be, rights,
powers and remedies. The Company agrees to pay all costs, expenses and fees,
including all reasonable attorneys' fees, which may be incurred by a Registered
Owner in enforcing or attempting to enforce its rights thereunder and hereunder
following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default
hereunder, whether the same shall be enforced by suit or otherwise.
SECTION 6.3. INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
OF COMPANY AND EXEMPT FORM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement of this Agreement, or of any Warrant, 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, either directly or though 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
Agreement and the Warrants issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations,
and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be
incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors, as such,
of the Company because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized,
or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in
this Agreement or in any of the Warrants or implied therefrom; and that any and
all such personal liability of every name and nature, 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 obligations hereby authorized, or under or
by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement or in any of the Warrants or implied thereform are hereby expressly
waived and released
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as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Agreement
and the issuance of such Warrants.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS; MEETING OF WARRANTHOLDERS
SECTION 7.1. AMENDMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT OF REGISTERED OWNERS OF
WARRANTS. This Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Warrants may be
amended by the Company and the Agent, without the consent of any Registered
Owner of Warrants for any of the following purposes:
(a) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit
of the Registered Owners of Warrants,
(b) to surrender any right or power conferred upon the
Company,
(c) to cure any ambiguity or correcting or supplementing
any provision contained herein or in the Warrants which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions contained
herein or in the Warrants,
(d) if deemed appropriate by the Company or required by
law, to evidence the permitted succession of another corporation
to the Company and the assumption by such successor of the
covenants and obligations of the Company herein and in the
Warrants or
(e) to make such other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising under this Agreement or the Warrants which
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Registered Owners
of the Warrants in any material respect.
SECTION 7.2. AMENDMENTS WITH CONSENT OF REGISTERED OWNERS OF
WARRANTS. This Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Warrants and the
covenants contained in either may also be modified or amended by the Company
and the Agent and past defaults thereunder or future compliance therewith by
the Company may be waived either with the written consent of the Registered
Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
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the {Notes/Debentures} at the time outstanding, or by the adoption, at a
meeting duly convened and held in accordance with the provisions of Section
8.04 at which the Registered Owners of at least 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of the {Notes/Debentures} at the time outstanding are present or
represented, of a resolution by the Registered Owners of not less than 75% in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants present or represented
at the meeting; provided that no such modification, amendment or waiver may,
without the consent or affirmative vote of the Registered Owner of each Warrant
affected thereby:
(a) Waive a default in the failure to deliver
{Notes/Debentures} in exchange for Warrants pursuant to Section
4.1 hereof or change the Exercise Dates or the Expiry Date with
respect to any Warrant, or change the coin or currency in which
any Warrant is exercisable for {Notes/Debentures} or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any rights of any
Registered Owner of a Warrant or
(b) Reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Warrants, the consent of which Registered Owners is
required for any modification or amendment to this Agreement or
to the terms and conditions of or covenants contained in this
Agreement or in the Warrants or for any waiver of compliance
therewith or
(c) modify any of the provisions of this Section 7.2
except to provide that certain other provisions of this Agreement
or the terms and conditions of the Warrants cannot be modified,
amended or waived without the consent of the Registered Owner of
each Outstanding Warrant affected thereby.
It shall not be necessary for the Registered Owners of Warrants to approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if they
approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 7.3. BINDING NATURE OF AMENDMENTS; NOTICE. Any
modifications, amendments or waivers to this Agreement or to the terms and
conditions of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions hereof will be
conclusive and binding on all Registered Owners of Warrants, whether or not
they have given such consent, whether or not notation of such modifications,
amendments or waivers is made upon the Warrants, and on all future Registered
Owners of Warrants.
Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement
or the implementation of any modification or amendment of the terms and
conditions of the Warrants,
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notice of such amendment or modification shall be given by the Company or by
the Agent, on behalf of and at the instruction of the Company, to the
Registered Owners by mail at such owner's address as it appears on the
Register. The failure to give such notice on a timely basis shall not
invalidate such amendment or modification, but such notice shall be given as
soon as practicable upon discovering such failure or upon any impediment to the
giving of such notice being overcome.
ARTICLE VIII
MEETINGS
SECTION 8.1. MEETINGS OF REGISTERED OWNERS OF WARRANTS. A
meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants may be called at any time and from
time to time to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement
or the Warrants to be made, given or taken by Registered Owners of Warrants.
The Agent may at any time call a meeting of Registered Owners of
Warrants for any purpose specified herein to be held at such time and at such
place in ______ or __________ as the Agent shall determine. Notice of every
meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants, 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, by mail to each registered Owner at its address as it
appears on the Register, not less than 21 nor more than {45} days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting. In case at any time the Company or the Registered
Owners of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Warrants shall have requested the Agent to call a meeting of the Registered
Owners of Warrants for any purpose, by written request setting forth in
reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Agent
shall not have mailed notice of such meeting within 14 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 Registered Owners of Warrants in the
amount previously specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in _______ or for such meeting and may call such meeting for such
purposes by giving notice thereof as provided herein.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Registered Owners of
Warrants, a Person shall be a registered Owner of Outstanding Warrants. The
Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of
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the Outstanding Warrants 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 the Registered Owners of Warrants, be
dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not
less than 5 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 5 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the
adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in this Section 8.1 with respect
to an original meeting, except that such notice need be given only once not
less than 3 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 of the principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants
which shall constitute a quorum.
Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting
adjourned for a lack of a quorum the persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants shall constitute a quorum for the
taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting. Any
meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants at which a quorum is present may be
adjourned from time to time by a vote as hereinafter provided in this Section
8.1, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. At a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is
present as aforesaid, any resolution and all matters shall be effectively
passed or decided if passed or decided by persons entitled to vote the lesser
of (a) a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Warrants or (b)
75% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Warrants represented and
voting at such meeting.
The Agent may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem
advisable for any meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants in regard to proof
of the holding of Warrants and such other matters concerning the conduct of the
meeting as it shall deem appropriate. The Agent shall, by an instrument in
writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall
have been called by the Company or Registered Owners of Warrants as provided
herein, in which case the Company or the Registered Owners calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A
permanent chairman and permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by
note of the persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate
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principal amount of the Outstanding Warrants represented at the meeting. The
chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of
Warrants.
SECTION 8.2. RECORD OF MEETINGS. A record, at least in
triplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Registered Owners of Warrants
shall be prepared, and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and the
Agent. The copy delivered to the Agent shall be preserved by the Agent and,
upon reasonable notice, made available to any Registered Owners of Outstanding
Warrants.
ARTICLE IX
CONCERNING THE AGENT
SECTION 9.1. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT. The Company hereby appoints,
at present having its principal office in {__________ at _____________,
________, __________} as the Agent in respect of the Warrants, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
SECTION 9.2. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY AGENT; LIMITATIONS OF
DUTIES OF AGENT. The Agent accepts its obligations set forth herein and in the
Warrants upon the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, including the
following, to all of which the Company agrees and to all of which the rights
hereunder of the Registered Owners from time to time of the Warrants shall be
subject:
(a) The Agent shall be entitled to the compensation
agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by it, and
the Company agrees promptly to pay such compensation and to
reimburse the Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
(including, without limitation, the reasonable compensation of
its counsel) incurred by it in connection with the services
rendered by it hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify
the Agent 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 its acting as such
Agent hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
against any claim of liability.
(b) In acting under this Agreement and in connection with
the Warrants, the Agent is acting solely as the agent of the
Company and does not assume any obligations or relationship of
agency
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or trust for or with any of the Registered Owners of the
Warrants.
(c) The Agent may consult with one or more counsel (who
may also be counsel to the Company), and, in the absence of bad
faith, the written opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in the good faith
reliance thereon.
(d) The Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
liability for or in respect of any action taken, omitted or
suffered by it in the good faith reliance upon any Warrant,
notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or
other paper or document signed by the Company reasonably believed
by the Agent to be genuine and to have been signed by the proper
persons.
(e) The Agent and its officers, directors and employees
may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any
Warrants, with the same rights that it or they would have if it
were not the Agent hereunder, may engage or be interested in any
financial or other transaction with the Company and may act on,
or as depository, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of
Registered Owners of the Warrants or holders of other obligations
of the Company as freely as if it were not the Agent hereunder.
(f) The recitals contained herein and in the Warrants
(except in the Agent's certificates of authentication) shall be
taken as the statements of the Company, and the Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Agent makes no
representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Agreement or the Warrants, provided that the Agent shall not be
relieved of its duty to authenticate Warrants as authorized by
this Agreement. The Agent shall not be accountable for the use
or application by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrants.
(g) The Agent shall be obligated to perform such duties
and only such duties as are herein and in the Warrants
specifically set forth and no implied duties or obligations shall
be read into this Agreement or the Warrants against the Agent.
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(h) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to
relieve the Agent from liability for its own negligent action,
its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct
or that of its officers or employees.
(i) The Agent shall be under no liability for interest on
any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
with the Company.
SECTION 9.3. AGENT REQUIRED. The Company agrees that, until all
Warrants (i) shall have been delivered to the Agent for cancellation or (ii)
have become null and void because of the passage of the Expiry Date, there
shall at all times be a Agent hereunder which shall be a corporation doing
business in the United States and which alone or with its affiliates has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $[___,000,000].
SECTION 9.4. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF AGENT; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR. The Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice (in
accordance with Section 10.1 hereof) to the Company of such intention on its
part, specifying the date on which its desired resignation shall become
effective; provided, however, that such date shall never be less than {90} days
after the receipt of such notice by the Company unless the Company agrees to
accept less notice. Upon receipt of such notice of resignation, the Company
shall promptly act to appoint a successor Agent. The Agent may be removed at
any time by the Company by delivering written notice thereof specifying such
removal and the date when it is intended to become effective. Any resignation
or removal of the Agent shall take effect upon the date of the appointment by
the Company as hereinafter provided of a successor and the acceptance of such
appointment by such successor.
In case at any time the Agent shall resign, or shall be removed,
or shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged as bankrupt or
insolvent, or if a receiver of its or of its property shall be appointed, or if
any public officer shall take charge or control of its or of its property or
affairs, for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a
successor agent, eligible as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the Company.
Upon the appointment as aforesaid of a successor agent and acceptance by it of
such appointment, the Agent so superseded shall cease to be the Agent
hereunder. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company
and shall have accepted appointment as hereinafter provided, then the
Registered Owners of a majority in aggregate principal
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amount of the Outstanding Warrants, on such Holders' behalf and on behalf of
all others similarly situated may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Agent.
Any successor Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Agent,
without any further act deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
authority, rights, powers, immunities, duties and obligations of such
predecessor with like effect as if originally named as such Agent hereunder,
and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements then
unpaid, shall simultaneously therewith become obligated to transfer, deliver
and pay over, and such successor Agent shall be entitled to receive, all
moneys, {Notes/Debentures} or other property on deposit with or held by such
predecessor, as such Agent hereunder. The Company or, at the discretion of the
Company, the successor Agent, will give prompt written notice by U.S. Mail to
each Registered Owner of the Warrants at such owner's address as it appears on
the Register of the appointment of a successor Agent. Failure to give such
notice or any defect therein shall not affect the appoint of a successor Agent.
SECTION 9.5. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS OF AGENT. Any corporation into which the 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 the Agent shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the assets and
business of the Agent, shall be the successor to the Agent hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Article VII, without
the execution or filing of any document or any further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto.
In case any Warrants shall have been authenticated, but not
delivered, by the Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Agent may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Warrants so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Agent had itself authenticated such Warrants.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. NOTICES. All notices or demands hereunder upon
the Company or the Agent may be electronically communicated or hand delivered
or sent by overnight courier, addressed to any party hereto as provided in this
Section 10.1.
All communications intended for the Company shall be sent to:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
San Antonio, TX
Attention: {Chief Financial Officer}
Fax Number: (210) 822-2299
All communications intended for the Agent shall be sent to:
Agent-Name
Attention:
Fax Number:
or at any other address of which either of the foregoing shall have notified
the other in any manner prescribed in this Section 10.01.
For all purposes of this Agreement, a notice or communication
will be deemed effective:
(a) if delivered by hand or sent by overnight courier, on the day
it is delivered unless (i) that day is not a day on which commercial
banks are open for business (a "Local Business Day") in the city
specified in the address for notice provided by the recipient or (ii) if
delivered after the close of business on a Local Business Day, then on
the next succeeding Local Business Day or
(b) if sent by facsimile transmission, on the date transmitted,
provided that oral or written confirmation of receipt is obtained by the
sender unless the date of transmission and confirmation is not a Local
Business Day, in which case, on the next succeeding Local Business Day.
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Any notice, direction, request, demand, consent or waiver by the Company or any
Registered Owner to or upon the Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
given, made or filed, for all purposes, if given, made or filed in writing with
the Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1.
SECTION 10.2. DAY NOT A BUSINESS DAY. If any date on which a
payment is to be made, notice given or other action taken hereunder is not a
Business Day, then such payments, notice or other action shall be made, given
or taken on the next succeeding business day in such place, and in the case of
any payment, no interest shall accrue for the delay.
SECTION 10.3. CURRENCY. All amounts herein are expressed in
{United States Dollars/Specified Currency}.
SECTION 10.4. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and the Warrants
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of {New York}.
SECTION 10.5. LIMITATION OF RIGHTS TO PARTIES AND REGISTERED
OWNERS OF WARRANTS. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Warrants expressed or
implied is intended or shall be construed to give to any Person other than the
Company, the Agent and the Registered Owners of the Warrants any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any
covenant, condition or provision herein or in the Warrants. All such
covenants, conditions and provisions are and shall be held to be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Agent and the Registered Owners of
the Warrants.
SECTION 10.6. SEPARABILITY OF INVALID PROVISIONS. In case any
one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in the Warrants
shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any
other provision of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if
such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein.
SECTION 10.7. NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS. A failure or delay in
exercising any right, power or privilege in respect of this Warrant Agreement
will not be presumed to operate as a waiver, and a single or partial exercise
of any right, power or privilege will not be presumed to preclude any
subsequent or further exercise of that right, power or privilege or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
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SECTION 10.8. EXECUTION IN SEVERAL COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original; but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 10.9. ARTICLE AND SECTION HEADINGS. The headings or
titles of the several Articles and Sections hereof and any table of contents
appended to copies hereof shall be solely for convenience of reference and
shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.10. SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS. All the covenants and
agreements in this Agreement contained by or on behalf of the Company or the
Agent shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
AGENT NAME, as Agent
By
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
STANDARD STOCK WARRANT
AGREEMENT PROVISIONS
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ARTICLE 1 Issuance, Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.1 Issuance of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.2 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION 1.3 Registration and Countersignature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ARTICLE 2 Warrant Price, Duration and Exercise of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.1 Warrant Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.2 Duration of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION 2.3 Exercise of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
ARTICLE 3 Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 3.1 No Rights as Securityholders Conferred by Warrant Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 3.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 3.3 Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 3.4 Call of Warrants by the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 3.5 Optional Reduction of Warrant Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 3.6 Reservation of Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 3.7 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals and Stock Exchange Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 3.8 Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares Purchasable or Number of Warrants . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 3.9 Fractional Warrants and Fractional Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 3.10 Notices to Warrantholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE 4 Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 4.1 Exchange and Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 4.2 Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 4.3 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE 5 Concerning the Warrant Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.1 Warrant Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.2 Conditions of Warrant Agent's Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.3 Resignation and Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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ARTICLE 6 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 6.1 Supplements and Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 6.2 Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 6.3 Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 6.4 Delivery of Prospectus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 6.5 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 6.6 Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 6.7 Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 6.8 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 6.9 Inspection of Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 6.10 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 6.11 Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 6.12 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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From time to time, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation (the "Company"), may enter into one or more warrant agreements that
provide for the issuance and sale of warrants ("Warrants") to purchase shares
of the Company's (Common Stock, $0.01 par value) (Preferred Stock, $0.01 par
value) (collectively "Shares"). The standard provisions set forth herein may
be included or incorporated by reference in any such warrant agreement (a
"Warrant Agreement"). The Warrant Agreement, including the provisions
incorporated therein by reference, is herein referred to as this "Agreement."
The person named as the "Warrant Agent" in the first paragraph of the Warrant
Agreement is herein referred to as the "Warrant Agent." Unless otherwise
defined in this Agreement or in the Warrant Agreement, as the case may be,
terms defined in the Warrant Agreement are used herein as therein defined and
terms defined herein are used in the Warrant Agreement as herein defined.
ARTICLE 1
Issuance, Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates
1.1 Issuance of Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant
Certificate shall evidence one or more Warrants. Each Warrant evidenced
thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein
and therein, to purchase such numbers of Shares as are set forth in the Warrant
Agreement. The number of Warrants which may be issued and delivered under this
Agreement is unlimited.
There shall be established in or pursuant to a resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof
or established in one or more warrant agreements supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of any Warrants: the designation of such Warrants; if the
Warrants are issued together as a unit with any other securities of the
Company, the date after which the Warrants shall be freely tradable separately
from such other securities (the "Distribution Date"); if the Company may at its
option or under circumstances described therein provide for an earlier
Distribution Date; the expiration date, pursuant to Section 2.2; the exercise
price and any form of consideration other than lawful money of the United
States of America by which the exercise price may be paid pursuant to Section
2.1; the Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms pursuant to Section 3.4; the
limitations, if any, upon the Reduced Warrant Price and the Reduced Warrant
Price Period, pursuant to Section 3.5; the circumstances, if any, under which
the Exercise Price and the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of
each Warrant and the number
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of Warrants outstanding are subject to adjustment and the manner of making any
such adjustment.
1.2 Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates. Each
Warrant Certificate, whenever issued, shall be in registered form substantially
in such form or forms as shall be established by the Company from time to time
pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or
in one or more warrant agreements supplemental hereto, and in each case shall
be dated as of the date of issuance thereof, and may have such letters, numbers
or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the officers of the
Company executing the Warrant Certificate may approve (execution thereof to be
conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with (i) any law
or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or (ii) any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrant Certificates may be
listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, a Vice President or its
Treasurer and attested by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, under its
corporate seal. Such signatures may be manual or facsimile signatures of such
authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant
Certificates. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile
thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Warrant Certificates.
No Warrant Certificate shall be valid for any purpose, and no
Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable, until such Warrant Certificate
has been countersigned by the manual signature of the Warrant Agent. Such
signature by the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Warrant Certificate so
countersigned has been duly delivered hereunder.
If any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Warrant Certificates either manually or by facsimile signature shall cease to
be such officer before the Warrant Certificates so signed shall have been
countersigned and delivered to the Warrant Agent, such Warrant Certificates
nevertheless may be countersigned and delivered as though the person who signed
such Warrant Certificates had not cease to be such officer of the Company. Any
Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of
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the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such
Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at
the date of the execution of this Agreement any such persons was not an
officer.
1.3 Registration and Countersignature. The Warrant Agent
shall, upon receipt of Warrant Certificates, duly executed on behalf of the
Company, countersign the Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants to purchase
the number of Shares set forth in the Warrant Agreement and shall deliver such
Warrant Certificates to the appropriate person or entity upon the order of the
Company. After the original issuance of the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant
Agent shall countersign a Warrant Certificate only if the Warrant Certificate
is issued in exchange or substitution for, or in connection with the
registration of transfer of, one or more previously countersigned Warrant
Certificates, as hereinafter provided. The Warrant Certificates shall not be
valid for any purpose unless so countersigned.
The Warrant Agent's countersignature on all
Warrants shall be in substantially the following form:
[NAME OF WARRANT AGENT],
as Warrant Agent
By______________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE 2
Warrant Price, Duration and
Exercise of Warrant Certificates
2.1 Warrant Price. The exercise price of each Warrant
and any other form of consideration other than lawful money of the United
States of America by which the exercise price may be paid shall be as set forth
in the Warrant Agreement. The purchase price (including moneys and such other
consideration) of the Shares upon exercise of the Warrants is referred to in
this Agreement as the "Warrant Price" and is payable in full at the time of
exercise.
2.2 Duration of Warrant Certificates. Warrant
Certificates may be exercised in whole at any time, and in part from time to
time, during the period set forth in the Warrant Agent (the "Expiration Date").
Each Warrant Certificate not exercised on or before the close of business
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on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights of the holder
thereunder and under this Agreement shall cease.
2.3 Exercise of Warrant Certificates.
(a) Prior to the Expiration Date, a Warrant Certificate,
if countersigned by the Warrant Agent, may be exercised in whole or in part by
providing certain information set forth on the reverse side of the Warrant
Certificate and, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.1, by paying
in full (in cash or by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing
House funds or by bank wire transfer in immediately available funds), in United
States dollars, the Warrant Price for the Shares as to which the Warrant
Certificate is exercised, to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office at
the address set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The payment must specify the
name of the holder and the number of Warrants exercised by such holder.
Warrants will be deemed to have been exercised upon receipt by the Warrant
Agent of the Warrant Price and the Warrant Certificate properly completed and
duly executed by the registered holder or holders thereof or by the duly
appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such
signature to be guaranteed (under the Medallion Program) by a bank or trust
company, by a broker or dealer which is a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") or by a member of a national securities
exchange. If the Warrant Agent receives moneys in payment of the Warrant
Price, the Warrant Agent shall deposit all funds received by it in the account
of the Company maintained with it for such purpose. If the Warrant Agent
receives consideration other than moneys for purpose. If the Warrant Agent
receives consideration other than moneys for Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall
deliver such consideration directly to the Company. In either case, the
Warrant Agent shall advise the Company by telex or telecopy at the end of each
day as to the Warrant Certificates that have been exercised and the amount of
moneys deposited to its account or the type and amount of other consideration
to be delivered to it.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, as
promptly as practicable, advise the Company of (i) the number of Warrants
exercised, (ii) the instructions of each holder of the Warrant Certificates
evidencing such Warrants with respect to delivery of the Shares to which such
holder is entitled upon such exercise, (iii) delivery of Warrant Certificates
evidencing the balance, if any, of the Warrants remaining after such exercise
and (iv) such other information as the Company shall reasonably require.
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(c) As soon as practicable after receipt of payment of
the Warrant Price and the Warrant Certificate properly completed and duly
executed at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, the Company shall
issue or deliver, upon the order of the holder of such Warrant Certificate, the
Shares in authorized denominations to which such holder is entitled, in fully
registered form in such name or names as maybe directed by such holder, and if
such Warrant Certificate was not exercised in full, upon request of the holder
a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants remaining
unexercised shall be issued if sufficient time remains prior to the Expiration
Date.
(d) The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes
attributable to the initial issuance of Warrants and of Shares upon the
exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required
to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue of any Warrant Certificates or any certificates for
Shares in a name other than the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate
surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company shall not be
required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or
persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the
amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company
that such tax has been paid.
ARTICLE 3
Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders
of Warrant Certificates
3.1 No Rights as Securityholders Conferred by Warrant
Certificates. No Warrant Certificate shall entitle the holder thereof to any
of the rights of a stockholder of the Company, including the right to receive
the payment of dividends on or vote the Shares.
3.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated or Destroyed Warrant
Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to them of the ownership and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of the Warrant Certificate, and of indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to them, and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender
thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice
to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and an authorized
officer of the Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of the
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lost, stolen or destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant
Certificate of the same tenor and for a like number of Warrants. Upon the
issuance of any new Warrant Certificate 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 expense (including
the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent) in connection therewith. Every
substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section
in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall constitute
an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement equally and
proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and
delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies with
respect to the replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificates.
3.3 Holder of Warrant Certificate May Enforce Rights.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any holder of any
Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent, the holder of
any Shares or the holder of any other Warrant Certificate, may, in his or her
own behalf and for his or her own benefit, enforce, and may institute and
maintain any audit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce or
otherwise in respect of, his right to exercise his or her Warrant Certificate
in the manner provided in his or her Warrant Certificate and in his or her
Agreement.
3.4 Call of Warrants by the Company. If so provided in
the Warrant Agreement, the Company shall have the right to call and repurchase
any or all Warrants at the price (the "Call Price") and on or after the date
(the "Call Date") and upon the terms (the "Call Terms") as shall be established
from time to time in or pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the Company or in the Warrant Agreement before the issuance of such Warrants.
Notice of such Call Price, Call Date and Call Terms shall be given to
registered holders of Warrants in writing by the Company or the Warrant Agent.
3.5 Optional Reduction of Warrant Price. Subject to the
limits, if any, established from time to time by the Board of Directors of the
Company or in the Warrant Agreement, the Company shall have the right, at any
time or from time to time, voluntarily to reduce the then current
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Warrant Price to such amount (the "Reduced Warrant Price") and for such period
or periods of time, which may be through the close of business on the
Expiration Date (the "Reduced Warrant Price Period"), as may be deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company. Notice of any such
Reduced Warrant Price and Reduced Warrant Price Period shall be given to
registered holders of Warrants in writing by the Company or the Warrant Agent.
After the termination of the Reduced Warrant Price Period, the Warrant Price
shall be such Warrant Price that would have been in effect had there been no
reduction in the Warrant Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.5.
3.6 Reservation of Shares. For the purpose of enabling
it to satisfy any obligation to issue Shares upon exercise of Warrants, the
Company will at all times through the close of business on the Expiration Date,
reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights and out of its
aggregate authorized but unissued or treasury shares of [Common/Preferred
Stock], the number of Shares deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding
Warrants, and the transfer agent for the shares is hereby irrevocably
authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized and
unissued or treasury shares of [Common/Preferred Stock] as shall be required
for such purpose. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with
such transfer agent and with every transfer agent for any shares of the
Company's capital stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants. The Warrant
Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition from time to time from
such transfer agent stock certificates issuable upon exercise of outstanding
Warrants, and the Company will supply such transfer agent with duly executed
stock certificates for such purpose.
Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment
pursuant to Section 3.7 reducing the Exercise Price below the then par value
(if any) of the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company will
take any corporate action that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary
in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable Shares at the Exercise Price as so adjusted.
The Company covenants that all Shares issued upon exercise of
the Warrants will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, be fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens,
charges and security interests created by or imposed upon the Company with
respect to the issuance and holding thereof.
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3.7 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals and Stock
Exchange Listings. So long as any Warrants remain outstanding, the Company
will take all necessary steps (a) to obtain and keep effective any and all
permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies and authorities and to
make filings under federal and state securities acts and laws, which may be or
become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer and delivery
of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants and the issuance,
sale, transfer and delivery of the Shares issued upon excise of Warrants, and
(b) to have the shares of Stock immediately upon their issuance upon exercise
of Warrants, (i) listed on each national securities exchange on which the
(Common/Preferred Stock) is then listed or (ii) if the (Common/Preferred Stock)
is not then listed on any national securities exchange, listed for quotation on
the NASD Automated Quotations System ("Nasdaq") National Market ("Nasdaq
National Market") or such other over-the-counter quotation system on which the
Stock may then be listed.
3.8 Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares
Purchasable or Number of Warrants. The Exercise Price, the number of Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant and the number of Warrants
outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of
the events enumerated in this Section 3.8.
(a) If the Company shall (i) pay a dividend on its
capital stock (including [Common/Preferred Stock]) in shares of Stock, (ii)
subdivide its outstanding shares of [Common/Preferred Stock], (iii) combine its
outstanding shares of [Common/Preferred Stock] into smaller number of shares of
[Common/Preferred Stock] or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the [Common/Preferred Stock] (including any such
reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the continuing corporation), the number of Shares purchasable upon
exercise of each Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that
the holder of each Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of
Shares or other securities of the Company which such holder would have owned or
have been entitled to receive after the happening of any of the events
described above, had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the
happening of such event or any record date with respect thereto. An adjustment
made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective immediately after
the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for
such event.
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(b) In the event of any capital reorganization or any
reclassification of the {Common/Preferred Stock} (except as provided in
paragraph (a) above or paragraph (h) below), any holder of Warrants upon
exercise thereof shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the {Common/Preferred
Stock} to which he would have become entitled upon exercise immediately prior
to such reorganization or reclassification, the shares (of any class or
classes) or other securities or property of the Company that he or she would
have been entitled to receive at the same aggregate Exercise Price upon such
reorganization or reclassification if his or her Warrants had been exercised
immediately prior thereto; and in any such case, appropriate provision (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose
determination shall be conclusive and shall be evidenced by a resolution filed
with the Warrant Agent) shall be made for the application of this Section 3.8
with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of Warrants
(including the allocation of the adjusted Warrant Price between or among shares
of classes of capital stock), to the end that this Section 3.8 (including the
adjustments of the number of shares of {Common/Preferred Stock} or other
securities purchasable and the Warrant Price thereof) shall thereafter be
reflected, as nearly as reasonably practicable, in all subsequent exercises of
the Warrants for any shares or securities or other property thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants.
(c) Except for adjustments required by paragraph (h) hereof,
no adjustment in the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be required
unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one
percent (1%)in the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of each
Warrant; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
paragraph (c) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken
into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations shall be made to
the nearest cent and to the nearest one- hundredth of a Share, as the case may
be.
(d) Whenever the number of Shares purchasable upon the
exercise of each Warrant is adjusted as herein provided (whether or not the
Company then or thereafter elects to issue additional Warrants in substitution
for an adjustment in the number of Shares as provided in paragraph (f), the
Exercise Price payable upon exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of Shares purchasable upon
the exercise of each Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which
the denominator shall
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be the number of Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.
(e) For the purpose of this Section 3.8, the term "shares of
Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock designated as the {Common/Preferred
Stock} of the Company at the date of this Agreement, or (ii) any other class of
stock resulting from successive changes or reclassification of such shares
consisting solely of changes in par value, of from par value to no par value,
or from no par value to par value. If at any time, as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above, the holders of Warrants
shall become entitled to purchase any shares of the Company other than shares
of Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so purchasable upon
exercise of each Warrant and the Exercise Price of such shares shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent
as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Shares contained in
paragraphs (a) through (d), inclusive, above, and the provisions of Section
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.6, 3.7(a) and 3.10, with respect to the Shares, shall apply on
like terms to any such other shares.
(f) The Company may elect, on or after the date of any
adjustment required by paragraphs (a) through (b) of this Section 3.8, to
adjust the number of Warrants in substitution for an adjustment in the number
of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of a Warrant. Each of the Warrants
outstanding after such adjustment of the number of Warrants shall be
exercisable for the same number of shares as immediately prior to such
adjustment. Each Warrant held of record prior to such adjustment of the number
of Warrants shall become that number of Warrants (calculated to the nearest
hundredth) obtained by dividing the Warrant Price in effect prior to adjustment
of the Warrant Price by the Warrant Price in effect after adjustment of the
Warrant Price. The Company shall notify the holders of Warrants in the same
manner as provided in the first paragraph of Section 3.10, of its election to
adjust the number of Warrants, indicating the record date for the adjustment,
and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This
record date may be the date on which the Exercise Price is adjusted or any day
thereafter. Upon each adjustment of the number of Warrants pursuant to this
paragraph (f) the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be
distributed to holders of record of Warrants on such record date Warrant
Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 3.9, the additional Warrants to
which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment, or, at the
option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such
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holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Warrant Certificates
held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender
thereof, if required by the Company, new Warrant Certificates evidencing all
the Warrants to be issued, executed and registered in the manner specified in
Section 1.3 and Article 4 (and which may bear, at the option of the Company,
the adjusted Exercise Price) and shall be registered in the names of the
holders of record of Warrant Certificates on the record date specified in the
notice.
(g) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section 3.8,
no adjustment in respect of any dividends shall be made during the term of a
Warrant or upon the exercise of a Warrant.
(h) In case of any consolidation of the Company with or
merger of the Company into another corporation or in case of any sale or
conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety, the Company or such successor or purchasing
corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Warrant Agent an
agreement that each holder of a Warrant shall have the right thereafter upon
payment of the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such action to
purchase upon exercise of each Warrant the kind and amount of shares and other
securities and property which he or she would have owned or have been entitled
to receive after the happening of such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such action.
The Company shall mail by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each holder of
a Warrant, notice of the execution of any such agreement. Such agreement shall
provide for adjustments, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 3.8. The
provisions of this paragraph (h) shall similarly apply to successive
consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances. The Warrant Agent shall be
under no duty or responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions
contained in any provisions contained in any such agreement relating either to
the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property
receivable upon exercise of Warrants or with respect to the method employed and
provided therein for any adjustments and shall be entitled to rely upon the
provisions contained in any such agreement.
(i) Irrespective of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or
the number or kind of shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants,
Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to express the same
price and
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number and kind of shares as are stated in the Warrants initially issuable
pursuant to this Agreement.
3.9 Fractional Warrants and Fractional Shares.
(a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of
Warrants on any distribution of Warrants to holders of Warrant Certificates or
to distribute Warrant Certificates that evidence fractional Warrants. In lieu
of such fractional Warrants, there shall be paid to the registered holder of
the Warrant Certificates with regard to which such fractional Warrants would
otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the
current market value of a full Warrant. For purposes of this Section, the
current market value of a Warrant shall be the closing price of one Warrant (as
determined pursuant to paragraph (c) below) for the trading day immediately
prior to the date on which such fractional Warrant would have been otherwise
issuable.
(b) Notwithstanding any adjustment pursuant to Section 3.9 in
the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of a Warrant, the Company
shall not be required to issue fractions of Shares upon exercise of the
Warrants or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Shares. In
lieu of fractional Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of
Warrant Certificates at the time such Warrant Certificates are exercised as
herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current
market value of a share of {Common/Preferred Stock}. For purposes of this
Section 3.9, the current market value of a share of {Common/Preferred Stock}
shall be the closing price of a share of {Common/Preferred Stock} (as
determined pursuant to paragraph (c) below) for the trading day immediately
prior to the date of such exercise.
(c) The closing price for each day shall be the last sale
price, regular way, or, if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of
the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, for such day, in either case as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with
respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or, if the Warrants or Stock, as the case may be, is not listed or
admitted to trading on such exchange, as reported on the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal
national securities
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exchange on which the Warrants or {Common/Preferred Stock}, respectively, is
listed or admitted to trading, or if the Warrants or {Common/Preferred Stock},
as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, as reported on Nasdaq National Market or, if the Warrants
or Stock, as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to trading on the
Nasdaq National Market, as reported on Nasdaq.
3.10 Notices to Warrantholders. Upon any adjustment of
the number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant, the Warrant
Price or the number of Warrants outstanding, the Company within 20 calendar
days thereafter shall (i) cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent a
certificate of a firm of independent public accountants of recognized standing
selected by the Company (who may be the regular auditors of the Company)
setting forth the Warrant Price and either the number of Shares purchasable
upon exercise of each Warrant or the additional number of Warrants to be issued
for each previously outstanding Warrant, as the case may be, after such
adjustment and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and
the facts upon which such adjustment was made, which certificate shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of the matters set forth therein, and
(ii) cause to be given to each of the registered holders of the Warrant
Certificates at such holder's address appearing on the Warrant Register written
notice of such adjustments by first class mail, postage prepaid. Where
appropriate, such notice may be given in advance and included as part of the
notice required to be mailed under the other provisions of this Section 3.10.
The Company shall cause written notice of such later
Distribution Date, such later Expiration Date, such Call Price, Call Date and
Call Terms and such Reduced Exercise Price and Reduced Exercise Price Period,
as the case may be, to be given as soon as practicable to the Warrant Agent and
to each of the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates by first class
mail, postage prepaid, at such holder's address appearing on the Warrant
Register. In addition to the written notice referred to in the preceding
sentence, the Company shall make a public announcement in a daily morning
newspaper of general circulation in New York City and in San Francisco of such
earlier Distribution Date, such later Expiration Date, such Call Price, Call
Date and Call Terms and such Reduced Exercise Price and Reduced Exercise Price
Period, as the case may be, at least on week for two successive weeks prior to
the implementation of such terms.
If:
(a) the Company shall declare any dividend payable in any
securities upon its shares of
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{Common/Preferred Stock} or make any distribution (other than a cash dividend)
to the holders of is shares of {Common/Preferred Stock}, or
(b) the Company shall offer to the holders of its shares of
{Common/Preferred Stock} any additional shares of {Common/Preferred Stock} or
securities convertible into shares of {Common/Preferred Stock} or any right to
subscribe thereto, or
(c) there shall be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up
of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale
of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business as an
entirety),
(d) the Company shall cause written notice of such event to
be filed with the Warrant Agent and shall cause written notice of such event to
be given to each of the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates as such
holder's address appearing on the Warrant Register, by first class mail,
postage prepaid, and (ii) make a public announcement in a daily newspaper of
general circulation in New York City and in San Francisco of such event, such
giving of notice and publication to be completed at least 10 calendar days (or
20 calendar days in any case specified in clause (c) above) prior to the date
fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books for the
determination of the stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution or
subscription rights, or for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote
on such proposed dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Such notice shall
specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the case
may be. The failure to give the notice required by this Section 3.10 or any
defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of any distribution,
right, warrant, dissolution, liquidation or winding up or the vote upon or any
other action taken in connection therewith.
ARTICLE 4
Exchange and Transfer of Warrant Certificates
4.1 Exchange and Transfer. Upon surrender at the
corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent, Warrant Certificates evidencing
Warrants may be exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other denominations
evidencing such Warrants and the transfer of Warrants may be registered in
whole or in part; provided that such other Warrant Certificates shall evidence
the same aggregate number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificates surrendered
for
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exchange or registration of transfer. The Warrant Agent shall keep, at its
corporate trust office, books in which it shall register Warrant Certificates
and exchanges and transfers of outstanding Warrant Certificates, upon surrender
of the Warrant Certificates to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office
for exchange or registration of transfer, properly completed and duly endorsed
and duly signed by the registered holder or holders thereof or by the duly
appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such
signature to be guaranteed (under the Medallion Program) by (a) a bank or trust
company, (b) a broker or dealer that is a member of the Nasdaq or (c) a member
of a national securities exchange and accompanied by appropriate instruments of
registration of transfer and written instructions for transfer, all in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent. No service charge shall be
made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates, but
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
such exchange or registration of transfer. Whenever any Warrant Certificates
are surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, an authorized officer
of the Warrant Agent shall mutually countersign and deliver to the person or
persons entitled thereto a Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificate duly
authorized and executed by the Company, as so requested. The Warrant Agent
shall not be required to effect any exchange or registration of transfer that
will result in the issuance of a Warrant Certificate evidencing a fraction of a
Warrant or a number of full Warrants and a fraction of a Warrant. All Warrant
Certificates issued upon any exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant
Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
obligations and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the
Warrant Certificates surrendered for such exchange or registration of transfer.
4.2 Treatment of Holders of Warrant Certificates. Every
holder of a Warrant Certificate, by accepting the same, consents and agrees
with the Company, the Warrant Agent and with every subsequent holder of such
Warrant Certificate that, until the transfer of the Warrant Certificate is
registered on the books of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the Warrant Agent
may treat the registered holder as the absolute owner thereof for any purpose
and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented by the Warrants
evidenced thereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding.
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4.3 Cancellation of Warrant Certificates. Any Warrant
Certificate surrendered for exercise, registration of transfer or exchange
shall, if surrendered to the Company, be delivered to the Warrant Agent, and
all Warrant Certificates surrendered or so delivered to the Warrant Agent shall
be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall not be reissued and, except
as expressly permitted by this Agreement, no Warrant Certificate shall be
issued hereunder in lieu thereof. The Warrant Agent shall deliver to the
Company from time to time, or otherwise dispose of, canceled Warrant
Certificates in manner satisfactory to the Company.
ARTICLE 5
Concerning the Warrant Agent
5.1 Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
Warrant Agent as the Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrant
Certificates upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and
the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall
have the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in the Warrant
Certificates and by this Agreement, and such further powers and authority to
act on behalf of the Company as the Company may hereafter grant to or confer
upon it. All of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and
authority contained in the Warrant Certificates are subject to and governed by
the terms and provisions hereof.
5.2 Conditions of Warrant Agent's obligations. The
Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and
conditions hereof, including the following (to all of which the Company agrees
and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of
the Warrant Certificates shall be subject):
(a) Performance by the Company. The Company agrees that it
will take any corporate action that may be reasonably necessary in order to
fulfill its obligations under this Agreement, and the Warrant Certificates, and
that it will not take any action that would impair its ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the Warrant Certificates.
(b) Compensation and Indemnification. The Company agrees
promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the compensation to be agreed upon with the
Company for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the
Warrant Agent for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
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(including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by the Warrant Agent in connection
with the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent. The Company also
agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part
of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection with its acting as the
Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the costs and expenses of defending against
any claim of liability in the premises.
(c) Agent for the Company. In acting under this Warrant
Agreement and in connection with the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent is
acting solely as an agent of the Company, and the Warrant Agent does not assume
any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the owners
or holders of the Warrant Certificates.
(d) Counsel. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel
satisfactory to it, and the opinion of such 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 accordance with the opinion of
such counsel.
(e) Documents. The Warrant Agent shall be protected and
shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing
suffered by it in reliance upon any Warrant Certificate, notice, direction,
consent, certificate, affidavit, statement or other paper or document
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by
the proper parties.
(f) Certain Transactions. The Warrant Agent and its
officers, directors and employees may buy, sell or deal in any of the Shares or
other securities of the Company and may become the owner of, or acquire any
interest in, any Warrant Certificates, with the same rights that it or they
would have if it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder, and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, they may engage or be interested in any financial
or other transaction with the Company and may act on, or as depositary, trustee
or agent for, any committee or body of holders of the Shares or other
obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant Agent.
(g) No Liability for Interest. Except as set forth in the
Warrant Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall not be under any liability for
interest on any moneys or other consideration at any time received by it
pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Warrant
Certificates.
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(h) No Liability for Invalidity. The Warrant Agent shall not
incur any liability with respect to the validity of this Agreement or any of
the Warrant Certificates.
(i) No Responsibility for Representations. The Warrant Agent
shall not be responsible for any of the recitals or representations contained
herein or in the Warrant Certificates (except the Warrant Agent shall be
responsible for any representations of the Warrant Agent herein and for its
countersignature on the Warrant Certificates), all of which are made solely by
the Company.
(j) No Implied Obligations. The Warrant Agent shall be
obligated to perform such duties as are herein and in the Warrant Certificates
specifically set forth, but no implied duties or obligations shall be read into
this Agreement or the Warrant Certificates against the Warrant Agent. The
Warrant Agent shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder
which may tend to involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which
within a reasonable time is not, in its reasonable opinion, assured to it. The
Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under any duty or responsibility for
the use by the Company of any of the Warrant Certificates authenticated by the
Warrant Agent and delivered by it to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or
for the application or by the Company of the proceeds of the Warrant
Certificates. The Warrant Agent shall have not duty or responsibility in case
of any default by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements
contained in the Warrant Certificates or in the case of the receipt of any
written demand from a holder or a Warrant Certificate with respect to such
default, including any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to
initiate any proceedings at law or otherwise or to make any demands upon the
Company.
(k) Instructions. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and
directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties
hereunder from the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or
instructions in connection with its duties, and shall not be liable for any
action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
instructions of any such officer or in good faith reliance upon any statement
signed by any one of such officer of the Company with respect to any fact or
matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically
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prescribed) which may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by
such signed statement.
5.3 Registration and Appointment of Successor Warrant Agent.
(a) The Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from
time to time of the Warrant Certificates, that at all times there shall be a
Warrant Agent hereunder until all the Warrant Certificates are no longer
exercisable.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by
giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying
the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective; provided that
such date shall not be less than 60 days after the date on which such notice is
given unless the Company agrees to accept less notice. The Warrant Agent may
be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in writing signed
by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and the date when it
shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall take effect upon the
appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of a successor Warrant
Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States of America or of any State, in good
standing, and authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers)
and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent. Upon
its resignation or removal, the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to the payment
by the Company of the compensation agreed to under Section 5.2(b) hereof for,
and to the reimbursement of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with, the services rendered hereunder by the Warrant Agent.
(c) If at any time the Warrant Agent shall resign, or shall
be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt
or insolvent, or shall file a petition seeking relief under the Federal
Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or under any other
applicable federal or state bankruptcy law or similar law or make an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors or consent to the appointment of a receiver or
custodian of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a receiver
or custodian of it or of all or any substantial part of its property shall be
appointed, or if an order of any court shall be entered for relief against it
under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or
under any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy or similar law or if any
public officer
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shall have taken charge or control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or
affairs, for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a
successor Warrant Agent, qualified in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, shall be appointed by the Company by an instrument in writing, filed
with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the appointment of a successor Warrant
Agent and acceptance by the latter of such appointment, the Warrant Agent so
superseded shall cease to be the Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an
instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor
Warrant Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested
with all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and
obligations of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as
Warrant Agent hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and
disbursements then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer,
deliver and pay over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to
receive, all moneys, securities and other property on deposit with or held by
such predecessor, as Warrant Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder
may be merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may
be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation
to which the Warrant agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all the assets and business of the Warrant Agent, provided that
is shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the successor Warrant Agent under
this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act
on the part of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
6.1 Supplements and Amendments. This Agreement may be
amended or supplemented from time to time by the parties hereto, without the
consent of the holder of any Warrant Certificate, for the purpose of curing any
ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision
contained herein, or in regard to matters or questions arising under this
Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or
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desirable, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interest of the
holders of the Warrant Certificates.
6.2 Notices and Demands to the Company and Warrant Agent.
If the Warrant Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the
Company by the holder of a Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions of
the Warrant Certificates, the Warrant Agent shall promptly forward such notice
or demand to the Company.
6.3 Addresses. Any communication to the Warrant Agent
with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to the address set forth in
the Warrant Agreement, and any such communication to the Company shall be
addressed to the Company at the following address:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
or such other address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent or
by the Company.
6.4 Delivery of Prospectus. If the Company is required
under applicable federal or state securities laws to deliver a prospectus upon
exercise of Warrants, the Company will furnish to the Warrant Agent sufficient
copies of a prospectus, and the Warrant Agent agrees that upon the exercise of
any Warrant Certificate by the holder thereof, the Warrant Agent will deliver
to such holder, prior to or concurrently with the delivery of the Shares issued
upon such exercise, a copy of the prospectus.
6.5 Obtaining of Governmental Approvals. The Company
will from time to time take all action that may be necessary to obtain and keep
effective any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental agencies
and authorities and securities acts filings under federal and state laws, which
may be or become requisite in connection with the issuance, sale, transfer and
delivery of the Warrant Certificates, the exercise of the Warrants, and the
issuance, sale, transfer and delivery of the Shares issued upon exercise of the
Warrants or upon the expiration of the period during which the Warrants are
exercisable.
6.6 Persons Having Rights under Warrant Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended, or shall be construed, to confer upon,
or give to, any person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrant Agent
and the holders of the Warrant Certificates, any right, remedy
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or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition,
stipulation, promise or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions,
stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and their
successors and of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.
6.7 Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
Articles and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the
provisions hereof.
6.8 Counterparts. This Agreement 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.
6.9 Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement
shall be available at all reasonable times at the principal corporate trust
office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the holder of any Warrant
Certificate. The Warrant Agent may require such holder to submit his Warrant
Certificate for inspection by it.
6.10 Governing Law. This Agreement and each Warrant
Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the State of California and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of such State.
6.11 Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
6.12 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate at the
close of business on the Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
Agreement will terminate on any earlier date when the Warrants have been
exercised.
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EXHIBIT 4.12
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
THIS Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), dated
July 30, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business
trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CCCI Capital
Trust I.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 110 White
Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
the date filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date
first-above written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.13
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II
THIS Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust II (the
"Trust"), dated July 30, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of
New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a
business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801
et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CCCI Capital
Trust II.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 110 White
Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
the date filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first
above written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
-------------------------------------
as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.14
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
THIS Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust III (the "Trust"),
dated July 30, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business
trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CCCI Capital
Trust III.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 110 White
Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
the date filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first
above written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
-----------------------------------
as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
-----------------------------------
as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.15
DECLARATION OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of July 30, 1997, among Clear
Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the "Delaware Trustee",)
and Herbert W. Hill, Jr. and Houston Lane, as trustees (the "Regular Trustees"
and collectively with the Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and
the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as CCCI
Capital Trust I, in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent
provided herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and
sets over to the Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge
receipt of such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall
constitute the initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they
will hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of
the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust
under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et
seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this document constitutes the
governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and file a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary
of State in accordance with the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor and Trustees will enter into an Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party and
substantially in the form to be included as an Exhibit to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement referred to below, to provide for the contemplated
operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance by such Trust of the
Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to therein. Prior to the
execution and delivery of such Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, the
Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the
trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law or as may be
necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery any licenses, consents
or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.
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4. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and
direct the Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in each case
on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933
Act Registration Statement"), including any pre- effective or post-effective
amendments to such 1933 Act Registration Statement, relating to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the Preferred
Securities of the Trust and certain other securities and (b) a Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration Statement") (including all
pre-effective and post- effective amendments thereto) relating to the
registration of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New York
Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing
application and all other applications, statements, certificates, agreements
and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred
Securities to be listed on the Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of
the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents
as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under
the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Depositor, on
behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable and (iv) to execute on
behalf of the Trust that certain Underwriting Agreement relating to the
Preferred Securities, among the Trust, the Depositor and the several
Underwriters named therein, substantially in the form to be included as an
Exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement. In the event that any filing
referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above is required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or any other national stock
exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the
Trust by the Trustees, any Regular Trustee, in his capacity as Trustee of the
Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to join in any such filing and to
execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being
understood that The Bank of New York (Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee of
the Trust, shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on
behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or any other national stock
exchange or state securities or blue sky laws. In connection with all of the
foregoing, the Depositor hereby constitutes and appoints Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
and Houston Lane, and each of them, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
Depositor
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or in the Depositor's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post- effective amendments) to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the Depositor might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
respective substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or
more counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3)
and thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed
from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may
increase or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that to the
extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a
natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural
person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law.
Subject to the foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove
without cause any Trustee at any time. Any Trustee may resign upon thirty
days' prior written notice to the Depositor.
7. The Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee hereunder for
the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of
the Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard
to conflict of laws principles).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Declaration of Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), not in
its individual capacity but solely as
Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.16
DECLARATION OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II
THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of July 30, 1997, among Clear
Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, as Depositor(the
"Depositor"), The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the "Delaware Trustee")
and Herbert W. Hill, Jr. and Houston Lane, as trustees (the "Regular Trustees,
and collectively with the Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and
the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as CCCI Capital Trust II, in
which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent provided
herein, may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts, and sue and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the
Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of
such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute
the initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will
hold the trust estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention
of the parties hereto that the Trust created hereby constitute a
business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12
Del. C. Section 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust Act"), and that this
document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust. The
Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in
accordance with the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor and Trustees will enter into an Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party and
substantially in the form to be included as an Exhibit to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement referred to below, to provide for the
contemplated operation of the Trust created hereby and the issuance by
such Trust of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred
to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of such Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any duty or
obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as
otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain
prior to such execution and delivery any licenses, consents or
approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.
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4. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the
Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and execute, in
each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "1933 Act Registration Statement"), including any pre-
effective or post-effective amendments to such 1933 Act Registration
Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of the Preferred Securities of the Trust and certain
other securities and (b) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the
"1934 Act Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and
post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the
Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New
York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") and execute on behalf of the
Trust a listing application and all other applications, statements,
certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary
or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on the
Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust such
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and
documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred
Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions
as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or
desirable and (iv) to execute on behalf of the Trust that certain
Underwriting Agreement relating to the Preferred Securities, among the
Trust, the Depositor and the several Underwriters named therein,
substantially in the form to be included as an Exhibit to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement. In the event that any filing referred to in
clauses (i) through (iii) above is required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or any other national
stock exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on
behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, any Regular Trustee, in his
capacity as Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to
join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any and
all of the foregoing, it being understood that The Bank of New York
(Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee of the Trust, shall not be
required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust
any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the
Commission, the Exchange or any other national stock exchange or state
securities or blue sky laws.
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In connection with all of the foregoing, the Depositor hereby
constitutes and appoints Herbert W. Hill, Jr. and Houston Lane, and
each of them, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the Depositor
or in the Depositor's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the Depositor might or could do in person,
thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their respective substitute or substitutes,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and thereafter the
number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to
time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may
increase or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that
to the extent required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall
either be a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware
or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place
of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the
requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the foregoing,
the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any
Trustee at any time. Any Trustee may resign upon thirty days' prior
written notice to the Depositor.
7. The Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee hereunder for the sole and
limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the
Business Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to
conflict of laws principles).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Declaration of Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), not in its
individual capacity but solely as Delaware
Trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.17
DECLARATION OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
THIS DECLARATION OF TRUST, dated as of July 30, 1997, among Clear
Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, as Depositor (the
"Depositor"), The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation,
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the "Delaware Trustee")
and Herbert W. Hill, Jr. and Houston Lane, as trustees (the "Regular Trustees"
and collectively with the Delaware Trustee, the "Trustees"). The Depositor and
the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby shall be known as CCCI Capital Trust III, in
which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent provided herein, may
conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts, and sue and be
sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the
Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of such
amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the initial
trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust estate
in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the
Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of Title 12
of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the
Trust. The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with
the provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor and Trustees will enter into an Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust, satisfactory to each such party and substantially in the
form to be included as an Exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement
referred to below, to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust
created hereby and the issuance by such Trust of the Preferred Securities and
Common Securities referred to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of
such Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, the Trustees shall not have any
duty or obligation hereunder or with respect to the trust estate, except as
otherwise required by applicable law or as may be necessary to obtain prior to
such execution and delivery any licenses, consents or approvals required by
applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Depositor and the Trustees hereby authorize and direct the
Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to
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file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and
execute, in each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "1933 Act Registration Statement"), including any pre-effective
or post- effective amendments to such 1933 Act Registration Statement, relating
to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the
Preferred Securities of the Trust and certain other Securities and (b) a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act Registration Statement")
(including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to
the registration of the Preferred Securities of the Trust under Section 12(b)
of the Securities Exchange Act Of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file with the New
York Stock Exchange (the "Exchange") and execute on behalf of the Trust a
listing application and all other applications, statements, certificates,
agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause
the Preferred Securities to be listed on the Exchange; (iii) to file and
execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds,
irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the
Preferred Securities under the Securities or blue sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or
desirable and (iv) to execute on behalf of the Trust that certain Underwriting
Agreement relating to the Preferred Securities, among the Trust, the Depositor
and the several Underwriters named therein, substantially in the form to be
included as an Exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement. In the event
that any filing referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above is required by
the rules and regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or any other national
stock exchange or state Securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf
of the Trust by the Trustees, any Regular Trustee, in his capacity as Trustee
of the Trust, is hereby authorized and directed to join in any such filing and
to execute on behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being
understood that The Bank of New York (Delaware), in its capacity as Trustee of
the Trust, shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on
behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the Exchange or any other national stock
exchange or state Securities or blue sky laws. In connection with all of the
foregoing, the Depositor hereby constitutes and appoints Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
and Houston Lane, and each of them, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
Depositor or in the Depositor's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-
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effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Depositor might or could
do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents or any of them, or their respective substitute or substitutes, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Declaration of Trust may be executed in one or more counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be three (3) and thereafter the
number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from time to time by
a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may increase or decrease the
number of Trustees; provided, however, that to the extent required by the
Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person who is a
resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which
has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise
meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. subject to the foregoing,
the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any Trustee at any
time. Any Trustee may resign upon thirty days' prior written notice to the
Depositor.
7. The Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee hereunder for the sole and
limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Business
Trust Act.
8. This Declaration of Trust shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws principals).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Declaration of Trust to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), not in
its individual capacity but solely as Delaware
Trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.18
[Draft--7/29/97]
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FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CCCI Capital Trust I
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Dated as of [ ]
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PARTIES.....................................................................
RECITALS....................................................................
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Certain terms defined; other terms defined in the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or by reference therein
in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to have the
meanings assigned therein..................................
Affiliate....................................................
Book Entry Interest..........................................
Business Day.................................................
Business Trust Act...........................................
Certificate..................................................
Certificate of Trust.........................................
Clearing Agency..............................................
Clearing Agency Participant..................................
Closing Date.................................................
Code.........................................................
Commission...................................................
Common Securities............................................
Common Security Certificate..................................
Covered Person...............................................
Debenture Trustee............................................
Debentures...................................................
Definitive Preferred Security Certificates...................
Delaware Trustee.............................................
Depositary Agreement.........................................
Distribution.................................................
DTC..........................................................
Event of Default.............................................
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Restated Declaration of Trust and should not have any bearing upon the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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Exchange Act.................................................
Fiscal Year..................................................
Global Certificate...........................................
Holder.......................................................
Indemnified Person...........................................
Indenture....................................................
Indenture Event of Default...................................
Investment Company...........................................
Investment Company Act.......................................
Legal Action.................................................
Liquidation Distribution.....................................
Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities.............
Ministerial Action...........................................
Option Closing Date..........................................
Original Declaration.........................................
Paying Agent.................................................
Person.......................................................
Preferred Guarantee..........................................
Preferred Securities.........................................
Preferred Security Beneficial Owner..........................
Preferred Security Certificate...............................
Property Trustee.............................................
Property Account.............................................
Quorum.......................................................
Regular Trustee..............................................
Related Party................................................
Resignation Request..........................................
Responsible Officer..........................................
Rule 3a-7....................................................
Securities...................................................
Securities Act...............................................
66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Securities..............
Special Event................................................
Sponsor .....................................................
Successor Delaware Trustee...................................
Successor Property Trustee...................................
10% in liquidation amount of the Securities..................
Treasury Regulations.........................................
Trustee or Trustees..........................................
Trust Indenture Act..........................................
Underwriting Agreement.......................................
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ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application.............................
SECTION 2.02 List of Holders of Preferred Securities......................
SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Property Trustee..............................
SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee.........................
SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.............
SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver....................................
SECTION 2.07 Disclosure of Information....................................
ARTICLE III
Organization
SECTION 3.01 Name.........................................................
SECTION 3.02 Office.......................................................
SECTION 3.03 Issuance of the Trust Securities.............................
SECTION 3.04 Purchase of Debentures.......................................
SECTION 3.05 Purpose......................................................
SECTION 3.06 Authority....................................................
SECTION 3.07 Title to Property of the Trust...............................
SECTION 3.08 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees....................
SECTION 3.09 Prohibition of Actions by Trust and Trustees.................
SECTION 3.10 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee....................
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee.............................................
SECTION 3.12 Certain Rights and Duties of the Property Trustee............
SECTION 3.13 Registration Statement and Related Matters...................
SECTION 3.14 Filing of Amendments to Certificate of Trust.................
SECTION 3.15 Execution of Documents by Regular Trustees...................
SECTION 3.16 Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities.....................................
SECTION 3.17 Duration of Trust............................................
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ARTICLE IV
Sponsor
SECTION 4.01 Purchase of Common Securities by Sponsor.....................
SECTION 4.02 Expenses.....................................................
ARTICLE V
Trustees
SECTION 5.01 Number of Trustees; Qualifications...........................
SECTION 5.02 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.............
SECTION 5.03 Vacancies Among Trustees.....................................
SECTION 5.04 Effect of Vacancies..........................................
SECTION 5.05 Meetings.....................................................
SECTION 5.06 Delegation of Power..........................................
ARTICLE VI
Distributions
SECTION 6.01 Distributions................................................
ARTICLE VII
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 7.01 General Provisions Regarding Securities......................
ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust
SECTION 8.01 Termination of Trust.........................................
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ARTICLE IX
Transfer of Interests
SECTION 9.01 Transfer of Securities.......................................
SECTION 9.02 Transfer of Certificates.....................................
SECTION 9.03 Deemed Security Holders......................................
SECTION 9.04 Book Entry Interests.........................................
SECTION 9.05 Notices to Holders of Certificates...........................
SECTION 9.06 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.....................
SECTION 9.07 Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates.................
SECTION 9.08 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates............
ARTICLE X
Limitation of Liability, Indemnification
SECTION 10.01 Exculpation..................................................
SECTION 10.02 Indemnification and Compensation.............................
SECTION 10.03 Outside Businesses...........................................
ARTICLE XI
Accounting
SECTION 11.01 Fiscal Year..................................................
SECTION 11.02 Certain Accounting Matters...................................
SECTION 11.03 Banking......................................................
SECTION 11.04 Withholding..................................................
ARTICLE XII
Amendments and Meetings
SECTION 12.01 Amendments...................................................
SECTION 12.02 Meetings of the Holders of Securities;
Action by Written Consent..................................
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ARTICLE XIII
Representations of Property Trustee
and Delaware Trustee
SECTION 13.01 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee...........
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 14.01 Notices......................................................
SECTION 14.02 Undertaking for Costs........................................
SECTION 14.03 Governing Law................................................
SECTION 14.04 Headings.....................................................
SECTION 14.05 Partial Enforceability.......................................
SECTION 14.06 Counterparts.................................................
SECTION 14.07 Intention of the Parties.....................................
SECTION 14.08 Successors and Assigns.......................................
SIGNATURES AND SEALS........................................................
EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
EXHIBIT B TERMS OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
EXHIBIT C TERMS OF THE COMMON SECURITIES
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
[ ]
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST ("Declaration"),
dated and effective as of [ ], by the undersigned trustees
(together with all other Persons from time to time duly
appointed and serving as trustees in accordance with the
provisions of this Declaration, the "Trustees"), Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, as trust sponsor (the
"Sponsor"), and the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
to be issued pursuant to this Declaration.
WHEREAS the Sponsor and the original trustees entered into a
Declaration of Trust dated as of July 30, 1997 (the "Original Declaration") in
order to establish CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a business trust (the "Trust") under
the Business Trust Act (as defined herein);
WHEREAS the Certificate of Trust (the "Certificate of Trust") of the
Trust was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on July 30, 1997;
WHEREAS the Trustees and the Sponsor desire to continue the Trust
pursuant to the Business Trust Act for the purpose of, as described more fully
in Sections 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05 hereof, (i) issuing and selling Preferred
Securities (as defined herein) representing preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust for cash and investing the proceeds
thereof in Debentures (as defined herein) of The Sponsor issued under the
Indenture (as defined herein) to be held as assets of the Trust, (ii) issuing
and selling Common Securities (as defined herein) representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust to The Sponsor for cash
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and investing the proceeds thereof in additional Debentures issued under the
Indenture to be held as assets of the Trust and (iii) engaging in such other
activities as are necessary, convenient or incidental thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the
Trust constitute a business trust under the Business Trust Act, that the
Original Declaration be amended and restated in its entirety as provided herein
and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such business
trust, the Trustees declare that all assets referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
of the previous Whereas clause purchased by the Trust will be held in trust for
the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the
Certificates (as defined herein) representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this
Declaration.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used in this
Declaration but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.01; (b) a term defined anywhere in this
Declaration has the same meaning throughout; (c) all references to "the
Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to this Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust (including Exhibits A, B and C hereto (the "Exhibits")) as modified,
supplemented or amended from time to time; (d) all references in this
Declaration to Articles and Sections and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections
of and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified; (e) a term
defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this
Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration or unless the context
otherwise requires; and (f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and
vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405
under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global
Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof,
ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book
entries by such Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.04.
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"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any
other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law to close.
"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a Preferred
Security Certificate.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning set forth in the second
Whereas clause above.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as
depository for the Preferred Securities and in whose name, or in the name of a
nominee of that organization, shall be registered a Global Certificate and
which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the
Preferred Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing
Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the Closing Date as specified in the
Underwriting Agreement, which date is also the date of execution and delivery
of this Declaration.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation. A reference to a specific section of the
Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding
provision of any Federal tax statute enacted after the date of this
Declaration, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect
on the date of application of the provisions of this Declaration containing
such reference.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(b).
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in fully
registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the form of
Annex I to Exhibit C.
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"Covered Person" means (i) any officer, director, shareholder,
partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or its
Affiliates, (ii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative
or agent of The Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and (iii) the Holders from
time to time of the Securities.
"Debenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, as trustee under the
Indenture, until a successor, if any, is appointed thereunder and thereafter
means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the series of Junior Subordinated Debentures
issued by The Sponsor under the Indenture to the Property Trustee and entitled
the "[ ] Junior Subordinated Debentures due [ ]".
"Definitive Preferred Security Certificates" has the meaning set
forth in Section 9.04.
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(3).
"Depositary Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the
Property Trustee and DTC dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities
in accordance with Section 6.01.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency.
"Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an Indenture
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Fiscal Year" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Global Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a
Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning
of the Business Trust Act.
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"Indemnified Person" means any Trustee, any Affiliate of any Trustee,
any officer, director, shareholder, member, partner, employee, representative
or agent of any Trustee, or any employee or agent of the Trust or any of its
Affiliates.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of [ ], between the Sponsor
and the Debenture Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Indenture Event of Default" means an event or condition defined as
an "Event of Default" with respect to the Debentures under Section 6.01(a) of
the Indenture has occurred and is continuing.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08(g).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the terms of
the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents more than 50% of the liquidation amount of all outstanding
Securities of such class.
"Ministerial Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of the
terms of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Option Closing Date" means the Option Closing Date as specified in
the Underwriting Agreement.
"Original Declaration" has the meaning set forth in the first Whereas
clause above.
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"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Preferred Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement dated as of [ ],
of the Sponsor in respect of the Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(b).
"Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book
Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of
a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a
Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Preferred Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in
fully registered form representing a Preferred Security substantially in the
form of Annex I to Exhibit B.
"Property Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 5.01(c) and having the duties set forth for
the Property Trustee herein.
"Property Account" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(c)(i).
"Quorum" means a majority of the Regular Trustees or, if there are
only two Regular Trustees, both such Regular Trustees.
"Regular Trustee" means any Trustee other than the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee.
"Related Party" means any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of The Sponsor or any Person which owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
outstanding voting securities of The Sponsor.
"Resignation Request" has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(d).
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"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property Trustee,
any officer of the Property Trustee with responsibility for the administration
of this Declaration and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that
officer's knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject.
"Rule 3a-7" means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act or any
successor rule thereunder.
"Securities" means the Common Securities and the
Preferred Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, or any successor legislation.
"66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities,
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents 66-2/3% or more of the liquidation amount of all outstanding
Securities of such class.
"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of the
terms of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Sponsor" means Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, or any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or other
business combination transaction in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning
specified in Section 5.02(b)(ii).
"Successor Property Trustee" means a successor Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section 5.01(c).
"10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred
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Securities or Common Securities, voting separately as a class, who are the
record owners of a relevant class of Securities whose liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents 10% or more of the liquidation
amount of all outstanding Securities of such class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as a Trustee in accordance with
the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement dated [ ],
among the Trust, the Sponsor and [ ], as representative of the several
underwriters named therein.
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) This Declaration
is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be
part of this Declaration and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by
such provisions; (b) if and to the extent that any provision of this
Declaration limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections
310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control; (c) the Property Trustee, to the extent permitted by applicable law
and/or the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall be the only Trustee
which is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act; and (d) the
application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Declaration shall not affect the
nature of the Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust.
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SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities. (a) Each of
the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide the
Property Trustee with such information as is required under Section 312(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in Section
312(a); and (b) the Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Property Trustee. Within 60 days after
May 15 of each year, the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the
Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form, in the manner and at the times provided by Section
313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to Property Trustee. Each of the
Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the
Property Trustee, the Commission and the Holders of the Securities, as
applicable, such documents, reports and information as required by Section
314(a)(1)-(3) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificates required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
any such certificates to be provided in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act
(provided that any certificate to be provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall be provided within 120 days of the end of each
Fiscal Year).
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. Each
of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to
the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Declaration which relate to any of the matters set
forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion
required to be given pursuant to Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act
shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. (a) Subject to Section
2.06(c), Holders of Preferred Securities may, by vote of at least a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities, (A) in accordance with the
terms of the Preferred Securities, direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee, or (B) on
behalf of the Holders of all Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of
Default in respect of the Preferred Securities and its consequences; provided
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that, if the Event of Default arises out of an Indenture Event of Default:
(i) which is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of Default
under this Declaration shall also be not waivable; or
(ii) which requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of Debentures
representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures affected thereby, or (2) each holder of
Debentures, the Event of Default under this Declaration may only be waived
by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of Holders of Preferred
Securities representing such specified percentage of the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities or, in the case of clause
(2) above, each Holder of Preferred Securities affected thereby.
Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereto.
(b) Subject to Section 2.06(c), Holders of Common Securities may, by
vote of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities, (A)
in accordance with the terms of the Common Securities, direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee,
or (B) on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common Securities, waive any past
Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences;
provided that if the Event of Default arises out of an Indenture Event of
Default:
(i) which is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the
Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of
Default under the Declaration as provided below, the Event of Default
under this Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) which requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of Debentures
representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in principal
amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures affected
thereby, except where the holders of the Common Securities are deemed to
have waived such Event of Default under this Declaration as provided
below, the Event of Default under this Declaration may only be
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waived by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of Holders of Common
Securities representing such specified percentage of the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Common Securities or, in the case of clause (2)
above, each holder of Common Securities affected thereby; and
provided further that each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have
waived any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its
consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been cured or waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities as
provided in this Declaration or otherwise eliminated and until all Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely
on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and only the Holders of
the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in
accordance with the terms of this Declaration or the Securities. In the event
that an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities is waived by
the Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in this Declaration, the
Holders of Common Securities agree that such waiver shall also constitute the
waiver of such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all
purposes under this Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of the
Holders of the Common Securities. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.06(b), upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and
any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of
Default with respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(c) The right of any Holder of Securities to receive payment of
Distributions on the Securities in accordance with this Declaration and the
terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C on or after the
respective payment dates therefor, or to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such payment dates, shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.
(d) As provided in the terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits
B and C hereto, a waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property
Trustee at the written direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities
constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under this
Declaration in respect of the Securities.
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SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities in
accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a
violation of any existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not
specifically refer to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the
Property Trustee be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant
to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
Organization
SECTION 3.01. Name. The Trust continued by this Declaration is named
"CCCI Capital Trust [ ]" as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Regular Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Securities. The
Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other
name deemed advisable by the Regular Trustees.
SECTION 3.02. Office. The address of the principal office of the
Trust is c/o Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 200 Concord Place, Suite 600,
San Antonio, Texas 78216. Upon ten days' written notice to the Holders (a copy
of such notice to be sent to the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee),
the Regular Trustees may change the location of the Trust's principal office.
The name of the registered agent and office of the Trust in the State of
Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
Delaware 19801. At any time, the Regular Trustees may designate another
registered agent and/or registered office.
SECTION 3.03. Issuance of the Trust Securities. On [ ], the Sponsor,
on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to the Original Declaration, executed and
delivered the Underwriting Agreement. On the Closing Date and contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Declaration, the Regular Trustees, on
behalf of the Trust, shall execute and deliver (i) to the underwriters named in
the Underwriting Agreement, a Global Certificate, registered in the name of the
nominee of the initial Clearing Agency as specified in Section 9.04, in an
aggregate amount of [ ] Preferred Securities having an aggregate liquidation
amount of $[ ], against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such
Preferred Securities of $[ ], and (ii) to the Sponsor, Common Securities
Certificates, registered in the name of the Sponsor, in an aggregate amount of
[ ] Common Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount of $[ ], against
receipt
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of the aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of $[ ].
SECTION 3.04. Purchase of Debentures. On the Closing Date and
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration, the
Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall purchase from the Sponsor with
the proceeds received by the Trust from the sale of the Securities on such date
pursuant to Section 3.03, at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount
thereof, Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee and having
an aggregate principal amount equal to $[ ], and, in satisfaction of the
purchase price for such Debentures, the Regular Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Sponsor the sum of $[ ].
In the event the overallotment option granted by the Trust with respect to the
Preferred Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement is exercised by the
underwriters named therein, on the Option Closing Date the Regular Trustees, on
behalf of the Trust, shall purchase from the Sponsor with the proceeds received
by the Trust from the sale of the Securities on such date pursuant to Section
3.03, at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof, additional
Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee and having an
aggregate principal amount of up to $[ ], and, in satisfaction of the purchase
price for such Debentures, the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Sponsor an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Debentures being purchased.
SECTION 3.05. Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions of the
Trust are: (a)(i) to issue and sell Preferred Securities for cash and use the
proceeds of such sales to purchase as trust assets Debentures issued under the
Indenture having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities so issued and sold; (ii) to
enter into such agreements and arrangements as may be necessary in connection
with the sale of Preferred Securities to the initial purchasers thereof
(including the Underwriting Agreement) and to take all actions and exercise
such discretion as may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith and to
file such registration statements or make such other filings under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or state securities or "Blue Sky" laws as may
be necessary or desirable in connection therewith and the issuance of the
Preferred Securities; and (iii) to issue and sell Common Securities to The
Sponsor for cash and use the proceeds of such sale to purchase as trust assets
an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures issued under the Indenture;
and (b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in such other activities
as are necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow
money, issue debt or reinvest
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proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets or, at any time
while the Securities are outstanding, otherwise undertake (or permit to be
undertaken) an activity that would result in or cause the Trust to be treated
as anything other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 3.06. Authority. Subject to the limitations provided in this
Declaration and to the specific duties of the Property Trustee, the Regular
Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes
of the Trust. An action taken by the Regular Trustees in accordance with their
powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust and an action
taken by the Property Trustee in accordance with its powers shall constitute
the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on
behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority
of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled
to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in
this Declaration.
SECTION 3.07. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as provided in
Section 3.10 with respect to the Debentures and the Property Account or unless
otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust
shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any
part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an individual undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 3.08. Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees. The Regular
Trustees shall have the exclusive power, authority and duty to cause the Trust,
and shall cause the Trust, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue Preferred Securities and Common Securities, in each case
in accordance with this Declaration; provided, however, that the Trust may
issue no more than one series of Preferred Securities and no more than one
series of Common Securities; and provided further that there shall be no
interests in the Trust other than the Securities and the issuance of
Securities shall be limited to (x) a one-time, simultaneous issuance of
both Preferred Securities and Common Securities on the Closing Date and
(y) any subsequent issuance of both Preferred Securities and Common
Securities on the Option Closing Date pursuant to an exercise of the
overallotment option granted to the underwriters in the Underwriting
Agreement;
(b) in connection with the issuance of the Preferred Securities, at
the direction of the Sponsor, to effect or cause to be effected the
filings, and to
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execute or cause to be executed the documents, set forth in Section 3.13
and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust the Depositary
Agreement;
(c) to acquire as trust assets Debentures with the proceeds of the
sale of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities; provided, however,
that the Regular Trustees shall cause all the Debentures to be held of
record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities;
(d) to cause the Trust to enter into such agreements and arrangements
as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the sale of Preferred
Securities to the initial purchasers thereof and the consummation thereof,
and to take all action, and exercise all discretion, as may be necessary
or desirable in connection with the consummation thereof;
(e) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt written
notice of the occurrence of a Special Event; provided that the Regular
Trustees shall consult with the Sponsor and the Property Trustee before
taking or refraining to take any Ministerial Action in relation to a
Special Event;
(f) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to be
taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including for
the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act and with respect
to Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue
relevant notices to Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort
to legal action or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the
Trust ("Legal Action"), unless, pursuant to Section 3.10(e), the Property
Trustee has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be
designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors
and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations under
the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate to the Property Trustee required by
Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture
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Act, which certificate may be executed by any Regular Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses which are necessary or incidental to carrying
out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar and
transfer agent for the Securities, the Regular Trustees hereby initially
appointing the Property Trustee for such purposes;
(m) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be required of
the Regular Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities set forth in
Exhibits B and C hereto;
(n) to execute all documents or instruments, perform all duties and
powers and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters
necessary, convenient or incidental to the foregoing;
(o) to take all action which may be necessary or appropriate for the
preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights,
franchises and privileges as a business trust under the laws of the State
of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the
Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the
Trust has been created;
(p) to take all action, not inconsistent with this Declaration or
with applicable law, which the Regular Trustees determine in their
discretion to be reasonable and necessary or desirable in carrying out the
activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.08, in order that:
(i) the Trust will not be deemed to be an Investment Company
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(ii) the Trust will not be classified for United States Federal
income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a
partnership and will be treated as a grantor trust for United States
Federal income tax purposes; and
(iii) the Trust will comply with any requirements imposed by any
taxing authority on holders of instruments treated as indebtedness
for Unites States Federal income tax purposes;
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provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of
Holders;
(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax returns
and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to
the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Regular Trustees, on behalf
of the Trust; and
(r) subject to the requirements of Rule 3a-7 and Section 317(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act, to appoint one or more Paying Agents in addition
to the Property Trustee.
The Regular Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.08 in a manner which is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.05 and the Regular Trustees shall not take any
action which is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
forth in Section 3.05.
Subject to this Section 3.08, the Regular Trustees shall have none of
the powers nor any of the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in
Section 3.10.
SECTION 3.09. Prohibition of Actions by Trust and Trustees. The Trust
shall not, and no Trustee (including the Property Trustee) shall cause the
Trust to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this
Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not, and no Trustee (including the
Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust to:
(a) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall promptly distribute all such proceeds to Holders of
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the
Securities;
(b) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided herein;
(c) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;
(d) make any loans, other than loans represented by the Debentures;
(e) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the
Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever;
(f) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership
of, or beneficial interests in, the Trust other than the Securities;
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(g) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money; or
(h)(i) direct the time, method and place of exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures,
(ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 6.06 of the
Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration
that the principal of all of the Debentures shall be due and payable or
(iv) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the
Indenture or the Debentures, where such consent shall be required, unless
in the case of this clause (h) the Property Trustee shall have received an
unqualified opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel
recognized as expert in such matters to the effect that such action will
not cause the Trust to be classified for United States Federal income tax
purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership and
that the Trust will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 3.10. Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee. (a) The
Debentures shall be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust
for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest
of the Property Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each
Person who may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance with
Article V. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or
not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and
interest in the Debentures to the Regular Trustees or, if the Property Trustee
does not also act as the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing bank
account (the "Property Account") in the name of and under the exclusive
control of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Holders of the Securities
and on the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of the Debentures
held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds into the Property Account
and, without any further acts of the Property Trustee or the Regular
Trustees, promptly make payments to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and Common Securities from the Property Account in accordance
with Section 6.01. Funds in the Property Account shall be held uninvested,
and without liability for interest thereon, until disbursed in accordance
with this Declaration. The Property Account shall be an account
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which is maintained with a banking institution whose long term unsecured
indebtedness is rated by a "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization", as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act, at least equal to (but in no event less than "A"
or the equivalent) the rating assigned to the Preferred Securities by a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect promptly the redemption of the Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities to the extent the Debentures are redeemed or
mature;
(iii) upon notice of distribution issued by the Regular Trustees in
accordance with the terms of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect promptly, pursuant to the terms of the Securities,
the distribution of Debentures to Holders of Securities upon the
occurrence of a Special Event; and
(iv) have the legal power to exercise all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Debentures under the Indenture and, if an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee, subject
to Section 2.06(b), shall, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities, enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures under the
Indenture, subject to the rights of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration, the Business Trust
Act and the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform such
duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to the
terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
(e) The Property Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out
of or in connection with an Event of Default or the Property Trustee's duties
and obligations under this Declaration, the Business Trust Act or the Trust
Indenture Act.
(f) All moneys deposited in the Property Account, and all Debentures
held by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities,
will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of
any kind in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Property Trustee or its agents
or their creditors.
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(g) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence
of a default with respect to the Securities, transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities, as their names and addresses
appear upon the register, notice of all defaults with respect to the Securities
known to the Property Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured
before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purposes of this
Section 3.10(g) being hereby defined to be an Indenture Event of Default, not
including any periods of grace provided for in the Indenture and irrespective
of the giving of any notice provided therein); provided that, except in the
case of default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any of the Debentures, the Property 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
Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice
is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities. The Property Trustee
shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default, except (i) a default in
the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures
or (ii) any default as to which the Property Trustee shall have received
written notice or a Responsible Officer charged with the administration of this
Declaration shall have obtained written notice.
(h) The Property Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee unless either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof
distributed to the Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of the
Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and accepted
that appointment in accordance with Article V.
(i) The Property Trustee shall act as paying agent in respect of the
Common Securities and the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.08(r),
may authorize one or more Persons (each, a "Paying Agent") to pay
Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation payments on behalf of the
Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities. Any such Paying Agent shall
comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any Paying Agent may be
removed by the Property Trustee, after consultation with the Regular Trustees,
at any time and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents may be
appointed at any time by the Property Trustee, subject to Section 3.08(r).
(j) The Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the
Holders of the Securities of any
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notice received by it from The Sponsor of its election to defer payments of
interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period with
respect thereto.
(k) Subject to this Section 3.10, the Property Trustee shall have
none of the powers or the authority of the Regular Trustees set forth in
Section 3.08.
(1) The Property Trustee shall exercise the powers, duties and rights
set forth in this Section 3.10 and Section 3.12 in a manner which is consistent
with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.05, and the
Property Trustee shall not take any action which is inconsistent with the
purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section 3.05.
SECTION 3.11. Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Declaration other than Section 5.01(a)(3), the Delaware Trustee shall
not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any
of the duties and responsibilities of the Regular Trustees or the Property
Trustee described in this Declaration. Except as set forth in Section
5.01(a)(3), the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited
purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust
Act. In the event the Delaware Trustee shall at any time be required to take
any action or perform any duty hereunder, the Delaware Trustee shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 3.12(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) and Section
3.12(c). No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Declaration against the Delaware Trustee.
SECTION 3.12. Certain Rights and Duties of the Property Trustee. (a)
The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Declaration, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Declaration
against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that
has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06), the Property Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration,
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.
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(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property Trustee shall be
determined solely by the express provisions of this Declaration, and
the Property Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Declaration, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Declaration against the Property Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Property
Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Property
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Declaration; but
in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Declaration;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders as provided herein relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Property Trustee hereunder or under the Indenture, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Declaration;
and
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the Property
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the
exercise of
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any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable ground for
believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably
assured to it under the terms of this Declaration or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.12(a) and (b):
(i) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the Property
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property
Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in
the absence of bad faith on its part and, if the Trust is excluded from
the definition of Investment Company solely by means of Rule 3a-7, subject
to the requirements of Rule 3a-7, request and rely upon a certificate,
which shall comply with the provisions of Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act, signed by any two of the Regular Trustees or by an
authorized officer of the Sponsor, as the case may be;
(ii) the Property Trustee (A) may consult with counsel (which may be
counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its
employees) selected by it in good faith and with due care and the written
advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters 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 and in accordance with such advice and opinion and (B) shall have
the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration
of this Declaration from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) the Property 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 Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed by it in good faith and with due care;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration at the
request or direction of any Holders, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security and indemnity against
the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying
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with such request or direction; provided that nothing contained in this
clause (iv) shall relieve the Property Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured or waived) to
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration,
and to use the same degree of care and skill in such exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his or her own affairs;
(v) any action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents hereunder
shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities and the signature
of the Property Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and
effective to perform any such action; and no third party shall be required
to inquire as to the authority of the Property Trustee to so act, or as to
its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Declaration,
both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Property Trustee's or
its agent's taking such action;
(vi) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
approval, bond, security or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or
parties; and
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document, but
the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
SECTION 3.13. Registration Statement and Related Matters. In
accordance with the Original Declaration, The Sponsor and the Trustees have
authorized and directed, and hereby confirm the authorization of, The Sponsor,
as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Commission and execute, in
each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File Nos. [ ]) (the "1933 Act Registration Statement") including any
amendments thereto and any further pre-effective or post-effective amendments
to such Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of, among other things, the Preferred Securities of the Trust
and the related guarantees of such Preferred Securities by the Sponsor and (b)
a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or
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other appropriate form (the "1934 Act Registration Statement") (including all
pre-effective and post-effective amendments thereto) relating to the
registration of the Preferred Securities of the Trust and the related
guarantees of such Preferred Securities by the Sponsor under Section 12(b) of
the Exchange Act; (ii) to file with the New York Stock Exchange and execute on
behalf of the Trust a listing application and all other applications,
statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments as shall be
necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be listed on the
New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of the Trust such
applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents, appointments of
attorney for service of process and other papers and documents as shall be
necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under the
securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as The Sponsor, on behalf
of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable and (iv) to negotiate and execute
on behalf of the Trust the Underwriting Agreement. In the event that any filing
referred to in clauses (i)-(iii) above is required by the rules and regulations
of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or state securities or blue sky
laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the Regular
Trustees, in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust, are hereby authorized
and directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust
any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee, in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust, shall not
be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the Trust any
such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the Commission,
the New York Stock Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws. In connection
with all of the foregoing, The Sponsor and each Trustee, solely in its capacity
as a Trustee of the Trust, have constituted and appointed, and hereby confirm
the appointment of [ ], [ ] and [ ], and each of them, as his, her or its, as
the case may be, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for The Sponsor or such Trustee or in the
Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the
1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as The Sponsor or such Trustee might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his or her
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substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SECTION 3.14. Filing of Amendments to Certificate of Trust. The
Certificate of Trust as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on July 31, 1997 is attached hereto as Exhibit A. On or after the date
of execution of this Declaration, the Trustees shall cause the filing with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of such amendments to the
Certificate of Trust as the Trustees shall deem necessary or desirable.
SECTION 3.15. Execution of Documents by Regular Trustees. Unless
otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees and except as otherwise required
by the Business Trust Act with respect to the Certificate of Trust or
otherwise, a majority of, or if there are only two, both of, the Regular
Trustees are authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust any
documents which the Regular Trustees have the power and authority to execute or
deliver pursuant to this Declaration.
SECTION 3.16. Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities shall
be taken as the statements of the Sponsor and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations
as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof.
The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration or the Securities.
SECTION 3.17. Duration of Trust. The Trust, absent termination
pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, shall have existence until
[ ], 20[ ].
ARTICLE IV
Sponsor
SECTION 4.01. Purchase of Common Securities by Sponsor. On the
Closing Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by
the Trust at the same time as the Preferred Securities to be issued on such
date are issued, such purchase to be in an amount equal to 3% of the total
capital of the Trust. On the Option Closing Date, the Sponsor shall purchase
all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust at the same time as the
Preferred Securities to be issued on such date are issued, such purchase to be
in such amount so that the Common Securities continue to represent 3% of the
total capital of the Trust.
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SECTION 4.02. Expenses. (a) In connection with the purchase of the
Debentures by the Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Sponsor and not as a
Holder, shall be responsible for and shall pay for all debts and obligations
(other than with respect to the Securities) and all costs and expenses of the
Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the
organization of the Trust, the issuance of the Preferred Securities to initial
purchasers thereof, the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees
and expenses) of the Trustees (including any amounts payable under Article X),
the costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including
without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical
or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or
accounting equipment, Paying Agent(s), registrars, transfer agent(s),
duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the disposition of Trust
assets).
(b) In connection with the purchase of the Debentures by the Trust,
the Sponsor, in its capacity as Sponsor and not as a Holder, will pay any and
all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to the Trust
or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such
taxes of the Trust.
(c) The Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.02 shall be for
the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom any such debts,
obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor") whether or not
such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may enforce the
Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.02 directly against the Sponsor and
the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such
Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other Person before
proceeding against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional
agreements as may be necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the
provisions of this Section 4.02.
ARTICLE V
Trustees
SECTION 5.01. Number of Trustees; Qualifications. (a) Except as
provided in (1) below, the number of Trustees initially shall be five (5). At
any time (i) before the issuance of the Securities, the Sponsor may, by written
instrument, increase or decrease the number of, and appoint, remove and replace
the, Trustees, and (ii) after the issuance of the Securities the number of
Trustees may be
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increased or decreased solely by, and Trustees may be appointed, removed or
replaced solely by, vote of Holders of Common Securities representing a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class;
provided that in any case:
(1) the number of Trustees shall be at least five (5) unless the
Trustee that acts as the Property Trustee also acts as the Delaware
Trustee, in which case the number of Trustees shall be at least three (3);
(2) at least a majority of the Trustees shall at all times be
officers or employees of The Sponsor;
(3) if required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the "Delaware
Trustee") shall be either a natural person who is a resident of the State
of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise is permitted to
act as a Trustee hereunder under the laws of the State of Delaware, except
that if the Property Trustee has its principal place of business in the
State of Delaware and otherwise is permitted to act as a Trustee hereunder
under the laws of the State of Delaware, then the Property Trustee shall
also be the Delaware Trustee and Section 3.09 shall have no application;
and
(4) there shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder which
shall satisfy the requirements of Section 5.01(c).
Each Trustee shall be either a natural person at least 21 years of age or a
legal entity which shall act through one or more duly appointed
representatives.
(b) The initial Regular Trustees shall be:
Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Houston Lane
In care of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(c) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as
Property Trustee. In order to act as Property Trustee hereunder, such Trustee
shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States of America or any
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State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a
corporation or Person permitted by the Commission to act as an
institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination
by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority
referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), 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; and
(iii) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an Investment
Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent Rule 3a-7 requires
a trustee having certain qualifications to hold title to the "eligible
assets" (as defined in Rule 3a-7) of the Trust, the Property Trustee shall
possess those qualifications.
If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to satisfy the
requirements of clauses (i)-(iii) above, the Property Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 5.02(d). If the
Property Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee and
the Holders of the Common Securities (as if such Holders were the obligor
referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all respects
comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. The
Preferred Guarantee shall be deemed to be specifically described in this
Declaration for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
The initial Trustee which shall serve as the Property Trustee is The
Bank of New York, a national banking association incorporated and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, whose address is as set forth
in Section 14.01(b).
(d) The initial Trustee which shall serve as the Delaware Trustee is
The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, whose address
is as set forth in Section 14.01(c).
(e) Any action taken by Holders of Common Securities pursuant to this
Article V shall be taken at a meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened
for such purpose or by written consent as provided in Section 12.02.
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(f) No amendment may be made to this Section 5.01 which would change
any rights with respect to the number, existence or appointment and removal of
Trustees, except with the consent of each Holder of Common Securities.
SECTION 5.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees. (a)
Subject to Section 5.02(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed without cause
at any time:
(i) until the issuance of the Securities, by written instrument
executed by the Sponsor; and
(ii) after the issuance of the Securities by vote of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class.
(b)(i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be removed
in accordance with Section 5.02(a) until a Successor Property Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section
5.01(c) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written
instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to
the Regular Trustees, the Sponsor and the Property Trustee being removed;
and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be removed
in accordance with Section 5.02(a) until a successor Trustee possessing
the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Section 5.01(a)(3) (a
"Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware
Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees, the Sponsor and the
Delaware Trustee being removed.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his
successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation.
(d) Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or
subsequent accounting) by an instrument (a "Resignation Request") in writing
signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor and the Trust, which
resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is
specified therein; provided, however, that:
(i) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Property
Trustee shall be effective until:
(A) a Successor Property Trustee possessing the qualifications
to act as Property Trustee under Section 5.01(c) has been appointed
and has
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accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor
Property Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the
resigning Property Trustee; or
(B) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an
Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7, until the assets of
the Trust have been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof
distributed to the Holders of the Securities; and
(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the Delaware
Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such
Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the
resigning Delaware Trustee.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee
shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section
5.02 within 60 days after delivery to the Sponsor and the Trust of a
Resignation Request, the resigning Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor
Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after
such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a Successor
Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) The Sponsor shall provide notice to the Property Trustee of any
resignation or removal of a Regular Trustee.
SECTION 5.03. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to hold
office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 5.01 or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section
5.01, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such
vacancy by a majority of the Regular Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of
the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee
appointed in accordance with the requirements of this Article V.
SECTION 5.04. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation,
retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or
incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee, or any one of them, shall not
operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Regular
Trustees shall occur until such vacancy is filled as provided in this Article
V, the Regular Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all
the powers
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granted to the Regular Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon
the Regular Trustees by this Declaration.
SECTION 5.05. Meetings. Meetings of the Regular Trustees shall be
held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee. Regular meetings of the
Regular Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the
Regular Trustees. Notice of any in-person meeting of the Regular Trustees shall
be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile,
with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such
meeting. Notice of any telephonic meeting of the Regular Trustees or any
committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than
24 hours before such meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the
time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in
person or by telephone) of a Regular Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Regular Trustee attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity
on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless
provided otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Regular Trustees may
be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Regular Trustees present
(whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such
matter; provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting by the
unanimous written consent of the Regular Trustees.
SECTION 5.06. Delegation of Power. (a) Any Regular Trustee may, by
power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural
person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any
registration statement or amendment thereto or other document or schedule filed
with the Commission or making any other governmental filing (including, without
limitation the filings referred to in Section 3.13).
(b) The Regular Trustees shall have the power to delegate from time
to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust or to officers of
the Sponsor the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments
either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Regular Trustees or
otherwise as the Regular Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such
delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of
the Trust, as set forth herein.
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ARTICLE VI
Distributions
SECTION 6.01. Distributions. Holders shall receive periodic
distributions, redemption payments and liquidation distributions in accordance
with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities
("Distributions"). Distributions shall be made to the Holders of Preferred
Securities and Common Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities
as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto. If and to the extent that The Sponsor
makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest (as defined in the
Indenture)), premium or principal on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Property
Trustee shall and is directed to promptly make a Distribution of the Payment
Amount to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities as set forth
in Exhibits B and C hereto.
ARTICLE VII
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 7.01. General Provisions Regarding Securities. (a) The
Regular Trustees shall issue on behalf of the Trust Securities in fully
registered form representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust in accordance with Section 7.01(b) and for the consideration
specified in Section 3.03.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall issue on behalf of the Trust one class
of preferred securities representing preferred undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Exhibit B (the
"Preferred Securities") which terms are incorporated by reference in, and made
a part of, this Declaration as if specifically set forth herein, and one class
of common securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Exhibit C (the
"Common Securities") which terms are incorporated by reference in, and made a
part of, this Declaration as if specifically set forth herein. The Trust shall
have no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
(c) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by the
Regular Trustees (or if there are more than two Regular Trustees by any two of
the Regular Trustees). Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future Regular Trustee. Typographical and
other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction
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of any such signature shall not affect the validity of any Certificate. In case
any Regular Trustee of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Certificates
shall cease to be such Regular Trustee before the Certificate so signed shall
be delivered by the Trust, such Certificate nevertheless may be delivered as
though the person who signed such Certificate had not ceased to be such Regular
Trustee; and any Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such
persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Certificate, shall be
the Regular Trustees of the Trust, although at the date of the execution and
delivery of the Declaration any such person was not such a Regular Trustee.
Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in
any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as
evidenced by their execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
as the Regular Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply
with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any
rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed,
or to conform to usage. Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the
Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust may execute temporary Certificates
(printed, lithographed or typewritten), in substantially the form of the
definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are issued, but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Certificates, all as may be determined by the Regular Trustees. Each temporary
Certificate shall be executed by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as definitive Certificates. Without unnecessary delay, the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust will execute and furnish definitive
Certificates and thereupon any or all temporary Certificates may be surrendered
to the transfer agent and registrar in exchange therefor (without charge to the
Holders). Each Certificate whether in temporary or definitive form shall be
countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized signatory
of the Person acting as registrar and transfer agent for the Securities, which
shall initially be the Property Trustee.
(d) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the
Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and
shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(e) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration,
the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
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(f) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Preferred
Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration,
shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and
shall be bound by, this Declaration.
(g) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration,
the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall return to The Sponsor the $10
constituting initial trust assets as set forth in the Original Declaration.
ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Trust. The Trust shall dissolve when:
(i) all of the Securities shall have been called for redemption and
the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have been paid to the
Holders of Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities; or
(ii) all of the Debentures shall have been distributed to the Holders
of Securities in exchange for all of the Securities in accordance with the
terms of the Securities; or
(iii) upon the expiration of the term of the Trust as set forth in
Section 3.17,
and thereafter the Trustees shall, after satisfaction of all obligations of the
Trust, file a certificate of cancelation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and the Trust shall terminate. The Trustees shall so file
such a certificate as soon as practicable after the occurrence of an event
referred to in this Section 8.01.
The provisions of Sections 3.12 and 4.02 and Article X shall survive
the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
Transfer of Interests
SECTION 9.01. Transfer of Securities.
(a) Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in this Declaration.
Any transfer or purported transfer of
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any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and
void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Preferred Securities shall be freely
transferable.
(c) Subject to this Article IX, The Sponsor and any Related Party may
only transfer Common Securities to The Sponsor or a Related Party; provided
that any such transfer shall be subject to the condition that the transferor
shall have obtained (1) either a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an
unqualified written opinion addressed to the Trust and delivered to the
Trustees of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that such transfer will not (i) cause the Trust to be
treated as issuing a class of interests in the Trust differing from the class
of interests represented by the Common Securities originally issued to The
Sponsor, (ii) result in the Trust acquiring or disposing of, or being deemed to
have acquired or disposed of, an asset, or (iii) result in or cause the Trust
to be treated as anything other than a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes and (2) an unqualified written opinion addressed to the
Trust and delivered to the Trustees of a nationally recognized independent
counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer will not cause the Trust
to be an Investment Company or controlled by an Investment Company.
SECTION 9.02. Transfer of Certificates. The Regular Trustees shall
cause to be kept at an office or agency to be maintained by the Trust a
register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Trust shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers
of Certificates, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment
(with such indemnity as the Trust or the Registrar (as defined below) may
require) in respect of any tax or other government charges which may be imposed
in relation to it. The Property Trustee will be the initial registrar and
transfer agent (the "Registrar") for the purpose of registering Certificates
and transfers of Certificates as provided herein.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the
office or agency of the Registrar, the Regular Trustees shall execute and the
Registrar shall countersign in accordance with section 7.01(c) one or more new
Certificates of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
liquidation amount to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees. Every Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trust duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing. Each
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Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled by the
Regular Trustees. A transferee of a Certificate shall be entitled to the rights
and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such
transferee of a Certificate. By acceptance of a Certificate, each transferee
shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Declaration.
SECTION 9.03. Deemed Security Holders. The Trustees may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and
records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the
Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not
be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of
any Person, whether or not the Trustees shall have actual or other notice
thereof.
SECTION 9.04. Book Entry Interests. Unless otherwise specified in the
terms of the Preferred Securities, the Preferred Securities Certificates, on
original issuance (including Preferred Securities, if any, issued on the Option
Closing Date pursuant to the exercise of the overallotment option set forth in
the Underwriting Agreement), will be issued in the form of one or more, fully
registered, global Preferred Security Certificates (each a "Global
Certificate"), to be delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on
behalf of, the Trust. Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered on
the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of
DTC, and no Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive
Preferred Security Certificate representing such Preferred Security Beneficial
Owner's interests in such Global Certificates, except as provided in Section
9.07. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Preferred Security
Certificates (the "Definitive Preferred Security Certificates") have been
issued to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.07:
(i) the provisions of this Section 9.04 shall be in full force and
effect;
(ii) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with the
Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including the
payment of Distributions on the Global Certificates and receiving
approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Preferred
Securities and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall have
no obligation to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
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(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.04 conflict
with any other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions of this
Section 9.04 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be
exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law and agreements between such Preferred Security
Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants. DTC will make book entry transfers among the Clearing Agency
Participants and receive and transmit payments of Distributions on the
Global Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants.
SECTION 9.05. Notices to Holders of Certificates. Whenever a notice
or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this
Declaration, unless and until Definitive Preferred Security Certificates shall
have been issued pursuant to Section 9.07, the relevant Trustees shall give all
such notices and communications, specified herein to be given to Preferred
Securities Holders, to the Clearing Agency and, with respect to any Preferred
Security Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or the nominee
of a Clearing Agency, the Trustees shall, except as set forth herein, have no
notice obligations to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
SECTION 9.06. Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency. If any
Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depository
with respect to the Preferred Securities, the Regular Trustees may, in their
sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect to the
Preferred Securities.
SECTION 9.07. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. If (i) a
Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depository
with respect to the Preferred Securities and a successor Clearing Agency is not
appointed within 90 days after such discontinuance pursuant to Section 9.06 or
(ii) the Regular Trustees elect after consultation with the Sponsor to
terminate the book entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the
Preferred Securities, then (x) Definitive Preferred Security Certificates shall
be prepared by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust with respect to such
Preferred Securities and (y) upon surrender of the Global Certificates by the
Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Regular Trustees
shall cause definitive Preferred Security Certificates to be delivered to
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the
Clearing Agency. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall
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be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
SECTION 9.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Registrar, or if
the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the
Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of
them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, any two Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust shall execute and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this
Section 9.08, the Regular Trustees may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant
Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
ARTICLE X
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 10.01 Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable,
responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered
Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the
Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within
the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this
Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for
any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
gross negligence (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence) or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable
care by or on
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behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as
to the value and amount of assets, liabilities, profits, losses or any other
facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions
to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act, the
Holders of Securities, in their capacities as Holders, shall be entitled to the
same limitation of liability that is extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.02. Indemnification and Compensation. (a) To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, the Sponsor shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or claim
incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission performed
or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration, except
that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of
any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of
gross negligence (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence) or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any
claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced
by the Sponsor prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Sponsor of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined
that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in
Section 10.02(a).
(c) The Sponsor agrees to pay the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee hereunder as may be mutually agreed
upon in writing by the Sponsor and the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, and, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, to reimburse the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee upon its or
their request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred
or made by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, in
accordance with the provisions of this Declaration, except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its or their negligence or
bad faith.
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SECTION 10.03. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor,
the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage in or possess an
interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently
or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the
Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this
Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits
derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive
with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None
of the Covered Persons, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the Property
Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other
opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if
presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall have the right
to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to
recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any
Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any
Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for,
or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations
of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
Accounting
SECTION 11.01. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the
Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the
Code.
SECTION 11.02. Certain Accounting Matters. (a) At all times during
the existence of the Trust, the Regular Trustees shall keep, or cause to be
kept, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall
reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. The Trust
shall use the accrual method of accounting for United States Federal income tax
purposes. The books and records of the Trust, together with a copy of this
Declaration and a certified copy of the Certificate of Trust, or any amendment
thereto, shall at all times be maintained at the principal office of the Trust
and shall be open for inspection by any Holder or its duly authorized
representative for any purpose reasonably related to its interest in the Trust
during normal business hours.
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(b) The Regular Trustees shall, as soon as available after the end of
each Fiscal Year of the Trust, cause to be prepared and mailed to each Holder
of Securities unaudited financial statements of the Trust for such Fiscal Year,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided
that if the Trust is required to comply with the periodic reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, such financial
statements for such Fiscal Year shall be examined and reported on by a firm of
independent certified public accountants selected by the Regular Trustees
(which firm may be the firm used by the Sponsor).
(c) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and mailed to
each Holder of Securities an annual United States Federal income tax
information statement, on such form as is required by the Code, containing such
information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by
the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code
to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Regular Trustees shall
endeavor to deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of each
Fiscal Year of the Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and filed with
the appropriate taxing authority an annual United States Federal income tax
return, on such form as is required by the Code, and any other annual income
tax returns required to be filed by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
with any state or local taxing authority, such returns to be filed as soon as
practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
SECTION 11.03. Banking. The Regular Trustees shall maintain one or
more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided,
however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Debentures held by the
Property Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Account and no other
funds from the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The sole
signatories for such accounts shall be designated by the Regular Trustees;
provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall designate the sole
signatories for the Property Account.
SECTION 11.04. Withholding. The Trust and the Trustees shall comply
with all withholding requirements under United States Federal, state and local
law. The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such
forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from
withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as
shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the
extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations.
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The Property Trustee shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions
and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder,
the Property Trustee shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to
applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold
and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or
allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a
distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of
any claimed overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the
applicable jurisdiction. If the amount to be withheld was not withheld from a
Distribution, the Property Trustee may reduce subsequent Distributions by the
amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
Amendments and Meetings
SECTION 12.01. Amendments. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
Declaration or by any applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may
be amended by, and only by, a written instrument executed by a majority of the
Regular Trustees (or, if there are only two Regular Trustees, both Regular
Trustees); provided, however, that (i) no amendment to this Declaration shall
be made unless the Regular Trustees shall have obtained (A) either a ruling
from the Internal Revenue Service or a written unqualified opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to
the effect that such amendment will not cause the Trust to be classified for
United States Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a
corporation or a partnership and to the effect that the Trust will continue to
be treated as a grantor trust for purposes of United States Federal income
taxation and (B) a written unqualified opinion of nationally recognized
independent counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such
amendment will not cause the Trust to be an Investment Company which is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, (ii) if Securities
are outstanding, any amendment which would adversely affect the rights,
privileges or preferences of any Holder of Securities may be effected only
after satisfaction of such additional requirements as may be set forth in the
terms of such Securities, (iii) Section 4.02, Section 9.01(c) and this Section
12.01 shall not be amended without the consent of all Holders of the
Securities, (iv) no amendment which adversely affects the rights, powers and
privileges of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be made
without the consent of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, (v) Article IV shall not be amended without the consent of the
Sponsor, and (vi) the rights of Holders of Common
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Securities under Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and to
appoint, replace or remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent
of each Holder of Common Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 12.02(a)(ii), this Declaration may be
amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to (i) cure any
ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that
may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration,
(iii) to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Sponsor, and
(iv) to conform to any changes in Rule 3a-7 or any change in interpretation or
application of Rule 3a-7 by the Commission, which amendment does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the Holders.
(c) The Regular Trustees shall promptly furnish to each of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee a copy of each amendment to this
Declaration.
SECTION 12.02. Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by
Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of Preferred Securities and/or
Common Securities may be called at any time by the Regular Trustees (or as
provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on
which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms
of this Declaration, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading.
The Regular Trustees shall call a meeting of Holders of Preferred Securities or
Common Securities if directed to do so by Holders of at least 10% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given
by delivering to the Regular Trustees one or more notices in writing stating
that the signing Holders of Securities wish to call a meeting and indicating
the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any
Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing the
Certificates held by the Holders of Securities exercising the right to call a
meeting and only those specified Certificates shall be counted for purposes of
determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of
this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the
Securities, the following provision shall apply to meetings of Holders of
Securities:
(i) Notice of any such meeting shall be given by mail to each Trustee
and all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat not less
than seven days nor more than 60 days prior to the date of such meeting.
Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the
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Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this Declaration or
the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities are
listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be
given at a meeting of the Holders of Securities. Any action that may be
taken at a meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is
signed by Holders of Securities owning not less than the minimum aggregate
liquidation amount of Securities that would be necessary to authorize or
take such action at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a
right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking
of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of Securities
entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. The Regular Trustees
may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Holders of Securities
for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned
to the Trust within the time specified by the Regular Trustees.
(ii) Each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it
by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of a Security is entitled to
participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or
participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration
of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of Security
executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the terms of the
Securities, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of
proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware relating to proxies and judicial interpretations thereunder as if
the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders of the Securities
were stockholders of a Delaware corporation.
(iii) Each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be
conducted by the Regular Trustees or by such other Person that the Regular
Trustees may designate.
(iv) Unless otherwise provided in the Business Trust Act, this
Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed or admitted for trading, the Regular Trustees,
in their sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to
meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place or
purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any
Holders of Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by consent
without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum
requirements,
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voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the
exercise of any such right to vote.
ARTICLE XIII
Representations of Property Trustee
and Delaware Trustee
SECTION 13.01. Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee.
(a) The Trustee which acts as initial Property Trustee represents and warrants
to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each
Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor
at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment
as Property Trustee that:
(i) The Property Trustee is a banking corporation with trust powers,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of its incorporation, with trust power and authority to execute
and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms
of, this Declaration.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee
of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Property Trustee. The Declaration has been duly
executed and delivered by the Property Trustee, and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the
discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such
remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Declaration by
the Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the
charter or By-laws of the Property Trustee.
(iv) No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with
or notice to, any banking authority which supervises or regulates the
Property Trustee is required for the execution, delivery or performance by
the Property Trustee of this Declaration.
(v) The Property Trustee satisfies the qualifications set forth in
Section 5.01(c).
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(b) The Trustee which acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each
Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor
at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment
as Delaware Trustee, that it satisfies the qualifications set forth in Section
5.01(a)(3).
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 14.01. Notices. All notices provided for in this Declaration
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Regular Trustees at the
Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust may give notice of to the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of the Securities):
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
In care of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Houston Lane,
Trustees
Facsimile No: (210) [ ]
(b) if given to the Property Trustee, at the mailing address of the
Property Trustee set forth below (or such other address as the Property
Trustee may give notice of to the Trust and the Holders of the
Securities):
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (212)
(c) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address of the
Delaware Trustee set forth below (or such other address as the Delaware
Trustee may give notice of to the Trust and the Holders of the
Securities):
The Bank of New York (Delaware)
White City Center, Route 273
Newark, Delaware 19711
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (302)
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with a copy to:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (212)
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing
address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the
Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Property Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee and the Trust):
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No: (210) [ ]
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the
books and records of the Trust.
A copy of any notice to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
shall also be sent to the Trust. All notices shall be deemed to have been given
when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first
class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is
refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which
no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 14.02. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Declaration
agree, and each Holder of any Securities by his or her 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 Declaration, or in
any suit against the Property Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as
Property 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 14.02 shall not
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apply to any suit instituted by the Property Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any Holder of Preferred Securities, or group of Holders of Preferred
Securities, holding more than 10% in aggregate liquidation amount of the
outstanding Preferred Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of
Preferred Securities for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures, on or after the respective due
dates expressed in such Debentures.
SECTION 14.03. Governing Law. This Declaration and the rights of the
parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by
such laws without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 14.04. Headings. Headings contained in this Declaration are
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation
of this Declaration or any provision hereof.
SECTION 14.05. Partial Enforceability. If any provision of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or
circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the
application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to
which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 14.06. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain more than
one counterpart of the signature pages and this Declaration may be executed by
the affixing of the signature of the Sponsor and each of the Trustees to one of
such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall
be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though
all of the signers had signed a single signature page.
SECTION 14.07. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust not be classified for United States Federal
income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership
but that the Trust be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes. The provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted to
further this intention of the parties.
SECTION 14.08. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Declaration
any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns
of such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements
in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the
benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS,
INC., as Sponsor,
by
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Name:
Title:
REGULAR TRUSTEES:
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as Regular Trustee
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as Regular Trustee
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as
Property Trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(DELAWARE), as Delaware
Trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
THIS Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), dated
__________, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business
trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CCCI Capital Trust
I.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 110 White
Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of the
date filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees of the
Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first-above
written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT B
TERMS OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of CCCI Capital Trust [ ] dated as of [ ] (as amended from time to time,
the "Declaration"), the designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set
forth below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein having the
meaning set forth in the Declaration):
1. Designation and Number. Preferred Securities of the Trust with an
aggregate liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of up to [ ] Dollars
($[ ]) (including up to [ ] Dollars ($[ ]) issuable upon exercise of the
overallotment option set forth in the Underwriting Agreement) and a liquidation
amount in the assets of the Trust of $[ ] per Preferred Security are hereby
designated as "[ ]% Preferred Trust Securities". The Preferred Security
Certificates evidencing the Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the
form attached hereto as Annex I, with such changes and additions thereto or
deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or
to conform to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities
are listed. In connection with the issuance and sale of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, the Trust will purchase, as trust assets,
Debentures of the Sponsor having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities so issued and bearing interest at an annual rate equal to the annual
Distribution rate on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities and
having payment and redemption provisions which correspond to the payment and
redemption provisions of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Preferred
Security will be payable [at a fixed rate per annum of [ ]%] [floating rate]
(the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred
Security. Distributions in arrears for more than one month will bear interest
at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by law), compounded monthly. The
term "Distributions" as used in these terms means such periodic cash
distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution will be made by the Property Trustee only to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee. The amount of
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Distributions payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a 30-day period
for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed.
(b) Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from [ ], and will be payable [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]
in arrears, on the first day of each period commencing on [ ], except as
otherwise described below, but only if and to the extent that interest payments
are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee. So long as
the Sponsor is not in default in the payment of interest on the Debentures, the
Sponsor shall have the right under the Indenture for the Debentures to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time
on the Debentures for a period not to exceed [60] [20] [10] consecutive
[monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] interest periods (an "Extension Period"),
provided, however, that an Extension Period may not extend beyond the maturity
of the Debentures. During any such Extension Period, monthly Distributions will
continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the Coupon Rate, compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually].
Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Sponsor may further
extend such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period together with
all such previous and further extensions thereof may not exceed 60 consecutive
monthly interest periods. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the
payment of all amounts then due, the Sponsor may commence a new Extension
Period, subject to the above requirements. Payments of accrued Distributions
will be payable to Holders of Preferred Securities as they appear on the books
and records of the Trust on the record date for the first interest payment date
occurring at or after the end of the Extension Period.
(c) Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be payable
promptly by the Property Trustee (or other Paying Agent) upon receipt of
immediately available funds to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books
and records of the Trust on the relevant record dates. While the Preferred
Securities remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates shall be
one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution date, and if the Preferred
Securities are no longer in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates
will be the fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which the relevant Distribution date occurs, which record and payment dates
correspond to the record and interest payment dates for the
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Debentures. Distributions payable on any Preferred Securities that are not
punctually paid on any Distribution payment date as a result of the Sponsor
having failed to make the corresponding interest payment on the Debentures will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Preferred
Security is registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted
Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Preferred
Security is registered on the special record date established by the Regular
Trustees, which record date shall correspond to the special record date or
other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture; provided,
however, that Distributions shall not be considered payable on any Distribution
payment date falling within an Extension Period unless the Sponsor has elected
to make a full or partial payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such
Distribution payment date. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and
the provisions of the Declaration, each payment in respect of the Preferred
Securities will be made as described in paragraph 9 hereof. If any date on
which Distributions are payable on the Preferred Securities is not a Business
Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date.
(d) All Distributions paid with respect to the Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities will be paid pro rata to the Holders thereof entitled
thereto. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with respect to
Distributions.
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or
for the Trust that is not accounted for under the Declaration, such money or
property shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities.
3. Liquidation Distribution upon Dissolution. In the event of any
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities at the date
of the dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may be, will be
entitled to receive pro rata solely out of the assets of the Trust available
for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, an amount equal to
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the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred Security
and Common Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date
of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless, in
connection with such dissolution, winding-up or termination, and after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, Debentures in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, shall be distributed pro rata to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities in exchange for such
Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities shall be
paid, subject to the next paragraph, on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such dissolution pro rata with Holders of Preferred
Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with
respect to such Liquidation Distribution.
4. Redemption and Distribution of Debentures. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities may only be redeemed if Debentures having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are repaid, redeemed or
distributed as set forth below:
[(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures, in whole or in part,
whether at maturity or upon redemption at any time or from time to time on or
after [ ], the proceeds of such repayment will be promptly applied to redeem
pro rata Preferred Securities and Common Securities having an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repaid, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption
price of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common Security plus an amount equal
to accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of redemption, payable
in cash (the "Redemption Price"). The date of any such repayment of Preferred
Securities and Common Securities shall be established to coincide with the
repayment date of
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the Debentures.] [Additional Redemption provisions to be provided.]
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Preferred Securities and Common
Securities are to be so redeemed, the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities will be redeemed pro rata, it being understood that Preferred
Securities held of record by a Clearing Agency or nominee will be redeemed as
described in paragraph 4(f)(ii) below. If a partial redemption would result in
the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national securities exchange
or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, the
Sponsor, pursuant to the Indenture, will only redeem Debentures in whole and
the Trust will only redeem the Preferred Securities in whole.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each
as hereinafter defined, and each a "Special Event") shall occur and be
continuing, the Regular Trustees shall, unless the Debentures are redeemed in
the limited circumstances described below, dissolve the Trust and, after
satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held by the Property Trustee having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount
of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as, the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, to be distributed to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on a pro rata basis in
liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition of such
dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely on any then
applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the
effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities will not recognize any gain
or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
dissolution of the Trust and distribution of Debentures; and provided further
that, if at the time there is available to the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within the 90 Day Period,
the Special Event by taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or
making an election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that has
no adverse effect on the Trust, the Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities (a "Ministerial Action"), the Sponsor or the
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Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will pursue such Ministerial Action
in lieu of dissolution.
If in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, (i) the Regular
Trustees have received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of nationally
recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that, as a
result of a Tax Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the
Sponsor would be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for
United States Federal income tax purposes even if the Debentures were
distributed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
liquidation of such Holder's interest in the Trust as described in this
paragraph 4(c) or (ii) the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such
tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, the
Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part for cash at the
Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event,
and, promptly following such redemption, Preferred Securities and Common
Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed will be redeemed by the Trust at
the Redemption Price on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that, if at the
time there is available to the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of
the Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 day period, the Tax
Event by taking some Ministerial Action, the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, will pursue such measure in lieu of redemption; and
provided further that the Sponsor shall have no right to redeem the Debentures
while the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, are pursuing such
Ministerial Action. The Common Securities will be redeemed pro rata with the
Preferred Securities, except that if an Event of Default under the Indenture
has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities will have a priority
over the Common Securities with respect to payment of the Redemption Price.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have obtained an
opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that[, on or after [ ],] as
a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any announced
prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, (b)
any amendment to, or change in, an interpretation or application of any such
laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental
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agency or regulatory authority (including the enactment of any legislation and
the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory determination), (c) any
interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to
such laws or regulations that differs from the theretofore generally accepted
position or (d) any action taken by any governmental agency or regulatory
authority, which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or
effective or which interpretation or pronouncement is issued or adopted or
which action is taken, in each case after [ ], (collectively, a "Change in Tax
Law") there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will
be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to United States Federal income
tax with respect to income accrued or received on the [Convertible] Debentures,
(ii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to
more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental
charges or (iii) interest payable by the Sponsor to the Trust on the
[Convertible] Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof will not
be, deductible by the Sponsor for United States Federal income tax purposes
(determined without regard to the use made by the Company of the proceeds of
the Convertible Debentures). Notwithstanding anything in the previous sentence
to the contrary, a Tax Event shall not include any Change in Tax Law that
requires the Company for Federal income tax purposes to defer taking a
deduction for any OID that accrues with respect to the Convertible Debentures
until the interest payment related to such OID is paid by the Company in money;
provided that such Change in Tax Law does not create more than an insubstantial
risk that the Company will be prevented from taking a deduction for OID
accruing with respect to the Convertible Debentures at a date that is no later
than the date the interest payment related to such OID is actually paid by the
Company in money.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
received an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in
practice under the Investment Company Act that, as a result of the occurrence
of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application
of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or
regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an "investment
company" which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act,
which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after [ ].
On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon
dissolution of the Trust, (i) the Preferred
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Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and (ii) certificates
representing Preferred Securities will be deemed to represent beneficial
interests in the Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
stated liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to
accrued and unpaid Distributions on, such Preferred Securities until such
certificates are presented to the Sponsor or its agent for transfer or
reissuance.
(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Preferred
Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Preferred Securities for all monthly Distribution periods terminating on or
prior to the date of redemption.
(e) If Debentures are distributed to Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Sponsor, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, will use its
best efforts to have the Debentures listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on
such other exchange as the Preferred Securities were listed immediately prior
to the distribution of the Debentures.
(f)(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
(a "Redemption/ Distribution Notice") will be given by the Regular Trustees on
behalf of the Trust by mail to each Holder of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof. For purposes of the
calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which
notices are given pursuant to this paragraph (f)(i), a Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
first class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Preferred Securities and
Common Securities. Each Redemption/ Distribution Notice shall be addressed to
the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the address of
each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in
the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with
respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Preferred
Securities are to be redeemed, the Preferred Securities to be redeemed will be
redeemed pro rata from each Holder of Preferred Securities, it being understood
that, in respect of Preferred Securities registered in the name of and held of
record by DTC (or a successor Clearing Agency) or any other nominee, the
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Preferred Securities will be redeemed from, and the distribution of the
proceeds of such redemption will be made to, each Clearing Agency Participant
(or person on whose behalf such nominee holds such securities) in accordance
with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.
(iii) Subject to paragraph 9 hereof, if the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice in respect of a redemption of Preferred
Securities as provided in this paragraph 4 (which notice will be irrevocable)
then (A) while the Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form, by 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Sponsor has
paid the Property Trustee in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of
cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC (or any successor
Clearing Agency) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with
respect to the Preferred Securities and will give DTC (or any successor
Clearing Agency) irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption
Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities and (B) if the Preferred
Securities are issued in definitive form, and provided that the Sponsor has
paid the Property Trustee in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of
cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
the Property Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price to the Holders of
such Preferred Securities by check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder
appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the redemption date. If a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as
required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the close of business on the
redemption date, Distributions will cease to accrue on the Preferred Securities
called for redemption, such Preferred Securities will no longer be deemed to be
outstanding and all rights of Holders of such Preferred Securities so called
for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Preferred
Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such
Redemption Price. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to
register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Preferred Securities
which have been so called for redemption. If any date fixed for redemption of
Preferred Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption
Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such
delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such
payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as
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if made on such date fixed for redemption. If the Sponsor fails to repay
Debentures on maturity or on the date fixed for redemption or if payment of the
Redemption Price in respect of Preferred Securities is improperly withheld or
refused and not paid either by the Property Trustee or, pursuant to the
Preferred Securities Guarantee, by the Sponsor, Distributions on such Preferred
Securities will continue to accrue, from the original redemption date to the
date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the
date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(iv) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust to DTC or its nominee (or any successor
Clearing Agency or its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or,
if Definitive Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities.
(v) Upon the date of dissolution of the Trust and distribution of
Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event, Preferred Security
Certificates shall be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the
Debentures so distributed, and the Preferred Securities will no longer be
deemed outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees. The Debentures
so distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities so distributed.
(vi) If a partial redemption of the Preferred Securities would result
in the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national securities
exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then
listed, the Company pursuant to the Indenture will only redeem Debentures in
whole and, as a result, the Trust would only redeem the Preferred Securities in
whole.
(vii) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States Federal and state securities laws), the Sponsor or
any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase
outstanding Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private
agreement.
5. Voting Rights. (a) Except as provided under paragraph 5(b) below
and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the
Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.
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(b) If any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures held by the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of a Special Event or in connection with the redemption of Preferred
Securities as a consequence of a redemption of Debentures, then the Holders of
outstanding Securities will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal
as a class and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the approval of the Holders of Securities representing 66-2/3% in liquidation
amount of such Securities; provided, however, that (A) if any amendment or
proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the
Preferred Securities or the Common Securities, then only the affected class
will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or
proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of 66-2/3% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities and (B) amendments to the
Declaration shall be subject to such further requirements as are set forth in
Sections 12.01 and 12.02 of the Declaration.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee, as the holder of
the Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the Property
Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities
with respect to such amendment, modification or termination. The Property
Trustee shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination
as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting
together as a single class; provided that where such amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in
principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures affected
thereby, the Property Trustee may only vote with respect to that amendment,
modification or termination as directed by, in the case of clause (1) above,
the vote of Holders of Securities representing such specified percentage of the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, or, in the case of clause (2)
above, each Holder of Securities affected thereby; and provided further that
the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any action in
accordance with the directions of the Holders of Securities unless the Property
Trustee shall have received, at the
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expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax
counsel recognized as expert in such matters to the effect that the Trust will
not be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as an
association taxable as a corporation or a partnership on account of such action
and will be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes following such action.
Subject to Section 2.06 of the Declaration, and the provisions of
this and the next succeeding paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities, voting separately as a class,
shall have the right to (A) on behalf of all Holders of Preferred Securities,
waive any past default that is waivable under the Declaration (subject to, and
in accordance with, the Declaration) and (B) direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the
Declaration, including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as the holder
of the Debentures, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 6.06 of
the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration
that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable; provided
that where the taking of any action under the Indenture requires the consent or
vote of (1) holders of Debentures representing a specified percentage greater
than a majority in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of
Debentures affected thereby, the Property Trustee may only take such action if
directed by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of Holders of Preferred
Securities representing such specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, or, in the case of clause (2) above, each
Holder of Preferred Securities affected thereby. The Property Trustee shall not
revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of
the Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property
Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property Trustee shall
be under no obligation to take any of the foregoing actions at the direction of
the Holders of Preferred Securities unless the Property Trustee shall have
received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of nationally recognized
independent tax counsel recognized as expert in such matters to the effect that
the Trust will not be classified for United States Federal
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income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a partnership
on account of such action and will be treated as a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes following such action. If the Property
Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Declaration (including, without
limitation, its rights, powers and privileges as a holder of the Debentures
under the Indenture), any Holder of Preferred Securities may, to the extent
permitted by law, after a period of 30 days has elapsed from such Holder's
written request to the Property Trustee to enforce such rights, institute a
legal proceeding directed against the Sponsor to enforce the Property Trustee's
rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event
is attributable to the failure of the Sponsor to pay interest or principal on
the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or
in the case of redemption, the redemption date), then a Holder of Preferred
Securities may directly institute suit against the Sponsor for enforcement of
payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities held by such Holder on or after the respective due date specified in
the Debentures. The Holders of Preferred Securities will not be able to
exercise directly against the Sponsor any other remedy available to the Holders
of the Debentures unless the Property Trustee first fails to do so.
A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property Trustee at
the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will constitute a
waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under the Declaration in respect
of the Securities.
Any required approval or direction of Holders of Preferred Securities
may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Preferred Securities convened
for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities of the Trust
or pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, or of
any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken,
to be mailed to each Holder of record of Preferred Securities. Each such notice
will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date
by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution
proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to
vote or of such matter upon
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which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the delivery of
proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of Preferred Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Preferred Securities in accordance
with the Declaration.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to
vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the
Preferred Securities at such time that are owned by the Sponsor or by any
entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or
consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they
were not outstanding.
Holders of the Preferred Securities will have no rights to increase
or decrease the number of Trustees or to appoint, remove or replace a Trustee,
which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Holders of the Common
Securities.
[6. Conversion Rights. To be provided if applicable.]
7. Pro Rata Treatment. A reference in these terms of the Preferred
Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "pro rata" shall
mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to
the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in
relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative
to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding,
and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
8. Ranking. The Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment
thereon will be made pro rata with the Common Securities except that where an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of Preferred
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Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise rank in priority to the rights of Holders
of the Common Securities.
9. Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations. The Trust may not
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to, any
Person.
10. Transfer, Exchange, Method of Payments. Payment of Distributions
and payments on redemption of the Preferred Securities will be payable, the
transfer of the Preferred Securities will be registrable, and Preferred
Securities will be exchangeable for Preferred Securities of other denominations
of a like aggregate liquidation amount, at the principal corporate trust office
of the Property Trustee in The City of New York; provided that payment of
Distributions may be made at the option of the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust by check mailed to the address of the Persons entitled thereto and
that the payment on redemption of any Preferred Security will be made only upon
surrender of such Preferred Security to the Property Trustee.
11. Acceptance of Indenture and Preferred Guarantee. Each Holder of
Preferred Securities, by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of
(i) the Preferred Guarantee, including the subordination provisions thereof and
(ii) the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the Debentures, including the
subordination provisions of the Indenture.
12. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of Preferred Securities shall
have no preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional Preferred Securities
or Common Securities.
13. Miscellaneous. These terms shall constitute a part of the
Declaration. The Trust will provide a copy of the Declaration and the Indenture
to a Holder without charge on written request to the Trust at its principal
place of business.
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ANNEX I
[IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT--THIS
PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY
IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON
OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE DECLARATION AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY
A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
Preferred Securities:
Number:
CUSIP NO.:
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Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
% Preferred Trust Securities
(liquidation amount $[ ] per Preferred Security)
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that [ ]
(the "Holder") is the registered owner of [ ] preferred securities of
the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust designated the [ ]% Preferred Trust Securities (liquidation amount $[ ]
per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The transfer of Preferred
Securities is registrable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or
by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed
and in proper form for registration of transfer. The designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Preferred
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject
to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
of the Trust dated as of [ ], as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Declaration"), including the designation of the terms of Preferred Securities
as set forth in Exhibit B thereto. The Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities issued by the Trust pursuant to the Declaration represent undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, including the Debentures (as
defined in the Declaration) issued by Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a
Texas corporation (the "Sponsor"), to the Trust pursuant to the Indenture
referred to in the Declaration. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee Agreement of the Sponsor dated as of [ ] (the "Guarantee"), to the
extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Declaration, the
Guarantee and the Indenture to the Holder without charge, upon written request
to the Trust, at its principal place of business or registered office.
The Holder of this Certificate, by accepting this Certificate, is
deemed to have (i) agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Debentures,
including that the Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent
provided in the Indenture and (ii) agreed to
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the terms of the Guarantee, including that the Guarantee is subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all other indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations of the Sponsor, including the Debentures, except those made pari
passu or subordinate by their terms, and senior to all capital stock now or
hereafter issued by the Sponsor and to any guarantee now or hereafter entered
into by the Sponsor in respect of any of its capital stock.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees of the Trust have executed this
certificate this day of .
CCCI Capital Trust [ ],
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated:
Countersigned and Registered:
The Bank of New York, as
Transfer Agent and Registrar
by
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Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
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EXHIBIT C
TERMS OF
COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of CCCI Capital Trust [ ] dated as of [ ] (as amended from time to time,
the "Declaration"), the designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set
forth below (each capitalized term used but not defined herein having the
meaning set forth in the Declaration):
1. Designation and Number. Common Securities of the Trust with an
aggregate liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of up to [ ] Dollars
($[ ]) (including up to [ ] Dollars ($[ ]) issuable upon exercise of the
overallotment option set forth in the Underwriting Agreement) and a liquidation
amount in the assets of the Trust of $[ ] per Common Security are hereby
designated as "[ ]% Common Trust Securities". The Common Security Certificates
evidencing the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Annex I, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions
therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice. The Common
Securities are to be issued and sold to Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
("the Sponsor"). In connection with the issuance and sale of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, the Trust will purchase, as trust assets,
Debentures of The Sponsor having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities so issued, and bearing interest at an annual rate equal to the
annual Distribution rate on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
and having payment and redemption provisions which correspond to the payment
and redemption provisions of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities.
2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Common Security
will be payable at a [fixed rate per annum of [ ]%] [floating rate] (the
"Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Common Security.
Distributions in arrears for more than one month will bear interest at the
Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law), compounded monthly.
The term "Distributions" as used in these terms means such periodic cash
distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution will be made by the Property Trustee only to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
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Trustee. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and for any Distribution
period shorter than a 30-day period for which Distributions are computed,
Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed.
(b) Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative, will
accrue from [ ], and will be payable [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] in
arrears, on the first day of each period, commencing on [ ], except as
otherwise described below, but only if and to the extent that interest payments
are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee. So long as
The Sponsor is not in default in the payment of interest on the Debentures, The
Sponsor shall have the right under the Indenture for the Debentures to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time
on the Debentures for a period not to exceed [60] [20] [10] consecutive
[monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest periods (each, an "Extension
Period"), provided, however, that an Extension Period may not extend beyond the
maturity of the Debentures. During any such Extension Period, [monthly]
[quarterly] [semi-annually] Distributions will continue to accrue with interest
thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate,
compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]. Prior to the termination of
any such Extension Period, The Sponsor may further extend such Extension
Period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all such previous
and further extensions thereof, may not exceed [60] [20] [10] consecutive
monthly interest periods. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the
payment of all amounts then due, The Sponsor may commence a new Extension
Period, subject to the above requirements. Payments of accrued Distributions
will be payable to Holders of Common Securities as they appear on the books and
records of the Trust on the record date for the first interest payment date
occurring at or after the end of the Extension Period.
(c) Distributions on the Common Securities will be payable promptly
by the Property Trustee (or other Paying Agent) upon receipt of immediately
available funds to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records
of the Trust on the relevant record dates which will be one Business Day prior
to the relevant Distribution date unless the Preferred Securities are no longer
in book-entry only form, in which event the relevant record dates will be the
fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the
relevant Distribution date occurs, which record and payment dates correspond to
the record and
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interest payment dates for the Debentures. Distributions payable on any Common
Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution date as a result of
The Sponsor having failed to make the corresponding interest payment on the
Debentures will forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such
Common Security is registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted
Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Common
Security is registered on the special record date established by the Regular
Trustees, which record date shall correspond to the special record date or
other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture; provided,
however, that Distributions shall not be considered payable on any Distribution
payment date falling within an Extension Period unless The Sponsor has elected
to make a full or partial payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such
Distribution payment date. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and
the provisions of the Declaration, each payment in respect of the Common
Securities will be made as described in paragraph 9 hereof. If any date on
which Distributions are payable on the Common Securities is not a Business Day,
then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date.
(d) All Distributions paid with respect to the Common Securities and
the Preferred Securities will be paid pro rata to the Holders thereof entitled
thereto. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with respect to
Distributions.
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or
for the Trust that is not accounted for under the Declaration, such money or
property shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities.
3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of any
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the date of
the dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may be, will be
entitled to receive pro rata solely out of the assets of the Trust available
for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities and the Common Securities,
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, an amount equal to
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the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred Security
and Common Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date
of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless, in
connection with such dissolution, winding-up or termination, and after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, Debentures in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, shall be distributed pro rata to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities in exchange for such
Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities shall be
paid, subject to the next paragraph, on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such dissolution pro rata with Holders of Preferred
Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with
respect to such Liquidation Distribution.
4. Redemption and Distribution of Debentures. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities may only be redeemed if Debentures having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are repaid, redeemed or
distributed as set forth below:
[(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures, in whole or in part,
whether at maturity or upon redemption at any time or from time to time on or
after [ ], the proceeds of such repayment will be promptly applied to redeem
pro rata Preferred Securities and Common Securities having an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repaid, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a redemption
price of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common Security plus an amount equal
to accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of redemption, payable
in cash (the "Redemption Price"). The date of any such repayment of Preferred
Securities and Common Securities shall be established to coincide with the
repayment or
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redemption date of the Debentures.] [Other applicable redemption provisions, if
any.]
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Preferred Securities and Common
Securities are to be so redeemed, the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities will be redeemed pro rata and, with respect to the Common Securities
to be redeemed, as described in paragraph 4(e)(ii) below. If a partial
redemption would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any
national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed, The Sponsor, pursuant to the Indenture, will only
redeem Debentures in whole and the Trust will only redeem the Common Securities
in whole.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event
(each, as hereinafter defined and, each, a "Special Event") shall occur and be
continuing, the Regular Trustees shall, unless the Debentures are redeemed in
the limited circumstances described below, dissolve the Trust and, after
satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held by the Property Trustee having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount
of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as, the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, to be distributed to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on a pro rata basis in
liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition of such
dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely on any then
applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the
effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities will not recognize any gain
or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
dissolution of the Trust and distribution of Debentures; and provided further
that, if at the time there is available to The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 Day
Period, the Special Event by taking some ministerial action, such as filing a
form or making an election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure
that has no adverse effect on the Trust, The Sponsor or the Holders of the
Preferred Securities (a "Ministerial Action"), The Sponsor or the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu
of dissolution.
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If in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, (i) the Regular
Trustees have received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of nationally
recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that, as a
result of a Tax Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that The
Sponsor would be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for
United States Federal income tax purposes even if the Debentures were
distributed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
liquidation of such Holders' interest in the Trust as described in this
paragraph 4(c) or (ii) the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such
tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, The
Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part for cash at the
Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event,
and, promptly following such redemption, Preferred Securities and Common
Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed will be redeemed by the Trust at
the Redemption Price on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that, if at the
time there is available to The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees on behalf of the
Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Tax Event
by taking some Ministerial Action, The Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will
pursue such measure in lieu of redemption; and provided further, that The
Sponsor shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, are pursuing such Ministerial Action. The
Common Securities will be redeemed pro rata with the Preferred Securities,
except that if an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities will have a priority over the Common
Securities with respect to payment of the Redemption Price.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have obtained an
opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that, on or after [ ], as a
result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective
change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, (b) any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, an
interpretation or application of any such laws or regulations by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (including
the enactment of any legislation and
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the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory determination), (c) any
interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to
such laws or regulations that differs from the theretofore generally accepted
position or (d) any action taken by any governmental agency or regulatory
authority, which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or
effective or which interpretation or pronouncement is issued or announced or
which action is taken, in each case on or after [ ], there is more than an
insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date
thereof, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to income
accrued or received on the Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or will be within 90
days of the date thereof, subject to more than a de minimis amount of taxes,
duties or other governmental charges or (iii) interest payable by The Sponsor
to the Trust on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof
will not be, deductible by The Sponsor for United States Federal income tax
purposes.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
received an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in
practice under the Investment Company Act that, as a result of the occurrence
of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application
of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or
regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an Investment
Company which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act,
which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after [ ].
On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon
dissolution of the Trust, (i) the Common Securities will no longer be deemed to
be outstanding and (ii) any certificates representing Common Securities will be
deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued
and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions on, such Common
Securities until such certificates are presented to The Sponsor or its agent
for transfer or reissuance.
(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Common
Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Common Securities for all monthly Distribution periods terminating on or prior
to the date of redemption.
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(e)(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
(a "Redemption/ Distribution Notice") will be given by the Regular Trustees on
behalf of the Trust by mail to each Holder of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof. For purposes of the
calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which
notices are given pursuant to this paragraph (e)(i), a Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Preferred Securities and
Common Securities. Each Redemption/ Distribution Notice shall be addressed to
the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the address of
each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in
the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with
respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Common
Securities are to be redeemed, the Common Securities to be redeemed will be
redeemed pro rata from each Holder of Common Securities (subject to adjustment
to eliminate fractional Common Securities).
(iii) If the Trust gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice in respect
of a redemption of Common Securities as provided in this paragraph 4 (which
notice will be irrevocable), then immediately prior to the close of business on
the redemption date, provided that The Sponsor has paid to the Property Trustee
in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of cash in connection with
the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures, Distributions will cease
to accrue on the Common Securities called for redemption, such Common
Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of Holders
of such Common Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right
of the Holders of such Common Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but
without interest on such Redemption Price. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust
shall be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of any
Common Securities which have been so called for redemption. If any date fixed
for redemption of Common Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar
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year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed for
redemption. If payment of the Redemption Price in respect of Common Securities
is improperly withheld or refused and not paid by the Property Trustee,
Distributions on such Common Securities will continue to accrue, from the
original redemption date to the date of payment, in which case the actual
payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption for purposes of
calculating the Redemption Price.
(iv) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust to the Holders of the Common Securities.
(v) Upon the date of dissolution of the Trust and distribution of
Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event, Common Security
Certificates shall be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the
Debentures so distributed, and the Common Securities will no longer be deemed
outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees. The Debentures so
distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Common Securities so distributed.
5. Voting Rights. (a) Except as provided under paragraph 5(b) below
and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Common
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Holders of Common Securities have the sole right under the
Declaration to increase or decrease the number of Trustees, and to appoint,
remove or replace a Trustee, any such increase, decrease, appointment, removal
or replacement to be approved by Holders of Common Securities representing a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities.
If any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures held by the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of a Special Event or in connection with the redemption of Common
Securities as a consequence of a redemption of Debentures, then the Holders of
outstanding Securities will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal
as a class and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except
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with the approval of the Holders of Securities representing 66-2/3% in
liquidation amount of such Securities; provided, however, that (A) if any
amendment or proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect
only the Preferred Securities or the Common Securities, then only the affected
class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment
or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of 66-2/3% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities, (B) the rights of Holders of
Common Securities under Article V of the Declaration to increase or decrease
the number of, and to appoint, replace or remove, Trustees shall not be amended
without the consent of each Holder of Common Securities, and (C) amendments to
the Declaration shall be subject to such further requirements as are set forth
in Sections 12.01 and 12.02 of the Declaration.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee as the holder of the
Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the Property
Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities
with respect to such amendment, modification or termination. The Property
Trustee shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination
as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting
together as a single class; provided that where such amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in
principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures affected
thereby, the Property Trustee may vote only with respect to that amendment,
modification or termination as directed by, in the case of clause (1) above,
the vote of Holders of Securities representing such specified percentage of the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, or, in the case of clause (2)
above, each Holder of Securities affected thereby; and provided, further, that
the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any action in
accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities unless the
Property Trustee shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion
of nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as an expert in
such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified for United
States Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation
or a partnership on account of such action and will be treated as a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes following such action.
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Subject to Section 2.06 of the Declaration and the provisions of this
and the next succeeding paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, shall have the
right to (A) on behalf of all Holders of Common Securities, waive any past
default that is waivable under the Declaration (subject to, and in accordance
with, the Declaration) and (B) direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Declaration,
including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as holder of the
Debentures, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its consequences that is waivable
under Section 6.06 of the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or
annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and
payable; provided that where the taking of any action under the Indenture
requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of Debentures representing a
specified percentage greater than a majority in principal amount of the
Debentures or (e) each holder of Debentures affected thereby, the Property
Trustee may take such action only if directed by, in the case of clause (1)
above, the vote of Holders of Common Securities representing such specified
percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities, or, in
the case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Common Securities affected
thereby. Pursuant to this paragraph, the Property Trustee shall not revoke, or
take any action inconsistent with, any action previously authorized or approved
by a vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, and shall not take any
action in accordance with the direction of the Holders of the Common Securities
under this paragraph if the action is prejudicial to the Holders of Preferred
Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee or
the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property Trustee shall be under
no obligation to take any of the foregoing actions at the direction of the
Holders of Common Securities unless the Property Trustee shall have received,
at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of nationally recognized independent
tax counsel recognized as expert in such matters to the effect that the Trust
will not be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as an
association taxable as a corporation or a partnership on account of such action
and will be treated as a grantor trust for United States income tax purposes
following such action.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of these terms, each Holder of
Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any Event of Default with
respect to the Common Securities and its consequences until all Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived by the
Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration or otherwise
eliminated, and until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been so cured, waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely
on behalf of the Holders of Preferred Securities and only the Holders of the
Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Declaration or of the Securities. In the event
that any Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities is waived by
the Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration, the Holders
of Common Securities agree that such waiver shall also constitute the waiver of
such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes
under the Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of the Holders
of the Common Securities.
A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property Trustee at
the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will constitute a
waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under the Declaration in respect
of the Securities.
Any required approval of Holders of Common Securities may be given at
a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose,
at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities of the Trust or pursuant to
written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon
which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to
each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a
statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such
action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for
adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such
matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities in accordance
with the Declaration.
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6. Conversion Rights. [to be provided if applicable.]
7. Pro Rata Treatment. A reference in these terms of the Common
Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "pro rata" shall
mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to
the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in
relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative
to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding,
and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
8. Ranking. The Common Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon
will be made pro rata with the Preferred Securities except that where an Event
of Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of Common Securities
to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation,
redemption or otherwise are subordinate to the rights of Holders of the
Preferred Securities.
9. Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations. The Trust may not
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to, any
Person.
10. Transfers, Exchanges, Method Payments. Payment of Distributions
and payments on redemption of the Common Securities will be payable, the
transfer of the Common Securities will be registrable, and Common Securities
will be exchangeable for Common Securities of other denominations of a like
aggregate liquidation amount, at the principal corporate trust office of the
Property Trustee in The City of New York; provided that payment of
Distributions may be made at the option of the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust by check mailed to the address of the Persons entitled thereto and
that the payment on redemption of any Common Security will be made only upon
surrender of such Common Security to the Property Trustee. Notwithstanding
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the foregoing, transfers of Common Securities are subject to conditions set
forth in Section 9.01(c) of the Declaration.
11. Acceptance of Indenture. Each Holder of Common Securities, by the
acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Indenture and the
Debentures, including the subordination provisions thereof.
12. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of Common Securities shall have
no preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional Common Securities or
Preferred Securities.
13. Miscellaneous. These terms shall constitute a part of the
Declaration. The Trust will provide a copy of the Declaration and the Indenture
to a Holder without charge on written request to the Trust at its principal
place of business.
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Annex I
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE
IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS
SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION
REFERRED TO BELOW
Number: Common Securities:
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
[ ]% Common Trust Securities
(liquidation amount $[ ] per Common Security)
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a business trust formed under the laws of
the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
common securities of the Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the
"[ ]% Common Trust Securities" (liquidation amount $[ ] per Common
Security) (the "Common Securities"). The transfer of Common Securities is
registrable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly
authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in
proper form for registration of transfer and satisfaction of the other
conditions set forth in the Declaration (as defined below) including, without
limitation, Section 9.01(c) thereof. The designations, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common
Securities are set forth in, and this certificate and the Common Securities
represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms
and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust
dated as of March 14, 1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Declaration"), including the designation of the terms of Common Securities as
set forth in Exhibit C thereto. The Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities issued by the Trust pursuant to the Declaration represent undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, including the Debentures (as
defined in the Declaration) issued by Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a
Texas corporation, to the Trust pursuant to the
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Indenture referred to in the Declaration. The Trust will furnish a copy of the
Declaration and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request
to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
The Holder of this Certificate, by accepting this Certificate, is
deemed to have agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Debentures,
including that the Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent
provided in the Indenture.
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Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees of the Trust have executed this
certificate this day of .
CCCI Capital Trust [ ],
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated:
Countersigned and Registered:
The Bank of New York, as
Transfer Agent and Registrar
by
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Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security
Certificate to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.
The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common Security
Certificate)
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[Draft--7/29/97]
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EXHIBIT 4.19
FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CCCI Capital Trust II
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Dated as of [ ]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RECITALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01 Certain terms defined; other terms defined in the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, or by reference therein in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to have the meanings
assigned therein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book Entry Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Trust Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Certificate of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clearing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clearing Agency Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Security Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Covered Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debenture Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Definitive Preferred Security Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . .
Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depositary Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exchange Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indemnified Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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* This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and should not have any bearing upon the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indenture Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment Company Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Liquidation Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities . . . . . . . . .
Ministerial Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Option Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Original Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Security Beneficial Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Security Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regular Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Related Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rule 3a-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Securities . . . . . . . . . .
Special Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Successor Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Successor Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10% in liquidation amount of the Securities . . . . . . . . . . . .
Treasury Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trustee or Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Underwriting Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.02 List of Holders of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.07 Disclosure of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE III
Organization
SECTION 3.01 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.02 Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.03 Issuance of the Trust Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.04 Purchase of Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.05 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.06 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.07 Title to Property of the Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.08 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.09 Prohibition of Actions by Trust and Trustees . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.10 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.12 Certain Rights and Duties of the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.13 Registration Statement and Related Matters . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.14 Filing of Amendments to Certificate of Trust . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.15 Execution of Documents by Regular Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.16 Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . .
SECTION 3.17 Duration of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sponsor
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SECTION 4.01 Purchase of Common Securities by Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 4.02 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE V
Trustees
SECTION 5.01 Number of Trustees; Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.02 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.03 Vacancies Among Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.04 Effect of Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.05 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.06 Delegation of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE VI
Distributions
SECTION 6.01 Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE VII
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 7.01 General Provisions Regarding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust
SECTION 8.01 Termination of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Transfer of Interests
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SECTION 9.01 Transfer of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.02 Transfer of Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.03 Deemed Security Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.04 Book Entry Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.05 Notices to Holders of Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.06 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.07 Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.08 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE X
Limitation of Liability, Indemnification
SECTION 10.01 Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 10.02 Indemnification and Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 10.03 Outside Businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE XI
Accounting
SECTION 11.01 Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 11.02 Certain Accounting Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 11.03 Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 11.04 Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE XII
Amendments and Meetings
SECTION 12.01 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 12.02 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent .
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ARTICLE XIII
Representations of Property Trustee
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SECTION 13.01 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 14.01 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.02 Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.03 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.04 Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.05 Partial Enforceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.06 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.07 Intention of the Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.08 Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SIGNATURES AND SEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
EXHIBIT B TERMS OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
EXHIBIT C TERMS OF THE COMMON SECURITIES
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
[ ]
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
("Declaration"), dated and effective as of [ ], by
the undersigned trustees (together with all other Persons from
time to time duly appointed and serving as trustees in
accordance with the provisions of this Declaration, the
"Trustees"), Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, as trust sponsor (the "Sponsor"), and the
holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of the CCCI Capital Trust [ ] to be issued
pursuant to this Declaration.
WHEREAS the Sponsor and the original trustees entered into a
Declaration of Trust dated as of July 30, 1997 (the "Original Declaration") in
order to establish CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a business trust (the "Trust")
under the Business Trust Act (as defined herein);
WHEREAS the Certificate of Trust (the "Certificate of Trust") of the
Trust was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on July 30, 1997;
WHEREAS the Trustees and the Sponsor desire to continue the Trust
pursuant to the Business Trust Act for the purpose of, as described more fully
in Sections 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05 hereof, (i) issuing and selling Preferred
Securities (as defined herein) representing preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust for cash and investing the proceeds
thereof in Debentures (as defined herein) of The Sponsor issued under the
Indenture (as defined herein) to be held as assets of the Trust, (ii) issuing
and selling Common Securities (as defined herein) representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust to The Sponsor for cash
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and investing the proceeds thereof in additional Debentures issued under the
Indenture to be held as assets of the Trust and (iii) engaging in such other
activities as are necessary, convenient or incidental thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto that the
Trust constitute a business trust under the Business Trust Act, that the
Original Declaration be amended and restated in its entirety as provided herein
and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such business
trust, the Trustees declare that all assets referred to in clauses (i) and (ii)
of the previous Whereas clause purchased by the Trust will be held in trust for
the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the
Certificates (as defined herein) representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this
Declaration.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used in this
Declaration but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.01; (b) a term defined anywhere in this
Declaration has the same meaning throughout; (c) all references to "the
Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to this Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust (including Exhibits A, B and C hereto (the "Exhibits")) as modified,
supplemented or amended from time to time; (d) all references in this
Declaration to Articles and Sections and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections
of and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified; (e) a term
defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this
Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration or unless the context
otherwise requires; and (f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and
vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405
under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global
Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof,
ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book
entries by such Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.04.
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"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any
other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law to close.
"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a Preferred
Security Certificate.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning set forth in the second
Whereas clause above.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as
depository for the Preferred Securities and in whose name, or in the name of a
nominee of that organization, shall be registered a Global Certificate and
which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the
Preferred Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing
Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the Closing Date as specified in the Underwriting
Agreement, which date is also the date of execution and delivery of this
Declaration.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation. A reference to a specific section of
the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any corresponding
provision of any Federal tax statute enacted after the date of this
Declaration, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in effect
on the date of application of the provisions of this Declaration containing
such reference.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(b).
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in fully
registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the form of
Annex I to Exhibit C.
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"Covered Person" means (i) any officer, director, shareholder,
partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or its
Affiliates, (ii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative
or agent of The Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and (iii) the Holders from
time to time of the Securities.
"Debenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, as trustee under the
Indenture, until a successor, if any, is appointed thereunder and thereafter
means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the series of Junior Subordinated Debentures issued
by The Sponsor under the Indenture to the Property Trustee and entitled the "[
] Junior Subordinated Debentures due [ ]".
"Definitive Preferred Security Certificates" has the meaning set forth
in Section 9.04.
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a)(3).
"Depositary Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the
Property Trustee and DTC dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of Securities
in accordance with Section 6.01.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency.
"Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an Indenture
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Fiscal Year" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Global Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate representing a
Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning
of the Business Trust Act.
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"Indemnified Person" means any Trustee, any Affiliate of any Trustee,
any officer, director, shareholder, member, partner, employee, representative
or agent of any Trustee, or any employee or agent of the Trust or any of its
Affiliates.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of [ ], between the
Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
"Indenture Event of Default" means an event or condition defined as an
"Event of Default" with respect to the Debentures under Section 6.01(a) of the
Indenture has occurred and is continuing.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in the
Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08(g).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the terms of
the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents more than 50% of the liquidation amount of all outstanding
Securities of such class.
"Ministerial Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of the
terms of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Option Closing Date" means the Option Closing Date as specified in
the Underwriting Agreement.
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"Original Declaration" has the meaning set forth in the first Whereas
clause above.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
"Preferred Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement dated as of [
], of the Sponsor in respect of the Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in Section 7.01(b).
"Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book
Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of
a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a
Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Preferred Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in
fully registered form representing a Preferred Security substantially in the
form of Annex I to Exhibit B.
"Property Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 5.01(c) and having the duties set forth for
the Property Trustee herein.
"Property Account" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(c)(i).
"Quorum" means a majority of the Regular Trustees or, if there are
only two Regular Trustees, both such Regular Trustees.
"Regular Trustee" means any Trustee other than the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee.
"Related Party" means any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of The Sponsor or any Person which owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
outstanding voting securities of The Sponsor.
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"Resignation Request" has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(d).
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property Trustee, any
officer of the Property Trustee with responsibility for the administration of
this Declaration and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that
officer's knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject.
"Rule 3a-7" means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act or any
successor rule thereunder.
"Securities" means the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from
time to time, or any successor legislation.
"66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities,
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents 66-2/3% or more of the liquidation amount of all outstanding
Securities of such class.
"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of the terms
of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Sponsor" means Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, or any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or other
business combination transaction in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section
5.02(b)(ii).
"Successor Property Trustee" means a successor Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section 5.01(c).
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"10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities,
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents 10% or more of the liquidation amount of all outstanding Securities
of such class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including
temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the United
States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as a Trustee in accordance with
the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement dated [ ],
among the Trust, the Sponsor and [ ], as representative of the
several underwriters named therein.
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) This
Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Declaration and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions; (b) if and to the extent that any provision of
this Declaration limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed
duties shall control;
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(c) the Property Trustee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and/or the
rules and regulations of the Commission, shall be the only Trustee which is a
trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act; and (d) the application of
the Trust Indenture Act to this Declaration shall not affect the nature of the
Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities. (a) Each of
the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide the
Property Trustee with such information as is required under Section 312(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in Section
312(a); and (b) the Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Property Trustee. Within 60 days after
May 15 of each year, the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the
Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form, in the manner and at the times provided by Section
313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with
the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to Property Trustee. Each of the
Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the
Property Trustee, the Commission and the Holders of the Securities, as
applicable, such documents, reports and information as required by Section
314(a)(1)-(3) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificates required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
any such certificates to be provided in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act
(provided that any certificate to be provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall be provided within 120 days of the end of each
Fiscal Year).
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. Each
of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to
the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Declaration which relate to any of the matters set
forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or
opinion required to be given pursuant to Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. (a) Subject to Section
2.06(c), Holders of Preferred Securities may, by vote of at least a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities, (A) in accordance with the
terms of the Preferred Securities, direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee, or (B) on
behalf of the Holders of all Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of
Default in respect of the Preferred Securities and its consequences; provided
that, if the Event of Default arises out of an Indenture Event of Default:
(i) which is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of
Default under this Declaration shall also be not waivable; or
(ii) which requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority
in principal amount of the Debentures affected thereby, or (2) each
holder of Debentures, the Event of Default under this Declaration may
only be waived by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of
Holders of Preferred Securities representing such specified percentage
of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities or, in
the case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Preferred Securities
affected thereby.
Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereto.
(b) Subject to Section 2.06(c), Holders of Common Securities may, by
vote of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities, (A)
in accordance with the terms of the Common Securities, direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee,
or (B) on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common Securities, waive any past
Event of Default with respect to
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the Common Securities and its consequences; provided that if the Event of
Default arises out of an Indenture Event of Default:
(i) which is not waivable under the Indenture, except where
the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such
Event of Default under the Declaration as provided below, the Event of
Default under this Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) which requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority
in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, except where the holders of the Common Securities
are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under this Declaration
as provided below, the Event of Default under this Declaration may
only be waived by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of
Holders of Common Securities representing such specified percentage of
the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities or, in the
case of clause (2) above, each holder of Common Securities affected
thereby; and
provided further that each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have
waived any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its
consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been cured or waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities as
provided in this Declaration or otherwise eliminated and until all Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely
on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and only the Holders of
the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in
accordance with the terms of this Declaration or the Securities. In the event
that an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities is waived by
the Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in this Declaration, the
Holders of Common Securities agree that such waiver shall also constitute the
waiver of such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all
purposes under this Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of the
Holders of the Common Securities. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.06(b), upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and
any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of
Default with respect
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to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) The right of any Holder of Securities to receive payment of
Distributions on the Securities in accordance with this Declaration and the
terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C on or after the
respective payment dates therefor, or to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such payment dates, shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.
(d) As provided in the terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits
B and C hereto, a waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property
Trustee at the written direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities
constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under this
Declaration in respect of the Securities.
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities in
accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a
violation of any existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not
specifically refer to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the
Property Trustee be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant
to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
Organization
SECTION 3.01. Name. The Trust continued by this Declaration is named
"CCCI Capital Trust [ ]" as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Regular Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Securities. The
Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other
name deemed advisable by the Regular Trustees.
SECTION 3.02. Office. The address of the principal office of the
Trust is c/o Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 200 Concord Place, Suite 600,
San Antonio, Texas 78216. Upon ten days' written notice to the Holders (a copy
of such notice to be sent to the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee),
the Regular Trustees may change the location of the Trust's principal office.
The name of the registered agent and office of the Trust in the State of
Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company,
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1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. At any time, the Regular
Trustees may designate another registered agent and/or registered office.
SECTION 3.03. Issuance of the Trust Securities. On [ ], the
Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to the Original Declaration,
executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. On the Closing Date and
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration, the
Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute and deliver (i) to the
underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, a Global Certificate,
registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency as
specified in Section 9.04, in an aggregate amount of [ ] Preferred
Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount of $[ ], against
receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $[
], and (ii) to the Sponsor, Common Securities Certificates, registered in the
name of the Sponsor, in an aggregate amount of [ ] Common Securities
having an aggregate liquidation amount of $[ ], against receipt of the
aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of $[ ].
SECTION 3.04. Purchase of Debentures. On the Closing Date and
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration, the
Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall purchase from the Sponsor with
the proceeds received by the Trust from the sale of the Securities on such date
pursuant to Section 3.03, at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount
thereof, Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee and having
an aggregate principal amount equal to $[ ], and, in satisfaction of
the purchase price for such Debentures, the Regular Trustee, on behalf of the
Trust, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Sponsor the sum of $[
]. In the event the overallotment option granted by the Trust with respect to
the Preferred Securities pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement is exercised by
the underwriters named therein, on the Option Closing Date the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall purchase from the Sponsor with the
proceeds received by the Trust from the sale of the Securities on such date
pursuant to Section 3.03, at a purchase price of 100% of the principal amount
thereof, additional Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee
and having an aggregate principal amount of up to $[ ], and, in
satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Sponsor
an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures being
purchased.
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SECTION 3.05. Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions of the
Trust are: (a)(i) to issue and sell Preferred Securities for cash and use the
proceeds of such sales to purchase as trust assets Debentures issued under the
Indenture having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities so issued and sold; (ii) to
enter into such agreements and arrangements as may be necessary in connection
with the sale of Preferred Securities to the initial purchasers thereof
(including the Underwriting Agreement) and to take all actions and exercise
such discretion as may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith and to
file such registration statements or make such other filings under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or state securities or "Blue Sky" laws as may
be necessary or desirable in connection therewith and the issuance of the
Preferred Securities; and (iii) to issue and sell Common Securities to The
Sponsor for cash and use the proceeds of such sale to purchase as trust assets
an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures issued under the Indenture;
and (b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in such other activities
as are necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow
money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of
its assets or, at any time while the Securities are outstanding, otherwise
undertake (or permit to be undertaken) an activity that would result in or
cause the Trust to be treated as anything other than a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 3.06. Authority. Subject to the limitations provided in this
Declaration and to the specific duties of the Property Trustee, the Regular
Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes
of the Trust. An action taken by the Regular Trustees in accordance with their
powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust and an action
taken by the Property Trustee in accordance with its powers shall constitute
the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on
behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority
of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled
to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in
this Declaration.
SECTION 3.07. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as provided in
Section 3.10 with respect to the Debentures and the Property Account or unless
otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all assets of the Trust
shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any
part of the assets of the Trust,
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but shall have an individual undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the
Trust.
SECTION 3.08. Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees. The Regular
Trustees shall have the exclusive power, authority and duty to cause the Trust,
and shall cause the Trust, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue Preferred Securities and Common Securities, in
each case in accordance with this Declaration; provided, however, that
the Trust may issue no more than one series of Preferred Securities
and no more than one series of Common Securities; and provided further
that there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the
Securities and the issuance of Securities shall be limited to (x) a
one-time, simultaneous issuance of both Preferred Securities and
Common Securities on the Closing Date and (y) any subsequent issuance
of both Preferred Securities and Common Securities on the Option
Closing Date pursuant to an exercise of the overallotment option
granted to the underwriters in the Underwriting Agreement;
(b) in connection with the issuance of the Preferred
Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to effect or cause to be
effected the filings, and to execute or cause to be executed the
documents, set forth in Section 3.13 and to execute, deliver and
perform on behalf of the Trust the Depositary Agreement;
(c) to acquire as trust assets Debentures with the proceeds of
the sale of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities; provided,
however, that the Regular Trustees shall cause all the Debentures to
be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit
of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities;
(d) to cause the Trust to enter into such agreements and
arrangements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
sale of Preferred Securities to the initial purchasers thereof and the
consummation thereof, and to take all action, and exercise all
discretion, as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
consummation thereof;
(e) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt
written notice of the occurrence of a Special Event; provided that the
Regular Trustees shall consult with the Sponsor and the Property
Trustee before taking
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or refraining to take any Ministerial Action in relation to a Special
Event;
(f) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to
be taken hereunder that require a record date be established,
including for the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act and with respect to Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and
exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to Holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities as to such actions and applicable
record dates;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate,
resort to legal action or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or
against the Trust ("Legal Action"), unless, pursuant to Section
3.10(e), the Property Trustee has the exclusive power to bring such
Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who
may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors,
advisors and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such
services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate to the Property Trustee required
by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, which certificate
may be executed by any Regular Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses which are necessary or incidental to
carrying out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar
and transfer agent for the Securities, the Regular Trustees hereby
initially appointing the Property Trustee for such purposes;
(m) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be
required of the Regular Trustees pursuant to the terms of the
Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto;
(n) to execute all documents or instruments, perform all
duties and powers and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in
all matters necessary, convenient or incidental to the foregoing;
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(o) to take all action which may be necessary or appropriate
for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid
existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a business trust under
the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in
which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of
the Holders of the Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the
purposes for which the Trust has been created;
(p) to take all action, not inconsistent with this Declaration
or with applicable law, which the Regular Trustees determine in their
discretion to be reasonable and necessary or desirable in carrying out
the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.08, in order
that:
(i) the Trust will not be deemed to be an Investment
Company required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act;
(ii) the Trust will not be classified for United
States Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable
as a corporation or a partnership and will be treated as a
grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes;
and
(iii) the Trust will comply with any requirements
imposed by any taxing authority on holders of instruments
treated as indebtedness for Unites States Federal income tax
purposes;
provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of
Holders;
(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax
returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with
respect to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust; and
(r) subject to the requirements of Rule 3a-7 and Section
317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, to appoint one or more Paying
Agents in addition to the Property Trustee.
The Regular Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.08 in a manner which is consistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set out in Section 3.05 and the Regular Trustees shall not take any
action which is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set
forth in Section 3.05.
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Subject to this Section 3.08, the Regular Trustees shall have none of
the powers nor any of the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in
Section 3.10.
SECTION 3.09. Prohibition of Actions by Trust and Trustees. The
Trust shall not, and no Trustee (including the Property Trustee) shall cause
the Trust to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by
this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not, and no Trustee
(including the Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust to:
(a) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall promptly distribute all such proceeds to Holders
of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the
Securities;
(b) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided
herein;
(c) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;
(d) make any loans, other than loans represented by the
Debentures;
(e) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to
vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way
whatsoever;
(f) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
ownership of, or beneficial interests in, the Trust other than the
Securities;
(g) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money; or
(h)(i) direct the time, method and place of exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under
Section 6.06 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or
annul any declaration that the principal of all of the Debentures
shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where
such consent shall be required, unless in the case of this clause (h)
the Property Trustee shall have received an unqualified opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as expert in
such matters to the effect that such action will not cause the Trust
to be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as an
association taxable
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as a corporation or partnership and that the Trust will continue to be
classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 3.10. Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee. (a) The
Debentures shall be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust
for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and
interest of the Property Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in
each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance
with Article V. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether
or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and
interest in the Debentures to the Regular Trustees or, if the Property Trustee
does not also act as the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware Trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing
bank account (the "Property Account") in the name of and under the
exclusive control of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Holders of
the Securities and on the receipt of payments of funds made in respect
of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds
into the Property Account and, without any further acts of the
Property Trustee or the Regular Trustees, promptly make payments to
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities from the
Property Account in accordance with Section 6.01. Funds in the
Property Account shall be held uninvested, and without liability for
interest thereon, until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration.
The Property Account shall be an account which is maintained with a
banking institution whose long term unsecured indebtedness is rated by
a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as such
term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act, at least equal to (but in no event less than "A" or the
equivalent) the rating assigned to the Preferred Securities by a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
necessary or appropriate to effect promptly the redemption of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the
Debentures are redeemed or mature;
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(iii) upon notice of distribution issued by the Regular
Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Securities and
the Common Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall
be necessary or appropriate to effect promptly, pursuant to the terms
of the Securities, the distribution of Debentures to Holders of
Securities upon the occurrence of a Special Event; and
(iv) have the legal power to exercise all of the rights,
powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures under the
Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Property Trustee, subject to Section 2.06(b), shall, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as holder of the
Debentures under the Indenture, subject to the rights of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration,
the Business Trust Act and the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform such
duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to the
terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
(e) The Property Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out
of or in connection with an Event of Default or the Property Trustee's duties
and obligations under this Declaration, the Business Trust Act or the Trust
Indenture Act.
(f) All moneys deposited in the Property Account, and all Debentures
held by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities,
will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of
any kind in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Property Trustee or its agents
or their creditors.
(g) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence
of a default with respect to the Securities, transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities, as their names and addresses
appear upon the register, notice of all defaults with respect to the Securities
known to the Property Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been cured
before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purposes of this
Section 3.10(g) being hereby defined to be an Indenture Event of Default, not
including any periods of grace provided for in the Indenture and irrespective
of the giving of any notice provided therein); provided that, except in the
case of default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any of the
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Debentures, the Property 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 Property Trustee in
good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests
of the Holders of the Securities. The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of any default, except (i) a default in the payment of principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures or (ii) any default as to
which the Property Trustee shall have received written notice or a Responsible
Officer charged with the administration of this Declaration shall have obtained
written notice.
(h) The Property Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee unless either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds
thereof distributed to the Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and
accepted that appointment in accordance with Article V.
(i) The Property Trustee shall act as paying agent in respect of the
Common Securities and the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section 3.08(r),
may authorize one or more Persons (each, a "Paying Agent") to pay
Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation payments on behalf of the
Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities. Any such Paying Agent shall
comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any Paying Agent may
be removed by the Property Trustee, after consultation with the Regular
Trustees, at any time and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents
may be appointed at any time by the Property Trustee, subject to Section
3.08(r).
(j) The Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the
Holders of the Securities of any notice received by it from The Sponsor of its
election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the
interest payment period with respect thereto.
(k) Subject to this Section 3.10, the Property Trustee shall have
none of the powers or the authority of the Regular Trustees set forth in
Section 3.08.
(1) The Property Trustee shall exercise the powers, duties and rights
set forth in this Section 3.10 and Section 3.12 in a manner which is consistent
with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.05,
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and the Property Trustee shall not take any action which is inconsistent with
the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section 3.05.
SECTION 3.11. Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Declaration other than Section 5.01(a)(3), the Delaware Trustee shall
not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any
of the duties and responsibilities of the Regular Trustees or the Property
Trustee described in this Declaration. Except as set forth in Section
5.01(a)(3), the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited
purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust
Act. In the event the Delaware Trustee shall at any time be required to take
any action or perform any duty hereunder, the Delaware Trustee shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 3.12(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) and Section
3.12(c). No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Declaration against the Delaware Trustee.
SECTION 3.12. Certain Rights and Duties of the Property Trustee. (a)
The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall
undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Declaration, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Declaration
against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that
has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06), the Property Trustee
shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Declaration,
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.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Declaration, and the Property Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Declaration,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Declaration against the Property Trustee; and
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(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Declaration; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Property Trustee,
the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Declaration;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders as provided herein
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Property Trustee hereunder or under
the Indenture, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Property Trustee under this Declaration; and
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the
Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Declaration or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.12(a) and (b):
(i) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder,
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the Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part and, if the
Trust is excluded from the definition of Investment Company solely by
means of Rule 3a-7, subject to the requirements of Rule 3a-7, request
and rely upon a certificate, which shall comply with the provisions of
Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, signed by any two of the
Regular Trustees or by an authorized officer of the Sponsor, as the
case may be;
(ii) the Property Trustee (A) may consult with counsel (which
may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and may include
any of its employees) selected by it in good faith and with due care
and the written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to
legal matters 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 and in accordance with such advice
and opinion and (B) shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from
any court of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) the Property 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 Property Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent
or attorney appointed by it in good faith and with due care;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration
at the request or direction of any Holders, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security and indemnity
against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses)
and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such
request or direction; provided that nothing contained in this clause
(iv) shall relieve the Property Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured or waived)
to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Declaration, and to use the same degree of care and skill in such
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;
(v) any action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the
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Holders of the Securities and the signature of the Property Trustee or
its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such
action; and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the
authority of the Property Trustee to so act, or as to its compliance
with any of the terms and provisions of this Declaration, both of
which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Property Trustee's or its
agent's taking such action;
(vi) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties; and
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document,
but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
SECTION 3.13. Registration Statement and Related Matters. In
accordance with the Original Declaration, The Sponsor and the Trustees have
authorized and directed, and hereby confirm the authorization of, The Sponsor,
as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Commission and execute, in
each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File Nos. [ ]) (the "1933 Act Registration Statement") including any
amendments thereto and any further pre-effective or post-effective amendments
to such Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of, among other things, the Preferred Securities of the Trust
and the related guarantees of such Preferred Securities by the Sponsor and (b)
a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other appropriate form (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities of
the Trust and the related guarantees of such Preferred Securities by the
Sponsor under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act; (ii) to file with the New York
Stock Exchange and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all
other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments
as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to
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be listed on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf
of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents
as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred Securities under
the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as The Sponsor, on
behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable and (iv) to negotiate and
execute on behalf of the Trust the Underwriting Agreement. In the event that
any filing referred to in clauses (i)-(iii) above is required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or state securities
or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, the
Regular Trustees, in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust, are hereby
authorized and directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of
the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust,
shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on behalf of the
Trust any such document unless required by the rules and regulations of the
Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws.
In connection with all of the foregoing, The Sponsor and each Trustee, solely
in its capacity as a Trustee of the Trust, have constituted and appointed, and
hereby confirm the appointment of [ ], [ ] and [ ],
and each of them, as his, her or its, as the case may be, true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for The Sponsor or such Trustee or in the Sponsor's or such
Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933 Act Registration
Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as The Sponsor or such Trustee might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
SECTION 3.14. Filing of Amendments to Certificate of Trust. The
Certificate of Trust as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on July 31, 1997 is attached hereto as Exhibit A. On or after the
date of execution of this Declaration, the Trustees shall cause the filing with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
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of such amendments to the Certificate of Trust as the Trustees shall deem
necessary or desirable.
SECTION 3.15. Execution of Documents by Regular Trustees. Unless
otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees and except as otherwise required
by the Business Trust Act with respect to the Certificate of Trust or
otherwise, a majority of, or if there are only two, both of, the Regular
Trustees are authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust any
documents which the Regular Trustees have the power and authority to execute or
deliver pursuant to this Declaration.
SECTION 3.16. Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. The recitals contained in this Declaration and the Securities
shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor and the Trustees do not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations
as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof.
The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Declaration or the Securities.
SECTION 3.17. Duration of Trust. The Trust, absent termination
pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, shall have existence until [
], 20[ ].
ARTICLE IV
Sponsor
SECTION 4.01. Purchase of Common Securities by Sponsor. On the
Closing Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued by
the Trust at the same time as the Preferred Securities to be issued on such
date are issued, such purchase to be in an amount equal to 3% of the total
capital of the Trust. On the Option Closing Date, the Sponsor shall purchase
all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust at the same time as the
Preferred Securities to be issued on such date are issued, such purchase to be
in such amount so that the Common Securities continue to represent 3% of the
total capital of the Trust.
SECTION 4.02. Expenses. (a) In connection with the purchase of the
Debentures by the Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Sponsor and not as a
Holder, shall be responsible for and shall pay for all debts and obligations
(other than with respect to the Securities) and all costs and expenses of the
Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the
organization of the
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Trust, the issuance of the Preferred Securities to initial purchasers thereof,
the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) of the
Trustees (including any amounts payable under Article X), the costs and
expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including without limitation,
costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping
services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting
equipment, Paying Agent(s), registrars, transfer agent(s), duplicating, travel
and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the disposition of Trust assets).
(b) In connection with the purchase of the Debentures by the Trust,
the Sponsor, in its capacity as Sponsor and not as a Holder, will pay any and
all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to the Trust
or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such
taxes of the Trust.
(c) The Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.02 shall be for
the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom any such debts,
obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor") whether or not
such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may enforce the
Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.02 directly against the Sponsor and
the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such
Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other Person before
proceeding against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional
agreements as may be necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the
provisions of this Section 4.02.
ARTICLE V
Trustees
SECTION 5.01. Number of Trustees; Qualifications. (a) Except as
provided in (1) below, the number of Trustees initially shall be five (5). At
any time (i) before the issuance of the Securities, the Sponsor may, by written
instrument, increase or decrease the number of, and appoint, remove and replace
the, Trustees, and (ii) after the issuance of the Securities the number of
Trustees may be increased or decreased solely by, and Trustees may be
appointed, removed or replaced solely by, vote of Holders of Common Securities
representing a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting
as a class; provided that in any case:
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(1) the number of Trustees shall be at least five (5) unless
the Trustee that acts as the Property Trustee also acts as the
Delaware Trustee, in which case the number of Trustees shall be at
least three (3);
(2) at least a majority of the Trustees shall at all times be
officers or employees of The Sponsor;
(3) if required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee") shall be either a natural person who is a resident
of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which
has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
otherwise is permitted to act as a Trustee hereunder under the laws of
the State of Delaware, except that if the Property Trustee has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise is
permitted to act as a Trustee hereunder under the laws of the State of
Delaware, then the Property Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee
and Section 3.09 shall have no application; and
(4) there shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder
which shall satisfy the requirements of Section 5.01(c).
Each Trustee shall be either a natural person at least 21 years of age or a
legal entity which shall act through one or more duly appointed
representatives.
(b) The initial Regular Trustees shall be:
Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Houston Lane
In care of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(c) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as
Property Trustee. In order to act as Property Trustee hereunder, such Trustee
shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof
or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted
by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to
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exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by
Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If
such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining
authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section
5.01(c)(ii), 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; and
(iii) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an
Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent
Rule 3a-7 requires a trustee having certain qualifications to hold
title to the "eligible assets" (as defined in Rule 3a-7) of the Trust,
the Property Trustee shall possess those qualifications.
If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to satisfy the
requirements of clauses (i)-(iii) above, the Property Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 5.02(d). If the
Property Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee and
the Holders of the Common Securities (as if such Holders were the obligor
referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act. The Preferred Guarantee shall be deemed to be specifically described in
this Declaration for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained
in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
The initial Trustee which shall serve as the Property Trustee is The
Bank of New York, a national banking association incorporated and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, whose address is as set forth
in Section 14.01(b).
(d) The initial Trustee which shall serve as the Delaware Trustee is
The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, whose address
is as set forth in Section 14.01(c).
(e) Any action taken by Holders of Common Securities pursuant to this
Article V shall be taken at a meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened
for such purpose or by written consent as provided in Section 12.02.
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(f) No amendment may be made to this Section 5.01 which would change
any rights with respect to the number, existence or appointment and removal of
Trustees, except with the consent of each Holder of Common Securities.
SECTION 5.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees. (a)
Subject to Section 5.02(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed without cause
at any time:
(i) until the issuance of the Securities, by written
instrument executed by the Sponsor; and
(ii) after the issuance of the Securities by vote of the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities
voting as a class.
(b)(i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with Section 5.02(a) until a Successor Property
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Property Trustee under
Section 5.01(c) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
by written instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and
delivered to the Regular Trustees, the Sponsor and the Property
Trustee being removed; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with Section 5.02(a) until a successor Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Section
5.01(a)(3) (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such
Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees, the
Sponsor and the Delaware Trustee being removed.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his
successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation.
(d) Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or
subsequent accounting) by an instrument (a "Resignation Request") in writing
signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor and the Trust, which
resignation
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shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified
therein; provided, however, that:
(i) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Property Trustee shall be effective until:
(A) a Successor Property Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section
5.01(c) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
by instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and
delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Property
Trustee; or
(B) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of
an Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7, until the
assets of the Trust have been completely liquidated and the
proceeds thereof distributed to the Holders of the Securities;
and
(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument
executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the
Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Delaware Trustee.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee
shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section
5.02 within 60 days after delivery to the Sponsor and the Trust of a
Resignation Request, the resigning Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor
Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a
Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) The Sponsor shall provide notice to the Property Trustee of any
resignation or removal of a Regular Trustee.
SECTION 5.03. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to hold
office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to
Section 5.01 or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section
5.01, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such
vacancy by a majority of the Regular Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of
the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee
appointed in accordance with the requirements of this Article V.
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SECTION 5.04. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation,
retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or
incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee, or any one of them, shall not
operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Regular
Trustees shall occur until such vacancy is filled as provided in this Article
V, the Regular Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all
the powers granted to the Regular Trustees and shall discharge all the duties
imposed upon the Regular Trustees by this Declaration.
SECTION 5.05. Meetings. Meetings of the Regular Trustees shall be
held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee. Regular meetings of the
Regular Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the
Regular Trustees. Notice of any in-person meeting of the Regular Trustees
shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before
such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meeting of the Regular Trustees or any
committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than
24 hours before such meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the
time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in
person or by telephone) of a Regular Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Regular Trustee attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity
on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.
Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Regular
Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Regular
Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with
respect to such matter; provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting
by the unanimous written consent of the Regular Trustees.
SECTION 5.06. Delegation of Power. (a) Any Regular Trustee may, by
power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural
person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any
registration statement or amendment thereto or other document or schedule filed
with the Commission or making any other governmental filing (including, without
limitation the filings referred to in Section 3.13).
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(b) The Regular Trustees shall have the power to delegate from time
to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust or to officers of
the Sponsor the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments
either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Regular Trustees or
otherwise as the Regular Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such
delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of
the Trust, as set forth herein.
ARTICLE VI
Distributions
SECTION 6.01. Distributions. Holders shall receive periodic
distributions, redemption payments and liquidation distributions in accordance
with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities
("Distributions"). Distributions shall be made to the Holders of Preferred
Securities and Common Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities
as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto. If and to the extent that The Sponsor
makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest (as defined in the
Indenture)), premium or principal on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Property
Trustee shall and is directed to promptly make a Distribution of the Payment
Amount to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities as set forth
in Exhibits B and C hereto.
ARTICLE VII
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 7.01. General Provisions Regarding Securities. (a) The
Regular Trustees shall issue on behalf of the Trust Securities in fully
registered form representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust in accordance with Section 7.01(b) and for the consideration
specified in Section 3.03.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall issue on behalf of the Trust one class
of preferred securities representing preferred undivided beneficial interests
in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in Exhibit B (the
"Preferred Securities") which terms are incorporated by reference in, and made
a part of, this Declaration as if specifically set forth herein, and one class
of common securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Trust having such terms as
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are set forth in Exhibit C (the "Common Securities") which terms are
incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Declaration as if
specifically set forth herein. The Trust shall have no securities or other
interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Preferred Securities and
the Common Securities.
(c) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by the
Regular Trustees (or if there are more than two Regular Trustees by any two of
the Regular Trustees). Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future Regular Trustee. Typographical and
other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such signature
shall not affect the validity of any Certificate. In case any Regular Trustee
of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Certificates shall cease to be
such Regular Trustee before the Certificate so signed shall be delivered by the
Trust, such Certificate nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who
signed such Certificate had not ceased to be such Regular Trustee; and any
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons as, at the
actual date of the execution of such Certificate, shall be the Regular Trustees
of the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the
Declaration any such person was not such a Regular Trustee. Certificates shall
be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as
is reasonably acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced by their
execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Regular
Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to
conform to usage. Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the
Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust may execute temporary Certificates
(printed, lithographed or typewritten), in substantially the form of the
definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are issued, but with such
omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Certificates, all as may be determined by the Regular Trustees. Each temporary
Certificate shall be executed by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as definitive Certificates. Without unnecessary delay, the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust will execute and furnish definitive
Certificates and thereupon any or all temporary Certificates may be surrendered
to the transfer agent and registrar in exchange therefor (without charge to the
Holders). Each Certificate whether in temporary or definitive form shall be
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countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized signatory
of the Person acting as registrar and transfer agent for the Securities, which
shall initially be the Property Trustee.
(d) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the
Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and
shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(e) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration,
the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(f) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Preferred
Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Declaration,
shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and
shall be bound by, this Declaration.
(g) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Declaration,
the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall return to The Sponsor the $10
constituting initial trust assets as set forth in the Original Declaration.
ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Trust. The Trust shall dissolve when:
(i) all of the Securities shall have been called for
redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have
been paid to the Holders of Securities in accordance with the terms of
the Securities; or
(ii) all of the Debentures shall have been distributed to the
Holders of Securities in exchange for all of the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities; or
(iii) upon the expiration of the term of the Trust as set forth
in Section 3.17,
and thereafter the Trustees shall, after satisfaction of all obligations of the
Trust, file a certificate of cancelation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and the Trust shall terminate. The Trustees shall so file
such a
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certificate as soon as practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to
in this Section 8.01.
The provisions of Sections 3.12 and 4.02 and Article X shall survive
the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
Transfer of Interests
SECTION 9.01. Transfer of Securities. (a) Securities may only be
transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in this Declaration. Any transfer or purported transfer of any
Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Preferred Securities shall be freely
transferable.
(c) Subject to this Article IX, The Sponsor and any Related Party may
only transfer Common Securities to The Sponsor or a Related Party; provided
that any such transfer shall be subject to the condition that the transferor
shall have obtained (1) either a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an
unqualified written opinion addressed to the Trust and delivered to the
Trustees of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that such transfer will not (i) cause the Trust to be
treated as issuing a class of interests in the Trust differing from the class
of interests represented by the Common Securities originally issued to The
Sponsor, (ii) result in the Trust acquiring or disposing of, or being deemed to
have acquired or disposed of, an asset, or (iii) result in or cause the Trust
to be treated as anything other than a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes and (2) an unqualified written opinion addressed to the
Trust and delivered to the Trustees of a nationally recognized independent
counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer will not cause the Trust
to be an Investment Company or controlled by an Investment Company.
SECTION 9.02. Transfer of Certificates. The Regular Trustees shall
cause to be kept at an office or agency to be maintained by the Trust a
register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Trust shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers
of Certificates, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment
(with such indemnity as the Trust or the Registrar (as defined below) may
require)
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in respect of any tax or other government charges which may be imposed in
relation to it. The Property Trustee will be the initial registrar and
transfer agent (the "Registrar") for the purpose of registering Certificates
and transfers of Certificates as provided herein.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the
office or agency of the Registrar, the Regular Trustees shall execute and the
Registrar shall countersign in accordance with section 7.01(c) one or more new
Certificates of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
liquidation amount to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees. Every Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trust duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be
canceled by the Regular Trustees. A transferee of a Certificate shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder
upon the receipt by such transferee of a Certificate. By acceptance of a
Certificate, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this
Declaration.
SECTION 9.03. Deemed Security Holders. The Trustees may treat the
Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and
records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the
Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not
be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of
any Person, whether or not the Trustees shall have actual or other notice
thereof.
SECTION 9.04. Book Entry Interests. Unless otherwise specified in
the terms of the Preferred Securities, the Preferred Securities Certificates,
on original issuance (including Preferred Securities, if any, issued on the
Option Closing Date pursuant to the exercise of the overallotment option set
forth in the Underwriting Agreement), will be issued in the form of one or
more, fully registered, global Preferred Security Certificates (each a "Global
Certificate"), to be delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on
behalf of, the Trust. Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered
on the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of
DTC, and no Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive
Preferred Security Certificate representing such Preferred Security Beneficial
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Owner's interests in such Global Certificates, except as provided in Section
9.07. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Preferred Security
Certificates (the "Definitive Preferred Security Certificates") have been
issued to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.07:
(i) the provisions of this Section 9.04 shall be in full force
and effect;
(ii) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with
the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including
the payment of Distributions on the Global Certificates and receiving
approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Preferred
Securities and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall
have no obligation to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.04
conflict with any other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions
of this Section 9.04 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or
the Clearing Agency Participants. DTC will make book entry transfers
among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit
payments of Distributions on the Global Certificates to such Clearing
Agency Participants.
SECTION 9.05. Notices to Holders of Certificates. Whenever a notice
or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this
Declaration, unless and until Definitive Preferred Security Certificates shall
have been issued pursuant to Section 9.07, the relevant Trustees shall give all
such notices and communications, specified herein to be given to Preferred
Securities Holders, to the Clearing Agency and, with respect to any Preferred
Security Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or the nominee
of a Clearing Agency, the Trustees shall, except as set forth herein, have no
notice obligations to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
SECTION 9.06. Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency. If any
Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depository
with respect to the Preferred Securities, the Regular Trustees may, in their
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sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect to the
Preferred Securities.
SECTION 9.07. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. If (i) a
Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depository
with respect to the Preferred Securities and a successor Clearing Agency is not
appointed within 90 days after such discontinuance pursuant to Section 9.06 or
(ii) the Regular Trustees elect after consultation with the Sponsor to
terminate the book entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the
Preferred Securities, then (x) Definitive Preferred Security Certificates shall
be prepared by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust with respect to such
Preferred Securities and (y) upon surrender of the Global Certificates by the
Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Regular Trustees
shall cause definitive Preferred Security Certificates to be delivered to
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the
Clearing Agency. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be liable for any
delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may conclusively rely
on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
SECTION 9.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the Registrar, or if
the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the
Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of
them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have
been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, any two Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust shall execute and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like
denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under
this Section 9.08, the Regular Trustees may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the
relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen
or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
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ARTICLE X
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 10.01 Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall be
liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any
Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or
omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on
behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed
to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by
this Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable
for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person's gross negligence (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence)
or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable
care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of assets, liabilities, profits, losses
or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which
Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act, the
Holders of Securities, in their capacities as Holders, shall be entitled to the
same limitation of liability that is extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.02. Indemnification and Compensation. (a) To the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, the Sponsor shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or claim
incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission performed
or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Declaration, except
that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of
any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of
gross negligence (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence) or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
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(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any
claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced
by the Sponsor prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Sponsor of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined
that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in
Section 10.02(a).
(c) The Sponsor agrees to pay the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered by the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee hereunder as may be mutually agreed
upon in writing by the Sponsor and the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, and, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, to reimburse the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee upon its or
their request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred
or made by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, in
accordance with the provisions of this Declaration, except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its or their negligence or
bad faith.
SECTION 10.03. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor,
the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage in or possess an
interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently
or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the
Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this
Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits
derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive
with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None
of the Covered Persons, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the Property
Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other
opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if
presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall have the right
to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to
recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any
Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any
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Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for,
or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations
of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
Accounting
SECTION 11.01. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the
Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the
Code.
SECTION 11.02. Certain Accounting Matters. (a) At all times during
the existence of the Trust, the Regular Trustees shall keep, or cause to be
kept, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall
reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. The Trust
shall use the accrual method of accounting for United States Federal income tax
purposes. The books and records of the Trust, together with a copy of this
Declaration and a certified copy of the Certificate of Trust, or any amendment
thereto, shall at all times be maintained at the principal office of the Trust
and shall be open for inspection by any Holder or its duly authorized
representative for any purpose reasonably related to its interest in the Trust
during normal business hours.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall, as soon as available after the end of
each Fiscal Year of the Trust, cause to be prepared and mailed to each Holder
of Securities unaudited financial statements of the Trust for such Fiscal Year,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; provided
that if the Trust is required to comply with the periodic reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, such financial
statements for such Fiscal Year shall be examined and reported on by a firm of
independent certified public accountants selected by the Regular Trustees
(which firm may be the firm used by the Sponsor).
(c) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and mailed to
each Holder of Securities an annual United States Federal income tax
information statement, on such form as is required by the Code, containing such
information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by
the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the
Code to
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deliver any such statement at a later date, the Regular Trustees shall endeavor
to deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year
of the Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and filed with
the appropriate taxing authority an annual United States Federal income tax
return, on such form as is required by the Code, and any other annual income
tax returns required to be filed by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
with any state or local taxing authority, such returns to be filed as soon as
practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
SECTION 11.03. Banking. The Regular Trustees shall maintain one or
more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided,
however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Debentures held by the
Property Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Account and no other
funds from the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The sole
signatories for such accounts shall be designated by the Regular Trustees;
provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall designate the sole
signatories for the Property Account.
SECTION 11.04. Withholding. The Trust and the Trustees shall comply
with all withholding requirements under United States Federal, state and local
law. The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such
forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from
withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as
shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the
extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Property
Trustee shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an
exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, the Property
Trustee shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable
jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay
over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations
to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a distribution in the
amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed
overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable
jurisdiction. If the amount to be withheld was not withheld from a
Distribution, the Property Trustee may reduce subsequent Distributions by the
amount of such withholding.
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ARTICLE XII
Amendments and Meetings
SECTION 12.01. Amendments. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
Declaration or by any applicable terms of the Securities, this Declaration may
be amended by, and only by, a written instrument executed by a majority of the
Regular Trustees (or, if there are only two Regular Trustees, both Regular
Trustees); provided, however, that (i) no amendment to this Declaration shall
be made unless the Regular Trustees shall have obtained (A) either a ruling
from the Internal Revenue Service or a written unqualified opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to
the effect that such amendment will not cause the Trust to be classified for
United States Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a
corporation or a partnership and to the effect that the Trust will continue to
be treated as a grantor trust for purposes of United States Federal income
taxation and (B) a written unqualified opinion of nationally recognized
independent counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such
amendment will not cause the Trust to be an Investment Company which is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, (ii) if Securities
are outstanding, any amendment which would adversely affect the rights,
privileges or preferences of any Holder of Securities may be effected only
after satisfaction of such additional requirements as may be set forth in the
terms of such Securities, (iii) Section 4.02, Section 9.01(c) and this Section
12.01 shall not be amended without the consent of all Holders of the
Securities, (iv) no amendment which adversely affects the rights, powers and
privileges of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be made
without the consent of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, (v) Article IV shall not be amended without the consent of the
Sponsor, and (vi) the rights of Holders of Common Securities under Article V to
increase or decrease the number of, and to appoint, replace or remove, Trustees
shall not be amended without the consent of each Holder of Common Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 12.02(a)(ii), this Declaration may be
amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to (i) cure any
ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration that
may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this Declaration,
(iii) to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Sponsor, and
(iv) to conform to any changes in Rule 3a-7 or any change in interpretation or
application of Rule 3a-7 by the
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Commission, which amendment does not adversely affect the rights, preferences
or privileges of the Holders.
(c) The Regular Trustees shall promptly furnish to each of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee a copy of each amendment to this
Declaration.
SECTION 12.02. Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by
Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the Holders of Preferred Securities and/or
Common Securities may be called at any time by the Regular Trustees (or as
provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on
which Holders of such class of Securities are entitled to act under the terms
of this Declaration, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading.
The Regular Trustees shall call a meeting of Holders of Preferred Securities or
Common Securities if directed to do so by Holders of at least 10% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction shall be given
by delivering to the Regular Trustees one or more notices in writing stating
that the signing Holders of Securities wish to call a meeting and indicating
the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any
Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing the
Certificates held by the Holders of Securities exercising the right to call a
meeting and only those specified Certificates shall be counted for purposes of
determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of
this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the
Securities, the following provision shall apply to meetings of Holders of
Securities:
(i) Notice of any such meeting shall be given by mail to each
Trustee and all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote
thereat not less than seven days nor more than 60 days prior to the
date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the
Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this Declaration
or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities
are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may
be given at a meeting of the Holders of Securities. Any action that
may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so
taken is signed by Holders of Securities owning not less than the
minimum aggregate liquidation amount of Securities that would be
necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all
Holders of Securities having a
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right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the
taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of
Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. The
Regular Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the
Holders of Securities for the purpose of taking any action without a
meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by
the Regular Trustees.
(ii) Each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to
act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of a Security is
entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or
voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after
the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise
provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure
of the Holder of Security executing it. Except as otherwise provided
herein or in the terms of the Securities, all matters relating to the
giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies and
judicial interpretations thereunder as if the Trust were a Delaware
corporation and the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a
Delaware corporation.
(iii) Each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be
conducted by the Regular Trustees or by such other Person that the
Regular Trustees may designate.
(iv) Unless otherwise provided in the Business Trust Act,
this Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the
Preferred Securities are then listed or admitted for trading, the
Regular Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other
provisions relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including
notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any
matter is to be voted on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any
such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of
a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or
any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to
vote.
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ARTICLE XIII
Representations of Property Trustee
and Delaware Trustee
SECTION 13.01. Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee.
(a) The Trustee which acts as initial Property Trustee represents and warrants
to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration, and each
Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor
at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment
as Property Trustee that:
(i) The Property Trustee is a banking corporation with trust
powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of its incorporation, with trust power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of, this Declaration.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Property
Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Property Trustee. The Declaration
has been duly executed and delivered by the Property Trustee, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Property
Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and
other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Declaration by the Property Trustee does not conflict with or
constitute a breach of the charter or By-laws of the Property Trustee.
(iv) No consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration with or notice to, any banking authority which supervises
or regulates the Property Trustee is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Property Trustee of this Declaration.
(v) The Property Trustee satisfies the qualifications set
forth in Section 5.01(c).
(b) The Trustee which acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and
warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor
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at the date of this Declaration, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents
and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware
Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Delaware Trustee, that it satisfies
the qualifications set forth in Section 5.01(a)(3).
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 14.01. Notices. All notices provided for in this Declaration
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Regular Trustees at
the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as
the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust may give notice of to the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities):
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
In care of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Houston Lane,
Trustees
Facsimile No: (210) [ ]
(b) if given to the Property Trustee, at the mailing address
of the Property Trustee set forth below (or such other address as the
Property Trustee may give notice of to the Trust and the Holders of
the Securities):
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (212)
(c) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address
of the Delaware Trustee set forth below (or such other address as the
Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the Trust and the Holders of
the Securities):
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The Bank of New York (Delaware)
White City Center, Route 273
Newark, Delaware 19711
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (302)
with a copy to:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (212)
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the
mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address
as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Trust):
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No: (210) [ ]
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on
the books and records of the Trust.
A copy of any notice to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee
shall also be sent to the Trust. All notices shall be deemed to have been
given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by
first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is
refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which
no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 14.02. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Declaration agree, and each Holder of any Securities by his or her 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
Declaration, or in any suit against the Property Trustee for any action taken
or omitted by it as Property 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
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and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 14.02 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Property Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder of Preferred Securities,
or group of Holders of Preferred Securities, holding more than 10% in aggregate
liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities, or to any suit
instituted by any Holder of Preferred Securities for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures,
on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debentures.
SECTION 14.03. Governing Law. This Declaration and the rights of the
parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the
laws of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by
such laws without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
SECTION 14.04. Headings. Headings contained in this Declaration are
inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation
of this Declaration or any provision hereof.
SECTION 14.05. Partial Enforceability. If any provision of this
Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or
circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the
application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to
which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 14.06. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain more than
one counterpart of the signature pages and this Declaration may be executed by
the affixing of the signature of the Sponsor and each of the Trustees to one of
such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages
shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as
though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.
SECTION 14.07. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the
parties hereto that the Trust not be classified for United States Federal
income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or partnership
but that the Trust be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes. The provisions of this Declaration shall be interpreted
to further this intention of the parties.
SECTION 14.08. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Declaration
any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns
of such party shall
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be deemed to be included, and all covenants and agreements in this Declaration
by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be
executed as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS,
INC., as Sponsor,
by
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Name:
Title:
REGULAR TRUSTEES:
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as Regular Trustee
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as Regular Trustee
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as
Property Trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(DELAWARE), as Delaware
Trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
THIS Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), dated
__________, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business
trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CCCI Capital
Trust I.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 110 White
Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
the date filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees of the
Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first-above
written.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT B
TERMS OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of CCCI Capital Trust [ ] dated as of [ ] (as amended from time
to time, the "Declaration"), the designations, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Preferred
Securities are set forth below (each capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning set forth in the Declaration):
1. Designation and Number. Preferred Securities of the Trust with an
aggregate liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of up to [ ]
Dollars ($[ ]) (including up to [ ] Dollars
($[ ]) issuable upon exercise of the overallotment option set forth
in the Underwriting Agreement) and a liquidation amount in the assets of the
Trust of $[ ] per Preferred Security are hereby designated as "[ ]%
Preferred Trust Securities". The Preferred Security Certificates evidencing
the Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as
Annex I, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may
be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform to the rules of
any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities are listed. In connection
with the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities, the Trust will purchase, as trust assets, Debentures of the Sponsor
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount
of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities so issued and bearing
interest at an annual rate equal to the annual Distribution rate on the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities and having payment and
redemption provisions which correspond to the payment and redemption provisions
of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Preferred
Security will be payable [at a fixed rate per annum of [ ]%] [floating rate]
(the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred
Security. Distributions in arrears for more than one month will bear interest
at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by law), compounded monthly. The
term "Distributions" as used in these terms means such periodic cash
distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution will be made by the Property Trustee only to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee. The amount of
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Distributions payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a 30-day period
for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed.
(b) Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from [ ], and will be payable [monthly] [quarterly]
[semi-annually] in arrears, on the first day of each period commencing on [
], except as otherwise described below, but only if and to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee. So long as the Sponsor is not in default in the payment of interest
on the Debentures, the Sponsor shall have the right under the Indenture for the
Debentures to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment
period from time to time on the Debentures for a period not to exceed [60] [20]
[10] consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] interest periods (an
"Extension Period"), provided, however, that an Extension Period may not extend
beyond the maturity of the Debentures. During any such Extension Period,
monthly Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the
extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate, compounded [monthly]
[quarterly] [semi-annually]. Prior to the termination of any such Extension
Period, the Sponsor may further extend such Extension Period; provided that
such Extension Period together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof may not exceed 60 consecutive monthly interest periods. Upon the
termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due,
the Sponsor may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders of
Preferred Securities as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on
the record date for the first interest payment date occurring at or after the
end of the Extension Period.
(c) Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be payable
promptly by the Property Trustee (or other Paying Agent) upon receipt of
immediately available funds to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books
and records of the Trust on the relevant record dates. While the Preferred
Securities remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates shall be
one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution date, and if the Preferred
Securities are no longer in book-entry only form, the relevant record dates
will be the fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which the relevant
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Distribution date occurs, which record and payment dates correspond to the
record and interest payment dates for the Debentures. Distributions payable on
any Preferred Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution
payment date as a result of the Sponsor having failed to make the corresponding
interest payment on the Debentures will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Person in whose name such Preferred Security is registered on the relevant
record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the
Person in whose name such Preferred Security is registered on the special
record date established by the Regular Trustees, which record date shall
correspond to the special record date or other specified date determined in
accordance with the Indenture; provided, however, that Distributions shall not
be considered payable on any Distribution payment date falling within an
Extension Period unless the Sponsor has elected to make a full or partial
payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such Distribution payment
date. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the
Declaration, each payment in respect of the Preferred Securities will be made
as described in paragraph 9 hereof. If any date on which Distributions are
payable on the Preferred Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that
is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
(d) All Distributions paid with respect to the Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities will be paid pro rata to the Holders thereof entitled
thereto. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with respect to
Distributions.
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or
for the Trust that is not accounted for under the Declaration, such money or
property shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities.
3. Liquidation Distribution upon Dissolution. In the event of any
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities at the date
of the dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case
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may be, will be entitled to receive pro rata solely out of the assets of the
Trust available for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, an amount equal to
the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred Security
and Common Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date
of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless, in
connection with such dissolution, winding-up or termination, and after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, Debentures in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, shall be distributed pro rata to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities in exchange for such
Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities shall be
paid, subject to the next paragraph, on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such dissolution pro rata with Holders of Preferred
Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with
respect to such Liquidation Distribution.
4. Redemption and Distribution of Debentures. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities may only be redeemed if Debentures having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are repaid, redeemed or
distributed as set forth below:
[(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures, in whole or in part,
whether at maturity or upon redemption at any time or from time to time on or
after [ ], the proceeds of such repayment will be promptly applied to
redeem pro rata Preferred Securities and Common Securities having an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repaid, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a
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redemption price of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common Security plus an
amount equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
redemption, payable in cash (the "Redemption Price"). The date of any such
repayment of Preferred Securities and Common Securities shall be established to
coincide with the repayment date of the Debentures.] [Additional Redemption
provisions to be provided.]
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Preferred Securities and Common
Securities are to be so redeemed, the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities will be redeemed pro rata, it being understood that Preferred
Securities held of record by a Clearing Agency or nominee will be redeemed as
described in paragraph 4(f)(ii) below. If a partial redemption would result in
the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national securities exchange
or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, the
Sponsor, pursuant to the Indenture, will only redeem Debentures in whole and
the Trust will only redeem the Preferred Securities in whole.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each
as hereinafter defined, and each a "Special Event") shall occur and be
continuing, the Regular Trustees shall, unless the Debentures are redeemed in
the limited circumstances described below, dissolve the Trust and, after
satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held by the Property Trustee having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount
of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as, the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, to be distributed to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on a pro rata basis in
liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition of such
dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely on any then
applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the
effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities will not recognize any gain
or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
dissolution of the Trust and distribution of Debentures; and provided further
that, if at the time there is available to
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the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, the opportunity to
eliminate, within the 90 Day Period, the Special Event by taking some
ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing
some other similar reasonable measure that has no adverse effect on the Trust,
the Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred Securities (a "Ministerial
Action"), the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will
pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of dissolution.
If in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, (i) the Regular
Trustees have received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of nationally
recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that, as a
result of a Tax Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the
Sponsor would be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for
United States Federal income tax purposes even if the Debentures were
distributed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
liquidation of such Holder's interest in the Trust as described in this
paragraph 4(c) or (ii) the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such
tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, the
Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part for cash at the
Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event,
and, promptly following such redemption, Preferred Securities and Common
Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed will be redeemed by the Trust at
the Redemption Price on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that, if at the
time there is available to the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of
the Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 day period, the Tax
Event by taking some Ministerial Action, the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, will pursue such measure in lieu of redemption; and
provided further that the Sponsor shall have no right to redeem the Debentures
while the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, are pursuing such
Ministerial Action. The Common Securities will be redeemed pro rata with the
Preferred Securities, except that if an Event of Default under the Indenture
has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities will have a priority
over the Common Securities with respect to payment of the Redemption Price.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have obtained an
opinion of nationally recognized
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independent tax counsel experienced in such matters (a "Dissolution Tax
Opinion") to the effect that[, on or after [ ],] as a result of (a) any
amendment to, or change in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein, (b) any amendment to, or change in, an interpretation or application
of any such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority (including the enactment of any legislation and
the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory determination), (c) any
interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to
such laws or regulations that differs from the theretofore generally accepted
position or (d) any action taken by any governmental agency or regulatory
authority, which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or
effective or which interpretation or pronouncement is issued or adopted or
which action is taken, in each case after [ ], (collectively, a "Change
in Tax Law") there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or
will be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to United States Federal
income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the [Convertible]
Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date thereof,
subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other
governmental charges or (iii) interest payable by the Sponsor to the Trust on
the [Convertible] Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof will
not be, deductible by the Sponsor for United States Federal income tax purposes
(determined without regard to the use made by the Company of the proceeds of
the Convertible Debentures). Notwithstanding anything in the previous sentence
to the contrary, a Tax Event shall not include any Change in Tax Law that
requires the Company for Federal income tax purposes to defer taking a
deduction for any OID that accrues with respect to the Convertible Debentures
until the interest payment related to such OID is paid by the Company in money;
provided that such Change in Tax Law does not create more than an insubstantial
risk that the Company will be prevented from taking a deduction for OID
accruing with respect to the Convertible Debentures at a date that is no later
than the date the interest payment related to such OID is actually paid by the
Company in money.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
received an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in
practice under the Investment Company Act that, as a result of the occurrence
of a change in law or regulation or a change in
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interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act
Law"), there is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be
considered an "investment company" which is required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or
after [ ].
On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon dissolution
of the Trust, (i) the Preferred Securities will no longer be deemed to be
outstanding, and (ii) certificates representing Preferred Securities will be
deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued
and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions on, such
Preferred Securities until such certificates are presented to the Sponsor or
its agent for transfer or reissuance.
(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Preferred
Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Preferred Securities for all monthly Distribution periods terminating on or
prior to the date of redemption.
(e) If Debentures are distributed to Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Sponsor, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, will use its
best efforts to have the Debentures listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on
such other exchange as the Preferred Securities were listed immediately prior
to the distribution of the Debentures.
(f)(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
(a "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Regular Trustees on
behalf of the Trust by mail to each Holder of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof. For purposes of
the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which
notices are given pursuant to this paragraph (f)(i), a Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
first class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Preferred Securities and
Common Securities. Each Redemption/ Distribution Notice shall be addressed to
the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the address of
each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the
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Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of
either thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the
redemption or exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Preferred
Securities are to be redeemed, the Preferred Securities to be redeemed will be
redeemed pro rata from each Holder of Preferred Securities, it being understood
that, in respect of Preferred Securities registered in the name of and held of
record by DTC (or a successor Clearing Agency) or any other nominee, the
Preferred Securities will be redeemed from, and the distribution of the
proceeds of such redemption will be made to, each Clearing Agency Participant
(or person on whose behalf such nominee holds such securities) in accordance
with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.
(iii) Subject to paragraph 9 hereof, if the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice in respect of a redemption of Preferred
Securities as provided in this paragraph 4 (which notice will be irrevocable)
then (A) while the Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form, by 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Sponsor has
paid the Property Trustee in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of
cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC (or any successor
Clearing Agency) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with
respect to the Preferred Securities and will give DTC (or any successor
Clearing Agency) irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption
Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities and (B) if the Preferred
Securities are issued in definitive form, and provided that the Sponsor has
paid the Property Trustee in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of
cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
the Property Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price to the Holders of
such Preferred Securities by check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder
appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the redemption date. If a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as
required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the close of business on the
redemption date, Distributions will cease to accrue on the Preferred Securities
called for redemption, such Preferred Securities will no longer be deemed to be
outstanding and all rights of Holders of such Preferred
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Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders
of such Preferred Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without
interest on such Redemption Price. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be
required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Preferred
Securities which have been so called for redemption. If any date fixed for
redemption of Preferred Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed for
redemption. If the Sponsor fails to repay Debentures on maturity or on the
date fixed for redemption or if payment of the Redemption Price in respect of
Preferred Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by
the Property Trustee or, pursuant to the Preferred Securities Guarantee, by the
Sponsor, Distributions on such Preferred Securities will continue to accrue,
from the original redemption date to the date of payment, in which case the
actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption for
purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(iv) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust to DTC or its nominee (or any successor
Clearing Agency or its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or,
if Definitive Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities.
(v) Upon the date of dissolution of the Trust and distribution of
Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event, Preferred Security
Certificates shall be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the
Debentures so distributed, and the Preferred Securities will no longer be
deemed outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees. The Debentures
so distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities so distributed.
(vi) If a partial redemption of the Preferred Securities would result
in the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national securities
exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then
listed, the Company pursuant to the Indenture will only
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redeem Debentures in whole and, as a result, the Trust would only redeem the
Preferred Securities in whole.
(vii) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without
limitation, United States Federal and state securities laws), the Sponsor or
any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase
outstanding Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private
agreement.
5. Voting Rights. (a) Except as provided under paragraph 5(b) below
and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the
Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) If any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures held by the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of a Special Event or in connection with the redemption of Preferred
Securities as a consequence of a redemption of Debentures, then the Holders of
outstanding Securities will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal
as a class and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the approval of the Holders of Securities representing 66-2/3% in liquidation
amount of such Securities; provided, however, that (A) if any amendment or
proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the
Preferred Securities or the Common Securities, then only the affected class
will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or
proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of 66-2/3% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities and (B) amendments to the
Declaration shall be subject to such further requirements as are set forth in
Sections 12.01 and 12.02 of the Declaration.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee, as the holder of the
Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the Property
Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities
with respect to such amendment, modification or termination. The Property
Trustee shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination
as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting
together as a single class; provided that where such amendment, modification or
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termination of the Indenture requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in
principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures affected
thereby, the Property Trustee may only vote with respect to that amendment,
modification or termination as directed by, in the case of clause (1) above,
the vote of Holders of Securities representing such specified percentage of the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, or, in the case of clause (2)
above, each Holder of Securities affected thereby; and provided further that
the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any action in
accordance with the directions of the Holders of Securities unless the Property
Trustee shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as expert in such
matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified for United States
Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a
partnership on account of such action and will be treated as a grantor trust
for United States Federal income tax purposes following such action.
Subject to Section 2.06 of the Declaration, and the provisions of this
and the next succeeding paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, voting separately as a class, shall have
the right to (A) on behalf of all Holders of Preferred Securities, waive any
past default that is waivable under the Declaration (subject to, and in
accordance with, the Declaration) and (B) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the
Declaration, including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as the holder
of the Debentures, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 6.06 of
the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration
that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable; provided
that where the taking of any action under the Indenture requires the consent or
vote of (1) holders of Debentures representing a specified percentage greater
than a majority in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of
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Debentures affected thereby, the Property Trustee may only take such action if
directed by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of Holders of Preferred
Securities representing such specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, or, in the case of clause (2) above, each
Holder of Preferred Securities affected thereby. The Property Trustee shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Property Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property
Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any of the foregoing actions at
the direction of the Holders of Preferred Securities unless the Property
Trustee shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as expert in such
matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified for United States
Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a
partnership on account of such action and will be treated as a grantor trust
for United States federal income tax purposes following such action. If the
Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Declaration (including,
without limitation, its rights, powers and privileges as a holder of the
Debentures under the Indenture), any Holder of Preferred Securities may, to the
extent permitted by law, after a period of 30 days has elapsed from such
Holder's written request to the Property Trustee to enforce such rights,
institute a legal proceeding directed against the Sponsor to enforce the
Property Trustee's rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a
legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Sponsor to pay
interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or principal
is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, the redemption date), then
a Holder of Preferred Securities may directly institute suit against the
Sponsor for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or
interest on Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such Holder on or after
the respective due date specified in the Debentures. The Holders of Preferred
Securities will not be able to exercise directly against the Sponsor any other
remedy available to the Holders of the Debentures unless the Property Trustee
first fails to do so.
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A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property Trustee at
the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will constitute a
waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under the Declaration in respect
of the Securities.
Any required approval or direction of Holders of Preferred Securities
may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Preferred Securities convened
for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities of the Trust
or pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of
any meeting at which Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to vote, or
of any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be
taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of Preferred Securities. Each
such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting
or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any
resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are
entitled to vote or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and
(iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of Preferred Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Preferred Securities in accordance
with the Declaration.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Preferred Securities are entitled to
vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the
Preferred Securities at such time that are owned by the Sponsor or by any
entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or
consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they
were not outstanding.
Holders of the Preferred Securities will have no rights to increase or
decrease the number of Trustees or to appoint, remove or replace a Trustee,
which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Holders of the Common
Securities.
[6. Conversion Rights. To be provided if applicable.]
7. Pro Rata Treatment. A reference in these terms of the Preferred
Securities to any payment,
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distribution or treatment as being "pro rata" shall mean pro rata to each
Holder of Securities according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation
amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds available to
make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Preferred
Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred
Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation
amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding, and only after satisfaction of
all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred Securities, to each Holder of
Common Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding.
8. Ranking. The Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment
thereon will be made pro rata with the Common Securities except that where an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of Preferred
Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise rank in priority to the rights of Holders
of the Common Securities.
9. Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations. The Trust may not
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to, any
Person.
10. Transfer, Exchange, Method of Payments. Payment of Distributions
and payments on redemption of the Preferred Securities will be payable, the
transfer of the Preferred Securities will be registrable, and Preferred
Securities will be exchangeable for Preferred Securities of other denominations
of a like aggregate liquidation amount, at the principal corporate trust office
of the Property Trustee in The City of New York; provided that payment of
Distributions may be made at the option of the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust by check mailed to the address of the Persons entitled thereto and
that the payment on redemption of any Preferred Security will be made only upon
surrender of such Preferred Security to the Property Trustee.
11. Acceptance of Indenture and Preferred Guarantee. Each Holder of
Preferred Securities, by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of
(i) the
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Preferred Guarantee, including the subordination provisions thereof and (ii)
the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the Debentures, including the
subordination provisions of the Indenture.
12. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of Preferred Securities shall
have no preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional Preferred Securities
or Common Securities.
13. Miscellaneous. These terms shall constitute a part of the
Declaration. The Trust will provide a copy of the Declaration and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business.
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ANNEX I
[IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT--THIS
PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY
IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON
OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE DECLARATION AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY
A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
Preferred Securities:
Number:
CUSIP NO.:
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Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
% Preferred Trust Securities
(liquidation amount $[ ] per Preferred Security)
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that [
] (the "Holder") is the registered owner of [ ] preferred securities of
the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust designated the [ ]% Preferred Trust Securities (liquidation amount $[
] per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The transfer of
Preferred Securities is registrable on the books and records of the Trust, in
person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate
duly endorsed and in proper form for registration of transfer. The
designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate
and the Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all
respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of [ ], as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), including the designation of the
terms of Preferred Securities as set forth in Exhibit B thereto. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities issued by the Trust pursuant to the
Declaration represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust, including the Debentures (as defined in the Declaration) issued by Clear
Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Sponsor"), to the Trust
pursuant to the Indenture referred to in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement of the Sponsor dated as of
[ ] (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Trust will
furnish a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture to the
Holder without charge, upon written request to the Trust, at its principal
place of business or registered office.
The Holder of this Certificate, by accepting this Certificate, is
deemed to have (i) agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Debentures,
including that the Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent
provided in the Indenture and (ii) agreed to the terms of the Guarantee,
including that the Guarantee is subordinate and junior in right of payment to
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all other indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Sponsor, including
the Debentures, except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and
senior to all capital stock now or hereafter issued by the Sponsor and to any
guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Sponsor in respect of any of its
capital stock.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees of the Trust have executed this
certificate this day of .
CCCI Capital Trust [ ],
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated:
Countersigned and Registered:
The Bank of New York, as
Transfer Agent and Registrar
by __________________________
Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S)
AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
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EXHIBIT C
TERMS OF
COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of CCCI Capital Trust [ ] dated as of [ ] (as amended from time
to time, the "Declaration"), the designations, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common
Securities are set forth below (each capitalized term used but not defined
herein having the meaning set forth in the Declaration):
1. Designation and Number. Common Securities of the Trust with an
aggregate liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of up to [ ]
Dollars ($[ ]) (including up to [ ] Dollars ($[ ])
issuable upon exercise of the overallotment option set forth in the Underwriting
Agreement) and a liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of $[ ] per
Common Security are hereby designated as "[ ]% Common Trust Securities". The
Common Security Certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I, with such changes and
additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage,
custom or practice. The Common Securities are to be issued and sold to Clear
Channel Communications, Inc. ("the Sponsor"). In connection with the issuance
and sale of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities, the Trust will
purchase, as trust assets, Debentures of The Sponsor having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities so issued, and bearing interest at an
annual rate equal to the annual Distribution rate on the Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities and having payment and redemption provisions which
correspond to the payment and redemption provisions of the Preferred Securities
and the Common Securities.
2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Common Security
will be payable at a [fixed rate per annum of [ ]%] [floating rate] (the
"Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Common Security.
Distributions in arrears for more than one month will bear interest at the
Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law), compounded monthly.
The term "Distributions" as used in these terms means such periodic cash
distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution will be made by the Property
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Trustee only to the extent that interest payments are made in respect of the
Debentures held by the Property Trustee. The amount of Distributions payable
for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months, and for any Distribution period shorter than a 30-day period for which
Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed.
(b) Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative, will
accrue from [ ], and will be payable [monthly] [quarterly]
[semi-annually] in arrears, on the first day of each period, commencing on [
], except as otherwise described below, but only if and to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee. So long as The Sponsor is not in default in the payment of interest
on the Debentures, The Sponsor shall have the right under the Indenture for the
Debentures to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment
period from time to time on the Debentures for a period not to exceed [60] [20]
[10] consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest periods (each, an
"Extension Period"), provided, however, that an Extension Period may not extend
beyond the maturity of the Debentures. During any such Extension Period,
[monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] Distributions will continue to accrue
with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon
Rate, compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]. Prior to the
termination of any such Extension Period, The Sponsor may further extend such
Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all such
previous and further extensions thereof, may not exceed [60] [20] [10]
consecutive monthly interest periods. Upon the termination of any Extension
Period and the payment of all amounts then due, The Sponsor may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. Payments of accrued
Distributions will be payable to Holders of Common Securities as they appear on
the books and records of the Trust on the record date for the first interest
payment date occurring at or after the end of the Extension Period.
(c) Distributions on the Common Securities will be payable promptly
by the Property Trustee (or other Paying Agent) upon receipt of immediately
available funds to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records
of the Trust on the relevant record dates which will be one Business Day prior
to the relevant Distribution date unless the Preferred Securities are no longer
in book-entry only form, in which event the relevant record dates will be the
fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately preceding the
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month in which the relevant Distribution date occurs, which record and payment
dates correspond to the record and interest payment dates for the Debentures.
Distributions payable on any Common Securities that are not punctually paid on
any Distribution date as a result of The Sponsor having failed to make the
corresponding interest payment on the Debentures will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Person in whose name such Common Security is registered on the
relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable
to the Person in whose name such Common Security is registered on the special
record date established by the Regular Trustees, which record date shall
correspond to the special record date or other specified date determined in
accordance with the Indenture; provided, however, that Distributions shall not
be considered payable on any Distribution payment date falling within an
Extension Period unless The Sponsor has elected to make a full or partial
payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such Distribution payment
date. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the
Declaration, each payment in respect of the Common Securities will be made as
described in paragraph 9 hereof. If any date on which Distributions are
payable on the Common Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that
is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
(d) All Distributions paid with respect to the Common Securities and
the Preferred Securities will be paid pro rata to the Holders thereof entitled
thereto. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with respect to
Distributions.
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or
for the Trust that is not accounted for under the Declaration, such money or
property shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities.
3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event of any
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the date of
the dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may
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be, will be entitled to receive pro rata solely out of the assets of the Trust
available for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, an amount equal to
the aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred Security
and Common Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date
of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless, in
connection with such dissolution, winding-up or termination, and after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, Debentures in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, shall be distributed pro rata to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities in exchange for such
Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution can be
paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to pay in
full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly
by the Trust on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities shall be
paid, subject to the next paragraph, on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such dissolution pro rata with Holders of Preferred
Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common Securities with
respect to such Liquidation Distribution.
4. Redemption and Distribution of Debentures. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities may only be redeemed if Debentures having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are repaid, redeemed or
distributed as set forth below:
[(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures, in whole or in part,
whether at maturity or upon redemption at any time or from time to time on or
after [ ], the proceeds of such repayment will be promptly applied to
redeem pro rata Preferred Securities and Common Securities having an aggregate
liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so
repaid, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a
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redemption price of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common Security plus an
amount equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
redemption, payable in cash (the "Redemption Price"). The date of any such
repayment of Preferred Securities and Common Securities shall be established to
coincide with the repayment or redemption date of the Debentures.] [Other
applicable redemption provisions, if any.]
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Preferred Securities and Common
Securities are to be so redeemed, the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities will be redeemed pro rata and, with respect to the Common Securities
to be redeemed, as described in paragraph 4(e)(ii) below. If a partial
redemption would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any
national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed, The Sponsor, pursuant to the Indenture, will only
redeem Debentures in whole and the Trust will only redeem the Common Securities
in whole.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event
(each, as hereinafter defined and, each, a "Special Event") shall occur and be
continuing, the Regular Trustees shall, unless the Debentures are redeemed in
the limited circumstances described below, dissolve the Trust and, after
satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held by the Property Trustee having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount
of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as, the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, to be distributed to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on a pro rata basis in
liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition of such
dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees shall have received an
opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely on any then
applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the
effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities will not recognize any gain
or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
dissolution of the Trust and distribution of Debentures; and provided further
that, if at the time there is available to The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust,
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the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Special Event by
taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or
pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that has no adverse effect on
the Trust, The Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred Securities (a
"Ministerial Action"), The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the
Trust, will pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of dissolution.
If in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, (i) the Regular
Trustees have received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of nationally
recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that, as a
result of a Tax Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that The
Sponsor would be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for
United States Federal income tax purposes even if the Debentures were
distributed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
liquidation of such Holders' interest in the Trust as described in this
paragraph 4(c) or (ii) the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such
tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, The
Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part for cash at the
Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event,
and, promptly following such redemption, Preferred Securities and Common
Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed will be redeemed by the Trust at
the Redemption Price on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that, if at the
time there is available to The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees on behalf of the
Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Tax Event
by taking some Ministerial Action, The Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will
pursue such measure in lieu of redemption; and provided further, that The
Sponsor shall have no right to redeem the Debentures while the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, are pursuing such Ministerial Action. The
Common Securities will be redeemed pro rata with the Preferred Securities,
except that if an Event of Default under the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities will have a priority over the Common
Securities with respect to payment of the Redemption Price.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have obtained an
opinion of nationally recognized
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independent tax counsel experienced in such matters (a "Dissolution Tax
Opinion") to the effect that, on or after [ ], as a result of (a) any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the
laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, (b) any amendment to, or
change (including any announced prospective change) in, an interpretation or
application of any such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority (including the enactment of any
legislation and the publication of any judicial decision or regulatory
determination), (c) any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a
position with respect to such laws or regulations that differs from the
theretofore generally accepted position or (d) any action taken by any
governmental agency or regulatory authority, which amendment or change is
enacted, promulgated, issued or effective or which interpretation or
pronouncement is issued or announced or which action is taken, in each case on
or after [ ], there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the
Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to United
States Federal income tax with respect to income accrued or received on the
Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date thereof,
subject to more than a de minimis amount of taxes, duties or other governmental
charges or (iii) interest payable by The Sponsor to the Trust on the Debentures
is not, or within 90 days of the date thereof will not be, deductible by The
Sponsor for United States Federal income tax purposes.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
received an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in
practice under the Investment Company Act that, as a result of the occurrence
of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application
of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or
regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an Investment
Company which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act,
which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after [ ].
On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon dissolution
of the Trust, (i) the Common Securities will no longer be deemed to be
outstanding and (ii) any certificates representing Common Securities will be
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deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued
and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions on, such Common
Securities until such certificates are presented to The Sponsor or its agent
for transfer or reissuance.
(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding Common
Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Common Securities for all monthly Distribution periods terminating on or prior
to the date of redemption.
(e)(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
(a "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Regular Trustees on
behalf of the Trust by mail to each Holder of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof. For purposes of
the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates on which
notices are given pursuant to this paragraph (e)(i), a Redemption/Distribution
Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Preferred Securities and
Common Securities. Each Redemption/ Distribution Notice shall be addressed to
the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the address of
each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in
the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with
respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Common
Securities are to be redeemed, the Common Securities to be redeemed will be
redeemed pro rata from each Holder of Common Securities (subject to adjustment
to eliminate fractional Common Securities).
(iii) If the Trust gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice in respect
of a redemption of Common Securities as provided in this paragraph 4 (which
notice will be irrevocable), then immediately prior to the close of business on
the redemption date, provided that The Sponsor has paid to the Property Trustee
in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of cash in connection with
the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
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Distributions will cease to accrue on the Common Securities called for
redemption, such Common Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding
and all rights of Holders of such Common Securities so called for redemption
will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Common Securities to
receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price.
Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be
registered the transfer of any Common Securities which have been so called for
redemption. If any date fixed for redemption of Common Securities is not a
Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be
made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such
Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the Redemption
Price in respect of Common Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not
paid by the Property Trustee, Distributions on such Common Securities will
continue to accrue, from the original redemption date to the date of payment,
in which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for
redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(iv) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust to the Holders of the Common Securities.
(v) Upon the date of dissolution of the Trust and distribution of
Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event, Common Security
Certificates shall be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the
Debentures so distributed, and the Common Securities will no longer be deemed
outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees. The Debentures so
distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Common Securities so distributed.
5. Voting Rights. (a) Except as provided under paragraph 5(b) below
and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of the Common
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Holders of Common Securities have the sole right under the
Declaration to increase or decrease the number of Trustees, and to appoint,
remove or replace a Trustee, any such increase, decrease, appointment, removal
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or replacement to be approved by Holders of Common Securities representing a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities.
If any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or the
Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures held by the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of a Special Event or in connection with the redemption of Common
Securities as a consequence of a redemption of Debentures, then the Holders of
outstanding Securities will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal
as a class and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the approval of the Holders of Securities representing 66-2/3% in liquidation
amount of such Securities; provided, however, that (A) if any amendment or
proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the
Preferred Securities or the Common Securities, then only the affected class
will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or
proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of 66-2/3% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities, (B) the rights of Holders of
Common Securities under Article V of the Declaration to increase or decrease
the number of, and to appoint, replace or remove, Trustees shall not be amended
without the consent of each Holder of Common Securities, and (C) amendments to
the Declaration shall be subject to such further requirements as are set forth
in Sections 12.01 and 12.02 of the Declaration.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee as the holder of the
Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the Property
Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities
with respect to such amendment, modification or termination. The Property
Trustee shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination
as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting
together as a single class; provided that where such amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority in
principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures affected
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thereby, the Property Trustee may vote only with respect to that amendment,
modification or termination as directed by, in the case of clause (1) above,
the vote of Holders of Securities representing such specified percentage of the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, or, in the case of clause (2)
above, each Holder of Securities affected thereby; and provided, further, that
the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any action in
accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities unless the
Property Trustee shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion
of nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as an expert in
such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified for United
States Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation
or a partnership on account of such action and will be treated as a grantor
trust for United States Federal income tax purposes following such action.
Subject to Section 2.06 of the Declaration and the provisions of this
and the next succeeding paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, shall have the
right to (A) on behalf of all Holders of Common Securities, waive any past
default that is waivable under the Declaration (subject to, and in accordance
with, the Declaration) and (B) direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Declaration,
including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as holder of the
Debentures, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its consequences that is waivable
under Section 6.06 of the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or
annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and
payable; provided that where the taking of any action under the Indenture
requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of Debentures representing a
specified percentage greater than a majority in principal amount of the
Debentures or (e) each holder of Debentures affected thereby, the
Property Trustee may take such action only if directed by, in the case of
clause (1) above, the vote of Holders of Common Securities representing such
specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common
Securities, or, in the case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Common
Securities
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affected thereby. Pursuant to this paragraph, the Property Trustee
shall not revoke, or take any action inconsistent with, any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities,
and shall not take any action in accordance with the direction of the Holders
of the Common Securities under this paragraph if the action is prejudicial to
the Holders of Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Property Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property
Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any of the foregoing actions at
the direction of the Holders of Common Securities unless the Property Trustee
shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of nationally
recognized independent tax counsel recognized as expert in such matters to the
effect that the Trust will not be classified for United States Federal income
tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a partnership on
account of such action and will be treated as a grantor trust for United States
income tax purposes following such action.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these terms, each Holder of
Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any Event of Default with
respect to the Common Securities and its consequences until all Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been cured, waived by the
Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration or otherwise
eliminated, and until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been so cured, waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities or
otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely
on behalf of the Holders of Preferred Securities and only the Holders of the
Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in
accordance with the terms of the Declaration or of the Securities. In the
event that any Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities is
waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in the Declaration,
the Holders of Common Securities agree that such waiver shall also constitute
the waiver of such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for
all purposes under the Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of
the Holders of the Common Securities.
A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property Trustee at
the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will constitute a
waiver of the
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corresponding Event of Default under the Declaration in respect of the
Securities.
Any required approval of Holders of Common Securities may be given at
a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose,
at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities of the Trust or pursuant to
written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at
which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any matter upon
which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to
each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a
statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by which such
action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for
adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of such
matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities in accordance
with the Declaration.
6. Conversion Rights. [to be provided if applicable.]
7. Pro Rata Treatment. A reference in these terms of the Common
Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "pro rata" shall
mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to
the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in
relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative
to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding,
and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
8. Ranking. The Common Securities rank pari passu and payment
thereon will be made pro rata with the
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Preferred Securities except that where an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the rights of Holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of
Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise are
subordinate to the rights of Holders of the Preferred Securities.
9. Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations. The Trust may not
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to, any
Person.
10. Transfers, Exchanges, Method Payments. Payment of Distributions
and payments on redemption of the Common Securities will be payable, the
transfer of the Common Securities will be registrable, and Common Securities
will be exchangeable for Common Securities of other denominations of a like
aggregate liquidation amount, at the principal corporate trust office of the
Property Trustee in The City of New York; provided that payment of
Distributions may be made at the option of the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust by check mailed to the address of the Persons entitled thereto and
that the payment on redemption of any Common Security will be made only upon
surrender of such Common Security to the Property Trustee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, transfers of Common Securities are subject to conditions set forth
in Section 9.01(c) of the Declaration.
11. Acceptance of Indenture. Each Holder of Common Securities, by
the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Indenture and the
Debentures, including the subordination provisions thereof.
12. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of Common Securities shall
have no preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional Common Securities or
Preferred Securities.
13. Miscellaneous. These terms shall constitute a part of the
Declaration. The Trust will provide a copy of the Declaration and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business.
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Annex I
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE
IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS
SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION
REFERRED TO BELOW
Number: Common Securities:
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
[ ]% Common Trust Securities
(liquidation amount $[ ] per Common Security)
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a business trust formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
common securities of the Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the "[
]% Common Trust Securities" (liquidation amount $[ ] per Common Security) (the
"Common Securities"). The transfer of Common Securities is registrable on the
books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
registration of transfer and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in
the Declaration (as defined below) including, without limitation, Section
9.01(c) thereof. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set
forth in, and this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are
issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of March 14,
1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Declaration"),
including the designation of the terms of Common Securities as set forth in
Exhibit C thereto. The Common Securities and the Preferred Securities issued
by the Trust pursuant to the Declaration represent undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust, including the Debentures (as defined in
the Declaration) issued by Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, to the Trust pursuant to the
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Indenture referred to in the Declaration. The Trust will furnish a copy of the
Declaration and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request
to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
The Holder of this Certificate, by accepting this Certificate, is
deemed to have agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Debentures,
including that the Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent
provided in the Indenture.
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Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees of the Trust have executed this
certificate this day of .
CCCI Capital Trust [ ],
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated:
Countersigned and Registered:
The Bank of New York, as
Transfer Agent and Registrar
by
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Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security
Certificate to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.
The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common
Security Certificate)
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EXHIBIT 4.20
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FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CCCI Capital Trust III
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Dated as of [ ]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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PARTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RECITALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01 Certain terms defined; other terms defined in the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended, or by reference therein in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to have the meanings
assigned therein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book Entry Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Trust Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Certificate of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clearing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clearing Agency Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Common Security Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Covered Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debenture Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Definitive Preferred Security Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . .
Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depositary Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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* This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and should not have any bearing upon the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
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Exchange Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indemnified Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indenture Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investment Company Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Liquidation Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities . . . . . . . . .
Ministerial Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Option Closing Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Original Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Security Beneficial Owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Preferred Security Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Property Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regular Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Related Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Resignation Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rule 3a-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Securities . . . . . . . . . .
Special Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Successor Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Successor Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10% in liquidation amount of the Securities . . . . . . . . . . . .
Treasury Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trustee or Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Underwriting Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.02 List of Holders of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2.07 Disclosure of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE III
Organization
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SECTION 3.01 Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.02 Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.03 Issuance of the Trust Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.04 Purchase of Debentures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.05 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.06 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.07 Title to Property of the Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.08 Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.09 Prohibition of Actions by Trust and Trustees . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.10 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.12 Certain Rights and Duties of the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.13 Registration Statement and Related Matters . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.14 Filing of Amendments to Certificate of Trust . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.15 Execution of Documents by Regular Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 3.16 Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities . .
SECTION 3.17 Duration of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ARTICLE IV
Sponsor
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SECTION 4.01 Purchase of Common Securities by Sponsor . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 4.02 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE V
Trustees
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SECTION 5.01 Number of Trustees; Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.02 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.03 Vacancies Among Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.04 Effect of Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.05 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 5.06 Delegation of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE VI
Distributions
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SECTION 6.01 Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE VII
Issuance of Securities
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SECTION 7.01 General Provisions Regarding Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust
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SECTION 8.01 Termination of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Transfer of Interests
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SECTION 9.01 Transfer of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.02 Transfer of Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.03 Deemed Security Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.04 Book Entry Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.05 Notices to Holders of Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.06 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.07 Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 9.08 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE X
Limitation of Liability, Indemnification
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SECTION 10.01 Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 10.02 Indemnification and Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 10.03 Outside Businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE XI
Accounting
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SECTION 11.01 Fiscal Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 11.02 Certain Accounting Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 11.03 Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 11.04 Withholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE XII
Amendments and Meetings
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SECTION 12.01 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 12.02 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent .
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Representations of Property Trustee
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and Delaware Trustee
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SECTION 13.01 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 14.01 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.02 Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.03 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.04 Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.05 Partial Enforceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.06 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.07 Intention of the Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 14.08 Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SIGNATURES AND SEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
EXHIBIT B TERMS OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES
EXHIBIT C TERMS OF THE COMMON SECURITIES
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
[ ]
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
("Declaration"), dated and effective as of [
], by the undersigned trustees (together with all
other Persons from time to time duly appointed and
serving as trustees in accordance with the provisions
of this Declaration, the "Trustees"), Clear Channel
Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation, as trust
sponsor (the "Sponsor"), and the holders, from time
to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the CCCI Capital Trust [ ] to be issued
pursuant to this Declaration.
WHEREAS the Sponsor and the original trustees entered into a
Declaration of Trust dated as of July 30, 1997 (the "Original Declaration") in
order to establish CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a business trust (the "Trust")
under the Business Trust Act (as defined herein);
WHEREAS the Certificate of Trust (the "Certificate of Trust")
of the Trust was filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware on July 30, 1997;
WHEREAS the Trustees and the Sponsor desire to continue the
Trust pursuant to the Business Trust Act for the purpose of, as described more
fully in Sections 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05 hereof, (i) issuing and selling Preferred
Securities (as defined herein) representing preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust for cash and investing the proceeds
thereof in Debentures (as defined herein) of The Sponsor issued under the
Indenture (as defined herein) to be held as assets of the Trust, (ii) issuing
and selling Common Securities (as defined herein) representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust to The Sponsor for cash
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and investing the proceeds thereof in additional Debentures issued under the
Indenture to be held as assets of the Trust and (iii) engaging in such other
activities as are necessary, convenient or incidental thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto
that the Trust constitute a business trust under the Business Trust Act, that
the Original Declaration be amended and restated in its entirety as provided
herein and that this Declaration constitute the governing instrument of such
business trust, the Trustees declare that all assets referred to in clauses (i)
and (ii) of the previous Whereas clause purchased by the Trust will be held in
trust for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of
the Certificates (as defined herein) representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust issued hereunder, subject to the
provisions of this Declaration.
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used in
this Declaration but not defined in the preamble above have the respective
meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.01; (b) a term defined anywhere in
this Declaration has the same meaning throughout; (c) all references to "the
Declaration" or "this Declaration" are to this Amended and Restated Declaration
of Trust (including Exhibits A, B and C hereto (the "Exhibits")) as modified,
supplemented or amended from time to time; (d) all references in this
Declaration to Articles and Sections and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections
of and Exhibits to this Declaration unless otherwise specified; (e) a term
defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this
Declaration unless otherwise defined in this Declaration or unless the context
otherwise requires; and (f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and
vice versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global
Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof,
ownership and transfers of
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which shall be maintained and made through book entries by such Clearing Agency
as described in Section 9.04.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
any other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are
authorized or required by law to close.
"Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from
time to time.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a
Preferred Security Certificate.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning set forth in the second
Whereas clause above.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a
"clearing agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as
depository for the Preferred Securities and in whose name, or in the name of a
nominee of that organization, shall be registered a Global Certificate and
which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the
Preferred Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank,
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the
Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the Closing Date as specified in the
Underwriting Agreement, which date is also the date of execution and delivery
of this Declaration.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation. A reference to a specific
section of the Code refers not only to such specific section but also to any
corresponding provision of any Federal tax statute enacted after the date of
this Declaration, as such specific section or corresponding provision is in
effect on the date of application of the provisions of this Declaration
containing such reference.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in Section
7.01(b).
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate
in fully registered form representing a Common Security substantially in the
form of Annex I to Exhibit C.
"Covered Person" means (i) any officer, director, shareholder,
partner, member, representative, employee or agent of the Trust or its
Affiliates, (ii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative
or agent of The Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and (iii) the Holders from
time to time of the Securities.
"Debenture Trustee" means The Bank of New York, as trustee
under the Indenture, until a successor, if any, is appointed thereunder and
thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the series of Junior Subordinated
Debentures issued by The Sponsor under the Indenture to the Property Trustee
and entitled the "[ ] Junior Subordinated Debentures due [ ]".
"Definitive Preferred Security Certificates" has the meaning
set forth in Section 9.04.
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.01(a)(3).
"Depositary Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust,
the Property Trustee and DTC dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders of
Securities in accordance with Section 6.01.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency.
"Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an
Indenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing in respect of the
Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
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"Fiscal Year" has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.
"Global Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section
9.04.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Certificate
representing a Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner
within the meaning of the Business Trust Act.
"Indemnified Person" means any Trustee, any Affiliate of any
Trustee, any officer, director, shareholder, member, partner, employee,
representative or agent of any Trustee, or any employee or agent of the Trust
or any of its Affiliates.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of [ ],
between the Sponsor and the Debenture Trustee, as amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"Indenture Event of Default" means an event or condition
defined as an "Event of Default" with respect to the Debentures under Section
6.01(a) of the Indenture has occurred and is continuing.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in
the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning specified in Section 3.08(g).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the
terms of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities" means,
except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided
in the penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or
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otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents more than 50% of the liquidation
amount of all outstanding Securities of such class.
"Ministerial Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)
of the terms of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Option Closing Date" means the Option Closing Date as
specified in the Underwriting Agreement.
"Original Declaration" has the meaning set forth in the first
Whereas clause above.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 3.10(i).
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity
of whatever nature.
"Preferred Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement dated as
of [ ], of the Sponsor in respect of the Preferred Securities.
"Preferred Securities" has the meaning specified in Section
7.01(b).
"Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a
Book Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of
a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a
Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in
accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Preferred Security Certificate" means a definitive
certificate in fully registered form representing a Preferred Security
substantially in the form of Annex I to Exhibit B.
"Property Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility
requirements set forth in Section 5.01(c) and having the duties set forth for
the Property Trustee herein.
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"Property Account" has the meaning specified in Section
3.10(c)(i).
"Quorum" means a majority of the Regular Trustees or, if there
are only two Regular Trustees, both such Regular Trustees.
"Regular Trustee" means any Trustee other than the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee.
"Related Party" means any direct or indirect wholly owned
subsidiary of The Sponsor or any Person which owns, directly or indirectly,
100% of the outstanding voting securities of The Sponsor.
"Resignation Request" has the meaning specified in Section
5.02(d).
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property
Trustee, any officer of the Property Trustee with responsibility for the
administration of this Declaration and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of that officer's knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular
subject.
"Rule 3a-7" means Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act
or any successor rule thereunder.
"Securities" means the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means,
except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided
in the penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities,
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents 66-2/3% or more of the liquidation amount of all outstanding
Securities of such class.
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"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of
the terms of the Securities as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
"Sponsor" means Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, or any successor entity in a merger, consolidation or other
business combination transaction in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning specified in
Section 5.02(b)(ii).
"Successor Property Trustee" means a successor Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section 5.01(c).
"10% in liquidation amount of the Securities" means, except as
otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act and except as provided in the
penultimate paragraph of paragraph 5 of Exhibit B hereto, Holder(s) of
outstanding Securities voting together as a single class or, as the context may
require, Holder(s) of outstanding Preferred Securities or Common Securities,
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of a relevant class of
Securities whose liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be
paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid
Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined)
represents 10% or more of the liquidation amount of all outstanding Securities
of such class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations,
including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the
United States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Declaration as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in
accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to
time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as a Trustee in accordance with
the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall
refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
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"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement
dated [ ], among the Trust, the Sponsor and [ ], as
representative of the several underwriters named therein.
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) This
Declaration is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be part of this Declaration and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions; (b) if and to the extent that any provision of
this Declaration limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by
Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed
duties shall control; (c) the Property Trustee, to the extent permitted by
applicable law and/or the rules and regulations of the Commission, shall be the
only Trustee which is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act;
and (d) the application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Declaration shall
not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities. (a)
Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall
provide the Property Trustee with such information as is required under Section
312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in
Section 312(a); and (b) the Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Property Trustee. Within 60
days after May 15 of each year, the Property Trustee shall provide to the
Holders of the Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form, in the manner and at the times
provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Property Trustee
shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to Property Trustee. Each of
the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to
the Property Trustee, the Commission and the Holders of the Securities, as
applicable, such documents, reports and information as
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required by Section 314(a)(1)-(3) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the
compliance certificates required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust
Indenture Act, any such certificates to be provided in the form, in the manner
and at the times required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture
Act (provided that any certificate to be provided pursuant to Section
314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be provided within 120 days of the
end of each Fiscal Year).
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
Precedent. Each of the Sponsor and the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Declaration which relate to
any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Any certificate or opinion required to be given pursuant to Section 314(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. (a) Subject to
Section 2.06(c), Holders of Preferred Securities may, by vote of at least a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities, (A) in accordance
with the terms of the Preferred Securities, direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee, or (B) on
behalf of the Holders of all Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of
Default in respect of the Preferred Securities and its consequences; provided
that, if the Event of Default arises out of an Indenture Event of Default:
(i) which is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of
Default under this Declaration shall also be not waivable; or
(ii) which requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority
in principal amount of the Debentures affected thereby, or (2) each
holder of Debentures, the Event of Default under this Declaration may
only be waived by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of
Holders of Preferred Securities representing such specified percentage
of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities or, in
the case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Preferred Securities
affected thereby.
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Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities or impair any right consequent thereto.
(b) Subject to Section 2.06(c), Holders of Common Securities
may, by vote of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common
Securities, (A) in accordance with the terms of the Common Securities, direct
the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Property Trustee, or (B) on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common
Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences; provided that if the Event of Default arises
out of an Indenture Event of Default:
(i) which is not waivable under the Indenture, except where
the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such
Event of Default under the Declaration as provided below, the Event of
Default under this Declaration shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) which requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of
Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a majority
in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, except where the holders of the Common Securities
are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under this Declaration
as provided below, the Event of Default under this Declaration may
only be waived by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of
Holders of Common Securities representing such specified percentage of
the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities or, in the
case of clause (2) above, each holder of Common Securities affected
thereby; and
provided further that each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have
waived any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its
consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been cured or waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities as
provided in this Declaration or otherwise eliminated and until all Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived or
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otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely
on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and only the Holders of
the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee in
accordance with the terms of this Declaration or the Securities. In the event
that an Event of Default with respect to the Preferred Securities is waived by
the Holders of Preferred Securities as provided in this Declaration, the
Holders of Common Securities agree that such waiver shall also constitute the
waiver of such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all
purposes under this Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of the
Holders of the Common Securities. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.06(b), upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist and
any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom
shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Declaration, but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of
Default with respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent
thereon.
(c) The right of any Holder of Securities to receive payment
of Distributions on the Securities in accordance with this Declaration and the
terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C on or after the
respective payment dates therefor, or to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such payment dates, shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.
(d) As provided in the terms of the Securities set forth in
Exhibits B and C hereto, a waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the
Property Trustee at the written direction of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under
this Declaration in respect of the Securities.
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities in
accordance with Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the
source from which such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a
violation of any existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not
specifically refer to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the
Property Trustee be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant
to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE III
Organization
SECTION 3.01. Name. The Trust continued by this Declaration
is named "CCCI Capital Trust [ ]" as such name may be modified from time to
time by the Regular Trustees following written notice to the Holders of
Securities. The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the
Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Regular Trustees.
SECTION 3.02. Office. The address of the principal office of
the Trust is c/o Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 200 Concord Place, Suite
600, San Antonio, Texas 78216. Upon ten days' written notice to the Holders (a
copy of such notice to be sent to the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee), the Regular Trustees may change the location of the Trust's principal
office. The name of the registered agent and office of the Trust in the State
of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
Delaware 19801. At any time, the Regular Trustees may designate another
registered agent and/or registered office.
SECTION 3.03. Issuance of the Trust Securities. On [
], the Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to the Original
Declaration, executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement. On the Closing
Date and contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration,
the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute and deliver (i) to
the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement, a Global Certificate,
registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency as
specified in Section 9.04, in an aggregate amount of [ ] Preferred
Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount of $[ ], against
receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $[
], and (ii) to the Sponsor, Common Securities Certificates, registered in the
name of the Sponsor, in an aggregate amount of [ ] Common Securities
having an aggregate liquidation amount of $[ ], against receipt of the
aggregate purchase price of such Common Securities of $[ ].
SECTION 3.04. Purchase of Debentures. On the Closing Date
and contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Declaration, the
Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall purchase from the Sponsor with
the proceeds received by the Trust from the sale of the
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Securities on such date pursuant to Section 3.03, at a purchase price of 100%
of the principal amount thereof, Debentures, registered in the name of the
Property Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $[
], and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Regular
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Sponsor the sum of $[ ]. In the event the overallotment option granted
by the Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement is exercised by the underwriters named therein, on the
Option Closing Date the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall
purchase from the Sponsor with the proceeds received by the Trust from the sale
of the Securities on such date pursuant to Section 3.03, at a purchase price of
100% of the principal amount thereof, additional Debentures, registered in the
name of the Property Trustee and having an aggregate principal amount of up to
$[ ], and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures,
the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Sponsor an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the Debentures being purchased.
SECTION 3.05. Purpose. The exclusive purposes and functions
of the Trust are: (a)(i) to issue and sell Preferred Securities for cash and
use the proceeds of such sales to purchase as trust assets Debentures issued
under the Indenture having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities so issued and sold; (ii) to
enter into such agreements and arrangements as may be necessary in connection
with the sale of Preferred Securities to the initial purchasers thereof
(including the Underwriting Agreement) and to take all actions and exercise
such discretion as may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith and to
file such registration statements or make such other filings under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or state securities or "Blue Sky" laws as may
be necessary or desirable in connection therewith and the issuance of the
Preferred Securities; and (iii) to issue and sell Common Securities to The
Sponsor for cash and use the proceeds of such sale to purchase as trust assets
an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures issued under the Indenture;
and (b) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage in such other activities
as are necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow
money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of
its assets or, at any time while the Securities are outstanding, otherwise
undertake (or permit to be undertaken) an activity that would result in or
cause the Trust to be treated as
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anything other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION 3.06. Authority. Subject to the limitations provided
in this Declaration and to the specific duties of the Property Trustee, the
Regular Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the
purposes of the Trust. An action taken by the Regular Trustees in accordance
with their powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust and
an action taken by the Property Trustee in accordance with its powers shall
constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the
Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire
into the authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the
Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the
Trustees as set forth in this Declaration.
SECTION 3.07. Title to Property of the Trust. Except as
provided in Section 3.10 with respect to the Debentures and the Property
Account or unless otherwise provided in this Declaration, legal title to all
assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. The Holders shall not have
legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an
individual undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 3.08. Powers and Duties of the Regular Trustees. The
Regular Trustees shall have the exclusive power, authority and duty to cause
the Trust, and shall cause the Trust, to engage in the following activities:
(a) to issue Preferred Securities and Common Securities, in
each case in accordance with this Declaration; provided, however, that
the Trust may issue no more than one series of Preferred Securities
and no more than one series of Common Securities; and provided further
that there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the
Securities and the issuance of Securities shall be limited to (x) a
one-time, simultaneous issuance of both Preferred Securities and
Common Securities on the Closing Date and (y) any subsequent issuance
of both Preferred Securities and Common Securities on the Option
Closing Date pursuant to an exercise of the overallotment option
granted to the underwriters in the Underwriting Agreement;
(b) in connection with the issuance of the Preferred
Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to effect or cause to be
effected the filings, and to
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execute or cause to be executed the documents, set forth in Section
3.13 and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the Trust the
Depositary Agreement;
(c) to acquire as trust assets Debentures with the proceeds of
the sale of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities; provided,
however, that the Regular Trustees shall cause all the Debentures to
be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit
of the Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities;
(d) to cause the Trust to enter into such agreements and
arrangements as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
sale of Preferred Securities to the initial purchasers thereof and the
consummation thereof, and to take all action, and exercise all
discretion, as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the
consummation thereof;
(e) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt
written notice of the occurrence of a Special Event; provided that the
Regular Trustees shall consult with the Sponsor and the Property
Trustee before taking or refraining to take any Ministerial Action in
relation to a Special Event;
(f) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to
be taken hereunder that require a record date be established,
including for the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act and with respect to Distributions, voting rights, redemptions and
exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to Holders of the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities as to such actions and applicable
record dates;
(g) to bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate,
resort to legal action or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or
against the Trust ("Legal Action"), unless, pursuant to Section
3.10(e), the Property Trustee has the exclusive power to bring such
Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who
may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors,
advisors and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such
services;
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(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate to the Property Trustee required
by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act, which certificate
may be executed by any Regular Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses which are necessary or incidental to
carrying out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, registrar
and transfer agent for the Securities, the Regular Trustees hereby
initially appointing the Property Trustee for such purposes;
(m) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be
required of the Regular Trustees pursuant to the terms of the
Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto;
(n) to execute all documents or instruments, perform all
duties and powers and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in
all matters necessary, convenient or incidental to the foregoing;
(o) to take all action which may be necessary or appropriate
for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid
existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a business trust under
the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in
which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of
the Holders of the Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the
purposes for which the Trust has been created;
(p) to take all action, not inconsistent with this Declaration
or with applicable law, which the Regular Trustees determine in their
discretion to be reasonable and necessary or desirable in carrying out
the activities of the Trust as set out in this Section 3.08, in order
that:
(i) the Trust will not be deemed to be an Investment
Company required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act;
(ii) the Trust will not be classified for United
States Federal income tax purposes as an
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association taxable as a corporation or a partnership and will
be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal income
tax purposes; and
(iii) the Trust will comply with any requirements
imposed by any taxing authority on holders of instruments
treated as indebtedness for Unites States Federal income tax
purposes;
provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of
Holders;
(q) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax
returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with
respect to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Regular
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust; and
(r) subject to the requirements of Rule 3a-7 and Section
317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, to appoint one or more Paying
Agents in addition to the Property Trustee.
The Regular Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in
this Section 3.08 in a manner which is consistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.05 and the Regular Trustees shall
not take any action which is inconsistent with the purposes and functions of
the Trust set forth in Section 3.05.
Subject to this Section 3.08, the Regular Trustees shall have
none of the powers nor any of the authority of the Property Trustee set forth
in Section 3.10.
SECTION 3.09. Prohibition of Actions by Trust and Trustees.
The Trust shall not, and no Trustee (including the Property Trustee) shall
cause the Trust to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized
by this Declaration. In particular, the Trust shall not, and no Trustee
(including the Property Trustee) shall cause the Trust to:
(a) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall promptly distribute all such proceeds to Holders
of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration and of the
Securities;
(b) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided
herein;
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(c) possess Trust property for other than a Trust purpose;
(d) make any loans, other than loans represented by the
Debentures;
(e) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to
vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way
whatsoever;
(f) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
ownership of, or beneficial interests in, the Trust other than the
Securities;
(g) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money; or
(h)(i) direct the time, method and place of exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under
Section 6.06 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or
annul any declaration that the principal of all of the Debentures
shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, where
such consent shall be required, unless in the case of this clause (h)
the Property Trustee shall have received an unqualified opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as expert in
such matters to the effect that such action will not cause the Trust
to be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as an
association taxable as a corporation or partnership and that the Trust
will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 3.10. Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee. (a)
The Debentures shall be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and
interest of the Property Trustee to the Debentures shall vest automatically in
each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance
with Article V. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether
or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its
right, title and interest in the Debentures to the Regular Trustees
or, if the Property Trustee does not also act as the Delaware Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee.
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(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non- interest bearing
bank account (the "Property Account") in the name of and under the
exclusive control of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Holders of
the Securities and on the receipt of payments of funds made in respect
of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds
into the Property Account and, without any further acts of the
Property Trustee or the Regular Trustees, promptly make payments to
the Holders of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities from the
Property Account in accordance with Section 6.01. Funds in the
Property Account shall be held uninvested, and without liability for
interest thereon, until disbursed in accordance with this Declaration.
The Property Account shall be an account which is maintained with a
banking institution whose long term unsecured indebtedness is rated by
a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as such
term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act, at least equal to (but in no event less than "A" or the
equivalent) the rating assigned to the Preferred Securities by a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
necessary or appropriate to effect promptly the redemption of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities to the extent the
Debentures are redeemed or mature;
(iii) upon notice of distribution issued by the Regular
Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Securities and
the Common Securities, engage in such ministerial activities as shall
be necessary or appropriate to effect promptly, pursuant to the terms
of the Securities, the distribution of Debentures to Holders of
Securities upon the occurrence of a Special Event; and
(iv) have the legal power to exercise all of the rights,
powers and privileges of a holder of the Debentures under the
Indenture and, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Property Trustee, subject to Section 2.06(b), shall, for the benefit
of the Holders of the Securities, enforce its rights as holder of the
Debentures under the Indenture, subject to the rights of the Holders
of the Preferred
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Securities pursuant to the terms of this Declaration, the Business
Trust Act and the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform
such duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to
the terms of the Securities set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto.
(e) The Property Trustee shall take any Legal Action which
arises out of or in connection with an Event of Default or the Property
Trustee's duties and obligations under this Declaration, the Business Trust Act
or the Trust Indenture Act.
(f) All moneys deposited in the Property Account, and all
Debentures held by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the
Securities, will not be subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien
or claim of any kind in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Property Trustee
or its agents or their creditors.
(g) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities, transmit by mail, first
class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities, as their names and
addresses appear upon the register, notice of all defaults with respect to the
Securities known to the Property Trustee, unless such defaults shall have been
cured before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purposes of
this Section 3.10(g) being hereby defined to be an Indenture Event of Default,
not including any periods of grace provided for in the Indenture and
irrespective of the giving of any notice provided therein); provided that,
except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any) or interest on any of the Debentures, the Property 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 Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding
of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities. The
Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default, except
(i) a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest
on the Debentures or (ii) any default as to which the Property Trustee shall
have received written notice or a Responsible Officer charged with the
administration of this Declaration shall have obtained written notice.
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(h) The Property Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee unless
either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds
thereof distributed to the Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of the Securities; or
(ii) a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and
accepted that appointment in accordance with Article V.
(i) The Property Trustee shall act as paying agent in respect
of the Common Securities and the Preferred Securities and, subject to Section
3.08(r), may authorize one or more Persons (each, a "Paying Agent") to pay
Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation payments on behalf of the
Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities. Any such Paying Agent shall
comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any Paying Agent may
be removed by the Property Trustee, after consultation with the Regular
Trustees, at any time and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents
may be appointed at any time by the Property Trustee, subject to Section
3.08(r).
(j) The Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to
the Holders of the Securities of any notice received by it from The Sponsor of
its election to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the
interest payment period with respect thereto.
(k) Subject to this Section 3.10, the Property Trustee shall
have none of the powers or the authority of the Regular Trustees set forth in
Section 3.08.
(l) The Property Trustee shall exercise the powers, duties
and rights set forth in this Section 3.10 and Section 3.12 in a manner which is
consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section
3.05, and the Property Trustee shall not take any action which is inconsistent
with the purposes and functions of the Trust set forth in Section 3.05.
SECTION 3.11. Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Declaration other than Section 5.01(a)(3), the Delaware
Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware
Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Regular Trustees or
the Property Trustee described in this Declaration. Except as set forth in
Section 5.01(a)(3), the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and
limited
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purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Business Trust
Act. In the event the Delaware Trustee shall at any time be required to take
any action or perform any duty hereunder, the Delaware Trustee shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 3.12(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) and Section
3.12(c). No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Declaration against the Delaware Trustee.
SECTION 3.12. Certain Rights and Duties of the Property
Trustee. (a) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Declaration, and no implied covenants shall be read into this
Declaration against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06), the
Property Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Declaration, 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.
(b) No provision of this Declaration shall be construed to
relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Declaration, and the Property Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Declaration,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into
this Declaration against the Property Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Declaration; but in the case of any such
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certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Property Trustee,
the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements
of this Declaration;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders as provided herein
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Property Trustee hereunder or under
the Indenture, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Property Trustee under this Declaration; and
(iv) no provision of this Declaration shall require the
Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Declaration or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.12(a) and (b):
(i) whenever in the administration of this Declaration, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part
and, if the Trust is excluded from the definition of Investment
Company solely by means of Rule 3a-7, subject to the requirements of
Rule 3a-7, request and rely upon a certificate, which shall comply
with the provisions of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act,
signed by any two of the Regular Trustees or by an authorized officer
of the Sponsor, as the case may be;
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(ii) the Property Trustee (A) may consult with counsel (which
may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates and may include
any of its employees) selected by it in good faith and with due care
and the written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to
legal matters 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 and in accordance with such advice
and opinion and (B) shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of this Declaration from
any court of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) the Property 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 Property Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent
or attorney appointed by it in good faith and with due care;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration
at the request or direction of any Holders, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security and indemnity
against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses)
and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such
request or direction; provided that nothing contained in this clause
(iv) shall relieve the Property Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured or waived)
to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Declaration, and to use the same degree of care and skill in such
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs;
(v) any action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities and
the signature of the Property Trustee or its agents alone shall be
sufficient and effective to perform any such action; and no third
party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Property
Trustee to so act, or as to its compliance with any of the terms and
provisions of this Declaration, both of which shall be
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conclusively evidenced by the Property Trustee's or its agent's taking
such action;
(vi) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties; and
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval, bond, security or other paper or document,
but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.
SECTION 3.13. Registration Statement and Related Matters. In
accordance with the Original Declaration, The Sponsor and the Trustees have
authorized and directed, and hereby confirm the authorization of, The Sponsor,
as the sponsor of the Trust, (i) to file with the Commission and execute, in
each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(File Nos. [ ]) (the "1933 Act Registration Statement") including any
amendments thereto and any further pre-effective or post-effective amendments
to such Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the
Securities Act of, among other things, the Preferred Securities of the Trust
and the related guarantees of such Preferred Securities by the Sponsor and (b)
a Registration Statement on Form 8-A or other appropriate form (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities of
the Trust and the related guarantees of such Preferred Securities by the
Sponsor under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act; (ii) to file with the New York
Stock Exchange and execute on behalf of the Trust a listing application and all
other applications, statements, certificates, agreements and other instruments
as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the Preferred Securities to be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) to file and execute on behalf of
the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds, irrevocable consents,
appointments of attorney for service of process and other papers and documents
as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Preferred
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Securities under the securities or "Blue Sky" laws of such jurisdictions as The
Sponsor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable and (iv) to
negotiate and execute on behalf of the Trust the Underwriting Agreement. In
the event that any filing referred to in clauses (i)-(iii) above is required by
the rules and regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or
state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed on behalf of the Trust by the
Trustees, the Regular Trustees, in their capacities as Trustees of the Trust,
are hereby authorized and directed to join in any such filing and to execute on
behalf of the Trust any and all of the foregoing, it being understood that the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, in their capacities as Trustees of
the Trust, shall not be required to join in any such filing or execute on
behalf of the Trust any such document unless required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the New York Stock Exchange or state securities
or blue sky laws. In connection with all of the foregoing, The Sponsor and
each Trustee, solely in its capacity as a Trustee of the Trust, have
constituted and appointed, and hereby confirm the appointment of [ ],
[ ] and [ ], and each of them, as his, her or its, as the
case may be, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for The Sponsor or such Trustee or in the
Sponsor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the
1933 Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as The Sponsor or such Trustee might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SECTION 3.14. Filing of Amendments to Certificate of Trust.
The Certificate of Trust as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on July 31, 1997 is attached hereto as Exhibit A. On or after the
date of execution of this Declaration, the Trustees shall cause the filing with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of such amendments to the
Certificate of Trust as the Trustees shall deem necessary or desirable.
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SECTION 3.15. Execution of Documents by Regular Trustees.
Unless otherwise determined by the Regular Trustees and except as otherwise
required by the Business Trust Act with respect to the Certificate of Trust or
otherwise, a majority of, or if there are only two, both of, the Regular
Trustees are authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust any
documents which the Regular Trustees have the power and authority to execute or
deliver pursuant to this Declaration.
SECTION 3.16. Trustees Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained in this Declaration and the
Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor and the Trustees do
not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no
representations as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or
any part thereof. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Declaration or the Securities.
SECTION 3.17. Duration of Trust. The Trust, absent
termination pursuant to the provisions of Article VIII hereof, shall have
existence until [ ], 20[ ].
ARTICLE IV
Sponsor
SECTION 4.01. Purchase of Common Securities by Sponsor. On
the Closing Date, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities issued
by the Trust at the same time as the Preferred Securities to be issued on such
date are issued, such purchase to be in an amount equal to 3% of the total
capital of the Trust. On the Option Closing Date, the Sponsor shall purchase
all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust at the same time as the
Preferred Securities to be issued on such date are issued, such purchase to be
in such amount so that the Common Securities continue to represent 3% of the
total capital of the Trust.
SECTION 4.02. Expenses. (a) In connection with the purchase
of the Debentures by the Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Sponsor and not
as a Holder, shall be responsible for and shall pay for all debts and
obligations (other than with respect to the Securities) and all costs and
expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses
relating to the organization of the Trust, the issuance of the Preferred
Securities to initial
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purchasers thereof, the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees
and expenses) of the Trustees (including any amounts payable under Article X),
the costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including
without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical
or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or
accounting equipment, Paying Agent(s), registrars, transfer agent(s),
duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the disposition of Trust
assets).
(b) In connection with the purchase of the Debentures by the
Trust, the Sponsor, in its capacity as Sponsor and not as a Holder, will pay
any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to
the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect
to such taxes of the Trust.
(c) The Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.02 shall
be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom any such
debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor") whether
or not such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may enforce
the Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.02 directly against the Sponsor
and the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such
Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other Person before
proceeding against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional
agreements as may be necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the
provisions of this Section 4.02.
ARTICLE V
Trustees
SECTION 5.01. Number of Trustees; Qualifications. (a)
Except as provided in (1) below, the number of Trustees initially shall be five
(5). At any time (i) before the issuance of the Securities, the Sponsor may,
by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of, and appoint, remove
and replace the, Trustees, and (ii) after the issuance of the Securities the
number of Trustees may be increased or decreased solely by, and Trustees may be
appointed, removed or replaced solely by, vote of Holders of Common Securities
representing a Majority in liquidation
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amount of the Common Securities voting as a class; provided that in any case:
(1) the number of Trustees shall be at least five (5) unless
the Trustee that acts as the Property Trustee also acts as the
Delaware Trustee, in which case the number of Trustees shall be at
least three (3);
(2) at least a majority of the Trustees shall at all times be
officers or employees of The Sponsor;
(3) if required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee (the
"Delaware Trustee") shall be either a natural person who is a resident
of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which
has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
otherwise is permitted to act as a Trustee hereunder under the laws of
the State of Delaware, except that if the Property Trustee has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise is
permitted to act as a Trustee hereunder under the laws of the State of
Delaware, then the Property Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee
and Section 3.09 shall have no application; and
(4) there shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder
which shall satisfy the requirements of Section 5.01(c).
Each Trustee shall be either a natural person at least 21 years of age or a
legal entity which shall act through one or more duly appointed
representatives.
(b) The initial Regular Trustees shall be:
Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Houston Lane
In care of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(c) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act
as Property Trustee. In order to act as Property Trustee hereunder, such
Trustee shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor;
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(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof
or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted
by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust
powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State,
Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred
to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.01(c)(ii), 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; and
(iii) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an
Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent
Rule 3a-7 requires a trustee having certain qualifications to hold
title to the "eligible assets" (as defined in Rule 3a-7) of the Trust,
the Property Trustee shall possess those qualifications.
If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to satisfy the
requirements of clauses (i)-(iii) above, the Property Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 5.02(d). If the
Property Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the
meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee and
the Holders of the Common Securities (as if such Holders were the obligor
referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall in all
respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act. The Preferred Guarantee shall be deemed to be specifically described in
this Declaration for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained
in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
The initial Trustee which shall serve as the Property Trustee
is The Bank of New York, a national banking association incorporated and
existing under the laws of the United States of America, whose address is as
set forth in Section 14.01(b).
(d) The initial Trustee which shall serve as the Delaware
Trustee is The Bank of New York (Delaware), a
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Delaware banking corporation, whose address is as set forth in
Section 14.01(c).
(e) Any action taken by Holders of Common Securities pursuant
to this Article V shall be taken at a meeting of Holders of Common Securities
convened for such purpose or by written consent as provided in Section 12.02.
(f) No amendment may be made to this Section 5.01 which would
change any rights with respect to the number, existence or appointment and
removal of Trustees, except with the consent of each Holder of Common
Securities.
SECTION 5.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of
Trustees. (a) Subject to Section 5.02(b), Trustees may be appointed or
removed without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of the Securities, by written
instrument executed by the Sponsor; and
(ii) after the issuance of the Securities by vote of the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities
voting as a class.
(b)(i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with Section 5.02(a) until a Successor Property
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Property Trustee under
Section 5.01(c) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
by written instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and
delivered to the Regular Trustees, the Sponsor and the Property
Trustee being removed; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with Section 5.02(a) until a successor Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Section
5.01(a)(3) (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has
accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such
Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Regular Trustees, the
Sponsor and the Delaware Trustee being removed.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his
successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation.
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(d) Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for
prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument (a "Resignation Request") in
writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to the Sponsor and the Trust, which
resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is
specified therein; provided, however, that:
(i) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Property Trustee shall be effective until:
(A) a Successor Property Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Section
5.01(c) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment
by instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and
delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Property
Trustee; or
(B) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of
an Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7, until the
assets of the Trust have been completely liquidated and the
proceeds thereof distributed to the Holders of the Securities;
and
(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument
executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the
Trust, the Sponsor and the resigning Delaware Trustee.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this
Section 5.02 within 60 days after delivery to the Sponsor and the Trust of a
Resignation Request, the resigning Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor
Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may thereupon,
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a
Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) The Sponsor shall provide notice to the Property Trustee
of any resignation or removal of a Regular Trustee.
SECTION 5.03. Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases
to hold office for any reason and the number
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of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.01 or if the number of
Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 5.01, a vacancy shall occur. A
resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by a majority of the
Regular Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy.
The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with the
requirements of this Article V.
SECTION 5.04. Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation,
retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or
incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee, or any one of them, shall not
operate to annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Regular
Trustees shall occur until such vacancy is filled as provided in this Article
V, the Regular Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all
the powers granted to the Regular Trustees and shall discharge all the duties
imposed upon the Regular Trustees by this Declaration.
SECTION 5.05. Meetings. Meetings of the Regular Trustees
shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Trustee. Regular meetings
of the Regular Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by resolution of
the Regular Trustees. Notice of any in-person meeting of the Regular Trustees
shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before
such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meeting of the Regular Trustees or any
committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing
(including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than
24 hours before such meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the
time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in
person or by telephone) of a Regular Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Regular Trustee attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity
on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.
Unless provided otherwise in this Declaration, any action of the Regular
Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Regular
Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with
respect to such matter; provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting
by the unanimous written consent of the Regular Trustees.
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SECTION 5.06. Delegation of Power. (a) Any Regular Trustee
may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other
natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing
any registration statement or amendment thereto or other document or schedule
filed with the Commission or making any other governmental filing (including,
without limitation the filings referred to in Section 3.13).
(b) The Regular Trustees shall have the power to delegate
from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust or to
officers of the Sponsor the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Regular
Trustees or otherwise as the Regular Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent
such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the
provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
ARTICLE VI
Distributions
SECTION 6.01. Distributions. Holders shall receive periodic
distributions, redemption payments and liquidation distributions in accordance
with the applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities
("Distributions"). Distributions shall be made to the Holders of Preferred
Securities and Common Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities
as set forth in Exhibits B and C hereto. If and to the extent that The Sponsor
makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest (as defined in the
Indenture)), premium or principal on the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the Property
Trustee shall and is directed to promptly make a Distribution of the Payment
Amount to Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities as set forth
in Exhibits B and C hereto.
ARTICLE VII
Issuance of Securities
SECTION 7.01. General Provisions Regarding Securities. (a)
The Regular Trustees shall issue on behalf of the Trust Securities in fully
registered form representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
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the Trust in accordance with Section 7.01(b) and for the consideration
specified in Section 3.03.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall issue on behalf of the Trust
one class of preferred securities representing preferred undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in
Exhibit B (the "Preferred Securities") which terms are incorporated by
reference in, and made a part of, this Declaration as if specifically set forth
herein, and one class of common securities representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set
forth in Exhibit C (the "Common Securities") which terms are incorporated by
reference in, and made a part of, this Declaration as if specifically set forth
herein. The Trust shall have no securities or other interests in the assets of
the Trust other than the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
(c) The Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Trust
by the Regular Trustees (or if there are more than two Regular Trustees by any
two of the Regular Trustees). Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future Regular Trustee. Typographical and
other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such signature
shall not affect the validity of any Certificate. In case any Regular Trustee
of the Trust who shall have signed any of the Certificates shall cease to be
such Regular Trustee before the Certificate so signed shall be delivered by the
Trust, such Certificate nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who
signed such Certificate had not ceased to be such Regular Trustee; and any
Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons as, at the
actual date of the execution of such Certificate, shall be the Regular Trustees
of the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the
Declaration any such person was not such a Regular Trustee. Certificates shall
be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as
is reasonably acceptable to the Regular Trustees, as evidenced by their
execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Regular
Trustees may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to
conform to usage. Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the
Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust may execute temporary Certificates
(printed, lithographed or typewritten), in
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substantially the form of the definitive Certificates in lieu of which they are
issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Certificates, all as may be determined by the Regular
Trustees. Each temporary Certificate shall be executed by the Regular Trustees
on behalf of the Trust upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as definitive Certificates. Without unnecessary
delay, the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust will execute and furnish
definitive Certificates and thereupon any or all temporary Certificates may be
surrendered to the transfer agent and registrar in exchange therefor (without
charge to the Holders). Each Certificate whether in temporary or definitive
form shall be countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized signatory of the Person acting as registrar and transfer agent for
the Securities, which shall initially be the Property Trustee.
(d) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance
of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust
and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(e) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
(f) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a
Preferred Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this
Declaration, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms
of, and shall be bound by, this Declaration.
(g) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this
Declaration, the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall return to The
Sponsor the $10 constituting initial trust assets as set forth in the Original
Declaration.
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ARTICLE VIII
Termination of Trust
SECTION 8.01. Termination of Trust. The Trust shall dissolve
when:
(i) all of the Securities shall have been called for
redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have
been paid to the Holders of Securities in accordance with the terms of
the Securities; or
(ii) all of the Debentures shall have been distributed to the
Holders of Securities in exchange for all of the Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Securities; or
(iii) upon the expiration of the term of the Trust as set
forth in Section 3.17,
and thereafter the Trustees shall, after satisfaction of all obligations of the
Trust, file a certificate of cancelation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and the Trust shall terminate. The Trustees shall so file
such a certificate as soon as practicable after the occurrence of an event
referred to in this Section 8.01.
The provisions of Sections 3.12 and 4.02 and Article X shall
survive the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
Transfer of Interests
SECTION 9.01. Transfer of Securities. (a) Securities may
only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in this Declaration. Any transfer or purported transfer
of any Security not made in accordance with this Declaration shall be null and
void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Preferred Securities shall be
freely transferable.
(c) Subject to this Article IX, The Sponsor and any Related
Party may only transfer Common Securities to The Sponsor or a Related Party;
provided that any such transfer shall be subject to the condition that the
transferor shall
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have obtained (1) either a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service or an
unqualified written opinion addressed to the Trust and delivered to the
Trustees of nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that such transfer will not (i) cause the Trust to be
treated as issuing a class of interests in the Trust differing from the class
of interests represented by the Common Securities originally issued to The
Sponsor, (ii) result in the Trust acquiring or disposing of, or being deemed to
have acquired or disposed of, an asset, or (iii) result in or cause the Trust
to be treated as anything other than a grantor trust for United States Federal
income tax purposes and (2) an unqualified written opinion addressed to the
Trust and delivered to the Trustees of a nationally recognized independent
counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer will not cause the Trust
to be an Investment Company or controlled by an Investment Company.
SECTION 9.02. Transfer of Certificates. The Regular Trustees
shall cause to be kept at an office or agency to be maintained by the Trust a
register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Trust shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers
of Certificates, which will be effected without charge but only upon payment
(with such indemnity as the Trust or the Registrar (as defined below) may
require) in respect of any tax or other government charges which may be imposed
in relation to it. The Property Trustee will be the initial registrar and
transfer agent (the "Registrar") for the purpose of registering Certificates
and transfers of Certificates as provided herein.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate
at the office or agency of the Registrar, the Regular Trustees shall execute
and the Registrar shall countersign in accordance with section 7.01(c) one or
more new Certificates of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
liquidation amount to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees. Every Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Trust duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be
canceled by the Regular Trustees. A transferee of a Certificate shall be
entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder
upon the receipt by such transferee of a Certificate. By acceptance of a
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Certificate, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this
Declaration.
SECTION 9.03. Deemed Security Holders. The Trustees may
treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books
and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the
Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving
Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not
be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of
any Person, whether or not the Trustees shall have actual or other notice
thereof.
SECTION 9.04. Book Entry Interests. Unless otherwise
specified in the terms of the Preferred Securities, the Preferred Securities
Certificates, on original issuance (including Preferred Securities, if any,
issued on the Option Closing Date pursuant to the exercise of the overallotment
option set forth in the Underwriting Agreement), will be issued in the form of
one or more, fully registered, global Preferred Security Certificates (each a
"Global Certificate"), to be delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by,
or on behalf of, the Trust. Such Global Certificates shall initially be
registered on the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the
nominee of DTC, and no Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a
definitive Preferred Security Certificate representing such Preferred Security
Beneficial Owner's interests in such Global Certificates, except as provided in
Section 9.07. Unless and until definitive, fully registered Preferred Security
Certificates (the "Definitive Preferred Security Certificates") have been
issued to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.07:
(i) the provisions of this Section 9.04 shall be in full force
and effect;
(ii) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with
the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Declaration (including
the payment of Distributions on the Global Certificates and receiving
approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Preferred
Securities and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall
have no obligation to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
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(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.04
conflict with any other provisions of this Declaration, the provisions
of this Section 9.04 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners
shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such
Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or
the Clearing Agency Participants. DTC will make book entry transfers
among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit
payments of Distributions on the Global Certificates to such Clearing
Agency Participants.
SECTION 9.05. Notices to Holders of Certificates. Whenever a
notice or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this
Declaration, unless and until Definitive Preferred Security Certificates shall
have been issued pursuant to Section 9.07, the relevant Trustees shall give all
such notices and communications, specified herein to be given to Preferred
Securities Holders, to the Clearing Agency and, with respect to any Preferred
Security Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or the nominee
of a Clearing Agency, the Trustees shall, except as set forth herein, have no
notice obligations to the Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
SECTION 9.06. Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency. If
any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depository
with respect to the Preferred Securities, the Regular Trustees may, in their
sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect to the
Preferred Securities.
SECTION 9.07. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates.
If (i) a Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities
depository with respect to the Preferred Securities and a successor Clearing
Agency is not appointed within 90 days after such discontinuance pursuant to
Section 9.06 or (ii) the Regular Trustees elect after consultation with the
Sponsor to terminate the book entry system through the Clearing Agency with
respect to the Preferred Securities, then (x) Definitive Preferred Security
Certificates shall be prepared by the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust
with respect to such Preferred Securities and (y) upon surrender of the Global
Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions,
the Regular
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Trustees shall cause definitive Preferred Security Certificates to be delivered
to Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of
the Clearing Agency. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be liable for
any delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may conclusively
rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
SECTION 9.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificates should be surrendered to the
Registrar, or if the Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of
the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there shall be
delivered to the Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them
to keep each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such
Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, any two Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver, in exchange for or
in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new
Certificate of like denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new
Certificate under this Section 9.08, the Regular Trustees may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership
interest in the relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not
the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
ARTICLE X
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 10.01 Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall
be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or
any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act
or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on
behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed
to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by
this Declaration or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable
for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified
Person's gross negligence (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence)
or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
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(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying
in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to
matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions,
reports or statements as to the value and amount of assets, liabilities,
profits, losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of
assets from which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be
paid.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Business Trust Act,
the Holders of Securities, in their capacities as Holders, shall be entitled to
the same limitation of liability that is extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.02. Indemnification and Compensation. (a) To the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Sponsor shall indemnify and
hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or
claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission
performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the
Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within
the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this
Declaration, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be
indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of gross negligence (or, in the case of the
Property Trustee, negligence) or willful misconduct with respect to such acts
or omissions.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending
any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be
advanced by the Sponsor prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand,
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Sponsor of an undertaking by or
on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be
determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as
authorized in Section 10.02(a).
(c) The Sponsor agrees to pay the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee from time to time such compensation for all services rendered
by the Property
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Trustee and the Delaware Trustee hereunder as may be mutually agreed upon in
writing by the Sponsor and the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the
case may be, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee upon its or their request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance
with the provisions of this Declaration, except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its or their negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 10.03. Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the
Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage in or possess
an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description,
independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the
Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by
virtue of this Declaration in and to such independent ventures or the income or
profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if
competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or
improper. None of the Covered Persons, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or
the Property Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or
other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered
Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall have
the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or
fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other
opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee
may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the
Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee
or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or
other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
Accounting
SECTION 11.01. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year")
of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by
the Code.
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SECTION 11.02. Certain Accounting Matters. (a) At all times
during the existence of the Trust, the Regular Trustees shall keep, or cause to
be kept, full books of account, records and supporting documents, which shall
reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of
account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. The Trust
shall use the accrual method of accounting for United States Federal income tax
purposes. The books and records of the Trust, together with a copy of this
Declaration and a certified copy of the Certificate of Trust, or any amendment
thereto, shall at all times be maintained at the principal office of the Trust
and shall be open for inspection by any Holder or its duly authorized
representative for any purpose reasonably related to its interest in the Trust
during normal business hours.
(b) The Regular Trustees shall, as soon as available after
the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, cause to be prepared and mailed to
each Holder of Securities unaudited financial statements of the Trust for such
Fiscal Year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles; provided that if the Trust is required to comply with the periodic
reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, such
financial statements for such Fiscal Year shall be examined and reported on by
a firm of independent certified public accountants selected by the Regular
Trustees (which firm may be the firm used by the Sponsor).
(c) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and
mailed to each Holder of Securities an annual United States Federal income tax
information statement, on such form as is required by the Code, containing such
information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by
the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the
Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Regular Trustees shall
endeavor to deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of each
Fiscal Year of the Trust.
(d) The Regular Trustees shall cause to be prepared and filed
with the appropriate taxing authority an annual United States Federal income
tax return, on such form as is required by the Code, and any other annual
income tax returns required to be filed by the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust with any state or local taxing
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authority, such returns to be filed as soon as practicable after the end of
each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
SECTION 11.03. Banking. The Regular Trustees shall maintain
one or more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust;
provided, however, that all payments of funds in respect of the Debentures held
by the Property Trustee shall be made directly to the Property Account and no
other funds from the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Account. The
sole signatories for such accounts shall be designated by the Regular Trustees;
provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall designate the sole
signatories for the Property Account.
SECTION 11.04. Withholding. The Trust and the Trustees shall
comply with all withholding requirements under United States Federal, state and
local law. The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the
Trust, such forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption
from withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms
as shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the
extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Property
Trustee shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an
exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, the Property
Trustee shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable
jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay
over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations
to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a distribution in the
amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed
overwithholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable
jurisdiction. If the amount to be withheld was not withheld from a
Distribution, the Property Trustee may reduce subsequent Distributions by the
amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
Amendments and Meetings
SECTION 12.01. Amendments. (a) Except as otherwise provided
in this Declaration or by any applicable terms of the Securities, this
Declaration may be amended by, and only by, a written instrument executed by a
majority of the Regular Trustees (or, if there are only two Regular Trustees,
both Regular Trustees); provided, however, that (i) no amendment to this
Declaration shall be made unless
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the Regular Trustees shall have obtained (A) either a ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service or a written unqualified opinion of nationally recognized
independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such
amendment will not cause the Trust to be classified for United States Federal
income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a partnership
and to the effect that the Trust will continue to be treated as a grantor trust
for purposes of United States Federal income taxation and (B) a written
unqualified opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in
such matters to the effect that such amendment will not cause the Trust to be
an Investment Company which is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act, (ii) if Securities are outstanding, any amendment which would
adversely affect the rights, privileges or preferences of any Holder of
Securities may be effected only after satisfaction of such additional
requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities, (iii) Section
4.02, Section 9.01(c) and this Section 12.01 shall not be amended without the
consent of all Holders of the Securities, (iv) no amendment which adversely
affects the rights, powers and privileges of the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee shall be made without the consent of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, (v) Article IV shall not be amended
without the consent of the Sponsor, and (vi) the rights of Holders of Common
Securities under Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and to
appoint, replace or remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent
of each Holder of Common Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 12.02(a)(ii), this Declaration
may be amended without the consent of the Holders of the Securities to (i) cure
any ambiguity, (ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Declaration
that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this
Declaration, (iii) to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the
Sponsor, and (iv) to conform to any changes in Rule 3a-7 or any change in
interpretation or application of Rule 3a-7 by the Commission, which amendment
does not adversely affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the Holders.
(c) The Regular Trustees shall promptly furnish to each of
the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee a copy of each amendment to this
Declaration.
SECTION 12.02. Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action
by Written Consent. (a) Meetings of the
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Holders of Preferred Securities and/or Common Securities may be called at any
time by the Regular Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to
consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of Securities are
entitled to act under the terms of this Declaration, the terms of the
Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities
are listed or admitted for trading. The Regular Trustees shall call a meeting
of Holders of Preferred Securities or Common Securities if directed to do so by
Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities.
Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Regular Trustees one or more
notices in writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish to call
a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting
is to be called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify in
writing the Certificates held by the Holders of Securities exercising the right
to call a meeting and only those specified Certificates shall be counted for
purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second
sentence of this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of
the Securities, the following provision shall apply to meetings of Holders of
Securities:
(i) Notice of any such meeting shall be given by mail to each
Trustee and all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote
thereat not less than seven days nor more than 60 days prior to the
date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the
Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this Declaration
or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Preferred Securities
are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may
be given at a meeting of the Holders of Securities. Any action that
may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so
taken is signed by Holders of Securities owning not less than the
minimum aggregate liquidation amount of Securities that would be
necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all
Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereon were present and
voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall
be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to vote who have not
consented in writing. The Regular Trustees may specify that any
written ballot submitted to the Holders of Securities for the purpose
of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the
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Trust within the time specified by the Regular Trustees.
(ii) Each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to
act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of a Security is
entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or
voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after
the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise
provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure
of the Holder of Security executing it. Except as otherwise provided
herein or in the terms of the Securities, all matters relating to the
giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies and
judicial interpretations thereunder as if the Trust were a Delaware
corporation and the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a
Delaware corporation.
(iii) Each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be
conducted by the Regular Trustees or by such other Person that the
Regular Trustees may designate.
(iv) Unless otherwise provided in the Business Trust Act,
this Declaration or the rules of any stock exchange on which the
Preferred Securities are then listed or admitted for trading, the
Regular Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other
provisions relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including
notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any
matter is to be voted on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any
such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of
a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or
any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to
vote.
ARTICLE XIII
Representations of Property Trustee
and Delaware Trustee
SECTION 13.01. Representations and Warranties of Property
Trustee. (a) The Trustee which acts as initial Property Trustee represents
and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Declaration,
and each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and
the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property
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Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Property Trustee that:
(i) The Property Trustee is a banking corporation with trust
powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of its incorporation, with trust power and
authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its
obligations under the terms of, this Declaration.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by the Property
Trustee of this Declaration has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Property Trustee. The Declaration
has been duly executed and delivered by the Property Trustee, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Property
Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and
other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity and the discretion of the court
(regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Declaration by the Property Trustee does not conflict with or
constitute a breach of the charter or By-laws of the Property Trustee.
(iv) No consent, approval or authorization of, or
registration with or notice to, any banking authority which supervises
or regulates the Property Trustee is required for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Property Trustee of this Declaration.
(v) The Property Trustee satisfies the qualifications set
forth in Section 5.01(c).
(b) The Trustee which acts as initial Delaware Trustee
represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the date of this
Declaration, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the
Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's
acceptance of its appointment as Delaware Trustee, that it satisfies the
qualifications set forth in Section 5.01(a)(3).
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ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
SECTION 14.01. Notices. All notices provided for in this
Declaration shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice,
and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Regular Trustees at
the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as
the Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust may give notice of to the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities):
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
In care of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Houston Lane,
Trustees
Facsimile No: (210) [ ]
(b) if given to the Property Trustee, at the mailing address
of the Property Trustee set forth below (or such other address as the
Property Trustee may give notice of to the Trust and the Holders of
the Securities):
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (212)
(c) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address
of the Delaware Trustee set forth below (or such other address as the
Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the Trust and the Holders of
the Securities):
The Bank of New York (Delaware)
White City Center, Route 273
Newark, Delaware 19711
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (302)
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with a copy to:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Facsimile No: (212)
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the
mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address
as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Trust):
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No: (210) [ ]
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on
the books and records of the Trust.
A copy of any notice to the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee shall also be sent to the Trust. All notices shall be deemed to have
been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or
mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other
document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed
address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be
deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to
deliver.
SECTION 14.02. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this
Declaration agree, and each Holder of any Securities by his or her 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
Declaration, or in any suit against the Property Trustee for any action taken
or omitted by it as Property 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 14.02 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Property Trustee, to any
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suit instituted by any Holder of Preferred Securities, or group of Holders of
Preferred Securities, holding more than 10% in aggregate liquidation amount of
the outstanding Preferred Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder
of Preferred Securities for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on the Debentures, on or after the respective
due dates expressed in such Debentures.
SECTION 14.03. Governing Law. This Declaration and the
rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies
shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles of conflict of
laws.
SECTION 14.04. Headings. Headings contained in this
Declaration are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect
the interpretation of this Declaration or any provision hereof.
SECTION 14.05. Partial Enforceability. If any provision of
this Declaration, or the application of such provision to any Person or
circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Declaration, or the
application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to
which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 14.06. Counterparts. This Declaration may contain
more than one counterpart of the signature pages and this Declaration may be
executed by the affixing of the signature of the Sponsor and each of the
Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart
signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force
and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.
SECTION 14.07. Intention of the Parties. It is the intention
of the parties hereto that the Trust not be classified for United States
Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or
partnership but that the Trust be treated as a grantor trust for United States
Federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Declaration shall be
interpreted to further this intention of the parties.
SECTION 14.08. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this
Declaration any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors
and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included, and all covenants and
agreements in this Declaration by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and
inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether so
expressed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents
to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., as
Sponsor,
by
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Name:
Title:
REGULAR TRUSTEES:
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as Regular Trustee
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as Regular Trustee
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Property Trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), as Delaware
Trustee,
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST I
THIS Certificate of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust I (the "Trust"), dated
__________, 1997, is being duly executed and filed by The Bank of New York
(Delaware), a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business
trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is CCCI Capital
Trust I.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is The Bank of New York (Delaware), 110 White
Clay Center, Newark, Delaware 19711.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of
the date filed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the trustees
of the Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first-
above written.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as trustee
By:
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Name: Walter Gitlin
Title:
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Herbert W. Hill, Jr.
Title: Senior Vice President
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as Regular Trustee
Name: Houston Lane
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT B
TERMS OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust [ ] dated as of [ ] (as
amended from time to time, the "Declaration"), the designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Preferred Securities are set forth below (each capitalized term used but not
defined herein having the meaning set forth in the Declaration):
1. Designation and Number. Preferred Securities of the Trust
with an aggregate liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of up to [ ]
Dollars ($[ ]) (including up to [ ] Dollars ($[ ])
issuable upon exercise of the overallotment option set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement) and a liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of
$[ ] per Preferred Security are hereby designated as "[ ]% Preferred Trust
Securities". The Preferred Security Certificates evidencing the Preferred
Securities shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I, with
such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by
ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform to the rules of any stock
exchange on which the Preferred Securities are listed. In connection with the
issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities, the
Trust will purchase, as trust assets, Debentures of the Sponsor having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities so issued and bearing interest
at an annual rate equal to the annual Distribution rate on the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities and having payment and redemption
provisions which correspond to the payment and redemption provisions of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each
Preferred Security will be payable [at a fixed rate per annum of [ ]%]
[floating rate] (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ]
per Preferred Security. Distributions in arrears for more than one month will
bear interest at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by law), compounded
monthly. The term "Distributions" as used in these terms means such periodic
cash distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution will be made by the Property Trustee only to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
Trustee. The amount of
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Distributions payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a 30-day period
for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed.
(b) Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be
cumulative, will accrue from [ ], and will be payable [monthly]
[quarterly] [semi-annually] in arrears, on the first day of each period
commencing on [ ], except as otherwise described below, but only if and
to the extent that interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held
by the Property Trustee. So long as the Sponsor is not in default in the
payment of interest on the Debentures, the Sponsor shall have the right under
the Indenture for the Debentures to defer payments of interest by extending the
interest payment period from time to time on the Debentures for a period not to
exceed [60] [20] [10] consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]
interest periods (an "Extension Period"), provided, however, that an Extension
Period may not extend beyond the maturity of the Debentures. During any such
Extension Period, monthly Distributions will continue to accrue with interest
thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate,
compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually]. Prior to the termination of
any such Extension Period, the Sponsor may further extend such Extension
Period; provided that such Extension Period together with all such previous and
further extensions thereof may not exceed 60 consecutive monthly interest
periods. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all
amounts then due, the Sponsor may commence a new Extension Period, subject to
the above requirements. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to
Holders of Preferred Securities as they appear on the books and records of the
Trust on the record date for the first interest payment date occurring at or
after the end of the Extension Period.
(c) Distributions on the Preferred Securities will be payable
promptly by the Property Trustee (or other Paying Agent) upon receipt of
immediately available funds to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books
and records of the Trust on the relevant record dates. While the Preferred
Securities remain in book-entry only form, the relevant record
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dates shall be one Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution date, and if
the Preferred Securities are no longer in book-entry only form, the relevant
record dates will be the fifteenth (15th) day of the month immediately
preceding the month in which the relevant Distribution date occurs, which
record and payment dates correspond to the record and interest payment dates
for the Debentures. Distributions payable on any Preferred Securities that are
not punctually paid on any Distribution payment date as a result of the Sponsor
having failed to make the corresponding interest payment on the Debentures will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Preferred
Security is registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted
Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Preferred
Security is registered on the special record date established by the Regular
Trustees, which record date shall correspond to the special record date or
other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture; provided,
however, that Distributions shall not be considered payable on any Distribution
payment date falling within an Extension Period unless the Sponsor has elected
to make a full or partial payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such
Distribution payment date. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and
the provisions of the Declaration, each payment in respect of the Preferred
Securities will be made as described in paragraph 9 hereof. If any date on
which Distributions are payable on the Preferred Securities is not a Business
Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date.
(d) All Distributions paid with respect to the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities will be paid pro rata to the Holders
thereof entitled thereto. If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities with respect to Distributions.
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property
held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for under the Declaration, such
money or property shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
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3. Liquidation Distribution upon Dissolution. In the event
of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the
Trust, the Holders of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities at the
date of the dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may be, will be
entitled to receive pro rata solely out of the assets of the Trust available
for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, an amount equal to the aggregate of
the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common
Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment
(such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless, in connection with
such dissolution, winding-up or termination, and after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors, Debentures in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Preferred Securities and Common
Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an amount equal to the
accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Preferred Securities and Common
Securities, shall be distributed pro rata to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and Common Securities in exchange for such Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution
can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to
pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable
directly by the Trust on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
shall be paid, subject to the next paragraph, on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Common Securities will be entitled to receive
Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution pro rata with Holders of
Preferred Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities with respect to such Liquidation Distribution.
4. Redemption and Distribution of Debentures. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities may only be redeemed if Debentures having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are repaid, redeemed or
distributed as set forth below:
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[(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures, in whole or in
part, whether at maturity or upon redemption at any time or from time to time
on or after [ ], the proceeds of such repayment will be promptly
applied to redeem pro rata Preferred Securities and Common Securities having an
aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures so repaid, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a
redemption price of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common Security plus an
amount equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
redemption, payable in cash (the "Redemption Price"). The date of any such
repayment of Preferred Securities and Common Securities shall be established to
coincide with the repayment date of the Debentures.] [Additional Redemption
provisions to be provided.]
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Preferred Securities
and Common Securities are to be so redeemed, the Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities will be redeemed pro rata, it being understood that Preferred
Securities held of record by a Clearing Agency or nominee will be redeemed as
described in paragraph 4(f)(ii) below. If a partial redemption would result in
the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national securities exchange
or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, the
Sponsor, pursuant to the Indenture, will only redeem Debentures in whole and
the Trust will only redeem the Preferred Securities in whole.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company
Event (each as hereinafter defined, and each a "Special Event") shall occur and
be continuing, the Regular Trustees shall, unless the Debentures are redeemed
in the limited circumstances described below, dissolve the Trust and, after
satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held by the Property Trustee having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount
of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as, the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, to be distributed to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on a pro rata basis in
liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition
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of such dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees shall have received
an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in
such matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion may rely on any then
applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal Revenue Service, to the
effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities will not recognize any gain
or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
dissolution of the Trust and distribution of Debentures; and provided further
that, if at the time there is available to the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within the 90 Day Period,
the Special Event by taking some ministerial action, such as filing a form or
making an election, or pursuing some other similar reasonable measure that has
no adverse effect on the Trust, the Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities (a "Ministerial Action"), the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on
behalf of the Trust, will pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of
dissolution.
If in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, (i) the
Regular Trustees have received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that,
as a result of a Tax Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that the
Sponsor would be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for
United States Federal income tax purposes even if the Debentures were
distributed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
liquidation of such Holder's interest in the Trust as described in this
paragraph 4(c) or (ii) the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such
tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, the
Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part for cash at the
Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event,
and, promptly following such redemption, Preferred Securities and Common
Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed will be redeemed by the Trust at
the Redemption Price on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that, if at the
time there is available to the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of
the Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 day period, the Tax
Event by taking some Ministerial Action, the Sponsor or the Regular Trustees,
on behalf of the Trust, will pursue such measure
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in lieu of redemption; and provided further that the Sponsor shall have no
right to redeem the Debentures while the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the
Trust, are pursuing such Ministerial Action. The Common Securities will be
redeemed pro rata with the Preferred Securities, except that if an Event of
Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities will have a priority over the Common Securities with respect to
payment of the Redemption Price.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
obtained an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that[,
on or after [ ],] as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change
(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, (b) any amendment to, or change in, an
interpretation or application of any such laws or regulations by any
legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (including
the enactment of any legislation and the publication of any judicial decision
or regulatory determination), (c) any interpretation or pronouncement that
provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that differs
from the theretofore generally accepted position or (d) any action taken by any
governmental agency or regulatory authority, which amendment or change is
enacted, promulgated, issued or effective or which interpretation or
pronouncement is issued or adopted or which action is taken, in each case after
[ ], (collectively, a "Change in Tax Law") there is more than an
insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date
thereof, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to income
accrued or received on the [Convertible] Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or will
be within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to more than a de minimis amount
of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges or (iii) interest payable
by the Sponsor to the Trust on the [Convertible] Debentures is not, or within
90 days of the date thereof will not be, deductible by the Sponsor for United
States Federal income tax purposes (determined without regard to the use made
by the Company of the proceeds of the Convertible Debentures). Notwithstanding
anything in the previous sentence to the contrary, a Tax Event shall not
include any Change in Tax Law that requires the Company for Federal income tax
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purposes to defer taking a deduction for any OID that accrues with respect to
the Convertible Debentures until the interest payment related to such OID is
paid by the Company in money; provided that such Change in Tax Law does not
create more than an insubstantial risk that the Company will be prevented from
taking a deduction for OID accruing with respect to the Convertible Debentures
at a date that is no later than the date the interest payment related to such
OID is actually paid by the Company in money.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees
shall have received an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel
experienced in practice under the Investment Company Act that, as a result of
the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a change in interpretation
or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court,
governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there
is more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an
"investment company" which is required to be registered under the Investment
Company Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after [ ].
On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon
dissolution of the Trust, (i) the Preferred Securities will no longer be deemed
to be outstanding, and (ii) certificates representing Preferred Securities will
be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, and
bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions
on, such Preferred Securities until such certificates are presented to the
Sponsor or its agent for transfer or reissuance.
(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding
Preferred Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid
on all Preferred Securities for all monthly Distribution periods terminating on
or prior to the date of redemption.
(e) If Debentures are distributed to Holders of the Preferred
Securities, the Sponsor, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, will use its
best efforts to have the Debentures listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on
such other exchange as the Preferred Securities were listed immediately prior
to the distribution of the Debentures.
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(f)(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution
of Debentures in exchange for, the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust by mail to each Holder of Preferred Securities
and Common Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof. For
purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates
on which notices are given pursuant to this paragraph (f)(i), a Redemption/
Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first
mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Preferred Securities
and Common Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed
to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the address of
each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in
the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with
respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange
proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding
Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, the Preferred Securities to be
redeemed will be redeemed pro rata from each Holder of Preferred Securities, it
being understood that, in respect of Preferred Securities registered in the
name of and held of record by DTC (or a successor Clearing Agency) or any other
nominee, the Preferred Securities will be redeemed from, and the distribution
of the proceeds of such redemption will be made to, each Clearing Agency
Participant (or person on whose behalf such nominee holds such securities) in
accordance with the procedures applied by such agency or nominee.
(iii) Subject to paragraph 9 hereof, if the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice in respect of a redemption of Preferred
Securities as provided in this paragraph 4 (which notice will be irrevocable)
then (A) while the Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form, by 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Sponsor has
paid the Property Trustee in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of
cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC (or any successor
Clearing Agency) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption
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Price with respect to the Preferred Securities and will give DTC (or any
successor Clearing Agency) irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the
Redemption Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities and (B) if the
Preferred Securities are issued in definitive form, and provided that the
Sponsor has paid the Property Trustee in immediately available funds a
sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity
of the Debentures, the Property Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price
to the Holders of such Preferred Securities by check mailed to the address of
the relevant Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust on the
redemption date. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and
funds deposited as required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the close
of business on the redemption date, Distributions will cease to accrue on the
Preferred Securities called for redemption, such Preferred Securities will no
longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of Holders of such Preferred
Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders
of such Preferred Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without
interest on such Redemption Price. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be
required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Preferred
Securities which have been so called for redemption. If any date fixed for
redemption of Preferred Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed for
redemption. If the Sponsor fails to repay Debentures on maturity or on the
date fixed for redemption or if payment of the Redemption Price in respect of
Preferred Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by
the Property Trustee or, pursuant to the Preferred Securities Guarantee, by the
Sponsor, Distributions on such Preferred Securities will continue to accrue,
from the original redemption date to the date of payment, in which case the
actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for redemption for
purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(iv) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the
Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust to DTC or its
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nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) if the Global
Certificates have been issued or, if Definitive Preferred Security Certificates
have been issued, to the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(v) Upon the date of dissolution of the Trust and
distribution of Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event,
Preferred Security Certificates shall be deemed to represent beneficial
interests in the Debentures so distributed, and the Preferred Securities will
no longer be deemed outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees.
The Debentures so distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to
the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities so distributed.
(vi) If a partial redemption of the Preferred Securities
would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities by any national
securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred Securities are
then listed, the Company pursuant to the Indenture will only redeem Debentures
in whole and, as a result, the Trust would only redeem the Preferred Securities
in whole.
(vii) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including,
without limitation, United States Federal and state securities laws), the
Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time
purchase outstanding Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by
private agreement.
5. Voting Rights. (a) Except as provided under paragraph
5(b) below and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of
the Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) If any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides
for, or the Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that
would adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or
(ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in
connection with the distribution of Debentures held by the Property Trustee,
upon the occurrence of a Special Event or in connection with the redemption of
Preferred Securities as a consequence of a redemption of Debentures, then the
Holders of outstanding Securities will
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be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal as a class and such amendment
or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of
Securities representing 66-2/3% in liquidation amount of such Securities;
provided, however, that (A) if any amendment or proposal referred to in clause
(i) above would adversely affect only the Preferred Securities or the Common
Securities, then only the affected class will be entitled to vote on such
amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective
except with the approval of 66-2/3% in liquidation amount of such class of
Securities and (B) amendments to the Declaration shall be subject to such
further requirements as are set forth in Sections 12.01 and 12.02 of the
Declaration.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee, as the
holder of the Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the
Property Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the
Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination. The
Property Trustee shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or
termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities
voting together as a single class; provided that where such amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture requires the consent or vote of
(1) holders of Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a
majority in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, the Property Trustee may only vote with respect to that
amendment, modification or termination as directed by, in the case of clause
(1) above, the vote of Holders of Securities representing such specified
percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, or, in the
case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Securities affected thereby; and
provided further that the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to take
any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of Securities
unless the Property Trustee shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor,
an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as
expert in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified for
United States Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a
corporation or a partnership on account of such action and will be treated as a
grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes following such
action.
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Subject to Section 2.06 of the Declaration, and the provisions
of this and the next succeeding paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities, voting separately as a class,
shall have the right to (A) on behalf of all Holders of Preferred Securities,
waive any past default that is waivable under the Declaration (subject to, and
in accordance with, the Declaration) and (B) direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the
Declaration, including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as the holder
of the Debentures, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section 6.06 of
the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration
that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable; provided
that where the taking of any action under the Indenture requires the consent or
vote of (1) holders of Debentures representing a specified percentage greater
than a majority in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of
Debentures affected thereby, the Property Trustee may only take such action if
directed by, in the case of clause (1) above, the vote of Holders of Preferred
Securities representing such specified percentage of the aggregate liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, or, in the case of clause (2) above, each
Holder of Preferred Securities affected thereby. The Property Trustee shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Property Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property
Trustee shall be under no obligation to take any of the foregoing actions at
the direction of the Holders of Preferred Securities unless the Property
Trustee shall have received, at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel recognized as expert in such
matters to the effect that the Trust will not be classified for United States
Federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as a corporation or a
partnership on account of such action and will be treated as a grantor trust
for United States federal income tax purposes following such action. If the
Property
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Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Declaration (including, without
limitation, its rights, powers and privileges as a holder of the Debentures
under the Indenture), any Holder of Preferred Securities may, to the extent
permitted by law, after a period of 30 days has elapsed from such Holder's
written request to the Property Trustee to enforce such rights, institute a
legal proceeding directed against the Sponsor to enforce the Property Trustee's
rights under the Declaration, without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event
is attributable to the failure of the Sponsor to pay interest or principal on
the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or
in the case of redemption, the redemption date), then a Holder of Preferred
Securities may directly institute suit against the Sponsor for enforcement of
payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities held by such Holder on or after the respective due date specified in
the Debentures. The Holders of Preferred Securities will not be able to
exercise directly against the Sponsor any other remedy available to the Holders
of the Debentures unless the Property Trustee first fails to do so.
A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property
Trustee at the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will
constitute a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under the Declaration
in respect of the Securities.
Any required approval or direction of Holders of Preferred
Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Preferred
Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of
Securities of the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees
will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Preferred Securities are
entitled to vote, or of any matter upon which action by written consent of such
Holders is to be taken, to be mailed to each Holder of record of Preferred
Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the
date of such meeting or the date by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a
description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which
such Holders are entitled to vote or of such matter upon
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which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the delivery of
proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of Preferred Securities will
be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Preferred Securities in
accordance with the Declaration.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Preferred Securities are
entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any
of the Preferred Securities at such time that are owned by the Sponsor or by
any entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or
consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they
were not outstanding.
Holders of the Preferred Securities will have no rights to
increase or decrease the number of Trustees or to appoint, remove or replace a
Trustee, which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Holders of the
Common Securities.
[6. Conversion Rights. To be provided if applicable.]
7. Pro Rata Treatment. A reference in these terms of the
Preferred Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "pro
rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in
relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding
unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, in which case any funds available to make such payment shall be
paid first to each Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant
Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Preferred Securities
outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of
the Preferred Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata
according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the
relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common
Securities outstanding.
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8. Ranking. The Preferred Securities rank pari passu and
payment thereon will be made pro rata with the Common Securities except that
where an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of
Preferred Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise rank in priority to the rights of Holders
of the Common Securities.
9. Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations. The Trust may
not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to, any
Person.
10. Transfer, Exchange, Method of Payments. Payment of
Distributions and payments on redemption of the Preferred Securities will be
payable, the transfer of the Preferred Securities will be registrable, and
Preferred Securities will be exchangeable for Preferred Securities of other
denominations of a like aggregate liquidation amount, at the principal
corporate trust office of the Property Trustee in The City of New York;
provided that payment of Distributions may be made at the option of the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust by check mailed to the address of the Persons
entitled thereto and that the payment on redemption of any Preferred Security
will be made only upon surrender of such Preferred Security to the Property
Trustee.
11. Acceptance of Indenture and Preferred Guarantee. Each
Holder of Preferred Securities, by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the
provisions of (i) the Preferred Guarantee, including the subordination
provisions thereof and (ii) the Junior Subordinated Indenture and the
Debentures, including the subordination provisions of the Indenture.
12. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of Preferred
Securities shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional
Preferred Securities or Common Securities.
13. Miscellaneous. These terms shall constitute a part of
the Declaration. The Trust will provide a copy of the Declaration and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business.
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ANNEX I
[IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE
INSERT--THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE DECLARATION HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY ("DTC") OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY
IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON
OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE DECLARATION AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A
TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY
A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN
SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC OR ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY, ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL, SINCE THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
Preferred Securities:
Number:
CUSIP NO.:
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Certificate Evidencing Preferred Securities
of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
% Preferred Trust Securities
(liquidation amount $[ ] per Preferred Security)
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a statutory business trust created
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that [
] (the "Holder") is the registered owner of [ ] preferred securities of
the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust designated the [ ]% Preferred Trust Securities (liquidation amount $[
] per Preferred Security) (the "Preferred Securities"). The transfer of
Preferred Securities is registrable on the books and records of the Trust, in
person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate
duly endorsed and in proper form for registration of transfer. The
designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and
provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and this certificate
and the Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all
respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of [ ], as the same may be
amended from time to time (the "Declaration"), including the designation of the
terms of Preferred Securities as set forth in Exhibit B thereto. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities issued by the Trust pursuant to the
Declaration represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust, including the Debentures (as defined in the Declaration) issued by Clear
Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Sponsor"), to the Trust
pursuant to the Indenture referred to in the Declaration. The Holder is
entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement of the Sponsor dated as of
[ ] (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Trust will
furnish a copy of the Declaration, the Guarantee and the Indenture to the
Holder without charge, upon written request to the Trust, at its principal
place of business or registered office.
The Holder of this Certificate, by accepting this Certificate,
is deemed to have (i) agreed to the terms of
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the Indenture and the Debentures, including that the Debentures are subordinate
and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the
Indenture) as and to the extent provided in the Indenture and (ii) agreed to
the terms of the Guarantee, including that the Guarantee is subordinate and
junior in right of payment to all other indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations of the Sponsor, including the Debentures, except those made pari
passu or subordinate by their terms, and senior to all capital stock now or
hereafter issued by the Sponsor and to any guarantee now or hereafter entered
into by the Sponsor in respect of any of its capital stock.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees of the Trust have executed
this certificate this day of .
CCCI Capital Trust [ ],
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated:
Countersigned and Registered:
The Bank of New York, as
Transfer Agent and Registrar
by
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Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S)
AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
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EXHIBIT C
TERMS OF
COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Amended and Restated
Declaration of Trust of CCCI Capital Trust [ ] dated as of [ ] (as
amended from time to time, the "Declaration"), the designations, rights,
privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the
Common Securities are set forth below (each capitalized term used but not
defined herein having the meaning set forth in the Declaration):
1. Designation and Number. Common Securities of the Trust
with an aggregate liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of up to [
] Dollars ($[ ]) (including up to [ ] Dollars ($[
]) issuable upon exercise of the overallotment option set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement) and a liquidation amount in the assets of the Trust of
$[ ] per Common Security are hereby designated as "[ ]% Common Trust
Securities". The Common Security Certificates evidencing the Common Securities
shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I, with such
changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by
ordinary usage, custom or practice. The Common Securities are to be issued and
sold to Clear Channel Communications, Inc. ("the Sponsor"). In connection with
the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities,
the Trust will purchase, as trust assets, Debentures of The Sponsor having an
aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities so issued, and bearing interest
at an annual rate equal to the annual Distribution rate on the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities and having payment and redemption
provisions which correspond to the payment and redemption provisions of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
2. Distributions. (a) Distributions payable on each Common
Security will be payable at a [fixed rate per annum of [ ]%] [floating rate]
(the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Common
Security. Distributions in arrears for more than one month will bear interest
at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law), compounded
monthly. The term "Distributions" as used in these terms means such periodic
cash distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A
Distribution will be made by the Property Trustee only to the extent that
interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property
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Trustee. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and for any
Distribution period shorter than a 30-day period for which Distributions are
computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed.
(b) Distributions on the Common Securities will be
cumulative, will accrue from [ ], and will be payable [monthly]
[quarterly] [semi-annually] in arrears, on the first day of each period,
commencing on [ ], except as otherwise described below, but only if
and to the extent that interest payments are made in respect of the Debentures
held by the Property Trustee. So long as The Sponsor is not in default in the
payment of interest on the Debentures, The Sponsor shall have the right under
the Indenture for the Debentures to defer payments of interest by extending the
interest payment period from time to time on the Debentures for a period not to
exceed [60] [20] [10] consecutive [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annual] interest
periods (each, an "Extension Period"), provided, however, that an Extension
Period may not extend beyond the maturity of the Debentures. During any such
Extension Period, [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually] Distributions will
continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable
law) at the Coupon Rate, compounded [monthly] [quarterly] [semi-annually].
Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, The Sponsor may further
extend such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together
with all such previous and further extensions thereof, may not exceed [60] [20]
[10] consecutive monthly interest periods. Upon the termination of any
Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, The Sponsor may
commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. Payments
of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders of Common Securities as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date for the
first interest payment date occurring at or after the end of the Extension
Period.
(c) Distributions on the Common Securities will be payable
promptly by the Property Trustee (or other Paying Agent) upon receipt of
immediately available funds to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books
and records of the Trust on the relevant record dates which will be one
Business Day prior to the relevant Distribution date unless the Preferred
Securities are no longer in book-entry only
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form, in which event the relevant record dates will be the fifteenth (15th) day
of the month immediately preceding the month in which the relevant Distribution
date occurs, which record and payment dates correspond to the record and
interest payment dates for the Debentures. Distributions payable on any Common
Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution date as a result of
The Sponsor having failed to make the corresponding interest payment on the
Debentures will forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such
Common Security is registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted
Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Common
Security is registered on the special record date established by the Regular
Trustees, which record date shall correspond to the special record date or
other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture; provided,
however, that Distributions shall not be considered payable on any Distribution
payment date falling within an Extension Period unless The Sponsor has elected
to make a full or partial payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such
Distribution payment date. Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and
the provisions of the Declaration, each payment in respect of the Common
Securities will be made as described in paragraph 9 hereof. If any date on
which Distributions are payable on the Common Securities is not a Business Day,
then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in
the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date.
(d) All Distributions paid with respect to the Common
Securities and the Preferred Securities will be paid pro rata to the Holders
thereof entitled thereto. If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities with respect to Distributions.
(e) In the event that there is any money or other property
held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for under the Declaration, such
money or property shall be distributed pro rata among the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
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3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution. In the event
of any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the
Trust, the Holders of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities at the
date of the dissolution, winding-up or termination, as the case may be, will be
entitled to receive pro rata solely out of the assets of the Trust available
for distribution to Holders of Preferred Securities and the Common Securities,
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, an amount equal to the
aggregate of the stated liquidation amount of $[ ] per Preferred Security and
Common Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
payment (such amount being the "Liquidation Distribution"), unless, in
connection with such dissolution, winding-up or termination, and after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, Debentures in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Preferred
Securities and Common Securities, shall be distributed pro rata to the Holders
of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities in exchange for such
Securities.
If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation Distribution
can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets available to
pay in full the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable
directly by the Trust on the Preferred Securities and the Common Securities
shall be paid, subject to the next paragraph, on a pro rata basis.
Holders of Common Securities will be entitled to receive
Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution pro rata with Holders of
Preferred Securities, except that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a priority over the Common
Securities with respect to such Liquidation Distribution.
4. Redemption and Distribution of Debentures. The Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities may only be redeemed if Debentures having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities are repaid, redeemed or
distributed as set forth below:
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[(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures, in whole or in
part, whether at maturity or upon redemption at any time or from time to time
on or after [ ], the proceeds of such repayment will be promptly
applied to redeem pro rata Preferred Securities and Common Securities having an
aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures so repaid, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice, at a
redemption price of $[ ] per Preferred Security and Common Security plus an
amount equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of
redemption, payable in cash (the "Redemption Price"). The date of any such
repayment of Preferred Securities and Common Securities shall be established to
coincide with the repayment or redemption date of the Debentures.] [Other
applicable redemption provisions, if any.]
(b) If fewer than all the outstanding Preferred Securities
and Common Securities are to be so redeemed, the Preferred Securities and the
Common Securities will be redeemed pro rata and, with respect to the Common
Securities to be redeemed, as described in paragraph 4(e)(ii) below. If a
partial redemption would result in the delisting of the Preferred Securities by
any national securities exchange or other organization on which the Preferred
Securities are then listed, The Sponsor, pursuant to the Indenture, will only
redeem Debentures in whole and the Trust will only redeem the Common Securities
in whole.
(c) If, at any time, a Tax Event or an Investment Company
Event (each, as hereinafter defined and, each, a "Special Event") shall occur
and be continuing, the Regular Trustees shall, unless the Debentures are
redeemed in the limited circumstances described below, dissolve the Trust and,
after satisfaction of creditors, cause Debentures held by the Property Trustee
having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation
amount of, and bearing accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid
Distributions on, and having the same record date for payment as, the Preferred
Securities and the Common Securities, to be distributed to the Holders of the
Preferred Securities and the Common Securities on a pro rata basis in
liquidation of such Holders' interests in the Trust, within 90 days following
the occurrence of such Special Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however,
that in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, as a condition of such
dissolution and distribution, the Regular Trustees
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shall have received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax
counsel experienced in such matters (a "No Recognition Opinion"), which opinion
may rely on any then applicable published revenue rulings of the Internal
Revenue Service, to the effect that the Holders of the Preferred Securities
will not recognize any gain or loss for United States Federal income tax
purposes as a result of the dissolution of the Trust and distribution of
Debentures; and provided further that, if at the time there is available to The
Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, the opportunity to
eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Special Event by taking some
ministerial action, such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing
some other similar reasonable measure that has no adverse effect on the Trust,
The Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred Securities (a "Ministerial
Action"), The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will
pursue such Ministerial Action in lieu of dissolution.
If in the case of the occurrence of a Tax Event, (i) the
Regular Trustees have received an opinion (a "Redemption Tax Opinion") of
nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters that,
as a result of a Tax Event, there is more than an insubstantial risk that The
Sponsor would be precluded from deducting the interest on the Debentures for
United States Federal income tax purposes even if the Debentures were
distributed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common Securities in
liquidation of such Holders' interest in the Trust as described in this
paragraph 4(c) or (ii) the Regular Trustees shall have been informed by such
tax counsel that a No Recognition Opinion cannot be delivered to the Trust, The
Sponsor shall have the right at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part for cash at the
Redemption Price within 90 days following the occurrence of such Tax Event,
and, promptly following such redemption, Preferred Securities and Common
Securities with an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed will be redeemed by the Trust at
the Redemption Price on a pro rata basis; provided, however, that, if at the
time there is available to The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees on behalf of the
Trust, the opportunity to eliminate, within such 90 Day Period, the Tax Event
by taking some Ministerial Action, The Sponsor or the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, The Sponsor or the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, will
pursue such measure
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in lieu of redemption; and provided further, that The Sponsor shall have no
right to redeem the Debentures while the Regular Trustees, on behalf of the
Trust, are pursuing such Ministerial Action. The Common Securities will be
redeemed pro rata with the Preferred Securities, except that if an Event of
Default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred
Securities will have a priority over the Common Securities with respect to
payment of the Redemption Price.
"Tax Event" means that the Regular Trustees shall have
obtained an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel
experienced in such matters (a "Dissolution Tax Opinion") to the effect that,
on or after [ ], as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change
(including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations
thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, (b) any amendment to, or change (including any
announced prospective change) in, an interpretation or application of any such
laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or
regulatory authority (including the enactment of any legislation and the
publication of any judicial decision or regulatory determination), (c) any
interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to
such laws or regulations that differs from the theretofore generally accepted
position or (d) any action taken by any governmental agency or regulatory
authority, which amendment or change is enacted, promulgated, issued or
effective or which interpretation or pronouncement is issued or announced or
which action is taken, in each case on or after [ ], there is more
than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of
the date thereof, subject to United States Federal income tax with respect to
income accrued or received on the Debentures, (ii) the Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the date thereof, subject to more than a de minimis amount of
taxes, duties or other governmental charges or (iii) interest payable by The
Sponsor to the Trust on the Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the date
thereof will not be, deductible by The Sponsor for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Regular Trustees
shall have received an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel
experienced in practice under
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the Investment Company Act that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in
law or regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or
regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory
authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), there is more than an insubstantial
risk that the Trust is or will be considered an Investment Company which is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, which Change in
1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after [ ].
On the date fixed for any distribution of Debentures, upon
dissolution of the Trust, (i) the Common Securities will no longer be deemed to
be outstanding and (ii) any certificates representing Common Securities will be
deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures having an aggregate
principal amount equal to the stated liquidation amount of, and bearing accrued
and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions on, such Common
Securities until such certificates are presented to The Sponsor or its agent
for transfer or reissuance.
(d) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding
Common Securities unless all accrued and unpaid Distributions have been paid on
all Common Securities for all monthly Distribution periods terminating on or
prior to the date of redemption.
(e)(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution
of Debentures in exchange for, the Preferred Securities and the Common
Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given by the Regular
Trustees on behalf of the Trust by mail to each Holder of Preferred Securities
and Common Securities to be redeemed or exchanged not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof. For
purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange and the dates
on which notices are given pursuant to this paragraph (e)(i), a
Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given on the day such
notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of
Preferred Securities and Common Securities. Each Redemption/ Distribution
Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of Preferred Securities and Common
Securities at the address of each such Holder appearing in the books and
records of the Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in
the mailing of either thereof with respect to any Holder
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shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange proceedings with
respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding Common
Securities are to be redeemed, the Common Securities to be redeemed will be
redeemed pro rata from each Holder of Common Securities (subject to adjustment
to eliminate fractional Common Securities).
(iii) If the Trust gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice in
respect of a redemption of Common Securities as provided in this paragraph 4
(which notice will be irrevocable), then immediately prior to the close of
business on the redemption date, provided that The Sponsor has paid to the
Property Trustee in immediately available funds a sufficient amount of cash in
connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures,
Distributions will cease to accrue on the Common Securities called for
redemption, such Common Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding
and all rights of Holders of such Common Securities so called for redemption
will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Common Securities to
receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price.
Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be
registered the transfer of any Common Securities which have been so called for
redemption. If any date fixed for redemption of Common Securities is not a
Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be
made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such
Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect
as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the Redemption
Price in respect of Common Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not
paid by the Property Trustee, Distributions on such Common Securities will
continue to accrue, from the original redemption date to the date of payment,
in which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed for
redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(iv) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the
Regular Trustees on behalf of the Trust to the Holders of the Common
Securities.
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(v) Upon the date of dissolution of the Trust and
distribution of Debentures as a result of the occurrence of a Special Event,
Common Security Certificates shall be deemed to represent beneficial interests
in the Debentures so distributed, and the Common Securities will no longer be
deemed outstanding and may be canceled by the Regular Trustees. The
Debentures so distributed shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities so distributed.
5. Voting Rights. (a) Except as provided under paragraph
5(b) below and as otherwise required by law and the Declaration, the Holders of
the Common Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Holders of Common Securities have the sole right under
the Declaration to increase or decrease the number of Trustees, and to appoint,
remove or replace a Trustee, any such increase, decrease, appointment, removal
or replacement to be approved by Holders of Common Securities representing a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities.
If any proposed amendment to the Declaration provides for, or
the Regular Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities,
whether by way of amendment to the Declaration or otherwise, or (ii) the
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures held by the Property Trustee, upon the
occurrence of a Special Event or in connection with the redemption of Common
Securities as a consequence of a redemption of Debentures, then the Holders of
outstanding Securities will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal
as a class and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the approval of the Holders of Securities representing 66-2/3% in liquidation
amount of such Securities; provided, however, that (A) if any amendment or
proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the
Preferred Securities or the Common Securities, then only the affected class
will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or
proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of 66-2/3% in
liquidation amount of such class of Securities, (B) the rights of Holders of
Common Securities under Article V of the Declaration to increase or decrease
the number of, and to
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appoint, replace or remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent
of each Holder of Common Securities, and (C) amendments to the Declaration
shall be subject to such further requirements as are set forth in Sections
12.01 and 12.02 of the Declaration.
In the event the consent of the Property Trustee as the holder
of the Debentures, is required under the Indenture with respect to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures, the
Property Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the
Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination. The
Property Trustee shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or
termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities
voting together as a single class; provided that where such amendment,
modification or termination of the Indenture requires the consent or vote of
(1) holders of Debentures representing a specified percentage greater than a
majority in principal amount of the Debentures or (2) each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, the Property Trustee may vote only with respect to that
amendment, modification or termination as directed by, in the case of clause
(1) above, the vote of Holders of Securities representing such specified
percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities, or, in the
case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Securities affected thereby; and
provided, further, that the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
take any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the
Securities unless the Property Trustee shall have received, at the expense of
the Sponsor, an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel
recognized as an expert in such matters to the effect that the Trust will not
be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as an association
taxable as a corporation or a partnership on account of such action and will be
treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax purposes
following such action.
Subject to Section 2.06 of the Declaration and the provisions
of this and the next succeeding paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class,
shall have the right to (A) on behalf of all Holders of Common Securities,
waive any past default that is waivable under the Declaration (subject to, and
in accordance with, the
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Declaration) and (B) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Declaration,
including the right to direct the Property Trustee, as holder of the
Debentures, to (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any
trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its consequences that is waivable
under Section 6.06 of the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or
annul a declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and
payable; provided that where the taking of any action under the Indenture
requires the consent or vote of (1) holders of Debentures representing a
specified percentage greater than a majority in principal amount of the
Debentures or (e) each holder of Debentures affected thereby, the Property
Trustee may take such action only if directed by, in the case of clause (1)
above, the vote of Holders of Common Securities representing such specified
percentage of the aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities, or, in
the case of clause (2) above, each Holder of Common Securities affected
thereby. Pursuant to this paragraph, the Property Trustee shall not revoke, or
take any action inconsistent with, any action previously authorized or approved
by a vote of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, and shall not take any
action in accordance with the direction of the Holders of the Common Securities
under this paragraph if the action is prejudicial to the Holders of Preferred
Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee or
the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property Trustee shall be under
no obligation to take any of the foregoing actions at the direction of the
Holders of Common Securities unless the Property Trustee shall have received,
at the expense of the Sponsor, an opinion of nationally recognized independent
tax counsel recognized as expert in such matters to the effect that the Trust
will not be classified for United States Federal income tax purposes as an
association taxable as a corporation or a partnership on account of such action
and will be treated as a grantor trust for United States income tax purposes
following such action.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these terms, each
Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to
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have waived any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its
consequences until all Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been cured, waived by the Holders of Preferred Securities as
provided in the Declaration or otherwise eliminated, and until all Events of
Default with respect to the Preferred Securities have been so cured, waived by
the Holders of Preferred Securities or otherwise eliminated, the Property
Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of
Preferred Securities and only the Holders of the Preferred Securities will have
the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Declaration or of the Securities. In the event that any Event of Default with
respect to the Preferred Securities is waived by the Holders of Preferred
Securities as provided in the Declaration, the Holders of Common Securities
agree that such waiver shall also constitute the waiver of such Event of
Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes under the
Declaration without any further act, vote or consent of the Holders of the
Common Securities.
A waiver of an Indenture Event of Default by the Property
Trustee at the direction of the Holders of the Preferred Securities will
constitute a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under the Declaration
in respect of the Securities.
Any required approval of Holders of Common Securities may be
given at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such
purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities of the Trust or
pursuant to written consent. The Regular Trustees will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of any
matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to
be mailed to each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will
include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by
which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed
for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of
such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consents.
No vote or consent of the Holders of Common Securities will be
required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities in accordance
with the Declaration.
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6. Conversion Rights. [to be provided if applicable.]
7. Pro Rata Treatment. A reference in these terms of the
Common Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "pro rata"
shall mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to
the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in
relation to a payment, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in
which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each
Holder of the Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative
to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Preferred Securities outstanding,
and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Preferred
Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the
aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder
relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities
outstanding.
8. Ranking. The Common Securities rank pari passu and
payment thereon will be made pro rata with the Preferred Securities except that
where an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the rights of Holders of
Common Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise are subordinate to the rights of Holders
of the Preferred Securities.
9. Mergers, Consolidations or Amalgamations. The Trust may
not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or sell,
transfer or lease all or substantially all its properties and assets to, any
Person.
10. Transfers, Exchanges, Method Payments. Payment of
Distributions and payments on redemption of the Common Securities will be
payable, the transfer of the Common Securities will be registrable, and Common
Securities will be exchangeable for Common Securities of other denominations of
a like aggregate liquidation amount, at the principal corporate trust office of
the Property Trustee in The City of New York; provided that payment of
Distributions may be made at the option of the Regular Trustees on behalf of
the Trust by check mailed to the address of the Persons
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entitled thereto and that the payment on redemption of any Common Security will
be made only upon surrender of such Common Security to the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of Common Securities are subject to
conditions set forth in Section 9.01(c) of the Declaration.
11. Acceptance of Indenture. Each Holder of Common
Securities, by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the
Indenture and the Debentures, including the subordination provisions thereof.
12. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders of Common Securities
shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe to any additional Common
Securities or Preferred Securities.
13. Miscellaneous. These terms shall constitute a part of
the Declaration. The Trust will provide a copy of the Declaration and the
Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Trust at its
principal place of business.
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Annex I
TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE
IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS
SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION
REFERRED TO BELOW
Number: Common Securities:
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ]
[ ]% Common Trust Securities
(liquidation amount $[ ] per Common Security)
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a business trust formed under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Clear
Channel Communications, Inc. (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
common securities of the Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated the "[
]% Common Trust Securities" (liquidation amount $[ ] per Common Security) (the
"Common Securities"). The transfer of Common Securities is registrable on the
books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
registration of transfer and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in
the Declaration (as defined below) including, without limitation, Section
9.01(c) thereof. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set
forth in, and this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are
issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the
Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust dated as of March 14,
1997, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Declaration"),
including the designation of the terms of Common Securities as set forth in
Exhibit C thereto. The Common Securities and the Preferred Securities issued
by the Trust pursuant to the Declaration represent undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust, including the Debentures (as defined in
the Declaration) issued by Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, to the Trust pursuant to the
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Indenture referred to in the Declaration. The Trust will furnish a copy of the
Declaration and the Indenture to the Holder without charge upon written request
to the Trust at its principal place of business or registered office.
The Holder of this Certificate, by accepting this Certificate,
is deemed to have agreed to the terms of the Indenture and the Debentures,
including that the Debentures are subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent
provided in the Indenture.
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Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Declaration and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustees of the Trust have executed
this certificate this day of .
CCCI Capital Trust [ ],
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
by
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Name:
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated:
Countersigned and Registered:
The Bank of New York, as
Transfer Agent and Registrar
by
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Authorized Officer
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security
Certificate to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Common Security Certificate on the books of the Trust.
The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common Security
Certificate)[ ]
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EXHIBIT 4.21
FORM OF
PLEDGE AGREEMENT
PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of , 1997 (this
"Agreement"), among Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation
(the "Company"),_________________, as collateral agent (in such capacity,
together with its successors in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), and
{_______________________}, as purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact
of the Holders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time of the Securities (as
hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, together with its successors in such
capacity, the "Purchase Contract Agent") under the Purchase Contract Agreement
(as hereinafter defined).
RECITALS
A. The Company and the Purchase Contract Agent are parties to
the Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the
"Purchase Contract Agreement"), pursuant to which there will be issued
___% __________________________ Securities (the "Securities").
B. Each Security consists of (a) one Purchase Contract (as
hereinafter defined) and (b) ___% ________ due ___________
("Collateral Securities") having a principal amount of liquidation
preference equal to $________ (the "Stated Amount") and maturing on
________________ (the "Final Settlement Date"), subject to the pledge
of such Collateral Securities created hereby.
C. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement
and the Purchase Contracts, the Holders (as defined in the Purchase
Contract Agreement) from time to time of the Securities have
irrevocably authorized the Purchase Contract Agent, as
attorney-in-fact of such Holders, among other things to execute and
deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Holders and to grant the
pledge provided hereby of the Collateral Securities constituting part
of such Securities as provided herein and subject to the terms hereof.
D. Accordingly, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the
Purchase Contract Agent, on its own behalf and as attorney-in-fact of
the Holders from time to time of the Securities, agree as follows:
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Section 1. Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular; and
2. the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" has the meaning specified in the Purchase Contract
Agreement.
"Agreement" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
{"Applicable Treasury Regulations" means Subpart 0-Book-Entry
Procedures of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (31 CFR (S) 306.115
et. seq.) and any other regulations of the United States Treasury Department
from time to time applicable to the transfer or pledge of book entry U.S.
Treasury Securities.}
"Board Resolution" has the meaning specified in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday
or a day on which the New York Stock Exchange or banking institutions or trust
companies in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to be closed.
"Collateral Agent" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument.
"Collateral Securities" has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor shall have become such, and
thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor.
"Early Settlement" has the meaning specified in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
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"Early Settlement Amount" has the meaning specified in the
Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Final Settlement Date" has the meaning specified in the
Recitals.
"Holder" when used with respect to a Security, or a Purchase
Contract constituting a part thereof, has the meaning specified in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
"Opinion of Counsel" has the meaning specified in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
"Outstanding Securities" has the meaning specified in the
Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Outstanding Security Certificates" has the meaning specified
in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Pledge" has the meaning specified in Section 2 hereof.
"Pledged Collateral Securities" has the meaning specified in
Section 2 hereof.
"Purchase Contract" has the meaning specified in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
"Purchase Contract Agent" has the meaning specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument.
"Security" has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
"Security Certificate" has the meaning specified in the
Purchase Contract Agreement.
"Stated Amount" has the meaning specified in the Recitals.
"Termination Event" has the meaning specified in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
Section 2. The Pledge. The Holders from time to time of the
Securities acting through the Purchase Contract
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Agent, as their attorney-in-fact, hereby pledge and grant to the Collateral
Agent, as collateral security for the performance when due by such Holders of
their respective obligations under the Purchase Contracts constituting part of
such Securities, for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in all of
the right, title and interest of such Holders in the Collateral Securities
constituting a part of such Securities. Prior to or concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the initial Holders and the
Collateral Agent shall (i) cause the Collateral Securities to be delivered to
the Collateral Agent by Federal Reserve Bank-Wire or by book-entry transfer
through the facilities of the Depositary Trust Company, as the case may be, to
the account of the Collateral Agent designated by it for such purpose and (ii)
take appropriate action so that the applicable Federal Reserve Bank through
which such Collateral Securities have been purchased will reflect such transfer
and the Pledge by appropriate entries in its records in accordance with
Applicable Treasury Regulations. In addition, the execution and delivery
hereof by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent shall constitute
(i) the notification to the Collateral Agent (as bailee or otherwise) of the
Pledge and (ii) an acknowledgment by the Collateral Agent (as third party in
possession or otherwise) of the Pledge and of its holding of such Collateral
Securities subject to the Pledge, in each case, for purposes of perfecting the
Pledge under Applicable Treasury Regulations and other applicable law, as the
case may be, including, to the extent applicable, the Uniform Commercial Code
as adopted and in effect in any applicable jurisdiction. The pledge provided
in this Section 2 is herein referred to as the "Pledge" and the Collateral
Securities subject to the Pledge, excluding any Collateral Securities released
from the Pledge as provided in Section 4 hereof, are hereinafter referred to as
the "Pledged Collateral Securities." Subject to the Pledge, the Holders from
time to time of the Securities shall have full beneficial ownership of the
Collateral Securities constituting a part of such Securities.
Section 3. Payments of Principal, Redemption Price and
Distributions. (a) All payments of principal or redemption price of, or
distributions on, any Collateral Securities constituting part of the Securities
received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral Agent by wire
transfer in same day funds no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent (provided that in
the event such interest payment is received by the Collateral Agent on a day
that is not a Business Day or after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on a
Business Day, then such payment
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shall be made no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next
succeeding Business Day) (i) in the case of (A) distributions with respect to
any Collateral Securities and (B) any principal or redemption payments with
respect to any Collateral Securities that have been released from the Pledge
pursuant to Section 4 hereof, to the Purchase Contract Agent to the account
designated by it for such purpose and (ii) in the case of principal or
redemption payments on any Pledged Collateral Securities, to the Company, in
full satisfaction of the respective obligations of the Holders of the
Securities of which such Pledged Collateral Securities are a part under the
Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Securities. All such payments
received by the Purchase Contract Agent as provided herein shall be applied by
the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the provisions of the Purchase Contract
Agreement. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchase Contract Agent
shall receive any payments of principal or in respect of redemption on account
of any Pledged Collateral Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent shall hold
the same as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Company (and
promptly deliver over to the Company) for application to the obligations of the
Holders of the Securities of which such Collateral Securities are a part under
the Purchase Contracts relating to the Securities of which such Collateral
Securities are a part, and such Holders shall acquire no right, title or
interest in any such payments of principal or in respect of redemption so
received.
Section 4. Release of Pledged Collateral Securities. (a)
Upon notice to the Collateral Agent by the Company or the Purchase Contract
Agent that there has occurred a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall
release all Pledged Collateral Securities from the Pledge and shall transfer
all such Collateral Securities, free and clear of any lien, pledge or security
interest created hereby, to the Purchase Contract Agent.
(b) Upon notice to the Collateral Agent by the Purchase
Contract Agent that one or more Holders of Securities have elected to effect
Early Settlement of their respective obligations under the Purchase Contracts
forming a part of such Securities in accordance with the terms of the Purchase
Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement, and that the Purchase Contract
Agent has received from such Holders, and paid to the Company, the related
Early Settlement Amounts pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contracts and
the Purchase Contract Agreement and that all conditions to such Early
Settlement have been satisfied, then the Collateral Agent shall release from
the Pledge
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Pledged Collateral Securities with a principal amount or liquidation preference
equal to the product of (i) the Stated Amount times (ii) the number of such
Purchase Contracts as to which such Holders have elected to effect Early
Settlement.
(c) Transfers of Collateral Securities pursuant to Section
4(a) or (b) shall be by Federal Reserve Bank-Wire, book-entry transfer through
the facilities of the Depository Trust Company or in another appropriate
manner, (i) if the Collateral Agent shall have received such notification at or
prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then no later than
2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day and (ii) if the Collateral
Agent shall have received such notification on a day that is not a Business Day
or after 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Business Day, then no later than
9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 5. Rights and Remedies. (a) The Collateral Agent
shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Pledged
Collateral Securities of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as
in effect in the State of New York (the "Code") (whether or not said Code is in
effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and such
additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the
laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may
be asserted.
(b) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by
this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, in the event the Collateral Agent is
unable to make payments to the Company on account of principal payments of, or
in respect of the redemption of, any Pledged Collateral Securities as provided
in Section 3 hereof in satisfaction of the obligations of the Holder of the
Securities of which such Pledged Collateral Securities are a part under the
Purchase Contracts forming a part of such Securities, the Collateral Agent
shall have and may exercise, with reference to such Pledged Collateral
Securities and such obligation of such Holder, any and all of the rights and
remedies available to a secured party under the Code after default by a debtor,
and as otherwise granted herein or under any other law.
(c) Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by
this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent is hereby
irrevocably authorized to receive and collect all payments of principal of, in
respect
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of redemptions of or distributions on the Pledged Collateral Securities.
(d) The Purchase Contract Agent agrees that, from time to
time, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract
Agent shall execute and deliver such further documents and so such other acts
and things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to maintain
the Pledge, and the perfection and priority thereof, and to confirm the rights
of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
Section 6. The Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent and
the Company hereby agree between themselves as follows (it being understood and
agreed that neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor any Holder of Securities
shall have any rights under this Section 6):
6.01. Appointment, Powers and Immunities. The Collateral
Agent shall act as agent for the Company hereunder with such powers as are
specifically vested in the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement,
together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The
Collateral Agent: (a) shall have no duties or responsibilities except those
expressly set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Collateral Agent, nor shall
the Collateral Agent be bound by the provisions of any agreement by any party
hereto beyond the specific terms hereof; (b) shall not be responsible to the
Company for any recitals contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate or
other document referred to or provided for in, or received by it under, this
Agreement, the Securities or the Purchase Contract Agreement, or for the value,
validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this
Agreement (other than as against the Collateral Agent), the Securities or the
Purchase Contract Agreement or any other document referred to or provided for
herein or therein or for any failure by the Company or any other Person (except
the Collateral Agent) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or
thereunder; (c) shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or
collection proceedings hereunder (except pursuant to directions furnished under
Section 6.02 hereof); (d) shall not be responsible for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other document or instrument
referred to or provided for herein or in connection herewith or therewith,
except for its own negligence; and (c) shall not be required to advise any
party as to selling or retaining, or taking or refraining from taking any
action with respect to, any securities or other property deposited
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hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, during the terms of this Agreement the
Collateral Agent shall take all reasonable action in connection with the
safekeeping and preservation of the Pledged Collateral Securities hereunder.
No provisions of this Agreement shall require the Collateral
Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder. In no event shall
the Collateral Agent be liable for any amount in excess of the value of the
Pledged Collateral Securities.
6.02. Instructions of the Company. The Company shall have
the right, by one or more instruments in writing executed and delivered to the
Collateral Agent, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any right or remedy available to the Collateral Agent, or of
exercising any power conferred on the Collateral Agent, or to direct the taking
or refraining from taking of any action authorized by this Agreement; provided,
however, that (i) such direction shall not conflict with the provisions of any
law or of this Agreement and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall be adequately
indemnified as provided herein. Nothing in this Section 6.02 shall impair the
right of the Collateral Agent in its discretion to take any action or omit to
take any action which it deems proper and which is not inconsistent with such
direction.
6.03. Reliance by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent
shall be entitled to rely upon any certification, order, judgment, opinion,
notice or other communication (including, without limitation, any thereof by
telephone, telecopy telex, telegram or cable) believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or
Persons (without being required to determine the correctness of any fact stated
therein), and upon advice and statements of legal counsel and other experts
selected by the Collateral Agent. As to any matters not expressly provided for
by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected
in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with
instructions given by the Company in accordance with this Agreement.
6.04. Rights in Other Capacities. The Collateral Agent and
its affiliates may (without having to account therefor to the Company) accept
deposits from, lend money to, make investments in and generally engage in any
kind of banking, trust or other business with the Purchase Contract Agent and
any Holder of Securities (and any of their subsidiaries or affiliates) as if it
were not acting as the
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Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent and its affiliates may accept fees
and other consideration from the Purchase Contract agent and any Holder or
Securities without having to account for the same to the Company, provided that
the Collateral Agent covenants and agrees with the Company that the Collateral
Agent shall not accept, receive or permit there to be created in its favor any
security interest, lien or other encumbrance of any kind in or upon the Pledged
Collateral Securities.
6.05. Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent
shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or
observance by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Securities of this
Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agreement, the Securities or any other
document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the
properties or books of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of Securities.
The Collateral Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide the
Company with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial
condition or business of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of
Securities (or any of their affiliates) that may come into the possession of
the Collateral Agent or any of its affiliates.
6.06. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company agrees: (i)
to pay the Collateral Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder and (ii) to indemnify the Collateral Agent
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 its powers and duties under this
Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of such powers
and duties.
6.07. Failure to Act. In the event of any ambiguity in the
provisions of this Agreement or any dispute between or conflicting claims by or
among the undersigned and/or any other person or entity with respect to any
funds or property deposited hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled,
at its sole option, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or
instructions with respect to such property or funds so long as such dispute or
conflict shall continue, and the Collateral Agent shall not be or become liable
in any way to any of the undersigned for its failure or refusal to comply with
such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Collateral Agent shall
be entitled to refuse to act until either (i) such conflicting or adverse
claims or demands shall have been finally
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determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or settled by agreement between
the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing, satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent or (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received security or
an indemnity satisfactory to the Collateral Agent sufficient to save the
Collateral Agent harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or
expense which the Collateral Agent may incur by reason of its acting. The
Collateral Agent may in addition elect to commence an interpleader action or
seek other judicial relief or orders as the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that is in its
opinion contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, or which would in
its opinion subject it or any of its officers, employees or directors to
liability.
6.08. Resignation of Collateral Agent. Subject to the
appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided below,
(a) the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the
Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, (b) the Collateral Agent may be
removed at any time by the Company and (c) if the Collateral Agent fails to
perform any of its material obligations hereunder in any material respect for a
period of not less than 20 days after receiving notice of such failure by the
Purchase Contract Agent and such failure shall be continuing, the Collateral
Agent may be removed by the Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract
Agent shall promptly notify the Company of any removal of the Collateral Agent
pursuant to clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right to appoint a successor
Collateral Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been so
appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the
retiring Collateral Agent's giving of notice of resignation or such removal,
then the retiring Collateral Agent may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent. The
Collateral Agent shall be a bank which has an office in New York, New York with
a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of
any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent,
such successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested
with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral
Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall take all appropriate action to
transfer any money and property held by it hereunder (including the Pledged
Collateral Securities) to such successor Collateral Agent. The retiring
Collateral Agent shall, upon such succession, be
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discharged from its duties and obligations as Collateral Agent hereunder.
After any retiring Collateral Agent's resignation hereunder as Collateral
Agent, the provisions of this Section 6 shall continue in effect for its
benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it
was acting as the Collateral Agent.
Promptly following the removal or resignation of the
Collateral Agent the Company shall give written notice thereof to Moody's
Investors Services, Inc.
6.09. Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor. The Collateral
Agent shall have the right to appoint agents or advisors in connection with any
of its duties hereunder, and the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any
action taken or omitted by such agents or advisors selected in good faith.
The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive termination of
this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent.
Section 7. Amendment.
7.01. Amendment Without Consent of Holders. Without the
consent of any Holders, the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Purchase
Contract Agent, at any time and from time to time, may amend this Agreement in
form satisfactory to the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Purchase
Contract Agent, for any of the following purposes:
1. to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company; or
2. to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
3. to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent or Purchase Contract Agent; or
4. to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other such provisions
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to such matters or
questions arising under this Agreement, provided such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders.
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7.02. Amendment with Consent of Holders. With the consent of
the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of
said Holders delivered to the Company, the agent and the Collateral Agent, the
Company, when authorized by the Board Resolution, the Agent and the Collateral
Agent may amend this Agreement for the purpose of modifying in any manner the
provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the holders in respect of the
Securities; provided, however, that no such supplemental agreement shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby,
1. change the amount or type of Collateral Securities
underlying a Security, impair the right of the Holder of any Security to
receive distributions on the underlying Collateral Securities or otherwise
adversely affect the Holder's rights in or to such Collateral Securities; or
2. otherwise effect any action that would require the consent
of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby pursuant to the
Purchase Contract Agreement if such action were effected by an agreement
supplemental thereto; or
3. reduce the percentage of Outstanding Securities the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such amendment.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall
be sufficient if such act shall approve the substance thereof.
7.03. Execution of Amendments. In executing any amendment
permitted by this Section, the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent
shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 6.01 hereof, with respect
to the Collateral Agent, and Section 701 of the Purchase Contract Agreement,
with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement.
7.04. Effect of Amendments. Upon the execution of any
amendment under this Section, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance
therewith, and such amendment shall form a part of this Agreement for all
purposes; and every Holder of Security Certificates theretofore or thereafter
authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and
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delivered under the Purchase Contract Agreement shall be bound thereby.
7.05. Reference to Amendments. Security Certificates
authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the
execution of any amendment pursuant to this Section may, and shall if required
by the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation in form
approved by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent as to any
matter provided for in such amendment. If the Company shall so determine, new
Security Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, to any such
amendment may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated,
executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent
in accordance with the Purchase Contract Agreement in exchange for Outstanding
Security Certificates.
Section 8. Miscellaneous.
8.01. No Waiver. No failure on the part of the Collateral
Agent or any of its agents to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect
to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the
Collateral Agent or any of its agents of any right, power or remedy hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or remedy. The remedies herein are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
8.02. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company,
the Collateral Agent and the Holders from time to time of the Securities,
acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact, hereby
submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in
New York City for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The
Company, the Collateral Agent and the Holders from time to time of the
Securities, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their
attorney-in-fact, irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any
claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.
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8.03. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications provided for herein (including, without limitation, any
modifications of, or waivers or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given
or made in writing (including, without limitation, by telecopy) and delivered
to the intended recipient at the "Address for Notices" specified below its name
on the signature pages hereof or, as to any party, at such other address as
shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such communications shall be deemed
to have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier or personally delivered
or, in the case of a mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or
addressed as aforesaid.
8.04. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns
of the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent, and the
Holders from time to time of the Securities, by their acceptance of the same,
shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions hereof and to have
ratified the agreements of, and the grant of the Pledge hereunder by, the
Purchase Contract Agent.
8.05. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement
by signing any such counterpart.
8.06. Severability. If any provision hereof is invalid and
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, (i) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in
such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the
intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) the
invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction
shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
8.07. Expenses, etc. The Company agrees to reimburse the
Collateral Agent for: (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of
the Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent), in connection with (i) the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery or performance of this
Agreement and (ii) any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms
of this Agreement; (b) all reasonable costs and expenses of the
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Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel) in connection with (i) any enforcement or proceedings resulting or
incurred in connection with causing any Holder of Securities to satisfy its
obligations under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Securities and
(ii) the enforcement of this Section 8.07; and (c) all transfer, stamp,
documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any
governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other
document referred to herein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and
other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording
or perfection of any security interest contemplated hereby.
8.08. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the
Collateral Agent and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the
Holders from time to time of the Securities hereunder, shall be absolute and
unconditional irrespective of:
1. any lack of validity or enforceability of any
provision of the Purchase Contracts or the Securities
or any other agreement or instrument relating
thereto;
2. any change in the time, manner or place of payment
of, or any other term of, or any increase in the
amount of, all or any of the obligations of Holders
of Securities under the related Purchase Contracts,
or any other amendment or waiver of any term of, of
any consent to any departure from any requirement of,
the Purchase Contract Agreement or any Purchase
Contract or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto; or
3. any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or
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discharge of, a borrower, a guarantor or a pledgor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(210) 822-2828
as Purchase Contract Agent and as
attorney-in-fact of the Holders form
time to time of the Securities
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
as Collateral Agent
By: /s/
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Name:
Title:
Address for Notices:
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EXHIBIT 4.22
[Draft--7/31/97]
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
dated as of __________, 19__
among
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
a Delaware corporation,
__________, a {national banking association},
and the holders
from time to time of the Depositary Shares
described herein.
WHEREAS it is desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this
Deposit Agreement, for the deposit of shares of _____ Preferred Stock, Series
__, $.01 par value, of CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. with the Depositary
(as hereinafter defined) for the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement
and for the issuance hereunder of Receipts (as hereinafter defined) evidencing
Depositary Shares (as hereinafter defined) in respect of the Stock (as
hereinafter defined) so deposited.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise
indicated, apply to the respective terms used in this Deposit Agreement and the
Receipts:
"Certificate" shall mean the certificate of designations filed with the
Secretary of State of Delaware establishing the Stock as a series of preferred
stock of the company.
"Company" shall mean Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas
corporation, and its successors.
"Deposit Agreement" shall mean this Deposit Agreement, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
"Depositary" shall mean __________, a {national banking association},
and any successor as Depositary hereunder.
"Depositary Shares" shall mean Depositary Shares, each representing a
one-{half} interest in a share of the Stock and evidenced by a Receipt.
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"Depositary's Agent" shall mean an agent appointed by the Depositary
pursuant to Section 7.05.
"Depositary's Office" shall mean the office of the Depositary at
__________, __________, __________, at which at any particular time its
depositary receipt business shall be administered.
"Receipt" shall mean one of the depositary receipts issued hereunder,
whether in definitive or temporary form.
"Record Holder" as applied with respect to a Depositary Share shall mean
the person in whose name a Receipt evidencing such Depositary Share is
registered on the books of the Depositary maintained for such purpose.
"Registrar" shall mean any bank or trust company which shall be
appointed to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein provided.
"Stock" shall mean shares of the Company's _____ Preferred Stock, Series
__, $.01 par value.
ARTICLE 2
FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK,
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER,
SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
2.1 Form and Transfer of Receipts. Definitive Receipts shall
be engraved or printed or lithographed and shall be substantially in the form
set forth in Exhibit A annexed to this Deposition Agreement, with appropriate
insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter provided. Pending the
preparation of definitive Receipts, the Depositary, upon the written order of
the Company delivered in compliance with Section 2.2, shall execute and deliver
temporary Receipts which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed
or otherwise substantially of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such Receipts may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Receipts. If temporary
Receipts are issued, the Company and the Depositary will cause definitive
Receipts to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Receipts, the temporary Receipts shall be exchangeable for
definitive Receipts upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at an office
described in the third paragraph of Section 2.2, without charge to the
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holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts,
the Depositary shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive
Receipts representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by
the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange shall be made at
the Company's expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Receipts shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Stock, as definitive Receipts.
Receipts shall be executed by the Depositary by the manual signature of
a duly authorized officer of the Depositary; provided, that such signature may
be a facsimile if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than the Depositary)
shall have been appointed and such Receipts are countersigned by manual
signature of a duly authorized officer of the Registrar. No Receipt shall be
entitled to any benefits under this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless it shall have been executed manually by a duly
authorized officer of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other
than the Depositary) shall have been appointed, by facsimile signature of a
duly authorized officer of the Depositary and countersigned manually by a duly
authorized officer of such Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books
each Receipt so signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.
Receipts may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof
such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Company or the Depositary or
required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with
the rules and regulations of any securities exchange upon which the Stock, the
Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be listed or to conform with any usage
with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to
which any particular Receipts are subject.
Title to Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt which is properly
endorsed, or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer, shall
be transferable by delivery with the same effect as in the case of a negotiable
instrument; provided, however, that until transfer of a Depositary Share shall
be registered on the books of the Depositary as provided in Section 2.4, the
Depositary may, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the Record
Holder thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of
determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or other
distributions or to any
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notice provided for in this Deposit Agreement and for all other purposes.
2.2 Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in
Respect Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement, the Company may from time to time deposit shares of Stock under this
Deposit Agreement by delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or
certificates for the Stock to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied,
if required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of transfer or
endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary, together with all such
certifications as may be required by the Depositary in accordance with the
provisions of this Deposit Agreement, and together with a written order of the
Company directing the Depositary to execute and deliver to, or upon the written
order of, the person or persons stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for
the number of Depositary Shares relating to such deposited Stock.
Deposited Stock shall be held by the Depositary at the Depositary's
Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary shall determine.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for
Stock deposited in accordance with the provisions of this Section, together
with the other documents required as above specified, and upon recordation of
the Stock so deposited on the books of the Company in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Deposit Agreement, shall execute and deliver, to or upon the order of
the person or persons named in the written order delivered to the Depositary
referred to in the first paragraph of this Section, a Receipt or Receipts for
the number of Depositary Shares relating to the Stock so deposited and
registered in such name or names as may be requested by such person or persons.
The Depositary shall execute and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the
Depositary's Office or such other offices, if any, as the Depositary may
designate. Delivery at other offices shall be at the risk and expense of the
person requesting such delivery.
Other than in the case of splits, combinations or other
reclassifications affecting the Stock, or in the case of dividends or other
distributions of Stock, if any, there shall be deposited hereunder not more
than __________ shares of Stock.
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2.3 Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Company shall elect to
redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate, it
shall (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Depositary) mail notice to
the Depositary of such proposed redemption, by first class mail, postage
prepaid not less than 40 or more than 70 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption of Stock in accordance with Section {3(b)} of the Certificate. On
the date of such redemption, provided that the Company shall then have paid in
full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock to be redeemed, plus
any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, the Depositary shall redeem the
Depositary Shares relating to such Stock. The Depositary shall mail notice of
such redemption and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of
Depositary Shares relating to the Stock to be redeemed, by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, not less than 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for redemption of such Stock and Depositary Shares (the "Redemption
Date"), to the Record Holders of the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed, at
the addresses of such holders as they appear on the records of the Depositary;
but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more such holders nor any
defect in any notice to one or more such holders shall affect the sufficiency
of the proceedings for redemption as to other holders. Each such notice shall
state: (i) the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any such holder
are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary Shares held by such holder to
be so redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where
Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the
redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the Stock underlying the
Depositary Shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue and accumulate at the
close of business on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the
outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be
so redeemed shall be selected by lot, pro rata or such other method as may be
determined by the Depositary to be equitable.
Notice having been mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after
the Redemption Date (unless the Company shall have failed to redeem the shares
of Stock to be redeemed by it as set forth in the Company's notice provided for
in the preceding paragraph) all dividends in respect of the Depositary Shares
so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and accumulate, the Depositary
Shares being redeemed from such proceeds shall be deemed no longer to be
outstanding, all rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary
Shares (except the right to
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receive the redemption price) shall, to the extent of such Depositary Shares,
cease and terminate and, upon surrender in accordance with such notice of the
Receipts evidencing any such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned
for transfer, if the Depositary shall so require), such Depositary Shares shall
be redeemed by the Depositary at a redemption price per Depositary Share equal
to the proportionate part of the redemption price per share paid in respect of
the shares of Stock plus all money and other property, if any, paid with
respect to such Depositary Shares, including all amounts paid by the Company in
respect of dividends which on the Redemption Date have accumulated on the
shares of Stock to be so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid.
If less than all the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are called
for redemption, the Depositary will deliver to the holder of such Receipt upon
its surrender to the Depositary, together with the redemption payment, a new
Receipt evidencing the Depositary Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and
not called for redemption.
2.4 Registration of Transfers of Receipts. Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register
on its books from time to time transfers of Depositary Shares upon any
surrender of the Receipt or Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares by the
holder in person or by duly authorized attorney, properly endorsed or
accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer. Thereupon the
Depositary shall execute a new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same
aggregate number of Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or
Receipts surrendered and deliver such new Receipt or Receipts to or upon the
order of the person entitled thereto.
2.5 Split-ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of
Depositary Shares and Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of a Receipt or
Receipts at the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as it may
designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up of combination of such
Receipt or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver a new Receipt or Receipts
in the denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of Depositary
Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered.
Any holder of Depositary Shares may withdraw the number of whole shares
of Stock underlying such Depositary Shares of whole shares of Stock underlying
such Depositary Shares and all money and other property, if any, underlying
such
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Depositary Shares by surrendering Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares at
the Depositary's Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may
designate for such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the
Depositary shall deliver to such holder, or to the person or persons designated
by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of whole shares of Stock and
all money and other property, if any, underlying the Depositary Shares so
surrendered for withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Stock will not
thereafter be entitled to deposit such Stock hereunder or to receive Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by a holder to
the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal shall evidence a number of
Depositary Shares relating to other than a number of whole shares of Stock, the
Depositary shall at the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares
of Stock and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn, deliver
to such holder, or (subject to Section 3.2) upon his order, a new Receipt
evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares. Delivery of the Stock and
money and other property being withdrawn may be made by delivery of such
certificates, documents of title and other instruments as the Depositary may
deem appropriate.
If the Stock and the money and other property being withdrawn are to be
delivered to a person or persons other than the Record Holder of the Depositary
Shares evidenced by the Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of stock,
such holder shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written order so
directing the Depositary, and the Depositary may require that the Receipt or
Receipts surrendered by such holder for withdrawal of such shares of Stock be
properly endorsed in blank or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of
transfer.
Delivery of the Stock and money and other property, if any, underlying
the Depositary Shares surrendered for withdrawal shall be made by the
Depositary at the Depositary's Office, except that, at the request, risk and
expense of the holder surrendering such Depositary Shares and for the account
of such holder, such delivery may be made at such other place as may be
designated by such holder.
2.6 Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender
and Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and
delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination, surrender or
exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the
Company may require payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in
the event that
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the Depositary or the Company shall have made such payment, the reimbursement
to it) of any charges or expenses payable by the holder of a Receipt pursuant
to Section 5.7, may require the production of evidence satisfactory to it as to
the identity and genuineness of any signature and may also require compliance
with such regulations, if any, as the Depositary or the Company may establish
consistent with the provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The delivery of Receipts against Stock may be suspended, the
registration of transfer of Depositary Shares may be refused and the
registration of transfer, surrender or exchange of outstanding Depositary
Shares may be suspended (i) during any period when the register of stockholders
of the Company is closed or (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or
advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary's Agents or the Company at
any time or from time to time because of any requirement of law or of any
government or governmental body or commission or under any provision of this
Deposit Agreement.
2.7 Lost Receipts, etc. In case any Receipt shall be
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may
execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange and
substitution for such mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in substitution for
such destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon (i) the filing by the holder
thereof with the Depositary of evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such
destruction or loss or theft of such Receipt, or the authenticity thereof and
of his or her ownership thereof and (ii) the furnishing of the Depositary with
reasonable indemnification satisfactory to it.
2.8 Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipt. All
Receipts surrendered to the Depositary or any Depositary's agent shall be
canceled by the Depositary. Except as prohibited by applicable law or
regulation, the Depositary is authorized to destroy all Receipts so canceled.
ARTICLE 3
CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDERS
OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
3.1 Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any
holder of a Depositary Share may be required from time to time to file such
proof of residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such
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certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the Depositary
or the Company may reasonably deem necessary or proper. The Depositary or the
Company may withhold the delivery, or delay the registration of transfer,
redemption or exchange, of any Depositary Share or the withdrawal of any Stock
underlying Depositary Shares or the distribution of any dividend or other
distribution or the sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such
proof or other information is filed or such certificates are executed or such
representations and warranties are made.
3.2 Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. Holders
of Depositary Shares shall be obligated to make payments to the Depositary of
certain charges and expenses, as provided in Section 5.7. Registration of
transfer of any Depositary Share or any withdrawal of Stock and delivery of all
money or other property, if any, underlying such Depositary Share may be
refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends or other
distributions may be withheld or all or any part of the Stock or other property
relating to such Depositary Shares and not theretofore sold may be sold for the
account of the holder thereof (after attempting by reasonable means to notify
such holder prior to such sale), and such dividends or other distributions or
the proceeds of any such sale may be applied to any payment of such charges or
expenses, the holder of such Depositary Share remaining liable for any
deficiency.
3.3 Warranty as to Stock. The Company hereby represents and
warrants that the Stock, when issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Such representation and warranty shall survive the deposit of
the Stock and the issuance of the Receipts.
ARTICLE 4
THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES
4.1 Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary shall receive
any cash dividend or other cash distribution on the Stock, the Depositary
shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to the Record Holders of
Depositary Shares on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts
of such dividend or distributions as are, as nearly as practicable, in
proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares held by such holders;
provided, however, that in case the Company or the Depositary shall be required
to withhold and shall withhold from any cash dividend or other cash
distribution in respect of the Stock an amount on
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account of taxes, the amount made available for distribution or distributed in
respect of Depositary Shares shall be reduced accordingly. The Depositary
shall distribute or make available for distribution, as the case may be, 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
distributable shall be held by the Depositary (without liability for interest
thereon) and shall be added to and be treated as part of the next sum received
by the Depositary for distribution to Record Holders or Depositary Shares then
outstanding.
4.2 Distributions Other than Cash. Whenever the Depositary
shall receive any distribution other than cash on the Stock, the Depositary
shall, subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, distribute to the Record Holders of
Depositary Shares on the record date fixed pursuant to Section 4.4 such amounts
of the securities or property received by it as are, as nearly as practicable,
in proportion to the respective numbers of Depositary Shares held by such
holders, in any manner that the Depositary may deem equitable and practicable
for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of the Depositary such
distribution cannot be made proportionately among such Record Holders, or if
for any other reason (including any requirement that the Company or the
Depositary withhold an amount on account of taxes or governmental charge) the
Depositary deems, after consultation with the Company, such distribution not to
be feasible, the Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such
method as it deems equitable and practicable for the purpose of effecting such
distribution, including the sale (at public or private sale) of the securities
or property thus received, or any part hereof, at such place or places and upon
such terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall,
subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed or made available for
distribution, as the case may be, by the Depositary to the Record Holders of
Depositary Shares entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of a
distribution received in cash. The Company shall not make any distribution of
such securities unless the Company shall have provided an opinion of counsel to
the effect that such securities have been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933 or do not need to be registered.
4.3 Subscription Rights, Preferences or Privileges. If the
Company shall at any time offer or cause to be offered to the persons in whose
names Stock is recorded on the books of the Company any rights, preferences or
privileges to subscribe for or to purchase any securities or any rights,
preferences or privileges of any other
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nature, such rights, preferences or privileges shall in each such instance be
made available by the Depositary to the Record Holders of Depositary Shares in
such manner as the Depositary may determine, either by the issue to such Record
Holders of warrants representing such rights, preferences or privileges or by
such other method as may be approved by the Depositary in its discretion with
the approval of the Company; provided, however, that (i) if at the time of
issue or offer of any such rights, preferences or privileges the Depositary
determines that it is not lawful or (after consultation with the Company) not
feasible to make such rights, preferences or privileges available to holders of
Depositary Shares by the issue of warrants or otherwise, or (ii) if and to the
extent so instructed by holders of Depositary Shares who do not desire to
exercise such rights, preferences or privileges, then the Depositary, in its
discretion (with the approval of the Company, in any case where the Depositary
has determined that it is not feasible to make such rights, preferences or
privileges available), may, if applicable laws or the terms of such rights,
preferences or privileges permit such transfer, sell such rights, preferences
or privileges at public or private sale, at such place or places and upon such
terms as it may deem proper. The net proceeds of any such sale shall, subject
to Sections 3.1 and 3.2, be distributed by the Depositary to the Record Holders
of Depositary Shares entitled thereto as provided by Section 4.1 in the case of
a distribution received in cash. The Company shall not make any distribution
of such rights, preferences or privileges unless the Company shall have
provided an opinion of counsel to the effect that such rights, preferences or
privileges have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or do not need
to be registered.
If registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of the securities to
which any rights, preferences or privileges relate is required in order for
holders of Depositary Shares to be offered or sold the securities to which such
rights, preferences or privileges relate, the Company agrees with the
Depositary that it will file promptly a registration statement pursuant to such
Act with respect to such rights, preferences or privileges and securities to
use its best efforts to take all steps available to it to cause such
registration statement to become effective sufficiently in advance of the
expiration of such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to
exercise such rights, preferences or privileges. In no event shall the
Depositary make available to the holder of Depositary Shares any right,
preference or privilege to subscribe for or to purchase any securities unless
and until such a registration statement shall have become effective, or unless
the offering and sale
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of such securities to such holders are exempt from registration under the
provision of such Act.
If any other action under the laws of any jurisdiction or any
governmental or administrative authorization, consent or permit is required in
order for such rights, preferences or privileges to be made available to the
holders of Depositary Shares, the Company agrees with the Depositary that the
Company will use its best efforts to take such action or obtain such
authorization, consent or permit sufficiently in advance of the expiration of
such rights, preferences or privileges to enable such holders to exercise such
rights, preferences or privileges.
4.4 Notice of Dividends, etc.; Fixing of Record Date for
Holders of Depositary Shares. Whenever any cash dividend or other cash
distribution shall become payable or any distribution other than cash shall be
made, or if rights, preferences or privileges shall at any time be offered,
with respect to the Stock, or whenever the Depositary shall receive notice of
any meeting at which holders of Stock are entitled to vote, or of which holders
of Stock are entitled to notice, the Depositary shall in each such instance fix
a record date (which shall be the same date as the record date fixed by the
Company with respect to the Stock) for the determination of the holders of
Depositary Shares who shall be entitled to receive a distribution in respect of
such dividend, distribution, rights, preferences or privileges or the net
proceeds of the sale thereof, or to give instructions for the exercise of
voting rights at any such meeting, or who shall be entitled to receive notice
of such meeting.
4.5 Voting Rights. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at
which the holders of Stock are entitled to vote, the Depositary shall, as soon
as practicable thereafter, mail to the Record Holders of Depositary Shares a
notice which shall contain (i) such information as is contained in such notice
of meeting and (ii) a statement informing holders of Depositary Shares that
they may instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights
pertaining to the amount of Stock underlying their respective Depositary Shares
and a brief statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given.
Upon the written request of the holders of Depositary Shares on the record date
established in accordance with Section 4.4, the Depositary shall endeavor
insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted, in accordance with the
instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum number of whole shares of
Stock underlying the Depositary Shares as to which any particular voting or
consent instructions are received. The
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(i) all outstanding Depositary Shares shall have been redeemed and any
accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Stock represented by the Depositary
Shares, together with all other moneys and property, if any, to which holders
of the related Receipts are entitled under the terms of such Receipts or this
Deposit Agreement, have been paid or distributed as provided in this Deposit
Agreement or provision therefor has been duly made pursuant to Section 2.3 or
(ii) there shall have been made a final distribution in respect of the Stock in
connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and
such distribution shall have been distributed to the holders of Receipts
pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.2, as applicable.
Upon the termination of this Deposit Agreement, the Company shall be
discharged from all obligations under this Deposit Agreement except for its
obligations to the Depositary, any Depositary's Agents and any Registrar under
Sections 5.6 and 5.7.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1 Counterparts. This Deposit Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, and by each of the parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall
be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
7.2 Exclusive Benefit of Parties. This Deposit Agreement is
for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective
successors hereunder, and shall not be deemed to give any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim to any other person whatsoever.
7.3 Invalidity of Provisions. In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Deposit Agreement or in the Receipts should be or
become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein
shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed thereby.
7.4 Notices. Any and all notices to be given to the Company
hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have
been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or telegram or telex
confirmed by letter, addressed to the Company at
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One California Street, San Francisco, California 94111 to the attention of the
Senior Vice President, Legal, External Affairs and Secretary, or at any other
address of which the Company shall have notified the Depositary in writing.
Any and all notices to be given to the Depositary hereunder or under the
Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
personally delivered or sent by mail or telegram or telex confirmed by letter,
addressed to the Depositary at the Depositary's office at ,
, , or at any other address of which the Depositary shall
have notified the Company in writing.
Any and all notices to be given to any Record Holder of a Depositary
Share hereunder or under the Receipts shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if personally delivered or sent by mail or telegram or
telex confirmed by letter, addressed to such Record Holder at the address of
such Record Holder as it appears on the books of the Depositary, or if such
holder shall have filed with the Depositary a written request that notices
intended for such holder be mailed to some other address, at the address
designated in such request.
Delivery of a notice sent by mail or by telegram or telex shall be
deemed to be effected at the time when a duly addressed letter containing the
same (or a confirmation thereof in the case of a telegram or telex message) is
deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box. The Depositary or the
Company may, however, act upon any telegram or telex message received by it
from the other or from any holder of a Depositary Share, notwithstanding that
such telegram or telex message shall not subsequently be confirmed by letter or
as aforesaid.
7.5 Depositary's Agents. The Depositary may from time to
time, with the prior written approval of the Company, appoint Depositary's
Agents to act in any respect for the Depositary for the purposes of this
Deposit Agreement and may at any time appoint additional Depositary's Agents
and vary or terminate the appointment of such Depositary's Agents. The
Depositary will notify the Company of any such action.
7.6 Holders of Receipts Are Parties. The holders of
Depositary Shares from time to time shall be parties to this Deposit Agreement
and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the
Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares by acceptance of delivery thereof.
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7.7 Governing Law. THIS DEPOSIT AGREEMENT AND RECEIPTS AND
ALL RIGHTS HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER AND PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THEREOF SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF {NEW
YORK}.
7.8 Inspection of Deposit Agrement. Copies of this Deposit
Agreement shall be filed with the Depositary and the Depositary's Agents and
shall be open to inspection during business hours at the Depositary's office
and the respective offices of the Depositary's Agents, if any, by any holder of
a Depositary Share.
7.9 Headings. The headings of articles and sections in this
Deposit Agreement and in the form of Receipt set forth in Exhibit A hereto have
been inserted for convenience only and are not to be regarded as part of this
Deposit Agreement or the Receipts or to have any bearing upon the meaning or
interpretation of any provision contained herein or in the Receipts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Depositary have duly executed
this Deposit Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth, and all
holders of Depositary Shares shall become parties hereto by and upon an
acceptance by them of delivery of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares
and issued in accordance with the terms hereof.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
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{Name and Title}
{Name of Depositary}
By
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Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF DEPOSITARY RECEIPT
FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES
{GENERAL FORM OF FACE OF RECEIPT}
NUMBER DEPOSITARY SHARES
DEPOSITARY RECEIPT FOR DEPOSITARY SHARES,
REPRESENTING __________ PREFERRED STOCK
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware
This Depositary Receipt is transferable
in the City of __________
__________, as Depositary (the "Depositary"), hereby certifies that
__________ is the registered owner of __________ Depositary Shares ("Depositary
Shares"), each Depositary Share representing __________ of one share of
__________ Preferred Stock, Series __, par value $.01 per share (the "Stock"),
of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
on deposit with the Depositary, subject to the terms and entitled to the
benefits of the Deposit Agreement dated as of __________, 199_ (the "Deposit
Agreement"), between the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to
time of Depositary Receipts. By accepting this Depositary Receipt the holder
hereof becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by all the terms and
conditions of the Deposit Agrement. This Depositary Receipt shall not be valid
or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any benefits under the Deposit
Agrement unless it shall have been executed by the Depositary by the manual
signature of a duly authorized officer or, if executed in facsimile by the
Depositary, countersigned by a Registrar in respect of the Depositary
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Receipts by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer thereof.
Dated: Depositary
By:
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Authorized Officer
Registrar
By:
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{GENERAL FORM OF REVERSE OF RECEIPT}
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. will furnish without charge to each
receiptholder who so requests a copy of the Deposit Agreement and a statement
or summary of the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, option or other special rights of each class of stock or series
thereof which Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is authorized to issue and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Any such request is to be addressed to the Secretary of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right survivorship and not as
tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - __________ Custodian _________
(Cust) (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received, __________ hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
onto _________
(Please insert social security
or other identifying number of
Assignee)
Please print or type Name and address including postal Zip Code of Assignee
__________ Depositary Shares represented by the within receipt and all rights
thereunder, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint __________
Attorney to transfer said Depositary Shares on the books of the within-named
Depositary with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: __________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written on the face of this instrument in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.
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EXHIBIT 4.23
FORM OF STOCK
PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
AND
{PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT}
DATED AS OF __________________
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PARTIES
RECITALS
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Agent
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates
Section 105. Notice, etc., to Agent and the Company
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver
Section 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
Section 108. Successors and Assigns
Section 109. Separability Clause
Section 110. Benefits of Agreement
Section 111. Governing Law
Section 112. Legal Holidays
Section 113. Counterparts
Section 114. Inspection of Agreement
ARTICLE TWO
Security Certificate Forms
Section 201. Forms of Security Certificates Generally
Section 202. Form of Agent's Certificate of Authentication
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Title and Terms; Denominations
Section 302. Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Security Certificates
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
Section 304. Temporary Security Certificates
Section 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Security Certificates
Section 307. Persons Deemed Owners
Section 308. Cancellation
Section 309. Securities Not Separable
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ARTICLE FOUR
The Pledged Securities
Section 401. Payment of Distributions; Distributions Rights Preserved
Section 402. Transfer of Pledged Securities Upon Occurrence of Termination Event
ARTICLE FIVE
The Purchase Contracts
Section 501. Purchase of Shares of Common Stock
Section 502. Contract Fees
Section 503. Deferral of Payment Dates For Contract Fee
Section 504. Payment of Purchase Price
Section 505. Issuance of Shares of Common Stock
Section 506. Adjustment of Settlement Rate
Section 507. Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events
Section 508. Termination Event; Notice
Section 509. Early Settlement
Section 510. No Fractional Shares
Section 511. Charges and Taxes
ARTICLE SIX
Remedies
Section 601. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Contract Fee
Section 602. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
Section 603. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
Section 604. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
Section 605. Undertaking for Costs
Section 606. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
ARTICLE SEVEN
The Agent
Section 701. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
Section 702. Notice of Default
Section 703. Certain Rights of Agent
Section 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
Section 705. May Hold Securities
Section 706. Money Held in Trust
Section 707. Compensation and Reimbursement
Section 708. Corporate Agent Required; Eligibility
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Section 709. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Section 710. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
Section 711. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
Section 712. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
Section 713. No Obligations of Agent
Section 714. Tax Compliance
ARTICLE EIGHT
Supplemental Agreements
Section 801. Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders
Section 802. Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders
Section 803. Execution of Supplemental Agreements
Section 804. Effect of Supplemental Agreements
Section 805. Reference to Supplemental Agreements
ARTICLE NINE
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance
Section 901. Covenant Not to Merger Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property Except Under Certain Conditions
Section 902. Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation
Section 903. Opinion of Counsel to Agent
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Performance Under Purchase Contracts
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency
Section 1003. Company to Reserve Common Stock
Section 1004. Covenants as to Common Stock
Section 1005. Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default
TESTIMONIUM
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT A Form of Security Certificate
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PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________, 1997,
between CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and {PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT}, acting as purchase contract agent
for the Holders of Securities from time to time (the "Agent").
RECITALS
A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Security Certificates evidencing the Securities.
B. All things necessary to make the Company's obligations under the
Securities, when the Security Certificates are executed by the Company
and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by
the Agent, as in this Agreement provided, the valid obligations of the
Company, and to constitute these presents a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them
in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; and
(2) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the
meaning specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person, For the
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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.
"Agent" means the Person named as the "Agent" in the
first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Agent
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
of this Agreement, and thereafter.
"Agent" shall mean the Person who is then the Agent
hereunder.
"Agreement" means this instrument as originally executed
or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by
one or more agreements supplemental hereto entered into
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
"Applicable Market Value" has the meaning specified in
Section 501.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the
Company or a duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means one or more resolutions of the
Board of Directors, a copy of which has been 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 Agent.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday or a day on which the NYSE or banking institutions or
trust companies in the City of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to be closed.
"Closing Price" has the meaning specified in Section
501.
"Collateral Agent" means _____________, as Collateral
Agent under the Pledge Agreement until a successor Collateral
Agent shall have become
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such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Pledge
Agreement, and thereafter "Collateral Agent" shall mean the
Person who is then the Collateral Agent thereunder.
"Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the
first paragraph of this instrument until a successor shall
have become such, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such
successor.
"Contract Fee" means the fee payable by the Company in
respect of each Purchase Contract, equal to __% per annum of
the Stated Amount, accruing from ____________, 199__, computed
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of
365 or 366 days, as the case may be, plus any additional fees
accrued pursuant to Section 503.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of
the Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business
shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at ________________, New York, New York.
"Current Market Price" has the meaning specified in
Section 506(a)(8).
"Depositary" means a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for
the Securities as contemplated by Section 305.
"Early Settlement" has the meaning specified in Section
509(a).
"Early Settlement Amount" has the meaning specified in
Section 509(a).
"Early Settlement Date" has the meaning specified in
Section 509(a).
"Early Settlement Rate" has the meaning specified in
Section 509(b).
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time
to time.
"Excess Pledged Securities" has the meaning specified in
Section 402.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section
104.
"Expiration Time" has the meaning specified in Section
506(a)(6).
"Final Settlement Date" means ____________, 199__.
"Final Settlement Fund" has the meaning specified in
Section 505.
"Global Security Certificate" means a Security
Certificate that evidences all or part of the Securities and
is registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee
thereof.
"Holder," when used with respect to a Security
Certificate (or a Security), means a Person in whose name the
Security evidenced by such Security Certificate (or the
Security Certificate evidencing such Security) is registered
in the Security Register.
"Issuer Order" or "Issuer Request" means a written order
or request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, any Vice Chairman, its President or a Vice
President and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Agent.
"NYSE" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by
the Chairman of the Board, any Vice Chairman, the President or
any Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Agent.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means an opinion in writing signed
by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company.
"Outstanding Securities" means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities evidenced by then Outstanding
Security Certificates, except:
(i) If a Termination Event has occurred, Securities for
which the underlying Pledged Securities have been
theretofore deposited with the Agent in trust for the
Holders of such Securities; and
(ii) On and after the applicable Early Settlement Date,
Securities as to which the Holder has elected to effect
Early Termination of the related Purchase Contracts;
provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite number of Securities have given
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Agent shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
only Securities which the Agent knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have
been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Agent the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is
not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.
"Outstanding Security Certificates" means, as of the date of
determination, all Security Certificates theretofore authenticated,
executed and delivered under this Agreement, except:
(i) Security Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Agent
or delivered to the Agent for cancellation; and
(ii) Security Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Security Certificates have been
authenticated, executed on behalf
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of the Holder and delivered pursuant to this Agreement,
other than any such Security Certificate in respect of
which there shall have been presented to the Agent proof
satisfactory to it that such Security Certificate is
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands the
Securities evidenced by such Security Certificate are
valid obligations of the Company.
"Payment Date" means each _________ and ___________,
commencing ____________, 19__.
"Persons" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Pledge" means the pledge under the Pledge Agreement of the
Pledged Securities constituting a part of the Securities.
"Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, among the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Agent, on
its own behalf and as attorney-in-fact for the Holders from time to
time of the Securities.
"Pledged Securities" means { }.
"Predecessor Security Certificate" of any particular Security
Certificate means every previous Security Certificate evidencing all
or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Holder under the
Securities evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security Certificate authenticated and delivered under
Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same
rights and obligations of the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security Certificate.
"Purchase Contract," when used with respect to any Security,
means the contract obligating the Company to sell and the Holder of
such Security to purchase Common Stock on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Article Five hereof.
"Purchased Shares" has the meaning specified in Section
506(a)(6).
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"Record Date" for the distributions and Contract Fees payable
on any Payment Date means the _____________ or _______________
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Payment Date.
"Reorganization Event" has the meaning specified in Section
506(b).
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Agent,
means any officer of the Agent assigned by the Agent to administer its
corporate trust matters.
"Security" means the collective rights and obligations of a
Holder of a Security Certificate in respect of Pledged Securities with
a principal amount or liquidation preference equal to the Stated
Amount, subject to the Pledge thereof, and a Purchase Contract.
"Security Certificate" means a certificate evidencing the
rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of
Securities specified on such certificate.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Settlement Rate" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Stated Amount" means $_______________.
"Termination Date" means the date, if any, on which a
Termination Event occurs.
"Termination Event" means the occurrence of any of the
following events: (i) at any time on or prior to the Final Settlement
Date, a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
shall have been entered adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent,
or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization of
the Company under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar applicable Federal or State law, and, unless such decree or
order shall have been entered within 60 days prior to the Final
Settlement Date, such decree or order shall have continued
undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or (ii) a decree or
order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in
bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or of its
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property, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall
have been entered, and, unless such decree or order shall have been
entered within 60 days prior to the Final Settlement Date, such decree
or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period
of 60 days, or (iii) at any time on or prior to the Final Settlement
Date the Company shall institute proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or shall consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding
against it, or shall file a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar applicable Federal or State law, or shall consent to the
filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a
receiver or liquidator or trustee or assignee in bankruptcy or
insolvency of it or of its property, or shall make an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or shall admit in writing its inability to
pay its debts generally as they become due.
"Threshold Appreciation Price" has the meaning specified in
Section 501.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amende, or any
successor statute.
"Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement
dated ____________, 199__ between the Company and ________________, as
representative of the several Underwriters named therein.
"Vice President" 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 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, upon
any application or request by the Company to the Agent to take any action under
any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Agent an
Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Agreement 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
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required by any provision of this Agreement 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 Agreement shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements
or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express
an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Agent.
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
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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 Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Agent and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Section
701) conclusive in favor of the Agent and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of
such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that
the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him
the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in
a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Agent deems sufficient.
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(c) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security
Certificate evidencing such Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect
of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Agent or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Security Certificate.
(e) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give,
make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite number of
Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set
shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and
of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite number
of Outstanding Securities on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company,
at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be
given to the Agent in writing and to each Holder of Securities in the
manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the Company may designate any date as the "Expiration Date" and from time to
time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that
no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
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proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Agent in writing, and to each
Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the
existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect
to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to
have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the
Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable
record date.
Section 105. Notices, etc., to Agent and the Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by
this Agreement to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Agent by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and personally delivered
or mailed, first class postage prepaid, to the Agent at
_______________, Attention: Stock Transfer Department, or at any
other address previously furnished in writing by the Agent to the
Holders and the Company, or
(2) the Company by the Agent or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and personally delivered
or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company at One
California Street, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Senior
Vice President, Legal, or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Agent by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice,
nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect
the sufficiency of such notice with
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respect to other Holders. Where this Agreement 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 Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to
give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Agent shall constitute a sufficient notification
for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 108. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Agreement by the Company
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 109. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 110. Benefits of Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement 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 benefits or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. The Holders from time to time
shall be beneficiaries of this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms
and conditions hereof and of the Securities evidenced by their Security
Certificates by their acceptance of delivery thereof.
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Section 111. Governing Law.
This Agreement and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 112. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Payment Date, any Early Settlement Date
or the Final Settlement Date shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement or of the Securities) payment in respect
of distributions on Pledged Securities or Contract Fees shall not be made,
Purchase Contracts shall not be performed and Early Settlement shall not be
effected on such date, but such payments shall be made, or the Purchase
Contracts shall be performed or Early Settlement effected, as applicable, on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on
such Payment Date, Early Settlement Date or Final Settlement Date, as the case
may be; provided, that no interest shall accrue or be payable by the Company or
any Holder for the period from and after any such Payment Date, Early
Settlement Date or Final Settlement Date, as the case may be.
Section 113. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Section 114. Inspection of Agreement.
A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable
times at the Corporate Trust Office for inspection by any Holder.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY CERTIFICATE FORMS
Section 201. Forms of Security Certificates Generally.
The Security Certificates (including the form of Purchase
Contracts forming part of the Securities evidenced thereby) shall be in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by
the rules of any securities exchange on
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which the Securities are listed or Depositary therefor, or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Security
Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Security Certificates.
The definitive Security Certificates shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing the
Security Certificates, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as
evidenced by their execution thereof.
Every Global Security Certificate authenticated, executed on
behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY CERTIFICATE MAY
NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY CERTIFICATE REGISTERED, AND
NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY CERTIFICATE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED,
IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.
EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT
AGREEMENT.
Section 202. Form of Agent's Certificate of Authentication.
The form of the Agent's certificate of authentication of the
Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth on the form of the
Security Certificates.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Title and Terms; Denominations.
The aggregate number of Securities evidenced by Security
Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered
hereunder is limited to _________ (subject to increase up to a maximum of
_____________ to the extent the overallotment option of the underwriters under
the Underwriting Agreement is exercised), except for Security Certificates
authenticated, executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Security Certificates pursuant to Section
304, 305, 306, 509 or 805.
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The Security Certificates shall be issuable only in registered
form and only in denominations of a single Security and any integral multiple
thereof.
Section 302. Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Security Certificates.
Each Security Certificate shall evidence the number of
Securities specified therein, with each such Security representing the
ownership by the Holder thereof of Pledged Securities with a principal amount
or liquidation preference equal to the Stated Amount, subject to the Pledge of
such Pledged Securities by such Holder pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, and
the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract. Prior to
the purchase, if any, of shares of Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts,
the Securities shall not entitle the Holders to any of the rights of a holder
of shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote or
receive any dividends or other payments or to consent or to receive notice as
stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or for the election of
directors of the Company or for any other matter, or any other rights
whatsoever as stockholders of the Company, except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and at any
time and from time to time thereafter, the Company may deliver Security
Certificates executed by the Company to the Agent for authentication, execution
on behalf of the Holders and delivery, together with its Issuer Order for
authentication of such Security Certificates, and the Agent in accordance with
such Issuer Order shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder and
deliver such Security Certificates.
The Security Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced
thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The
signature of any of these officers on the Security Certificates may be manual
or facsimile.
Security Certificates 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
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ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Security Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Security
Certificates.
No Purchase Contract underlying a Security evidenced by a
Security Certificate shall be valid until such Security Certificate has been
executed on behalf of the Holder by the manual signature of an authorized
signatory of the Agent, as such Holder's attorney-in-fact. Such signature by
an authorized signatory of the Agent shall be conclusive evidence that the
Holder of such Security Certificate has entered into the Purchase Contracts
underlying the Securities evidenced by such Security Certificate.
Each Security Certificate shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
No Security Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under
this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears
on such Security Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in
the form provided for herein executed by an authorized signatory of the Agent
by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security Certificate shall
be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security Certificate
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Section 304. Temporary Security Certificates.
Pending the preparation of definitive Security Certificates,
the Company shall execute and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall
authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders, and deliver, in lieu of such
definitive Security Certificates, temporary Security Certificates which are in
substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, with such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by
the rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities are listed, or as
may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company
executing such Security Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the
Security Certificates.
If temporary Security Certificates are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Security Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Security Certificates, the
temporary Security Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Security
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Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Security Certificates at the
Corporate Trust Office, at the expense of the company and without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancelation of any one or more temporary Security
Certificates, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent
shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange
therefor, one or more definitive Security Certificates of authorized
denominations and evidencing a like number of Securities as the temporary
Security Certificate or Security Certificates so surrendered. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Security Certificates shall in all respects evidence
the same benefits and the same obligations with respect to the Securities
evidenced thereby as definitive Security Certificates.
Section 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Agent shall keep at the Corporate Trust Office a register
(the register maintained in such office being herein referred to as the
"Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Agent shall provide for the registration of Security
Certificates and of transfers of Security Certificates (the Agent, in such
capacity, the "Security Registrar").
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security
Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, the Company shall execute and
deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of
the designated transferee or transferees, and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Security Certificates of
any authorized denominations and evidencing a like number of Securities.
At the option of the Holder, Security Certificates may be
exchanged for other Security Certificates, of any authorized denominations and
evidencing a like number of Securities, upon surrender of the Security
Certificates to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office. Whenever any
Security Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall authenticate, execute on
behalf of the Holder, and deliver the Security Certificates which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Security Certificates issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of a Security Certificate shall evidence the ownership of
the same number of Securities and be entitled to the same benefits and
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subject to the same obligations, under this Agreement as the Securities
evidenced by the Security Certificate surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
Every Security Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Agent) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Agent duly executed, by the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or exchange of a Security Certificate, but the Company and the Agent
may require payment from the Holder 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 Security Certificates, other than any
exchanges pursuant to Sections 306 and 805 not involving any transfer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute
and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate,
execute on behalf of the Holder and deliver any Security Certificate presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange on or after the
Final Settlement Date or the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new
Security Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified
above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer
instructions from such Holder, the Agent shall (i) if the Final Settlement Date
has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the
Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Securities evidenced by such Security
Certificate, or (ii) if a Termination Event shall have occurred prior to the
Final Settlement Date, transfer the principal amount or liquidation amount, as
the case may be, of the Pledged Securities evidenced thereby, in each case
subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Article Five hereof.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall
apply only to Global Security Certificates:
(1) Each Global Security Certificate authenticated and executed on behalf
of the Holders under this Agreement shall be registered in the name of
the Depositary designated for such Global Security Certificate or a
nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof
or custodian therefor, an each such Global Security Certificate shall
constitute a single
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Security Certificate for all purposes of this Agreement.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, no Global
Security Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part of Security
Certificates registered, and no transfer for a Global Security
Certificate in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any
Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security Certificate
or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
such Global Security Certificate or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act or (b) there shall have
occurred and be continuing a default by the Company in respect to its
obligations under one or more Purchase Contracts.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security
Certificate for other Security Certificates may be made in whole or in
part, and all Security Certificates issued in exchange for a Global
Security Certificate or any portion thereof shall be registered in
such names as the Depositary for such Global Security Certificate
shall direct.
(4) Every Security Certificate authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a
Global Security Certificate or any portion thereof, whether pursuant
to this Section, Section 304, 306, 509 or 805 or otherwise, shall be
authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered in the
form of, and shall be, a Global Security Certificate, unless such
Security Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than
the Depositary for such Global Security Certificate or a nominee
thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Security Certificates.
If any mutilated Security Certificate is surrendered to the Agent, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall
authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange
therefor, a new Security Certificate, evidencing the same number of Securities
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Agent (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction,
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loss or theft of any Security Certificate, and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Agent that such
Security Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall authenticate,
execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security Certificate, a new Security Certificate,
evidencing the same number of Securities and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to
execute and deliver to the Agent, and the Agent shall not be obligated to
authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, a
Security Certificate on or after the Final Settlement Date or the Termination
Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Security Certificate, upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of
appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Agent
shall (i) if the Final Settlement Date has occurred, deliver the shares of
Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of
the Securities evidenced by such Security Certificate, or (ii) if a Termination
Event shall have occurred prior to the Final Settlement Date, transfer the
principal amount of the Pledged Securities evidenced thereby, in each case
subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable
provisions of Article Five hereof.
Upon the issuance of any new Security Certificate under this Section,
the Company and the Agent may require the payment by the Holder 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
Agent) connected therewith.
Every new Security Certificate issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security Certificate shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company and of the Holder,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security Certificate shall be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and
be subject to all the obligations of this Agreement equally and proportionately
with any and all other Security Certificates delivered hereunder.
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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 settlement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
Certificates.
Section 307. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security Certificate for registration of
transfer, the Company and the Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Agent,
may treat the Person in whose name such Security Certificate is registered as
the owner of the Securities evidenced thereby, for the purpose of receiving
payments of distributions on the Pledged Securities, receiving payments of
Contract Fees, performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not the payment of distributions on the Pledged
Securities or any Contract Fee payable in respect of the Purchase Contracts
constituting a part of the Securities evidenced thereby shall be overdue and
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company nor the
Agent, nor any agent or the Company or the Agent, shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security
Certificate, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Agent or any agent
of the Company or the Agent, from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a
Holder, with respect to such Global Security Certificate or impair, as between
such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security
Certificate, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security
Certificate.
Section 308. Cancellation.
All Security Certificates surrendered for delivery of shares of Common
Stock on or after the Final Settlement Date, transfer of Pledged Securities
after the occurrence of a Termination Event or pursuant to an Early Settlement
or registration of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person
other than the Agent, be delivered to the Agent and, if not already cancelled,
shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Agent for cancellation any Security Certificates previously authenticated,
executed and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Security Certificates so delivered shall, upon
Issuer Order, be promptly cancelled by the Agent. No Security Certificates
shall be authenticated, executed on behalf of
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the Holder and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Security
Certificates cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Security Certificates held by the
Agent shall be disposed of as directed by Issuer Order.
If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall acquire any
Security Certificate, such acquisition shall not operate as a cancellation of
such Security Certificate unless and until such Security Certificate is
delivered to the Agent cancelled or for cancellation.
Section 309. Securities Not Separable.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Security
Certificates to the contrary, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a
Security remains in effect such Security shall not be separable into its
constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such
Security in respect of the Pledged Securities and Purchase Contracts
constituting such Security may be acquired, and may be transferred and
exchanged, only as a Security. Other than a Security Certificate evidencing a
Security, no Holder of a Security, or any transferee thereof, shall be entitled
to receive a certificate evidencing the ownership of Pledged Securities or the
rights and obligations of the Holder and the Company under a Purchase Contract
for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying the Security remains in effect.
ARTICLE FOUR
THE PLEDGED SECURITIES
Section 401. Payment of Distributions; Rights to Distributions Preserved.
Distributions on any Pledged Security which is paid on any Payment
Date shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Agent from the Collateral Agent
as provided by the terms of the Pledge Agreement, be paid to the Person in
whose name the Security Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Security
Certificates) of which such Pledged Security is a part is registered at the
close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Payment Date.
Each Security Certificate evidencing Pledged Securities delivered
under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Security Certificate shall carry the rights to distributions
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by the
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Pledged Securities underlying such other Security Certificate.
In the case of any Security with respect to which Early Settlement of
the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on an Early Settlement Date after
any Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Payment Date,
distributions on the Pledged Securities underlying such Security otherwise
payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date
notwithstanding such Early Settlement, and such distributions shall, subject to
receipt thereof by the Agent, be paid to the Person in whose name the Security
Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Security Certificates) is registered at
the close of business on the Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security
with respect to which Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is
effected on an Early Settlement Date, distributions on the related Pledged
Securities that would otherwise be payable after the Early Settlement Date
shall not be payable hereunder to the Holder of such Security.
Section 402. Transfer of Pledged Securities Upon Occurrence of
Termination Event.
Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and the transfer to the
Agent of the Pledged Securities underlying such Securities pursuant to the
terms of the Pledge Agreement, the Agent shall request transfer instructions
with respect to such Pledged Securities from each Holder of Securities by
written request mailed to such Holder at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, in respect of the Pledged Securities underlying the Security
Certificate held by such Holder. Upon surrender to the Agent of a Security
Certificate with such transfer instructions in proper form for transfer of the
Pledged Securities by Federal Reserve BankWire, book entry transfer through the
facilities of the Depositary Trust Company, or other appropriate procedure, the
Agent shall transfer the Pledged Securities evidenced by such Security
Certificate to such Holder in accordance with such instructions. If a Security
Certificate is not duly surrendered to the Agent with appropriate transfer
instructions, the Agent shall hold the Pledged Securities evidenced by such
Security Certificate as custodian for the Holder of such Security Certificate.
Pledged Securities shall be transferred only in denominations of
$__________ and integral multiples thereof. As promptly as practicable
following the occurrence of a
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Termination Event, the Agent shall determine the excess of (i) the aggregate
principal amount or liquidation preference, as the case may be, of Pledged
Securities underlying the Outstanding Securities over (ii) the aggregate
principal amount or liquidation preference, as the case may be, of Pledged
Securities in denominations of $__________ and integral multiples thereof
transferrable to Holders of record on the date of such Termination Event (such
excess being herein referred to as the "Excess Pledged Securities"). As soon
as practicable after transfer to the Agent of the Pledged Securities underlying
the Outstanding Securities as provided in the Pledge Agreement, the Agent shall
sell the Excess Pledged Securities to or through one or more registered broker
dealers at then prevailing prices. The Agent shall deduct from the proceeds of
such sales all commissions and other out-of-pocket transaction costs incurred
in connection with such sales of Excess Pledged Securities and, until the net
proceeds of such sale or sales have been distributed to Holders of the
Securities, the Agent shall hold such proceeds in trust for the Holders of
Securities. Each Holder shall be entitled to receive a portion, if any, of
such net proceeds in lieu of Pledged Securities with a principal amount of less
than $ determined by multiplying the aggregate amount of such net proceeds
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the fraction of $_____________ in
principal amount of Pledged Securities to which such Holder would otherwise be
entitled (after taking into account all Securities then held by such Holder)
and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of Excess
Pledged Securities.
ARTICLE FIVE
THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS
Section 501. Purchase of Shares of Common Stock.
Each Purchase Contract shall obligate the Holder of the related
Security to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Final Settlement Date at
a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to
the Settlement Rate, unless, on or prior to the Final Settlement Date, there
shall have occurred a Termination Event or an Early Settlement with respect to
the Security of which such Purchase Contract is a part. The "Settlement Rate"
is equal to (a) if the Applicable Market Value (as defined below) is greater
than $____ (the "Threshold Appreciation Price"), __________ of a share of
Common Stock per Purchase Contract, (b) if the Applicable Market Value is less
than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but is greater than the
Stated Amount, a fractional share of
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Common Stock per Purchase Contract equal to the Stated Amount divided by the
Applicable Market Value (rounded upward or downward to the nearest 1/10,000th
of a share) and (c) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the
Stated Amount, one share of Common Stock per Purchase Contract, in each case
subject to adjustment as provided in Section 506. As provided in Section 510,
no fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase
Contracts.
The "Applicable Market Value" means the average of the Closing Prices
per share of Common Stock on each of the twenty consecutive Trading Days ending
on the last Trading Day immediately preceding the Final Settlement Date. The
"Closing Price" of the Common Stock on any date of determination means the
closing sale price (or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale
price) of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") on such
date or, if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE on any such
date, as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed, or if the Common
Stock is not so listed on a United States national or regional securities
exchange, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market, or, if the Common Stock is
not so reported, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-
the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar
organization, or, if such bid price is not available, the market value of the
Common Stock on such date as determined by a nationally recognized independent
investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company. A "Trading
Day" means a day on which the Common Stock (A) is not suspended from trading on
any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter
market at the close of business and (B) has traded at least once on the
national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter
market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.
Each Holder of a Security Certificate evidencing Securities, by his
acceptance thereof, irrevocably authorizes the Agent to enter into and perform
the related Purchase Contracts on his behalf as his attorney-in-fact, agrees to
be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform
his obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions
hereof, irrevocably authorizes the Agent as his attorney-in-fact to enter into
and perform the Pledge Agreement on his behalf as his attorney-in-fact, and
consents to and agrees to be bound by the Pledge of the Pledged Securities
underlying such
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Security Certificate pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. Each Holder of a
Security, by his acceptance thereof, further irrevocably covenants and agrees
that, to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 504 and the Pledge
Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect of principal
or redemption price of the Pledged Securities on the Final Settlement Date
shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such
Holder's obligations under such Purchase Contract and such Holder shall acquire
no right, title or interest in such payments.
Upon registration of transfer of a Security Certificate evidencing
Purchase Contracts, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any
other action on the part of such transferee), under the terms of this
Agreement, the Purchase Contracts evidenced thereby and the Pledge Agreement
and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase
Contracts evidenced by the Security Certificates so transferred. The Company
covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security Certificate, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the
provisions of this paragraph.
Section 502. Contract Fees.
Subject to Section 503, the Company shall pay, on each Payment Date,
the Contract Fees payable in respect of each Purchase Contract to the Person in
whose name the Security Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Security
Certificates) evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered at the close of
business on the Record Date next preceding such Payment Date. The Contract Fee
will be payable at the office of the Agent in the City of New York maintained
for that purpose or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as it appears on the
Security Register.
Each Security Certificate delivered under this Agreement upon
registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
Certificate shall carry the rights to Contract Fees accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such other
Security Certificate.
In the case of any Security with respect to which Early Settlement of
the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on an Early Settlement Date after
any Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Payment Date, Contract
Fees otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment
Date notwithstanding such Early
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Settlement, and such Contract Fees shall be paid to the Person in whose name
the Security Certificate evidencing such Security (or one or more Predecessor
Security Certificates) is registered at the close of business on such Record
Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, in the case of any Security with respect to which Early Settlement of
the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on an Early Settlement Date,
Contract Fees that would otherwise be payable after the Early Settlement Date
with respect to the Purchase Contract underlying such Security shall not be
payable.
Section 503. Deferral of Payment Dates For Contract Fee.
The Company shall have the right, at any time prior to the Final
Settlement Date, to defer the payment of any or all of the Contract Fees
otherwise payable on any Payment Date, but only if the Company shall give the
Holders and the Agent written notice of its election to defer such payment
(specifying the amount to be deferred) at least ten Business Days prior to the
earlier of (i) the next succeeding Payment Date or (ii) the date the Company is
required to give notice of the Record Date or Payment Date with respect to
payment of such Contract Fee to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable
self-regulatory organization or to Holders of the Securities, but in any event
not less than two Business Days prior to such Record Date. Any Contract Fees
so deferred shall bear additional Contract Fees thereon at the rate of per
annum set forth in Appendix _______ hereto (computed on the basis set forth in
Appendix ____), compounding on each succeeding Payment Date, until paid in
full. Deferred Contract Fees (and additional Contract Fees accrued thereon)
shall be due on the next succeeding Payment Date except to the extent that
payment is deferred pursuant to this Section. No Contract Fees may be deferred
to a date that is after the Final Settlement Date or, with respect to any
particular Purchase Contract, Early Settlement thereof.
Section 504. Payment of Purchase Price.
The purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant
to a Purchase Contract shall be paid by application of payments received by the
Company on the Final Settlement Date from the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
Pledge Agreement in respect of the principal or redemption price, as the case
may be, of the Pledged Securities Pledged to secure the obligations of the
relevant Holder under such Purchase Contract. Such application shall satisfy
in full the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the
Security of which such Purchase Contract is a part.
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The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in
respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the
Holder unless it shall have received payment in full of the aggregate purchase
price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner
herein set forth.
Section 505. Issuance of Share of Common Stock.
Unless a Termination Event shall have occurred on or prior to the
Final Settlement Date, on the Final Settlement Date, upon its receipt of
payment in full of the purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased
by the Holders pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Article, and
subject to Section 506(b), the Company shall deposit with the Agent, for the
benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities, one or more certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock registered in the name of the Agent (or
its nominee) as custodian for the Holders (such certificates for shares of
Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect
thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the "Final Settlement Fund") to which
the Holders are entitled hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, upon surrender
of a Security Certificate to the Agent on or after the Final Settlement Date,
together with settlement instructions thereon duly completed and executed, the
Holder of such Security Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange
therefor a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Common Stock
with such Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this
Article Five (after taking into account all Securities then held by such
Holder) together with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section
510 and any dividends or distributions with respect to such shares constituting
part of the Final Settlement Fund, but without any interest thereon, and the
Security Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Such shares
shall be registered in the name of the Holder or the Holder's designee as
specified in the settlement instructions on the Security Certificate.
If any shares of Common Stock issued in respect of a Purchase Contract
are to be registered to a Person other than the Person in whose name the
Security Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered, no such
registration shall be made unless the Person requesting such registration has
paid any transfer and other taxes required by reason of such registration in a
name other than that of the registered Holder of the Security Certificate
evidencing such Purchase Contractor has established to the satisfaction
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of the Company that such tax either has been paid or is not payable.
Section 506. Adjustment of Settlement Rate.
(a) Adjustments for Dividends, Distributions, Stock Splits, Etc.
(1) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or
other distribution on any class of Common Stock of the
Company in Common Stock, the Settlement Rate in effect
at the opening of business on the day following the date
fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or other distribution shall be
increased by dividing such Settlement Rate by a fraction
of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the
date fixed for such determination and the denominator
shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total
number of shares constituting such dividend or other
distribution, such increase to become effective
immediately after the opening of business on the day
following the date fixed for such determination. For
the purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares
of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not
include shares held in the treasury of the Company but
shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip
certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of
Common Stock. The Company will not pay any dividend or
make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in
the treasury of the Company.
(2) In case the Company shall issue rights, options or
warrants to all holders of its Common Stock (not being
available on an equivalent basis to Holders of the
Securities upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts
underlying such Securities) entitling them, for a period
expiring within 45 days after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
rights, options or warrants, to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share
less than the Current Market Price per share of the
Common Stock on the date
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fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such rights, options or warrants (other than
pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan), the
Settlement Rate in effect at the opening of business on
the day following the date fixed for such determination
shall be increased by dividing such Settlement Rate by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of
business on the date fixed for such determination plus
the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate
of the offering price of the total number of shares of
Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase
would purchase at such Current Market Price and the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date
fixed for such determination plus the number of shares
of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase,
such increase to become effective immediately after the
opening of business on the day following the date fixed
for such determination. For the purposes of this
paragraph (2), the number of shares of Common Stock at
any time outstanding shall not include shares held in
the treasury of the Company but shall include shares
issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu
of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company
shall not issue any such rights, options or warrants in
respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury
of the Company.
(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common
Stock, the Settlement Rate in effect at the opening of
business on the day following the day upon which such
subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately
increased, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares
of Common Stock shall each be combined into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock, the Settlement Rate in
effect at the opening of business on the day following
the day upon which such combination becomes effective
shall be proportionately reduced, such increase or
reduction, as the case may be, to become
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effective immediately after the opening of business on
the day following the day upon which such subdivision or
combination becomes effective.
(4) In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences
of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but
excluding any rights or warrants referred to in
paragraph (2) of this Section, any dividend or
distribution paid exclusively in cash and any dividend
or distribution refereed to in paragraph (1) of this
Section), the Settlement Rate shall be adjusted so that
the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the
Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close
of business on the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the Current
Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date
fixed for such determination less the then fair market
value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive and described in a
Board Resolution filed with the Agent) of the portion of
the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock and the
denominator shall all be such Current market Price per
share of the Common Stock, such adjustment to become
effective immediately prior to the opening of business
on the day following the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
distribution. In any case in which this paragraph (4)
is applicable, paragraph (2) of this Section shall not
be applicable.
(5) In case the company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash
(excluding any cash that is distributed in a
Reorganization Event to which Section 506(b) applies or
as part of a distribution referred to in paragraph (4)
of this Section) in an aggregate amount that, combined
together with (I) the aggregate amount of any other
distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made
exclusively
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in cash within the 12 months preceding the date of
payment of such distribution and in respect of which no
adjustment pursuant to this paragraph (5) or paragraph
(6) of this Section has been made and (II) the aggregate
of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined by
the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) of
consideration payable in respect of any tender or
exchange offer by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
of all or any portion of the Common Stock concluded
within the 12 months preceding the date of payment of
such distribution and in respect of which no adjustment
pursuant to this paragraph (5) or paragraph (6) of this
Section has been made, exceeds 10% of the product of the
Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on
the date for the determination of holders of shares of
Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution times
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such
date, then, and in each such case, immediately after the
close of business on such date for determination, the
Settlement Rate shall be increased so that the same
shall equal the rate determined by dividing the
Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close
of business on the date fixed for determination of the
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be equal to
the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock
on the date fixed for such determination less an amount
equal to the quotient of (x) the excess of such combined
amount over such 10% and (y) the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding on such date for determination
and (ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the
Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on
such date for determination.
(6) In case a tender or exchange offer made by the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion
of the Common stock shall expire and such tender or
exchange offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof)
shall require the payment to stockholders (based on the
acceptance (up to
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any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or
exchange offer) of Purchased Shares) of an aggregate
consideration having a fair market value (as determined
by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be
conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) that
combined together with (I) the aggregate of the cash
plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board
of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive
and described in a Board Resolution), as of the
expiration of such tender or exchange offer, of
consideration payable in respect of any other tender or
exchange offer, by the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock
expiring within the 12 months preceding the expiration
of such tender or exchange offer and in respect of which
no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section
or this paragraph (6) has been made and (II) the
aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of
the Company's Common Stock made exclusively in cash
within 12 months preceding the expiration of such tender
or exchange offer and in respect of which no adjustment
pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section or this
paragraph (6) has been made, exceeds 10% of the product
of the Current Market Price per share of the Common
Stock as of the last time (the "Expiration Time")
tenders could have been made pursuant to such tender or
exchange offer (as it may be amended) times the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any
tendered shares) on the Expiration Time, then, and in
each such case, immediately prior to the opening of
business on the day after the date of the Expiration
Time, the Settlement Rate shall be adjusted so that the
same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the
Settlement Rate immediately prior to close of business
on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction (i) the
numerator of which shall be equal to (A) the product of
(I) the Current Market Price per share of the Common
Stock on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including
any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time less (B) the
amount of
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cash plus the fair market value (determined as
aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to
stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum
specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer)
of Purchased shares, and (ii) the denominator of which
shall be equal to the product of (A) the Current Market
Price per share of the Common Stock as of the Expiration
Time and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the
Expiration Time less the number of all shares validly
tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time
(the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum
being referred to as the "Purchased Shares").
(7) The reclassification of Common Stock into securities
including securities other than Common Stock (other than
any reclassification upon a Reorganization Event to
which Section 506(b) applies) shall be deemed to involve
(a) a distribution of such securities other than Common
Stock to all holders of Common Stock (and the effective
date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be "the
date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such distribution" and the "date
fixed for such determination" within the meaning of
paragraph (4) of this Section), and (b) a subdivision or
combination, as the case may be, of the number of share
of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
reclassification into the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately thereafter (and the
effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed
to be "the day upon which such subdivision becomes
effective" or "the day upon which such combination
becomes effective", as the case may be, and "the day
upon which such subdivision or combination becomes
effective" within the meaning of paragraph (3) of this
Section).
(8) The "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on
any day means the average of the daily Closing Prices
for the 5 consecutive Trading Days selected by the
Company commencing not more than 20 Trading
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Days before, and ending not later than, the earlier of
the day in question and the day before the "ex" date
with respect to the issuance or distribution requiring
such computation. For purposes of this paragraph, the
term "'ex' date", when used with respect to any issuance
or distribution, shall mean the first date on which the
Common Stock trades regular way on such exchange or in
such market without the right to receive such issuance
or distribution.
(9) All adjustments to the Settlement Rate shall be
calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of
Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of
a share to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No
adjustment in the Settlement Rate shall be required
unless such adjustment would require an increase or
decrease of at least one percent therein; provided,
however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
subparagraph are not required to be made shall be
carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent
adjustment. If an adjustment is made to the Settlement
Rate pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6),
(7) or (10) of this Section 506(a), an adjustment shall
also be made to the Applicable Market Value solely to
determine which of clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the
definition of Settlement Rate in Section 501 will apply
on the Final Settlement Date. Such adjustment shall be
made by multiplying the Applicable Market Value by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the Settlement
Rate in clause (c) of the Settlement Rate definition in
Section 501 immediately after such adjustment pursuant
to paragraph (1),(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) or (10) of
this Section 506(a) and the denominator shall be the
Settlement Rate in clause (c) of the Settlement Rate
definition in Section 501 immediately before such
adjustment.
(10) The Company may make such increases in the Settlement
Rate, in addition to those required by this Section, as it
considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any
income tax to any holders of shares of common Stock resulting
from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance
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of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or
from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for
any other reasons.
(b) Adjustment for Consolidation, Merger or Other Reorganization
Event.
In the event of (i) any consolidation or merger of the Company, with
or into another Person (other than a merger or consolidation in which
the Company is the Continuing corporation and in which the Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation is
not exchanged for cash, securities or other property of the Company or
another corporation), (ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to
another Person of the property of the Company as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety, (iii) any statutory exchange of
securities of the Company with another person (other than in
connection with a merger or acquisition) or (iv) any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company (any such event, a
"Reorganization Event"), the Settlement Rate will be adjusted to
provide that each Holder of Securities will receive on the Final
Settlement Date with respect to each Purchase Contract forming a part
thereof, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such Reorganization Event by a Holder of the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable on account of each Purchase Contract
if the Final Settlement Date had occurred immediately prior to such
Reorganization Event, assuming such Holder of Common Stock is not a
Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company
merged or which merged into the Company or to which such sale or
transfer was made, as the case may be ("constituent Person"), or an
Affiliate of a constituent Person, and failed to exercise his rights
of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and
other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event (provided
that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each
share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization
event by other than a constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and
in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been
exercised ("nonelecting share"), then for the purpose of this Section
the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable
upon such Reorganization Event by each nonelecting share shall be
deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a
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plurality of the nonelecting shares). In the event of such a
Reorganization Event, the Person formed by such consolidation, merger
or exchange or the Person which acquires the assets of the Company or,
in the event of a liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the
Company or a liquidating trust created in connection therewith, shall
execute and deliver to the Agent an agreement supplemental hereto
providing that the Holders of each Outstanding Security shall have the
rights provided by this Section 506. Such supplemental agreement
shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the
effective date of such supplemental agreement, shall be as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in
this Section. The above provisions of this Section shall similarly
apply to successive Reorganization Events.
Section 507. Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events.
(a) Whenever the settlement Rate is adjusted as herein provided,
the Company shall:
(i) forthwith compute the adjusted Settlement Rate in
accordance with Section 506 and prepare and transmit to
the Agent an Officer's Certificate setting forth the
Settlement Rate, the method of calculation thereof in
reasonable detail, and the acts requiring such
adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and
(ii) within 10 Business Days following the occurrence of an
event that permits or requires an adjustment to the
Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 506 (or if the
Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as
practicable after becoming so aware), provide a written
notice to the Holders of the Securities of the
occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable
detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment
to the Settlement Rate was determined and setting forth
the adjusted Settlement Rate.
(b) The Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or
responsibility to any holder of Securities to determine
whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of
the Settlement Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent
or
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calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect
to the method employed in making the same. The Agent shall
not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or
the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any
securities or property, which may at the time be issued or
delivered with respect to any Purchase Contract; and the Agent
makes no representation with respect thereto. The Agent shall
not be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue,
transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to a
Purchase Contract or to comply with any of the duties,
responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this
Article.
Section 508. Termination Event; Notice.
The Purchase Contracts and the obligations and rights of the
Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights
of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract
Fee, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of
any notice or action by any Holder, the Agent or the Company, if, on or prior
to the Final Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon
the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to
the Agent, the Collateral Agent and to the Holders, at their addresses as they
appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a
Termination Event, the Securities shall thereafter represent the right to
receive the Pledged Securities forming a part of such Securities in accordance
with the provisions of Section 402 and the Pledge Agreement.
Section 509. Early Settlement.
(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this
Section 509 at the option of the Holder thereof, any Purchase
Contracts underlying securities having an aggregate Stated
Amount to $____________ or an integral multiple thereof may be
settled early ("Early Settlement") as provided herein. In
order to exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with
respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Security
Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contracts shall deliver
such Security Certificate to the Agent at the Corporate Trust
Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank
with the form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse
thereof
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duly completed and accompanied by payment in the form of a
certified or cashier's check payable to the order of the
Company in immediately available funds in an amount (the
"Early Settlement Amount") equal to (i) the product of (A) the
Stated Amount times (B) the number of Purchase Contracts with
respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early
Settlement minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Contract Fees,
if any, otherwise payable on or prior to the immediately
preceding Payment Date deferred at the option of the Company
pursuant to Section 503 and remaining unpaid as of such
immediately preceding Payment Date plus (iii) if such delivery
is made with respect to any Purchase Contracts during the
period from the close of business on any Record Date next
preceding any Payment Date to the opening of business on such
Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of (x) the Contract
Fees payable on such Payment Date with respect to such
Purchase Contracts plus (y) the distributions on the related
Pledged Securities payable on such Payment Date. Except as
provided in the immediately preceding sentence and subject to
the last paragraph of Section 502, no payment or adjustment
shall be made upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contract
on account of any Contract Fees accrued on such Purchase
Contract or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock
issued upon such Early Settlement. If the foregoing
requirements are first satisfied with respect to Purchase
Contracts underlying any Securities at or prior to 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on a Business Day, such day shall be the
"Early Settlement Date" with respect to such Securities and if
such requirements are first satisfied after 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on a Business Day or on a day that is not a
Business Day, the "Early Settlement Date" with respect to such
Securities shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
(b) Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the
related Securities, the Company shall issue, and the Holder
shall be entitled to receive, a number of shares of Common
Stock on account of each Purchase Contract as to which Early
Settlement is effected equal to the Early Settlement Rate.
The Early Settlement Rate shall initially be equal to
__________ and shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the
same time as the Settlement Rate is adjusted. As promptly
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as practicable after Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 509, the
Company shall issue and shall deliver to the Agent at the
Corporate Trust Office a certificate or certificates for the
full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Early
Settlement together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a
share, as provided in Section 510.
(c) The Company shall cause the shares of Common Stock issuable,
and Pledged Securities deliverable, upon Early Settlement of
Purchase Contracts to be issued and delivered, in the case of
such shares of Common Stock, and released from the Pledge by
the Collateral Agent and transferred, in the case of such
Pledged Securities, to the Agent, for delivery to the Holder
thereof or its designee, no later than the third Business Day
after the applicable Early Settlement Date.
(d) Upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts, and subject
to receipt thereof from the Company or the Collateral Agent,
as applicable, the Agent shall, in accordance with the
instructions provided by the Holder thereof on the applicable
form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse of the
Security Certificate evidencing the related Securities, (i)
transfer the Pledged Securities forming a part of such
Securities and (ii) deliver a certificate or certificates for
the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
Early Settlement together with payment in lieu of any fraction
of a share, as provided in Section 510.
(e) In the event that Early Settlement is effected with respect to
Purchase Contracts underlying less than all the Securities
evidenced by a Security Certificate, upon such Early
Settlement the Company shall execute and the Agent shall
authenticate, countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof,
at the expense of the Company, a Security Certificate
evidencing the Securities as to which Early Settlement was not
effected.
Section 510. No Fractional Shares.
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares
of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered upon settlement on the Final
Settlement Date or upon Early Settlement of any purchase Contracts. If
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Security Certificates evidencing more than one Purchase Contract shall be
surrendered for settlement at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares of Common Stock which at one time by the same Holder, the number of full
shares of Common Stock which shall be delivered upon settlement shall be
computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Purchase Contracts evidenced
by the Security Certificates so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share
of Common Stock which would otherwise be deliverable upon settlement of any
Purchase Contracts on the Final Settlement Date or upon Early Settlement, the
Company, through the Agent, shall make a cash payment in respect of such
fractional interest in an amount equal to the value of such fractional shares
at the Closing Price per share on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
Final Settlement Date or the related Early Settlement Date, respectively. The
Company shall provide the Agent from time to time with sufficient funds to
permit the Agent to make all cash payments required by this Section 510 in a
timely manner.
Section 511. Charges and Taxes.
The Company will pay all stock transfer and similar taxes
attributable to the initial issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock
pursuant to the Purchase Contracts; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to pay any such tax or taxes which may be payable in respect to
any exchange of or substitution for a Security Certificate evidencing a
Purchase Contract or any issuance of a share of Common Stock in a name other
than that of the registered Holder of a Security Certificate surrendered in
respect of the Purchase Contracts evidenced thereby, other than in the name of
the Agent, as custodian for such Holder, and the Company shall not be required
to issue or deliver such share certificates or Security Certificates unless or
until the Person or Persons requesting the transfer or issuance thereof shall
have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to
the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
ARTICLE SIX
REMEDIES
Section 6.01. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Contract Fee.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional (subject to the right of the Company to defer payment thereof
pursuant to Section
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503), to receive payment of each installment of the Contract Fee with respect
to the Purchase Contract constituting a party of such Security on the
respective Payment Date for such Security and to purchase Common Stock pursuant
to such Purchase Contract and, in each such case, to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment and right to purchase Common Stock, and such
rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.02. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If any Holder of Securities has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determine adversely to
such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, the Company and such Holder shall be restored severally and
respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 6.03. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security Certificate in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Holders of Securities 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 604. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of any Holder to exercise any right or
remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such
right. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Holders
may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by
such Holders.
Section 6.05. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Agreement agree, and each Holder of any
Security by his acceptance of the Security Certificate evidencing such Security
shall be deemed to have
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agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit against
the Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Agent, 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; provided that the provisions of this Section shall not
apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the
Agent, to any suit instituted by any Holder of Securities, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Securities, or to any
suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
distributions on any Pledged Security or the Contract Fee on any Purchase
Contract on or after the respective Payment Date therefor constituting a part
of the Securities held by such Holder, or for enforcement of the right to
purchase shares of Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts constituting a
part of the Securities held by such Holder.
Section 6.06. 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 enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Agreement; 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 Agent or the Holders, but will
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had
been enacted.
ARTICLE SEVEN
THE AGENT
Section 7.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The Agent undertakes to perform, with respect to the
Securities, such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Agreement against the Agent; and in the absence of bad
faith or negligence on its part, the Agent may, with
respect to the Securities,
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conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and
the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Agent and
conforming to the requirements of this Agreement, but in
the case of any certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Agent, the Agent shall be under a duty
to examine the same to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Agreement.
(b) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to
relieve the Agent from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own
wilful misconduct, except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to
limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section;
(2) the Agent shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Agent was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) no provision of this Agreement shall require
the Agent to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in
the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such
funds or adequate indemnity against such risk
or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Agent shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 702. Notice of Default.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default by the
Company hereunder, of which a Responsible Officer of
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the Agent has actual knowledge, the Agent shall transmit by mail to all Holders
of Securities, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register,
notice of such default hereunder, unless such default shall have been cured or
waived.
Section 703. Certain Rights of Agent.
Subject to the provisions of Section 701:
(a) the Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer's Certificate, Issuer
Order or Issuer Request, and any resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Agent
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Agent (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely
upon an Officer's Certificate of the Company;
(d) the Agent may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and
in reliance thereon;
(e) the Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other
evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Agent, in its discretion, may make reasonable further inquiry
or investigation
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into such facts or matters related to the issuance of the
Securities and the execution, delivery and performance of the
Purchase Contracts as it may see fit, and, if the Agent shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and promises
of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(f) the Agent may execute any of its powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents
or attorneys and the Agent shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Security Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Agent makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Securities. The Agent
shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the
proceeds in respect of the Purchase Contracts.
Section 705. May Hold Securities.
Any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, or
the Agent, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Security Registrar or such other agent, or
the Agent.
Section 706. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Agent in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from the other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Agent shall be under no obligation to invest or pay interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 707. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
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(1) to pay to the Agent from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder;
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Agent in
accordance with any provision of this Agreement (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of
its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement
or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Agent and any predecessor Agent for, and to
hold each of them 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 its duties hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of
any of its powers or duties hereunder.
Section 708. Corporate Agent Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be an Agent 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 $100,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or State authority and having its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York, if there be such a corporation in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York qualified and eligible under this
Article and willing to act on reasonable terms. If such corporation publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report
of condition so published. If at any time the Agent shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
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Section 709. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Agent and no appointment of a
successor Agent pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Agent in accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section 710.
(b) The Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Company 60 days prior to the effective date of
such resignation. If the instrument of acceptance by a
successor Agent required by Section 710 shall not have been
delivered to the Agent within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Agent may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Agent.
(c) The Agent may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of
a majority in number of the Outstanding Securities delivered
to the Agent and the Company.
(d) If at any time
(1) the Agent fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the
TIA, as if the Agent were an indenture trustee under an
indenture qualified under the TIA, after written request
therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
or
(2) the Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 708
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor
by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the
Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Agent
or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in
any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may
remove the Agent, or (ii) any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
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may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the removal of the Agent and the appointment of a
successor Agent.
(e) If the Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Agent for
any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Agent and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 710. If no successor Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Company and accepted appointment in
the manner required by Section 710, any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on
behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Agent.
(f) The Company shall give, or shall cause such successor Agent to
give, notice of each resignation and each removal of the Agent
and each appointment of a successor Agent by mailing written
notice of such event by first class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name
of the successor Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
Section 710. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Agent,
every such successor Agent so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon
the resignation or removal of the retiring Agent shall become
effective and such successor Agent, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, agencies and duties of the retiring Agent; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor Agent, such retiring
Agent shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver
an instrument transferring to such successor Agent all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Agent and shall duly
assign, transfer and deliver
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to such successor Agent all property and money held by such
retiring Agent hereunder.
(b) Upon request of any such successor Agent, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Agent all such
rights, powers and agencies referred to in paragraph (a) of
this Section.
(c) No successor Agent shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Agent shall be
qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 711. Merger, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the 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 the Agent shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate
trust business of the Agent, shall be the successor of the Agent hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Security Certificates shall
have been authenticated and executed on behalf of the Holders, but not
delivered, by the Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such Agent may adopt such authentication and execution and
deliver the Security Certificates so authenticated and executed with the same
effect as if such successor Agent had itself authenticated and executed such
Securities.
Section 712. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders
received by the Agent in its capacity as Security Registrar.
(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "applicants")
apply in writing to the Agent, and furnish to the Agent
reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security
for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the
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applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with
respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the
Securities and its accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy
or other communication which such applicants propose to
transmit, then the Agent shall, within five Business Days
after the receipt of such application, afford such applicants
access to the information preserved at the time by the Agent
in accordance with Section 712(a).
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
Security Certificates evidencing the same, agrees with the
Company and the Agent that none of the Company, the Agent nor
any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason
of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and
addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 712(b),
regardless of the source from which such information was
derived.
Section 713. No Obligations of Agent.
Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Agent assumes no obligations and shall not be subject to any liability under
this Agreement or any Purchase Contract in respect of the obligations of the
Holder of any Security thereunder. The Company agrees, and each Holder of a
Security Certificate, by his acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have
agreed, that the Agent's execution of the Security Certificates on behalf of
the Holders shall be solely as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders, and
that the Agent shall have no obligations to perform such Purchase Contracts on
behalf of the Holders, except to the extent expressly provided in Article Five
hereof.
Section 714. Tax Compliance.
(a) The Agent, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Company,
will comply with all applicable certification, information
reporting and withholding (including "backup" withholding)
requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations or
administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made
with respect to the Securities or (ii) the issuance, delivery,
holding, transfer, redemption or exercise of rights under the
Securities. Such compliance shall include, without
limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required
returns and the
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timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the
appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent.
(b) The Agent shall comply with any direction received from the
Company with respect to the application of such requirements
to particular payments or Holders or in other particular
circumstances, and may for purposes of this Agreement rely on
any such direction in accordance with the provisions of
Section 701(a)(2) hereof.
(c) The Agent shall maintain all appropriate records documenting
compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records
available on request to the Company or to its authorized
representative.
ARTICLE EIGHT
SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS
Section 801. Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Agent,
at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements
supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Agent, for any
of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Security Certificates; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred
upon the Company; or
(3) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Agent; or
(4) to make provision with respect to the rights of Holders
pursuant to the requirements of Section 506(b); or
(5) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to such
matters or questions arising under this Agreement, provided
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such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders.
Section 802. Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding
Securities delivered to the Company and the Agent, the Company when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Agent may enter into an agreement or agreements
supplemental hereto for the purpose of modifying in the manner the terms of the
Securities, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in
respect of the Securities, provided, however, that no such supplemental
agreement shall, without the consent of the Holder of Each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) change any Payment Date;
(2) change the amount or type of Pledged Securities underlying a
Security, impair the right of the Holder of any Security to
receive distribution payments on the underlying Pledged
Securities or otherwise adversely affect the Holder's rights
in or to such Pledged Securities;
(3) reduce any Contract Fee or change any place where, or the coin
or currency in which, any Contract Fee is payable;
(4) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
Purchase Contract;
(5) reduce the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased
pursuant to any Purchase Contract, increase the price to
purchase shares of Common Stock upon settlement of any
Purchase Contract, change the Final Settlement Date or
otherwise adversely affect the Holder's rights under any
Purchase Contract; or
(6) reduce the percentage of the Outstanding Securities the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
agreement.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental agreement,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
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Section 803. Execution of Supplemental Agreements.
In executing, or accepting the additional agencies created by,
any supplemental agreement permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the agencies created by this Agreement, the Agent shall be entitled
to receive and (subject to Section 701) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
agreement is authorized or permitted by this Agreement. The Agent may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental agreement which
affects the Agent's own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or
otherwise.
Section 804. Effect of Supplemental Agreements.
Upon the execution of any supplemental agreement under this
Article, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental agreement shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes;
and every Holder of Security Certificates theretofore or thereafter
authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder shall
be bound thereby.
Section 805. Reference to Supplemental Agreements.
Security Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the
Holders and delivered after the execution of any supplemental agreement
pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Agent, bear a
notation in form approved by the Agent as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental agreement. If the Company shall so determine, new Security
Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Agent and the
Company, to any such supplemental agreement may be prepared and executed by the
Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by
the Agent in exchange for Outstanding Security Certificates.
ARTICLE NINE
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 901. Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate, Sell or Convey Property
Except Under Certain Conditions.
The Company covenants that it will not merge or consolidate
with any other Person or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets
to any Person, except that the Company may merge or consolidate with, or sell
or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, any other Person, provided
that (i) the Company shall be the continuing
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corporation, or the successor (if other than the Company) shall be a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or a State thereof and such corporation shall assume the obligations of
the Company under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement and the Pledge
Agreement by one or more supplemental agreements in form satisfactory to the
Agent and the Collateral Agent, executed and delivered to the Agent and the
Collateral Agent by such corporation, and (ii) the Company or such successor
corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or
consolidation, or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of
any covenant or condition hereunder, under any of the Securities or under the
Pledge Agreement.
Section 902. Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
and upon any such assumption by the successor corporation, such successor
corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same
effect as if it had been named herein as the Company. Such successor
corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own
name or in the name of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., any or all of the
Security Certificates evidencing Securities issuable hereunder which
theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the
Agent; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead of the
Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Agreement prescribed, the Agent shall authenticate and execute on behalf of the
Holders and deliver any Security Certificates which previously shall have been
signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Agent for
authentication and execution, and any Security Certificate evidencing
Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed
and delivered to the Agent for that purpose. All the Security Certificates so
issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Agreement as the Security Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Security
Certificates had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance
such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Security Certificates evidencing Securities thereafter to be issued as may be
appropriate.
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Section 903. Opinion of Counsel to Agent.
The Agent, subject to Sections 701 and 703, may receive an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance, and any such assumption, complies with the provisions of
this Article.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Performance Under Purchase Contracts.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the
Holders from time to time of the Securities that it will duly and punctually
perform its obligations under the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the
terms of the Purchase Contracts and this Agreement.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York an office or agency where Security Certificates may be
presented or surrendered for acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon
settlement or Early Settlement and for transfer of Pledged Securities upon
occurrence of a Termination Event, where Security Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Agreement
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Agent of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Agent with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office, and the Company hereby appoints the Agent as its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where Security Certificates may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall
in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such purposes.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Agent of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the
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location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby designates as
the place of payment for the Securities the Corporate Trust Office and appoints
the Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as paying agent in such city.
Section 1003. Company to Reserve Common Stock.
The Company shall at all times prior to the Final Settlement
Date reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock the full number of shares of Common Stock
issuable against tender of payment in respect of all Purchase Contracts
constituting a part of the Securities evidenced by Outstanding Security
Certificates.
Section 1004. Covenants as to Common Stock.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which
may be issued against tender of payment in respect of any Purchase Contract
constituting a part of the Outstanding Securities will, upon issuance, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Section 1005. Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Agent, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officer's Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of
any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof, and if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. [AGENT] Agent
By: By:
Attested by Attested by
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EXHIBIT A
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
___% ____________ SECURITIES
(STATED AMOUNT $___ PER SECURITY)
No. Securities
This Security Certificate certifies that is the registered
Holder of the number of Securities set forth above. Each Security represents
ownership by the Holder of ____% United States Pledged Securities due _________
("Pledged Securities") with a principal amount equal to the Stated Amount,
subject to the Pledge of such Pledged Securities by such Holder pursuant to the
Pledge Agreement, and the rights and obligations of the Holder under one
Purchase Contract with Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a Texas corporation
(the "Company").
Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the Pledged Securities
constituting part of each Security evidenced hereby have been pledged to the
Collateral Agent to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase
Contract constituting part of such Security.
The Pledge Agreement provides that all payments of principal
of, or distributions on, any Pledged Securities constituting part of the
Securities received by the Collateral Agent shall be paid by the Collateral
Agent by wire transfer in same day funds no later than , ______________
time, on the Business Day such payment is received by the Collateral Agent
(provided that in the event such payment is received by the Collateral Agent on
a day that is not a Business Day or after , ______________ time, on a
Business Day, then such payment shall be made no later than ,
______________ time, on the next succeeding Business Day) (i) in the case of
(A) distributions payments and (B) any principal payments with respect to any
Pledged Securities that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the
Pledge Agreement, to the Agent to the account designated by it for such purpose
and (ii) in the case of principal payments on any Pledged Securities (as
defined in the Pledge Agreement), to the Company, in full satisfaction of the
respective obligations of the Holders of the Securities of which such Pledged
Treasury Securities are a part under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of
such Securities. Distributions on any Pledged Security forming part of a
Security evidenced hereby which is paid on any or, commencing, 1995 (a "Payment
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Date"), shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Agent from the Collateral
Agent, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security Certificate (or a
Predecessor Security Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the
Record Date next preceding such Payment Date.
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder
of this Security Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on
___________, (the "Final Settlement Date"), at a price equal to $_________ (the
"Stated Amount"), a number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock"), of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless on or
prior to the Final Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination
Event or Early Settlement with respect to the Security of which such Purchase
Contract is a part, all as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more
fully described on the reverse hereof. The purchase price for the shares of
Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if
not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Final Settlement Date by application of
payment received in respect of the principal of the Pledged Securities pledged
to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the
Security of which such Purchase Contract is a part.
The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of
each Purchase Contract forming part of a Security evidenced hereby a fee (the
"Contract Fee") equal to ___% per annum of the Stated Amount, from __________,
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 or
366 days, as the case may be, subject to deferral at the option of the Company
as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and more fully described on the
reverse hereof. Such Contract Fee shall be payable to the Person in whose name
this Security Certificate (or a Predecessor Security Certificate) is registered
at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Payment Date.
Distributions on the Pledged Securities and the Contract Fee
will be payable at the office of the Agent in The City of New York or, at the
option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address appears on the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth
on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Agent by manual signature, this Security Certificate shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Pledge Agreement or the Purchase Contract
Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
Attest:
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the
Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby)
By:
as Attorney-in-Fact of such Holder
By:
Dated:
This is one of the Security Certificates referred to in the
within mentioned Purchase Contract Agreement.
_____________________________,
as Agent
By:
Form of Reverse of Security Certificate
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a
Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of ____________ (the "Purchase Contract
Agreement"), between the Company and __________, as Agent (herein called the
"Agent"), to which Purchase Contract Agreement and supplemental agreements
thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Agent, the Company, and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Security
Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.
Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder
of this Security Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Final
Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of shares of
Common
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Stock of the Company equal to the Settlement Rate, unless, on or prior to the
Final Settlement Date, there shall have occurred a Termination Event or an
Early Settlement with respect to the Security of which such Purchase Contract
is a part. The "Settlement Rate" is equal to (a) if the Applicable Market
Value (as defined below) is greater than $_________ (the "Threshold
Appreciation Price"), of a share of Common Stock per Purchase Contract, (b) if
the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation
Price but is greater than the Stated Amount, a fractional share of Common Stock
per Purchase Contract equal to the Stated Amount divided by the Applicable
Market Value and (c) if the Applicable Market Amount is less than or equal to
the Stated Amount, one share of Common Stock per Purchase Contract, in each
case subject to adjustment as provided in the Purchase Contract. No fractional
shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as
provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
The "Applicable Market Value" means the average of the Closing
Prices per share of Common Stock on each of the twenty consecutive Trading Days
ending on the last Trading Day immediately preceding the Final Settlement Date.
The "Closing Price" of the Common Stock on any date of determination means the
closing sale price (or, if no closing price is reported, the last reported sale
price) of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") on such
date or, if the Common Stock is not listed for trading on the NYSE on any such
date, as reported in the composite transactions for the principal United States
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so listed, or if the Common
Stock is not so listed on a United States national or regional securities
exchange, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market, or, if the Common Stock is
not so reported, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-
the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar
organization, or, if such bid price is not available, the market value of the
Common Stock on such date as determined by a nationally recognized independent
investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company. A "Trading
Day" means a day on which the Common Stock (A) is not suspended from trading on
any national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter
market at the close of business and (B) has traded at least once on the
national or regional securities exchange or association or over-the-counter
market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.
The purchase price for the shares of Common Stock purchased
pursuant to each Purchase Contract shall be paid
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by application of payments received by the Company on the Final Settlement Date
from the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement in respect of the
principal of the Pledged Securities Pledged to secure the obligations of the
relevant Holder under such Purchase Contract. The Company shall not be
obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract
or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have
received payment in full of the aggregate purchase price for the shares of
Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.
Subject to the next succeeding paragraph, the Company shall
pay, on each Payment Date, the Contract Fee payable in respect of each Purchase
Contract to the Person in whose name the Security Certificate evidencing such
Purchase Contract is registered at the close of business on the Record Date
next preceding such Payment Date. Contract Fees will be payable at the office
of the Agent in The City of New York or, at the option of the Company, by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as it
appears on the Security Register.
The Company shall have the right, at any time prior to the
Final Settlement Date, to defer the payment of any or all of the Contract Fees
otherwise payable on any Payment Date, but only if the Company shall give the
Holders and the Agent written notice of its election to defer such payment
(specifying the amount to be deferred) as provided in the Purchase Contract
Agreement. Any Contract Fees so deferred shall bear additional Contract Fees
thereon at the rate of per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed in a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be), compounding on
each succeeding Payment Date, until paid in full. Deferred Contract Fees (and
additional Contract Fees accrued thereon) shall be due on the next succeeding
Payment Date except to the extent that payment is deferred pursuant to the
Purchase Contract Agreement. No Contract Fees may be deferred to a date that
is after the Final Settlement Date.
The Purchase Contracts and the obligations and rights of the
Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights
of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract
Fee, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of
any notice or action by any Holder, the Agent or the Company, if, on or prior
to the Final Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred. Upon
the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to
the Agent and to the Holders, at their
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addresses as they appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the
occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the
Pledged Securities from the Pledge. The Securities shall thereafter represent
the right to receive the Pledged Securities forming a part of such Securities
in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement and the
Pledge Agreement.
Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the
Purchase Contract Agreement at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase
Contracts underlying securities having an aggregate Stated Amount equal to
$_________ or an integral multiple thereof may be settled early ("Early
Settlement") as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement. In order to
exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase
Contracts evidenced by this Security Certificate, the Holder of this Security
Certificate shall deliver this Security Certificate to the Agent at the
Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company on in blank
with the form of Election to Settle Early set forth below duly completed and
accompanied by payment in the form of a certified or cashier's check payable to
the order of the Company in immediately available funds in an amount (the
"Early Settlement Amount") equal to (i) the product of (A) the Stated Amount
times (B) the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has
elected to effect Early Settlement minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Contract
Fees, if any, otherwise payable on or prior to the immediately preceding
Payment Date deferred at the option of the Company pursuant to the Purchase
Contract Agreement and remaining unpaid as of such immediately preceding
Payment Date plus (iii) if such delivery is made with respect to any Purchase
Contracts during the period from the close of business on any Record Date next
preceding any Payment Date to the opening of business on such Payment Date, an
amount equal to the sum of (x) the Contract Fees payable on such Payment Date
with respect to such Purchase Contracts plus (y) the distributions with respect
to the related Pledged Securities payable on such Payment Date. Upon Early
Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Securities, the
Pledged Securities underlying such Securities shall be released from the Pledge
as provided in the Pledge Agreement and the Holder shall be entitled to
receive, a number of shares of Common Stock on account of each Purchase
Contract forming part of a Security as to which Early Settlement is effected
equal to the Early Settlement Rate. The Early Settlement Rate shall initially
be equal to and shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as
the Settlement Rate is adjusted as provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement.
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The Security Certificates are issuable only in registered form
and only in denominations of a single Security and any integral multiple
thereof. The transfer of any Security Certificate will be registered and
Security Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract
Agreement. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents permitted by the
Purchase Contract Agreement. No service charge shall be required for any such
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company and the Agent may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith. For so long as the Purchase Contract
underlying a Security remains in effect, such Security shall not be separable
into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of
such Security in respect of the Pledged Securities and Purchase Contract
constituting such Security may be transferred and exchanged only as a Security.
Upon registration of transfer of this Security Certificate,
the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the
part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Agent pursuant to the
Purchase Contract Agreement), under the terms of the Purchase Contract
Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall
be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this
Security Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by his
acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions
of this paragraph.
The Holder of this Security Certificate, by his acceptance
hereof, authorizes the Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase
Contracts forming part of the Securities evidenced hereby on his behalf as his
attorney-in-fact, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof,
covenants and agrees to perform his obligations under such Purchase Contracts,
consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract Agreement, authorizes the
Agent to enter into and perform the Pledged Agreement on his behalf as his
attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Pledged Securities
underlying this Security Certificate pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. The
Holder further covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner
provided in the Purchase Contract Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, but
subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect of principal of the Pledged
Securities on the Final Settlement Date shall be paid by the Collateral Agent
to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder's obligations under
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such Purchase Contract and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or
interest in such payments.
Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase
Contract Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of at least a
majority of the Outstanding Securities.
All terms used herein which are defined in the Purchase
Contract Agreement have the meanings set forth therein.
The Purchase Contracts shall for all purposes be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The Company, the Agent and any agent of the Company or the
Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Security Certificate is
registered as the owner of the Securities evidenced hereby for the purpose of
receiving payments of distributions on the Pledged Securities, receiving
payments of Contract Fees, performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be
overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the
Company, the Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement
thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of
Common Stock.
A copy of the Purchase Contract Agreement is available for
inspection at the offices of the Agent.
SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares
of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Final Settlement
Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Securities evidenced by
this Security Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together
with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the
address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated
below. If shares are to be registered in the
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name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any
transfer tax payable incident thereto.
Dated:
Signature
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to
REGISTERED HOLDER a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person's
name and address: Please print name and address of Registered Holder:
Name
Address
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY
The undersigned Holder of this Security Certificate hereby
irrevocably exercises the option to effect Early Settlement in accordance with
the terms of the Purchase Contract Agreement with respect to the Purchase
Contracts underlying the number of Securities evidenced by this Security
Certificate specified below. The option to effect Early Settlement may be
exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Securities with an
aggregate Stated Amount equal to $__________ or an integral multiple thereof.
The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon such Early Settlement be registered in the name of, and
delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share and any
Security Certificate representing any Securities evidenced hereby as to which
Early Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the
undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address
have been indicated below. Pledged Securities deliverable upon such Early
Settlement will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set
forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than
the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident
thereto.
Dated:
Signature
Number of Securities evidenced hereby as to which Early
Settlement of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:
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REGISTERED HOLDER
If shares or Security Certificates are to be registered in the
name of and delivered to and Pledged Securities are to be transferred to a
Person other than the Holder, please print such Person's name and address:
Please print name and address of Registered Holder:
Name
Address
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
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EXHIBIT 4.24
[Draft--7/31/97]
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
OF
CCCI Capital Trust I
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Dated as of [ ]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to Guarantee
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with
Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.08. Conflicting Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE III
Powers, Duties and Rights of Guarantee Trustee
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SECTION 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 3.02. Certain Rights and Duties of the
Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ARTICLE IV
Guarantee Trustee
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SECTION 4.01. Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation
of Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE V
Guarantee
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SECTION 5.01. Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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SECTION 5.02. Waiver of Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.03. Obligations Not Affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.04. Enforcement of Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 5.05. Guarantee of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.06. Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.07. Independent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE VI
Limitation of Transactions; Subordination
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SECTION 6.01. Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 6.02. Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE VII
Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
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SECTION 8.01. Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 9.01. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.02. Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.03. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.04. Genders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.05. Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.06. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.07. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.08. Exercise of Overallotment Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of [ ],
between Clear Channel Communications, a Texas corporation
(the "Guarantor"), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as the initial Guarantee Trustee (as
defined herein) for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as
defined herein) of CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a Delaware
business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
(the "Declaration") dated as of [ ], among the trustees named
therein, ____________, as Sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer may
issue up to $[ ] aggregate liquidation amount of its [ ]%
Preferred Trust Securities (the "Preferred Securities") representing preferred
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms
set forth in Exhibit B to the Declaration, of which $[ ] aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities are being issued as of the date
hereof by the Issuer pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined in the
Declaration); and
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires to irrevocably and unconditionally agree, to
the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as
defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions
set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by the initial
purchasers thereof of Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby
agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this
Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to time.
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement but not
defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in
this Article I.
(b) A term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the
same meaning throughout.
(c) All references to "this Guarantee Agreement" are to this
Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time.
(d) All references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and
Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(e) A term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this
Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires.
(f) A reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule
thereunder.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, having the terms
set forth in Exhibit C to the Declaration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder.
"Debentures" means the series of Junior Subordinated Debentures
issued by the Guarantor under the Indenture to the Property Trustee and
entitled the "[ ]% Junior Subordinated Debentures due [ ]".
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"Distributions" has the meaning set forth in Exhibit B to the
Declaration.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however,
that except with respect to such a default resulting from a failure to pay any
Guarantee Payment, such default shall have continued for more than 30 days.
"Guarantee Payments" shall mean the following Distributions and
other payments, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities,
to the extent not made or paid by the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid
Distributions that are required to be paid on the Preferred Securities, but
only if and to the extent that in each case the Guarantor has made a payment to
the Property Trustee of interest on the Debentures, (ii) the redemption price,
including all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the
"Redemption Price"), with respect to any Preferred Securities called for
redemption by the Issuer, but only if and to the extent that in each case the
Guarantor has made a payment to the Property Trustee of interest or principal
on the Debentures, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to Holders or the redemption of all the Preferred
Securities upon the maturity or redemption of the Debentures as provided in the
Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all
accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Preferred Securities to the date of
payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds available therefor, and (b) the
amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders
upon liquidation of the Issuer (in either case, the "Liquidation
Distribution").
"Guarantee Trustee" means The Bank of New York until a Successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and accepted such appointment pursuant to
the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and
records of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
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Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
"Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any entity directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate
of the Guarantee Trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives or agents of the Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Debenture Indenture
dated as of [ ], between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York, as
trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time, pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in
the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Guarantee Payments.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Preferred Securities voting together as a single class who are the
record owners of Preferred Securities whose aggregate liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents more than 50% of the aggregate
liquidation amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity
of whatever nature.
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"Preferred Securities" has the meaning set forth in the first
WHEREAS clause above.
"Property Trustee" means the Person acting as Property Trustee
under the Declaration.
"Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Guarantee Payments.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee
Trustee, any officer of the Guarantee Trustee with responsibility for the
administration of this Guarantee Agreement and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of, and familiarity with, the
particular subject.
"66- 2/3% in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Preferred Securities voting together as a single class who are the
record owners of Preferred Securities whose aggregate liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents 66- 2/3% or more of the aggregate
liquidation amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as a Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) This
Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are required to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
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(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee
Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections
310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
(c) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Guarantee
Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Preferred Securities as equity
securities representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities. (a) The
Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee with such information as is
required under Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in
the manner provided in Section 312(a).
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee. Within 60 days
after May 15 of each year, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders
such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any,
in the form, in the manner and at the times provided by Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee. The
Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Commission and the
Holders, as applicable, such documents, reports and information as required by
Section 314(a)(1)-(3) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificates required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
any such certificates to be provided in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act
(provided that any certificate to be provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall be provided within 120 days of the end of each
fiscal year of the Issuer).
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
The Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance
with any
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conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Guarantee Agreement which
relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given pursuant to Section
314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. (a) Subject to
Section 2.06(b), Holders may, by vote of at least a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, (A) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee, or (B) on
behalf of the Holders of all Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
(b) The right of any Holder to receive payment of the Guarantee
Payments in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, or to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired without the consent
of each such Holder.
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any
existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Guarantee Trustee be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.08. Conflicting Interest. The Declaration shall be
deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the
purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE III
Powers, Duties and Rights of Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee. (a)
This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee in trust for
the benefit of the Holders. The Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer its
right, title and interest in this Guarantee Agreement to any Person except a
Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee
of its appointment to act as Guarantee Trustee or to a Holder exercising his or
her rights pursuant to Section 5.04. The right, title and interest of the
Guarantee Trustee to this Guarantee Agreement shall vest automatically in each
Person who may hereafter be appointed as Guarantee Trustee in accordance with
Article IV. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or
not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.
(b) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the
Holders.
(c) This Guarantee Agreement and all moneys received by the
Property Trustee hereunder in respect of the Guarantee Payments will not be
subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in
favor of or for the benefit of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents or their
creditors.
(d) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon the register,
notice of all Events of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such
Events of Default shall have been cured before the giving of such notice;
provided that, the Guarantee 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 Guarantee
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders. The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default except any Event of Default as to which the
Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice or a Responsible Officer
charged
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with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have obtained written
notice.
(e) The Guarantee Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee unless a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and accepted that appointment in
accordance with Article IV.
SECTION 3.02. Certain Rights and Duties of the Guarantee
Trustee. (a) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants shall be read into
this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section
2.06(a)), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, 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.
(b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be construed
to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action,
its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred;
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions
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expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Guarantee Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders as provided herein relating
to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee
Agreement; and
(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the
Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(a) and (b):
(i) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement,
the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part and, if the
Trust is excluded from the
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definition of Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 under the
Investment Company Act ("Rule 3a-7"), subject to the requirements of
Rule 3a-7, request and rely upon a certificate, which shall comply with
the provisions of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, signed by
any authorized officer of the Guarantor;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee (A) may consult with counsel (which
may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include
any of its employees) selected by it in good faith and with due care and
the written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal
matters 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 and in accordance with such advice and
opinion and (B) shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court
of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) the Guarantee 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 Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed by it in good faith and with due care;
(iv) the Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee
Agreement at the request or direction of any Holders, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Guarantee Trustee reasonable security
and indemnity against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with
such request or direction; provided that nothing contained in this
clause (iv) shall relieve the Guarantee Trustee of the obligation, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured or
waived) to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Guarantee Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in
such exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs; and
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(v) any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Holders and the signature of the Guarantee
Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action; and no third party shall be required to inquire as to
the authority of the Guarantee Trustee to so act, or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Guarantee
Agreement, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the
Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such action.
SECTION 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Guarantee. The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be taken
as the statements of the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Qualifications. (a) There shall at all times be
a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor;
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of
the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the
Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for
the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), 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; and
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(iii) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an
Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent Rule
3a-7 requires a trustee having certain qualifications to hold title to
the "eligible assets" (as defined in Rule 3a-7) of the Trust, possess
those qualifications.
If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to satisfy the
requirements of clauses (i),(ii) and (iii) above, the Guarantee Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.02.
If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within
the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee
and the Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee
Trustee. (a) Subject to Section 4.02(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance
with Section 4.02(a) until a Successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01(a) has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
Guarantee Trustee being removed.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office
until its successor shall have been appointed and until its removal or
resignation.
(d) The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need
for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument (a "Resignation Request")
in writing signed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor,
which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date
as is specified therein; provided, however, that no such resignation of the
Guarantee Trustee shall be effective until: (i) a Successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01(a)
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
resigning Guarantee Trustee; or (ii) until the assets of the
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Trust have been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to
the Holders, if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an Investment
Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7.
(e) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed
and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02 within 60 days after
delivery to the Guarantor of a Resignation Request, the resigning Guarantee
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a
Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if
any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a Successor Guarantee
Trustee.
ARTICLE V
Guarantee
SECTION 5.01. Guarantee. The Guarantor irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments
(without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), regardless of
any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or
assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be
satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the
Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.02. Waiver of Notice. The Guarantor hereby waives
notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which
it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require
a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding
against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor,
notice of redemption and, to the extent permitted by law, all other notices and
demands.
SECTION 5.03. Obligations Not Affected. The obligations,
covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Guarantee
Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening
from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of
the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or
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condition relating to the Preferred Securities to be performed or
observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or
any portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time for
payment of Distributions that results from the extension of any interest
payment period on the Debentures), Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Preferred
Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred
Securities;
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part
of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the
Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting
indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale
of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the
Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Preferred
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstances whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it
being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and
all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5.04. Enforcement of Guarantee. The Guarantor and the
Guarantee Trustee expressly acknowledge that (i) this Guarantee Agreement will
be deposited with the
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Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee
Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the
Holders; (iii) Holders representing not less than a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available in respect of
this Guarantee Agreement, including the giving of directions to the Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or other power conferred upon the Guarantee
Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement, and (iv) if the Guarantee Trustee fails
to enforce this Guarantee Agreement, any Holder may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under this
Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a Guarantee Payment, a Holder of
Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor
for enforcement of such Holder's right to receive payment under the Guarantee.
The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought
first against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding
directly against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.05. Guarantee of Payment. This Guarantee Agreement
creates a guarantee of payment and not merely of collection. This Guarantee
Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in
full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer).
SECTION 5.06. Subrogation. The Guarantor shall be subrogated to
all rights, if any, of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts
paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement; provided,
however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by
mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights
which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee
Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid
under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor
in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such
amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.
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SECTION 5.07. Independent Obligations. The Guarantor
acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations
of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred Securities and that the Guarantor
shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments
pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the
occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive,
of Section 5.03.
ARTICLE VI
Limitation of Transactions; Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Limitation of Transactions. So long as any
Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor will not declare or pay
any dividends on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a distribution or
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its common stock or preferred stock
or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto if at such time (i) the
Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its Guarantee Payments or other
payment obligations hereunder, (ii) there shall have occurred any Event of
Default (as defined in the Declaration) or (iii) the Guarantor shall have given
notice of its selection of an Extension Period (as defined in the Indenture)
and such period, or any extension thereof, is continuing; provided, however,
that the foregoing restrictions will not apply to (i) dividends, redemptions,
purchases, acquisitions, distributions or payments made by the Guarantor by way
of issuance of shares of its capital stock, (ii) payments of accrued dividends
by the Guarantor upon the redemption, exchange or conversion of any preferred
stock of the Guarantor as may be outstanding from time to time in accordance
with the terms of such preferred stock or (iii) cash payments made by the
Guarantor in lieu of delivering fractional shares upon the redemption, exchange
or conversion of any preferred stock of the Guarantor as may be outstanding
from time to time in accordance with the terms of such preferred stock. In
addition, so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor
(i) will remain the sole direct or indirect owner of all the outstanding Common
Securities and shall not cause or permit the Common Securities to be
transferred except to the extent such transfer is permitted under Section
9.01(c) of the Declaration, provided that any permitted successor of
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the Guarantor under the Indenture may succeed to the Guarantor's ownership of
the Common Securities; and (ii) will use reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer
to continue to be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal income
tax purposes, except in connection with a distribution of Debentures as
provided in the Declaration.
SECTION 6.02. Subordination. This Guarantee Agreement will
constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i)
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of the Guarantor and any guarantees, endorsements
or other contingent obligations of the Guarantor in respect of such
indebtedness, liabilities or obligations, including the Debentures, except
those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and (ii) senior to all
capital stock now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and to any guarantee now
or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect of any of its capital
stock. The Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee Agreement will rank
pari passu with respect to obligations under other guarantee agreements which
it may enter into from time to time to the extent that such agreements shall be
entered into in substantially the form hereof and provide for comparable
guarantees by the Guarantor of payment on preferred securities issued by other
business trusts of which the Guarantor holds the common securities.
ARTICLE VII
Termination
This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force and effect upon full payment of the Redemption Price of all Preferred
Securities, or upon the distribution of Debentures to Holders in exchange for
all the Preferred Securities, or upon full payment of the amounts payable in
accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder
must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to the Preferred Securities
or this Guarantee Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 8.01. Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall be
liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or
any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act
or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee
Agreement or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any
such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
negligence or wilful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in
good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to
matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information,
opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of assets,
liabilities, profits, losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and
amounts of assets from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification. (a) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor shall indemnify and hold harmless
each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or claim incurred by
such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted
by such Indemnified Person in good faith and in a manner such Indemnified
Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee Agreement, except that no Indemnified
Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or
claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or wilful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any
claim, demand, action,
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suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Guarantor prior
to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt by the Guarantor of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 8.02(a).
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Successors and Assigns. All guarantees and
agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors,
assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall
inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then
outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or conveyance,
transfer or lease of assets involving the Guarantor that is permitted under
Article Ten of the Indenture, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 9.02. Amendments. Except with respect to any changes
which do not adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent
of Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with
the prior approval of the Holders of not less than 66- 2/3% in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section 12.02 of the
Declaration concerning meetings of Holders shall apply to the giving of such
approval.
SECTION 9.03 Notices. Any notice, request or other
communication required or permitted to be given
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hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:
(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or
such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Facsimile No.: (210) [ ]
Attention: General Counsel
(b) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, to the address set forth
below or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of
to the Holders:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Facsimile No.: (212) [ ]
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(c) if given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when
received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused
delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 9.04. Genders. The masculine, feminine and neuter
genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
SECTION 9.05. Benefit. This Guarantee Agreement is solely for
the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not separately
transferable from the Preferred Securities.
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SECTION 9.06. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS).
SECTION 9.07. Counterparts. This Guarantee Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 9.08. Exercise of Overallotment Option. If and to the
extent that Preferred Securities are issued by the Issuer upon exercise of the
overallotment option referred to in the first WHEREAS clause, the Guarantor
agrees to give prompt notice thereof to the Guarantee Trustee, but the failure
to give such notice shall not relieve the Guarantor of any of its obligations
hereunder.
This Guarantee Agreement is executed as of the day and year first
above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Guarantee Trustee
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 4.25
[Draft--7/31/97]
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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CCCI Capital Trust II
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Dated as of [ ]
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ARTICLE I
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.08. Conflicting Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE III
Powers, Duties and Rights of Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 3.02. Certain Rights and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee . . . . . 12
ARTICLE IV
Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee . . . 13
ARTICLE V
Guarantee
SECTION 5.01. Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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SECTION 5.02. Waiver of Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.03. Obligations Not Affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.04. Enforcement of Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 5.05. Guarantee of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.06. Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.07. Independent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE VI
Limitation of Transactions; Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 6.02. Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE VII
Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 8.01. Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.02. Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.03. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.04. Genders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.05. Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.06. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.07. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.08. Exercise of Overallotment Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of [ ],
between Clear Channel Communications, a Texas
corporation (the "Guarantor"), and The Bank of New
York, a New York banking corporation, as the initial
Guarantee Trustee (as defined herein) for the benefit
of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time
of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of
CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a Delaware business trust
(the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust (the "Declaration") dated as of [ ], among the trustees named
therein, ____________, as Sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer may
issue up to $[ ] aggregate liquidation amount of its [ ]%
Preferred Trust Securities (the "Preferred Securities") representing preferred
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms
set forth in Exhibit B to the Declaration, of which $[ ] aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities are being issued as of the date
hereof by the Issuer pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined in the
Declaration); and
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires to irrevocably and unconditionally agree, to
the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as
defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions
set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by the
initial purchasers thereof of Preferred Securities, which purchase the
Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and
delivers this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to
time.
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement but
not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them
in this Article I.
(b) A term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has
the same meaning throughout.
(c) All references to "this Guarantee Agreement" are to this
Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time.
(d) All references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles
and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(e) A term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this
Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires.
(f) A reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule
thereunder.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, having the terms
set forth in Exhibit C to the Declaration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder.
"Debentures" means the series of Junior Subordinated
Debentures issued by the Guarantor under the Indenture to the Property Trustee
and entitled the "[ ]% Junior Subordinated Debentures due [ ]".
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"Distributions" has the meaning set forth in Exhibit B to the
Declaration.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of
its payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided,
however, that except with respect to such a default resulting from a failure to
pay any Guarantee Payment, such default shall have continued for more than 30
days.
"Guarantee Payments" shall mean the following Distributions
and other payments, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred
Securities, to the extent not made or paid by the Issuer: (i) any accrued and
unpaid Distributions that are required to be paid on the Preferred Securities,
but only if and to the extent that in each case the Guarantor has made a
payment to the Property Trustee of interest on the Debentures, (ii) the
redemption price, including all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of
redemption (the "Redemption Price"), with respect to any Preferred Securities
called for redemption by the Issuer, but only if and to the extent that in each
case the Guarantor has made a payment to the Property Trustee of interest or
principal on the Debentures, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures to Holders or the redemption of all the
Preferred Securities upon the maturity or redemption of the Debentures as
provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the
liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Preferred
Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds available
therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for
distribution to Holders upon liquidation of the Issuer (in either case, the
"Liquidation Distribution").
"Guarantee Trustee" means The Bank of New York until a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and accepted such appointment
pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each
such Successor Guarantee Trustee.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and
records of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
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Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
"Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any entity directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Guarantee Trustee, any
Affiliate of the Guarantee Trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders,
members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of the Guarantee
Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Debenture Indenture
dated as of [ ], between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York, as
trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time, pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in
the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Guarantee Payments.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Preferred Securities voting together as a single class who are the
record owners of Preferred Securities whose aggregate liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents more than 50% of the aggregate
liquidation amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity
of whatever nature.
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"Preferred Securities" has the meaning set forth in the first
WHEREAS clause above.
"Property Trustee" means the Person acting as Property Trustee
under the Declaration.
"Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in the definition
of Guarantee Payments.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee
Trustee, any officer of the Guarantee Trustee with responsibility for the
administration of this Guarantee Agreement and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of, and familiarity with, the
particular subject.
"66- 2/3% in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Preferred Securities voting together as a single class who are the
record owners of Preferred Securities whose aggregate liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents 66- 2/3% or more of the aggregate
liquidation amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as a Guarantee Trustee under
Section 4.01.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended.
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) This
Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are required to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
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(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee
Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections
310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
(c) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this
Guarantee Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Preferred Securities as
equity securities representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the
assets of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities. (a)
The Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee with such information as is
required under Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in
the manner provided in Section 312(a).
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee. Within 60
days after May 15 of each year, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the
Holders such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act,
if any, in the form, in the manner and at the times provided by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee. The
Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Commission and the
Holders, as applicable, such documents, reports and information as required by
Section 314(a)(1)-(3) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificates required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
any such certificates to be provided in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act
(provided that any certificate to be provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall be provided within 120 days of the end of each
fiscal year of the Issuer).
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions
Precedent. The Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of
compliance with any
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conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Guarantee Agreement which
relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given pursuant to Section
314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. (a) Subject to
Section 2.06(b), Holders may, by vote of at least a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, (A) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee, or (B) on
behalf of the Holders of all Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
(b) The right of any Holder to receive payment of the
Guarantee Payments in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, or to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired without the
consent of each such Holder.
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any
existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Guarantee Trustee be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.08. Conflicting Interest. The Declaration shall be
deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the
purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE III
Powers, Duties and Rights of Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee.
(a) This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee in trust
for the benefit of the Holders. The Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer its
right, title and interest in this Guarantee Agreement to any Person except a
Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee
of its appointment to act as Guarantee Trustee or to a Holder exercising his or
her rights pursuant to Section 5.04. The right, title and interest of the
Guarantee Trustee to this Guarantee Agreement shall vest automatically in each
Person who may hereafter be appointed as Guarantee Trustee in accordance with
Article IV. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or
not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.
(b) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the
Holders.
(c) This Guarantee Agreement and all moneys received by the
Property Trustee hereunder in respect of the Guarantee Payments will not be
subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in
favor of or for the benefit of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents or their
creditors.
(d) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon the register,
notice of all Events of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such
Events of Default shall have been cured before the giving of such notice;
provided that, the Guarantee 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 Guarantee
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders. The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default except any Event of Default as to which the
Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice or a Responsible Officer
charged
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with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have obtained written
notice.
(e) The Guarantee Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee
unless a Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and accepted that
appointment in accordance with Article IV.
SECTION 3.02. Certain Rights and Duties of the Guarantee
Trustee. (a) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants shall be read into
this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section
2.06(a)), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, 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.
(b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be
construed to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent
action, its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct, except
that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred;
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee
Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be
read into this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee
Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively
rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions
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expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished
to the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Guarantee Agreement; but in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Guarantee
Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error
of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect
to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders as provided herein relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement; and
(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require
the Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not
reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Guarantee Agreement or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(a) and (b):
(i) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee
Agreement, the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be
proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action
hereunder, the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part and,
if the Trust is excluded from the
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definition of Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 under the
Investment Company Act ("Rule 3a-7"), subject to the requirements of Rule
3a-7, request and rely upon a certificate, which shall comply with the
provisions of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, signed by any
authorized officer of the Guarantor;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee (A) may consult with counsel (which
may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any
of its employees) selected by it in good faith and with due care and the
written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal matters
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 and in accordance with such advice and opinion and (B)
shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the
administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court of competent
jurisdiction;
(iii) the Guarantee 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 Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed by it in good faith and with due care;
(iv) the Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee
Agreement at the request or direction of any Holders, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Guarantee Trustee reasonable security and
indemnity against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with
such request or direction; provided that nothing contained in this clause
(iv) shall relieve the Guarantee Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured or waived) to
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Guarantee
Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in such exercise, as
a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his or her own affairs; and
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(v) any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Holders and the signature of the Guarantee Trustee
or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such
action; and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority
of the Guarantee Trustee to so act, or as to its compliance with any of the
terms and provisions of this Guarantee Agreement, both of which shall be
conclusively evidenced by the Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such
action.
SECTION 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Guarantee. The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be taken
as the statements of the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Qualifications. (a) There shall at all times
be a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor;
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of
the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the
Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act,
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of
Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or
examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section
4.01(a)(ii), 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; and
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(iii) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an
Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent Rule 3a-7
requires a trustee having certain qualifications to hold title to the
"eligible assets" (as defined in Rule 3a-7) of the Trust, possess those
qualifications.
If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to satisfy
the requirements of clauses (i),(ii) and (iii) above, the Guarantee Trustee
shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section
4.02. If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest"
within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantee
Trustee and the Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of
Guarantee Trustee. (a) Subject to Section 4.02(b), the Guarantee Trustee may
be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance
with Section 4.02(a) until a Successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01(a) has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
Guarantee Trustee being removed.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold
office until its successor shall have been appointed and until its removal or
resignation.
(d) The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without
need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument (a "Resignation
Request") in writing signed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor, which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such
later date as is specified therein; provided, however, that no such resignation
of the Guarantee Trustee shall be effective until: (i) a Successor Guarantee
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section
4.01(a) has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument
executed by such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and
the resigning Guarantee Trustee; or (ii) until the assets of the
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Trust have been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to
the Holders, if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an Investment
Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7.
(e) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02 within 60
days after delivery to the Guarantor of a Resignation Request, the resigning
Guarantee Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
appointment of a Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after
such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
ARTICLE V
Guarantee
SECTION 5.01. Guarantee. The Guarantor irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments
(without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), regardless of
any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or
assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be
satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the
Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.02. Waiver of Notice. The Guarantor hereby waives
notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which
it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require
a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding
against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor,
notice of redemption and, to the extent permitted by law, all other notices and
demands.
SECTION 5.03. Obligations Not Affected. The obligations,
covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Guarantee
Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening
from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise,
of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or
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condition relating to the Preferred Securities to be performed or observed
by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all
or any portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time for
payment of Distributions that results from the extension of any interest
payment period on the Debentures), Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Preferred
Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred
Securities;
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the
part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the
Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting
indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution,
sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer
or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the
Preferred Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstances whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it
being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all
circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to,
or obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5.04. Enforcement of Guarantee. The Guarantor and
the Guarantee Trustee expressly acknowledge that (i) this Guarantee Agreement
will be deposited with the
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Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee
Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the
Holders; (iii) Holders representing not less than a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available in respect of
this Guarantee Agreement, including the giving of directions to the Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or other power conferred upon the Guarantee
Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement, and (iv) if the Guarantee Trustee fails
to enforce this Guarantee Agreement, any Holder may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under this
Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a Guarantee Payment, a Holder of
Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor
for enforcement of such Holder's right to receive payment under the Guarantee.
The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought
first against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding
directly against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.05. Guarantee of Payment. This Guarantee Agreement
creates a guarantee of payment and not merely of collection. This Guarantee
Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in
full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer).
SECTION 5.06. Subrogation. The Guarantor shall be subrogated
to all rights, if any, of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any
amounts paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement;
provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required
by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights
which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee
Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid
under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor
in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such
amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.
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SECTION 5.07. Independent Obligations. The Guarantor
acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations
of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred Securities and that the Guarantor
shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments
pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the
occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive,
of Section 5.03.
ARTICLE VI
Limitation of Transactions; Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Limitation of Transactions. So long as any
Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor will not declare or pay
any dividends on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a distribution or
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its common stock or preferred stock
or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto if at such time (i) the
Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its Guarantee Payments or other
payment obligations hereunder, (ii) there shall have occurred any Event of
Default (as defined in the Declaration) or (iii) the Guarantor shall have given
notice of its selection of an Extension Period (as defined in the Indenture)
and such period, or any extension thereof, is continuing; provided, however,
that the foregoing restrictions will not apply to (i) dividends, redemptions,
purchases, acquisitions, distributions or payments made by the Guarantor by way
of issuance of shares of its capital stock, (ii) payments of accrued dividends
by the Guarantor upon the redemption, exchange or conversion of any preferred
stock of the Guarantor as may be outstanding from time to time in accordance
with the terms of such preferred stock or (iii) cash payments made by the
Guarantor in lieu of delivering fractional shares upon the redemption, exchange
or conversion of any preferred stock of the Guarantor as may be outstanding
from time to time in accordance with the terms of such preferred stock. In
addition, so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor
(i) will remain the sole direct or indirect owner of all the outstanding Common
Securities and shall not cause or permit the Common Securities to be
transferred except to the extent such transfer is permitted under Section
9.01(c) of the Declaration, provided that any permitted successor of the
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Guarantor under the Indenture may succeed to the Guarantor's ownership of the
Common Securities; and (ii) will use reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer to
continue to be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes, except in connection with a distribution of Debentures as provided in
the Declaration.
SECTION 6.02. Subordination. This Guarantee Agreement will
constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i)
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of the Guarantor and any guarantees, endorsements
or other contingent obligations of the Guarantor in respect of such
indebtedness, liabilities or obligations, including the Debentures, except
those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and (ii) senior to all
capital stock now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and to any guarantee now
or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect of any of its capital
stock. The Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee Agreement will rank
pari passu with respect to obligations under other guarantee agreements which
it may enter into from time to time to the extent that such agreements shall be
entered into in substantially the form hereof and provide for comparable
guarantees by the Guarantor of payment on preferred securities issued by other
business trusts of which the Guarantor holds the common securities.
ARTICLE VII
Termination
This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force and effect upon full payment of the Redemption Price of all Preferred
Securities, or upon the distribution of Debentures to Holders in exchange for
all the Preferred Securities, or upon full payment of the amounts payable in
accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder
must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to the Preferred Securities
or this Guarantee Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 8.01. Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall
be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor
or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any
act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith
and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the
scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee
Agreement or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any
such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
negligence or wilful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying
in good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to
matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information,
opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of assets,
liabilities, profits, losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and
amounts of assets from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification. (a) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor shall indemnify and hold harmless
each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or claim incurred by
such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted
by such Indemnified Person in good faith and in a manner such Indemnified
Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee Agreement, except that no Indemnified
Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or
claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or wilful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
expenses (including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending
any claim, demand, action,
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suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Guarantor prior
to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt by the Guarantor of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 8.02(a).
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Successors and Assigns. All guarantees and
agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors,
assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall
inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then
outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or conveyance,
transfer or lease of assets involving the Guarantor that is permitted under
Article Ten of the Indenture, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 9.02. Amendments. Except with respect to any changes
which do not adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent
of Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with
the prior approval of the Holders of not less than 66- 2/3% in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section 12.02 of the
Declaration concerning meetings of Holders shall apply to the giving of such
approval.
SECTION 9.03 Notices. Any notice, request or other
communication required or permitted to be given
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hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:
(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below
or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Facsimile No.: (210) [ ]
Attention: General Counsel
(b) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, to the address set
forth below or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice
of to the Holders:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Facsimile No.: (212) [ ]
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(c) if given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when
received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused
delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 9.04. Genders. The masculine, feminine and neuter
genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
SECTION 9.05. Benefit. This Guarantee Agreement is solely
for the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not
separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
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SECTION 9.06. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS).
SECTION 9.07. Counterparts. This Guarantee Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 9.08. Exercise of Overallotment Option. If and to
the extent that Preferred Securities are issued by the Issuer upon exercise of
the overallotment option referred to in the first WHEREAS clause, the Guarantor
agrees to give prompt notice thereof to the Guarantee Trustee, but the failure
to give such notice shall not relieve the Guarantor of any of its obligations
hereunder.
This Guarantee Agreement is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Guarantee Trustee
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 4.26
[Draft--7/31/97]
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
OF
CCCI Capital Trust III
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Dated as of [ ]
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ARTICLE I
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to Guarantee
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.08. Conflicting Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE III
Powers, Duties and Rights of Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 3.02. Certain Rights and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . 9
SECTION 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee . . . . . 12
ARTICLE IV
Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee Trustee . . . 13
ARTICLE V
Guarantee
SECTION 5.01. Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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SECTION 5.02. Waiver of Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.03. Obligations Not Affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.04. Enforcement of Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 5.05. Guarantee of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.06. Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.07. Independent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE VI
Limitation of Transactions; Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 6.02. Subordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE VII
Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 8.01. Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.02. Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.03. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 9.04. Genders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.05. Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.06. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.07. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 9.08. Exercise of Overallotment Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of [ ],
between Clear Channel Communications, a Texas corporation
(the "Guarantor"), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as the initial Guarantee Trustee (as
defined herein) for the benefit of the Holders (as defined
herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as
defined herein) of CCCI Capital Trust [ ], a Delaware
business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
(the "Declaration") dated as of [ ], among the trustees named
therein, ____________, as Sponsor, and the Holders from time to time of
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer may
issue up to $[ ] aggregate liquidation amount of its [ ]%
Preferred Trust Securities (the "Preferred Securities") representing preferred
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer and having the terms
set forth in Exhibit B to the Declaration, of which $[ ] aggregate
liquidation amount of Preferred Securities are being issued as of the date
hereof by the Issuer pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined in the
Declaration); and
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase Preferred
Securities, the Guarantor desires to irrevocably and unconditionally agree, to
the extent set forth herein, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as
defined herein) and to make certain other payments on the terms and conditions
set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by the initial
purchasers thereof of Preferred Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby
agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this
Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the Holders from time to time.
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
(a) Capitalized terms used in this Guarantee Agreement but not
defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in
this Article I.
(b) A term defined anywhere in this Guarantee Agreement has the
same meaning throughout.
(c) All references to "this Guarantee Agreement" are to this
Guarantee Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time.
(d) All references in this Guarantee Agreement to Articles and
Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Guarantee Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(e) A term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Guarantee Agreement unless otherwise defined in this
Guarantee Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires.
(f) A reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule
thereunder.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, having the terms
set forth in Exhibit C to the Declaration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder.
"Debentures" means the series of Junior Subordinated Debentures
issued by the Guarantor under the Indenture to the Property Trustee and
entitled the "[ ]% Junior Subordinated Debentures due [ ]".
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"Distributions" has the meaning set forth in Exhibit B to the
Declaration.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Guarantee Agreement; provided, however,
that except with respect to such a default resulting from a failure to pay any
Guarantee Payment, such default shall have continued for more than 30 days.
"Guarantee Payments" shall mean the following Distributions and
other payments, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities,
to the extent not made or paid by the Issuer: (i) any accrued and unpaid
Distributions that are required to be paid on the Preferred Securities, but
only if and to the extent that in each case the Guarantor has made a payment to
the Property Trustee of interest on the Debentures, (ii) the redemption price,
including all accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the
"Redemption Price"), with respect to any Preferred Securities called for
redemption by the Issuer, but only if and to the extent that in each case the
Guarantor has made a payment to the Property Trustee of interest or principal
on the Debentures, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
winding-up or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to Holders or the redemption of all the Preferred
Securities upon the maturity or redemption of the Debentures as provided in the
Declaration), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all
accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Preferred Securities to the date of
payment, to the extent the Issuer has funds available therefor, and (b) the
amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders
upon liquidation of the Issuer (in either case, the "Liquidation
Distribution").
"Guarantee Trustee" means The Bank of New York until a Successor
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and accepted such appointment pursuant to
the terms of this Guarantee Agreement and thereafter means each such Successor
Guarantee Trustee.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and
records of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred
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Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
"Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any entity directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Guarantee Trustee, any Affiliate
of the Guarantee Trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives or agents of the Guarantee Trustee.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Debenture Indenture
dated as of [ ], between the Guarantor and The Bank of New York, as
trustee, as amended and supplemented from time to time, pursuant to which the
Debentures are to be issued.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in
the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the
definition of Guarantee Payments.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Preferred Securities voting together as a single class who are the
record owners of Preferred Securities whose aggregate liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents more than 50% of the aggregate
liquidation amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity
of whatever nature.
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"Preferred Securities" has the meaning set forth in the first
WHEREAS clause above.
"Property Trustee" means the Person acting as Property Trustee
under the Declaration.
"Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Guarantee Payments.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Guarantee
Trustee, any officer of the Guarantee Trustee with responsibility for the
administration of this Guarantee Agreement and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of, and familiarity with, the
particular subject.
"66-2/3% in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities"
means, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act, Holder(s) of
outstanding Preferred Securities voting together as a single class who are the
record owners of Preferred Securities whose aggregate liquidation amount
(including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) represents 66-2/3% or more of the aggregate
liquidation amount of all outstanding Preferred Securities.
"Successor Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as a Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
ARTICLE II
Trust Indenture Act
SECTION 2.01. Trust Indenture Act; Application. (a) This
Guarantee Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are required to be part of this Guarantee Agreement and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
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(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Guarantee
Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections
310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
(c) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Guarantee
Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Preferred Securities as equity
securities representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Issuer.
SECTION 2.02. Lists of Holders of Preferred Securities. (a) The
Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee with such information as is
required under Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in
the manner provided in Section 312(a).
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03. Reports by the Guarantee Trustee. Within 60 days
after May 15 of each year, the Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders
such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any,
in the form, in the manner and at the times provided by Section 313 of the
Trust Indenture Act. The Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the
requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04. Periodic Reports to the Guarantee Trustee. The
Guarantor shall provide to the Guarantee Trustee, the Commission and the
Holders, as applicable, such documents, reports and information as required by
Section 314(a)(1)-(3) (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act and the compliance
certificates required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
any such certificates to be provided in the form, in the manner and at the
times required by Section 314(a)(4) and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act
(provided that any certificate to be provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of
the Trust Indenture Act shall be provided within 120 days of the end of each
fiscal year of the Issuer).
SECTION 2.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
The Guarantor shall provide the Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance
with any
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conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Guarantee Agreement which
relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given pursuant to Section
314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.06. Events of Default; Waiver. (a) Subject to
Section 2.06(b), Holders may, by vote of at least a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities, (A) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee, or (B) on
behalf of the Holders of all Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have
been cured for every purpose of this Guarantee Agreement, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
(b) The right of any Holder to receive payment of the Guarantee
Payments in accordance with this Guarantee Agreement, or to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired without the consent
of each such Holder.
SECTION 2.07. Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any
existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer to
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Guarantee Trustee be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.08. Conflicting Interest. The Declaration shall be
deemed to be specifically described in this Guarantee Agreement for the
purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE III
Powers, Duties and Rights of Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 3.01. Powers and Duties of the Guarantee Trustee. (a)
This Guarantee Agreement shall be held by the Guarantee Trustee in trust for
the benefit of the Holders. The Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer its
right, title and interest in this Guarantee Agreement to any Person except a
Successor Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Guarantee Trustee
of its appointment to act as Guarantee Trustee or to a Holder exercising his or
her rights pursuant to Section 5.04. The right, title and interest of the
Guarantee Trustee to this Guarantee Agreement shall vest automatically in each
Person who may hereafter be appointed as Guarantee Trustee in accordance with
Article IV. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or
not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered.
(b) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Guarantee Agreement for the benefit of the
Holders.
(c) This Guarantee Agreement and all moneys received by the
Property Trustee hereunder in respect of the Guarantee Payments will not be
subject to any right, charge, security interest, lien or claim of any kind in
favor of or for the benefit of the Guarantee Trustee or its agents or their
creditors.
(d) The Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage
prepaid, to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear upon the register,
notice of all Events of Default known to the Guarantee Trustee, unless such
Events of Default shall have been cured before the giving of such notice;
provided that, the Guarantee 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 Guarantee
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interests of the Holders. The Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Event of Default except any Event of Default as to which the
Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice or a Responsible Officer
charged
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with the administration of this Guarantee Agreement shall have obtained written
notice.
(e) The Guarantee Trustee shall not resign as a Trustee unless a
Successor Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and accepted that appointment in
accordance with Article IV.
SECTION 3.02. Certain Rights and Duties of the Guarantee
Trustee. (a) The Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of an Event of
Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set
forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no implied covenants shall be read into
this Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section
2.06(a)), the Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Guarantee Agreement, 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.
(b) No provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall be construed
to relieve the Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action,
its own negligent failure to act or its own wilful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred;
(A) the duties and obligations of the Guarantee Trustee
shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this
Guarantee Agreement, and the Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations
as are specifically set forth in this Guarantee Agreement, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Guarantee Agreement against the Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions
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expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Guarantee Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Guarantee Trustee, the Guarantee Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or
not they conform to the requirements of this Guarantee Agreement;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Guarantee
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Guarantee Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders as provided herein relating
to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or
power conferred upon the Guarantee Trustee under this Guarantee
Agreement; and
(iv) no provision of this Guarantee Agreement shall require the
Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Guarantee Agreement or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is not reasonably assured to it.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(a) and (b):
(i) whenever in the administration of this Guarantee Agreement,
the Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part and, if the
Trust is excluded from the
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definition of Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 under the
Investment Company Act ("Rule 3a-7"), subject to the requirements of
Rule 3a-7, request and rely upon a certificate, which shall comply with
the provisions of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, signed by
any authorized officer of the Guarantor;
(ii) the Guarantee Trustee (A) may consult with counsel (which
may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include
any of its employees) selected by it in good faith and with due care and
the written advice or opinion of such counsel with respect to legal
matters 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 and in accordance with such advice and
opinion and (B) shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
concerning the administration of this Guarantee Agreement from any court
of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) the Guarantee 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 Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed by it in good faith and with due care;
(iv) the Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Guarantee
Agreement at the request or direction of any Holders, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Guarantee Trustee reasonable security
and indemnity against the costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and
expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with
such request or direction; provided that nothing contained in this
clause (iv) shall relieve the Guarantee Trustee of the obligation, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default (which has not been cured or
waived) to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Guarantee Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in
such exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs; and
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(v) any action taken by the Guarantee Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Holders and the signature of the Guarantee
Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform
any such action; and no third party shall be required to inquire as to
the authority of the Guarantee Trustee to so act, or as to its
compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Guarantee
Agreement, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the
Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such action.
SECTION 3.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Guarantee. The recitals contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall be taken
as the statements of the Guarantor and the Guarantee Trustee does not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Guarantee Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guarantee Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Guarantee Trustee
SECTION 4.01. Qualifications. (a) There shall at all times be
a Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor;
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of
the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the
Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for
the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), 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; and
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(iii) if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an
Investment Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7 and to the extent Rule
3a-7 requires a trustee having certain qualifications to hold title to
the "eligible assets" (as defined in Rule 3a-7) of the Trust, possess
those qualifications.
If at any time the Guarantee Trustee shall cease to satisfy the
requirements of clauses (i),(ii) and (iii) above, the Guarantee Trustee shall
immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.02.
If the Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within
the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantee Trustee
and the Guarantor shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 4.02. Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Guarantee
Trustee. (a) Subject to Section 4.02(b), the Guarantee Trustee may be
appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor.
(b) The Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance
with Section 4.02(a) until a Successor Guarantee Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01(a) has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
Guarantee Trustee being removed.
(c) The Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office
until its successor shall have been appointed and until its removal or
resignation.
(d) The Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need
for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument (a "Resignation Request")
in writing signed by the Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor,
which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date
as is specified therein; provided, however, that no such resignation of the
Guarantee Trustee shall be effective until: (i) a Successor Guarantee Trustee
possessing the qualifications to act as Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01(a)
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by
such Successor Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the
resigning Guarantee Trustee; or (ii) until the assets of the
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Trust have been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to
the Holders, if the Trust is excluded from the definition of an Investment
Company solely by reason of Rule 3a-7.
(e) If no Successor Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed
and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02 within 60 days after
delivery to the Guarantor of a Resignation Request, the resigning Guarantee
Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a
Successor Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if
any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a Successor Guarantee
Trustee.
ARTICLE V
Guarantee
SECTION 5.01. Guarantee. The Guarantor irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments
(without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), regardless of
any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or
assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be
satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the
Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.02. Waiver of Notice. The Guarantor hereby waives
notice of acceptance of this Guarantee Agreement and of any liability to which
it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require
a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding
against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor,
notice of redemption and, to the extent permitted by law, all other notices and
demands.
SECTION 5.03. Obligations Not Affected. The obligations,
covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Guarantee
Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening
from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of
the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or
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condition relating to the Preferred Securities to be performed or
observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or
any portion of the Distributions (other than an extension of time for
payment of Distributions that results from the extension of any interest
payment period on the Debentures), Redemption Price, Liquidation
Distribution or any other sums payable under the terms of the Preferred
Securities or the extension of time for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred
Securities;
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part
of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the
Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting
indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale
of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for
the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the
Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Preferred
Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstances whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it
being the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and
all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5.04. Enforcement of Guarantee. The Guarantor and the
Guarantee Trustee expressly acknowledge that (i) this Guarantee Agreement will
be deposited with the
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Guarantee Trustee to be held for the benefit of the Holders; (ii) the Guarantee
Trustee has the right to enforce this Guarantee Agreement on behalf of the
Holders; (iii) Holders representing not less than a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available in respect of
this Guarantee Agreement, including the giving of directions to the Guarantee
Trustee, or exercising any trust or other power conferred upon the Guarantee
Trustee under this Guarantee Agreement, and (iv) if the Guarantee Trustee fails
to enforce this Guarantee Agreement, any Holder may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under this
Guarantee Agreement, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the
Issuer, the Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a Guarantee Payment, a Holder of
Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Guarantor
for enforcement of such Holder's right to receive payment under the Guarantee.
The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action be brought
first against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding
directly against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.05. Guarantee of Payment. This Guarantee Agreement
creates a guarantee of payment and not merely of collection. This Guarantee
Agreement will not be discharged except by payment of the Guarantee Payments in
full (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer).
SECTION 5.06. Subrogation. The Guarantor shall be subrogated to
all rights, if any, of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts
paid to the Holders by the Guarantor under this Guarantee Agreement; provided,
however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by
mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights
which it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or
other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Guarantee
Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid
under this Guarantee Agreement. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor
in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such
amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount to the Holders.
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SECTION 5.07. Independent Obligations. The Guarantor
acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations
of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred Securities and that the Guarantor
shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments
pursuant to the terms of this Guarantee Agreement notwithstanding the
occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive,
of Section 5.03.
ARTICLE VI
Limitation of Transactions; Subordination
SECTION 6.01. Limitation of Transactions. So long as any
Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor will not declare or pay
any dividends on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a distribution or
liquidation payment with respect to, any of its common stock or preferred stock
or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto if at such time (i) the
Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its Guarantee Payments or other
payment obligations hereunder, (ii) there shall have occurred any Event of
Default (as defined in the Declaration) or (iii) the Guarantor shall have given
notice of its selection of an Extension Period (as defined in the Indenture)
and such period, or any extension thereof, is continuing; provided, however,
that the foregoing restrictions will not apply to (i) dividends, redemptions,
purchases, acquisitions, distributions or payments made by the Guarantor by way
of issuance of shares of its capital stock, (ii) payments of accrued dividends
by the Guarantor upon the redemption, exchange or conversion of any preferred
stock of the Guarantor as may be outstanding from time to time in accordance
with the terms of such preferred stock or (iii) cash payments made by the
Guarantor in lieu of delivering fractional shares upon the redemption, exchange
or conversion of any preferred stock of the Guarantor as may be outstanding
from time to time in accordance with the terms of such preferred stock. In
addition, so long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor
(i) will remain the sole direct or indirect owner of all the outstanding Common
Securities and shall not cause or permit the Common Securities to be
transferred except to the extent such transfer is permitted under Section
9.01(c) of the Declaration, provided that any permitted successor of the
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Guarantor under the Indenture may succeed to the Guarantor's ownership of the
Common Securities; and (ii) will use reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer to
continue to be treated as a grantor trust for United States Federal income tax
purposes, except in connection with a distribution of Debentures as provided in
the Declaration.
SECTION 6.02. Subordination. This Guarantee Agreement will
constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i)
subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of the Guarantor and any guarantees, endorsements
or other contingent obligations of the Guarantor in respect of such
indebtedness, liabilities or obligations, including the Debentures, except
those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and (ii) senior to all
capital stock now or hereafter issued by the Guarantor and to any guarantee now
or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in respect of any of its capital
stock. The Guarantor's obligations under this Guarantee Agreement will rank
pari passu with respect to obligations under other guarantee agreements which
it may enter into from time to time to the extent that such agreements shall be
entered into in substantially the form hereof and provide for comparable
guarantees by the Guarantor of payment on preferred securities issued by other
business trusts of which the Guarantor holds the common securities.
ARTICLE VII
Termination
This Guarantee Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force and effect upon full payment of the Redemption Price of all Preferred
Securities, or upon the distribution of Debentures to Holders in exchange for
all the Preferred Securities, or upon full payment of the amounts payable in
accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Issuer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee Agreement will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder
must restore payment of any sums paid with respect to the Preferred Securities
or this Guarantee Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
Limitation of Liability; Indemnification
SECTION 8.01. Exculpation. (a) No Indemnified Person shall be
liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or
any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act
or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope
of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee
Agreement or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any
such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's
negligence or wilful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in
good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to
matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information,
opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of assets,
liabilities, profits, losses or any other facts pertinent to the existence and
amounts of assets from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
SECTION 8.02. Indemnification. (a) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor shall indemnify and hold harmless
each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or claim incurred by
such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted
by such Indemnified Person in good faith and in a manner such Indemnified
Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Guarantee Agreement, except that no Indemnified
Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or
claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or wilful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses
(including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any
claim, demand, action,
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suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Guarantor prior
to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt by the Guarantor of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified
Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 8.02(a).
ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION 9.01. Successors and Assigns. All guarantees and
agreements contained in this Guarantee Agreement shall bind the successors,
assignees, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall
inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then
outstanding. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or conveyance,
transfer or lease of assets involving the Guarantor that is permitted under
Article Ten of the Indenture, the Guarantor shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 9.02. Amendments. Except with respect to any changes
which do not adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent
of Holders will be required), this Guarantee Agreement may only be amended with
the prior approval of the Holders of not less than 66- 2/3% in liquidation
amount of the Preferred Securities. The provisions of Section 12.02 of the
Declaration concerning meetings of Holders shall apply to the giving of such
approval.
SECTION 9.03 Notices. Any notice, request or other
communication required or permitted to be given
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hereunder shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail as follows:
(a) if given to the Guarantor, to the address set forth below or
such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders:
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Facsimile No.: (210) [ ]
Attention: General Counsel
(b) if given to the Guarantee Trustee, to the address set forth
below or such other address as the Guarantee Trustee may give notice of
to the Holders:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street
Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Facsimile No.: (212) [ ]
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(c) if given to any Holder of Preferred Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All notices hereunder shall be deemed to have been given when
received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused
delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 9.04. Genders. The masculine, feminine and neuter
genders used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
SECTION 9.05. Benefit. This Guarantee Agreement is solely for
the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not separately
transferable from the Preferred Securities.
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SECTION 9.06. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTEE AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS).
SECTION 9.07. Counterparts. This Guarantee Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 9.08. Exercise of Overallotment Option. If and to the
extent that Preferred Securities are issued by the Issuer upon exercise of the
overallotment option referred to in the first WHEREAS clause, the Guarantor
agrees to give prompt notice thereof to the Guarantee Trustee, but the failure
to give such notice shall not relieve the Guarantor of any of its obligations
hereunder.
This Guarantee Agreement is executed as of the day and year first
above written.
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
by
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Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as
Guarantee Trustee
by
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 12
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
(IN THOUSANDS EXCEPT RATIO)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED
MARCH 31, ----------------------------------------------------
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Income before income taxes ............. $ 11,647 $ 71,240 $ 49,817 $ 36,396 $ 15,696 $ 7,574
Distributed income received
from nonconsolidated affiliates ........ 1,648 10,430 1,432 -- -- --
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
13,295 81,670 51,249 36,396 15,696 7,574
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Fixed Charges:
Interest Expense .................. 11,046 30,080 20,752 7,669 5,390 4,739
Amotization of loan fees .......... 177 506 1,004 82 5 1
Interest portion of rental
expense ........................... 154 424 361 262 188 135
Total Fixed Charges .................... 11,377 31,010 22,117 8,013 5,583 4,875
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Preferred Stock Dividends .............. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Fixed Charges and
Preferred Stock Dividends .............. 11,377 31,010 22,117 8,013 5,583 4,875
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Total earnings available for
payment of fixed charges ............... $ 24,672 $112,680 $ 73,366 $ 44,409 $ 21,279 $ 12,449
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Ratio of earnings to fixed
charges ................................ 2.17 3.63 3.32 5.54 3.81 2.55
======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
reports dated February 17, 1997 (except for Note K, as to which the date is
February 25, 1997), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. incorporated by reference in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the related
financial statement schedules included therein, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
San Antonio, Texas
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 10, 1995, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Ragan Henry Communications Group, L.P., US Radio, L.P.,
and US Radio Stations, L.P. incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Clear Channel Communications,
Inc.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 4, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of US Radio, Inc. incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Clear Channel
Communications, Inc.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF KPMG
Board of Directors
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
form S-3 of our report dated March 4, 1997, relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Australian Radio Network Pty Limited and its controlled
entities (such consolidated financial statements not separately presented in
the Form 10-K referred to below), which report appears in the December 31, 1996
annual report on Form 10-K of Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
/s/ KPMG
KPMG
Sydney, Australia
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.5
CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP
Radio Equity Partners, L.P. and subsidiary:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-3 of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. of our report dated March 29,
1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Radio Equity Partners,
L.P. and subsidiary as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, partners' capital and cash flows for the
years then ended, which report appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K of
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. dated June 5, 1996.
/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP
KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP
New York, New York
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.6
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation
by reference in this registration statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated
March 14, 1997 and March 9, 1995 included in Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed April 17, 1997 and to all references to our
firm included in this registration statement.
/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Phoenix, Arizona
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.7
CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP
The Board of Directors
PMG Holdings, Inc.
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-3 of Clear Channel Communications, Inc. of our report dated April 27,
1995, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of PMG Holdings, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994, and the related consolidated statements
of operations, changes in stockholders' deficit and cash flows for the year
then ended, which report appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Clear
Channel Communications, Inc. dated April 17, 1997.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts"
in the Registration Statement.
/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP
KPMG PEAT MARWICK, LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
August 11, 1997
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EXHIBIT 25.1
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
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FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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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.
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Name Address
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Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ THOMAS E. TABOR
--------------------------------
Name: Thomas E. Tabor
Title: Assistant Treasurer
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................. 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.2
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ THOMAS E. TABOR
--------------------------------
Name: Thomas E. Tabor
Title: Assistant Treasurer
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. ......................................
Treasury ........................................................... 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.3
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
----------------------
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Junior Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ THOMAS E. TABOR
--------------------------------
Name: Thomas E. Tabor
Title: Assistant Treasurer
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................. 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.4
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
----------------------
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied For
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ THOMAS E. TABOR
--------------------------------
Name: Thomas E. Tabor
Title: Assistant Treasurer
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. ......................................
Treasury ........................................................... 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.5
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
----------------------
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST II
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied For
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ WALTER N. GITLIN
--------------------------------
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title Vice President
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. ......................................
Treasury ........................................................... 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.6
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
----------------------
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
CCCI CAPITAL TRUST III
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied For
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Preferred Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ WALTER N. GITLIN
--------------------------------
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury ............................. 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.7
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
----------------------
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
CCCI Capital Trust I
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ WALTER N. GITLIN
--------------------------------
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
-4-
<PAGE> 5
EXHIBIT 7
================================================================================
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. ......................................
Treasury ........................................................... 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 25.8
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
================================================================================
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
----------------------
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
----------------------
Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
CCCI Capital Trust II
(Title of the indenture securities)
================================================================================
<PAGE> 2
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.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name Address
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
-2-
<PAGE> 3
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
-3-
<PAGE> 4
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ WALTER N. GITLIN
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Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 7
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Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
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Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. ......................................
Treasury ........................................................... 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
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Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
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Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
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Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
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</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
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EXHIBIT 25.9
THIS CONFORMING PAPER FORMAT DOCUMENT IS BEING SUBMITTED
PURSUANT TO RULE 901(d) OF REGULATION S-T
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FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 305(b)(2) |__|
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
200 Concord Plaza, Suite 600
San Antonio, Texas 78216
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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Guarantee of Preferred Securities of
CCCI Capital Trust III
(Title of the indenture securities)
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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.
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Name Address
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Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE
7A-29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R.
229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
(formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the
authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1
filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
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6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No.
33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published
pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New
York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New
York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and
State of New York, on the 31st day of July, 1997.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ WALTER N. GITLIN
--------------------------------
Name: Walter N. Gitlin
Title: Vice President
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EXHIBIT 7
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Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business March 31, 1997, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar Amounts
ASSETS in Thousands
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................. $ 8,249,820
Interest-bearing balances .......................................... 1,031,026
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities ........................................ 1,118,463
Available-for-sale securities ...................................... 3,005,838
Federal funds sold and Securities purchased under
agreements to resell ............................................... 3,100,281
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ............. 32,895,077
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses ............ 633,877
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve ................ 429
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance,
and reserve ...................................................... 32,260,771
Assets held in trading accounts ...................................... 1,715,214
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) ............. 684,704
Other real estate owned .............................................. 21,738
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies ............................................... 195,761
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding ......... 1,152,899
Intangible assets .................................................... 683,503
Other assets ......................................................... 1,526,113
-----------
Total assets ......................................................... $54,746,131
===========
LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices ................................................ $25,614,961
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 10,564,652
Interest-bearing ..................................... 15,050,309
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs ........................................... 15,103,615
Noninterest-bearing .................................. 560,944
Interest-bearing ..................................... 14,542,671
Federal funds purchased and Securities sold under
agreements to repurchase ........................................... 2,093,286
Demand notes issued to the U.S. ......................................
Treasury ........................................................... 239,354
Trading liabilities .................................................. 1,399,064
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less ........................ 2,075,092
With remaining maturity of more than one year ...................... 20,679
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding ............. 1,160,012
Subordinated notes and debentures .................................... 1,014,400
Other liabilities .................................................... 1,840,245
-----------
Total liabilities .................................................... 50,560,708
-----------
EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock ......................................................... 942,284
Surplus .............................................................. 731,319
Undivided profits and capital reserves ............................... 2,544,303
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on
available-for-sale securities ...................................... (19,449)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments .................. (13,034)
-----------
Total equity capital ................................................. 4,185,423
-----------
Total liabilities and equity capital ................................. $54,746,131
===========
</TABLE>
I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.
)
Alan R. Griffith )
J. Carter Bacot } Directors
Thomas A. Renyi )
)
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