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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: August 19, 1998
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
1440 Broadway, New York, New York 10018
(212) 840-1440
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7 West Seventh Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 579-7000
Delaware 1-13536 13-3324058
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(State of Incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Id. No.)
Exhibit Index on Page 4
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission by Federated Department Stores, Inc. ("Federated") for the
purpose of filing as exhibits hereto, the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
August 19, 1998, between Federated and the underwriters named therein and the
form of Second Supplemental Trust Indenture, dated as of August 26, 1998,
contemplated to be entered into between Federated and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee, in connection with the proposed sale by Federated of $350,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 6 1/8% Term Enhanced Re-Marketable Securities.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
1. Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 19, 1998, between Federated
Department Stores, Inc. and the underwriters named therein.
4. Form of Second Supplemental Trust Indenture, dated as of August 26,
1998, between Federated Department Stores, Inc. and Citibank, N.A., as
Trustee.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
Date: August 25, 1998 By: /s/ DENNIS J. BRODERICK
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Dennis J. Broderick
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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1. Underwriting Agreement, dated as of August 19, 1998, between Federated
Department Stores, Inc. and the underwriters named therein.
4. Form of Second Supplemental Trust Indenture, dated as of August 26, 1998,
between Federated Department Stores, Inc. and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee.
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EXHIBIT 1
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
61/8% TERM ENHANCED REMARKETABLE SECURITIES(SM) (TERMS(SM))
Underwriting Agreement
August 19, 1998
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
Chase Securities Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
BancAmerica Robertson Stephens
Citicorp Securities, Inc.
c/o Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
11 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Federated Department Stores, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to
issue and sell to you (the "Underwriters") an aggregate of $350,000,000
principal amount of 61/8% Term Enhanced ReMarketable Securities(sm) (the
"TERMS(sm)").
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-34321)
in respect of the TERMS has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"); such registration statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered
or to be delivered to the Underwriters without exhibits thereto, but
with documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained
therein, have been declared effective by the Commission in such form;
no other document with respect to such registration statement or
document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed or
transmitted for filing with the Commission (other than prospectuses
filed or to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), each in the form heretofore delivered or to be
delivered to the Underwriters); and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of such registration statement has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in such registration
statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under
the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various
parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto
and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained
in the registration statement at the time such part of the registration
statement became effective but excluding Form T-1, each as amended at
the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are
hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the
prospectus relating to the TERMS, in the form in which it has most
recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission
on or prior to the date of this Agreement,
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being hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any
reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any
documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference
in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any
reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed
pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the TERMS in the
form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, including any
documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such
filing);
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; and any further documents so filed
and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further
amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective
or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters
through Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date as to the Registration Statement and any amendment
thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto, 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;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the
Underwriters through Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation expressly
for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
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(d) There has not been any material adverse change in the
business, financial position or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented; and, since the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has
not been any change in the capital stock (other than issuances and
forfeitures of stock in connection with equity-based compensation plans
of executive officers of the Company or as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented), or any increase in excess
of $25,000,000 in long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any material adverse change,
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable
title to all real property and title to all personal property owned by
them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
defects except such as are disclosed in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, or as do not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the business, financial position or results
of operations or reasonably foreseeable prospects of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material Adverse Effect"); and
any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it is required to be
so qualified, except where failure to be so qualified and in good
standing individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; and each Significant Subsidiary (as such term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Act) has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation and each subsidiary of the Company
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
except where failure to be duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(g) All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
Significant Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except as otherwise
disclosed in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented) are owned
directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all material
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liens, encumbrances, equities or claims; and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and
are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (except as otherwise disclosed
in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or where, individually or
in the aggregate, the failure to have been duly and validly authorized
and issued, to be fully paid and non-assessable and to be owned
directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims would not have a Material Adverse
Effect);
(h) The TERMS have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits
provided by the Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997 (the
"Indenture"), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, to
be dated as of August 26, 1998 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture"),
between the Company and Citibank N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee"),
under which the TERMS are to be issued; the Indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered and duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act; the Indenture constitutes (and the Second Supplemental
Indenture, when executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee,
will constitute) a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, and other laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law; and the TERMS and
the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(i) The issue and sale of the TERMS and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the TERMS, the Indenture, as
supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, and this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will
not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, sale/leaseback agreement, loan agreement or
other similar financing agreement or instrument or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which
any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is subject, except for such conflicts, breaches, violations and
defaults as individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any material violation
of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company or any material statute, order, rule or regulation of any court
or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or
any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their properties, nor
will such action result in any violation of the provisions of any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties except for such violations as
individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse
Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue and sale of the TERMS or the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, except the
registration of the TERMS under the Act, the Exchange Act and such as
have been obtained under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents,
approvals,
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authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the TERMS by the Underwriters;
(j) Except for such of the following violations, defaults and
failures as individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material
Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is
in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or
comparable governing documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
such a default, in the due performance or observance of any obligation,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, or
(iii) is in violation of any law, ordinance, governmental rule,
regulation or court decree to which it or its property is subject, or
(iv) has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise
or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the
ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business;
(k) The statements set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented under the captions "Description of Debt Securities" and
"Description of the TERMS", insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the TERMS, and under the captions "Plan of
Distribution" and "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe
the provisions of the laws and the documents referred to therein,
constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such documents in all
material respects;
(l) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any
property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject
which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
or threatened by others;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the TERMS, will not be an "investment company" or
an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act"); and
(n) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, who have certified certain
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are
independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price of 102.123% of the principal amount thereof, provided that,
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, in its individual capacity and not as
representative for the Underwriters will be solely responsible for the payment
of 2.6% of such amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from August 26, 1998 to
the Time of Delivery hereunder, the principal amount of TERMS set forth opposite
the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
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3. Upon the authorization by the Underwriters of the release
of the TERMS, the several Underwriters propose to offer the TERMS for sale upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
4. (a) The TERMS to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder
will be represented by one or more definitive global securities in book-entry
form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository
Trust Company ("DTC") or its designated custodian. The Company will deliver the
TERMS to Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, for the account of each
Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase
price therefor in federal (same-day) funds by wire transfer to an account
designated by the Company for such purpose, by causing DTC to credit the TERMS
to the account of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation at DTC. The Company
will cause the certificates representing the TERMS to be made available to
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation for checking at least twenty-four hours
prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of DTC or its
designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of such
delivery and payment shall be 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on August 26, 1998
or such other time and date as Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and the
Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date are herein called the
"Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery by
or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the
cross-receipt for the TERMS and any additional documents requested by the
Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(j) hereof, will be delivered at the offices
of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017
(the "Closing Location"), and the TERMS will be delivered at the Designated
Office, all at the Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing
Location at 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next
preceding the Time of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the
documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available
for review by the parties hereto. For purposes of this Section 4, "New York
Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in a
form approved by the Underwriters and to file such Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close of
business on the second business day following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such earlier time as may
be required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus after the date
of this Agreement and prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be
disapproved by the Underwriters promptly after reasonable notice
thereof; to advise the Underwriters promptly of such amendment or
supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the Underwriters
with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive
proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is
required in connection with the offering or sale of the TERMS, and
during such same period to advise the Underwriters promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed
with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the TERMS, of the
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suspension of the qualification of the TERMS for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the
amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus
or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of
any such stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the
use of any prospectus relating to the TERMS or suspending any such
qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Underwriters may reasonably request to qualify the TERMS for offering
and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions in the United
States as the Underwriters may request and to comply with such laws so
as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the TERMS, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation, to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to
take any action that would subject it to general taxation in any
jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business
day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time
thereafter, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented in such quantities in New York City as the
Underwriters may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine
months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the
offering or sale of the TERMS and if at such time any event shall have
occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or
supplement such Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any
document incorporated by reference in such Prospectus in order to
comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to
notify the Underwriters and, upon your request and subject to your
approval, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without
charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many
copies as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably request of
an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in
case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection
with sales of any of the TERMS at any time nine months or more after
the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon request of such Underwriter
but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such
Underwriter as many copies as such Underwriter may request of an
amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of
the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule
158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 9(a) of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158, in which case this
Section 5(d) shall not be construed to require the Company to file any
report referred to in Rule 158 prior to the time at which such report
is otherwise due);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and
continuing to and including the later of the Time of Delivery and such
earlier time as the Underwriters may notify the Company,
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not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as
provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the TERMS;
(f) For so long as TERMS are in global form, to furnish to the
holders thereof as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal
year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements of
income, shareholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants)
and, as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three
quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending
after the effective date of the Registration Statement), consolidated
summary financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for
such quarter in reasonable detail; and to furnish to the holders of the
TERMS all other documents specified in Section 7.04 of the Indenture,
all in the manner so specified;
(g) During a period of three years from the effective date of
the Registration Statement, to furnish to the Underwriters copies of
all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
the Company's stockholders generally, and to deliver to the
Underwriters (i) as soon as they are available, (A) copies of any
reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the
Commission or any national securities exchange on which the TERMS or
any class of securities of the Company is listed and (B) the documents
specified in Section 7.04 of the Indenture, as in effect at the Time of
Delivery, and (ii) such additional information concerning the business
and financial condition of the Company as the Underwriters may from
time to time reasonably request, provided that any material nonpublic
information received by the Underwriters will be held in confidence and
not used in violation of any applicable law (such financial statements
to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company
and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its
shareholders generally or to the Commission); and
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of
the TERMS pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented under the caption "Use of
Proceeds."
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several
Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i)
the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants
in connection with the registration of the TERMS under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of producing any
Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Blue Sky
Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any
other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of
the TERMS; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the TERMS
for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b)
hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters
(not to exceed $5,000 in the aggregate) in connection with such qualification
and in connection with the Blue Sky Memorandum; (iv) any fees charged by
securities rating services for rating the TERMS; (v) the filing fees incident
to, and fees and the disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with, any required review by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the TERMS; (vi) the cost of preparing
the TERMS; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the
Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection
with the Indenture and the TERMS; and (viii) all other costs and
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expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are
not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood,
however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 7 and 9 hereof,
the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the
fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the TERMS by them,
and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the TERMS
hereunder shall be subject in the sole discretion of the Underwriters to the
condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the
Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the
condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall have been
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable
time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations
under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and the
Indenture shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and
all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Underwriters;
(b) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, counsel for the Underwriters,
shall have furnished to the Underwriters a written opinion, dated the
Time of Delivery, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex
III;
(c) The General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel of the
Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters his written opinion,
dated the Time of Delivery, in substantially the form attached hereto
as Annex IV;
(d) Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, counsel for the Company, shall
have furnished to the Underwriters a written opinion, dated the Time of
Delivery, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex V;
(e) On the date hereof at a time prior to the execution of
this Agreement, and at 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the effective
date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter, dated the date of
delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriters, and KPMG Peat Marwick LLP shall have furnished to the
Underwriters a "bring-down" letter, dated the Time of Delivery, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters (the executed copy of
the letter delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is
attached hereto as Annex I and draft the form of the letter to be
delivered on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement and as of the Time of Delivery is attached
hereto as Annex II);
(f)(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall
have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
as first amended or supplemented any loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court
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or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented,
and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented there shall not
have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, shareholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or
supplemented, the effect of which, in any such case described in
clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Underwriters so material
and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with
the public offering or the delivery of the TERMS on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or
supplemented;
(g) On or after the date hereof, (i) no downgrading shall have
occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term
is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that
it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities;
(h) On or after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's
securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York
State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities
involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of
a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified
in this clause (iv) in the judgment of the Underwriters makes it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the TERMS on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented; or (v) the occurrence
of any material adverse change in the existing financial, political or
economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere which, in the
judgment of the Underwriters, would materially and adversely affect the
financial markets or the market for the TERMS and other debt
securities; and
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
to the Underwriters at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of
the Company satisfactory to the Underwriters as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such
Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its
obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of
this Section and as to such other matters as the Underwriters may
reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon
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 for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such
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action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall 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 any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any such amendment or supplement
thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by any Underwriter through Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company
may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement,
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon 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, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any such amendment or supplement
thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by such Underwriter through Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to
any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such
action 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 (who shall not,
except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party
of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall
not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal
expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or
on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims,
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damages or liabilities (or actions 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 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 TERMS. If,
however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not
permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the
notice required under subsection (c) above, 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 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. The Company and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection
(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 referred to above
in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) referred to above in this subsection (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), no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the TERMS underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall
be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any
person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as
about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to
purchase the TERMS which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Underwriters
may in their discretion arrange for the Underwriters or another party or other
parties to purchase such TERMS on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Underwriters do not
arrange for the purchase
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of such TERMS, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties
satisfactory to the Underwriters to purchase such TERMS on such terms. In the
event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Underwriters notify
the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such TERMS or the
Company notifies the Underwriters that it has so arranged for the purchase of
such TERMS, as the case may be, the Underwriters or the Company shall have the
right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days
in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or in any
other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which
in the opinion of the Underwriters may thereby be made necessary. The term
"Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted
under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally been a
party to this Agreement with respect to such TERMS.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the TERMS of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Underwriters and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
principal amount of such TERMS which remains unpurchased does not exceed
one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the TERMS, then the
Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase the principal amount of TERMS which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of TERMS which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the TERMS of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but
nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the TERMS of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Underwriters and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
principal amount of TERMS which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of all the TERMS, or if the Company shall not
exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase the TERMS of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be
borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and
the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as
set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively,
pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on
behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter or the
Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the TERMS.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section
9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter
except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason,
the TERMS are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein,
the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses,
including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in making preparations for the
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purchase, sale and delivery of the TERMS, but the Company shall then be under
no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8
hereof.
12. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder
shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the Underwriters in care of Credit
Suisse First Boston Corporation, 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010,
Attention: Investment Banking Department - Transactions Advisory Group; and if
to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration
Statement, Attention: Chief Financial Officer and Attention: Secretary;
provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c)
hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to
such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or
telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the
Company by the Underwriters upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices
or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to
the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in
Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each
person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of
any of the TERMS from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by
reason merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used
herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office
in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the
parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding,
please sign and return to us seven counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance
hereof by the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall
constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters and the Company.
Very truly yours,
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
By: /s/ KAREN HOGUET
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Name: Karen Hoguet
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Accepted as of the date hereof:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
BANCAMERICA ROBERTSON STEPHENS
CITICORP SECURITIES, INC.
By: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION
By: /s/ DAVID RUSSELL
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On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount of TERMS
to be Purchased
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<S> <C>
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation .... $148,750,000
Goldman, Sachs & Co. ...................... 148,750,000
Chase Securities Inc. ..................... 35,000,000
BancAmerica Robertson Stephens ............ 8,750,000
Citicorp Securities, Inc. ................. 8,750,000
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Total ................................ $350,000,000
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</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 4
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FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
and
CITIBANK, N.A.
Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
Dated as of August 26, 1998
Supplementing that certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 10, 1997
Authorizing the Issuance and Delivery of
Senior Securities
consisting of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
6 1/8% Term Enhanced ReMarketable Securities(sm)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
<S> <C>
RECITALS ....................................................................................................... 1
[Form of Face of Security]...................................................................................... 2
[Form of Reverse of Security]................................................................................... 3
ARTICLE I. ISSUANCE OF TERMS.................................................................................... 7
Section 1.1. Issuance of TERMS; Principal Amount; Maturity............................................ 7
Section 1.2. Interest on the TERMS; Payment of Interest............................................... 7
Section 1.3. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of TERMS.......................................... 8
ARTICLE II. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS................................................................................. 8
Section 2.1. Certain Definitions...................................................................... 8
ARTICLE III. TERMS.............................................................................................. 17
Section 3.1. General.............................................................................. 17
Section 3.2. Tender of TERMS; Remarketing......................................................... 19
Section 3.3. Repurchase........................................................................... 21
Section 3.4. Redemption........................................................................... 21
ARTICLE IV. CERTAIN COVENANTS................................................................................... 22
Section 4.1. Liens.................................................................................... 22
Section 4.2. Sale and Leaseback Transactions.......................................................... 22
Section 4.3. Permitting Unrestricted Subsidiaries to Become Restricted
Subsidiaries....................................................................... 23
Section 4.4. Payment Office........................................................................... 23
ARTICLE V. ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT......................................................................... 24
Section 5.1. Additional Events of Default............................................................. 24
ARTICLE VI. DEFEASANCE.......................................................................................... 24
Section 6.1. Applicability of Article V of the Indenture.............................................. 24
ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................................................... 25
Section 7.1. Reference to and Effect on the Indenture................................................. 25
Section 7.2. Waiver of Certain Covenants.............................................................. 25
Section 7.3. Supplemental Indenture May be Executed In Counterparts................................... 26
Section 7.4. Effect of Headings....................................................................... 26
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 26, 1998,
between Federated Department Stores, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and Citibank,
N.A., a national banking association duly incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), supplementing that certain
Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997, between the Company and the Trustee
(the "Indenture").
RECITALS
A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery
of the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities") to be
issued in one or more series as provided for in the Indenture.
B. The Indenture provides that the Securities of each series
shall be in substantially the form set forth in the Indenture, or in such other
form as may be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or
more indentures supplemental thereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or
permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently therewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof.
C. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company
shall issue and deliver, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Securities
denominated "6 1/8% Term Enhanced Remarketable Securities(sm)" (the "TERMS(sm)")
pursuant to the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the
form set forth below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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2
[Form of Face of Security]
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a
nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred to, or registered or
exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof, and no such transfer may be registered, except
in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for
or in lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the
foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
6 1/8% TERM ENHANCED REMARKETABLE SECURITY
No. R- $
Cusip No. _______
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter
called the "Company," which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on September 1,
2011 and to pay interest thereon from August 26, 1998 or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing on March 1,
1999, at the rate of 6 1/8% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in said Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a
Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 calendar days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
This Security is subject to mandatory tender for sale by the
record holder hereof, and the scheduled maturity date of this Security, the rate
at which this Security will bear interest and the Interest Payment Date and
Regular Record Dates for such interest are subject to adjustment, in each case
on or after September 1, 2001, as described on the reverse hereof.
Payment of the principal of and any such interest on this
Security shall be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for the
purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender
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3
for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option
of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address
of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security
Register.
REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS SET FORTH
ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME
EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE.
This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication herein has been signed manually
by the Trustee under said Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been duly executed in
accordance with the Indenture.
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
Date Issued: By:
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Attest:
By:
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[Form of Reverse of Security]
FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities
of the Company (herein called the "Securities") issued and to be issued in one
or more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997 (herein called
the "Indenture") as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as
of August 26, 1998 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture"), between the Company
and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture. This Security is one of the series designated
on the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $350,000,000.
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4
This Security will bear interest at the annual interest rate
of 6 1/8% to September 1, 2001 (the "Initial Investor Maturity Date"). The
Initial Investor Maturity Date and, if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is
designated as a Window Period Remarketing Date, the Additional Remarketing Date
thereafter, will be the Remarketing Dates for the Securities of this series. If
the Remarketing Dealer elects to remarket the Securities of this series on a
Remarketing Date, except in the limited circumstances described in the Second
Supplemental Indenture, (i) this Security will be subject to mandatory tender to
the Remarketing Dealer at 100% of the principal amount thereof for remarketing
on each such date, on the terms and subject to the conditions described in the
Second Supplemental Indenture, and (ii) on and after such Remarketing Date, this
Security will bear interest at the rate determined by the Remarketing Dealer in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Second Supplemental Indenture.
If the Remarketing Dealer for any reason does not purchase all of the Securities
of this series on any Remarketing Date, or elects not to remarket the Securities
of this series, or in certain other limited circumstances described in the
Supplemental Indenture, the Company will be required to purchase the Securities
of this series from the Holders thereof on such Remarketing Date, at 100% of the
principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
If the Initial Investor Maturity Date is designated as a
Window Period Remarketing Date, except in the limited circumstances described in
the Second Supplemental Indenture, (i) the Maturity Date of this Security will
be the date that is the tenth anniversary of the Additional Remarketing Date
(whether or not a Business Day), (ii) interest on this Security accruing from
the Additional Remarketing Date will be paid semiannually on each day that is a
six-month anniversary of such date (each such day being an Interest Payment
Date) until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment, and
(iii) the interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
such Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or
not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each such
day being a Regular Record Date), Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date,
or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as
more fully provided in the Indenture.
This Security is subject to provisions of the Indenture which
provide for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of this
Security or (b) certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect
to this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set forth
in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this
series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
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The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture,
the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding for 60 calendar
days after receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity. The
foregoing shall apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for
the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place, and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
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aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security shall be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
Unless this Security is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New
York) to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or
payment, and any Security issued upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, this Security is registered in the name of Cede &
Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company and payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL because the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
All terms used in this Security that are defined in the
Indenture shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
D. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
--------------------- CITIBANK, N.A., as Trustee
By:
--------------------------------
Authorized Officer
E. All acts and things necessary to make the TERMS, when the
TERMS have been executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the
valid, binding, and legal obligations of the Company and to constitute these
presents a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms,
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have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery by the Company of
the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and the issue hereunder of the
TERMS have in all respects been duly authorized; and the Company, in the
exercise of legal right and power in it vested, has executed and delivered the
Indenture and is executing and delivering this Supplemental Indenture and
proposes to make, execute, issue, and deliver the TERMS.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
In order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the
TERMS are authenticated, issued, and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the TERMS by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
Holders from time to time of the TERMS, as follows:
ARTICLE I. ISSUANCE OF TERMS.
SECTION 1.1. ISSUANCE OF TERMS; PRINCIPAL AMOUNT; MATURITY.
(a) On August 26, 1998 the Company shall issue and deliver to
the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate, TERMS substantially in the form
set forth above, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such TERMS, as
evidenced by their execution of such TERMS.
(b) The TERMS shall be issued in the aggregate principal
amount of $350,000,000 shall mature on September 1, 2011 unless, pursuant to
Section 3.2(b), the Initial Investor Maturity Date is designated a Window Period
Remarketing Date in which case the TERMS will mature on the date determined
pursuant to Section 3.2(b).
SECTION 1.2. INTEREST ON THE TERMS; PAYMENT OF INTEREST.
(a) The TERMS shall bear interest at the rate of 6 1/8% per
annum from August 26, 1998 to September 1, 2001, except in the case of TERMS
delivered pursuant to Sections 2.05 or 2.07 of the Indenture, which shall bear
interest from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, until the principal thereof is paid or made available
for payment. Such interest shall be payable semiannually on March 1 and
September 1 of each year, commencing March 1, 1999.
(b) The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name a TERMS (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a
Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to
the
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Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name the TERMS (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of the TERMS not less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special
Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the TERMS may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in the Indenture.
(c) Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any
interest on the TERMS shall be made at the office or agency of the Company
maintained for the purpose in New York, New York, in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of
the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security Register.
(d) The rate at which the TERMS will bear interest and the
Interest Payment Dates and Regular Record Dates for such interest are subject to
adjustment, in each case on or after September 1, 2001, pursuant to Article III.
The provisions of Section 1.2(c) will continue to be applicable notwithstanding
any such adjustment.
SECTION 1.3. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION AND DELIVERY OF TERMS.
The TERMS will be executed on behalf of the Company by the
Chairman or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, or any Vice President of the Company and attested by any
other executive officer of the Company.
ARTICLE II. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
SECTION 2.1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.
The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this Supplemental
Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture
and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings specified
in this Section 2.1. All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP. All other terms used in this
Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context of this Supplemental Indenture
otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the
Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the
date of this Supplemental Indenture as originally executed.
"Accreted Dollar Price" means, with respect to the Additional
Remarketing Date, the Dollar Price as of the Initial Investor Maturity Date
(determined by the Remarketing Dealer on the Notification Date) plus the product
of (i) such Dollar Price less the aggregate principal amount of the TERMS
outstanding as of the Initial Investor Maturity Date, (ii) the weighted
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average per annum Window Period Interest Rate for the Window Period, and (iii)
the number of days in the Window Period divided by 360.
"Additional Remarketing Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(b).
"Applicable Spread" means the lowest bid indication, expressed
as a spread (in the form of a percentage or number of basis points) above the
Base Rate, obtained by the Remarketing Dealer on the Re-pricing Date from the
bids quoted by five Reference Corporate Dealers for the full aggregate principal
amount of the TERMS at the Dollar Price, but assuming (i) an issue date of the
Initial Investor Maturity Date (if such date is not a Window Period Remarketing
Date) or the Additional Remarketing Date (if the Initial Investor Maturity Date
is a Window Period Remarketing Date) with settlement on such date without
accrued interest, (ii) a maturity date equal to the Maturity Date of the TERMS,
and (iii) a stated annual interest rate, payable semiannually, equal to the Base
Rate plus the spread bid by the applicable Reference Corporate Dealer.
"Bank Facilities" means the financing provided to the Company
by certain financial institutions pursuant to (i) the Five-Year Credit
Agreement, pursuant to which such financial institutions have provided the
Company with a $1,500,000,000 revolving loan facility and (ii) the 364-Day
Credit Agreement, pursuant to which such financial institutions have provided
the Company with a $500,000,000 revolving loan facility, with Citibank N.A., as
administrative agent and paying agent, The Chase Manhattan Bank as
administrative agent, BankBoston, N.A. as syndication agent, and Bank of America
National Trust & Savings Association, as documentation agent, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Base Rate" means 5.64% per annum.
"Basic Spread" means the lowest bid indication, expressed as a
spread (in the form of a percentage or number of basis points) above the
Reference Rate, obtained by the Remarketing Dealer on the third business Day
prior to the Window Period Remarketing Date from the bids quoted from five
Reference Money Market Dealers on such date for the full aggregate principal
amount of the TERMS at a dollar price equal to par, but assuming (i) an issue
date of the Window Period Remarketing Date, with settlement on such date without
accrued interest, (ii) a maturity date equal to the day that is 52 weeks from
the Window Period Remarketing Date, (iii) that the TERMS are callable by the
Remarketing Dealer on a weekly basis after the Window Period Remarketing Date,
(iv) that the TERMS will be repurchased by the Company at par on the day that is
52 weeks from the Window Period Remarketing Date if not previously called by the
Remarketing Dealer, and (v) a stated annual interest rate, payable on the
Additional Remarketing Date, equal to the Reference Rate plus the spread bid by
the applicable Reference Money Market Dealer.
"Business Day" means any day on which commercial banks are
open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits in the City of New York and, in the case of the determination of the
Reference Rate that is based upon U.S. Dollar deposits in London, the City of
London.
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"Cash Equivalent" means: (a) obligations issued or
unconditionally guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States of
America or by any agency or authority controlled or supervised by and acting as
an instrumentality of the United States of America; (b) obligations (including,
but not limited to, demand or time deposits, bankers' acceptances and
certificates of deposit) issued by a depository institution or trust company or
a wholly owned Subsidiary or branch office of any depository institution or
trust company, provided that (i) such depository institution or trust company
has, at the time of the Company's or any Restricted Subsidiary's Investment
therein or contractual commitment providing for such Investment, capital,
surplus, or undivided profits (as of the date of such institution's most
recently published financial statements) in excess of $100.0 million and (ii)
the commercial paper of such depository institution or trust company, at the
time of the Company's or any Restricted Subsidiary's Investment therein or
contractual commitment providing for such Investment, is rated at least A1 by
S&P or P-1 by Moody's; (c) debt obligations (including, but not limited to,
commercial paper and medium term notes) issued or unconditionally guaranteed as
to principal and interest by any corporation, state, or municipal government or
agency or instrumentality thereof, or foreign sovereignty, if the commercial
paper of such corporation, state, or municipal government or foreign
sovereignty, at the time of the Company's or any Restricted Subsidiary's
Investment therein or contractual commitment providing for such Investment, is
rated at least A1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's; (d) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the type described
above entered into with a depository institution or trust company meeting the
qualifications described in clause (b) above; and (e) Investments in money
market or mutual funds that invest predominantly in Cash Equivalents of the type
described in clauses (a), (b), (c), and (d) above; provided, however, that, in
the case of clauses (a) through (c) above, each such Investment has a maturity
of one year or less from the date of acquisition thereof.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means total assets (less
depreciation and valuation reserves and other reserves and items deductible from
gross book value of specific asset accounts under GAAP) after deducting
therefrom (i) all current liabilities and (ii) all goodwill, trade names,
trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, organization expenses, and other
like intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent balance sheet of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Dollar Price" means, with respect to the TERMS, the present
value, as of the Initial Investor Maturity Date, of the Remaining Scheduled
Payments discounted to the Initial Investor Maturity Date, on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30- day months), at the Treasury
Rate; provided that in the case of the Additional Remarketing Date, the Dollar
Price will be the Accreted Dollar Price; and provided, further, that the Dollar
Price in the case of the Initial Investor Maturity or the Additional Remarketing
Date may be any other amount agreed to in writing by the Remarketing Dealer and
the Company.
"Existing Indebtedness" means all Indebtedness under or
evidenced by: (a) the TERMS, (b) the Company's 7% Senior Debentures Due 2028;
(c) the Company's 7.45% Senior Debentures Due 2017; (d) the Company's 6.79%
Senior Debentures Due 2027; (e) the Company's 10% Senior Notes Due 2001; (f) the
Company's 8.125% Senior Notes Due 2002; (g) the Company's 8.5% Senior Notes Due
2003; (h) the Company's 5% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2003; (i) the
outstanding principal amount of notes issued pursuant to the Mortgage Note
Agreement between Macy's Primary Real Estate, Inc. and Federated Noteholding
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Corporation; (j) the outstanding principal amount of notes issued pursuant to
the Loan Agreement among Lazarus PA, Inc., PNC Bank Ohio, National Association,
as agent, and the financial institutions party thereto; (k) Capital Lease
Obligations of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date
of issuance of the TERMS; and (l) the other secured Indebtedness of the Company
or secured or unsecured Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiaries existing on
the date of issuance of the TERMS.
"Initial Investor Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(b).
"Interest Determination Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(c).
"Interest Rate to Maturity" means the interest rate which
shall be determined by the Remarketing Dealer by 3:30 p.m., New York City time,
on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Initial Investor Maturity
Date (if such date is not a Window Period Remarketing Date) or the Additional
Remarketing Date (if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is a Window Period
Remarketing Date) (the "Re-pricing Date"), to the nearest one hundred-
thousandth (.00001) of one percent per annum, and will be equal to the sum of
the Base Rate plus the Applicable Spread.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person, any direct or
indirect loan or other extension of credit or capital contribution to (by means
of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property
or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by
such Person of any capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures, or other securities
or evidences of Indebtedness issued by any other Person. The amount of any
Investment shall be the original cost thereof, plus the cost of all additions
thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, write-ups,
write-downs, or write-offs with respect to such Investment.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), security interest, or preference, priority, or other security agreement
or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever intended to assure
payment of any Indebtedness or other obligation, including without limitation
any conditional sale, deferred purchase price, or other title retention
agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease Obligation, any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing, and the filing, under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law
of any jurisdiction, of any financing statement naming the owner of the asset to
which such Lien relates as debtor.
"Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b).
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any
successor to the rating agency business thereof.
"Notice" means, with respect to an Offer to Purchase, a
written notice stating:
(a) the Section of this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to
which such Offer to Purchase is being made;
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(b) the applicable Purchase Amount (including, if less than
all the TERMS, the calculation thereof pursuant to the Section hereof
requiring such Offer to Purchase);
(c) the applicable Purchase Date;
(d) the purchase price to be paid by the Company for each
$1,000 principal amount at maturity of TERMS accepted for payment (as
specified in this Supplemental Indenture);
(e) that the Holder of any TERMS may tender for purchase by
the Company all or any portion of such TERMS equal to $1,000 principal
amount or any integral multiple thereof;
(f) the place or places where TERMS are to be surrendered for
tender pursuant to such Offer to Purchase;
(g) any TERMS not tendered or tendered but not purchased by
the Company pursuant to such Offer to Purchase shall continue to accrue
interest as set forth in such TERMS and this Supplemental Indenture;
(h) that on the Purchase Date the purchase price shall become
due and payable upon each TERMS (or portion thereof) selected for
purchase pursuant to such Offer to Purchase and that interest thereon
shall cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date;
(i) that each Holder electing to tender a TERMS pursuant to
such Offer to Purchase shall be required to surrender such TERMS at the
place or places specified in the Notice prior to the close of business
on the fifth Business Day prior to the Purchase Date (such TERMS being,
if the Company or the Trustee so requires, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its
attorney duly authorized in writing);
(j) that (i) if TERMS (or portions thereof) in an aggregate
principal amount less than or equal to the Purchase Amount are duly
tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to such Offer to Purchase, the
Company shall purchase all such TERMS and (ii) if TERMS in an aggregate
principal amount in excess of the Purchase Amount are duly tendered and
not withdrawn pursuant to such Offer to Purchase, (A) the Company shall
purchase TERMS having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
Purchase Amount and (B) the particular TERMS (or portions thereof) to
be purchased shall be selected by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
purchase of portions (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of
$1,000) of the principal amount of TERMS of a denomination larger than
$1,000;
(k) that, in the case of any Holder whose TERMS is purchased
only in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such TERMS without service
charge, a new TERMS or TERMS of any authorized
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denomination as requested by such Holder in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased portion of the
TERMS so tendered; and
(l) any other information required by applicable law to be
included therein.
"Notification Date" has the mean set forth in Section 3.2(a).
"Offer to Purchase" means an offer to purchase TERMS pursuant
to and in accordance with a Notice, in the aggregate Purchase Amount, on the
Purchase Date, and at the purchase price specified in such Notice (as determined
pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture). Any Offer to Purchase shall remain
open from the time of mailing of the Notice until the Purchase Date, and shall
be governed by and effected in accordance with, and the Company and the Trustee
shall perform their respective obligations specified in, the Notice for such
Offer to Purchase.
"Optional Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.
"Permitted Liens" means: (a) Liens (other than Liens on
inventory) securing (A) Existing Indebtedness; (B) Indebtedness under the Bank
Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time not to exceed
$2,800.0 million, less (i) principal payments actually made by the Company on
any term loan facility under such Bank Facilities (other than principal payments
made in connection with or pursuant to a refinancing of the Bank Facilities in
compliance with clause (a)(I) below) and (ii) any amounts by which any revolving
credit facility commitments under the Bank Facilities are permanently reduced
(other than permanent reductions made in connection with or pursuant to a
refinancing of the Bank Facilities in compliance with clause (a)(I) below)
except that under no circumstances shall the total allowable indebtedness under
this clause (a)(B) be less than $1,250.0 million (subject to increase from and
after the date hereof at a rate, compounded annually, equal to 3% per annum) if
incurred for the purpose of providing the Company and its Subsidiaries with
working capital, including without limitation, bankers' acceptances, letters of
credit, and similar assurances of payment whether as part of the Bank Facilities
or otherwise; (C) Indebtedness existing as of the date of the initial issuance
of the TERMS of any Subsidiary of the Company engaged primarily in the business
of owning or leasing real property; (D) Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of
financing store construction and remodeling or other capital expenditures; (E)
Indebtedness in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or arising
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement; (F) Indebtedness
of a Person acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company at the time
of such acquisition; (G) to the extent deemed to be "Indebtedness," obligations
under swap agreements, cap agreements, collar agreements, insurance
arrangements, or any other agreement or arrangement, in each case designed to
provide protection against fluctuations in interest rates, the cost of currency
or the cost of goods (other than inventory); (H) other Indebtedness in
outstanding amounts not to exceed, in the aggregate, the greater of $750.0
million and 12.5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries at any particular time; and (I) Indebtedness incurred
in connection with any extension, renewal, refinancing, replacement, or
refunding (including successive extensions, renewals, refinancings,
replacements, or refundings), in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness of the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the principal
amount of the Indebtedness so incurred does not exceed the sum of the principal
amount of the Indebtedness so extended,
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renewed, refinanced, replaced, or refunded, plus all interest accrued thereon
and all related fees and expenses (including any payments made in connection
with procuring any required lender or similar consents); (b) Liens incurred and
pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
liability insurance, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age
pensions, and other social security benefits other than in respect of employee
benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended; (c) Liens securing performance, surety, and appeal bonds and other
obligations of like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (d)
Liens on goods and documents securing trade letters of credit; (e) Liens
imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's,
and vendor's Liens, incurred in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (f) Liens securing the payment of taxes, assessments,
and governmental charges or levies, either (i) not delinquent or (ii) being
contested in good faith by appropriate legal or administrative proceedings and
as to which adequate reserves shall have been established on the books of the
relevant Person in conformity with GAAP; (g) zoning restrictions, easements,
rights of way, reciprocal easement agreements, operating agreements, covenants,
conditions, or restrictions on the use of any parcel of property that are
routinely granted in real estate transactions or do not interfere in any
material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries or the value of such property for the purpose of such
business; (h) Liens on property existing at the time such property is acquired;
(i) purchase money Liens upon or in any property acquired or held in the
ordinary course of business to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the
purpose of financing the acquisition of such property; (j) Liens on the assets
of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time such Subsidiary is acquired; (k)
Liens with respect to obligations in outstanding amounts not to exceed $100.0
million at any particular time and that (i) are not incurred in connection with
the borrowing of money or obtaining advances or credit (other than trade credit
in the ordinary course of business) and (ii) do not in the aggregate interfere
in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries; and (l) without limiting the ability of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, or suffer to
exist any Lien otherwise permitted under any of the foregoing clauses, any
extension, renewal, or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Lien described
in the foregoing clauses; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal,
or replacement Lien is limited to the property or assets covered by the Lien
extended, renewed, or replaced or substitute property or assets, the value of
which is determined by the Board of Directors of the Company to be not
materially greater than the value of the property or assets for which the
substitute property or assets are substituted.
"Purchase Amount" means the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the TERMS required to be offered to be purchased by the Company
pursuant to an Offer to Purchase.
"Purchase Date" means, with respect to any Offer to Purchase,
a date specified by the Company in such Offer to Purchase not less than 30
calendar days or more than 60 calendar days after the date of the mailing of the
Notice of such Offer to Purchase (or such other time period as is necessary for
the Offer to Purchase to remain open for a sufficient period of time to comply
with applicable securities laws).
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"Reference Corporate Dealers" means leading dealers of
publicly traded debt securities of the Company in the City of New York (no more
than one of which may be the Remarketing Dealer or an affiliate thereof)
selected by the Company.
"Reference Money Market Dealers" means leading dealers,
selected by the Company, of publicly traded debt securities of the Company in
the City of New York (no more than one of which may be the Remarketing Dealer or
an affiliate thereof) who are also leading dealers in money market instruments.
The Company will notify the Remarketing Dealer of the identity of such Reference
Money Market Dealers no later than four Business Days prior to the Window Period
Remarketing Date.
"Reference Rate" means, with respect to the Window Period, one
of the following reference rates selected by the Company and notified to the
Remarketing Dealer no later than four Business Days prior to the Window Period
Remarketing Date: (i) the per annum rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars for a
period of one week shown on Telerate page 3750 (or any successor page) as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date, or (ii) the per
annum rate equal to the average of the federal funds rates shown on Telerate
page 5 as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable Interest
Determination Date and each of the four Business Days prior to such applicable
Interest Determination Date, or (iii) the one-week "AA" non-financial commercial
paper rate shown on the Internet world wide web page (or any successor page) of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System at
www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases/CP/ as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
applicable Interest Determination Date.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to the
TERMS, the remaining scheduled payments of the principal thereof and interest
thereon, calculated at the Base Rate only and assuming (i) a maturity date equal
to the day that is ten years from the Initial Investor Maturity Date of the
TERMS (whether or not a Business Day) and (ii) that the Company did not elect
the Initial Investor Maturity Date to be a Window Period Remarketing Date.
"Remarketing Agreement" means the Remarketing Agreement, dated
as of August 26, 1998 between the Company and Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation.
"Remarketing Date" means the Initial Maturity Date and, if
applicable, the Additional Remarketing Date.
"Remarketing Dealer" means Credit Suisse First Boston
Corporation and its successors and assigns under the Remarketing Agreement.
"Re-pricing Date" means the meaning set forth in the
definition of Interest Rate to Maturity.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any direct or indirect
subsidiary (as that term is defined in Regulation S-X promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission) other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business
thereof.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means, with respect to any
Person, an arrangement with any bank, insurance company, or other lender or
investor or to which such lender or investor is a party providing for the
leasing pursuant to a Capital Lease by such Person or any Subsidiary of such
Person of any property or asset of such Person or such Subsidiary which has been
or is being sold or transferred by such Person or such Subsidiary to such lender
or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by
such lender or investor on the security of such property or asset.
"Scheduled Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(a).
"Senior Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the Company or
its Subsidiaries other than Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that accounts
for (i) 10% or more of the total consolidated assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of any date of determination or (ii) 10% or more of the total
consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently
concluded fiscal quarter.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of the
Company which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the TERMS.
"Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity of the
offered-side quote for the then current 10-Year US Treasury Bond shown on
Telerate page 500 (or any successor page), as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the Notification Date (or, if such 10-year US Treasury Bond is not available,
the interpolated yield to maturity using then current US Treasury Bonds). The
10-year offered-side yield will be used to determine the Dollar Price with
respect to the determination of the Interest Rate to Maturity. In the event that
the offered-side quote for the then current 10-Year US Treasury Bond is no
longer shown on Telerate page 500 and there is no successor page, the Treasury
Rate will be calculated by the Remarketing Dealer and will be a yield to
maturity equal to the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of
approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Notification Date, of five
leading primary United States government securities dealers (no more than one of
which shall be the Remarketing Dealer or an affiliate thereof) selected by the
Remarketing Dealer, excluding the highest and lowest of such bids, for an
aggregate principal amount of the then current 10-Year US Treasury Bond equal to
the aggregate principal amount of the TERMS (or, if such 10-year US Treasury
Bond is not available, the interpolated yield to maturity using then current US
Treasury Bonds). If fewer than three such United States government securities
dealers provide bids, the Treasury Rate shall be the average of such bids. If
only one such United States government securities dealer provides such a bid,
then the Treasury Rate shall be equal to such a bid.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (a) FDS National Bank, FACS
Group, Inc., Federated Credit Holdings Corporation, Prime Credit Card Master
Trust (to the extent that it is deemed to be a Subsidiary), Prime Credit Card
Master Trust II (to the extent it is deemed to be a Subsidiary), Prime
Receivables Corporation, Prime II Receivables Corporation, Seven Hills
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Funding Corporation, Ridge Capital Trust II (to the extent that it is deemed to
be a Subsidiary), Macy Financial, Inc., R.H. Macy Overseas Finance, N.V., Macy
Credit Corp., and Macy's Data and Credit Services Corp., (b) any Subsidiary of
the Company the primary business of which consists of, and is restricted by the
charter, partnership agreement, or similar organizational document of such
Subsidiary to, financing operations on behalf of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and/or purchasing accounts receivable or direct or indirect
interests therein, and/or making loans secured by accounts receivable or direct
or indirect interests therein (and business related to the foregoing), or which
is otherwise primarily engaged in, and restricted by its charter, partnership
agreement, or similar organizational document to, the business of a finance
company (and business related thereto), which, in accordance with the
provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, has been designated by Board
Resolution as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case unless and until any of
the Subsidiaries of the Company referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and
(b) is, in accordance with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture,
designated by a Board Resolution as a Restricted Subsidiary, and (c) any
Subsidiary of the Company of which, in the case of a corporation, more than 50%
of the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of
whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such
corporation has or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any
contingency), or, in the case of any partnership or other legal entity, more
than 50% of the ordinary equity capital interests, is at the time directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by one or more Unrestricted Subsidiaries and the
primary business of which consists of, and is restricted by the charter,
partnership agreement, or similar organizational document of such Subsidiary
to, financing operations on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and/or
purchasing accounts receivable or direct or indirect interests therein, and/or
making loans secured by accounts receivable or direct or indirect interests
therein (and business related to the foregoing), or which is otherwise
primarily engaged in, and restricted by its charter, partnership agreement or
similar organizational document to, the business of a finance company (and
business related thereto).
"Window Period" means the period of time from, and including,
the Window Period Remarketing Date to, but excluding, the Additional Remarketing
Date.
"Window Period Interest Rate" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(c).
"Window Period Remarketing Date" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(b).
ARTICLE III. TERMS.
SECTION 3.1. GENERAL.
(a) The TERMS will be unsecured obligations of the Company and
will rank pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of
the Company. The Maturity Date of the TERMS is scheduled to be September 1,
2011 (the "Scheduled Maturity Date") but may be adjusted due to the occurrence,
if any, of the Window Period. Except in the limited circumstances described in
Section 3.3, the TERMS are not subject to redemption by the Company prior to
the Maturity Date.
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(b) September 1, 2001 (the "Initial Investor Maturity Date")
and, if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is designated as a Window Period
Remarketing Date pursuant to Section 3.2(b), the Additional Remarketing Date
thereafter, will be the Remarketing Dates for the TERMS. If the Remarketing
Dealer elects to remarket the TERMS on a Remarketing Date, except in the limited
circumstances described in this Article III, (i) the TERMS will be subject to
mandatory tender to the Remarketing Dealer at 100% of the principal amount
thereof for remarketing on each such date, on the terms and subject to the
conditions described herein, and (ii) on and after such Remarketing Date, the
TERMS will bear interest at the rate specified in Section 3.2.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3.4, the TERMS are subject to
redemption by the Company from the Remarketing Dealer on any Remarketing Date.
If the Remarketing Dealer for any reason does not purchase all of the TERMS on
any Remarketing Date, or elects not to remarket the TERMS, or in certain other
limited circumstances described in Section 3.3, the Company will be required
pursuant to Section 3.3 to repurchase the TERMS from the Holders thereof on such
Remarketing Date at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any.
(d) Interest on the TERMS accruing from the Initial Investor
Maturity Date (if such date is not a Window Period Remarketing Date) or the
Additional Remarketing Date (if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is a Window
Period Remarketing Date) will be paid semiannually on each day that is a
six-month anniversary of such date (each such day being an Interest Payment
Date) until the principal of the TERMS is paid or made available for payment.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any such
Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the
Persons in whose names the TERMS are registered on the fifteenth calendar day
(whether not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date
(each such day being a Regular Record Date). Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holders on
such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Persons in whose names
the TERMS are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of TERMS not less than 10 calendar days prior
to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
TERMS may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest on the TERMS accruing
during the Window Period, if applicable, will be payable on the Additional
Remarketing Date to the Persons to whom principal is payable on the Additional
Remarketing Date. Interest on the TERMS will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months, except that interest accruing during the
Window Period will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in such
period and a 360-day year.
(e) Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date and at the
Maturity Date or date of earlier redemption or repurchase of TERMS will be the
amount of interest accrued from and including the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and
including the Issue Date if no interest has been paid or duly provided for with
respect to the TERMS) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity Date or date of redemption or repurchase, as the case may be. If any
Interest Payment
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Date or the Maturity Date or date of earlier redemption or repurchase of TERMS
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment otherwise then due will
be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were
made on the date such payment was due and no interest will accrue on the amount
so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the
Maturity Date or date of redemption or repurchase, as the case may be.
(f) The TERMS will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples thereof.
SECTION 3.2. TENDER OF TERMS; REMARKETING
(a) MANDATORY TENDER. Provided that the Remarketing Dealer
gives notice to the Company and the Trustee on a Business Day not earlier than
fifteen nor later than five Business Days prior to the Initial Investor Maturity
Date of its intention to purchase the TERMS (the "Notification Date"), each
TERMS will be automatically tendered, or deemed tendered, to the Remarketing
Dealer for purchase on each of (i) the Initial Investor Maturity Date and (ii)
if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is designated as a Window Period
Remarketing Date as described in Section 3.2(b), the Additional Remarketing Date
thereafter, except in the circumstances described in Sections 3.3 and 3.4. The
purchase price for the TERMS to be paid by the Remarketing Dealer on each
Remarketing Date will equal 100% of the principal amount thereof and will be
payable as provided in Section 3.2(d). When the TERMS are tendered to the
Remarketing Dealer on a Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Dealer may remarket
the TERMS for its own account at varying prices to be determined by the
Remarketing Dealer at the time of each sale. If the Remarketing Dealer elects to
purchase the TERMS, the obligation of the Remarketing Dealer to purchase the
TERMS on the applicable Remarketing Date is subject, among other things, to the
condition that no "Termination Event" under the Remarketing Agreement shall have
occurred.
The Initial Investor Maturity Date will be September 1, 2001. The
Maturity Date of the TERMS is scheduled to occur on the Scheduled Maturity Date,
but may be adjusted due to the occurrence, if any, of the Window Period.
(b) REMARKETING DATES; ADJUSTMENT TO MATURITY DATES. If the Remarketing
Dealer elects to purchase the TERMS on the Initial Investor Maturity Date, then
not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth Business Day prior
to the Initial Investor Maturity Date, the Company may notify the Remarketing
Dealer, the Trustee and DTC by telephone, confirmed in writing that it elects
the Initial Investor Maturity Date to be a Window Period Remarketing Date (the
"Window Period Remarketing Date"). The Company will be eligible to make such
notification if at such time its senior unsecured debt is rated at least "Baa3"
by Moody's Investors Service and "BBB-" by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or
the equivalent thereof by such rating agency at the time of such notification;
provided that, the Remarketing Dealer may waive this requirement at its sole
discretion. If the Company does not provide such notification, the Initial
Investor Maturity Date will be the only Remarketing Date and the Maturity Date
will be the Scheduled Maturity Date. If the Company provides such notification,
then (i) the Additional Remarketing Date will be one of the 52 following
one-week anniversary dates of the Initial Investor Maturity Date (or if any
such day is not a Business Day, the next
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following Business Day) designated by the Company not later than the fifth
Business Day prior to such one-week anniversary date (the "Additional
Remarketing Date"); provided that, if the Company fails to so designate the
Additional Remarketing Date, the Additional Remarketing Date will be the date
that is 52 weeks after the Initial Investor Maturity Date (or if such day is
not a Business Day, the next following Business Day) and (ii) the Maturity Date
of the TERMS will be the date that is the tenth anniversary of the Additional
Remarketing Date (whether or not a Business Day).
(c) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE INTEREST RATE. From and including the
Initial Investor Maturity Date (if such date is not a Window Period Remarketing
Date) or the Additional Remarketing Date (if the Initial Investor Maturity Date
is a Window Period Remarketing Date), to but excluding the Maturity Date, the
TERMS will bear interest at the Interest Rate to Maturity. During the Window
Period the TERMS will bear interest at the Window Period Interest Rate. The
interest rate for the Window Period will be reset on each Interest Reset Date
during the Window Period and will equal the Reference Rate in respect of the
applicable Interest Reset Date plus the Basic Spread, in each case as calculated
by the Remarketing Dealer (the "Window Period Interest Rate"). The Wednesday of
each week during the Window Period will be an "Interest Reset Date." The
"Interest Determination Date" applicable to an Interest Reset Date will be the
second Business Day preceding such Interest Reset Date. The interest rate in
effect from and including the Window Period Remarketing Date (which is the first
day of the Window Period) to, but excluding, the first Interest Reset Date
during the Window Period will be determined as if the Window Period Remarketing
Date were an Interest Reset Date and the Interest Determination Date for such
Interest Reset Date were the second Business Day prior to the Window Period
Remarketing Date.
(d) NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS; SETTLEMENT. The Remarketing Agreement
provides that, if the Remarketing Dealer has previously notified the Company and
the Trustee on the Notification Date of its intention to purchase all of the
TERMS on the Initial Investor Maturity Date, the Remarketing Dealer will notify
the Company, the Trustee and DTC by telephone, confirmed in writing, by 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day prior to the Initial
Investor Maturity Date (if such date is not a Window Period Remarketing Date) or
the Additional Remarketing Date (if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is a
Window Period Remarketing Date), of the Interest Rate to Maturity. The
Remarketing Agreement provides that, if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is a
Window Period Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Dealer will provide the Company,
the Trustee and DTC with notice in the manner contemplated by the preceding
sentence, on the second Business Day prior to the Initial Investor Maturity
Date, of the Window Period Interest Rate which will initially be in effect.
On each Remarketing Date, all of the TERMS will be
automatically be delivered to the account of the Trustee by book-entry through
DTC pending payment of the purchase or redemption price therefor as provided in
the next following paragraph.
The Remarketing Agreement provides that, if the Remarketing
Dealer purchases the TERMS on a Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Dealer will
make or cause the Trustee to make payment to the DTC participant (each, a "DTC
Participant") of each Holder of TERMS by book-entry through DTC by the close of
business on such date against delivery through DTC of such Holder's TERMS, of
100% of the principal amount of the TERMS that shall have been
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purchased by the Remarketing Dealer. If the Remarketing Dealer does not
purchase all of the TERMS on a Remarketing Date, the Company will make or cause
to be made such payment for the TERMS, pursuant to Section 3.3. In any case,
the Company will make or cause the Trustee to make payment of interest to each
Holder of TERMS on a Remarketing Date by book-entry through DTC by the close of
business on such date. In the event that the Company elects to redeem the TERMS
from the Remarketing Dealer pursuant to Section 3.4, the Company will make, or
cause the Trustee to make, payment to the Remarketing Dealer by book-entry
through DTC by the close of business on such date against delivery through DTC
of such TERMS.
The tender and settlement procedures described above,
including provisions for payment by purchasers of TERMS in the remarketing or
for payment to selling Holders of TERMS, may be modified to the extent required
by DTC or to the extent required to facilitate the tender and remarketing of
TERMS in certificated form, if the book-entry system is no longer available for
the TERMS at the time of the remarketing. In addition, the Remarketing Dealer
may, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, modify the tender and
settlement procedures set forth above in order to facilitate the tender and
settlement process.
SECTION 3.3. REPURCHASE
In the event that (i) the Remarketing Dealer for any reason
does not notify the Company of the Interest Rate to Maturity or the Window
Period Interest Rate by (a) in the case of the Interest Rate to Maturity, 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day prior to the Initial
Investor Maturity Date (if the Initial Investor Maturity Date is not a Window
Period Remarketing Date) or the Additional Remarketing Date (if the Initial
Investor Maturity Date is a Window Period Remarketing Date), or (b) in the case
of the Window Period Interest Rate, 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second
Business Day prior to the Initial Investor Maturity Date, or (ii) prior to the
Notification Date, the Remarketing Dealer has resigned or been terminated and no
successor has been appointed on or before the third Business Day immediately
preceding the Initial Investor Maturity Date, or (iii) a Termination Event under
the Remarketing Agreement shall have occurred, or (iv) the Remarketing Dealer
for any reason elects not to purchase the TERMS on a Remarketing Date, or (v)
the Remarketing Dealer for any reason does not purchase all tendered TERMS on
the applicable Remarketing Date, the Company will repurchase the TERMS as a
whole on such Remarketing Date at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount
of the TERMS plus all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the TERMS to such
date. In any such case, payment will be made by the Company to the DTC
Participant of each Holder of TERMS by book-entry through DTC by the close of
business on the Remarketing Date against delivery through DTC of such Holder's
TERMS.
SECTION 3.4. REDEMPTION
If the Remarketing Dealer elects to purchase the TERMS on a
Remarketing Date, the TERMS will be subject to mandatory tender to the
Remarketing Dealer for purchase on such date, in each case subject to the
conditions described in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 and to the Company's right to
redeem the TERMS from the Remarketing Dealer as described in the next sentence.
The Company will notify the Remarketing Dealer and the Trustee, not later than
the fourth Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Remarketing Date,
if the Company irrevocably elects to exercise its right to redeem the TERMS from
the Remarketing Dealer, in
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whole but not in part, on such date at the Optional Redemption Price. In any
such case, payment will be made by the Company to the Remarketing Dealer by
book-entry transfer through DTC by the close of business on such Remarketing
Date against delivery through DTC of the TERMS.
The "Optional Redemption Price" shall be the sum of (i) the
greater of (x) 100% of the full aggregate principal amount of the TERMS or (y)
the Dollar Price as of the applicable Remarketing Date (which, if the applicable
Remarketing Date is the Additional remarketing Date, will equal the Accreted
Dollar Price) plus (ii) in the case of either (x) or (y) above, accrued and
unpaid interest to the applicable Remarketing Date.
ARTICLE IV. CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The following covenants shall be applicable to the Company for
so long as any of the TERMS are outstanding. Nothing in this paragraph will,
however, affect the Company's obligations under any provision of the Indenture
or this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 4.1. LIENS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any Liens upon any of
their respective assets, other than Permitted Liens, unless the TERMS are
secured by an equal and ratable Lien on the same assets.
SECTION 4.2. SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless the net cash
proceeds therefrom are applied as follows: to the extent that the aggregate
amount of net cash proceeds (net of all legal, title, and recording tax
expenses, commissions, and other fees and expenses incurred, and all federal,
state, provincial, foreign, and local or other taxes and reserves required to be
accrued as a liability, as a consequence of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction,
net of all payments made on any Indebtedness that is secured by the assets
subject to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction in accordance with the terms of
any Liens upon or with respect to such assets or which must by the terms of such
Lien, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction or by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction, and net of all distributions and other payments made
to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction) from such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
that shall not have been reinvested in the business of the Company or its
Subsidiaries or used to reduce Senior Indebtedness of the Company or its
Subsidiaries within 12 months of the receipt of such proceeds (with Cash
Equivalents being deemed to be proceeds upon receipt of such Cash Equivalents
and cash payments under promissory notes secured by letters of credit or
similar assurances of payment issued by commercial banks of recognized standing
being deemed to be proceeds upon receipt of such payments) shall exceed $100.0
million ("Excess Sale Proceeds") from time to time, the Company shall offer to
repurchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase TERMS with such Excess Sale
Proceeds (on a pro rata basis with any other Senior Indebtedness of the Company
or its Subsidiaries required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be
repurchased with such Excess Sale Proceeds, based on
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the principal amount of such Senior Indebtedness required to be repurchased) at
100% of principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, and to pay related
costs and expenses. Such Offer to Purchase shall be made by mailing of a Notice
to the Trustee and to each Holder at the address appearing in the Security
Register by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company or, at the
Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company, on a date selected by the Company not later than 12 months from the
date such Offer to Purchase is required to be made pursuant to the immediately
preceding sentence. To the extent that the aggregate purchase price for TERMS
or other Senior Indebtedness tendered pursuant to such offer to repurchase is
less than the aggregate purchase price offered in such offer, an amount of
Excess Sale Proceeds equal to such shortfall shall cease to be Excess Sale
Proceeds and may thereafter be used for general corporate purposes. On the
Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment TERMS or portions
thereof tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the Purchase Amount (selected by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
purchase of portions (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of the
principal amount of TERMS of a denomination larger than $1,000), (ii) deposit
with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all TERMS
or portions thereof so accepted, and (iii) deliver to the Trustee TERMS so
accepted. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of TERMS so
accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee
shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders a new TERMS equal in
principal amount to any unpurchased portion of each TERMS surrendered.
Election of the Offer to Purchase by a Holder shall (unless
otherwise provided by law) be irrevocable. The payment of accrued interest as
part of any repurchase price on any Purchase Date shall be subject to the right
of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due
on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to such Purchase Date.
If an Offer to Purchase TERMS is made, the Company shall
comply with all tender offer rules, including but not limited to Section 14(e)
under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to
such Offer to Purchase.
SECTION 4.3. PERMITTING UNRESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES TO BECOME
RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES.
The Company shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be
designated as a Restricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary is otherwise in
compliance with all provisions of the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture
that apply to Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 4.4. PAYMENT OFFICE.
The Company shall cause a Payment Office for the TERMS to be
maintained at all times in New York, New York.
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ARTICLE V. ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
SECTION 5.1. ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
In addition to the Events of Default set forth in the
Indenture, the term "Event of Default," whenever used in the Indenture or this
Supplemental Indenture with respect to the TERMS, means any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it may be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree, or order of any court or any order, rule, or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the failure to repurchase the TERMS when required pursuant
to the terms and conditions thereof or the terms and conditions of this
Supplemental Indenture;
(b) any nonpayment at maturity or other default under any
agreement or instrument relating to any other Indebtedness of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (the unpaid principal amount of
which is not less than $100.0 million), and, in any such case, such
default (i) continues beyond any period of grace provided with respect
thereto and (ii) results in such Indebtedness becoming due prior to its
stated maturity or occurs at the final maturity of such Indebtedness;
provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Section 9.01 and
8.08 of the Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of such nonpayment or other default unless either (1) a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of nonpayment
or other default or (2) the Trustee has received written notice thereof
from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such
Indebtedness or from the trustee under the agreement or instrument,
relating to such Indebtedness;
(c) the entry of one or more final judgments or orders for the
payment of money against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
which judgments and orders create a liability of $100.0 million or more
in excess of insured amounts and have not been stayed (by appeal or
otherwise), vacated, discharged, or otherwise satisfied within 60
calendar days of the entry of such judgments and orders; and
(d) Events of Default of the type and subject to the
conditions set forth in clauses (vi) and (vii) of Section 8.01(a) of
the Indenture in respect of any Significant Subsidiary or, in related
events, any group of Subsidiaries which, if considered in the
aggregate, would be a Significant Subsidiary of the Company.
ARTICLE VI. DEFEASANCE.
SECTION 6.1. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE V OF THE INDENTURE.
(a) The TERMS shall be subject to Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance as provided in Article V of the Indenture; provided, however, that no
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effective unless and until:
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(i) there shall have been delivered to the
Trustee the opinion of a nationally recognized independent public
accounting firm certifying the sufficiency of the amount of the moneys,
U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, placed on
deposit to pay, without regard to any reinvestment, the principal of
and any premium and interest on the TERMS on the Stated Maturity
thereof or on any earlier date on which the TERMS shall be subject to
repurchase;
(ii) there shall have been delivered to the
Trustee the certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company
certifying, on behalf of the Company, to the effect that such
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement to which the
Company is a party or violate any law to which the Company is subject;
and
(iii) No Event of Default or event that (after
notice or lapse of time or both) would become an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with
regard to any Event of Default or any such event specified in Sections
8.01(a)(vi) and (vii) of the Indenture, at any time on or prior to the
124th calendar day after the date of such deposit (it being understood
that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such
124th calendar day).
(b) Upon the exercise of the option provided in Section 5.01
of the Indenture to have Section 5.03 of the Indenture applied to the
Outstanding TERMS, in addition to the obligations from which the Company shall
be released specified in the Indenture, the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Article IV hereof.
ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 7.1. REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE INDENTURE.
This Supplemental Indenture shall be construed as supplemental
to the Indenture and all the terms and conditions of this Supplemental Indenture
shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of the Indenture. Except
as set forth herein, the Indenture heretofore executed and delivered is hereby
(i) incorporated by reference in this Supplemental Indenture and (ii) ratified,
approved and confirmed.
SECTION 7.2. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with
any term, provision, or condition set forth in Article IV hereof if the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Senior Notes shall, by Act
of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally
waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver
shall extend to or affect such term, provision, 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
term, provision, or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION 7.3. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE MAY BE EXECUTED IN COUNTERPARTS.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 7.4. EFFECT OF HEADINGS.
The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Supplemental 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.
[Seal] FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
- --------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF )
On this ____ day of August, 1998, before me personally came ,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is a
____________________________ of FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., one of the
entities described in and which executed the above instrument; that he/she knows
the seal of said entity; that the seal or a facsimile thereof affixed to said
instrument is such seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said entity, and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by like
authority.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/
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Notary Public
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STATE OF ____________ )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF ___________ )
On this ____ day of August, 1998, before me personally came ,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he/she is a
____________________________ of CITIBANK, N.A., one of the entities described in
and which executed the above instrument; that he/she knows the seal of said
entity; that the seal or a facsimile thereof affixed to said instrument is such
seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
entity, and that he/she signed his/her name thereto by like authority.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/
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Notary Public
