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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 26, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 333-08369
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 95-1732075
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
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55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, N.E., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30328, (404) 828-6000
(ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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ROBERT J. CLANIN
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, N.E.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30328
(404) 828-6000
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
COPIES TO:
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HARRISON D. MAAS, ESQ. NORMAN D. SLONAKER, ESQ.
DANIEL O. KENNEDY, ESQ. ROBERT J. DONATUCCI, ESQ.
HUNTON & WILLIAMS BROWN & WOOD LLP
NATIONSBANK PLAZA, SUITE 4100 ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
600 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10048
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30308 (212) 839-5300
(404) 888-4000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time
to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [_]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [_]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [_]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(/1/) PER UNIT OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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Debt Securities....................... $1,700,000,000 100%(/2/) $1,700,000,000 $472,600.00(/3/)
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(1) The initial public offering price of any Debt Security denominated in any
foreign currency or composite currencies shall be the U.S. dollar
equivalent thereof based on the prevailing exchange rates at the
respective times such debt securities are first offered. For debt
securities with an original issue discount, the amount to be registered is
calculated as the initial accreted value of such debt securities.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.
(3) Amount reflects the registration fee for an increase of $1,700,000,000 in
the debt securities to be registered. The initial Registration Statement
on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-08369) filed with the Commission on
July 18, 1996 registered $300,000,000 of debt securities, for which a
filing fee of $103,448.28 was paid. The total amount of debt securities
to be registered is $2,000,000,000.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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+THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY +
+NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE +
+SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN +
+OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE +
+SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED. +
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 26, 1999
PROSPECTUS
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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
$2,000,000,000
DEBT SECURITIES
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United Parcel Service of America, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("UPS" or the
"Company"), intends to issue from time to time, in one or more series, senior
unsecured debt securities (the "Debt Securities") with an aggregate initial
offering price not to exceed $2,000,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or
more foreign currencies or composite currencies. The Debt Securities may be
offered as separate series in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined
in light of market conditions at the time of sale and set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement or Prospectus Supplements.
The terms of each series of Debt Securities, including, where applicable, the
specific designation, aggregate principal amount, authorized denominations,
maturity or maturities, rate or rates and time or times of payment of any
interest, any terms for optional or mandatory redemption or payment of
additional amounts or any sinking fund provisions, any initial public offering
price, the proceeds to the Company and any other specific terms in connection
with the offering and sale of such series will be set forth in a Prospectus
Supplement or Prospectus Supplements. Debt Securities may be issued with
amounts payable in respect of principal, premium or interest on such Debt
Securities to be determined by reference to the value, rate or price of one or
more specified indices, formulas or other methods.
The Debt Securities may be sold directly by the Company, through agents
designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. See
"Plan of Distribution." If any agents of the Company or any underwriters are
involved in the sale of any Debt Securities in respect of which this prospectus
is delivered, the names of such agents or underwriters and any applicable
commissions or discounts will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement.
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Debt Securities unless
accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement.
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NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE DEBT SECURITIES OR DETERMINED
IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS , 1999.
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NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR
ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE
COMPANY OR ANY UNDERWRITER OR AGENT. THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER
TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY AND THEREBY IN ANY JURISDICTION TO
ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER IN SUCH JURISDICTION.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY
SALE MADE HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY
IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION HEREIN OR THEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME
SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DATES.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company can be inspected and
copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at
Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549; as
well as at the Regional Offices of the Commission at Seven World Trade Center,
13th Floor, New York, New York 10048 and Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison
Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661-2511. Copies of such material can
be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. For additional
information about the Commission's public reference rooms, please call the
Commission at 800-SEC-0330. The Commission also maintains a Web site at
http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements and
other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the
Commission, including the Company. The Company's Common Stock is not listed on
a national securities exchange or traded in the organized over-the-counter
markets.
This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration Statement (Registration
No. 333-08369) filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") with respect to the Debt
Securities offered hereby (together with all amendments and exhibits, the
"Registration Statement"). This Prospectus omits certain of the information
contained in the Registration Statement, and reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement and related exhibits for further information with
respect to the Company. Any statements contained herein concerning the
provisions of any document are not necessarily complete, and, in each
instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission. Each
such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act and are incorporated herein by reference and made
a part hereof: (a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997; (b) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1998, June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1998;
and the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 4, 1998.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act ("Exchange Act Documents") after January 26, 1999
and prior to effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. Exchange Act Documents filed
subsequent to the date of this Prospectus are incorporated by reference herein
and shall be a part hereof from the date of
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filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein or in any Prospectus
Supplement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Prospectus and such Prospectus Supplement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement.
The Company will provide, without charge, to each person to whom a copy of
this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any and
all of the documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, other than
the exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into the documents that this Prospectus
incorporates. Requests for copies of such documents should be directed to
Joseph R. Moderow, Senior Vice President and Secretary, United Parcel Service
of America, Inc., 55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia, 30328,
telephone number (404) 828-6000.
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Unless otherwise indicated, currency amounts in this Prospectus and any
Prospectus Supplement are stated in United States dollars ("$," "dollars,"
"U.S. dollars," or "U.S. $1").
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THE COMPANY
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides
specialized transportation and logistics services, primarily through the
pickup and delivery of packages and documents. Service is offered throughout
the United States and over 200 other countries and territories around the
globe. In terms of both revenue and volume, UPS is the largest package
distribution company in the world, with revenues of over $22 billion in 1997
generated by the delivery of more than three billion packages and documents.
UPS provides a daily pickup service for approximately 1.6 million customers.
With minor exceptions, UPS Common Stock, $.10 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"), is owned by or held for the benefit of its active employees
and their families, former employees and their estates or heirs, charitable
foundations established by UPS founders and their family members or by other
charitable organizations that acquired their stock by donations from
shareowners. UPS Common Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange
or traded in the organized over-the-counter markets. When used herein, the
terms "UPS" and the "Company" refer to United Parcel Service of America, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries. The address and telephone number
of the Company's principal executive offices are 55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30328, telephone number (404) 828-6000.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SEPT. 30, 1998
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Ratio of Earnings to
Fixed Charges (1)..................... 9.4 9.1 7.6 8.2 4.9 8.7
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(1) For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
earnings is defined as income before income taxes and fixed charges
(excluding capitalized interest). Fixed charges include interest (whether
capitalized or expensed), amortization of debt expense and any discount or
premium relating to any indebtedness (whether capitalized or expensed) and
the portion of rent expense considered to represent interest.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise stated in a Prospectus Supplement, the net proceeds from
the sale of the Debt Securities offered hereby will be used for general
corporate purposes, including the Company's working capital needs, the funding
of investments in, or extensions of credit to, the Company's operating
subsidiaries, possible acquisitions and investments in joint ventures and the
possible reduction of outstanding indebtedness. Pending such use, UPS may
temporarily invest the net proceeds in investment grade securities.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Debt Securities are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of January
26, 1999 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee
(the "Trustee"), a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. The Debt Securities may be
issued from time to time in one or more series. The particular terms of each
series, or of Debt Securities forming a part of a series, which are offered by
a Prospectus Supplement will be described in such Prospectus Supplement.
The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indenture do not
purport to be complete and are subject, and are qualified in their entirety by
reference, to all the provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions
therein of certain terms, and, with respect to any particular Securities, to
the description of the terms thereof included in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto. Wherever particular Sections or defined terms of the
Indenture are referred to herein or in a Prospectus Supplement, such Sections
or defined terms are incorporated by reference herein or therein, as the case
may be.
The term "Securities," as used under this caption, refers to all Securities
issued under the Indenture, including the Debt Securities.
GENERAL
The Indenture provides that Securities in separate series may be issued
thereunder from time to time, without limitation as to aggregate principal
amount. The Company may specify a maximum aggregate principal amount for the
Securities of any series. (Section 3.01) The Securities are to have such terms
and provisions that are not inconsistent with the Indenture, including terms
as to maturity, principal and interest as the Company may determine. The
Securities will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank on a
parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the
Company. The provisions of the Indenture described below provide the Company
with the ability, in addition to the ability to issue Securities with terms
different from those of Securities previously issued, to "reopen" a previous
issue of a series of Securities and issue additional Securities of such
series.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth the price or prices at
which the Securities to be offered will be issued and will describe certain of
the following terms, as applicable, of such Securities:
(a) the title of the Securities of the series;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture;
(c) the person or entity to whom any interest on the Securities of the
series will be payable;
(d) the date or dates on which the principal, premium, if any, or other
form or type of consideration to be paid upon maturity on any Securities of
the series will be payable;
(e) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series will bear
interest, if any, or any method by which such rate or rates will be
determined, the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue, the
interest payment dates on which any such interest will be payable and the
record date for any such interest payable on any interest payment date;
(f) the place or places where the principal, premium, if any, interest or
other form or type of consideration to be paid upon maturity on any
Securities of the series will be payable;
(g) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other
than by a resolution by the Company's Board of Directors or Executive
Committee thereof, the manner in which any election by the Company to
redeem the Securities will be evidenced;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder of the Securities, and the period
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or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series will be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation and any
provisions for the remarketing of any Securities;
(i) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series will be
issuable;
(j) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method, the manner in which such amounts will be
determined;
(k) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or composite currencies in which the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Securities of the series will be payable and
the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose;
(l) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or composite currencies other than that
or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or composite currencies in which the principal of or interest on
such Securities as to which such election is made will be payable, the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election
is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount
will be determined);
(m) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any Securities of the series which will be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(n) if the principal amount payable at the stated maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the stated maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which will
be due and payable upon any maturity other than the stated maturity or
which will be deemed to be outstanding as of any date prior to the stated
maturity;
(o) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, will be defeasible and that certain covenants of the
Company will be defeasible and, if other than by a resolution of the Board
of Directors or Executive Committee thereof, the manner in which any
election by the Company to defease such Securities or covenants will be
evidenced;
(p) if applicable, that any Securities of the series will be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and, in such
case, the respective depositories for such global securities, the form of
any legend or legends which will be borne by any such global security and
any circumstances in which any such global security may be exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such global
security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of
persons or entities other than a depository for such global security;
(q) whether, and the terms and conditions relating to when, the Company
may satisfy certain of its obligations with respect to such Securities with
regard to payment upon maturity, or any redemption or required repurchase
or in connection with any exchange provisions by delivering to the holders
thereof principal, premium, if any, interest or other form or type of
consideration to be paid upon maturity on any Securities;
(r) any addition to or change in the events of default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the trustee or
the requisite holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount
thereof due and payable;
(s) any addition to or change in the covenants which apply to Securities
of the series;
(t) the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Securities may be
converted into or exchanged for other debt securities of the Company;
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(u) terms with respect to book-entry procedures; and
(v) any other terms of the Securities of the series, which terms will not
otherwise be inconsistent with the Indenture and as authorized and approved
by the Company.
Securities, including Original Issue Discount Securities, may be sold at a
substantial discount below their principal amount. Certain special United
States federal income tax considerations (if any) applicable to Securities
sold at an original issue discount may be described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. In addition, certain special United States federal
income tax or other considerations (if any) applicable to any Securities that
are denominated in a currency or currency unit other than United States
dollars may be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
FORM, EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
The Securities of each series will be issuable only in registered form,
without coupons and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
(Section 3.02)
At the option of the Holder, subject to the terms of the Indenture and the
limitations applicable to Global Securities, Securities of each series will be
exchangeable for other Securities of the same series of any authorized
denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount. (Section
3.05)
Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the limitations applicable to
Global Securities, Securities may be presented for exchange as provided above
or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer
endorsed thereon duly executed) at the office of the Security Registrar or at
the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such purpose.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Such
transfer or exchange will be effected upon the Security Registrar or such
transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the documents of
title and identity of the person making the request. The Company has appointed
the Trustee as Security Registrar. (Section 3.05) The Company may at any time
designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any
transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer
agent acts, except that the Company will be required to maintain a transfer
agent in each Place of Payment for the Securities of each series. (Section
10.02)
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are
to be redeemed in part, the Company will not be required to (i) issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Security that may be selected for redemption and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
(Section 3.05)
GLOBAL SECURITIES
Some or all of the Securities of any series may be represented, in whole or
in part, by one or more Global Securities that have an aggregate principal
amount equal to that of the Securities represented thereby. Each Global
Security will be registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New
York, New York (the "Depository") or a nominee thereof identified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, will be deposited with the Depository or
nominee or a custodian therefor and will bear a legend regarding the
restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer thereof referred to
below and any such other matters as may be provided for pursuant to the
Indenture. Unless otherwise described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
each series, the Securities of each series offered, sold or delivered in the
United States will be issued in the form of one or more fully-registered
global notes which will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depository and
registered in the name of the Depository's nominee.
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The Depository has advised us as follows: it is a limited-purpose trust
company which was created to hold securities for its participating
organizations (the "Participants") and to facilitate the clearance and
settlement of securities transactions between Participants in such securities
through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants.
Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including the
underwriters for such Securities), banks and trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations. Access to the Depository's
system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust
companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
Participant, either directly or indirectly ("indirect participants"). Persons
who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by the
Depository only through Participants or indirect participants.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payments
of principal, any premium or interest on or related to the Securities of each
series registered in the name of the Depository's nominee will be made by the
Trustee to the Depository's nominee as the registered owner of the Global
Security. Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company and the Trustee will
treat the persons in whose names the Securities of each series are registered
as the owners of such Securities for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal, any premium or interest on the Securities and for all other
purposes whatsoever. Therefore, neither the Company, the Trustee nor the
Paying Agent has any direct responsibility or liability for the payment of the
principal, any premium or interest on the Securities to owners of beneficial
interests in a Global Security. The Depository has advised the Company and the
Trustee that its present practice is, upon receipt of any payment of
principal, any premium, or interest, to immediately credit the accounts of the
Participants with such payment in amounts proportionate to their respective
holdings in principal amount of beneficial interests in such Global Security
as shown on the records of the Depository.
Notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture or any Security described
herein, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depository for such
Global Security or any nominee of the Depository unless (i) the Depository has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary
for such Global Security or has ceased to be qualified to act as such as
required by the Indenture, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global
Security or (iii) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to
or in lieu of those described above as may be described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. All securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
or any portion thereof will be registered in such names as the Depository may
direct. (Sections 2.04 and 3.05)
As long as the Depository, or its nominee, is the registered Holder of a
Global Security, the Depository or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner and Holder of such Global Security and the
Securities represented thereby for all purposes under the Securities and the
Indenture. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have such
Global Security or any Securities represented thereby registered in their
names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated Securities in exchange therefor and will not be considered to be
the owners or Holders of such Global Security or any Securities represented
thereby for any purpose under the Securities or the Indenture. All payments
and deliveries of principal of and any premium, Maturity Consideration and
interest on a Global Security will be made to the Depository or its nominee,
as the case may be, as the Holder thereof. The laws of some jurisdictions
require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such
securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability to transfer
beneficial interests in a Global Security.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be limited to
Participants and to persons that may hold beneficial interests through
Participants. In connection with the issuance of any Global Security, the
Depository will credit, on its book entry registration and transfer system,
the respective principal amounts of Securities represented by the Global
Security to the accounts of its Participants. Ownership of beneficial
interests
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in a Global Security will be shown only on, and the transfer of those
ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the
Depository (with respect to Participants' interests) or any such Participant
(with respect to interests of persons held by such Participants on their
behalf). Payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to
beneficial interests in a Global Security may be subject to various policies
and procedures adopted by the Depository from time to time. None of the
Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the Depository's or any
Participant's records relating to, or for payments made on account of,
beneficial interests in a Global Security, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.
Secondary trading in notes and debentures of corporate issuers is generally
settled in clearinghouse or next-day funds. In contrast, beneficial interests
in a Global Security will trade in the Depository's same-day funds settlement
system, in which secondary market trading activity in those beneficial
interests would be required by the Depository to settle in immediately
available funds. There is no assurance as to the effect, if any, that
settlement in immediately available funds would have on trading activity in
such beneficial interests. Also, settlement for purchases of beneficial
interests in a Global Security upon the original issuance thereof may be
required to be made in immediately available funds.
The Depository has advised the Company that its management is aware that
some computer applications, systems and the like for processing data
("Systems") that are dependent upon calendar dates, including dates before, on
and after January 1, 2000, may encounter "Year 2000 problems". The Depository
has informed direct and indirect Participants and other members of the
financial community (the "Industry") that it has developed and is implementing
a program so that its Systems, as they related to the timely payment of
distributions (including principal and interest payments) to security holders,
book-entry deliveries and settlement of trades within the Depository
("Depositary Services"), continue to function appropriately. This program
includes a technical assessment and a remediation plan, each of which is
complete. Additionally, the Depository's plan include a testing phase, which
is expected to be completed within appropriate time frames.
However, the Depository's ability to perform properly its services is also
dependent upon other parties, including without limitation, issuers and their
agents, as well as the Depository's direct and indirect Participants, and
third party vendors from whom the Depository licenses software and hardware,
and third party vendors on whom the Depository relies for information or the
provision of services, including telecommunication and electrical utility
service providers, among others. The Depository has informed the Industry that
it has contacted (and will continue to contact) third party vendors from whom
the Depository acquires services to: (i) impress upon them the importance of
such services being Year 2000 compliant, and (ii) determine the extent of
their efforts for Year 2000 remediation (and, as appropriate, testing) of
their services. In addition, the Depository is in the process of developing
such contingency plans as it deems appropriate.
According to the Depository, the information in the preceding two paragraphs
has been provided to the Industry for informational purposes only and is not
intended to serve as a representation, warranty or contract modification of
any kind.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment
of interest on a Security on any Interest Payment Date will be made to the
Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. (Section 3.07)
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
principal of and any premium, Maturity Consideration and interest on the
Securities of a particular series (other than a Global Security) will be
payable or deliverable at the office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as
the Company may designate for such purpose from time to time, except that at
the option of the Company payment of any interest may be made by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the
Security Register. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the corporate trust office of the Trustee in
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The City of New York will be designated as the Company's sole Paying Agent for
payments and deliveries with respect to Securities of each series. Any other
Paying Agents initially designated by the Company for the Securities of a
particular series will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The
Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the
designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through
which any Paying Agent acts, except that the Company will be required to
maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for the Securities of a
particular series. (Section 10.02)
All consideration paid or delivered by the Company to a Paying Agent for the
payment or delivery of the principal of or any premium, Maturity Consideration
or interest on any Security which remain unclaimed at the end of two years
after such principal, premium, Maturity Consideration or interest has become
due and payable or deliverable will be repaid to the Company, and the Holder
of such Security thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, may look only
to the Company for payment or delivery thereof. (Section 10.03)
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Limitation on Secured Indebtedness
The Company will not create, assume, incur or guarantee, and will not permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to create, assume, incur or guarantee, any Secured
Indebtedness without making provision whereby all the Securities shall be
secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness
(together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Indebtedness of
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary then existing or thereafter created
which is not subordinate to the Securities) so long as such Secured
Indebtedness shall be outstanding unless such Secured Indebtedness, when added
to (a) the aggregate amount of all Secured Indebtedness then outstanding (not
including in this computation Secured Indebtedness if the Securities are
secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness and
further not including in this computation any Secured Indebtedness which is
concurrently being retired) and (b) the aggregate amount of all Attributable
Debt then outstanding pursuant to Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into
by the Company after January 26, 1999, or entered into by a Restricted
Subsidiary after January 26, 1999 or, if later, the date on which it became a
Restricted Subsidiary (not including in this computation any Attributable Debt
which is concurrently being retired), would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets. (Section 10.06)
Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless (a) the sum of (i) the
Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, (ii) all Attributable Debt then outstanding pursuant to all other
Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into by the Company after January 26,
1999, or entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary after January 26, 1999 or, if
later, the date on which it became a Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) the
aggregate of all Secured Indebtedness then outstanding (not including in this
computation Secured Indebtedness if the Securities are secured equally and
ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness) would not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or (b) an amount equal to the greater of (i)
the net proceeds to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary of the sale of
the Principal Property sold and leased back pursuant to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the amount of Attributable Debt to be
outstanding pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is applied to the
retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than Funded Debt which is subordinate to the Securities or which is owing to
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries) within 180 days after the
consummation of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction. (Section 10.07)
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Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other
Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties
and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person unless:
(a) either (i) the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (ii)
the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer, or lease, the properties and assets of the Company substantially
as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment
or delivery of the Maturity Consideration and interest on all the
Securities and the performance of every covenant herein on the part of the
Company to be performed or observed;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any
Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary
in connection with or as a result of such transaction as having been
incurred at the time of such transaction), no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) the Company or such Person has delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an opinion of counsel (as to which opinion, counsel may
rely on the Officer's Certificate as to factual matters), each stating that
such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease comply with the
foregoing this covenant and that all conditions precedent therein provided
for in the Indenture, or relating to, such transaction have been complied
with.
Upon any such consolidation or merger or any conveyance, transfer or lease
of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company is
merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is
made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and power of the Company under the Securities and the Indenture with the same
effect as if such successor had been named as the Company therein; and
thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company shall be discharged
from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities.
(Sections 8.01 and 8.02)
Definitions of Certain Terms
"Attributable Debt" means, as of the date of its determination, the present
value (discounted semiannually at an interest rate of 7.0% per annum) of the
obligation of a lessee for rental payments pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (reduced by the amount of the rental obligations of any sublessee
of all or part of the same property) during the remaining term of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease relating
thereto has been extended), such rental payments not to include amounts
payable by the lessee for maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes,
assessments and similar charges and for contingent rents (such as those based
on sales). In the case of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in which the
lease is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such rental
payments shall be considered for purposes of this definition to be the lesser
of (a) the rental payments to be paid under such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction until the first date (after the date of such determination) upon
which it may be so terminated plus the then applicable penalty upon such
termination and (b) the rental payments required to be paid during the
remaining term of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (assuming such
termination provision is not exercised).
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
committee of that board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means any obligation to pay rent or other
amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real
or personal property that is required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease obligation under generally accepted accounting principles, and,
for the purposes of the Indenture, the amount of such obligation at any date
shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such date, determined in accordance
with such principles.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means at any date, the total assets
appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of the Company,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, less (a)
all current liabilities as shown on such balance sheet and (b) Intangible
Assets.
"Funded Debt" means any indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one
year from the date of the issuance thereof, including any indebtedness
renewable or extendable at the option of the obligor to a date later than one
year from the date of the original issuance thereof.
"Indebtedness" means (a) any liability of any Person (1) for borrowed money,
or under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit, or (2)
evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument (including a
purchase money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any
businesses, properties or assets of any kind or with services incurred in
connection with capital expenditures (other than a trade payable or a current
liability arising in the ordinary course of business), or (3) for the payment
of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation, or (4) for Interest Rate
Protection Obligations; (b) any liability of others described in the preceding
clause (a) that the Person has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal
liability; and (c) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal,
extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses
(a) and (b) above.
"Intangible Assets" means at any date the value (net of any applicable
reserves), as shown on or reflected in the most recently prepared consolidated
balance sheet of the Company, prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, of: (i) all trade names, trademarks, licenses, patents,
copyrights and goodwill; (ii) organizational and development costs; (iii)
deferred charges (other than prepaid items such as insurance, taxes, interest,
commissions, rents and similar items and tangible assets being amortized); and
(iv) unamortized debt discount and expense, less unamortized premium.
"Interest Rate Protection Obligations" of any Person means the obligations
of such Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person whereby,
directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time
periodic payments calculated by applying a fixed rate of interest on a stated
notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person
calculated by applying a floating rate of interest on the same notional
amount.
"Liens" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Principal Property" means any land, land improvements, buildings and
associated factory, distribution, laboratory and office equipment (excluding
any products marketed by the Company or any Subsidiary) constituting a
distribution facility, operating facility, manufacturing facility, development
facility, warehouse facility, service facility or office facility (including
any portion thereof), which facility (a) is owned by or leased to the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary, (b) is located within the United States and (c)
has an acquisition cost plus capitalized improvements in excess of 0.50% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of such determination, other
than (i) any such facility, or portion thereof, which has been financed by
obligations issued by or on behalf of a State, a Territory or a possession of
the United States, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or
the District of Columbia, the interest on which is excludable from gross
income of the holders thereof (other than a "substantial user" of such
facility or a "related Person" as those terms are used in
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Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"))
pursuant to the provisions of Section 103 of the Code (or any similar
provision hereafter enacted) as in effect at the time of issuance of such
obligations, (ii) any such facility that the Board of Directors may by Board
Resolution declare is not of material importance to the Company and the
Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (iii) any such facility, or
portion thereof, owned or leased jointly or in common with one or more Persons
other than the Company and any Subsidiary and in which the interest of the
Company and all Subsidiaries does not exceed 50%.
"Restricted Securities" means any shares of the capital stock or
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means (a) any Subsidiary (i) which has substantially
all its property within the United States of America, (ii) which owns or is a
lessee of any Principal Property, and (iii) in which the investment of the
Company and all other Subsidiaries exceeds 0.50% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets as of the date of such determination; provided, however, that the term
"Restricted Subsidiary" shall not include (A) any Subsidiary (x) primarily
engaged in the business of purchasing, holding, collecting, servicing or
otherwise dealing in and with installment sales contracts, leases, trust
receipts, mortgages, commercial paper or other financing instruments, and any
collateral or agreements relating thereto, including in the business,
individually or through partnerships, of financing (whether through long- or
short-term borrowings, pledges, discounts or otherwise) the sales, leasing or
other operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries or any of them, or (y)
engaged in the business of financing the assets and operations of third
parties, and (z) in any case, not, except as incidental to such financing
business, engaged in owning, leasing or operating any property which, but for
this proviso, would qualify as Principal Property or (B) any Subsidiary
acquired or organized after January 26, 1999, for the purpose of acquiring the
stock or business or assets of any Person other than the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock
or assets or similar transaction analogous in purpose or effect, so long as
such Subsidiary does not acquire by merger, consolidation, acquisition of
stock or assets or similar transaction analogous in purpose or effect all or
any substantial part of the business or assets of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; and (b) any other Subsidiary which is hereafter
designated by the Board of Directors as a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Principal Property (whether such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter
acquired) that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, other than (a) temporary leases for a
term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three
years; (b) leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between
Restricted Subsidiaries; and (c) leases of Principal Property executed by the
time of, or within 180 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the
completion of construction or improvement (including any improvements on
property which will result in such property becoming Principal Property), or
the commencement of commercial operation of such Principal Property.
"Secured Indebtedness" means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary which is secured by any Lien upon any Principal Property or
Restricted Securities and (b) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement covering Principal Property or Restricted Securities; but "Secured
Indebtedness" shall not include any of the following:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
outstanding on January 26, 1999, secured by then existing Liens upon, or
incurred in connection with conditional sales agreements or other title
retention agreements with respect to Principal Property or Restricted
Securities;
(ii) Indebtedness which is secured by (A) purchase money Liens upon
Principal Property acquired after January 26, 1999 or (B) Liens placed on
Principal Property after January 26, 1999, during construction or
improvement thereof (including any improvements on property which will
result in such property becoming Principal Property) or placed thereon
within 180 days after the later of acquisition, completion of construction
or improvement or the commencement of commercial operation of such
Principal Property or improvement, or placed on Restricted Securities
acquired after January 26, 1999, or (C) conditional sale agreements or
other title retention agreements with respect to any Principal Property or
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Restricted Securities acquired after January 26, 1999, if (in each case
referred to in this subparagraph (ii)) (x) such Lien or agreement secures
all or any part of the Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction of such
Principal Property or improvement or Restricted Securities and (y) such
Lien or agreement does not extend to any Principal Property or Restricted
Securities other than the Principal Property so acquired or the Principal
Property, or portion thereof, on which the property so constructed or such
improvement is located; provided, however, that the amount by which the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien or
agreement exceeds the cost to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of
the related acquisition, construction or improvement will be considered to
be "Secured Indebtedness;"
(iii) Indebtedness which is secured by Liens on Principal Property or
Restricted Securities, which Liens exist at the time of acquisition (by any
manner whatsoever) of such Principal Property or Restricted Securities by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries owing to the Company or any
other Restricted Subsidiary and Indebtedness of the Company owing to any
Restricted Subsidiary;
(v) In the case of any corporation which becomes (by any manner
whatsoever) a Restricted Subsidiary after January 26, 1999, Indebtedness
which is secured by Liens upon, or conditional sale agreements or other
title retention agreements with respect to, its property which constitutes
Principal Property or Restricted Securities, which Liens exist at the time
such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) Guarantees by the Company of Secured Indebtedness and Attributable
Debt of any Restricted Subsidiaries and guarantees by a Restricted
Subsidiary of Secured Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the Company and
any other Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Indebtedness arising from any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
(viii) Indebtedness secured by Liens on property of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America, any State,
Territory or possession thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the
United States of America or any State, Territory or possession thereof, or
the District of Columbia, or in favor of any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, if such Indebtedness was incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction
of the property subject to such Lien; provided, however, that the amount by
which the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such
Lien exceeds the cost to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the
related acquisition or construction will be considered to be "Secured
Indebtedness";
(ix) Indebtedness secured by Liens on aircraft, airframes or aircraft
engines, aeronautic equipment or computers and electronic data processing
equipment; and
(x) The replacement, extension or renewal (or successive replacements,
extensions or renewals) of any Indebtedness (in whole or in part) excluded
from the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs (i) through
(ix) above; provided, however, that no Lien securing, or conditional sale
or title retention agreement with respect to, such Indebtedness will extend
to or cover any Principal Property or any Restricted Securities, other than
such property which secured the Indebtedness so replaced, extended or
renewed (plus improvements on or to any such Principal Property); provided
further, however, that to the extent that such replacement, extension or
renewal increases the principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Lien
or is in a principal amount in excess of the principal amount of
Indebtedness excluded from the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by
subparagraphs (i) through (ix) above, the amount of such increase or excess
will be considered to be "Secured Indebtedness."
In no event shall the foregoing provisions be interpreted to mean or their
operation to cause the same Indebtedness to be included more than once in the
calculation of "Secured Indebtedness" as that term is used in the Indenture.
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"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which, at the time of determination,
the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or
indirectly more than 50% of the shares of voting stock.
"Wholly owned," when used with reference to a Subsidiary, means a Subsidiary
of which all of the outstanding capital stock is owned by the Company or by
one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries.
"Voting Stock," when used with reference to a Subsidiary, means stock of the
class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of
such corporation provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries
only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be
considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Indenture defines an Event of Default with respect to any series of
Securities as being any one of the following events: (a) default in the
payment of any interest on the Securities of that series when due, and the
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; (b) default in the
delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration on the Securities of that
series at the date on which such principal becomes due and payable as provided
in the Security or in the Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise; (c) default in
the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due on the Securities of
that series; (d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or
warranty of the Company under the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty
a default in performance or breach of which is specifically dealt with in the
Indenture) and the continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60
days after written notice as provided in the Indenture; or (e) certain events
involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company. (Section
5.01)
The Indenture provides that if an Event of Default specified therein shall
occur and be continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, other
than an Event of Default involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization,
either the Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount, or if such
Securities are not payable at Maturity for a fixed principal amount, 25% of
the aggregate issue price, of the Outstanding Securities of that series (each
series acting as a separate class) may declare the principal of the Securities
of that series, or such other amount or property, as may be provided for in
the Securities of that series, to be due and payable. If an Event of Default
described in clause (e) above with respect to the Securities of any series at
the time outstanding shall occur, the principal amount of all the Securities
of that series, or such other amount or property, as may be provided for in
the Securities of that series, (or, in the case of any such Original Issue
Discount Security, such specified amount) will automatically, and without any
action by the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
(Section 5.02). The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of a series may, on behalf of all Holders of
Securities of such series, waive any past default under the Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series, except a default (a) in the delivery
or payment of the Maturity Consideration or interest on any Security of such
series, and (b) in respect of a covenant or provision of the Indenture which
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of the affected series. (Section 5.13)
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the
Trustee in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee
will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request or discretion of any of the Holders, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 6.03)
Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee, the Holders
of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of that series. (Section 5.12)
No Holder of a Security of any series will have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver
or a trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless
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(i) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series,
(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount, or if such
Securities are not payable at Maturity for a fixed principal amount, the
aggregate issue price of the Outstanding Securities of that series have made
written request to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee (iii)
the Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request, (iv) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding, and has not
received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount or, if
such Securities are not payable at Maturity for a fixed principal amount, the
aggregate issue price of the Outstanding Securities of that series a direction
inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and
offer. (Section 5.07) However, such limitations do not apply to a suit
instituted by a Holder of a Security for the enforcement of delivery or
payment of the Maturity Consideration relating to, or interest on, such
Security on or after the applicable due date specified in such Security.
(Section 5.08)
The Company will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement
by certain of its officers as to whether or not the Company, to their
knowledge, is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Indenture and, if so, specifying all such
known defaults. (Section 10.04)
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
If and to the extent indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have the provisions of
Section 13.02 of the Indenture, relating to defeasance and discharge of
indebtedness, or Section 13.03 of the Indenture, relating to defeasance of
certain restrictive covenants in the Indenture, applied to the Securities of
any series, or to any specified part of a series. (Section 13.01)
Defeasance and Discharge
The Indenture provides that, upon the Company's exercise of its option to
have Section 13.02 of the Indenture apply to any Securities, the Company will
be deemed to have been discharged from all its obligations with respect to
such Securities (except for certain obligations to exchange or register the
transfer of Securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated Securities, to
maintain paying agencies and to hold moneys for payment in trust) upon the
deposit in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of money or
U.S. Government Obligations, or both, which, through the payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide
money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and such Securities. Such defeasance or
discharge may occur only if, among other things, the Company has delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Company has received
from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or there has been a change in tax law, in either case to the
effect that Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit,
defeasance and discharge were not to occur. (Sections 13.02 and 13.04)
Defeasance of Certain Covenants
The Indenture provides that, upon the Company's exercise of its option to
have Section 13.03 of the Indenture apply to any Securities, the Company may
omit to comply with certain restrictive covenants, including those described
under "Certain Covenants of the Company," any that may be described in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, and the occurrence of certain Events of
Default, which are described above in clause (d) (with respect to such
restrictive covenants) and under "Events of Default" and any that may be
described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, will be deemed not to be or
result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities.
The Company, in order to exercise such option, will be required to deposit, in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, money or U.S.
Government Obligations, or both, which, through the payment of principal and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide money
in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on such Securities on the respective Stated
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Maturities in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Securities.
The Company will also be required, among other things, to deliver to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of such Securities
will not recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such deposit and defeasance of certain obligations and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance were not to
occur. In the event the Company exercised this option with respect to any
Securities and such Securities were declared due and payable because of the
occurrence of any Event of Default, the amount of money and U.S. Government
Obligations so deposited in trust would be sufficient to pay amounts due on
such Securities at the time of their respective Stated Maturities but may not
be sufficient to pay amounts due on such Securities upon any acceleration
resulting from such Event of Default. In such case, the Company would remain
liable for such payments. (Sections 13.03 and 13.04)
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
The Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may, without the
consent of any Holders of Securities, enter into supplemental indentures for
the purposes, among other things, of adding to the Company's covenants, adding
additional Events of Default, establishing the form or terms of Securities or
curing ambiguities or inconsistencies in the Indenture or making other
provisions, provided that any such action to cure ambiguities or
inconsistencies shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any
Outstanding series of Securities in any material respect. (Section 9.01)
Modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount or, if such Securities are not payable at Maturity for a
fixed principal amount, the aggregate issue price of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected thereby, except that no such modification
or amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the Maturity
Consideration or any installment of Maturity Consideration or interest on, any
Security, (b) reduce the principal amount of or reduce the amount or change
the type of Maturity Consideration or reduce the rate of interest on, or any
premium payable upon the redemption of, or the amount of Maturity
Consideration of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security
which would be due and deliverable or payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, of any Security, (c) change the Place of Payment where, or the coin
or currency in which, any Maturity Consideration or interest on any Security
are deliverable or payable, (d) impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any Security, (e) reduce the
percentage in principal amount or aggregate issue price, as the case may be,
of Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for
modification or amendment of the Indenture or for waiver of compliance with
certain provisions of the Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults, or (f)
modify the requirements contained in the Indenture for consent to or approval
of certain matters except to increase any percentage for such consent or
approval or to provide that certain other provisions cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby.
(Section 9.02)
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of the Indenture which has been expressly included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
the Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. Section 9.02
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of
such series, waive compliance by the Company with certain restrictive
provisions of the Indenture. (Section 10.08)
NOTICES
Notices to Holders of Securities will be given by mail to the addresses of
such Holders as they may appear in the Security Register. (Section 1.06)
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The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner
thereof for the purpose of making payment and for all other purposes. (Section
3.08)
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Securities will be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York. (Section 1.12)
REGARDING THE TRUSTEE
Citibank, N.A. is the Trustee under the Indenture. The Company has other
customary banking relationships with Citibank, N.A. in the ordinary course of
business.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell Debt Securities to one or more underwriters for public
offering and sale by them or may sell Debt Securities to investors directly or
through agents. Any such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale
of the Debt Securities (the "Offered Debt Securities") will be named in an
applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Underwriters may offer and sell the Offered Debt Securities at a fixed price
or prices, which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices or at negotiated prices. The Company also may offer and sell the
Offered Debt Securities in exchange for one or more of its outstanding issues
of debt securities. The Company also may, from time to time, authorize
underwriters acting as the Company's agents to offer and sell the Offered Debt
Securities upon the terms and conditions as shall be set forth in any
Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale of Offered Debt Securities,
underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from the Company in
the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive
commissions from purchasers of Offered Debt Securities for whom they may act
as agent. Underwriters may sell Offered Debt Securities to or through dealers,
and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts,
concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions (which may
be changed from time to time) from the purchasers for whom they may act as
agent.
Any underwriting compensation paid by the Company to underwriters or agents
in connection with the offering of Offered Debt Securities, and any discounts,
concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers,
will be set forth in an applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters,
dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the Offered Debt
Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions
received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the Offered Debt
Securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions, under
the Securities Act. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled, under
agreements with the Company, to indemnification against and contribution
toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities
Act, and to reimbursement by the Company for certain expenses.
If so indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will
authorize dealers acting as the Company's agents to solicit offers by certain
institutions to purchase Offered Debt Securities from the Company at the
public offering price set forth in such Prospectus Supplement pursuant to
Delayed Delivery Contracts ("Contracts") providing for payment and delivery on
the date or dates stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Each Contract will be
for an amount not less than, and the aggregate principal amount of Offered
Debt Securities sold pursuant to Contracts shall be not less nor more than,
the respective amounts stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Institutions with
whom Contracts, when authorized, may be made include commercial and savings
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banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational
and charitable institutions and other institutions, but will in all cases be
subject to the approval of the Company. Contracts will not be subject to any
conditions except (i) the purchase by an institution of the Offered Debt
Securities covered by its Contracts shall not at the time of delivery be
prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States to which
such institution is subject, and (ii) if the Offered Debt Securities are being
sold to underwriters, the Company shall have sold to such underwriters the
total principal amount of the Offered Debt Securities less the principal
amount thereof covered by Contracts. Agents and underwriters will have no
responsibility in respect of the delivery or performance of Contracts.
All Offered Debt Securities will be a new issue of securities with no
established trading market. Any underwriters to whom Offered Debt Securities
are sold by the Company for public offering and sale may make a market in such
Offered Debt Securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so
and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance
can be given as to the liquidity of or the trading markets for any Offered
Debt Securities.
Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions,
short covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M
under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the
offering size, which creates a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit
bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do
not exceed a specified maximum. Short covering transactions involve purchases
of the Offered Debt Securities in the open market after the distribution is
completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to
reclaim a selling concession from a dealer when the Offered Debt Securities
originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a covering transaction to cover
short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the Offered Debt
Securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the
underwriters may discontinue those activities at any time.
Certain of the underwriters or agents and their associates may be customers
of, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company in the
ordinary course of business.
VALIDITY OF OFFERED DEBT SECURITIES
The validity of the Debt Securities will be passed upon for the Company by
Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, Georgia. Certain legal matters in connection with
the Debt Securities will be passed upon for the underwriters by Brown & Wood
LLP, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by
reference from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by
reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such
firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee................ $576,048
Printing and engraving fee......................................... 75,000
Accounting fees and expense........................................ 50,000
Legal fees and expenses............................................ 100,000
Rating agencies' fees.............................................. 60,000
Blue Sky fees and expenses......................................... 10,000
Trustee's fees and expenses........................................ 25,000
Miscellaneous...................................................... 28,952
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Total.......................................................... $925,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") generally
provides that all directors and officers (as well as other employees and
individuals) may be indemnified against expenses (including attorney's fees)
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with certain specified actions, suits or proceedings,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation-- a "derivative action"), if they acted
in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. A similar standard of care is applicable in the case of derivative
actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with defense
or settlement of an action and the DGCL requires court approval before there
can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been
found liable to the corporation. Section 145 of the DGCL also provides that
the rights conferred thereby are not exclusive of any other right which any
person may be entitled to under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, and permits a corporation to advance
expenses to or on behalf of a person to be indemnified upon receipt of an
undertaking to repay the amounts advanced if it is determined that the person
is not entitled to be indemnified.
The Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company (the
"Certificate of Incorporation") provides that each person who was or is made a
party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action,
suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the Company (or is or was serving at the request of the Company as
director, officer, employee or agent of another entity), shall be indemnified
and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL,
as in effect (or to the extent that indemnification is broadened, as it may be
amended), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be
paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith. Except with respect to actions initiated by an officer
or director against the Company to recover the amount of an unpaid claim, the
Company is required to indemnify an officer or director in connection with an
action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person only if such action, suit
or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. The
Certificate of Incorporation further provides that an officer or director may
(thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company) bring
suit against the Company to recover an unpaid claim and, if such suit is
successful, the expense of bringing such suit. While it is a defense to such
suit that the claimant has not met the applicable standards of conduct which
make indemnification permissible under the DGCL, neither the failure of the
Board of Directors to have made a determination that indemnification is
proper, nor an actual determination that the claimant has not met the
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a
presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
The Certificate of
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Incorporation also provides that the rights conferred thereby, are contract
rights, that they are not exclusive of any other rights which an officer or
director may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any other provision
of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, and that they include the right to be
paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any specified action,
suit or proceeding in advance of its final disposition provided that, if the
DGCL so requires, such payment shall only be made upon delivery to the Company
by the officer or director of an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced
if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified under the Certificate of Incorporation or
otherwise.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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NO. DESCRIPTION
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1 --Form of Underwriting Agreement
4.1 --Form of Indenture
5.1 --Opinion of Hunton & Williams
12.1 --Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.3 --Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.4 --Consent of Hunton & Williams (included in Exhibit 5)
24.1 --Power of Attorney (included on the first signature page hereto)
25.1 --Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
pursuant to Section 13 (a) or Section 15 (d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above or otherwise,
the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act,
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(i) The Company hereby undertakes that:
(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form
of prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or
Rule 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Atlanta, Georgia on this 26th day of January, 1999.
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA,
INC.
By: /s/ Robert J. Clanin
_______________________________
Robert J. Clanin
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints ROBERT J. CLANIN and JOSEPH R. MODEROW, and
each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
including any and all post-effective amendments, and any related Rule 462(b)
registration statement and any amendment thereto, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either
of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of the 26th day of January, 1999.
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/s/ John W. Alden Vice Chairman of the Board,
_____________________________________________ Senior Vice President and Director
John W. Alden
Director
_____________________________________________
William H. Brown, III
/s/ Robert J. Clanin Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
_____________________________________________ Officer, Treasurer and Director
Robert J. Clanin (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Michael L. Eskew Senior Vice President and Director
_____________________________________________
Michael L. Eskew
/s/ James P. Kelly Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
_____________________________________________ Officer and Director (Principal
James P. Kelly Executive Officer)
Director
_____________________________________________
Ann M. Livermore
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Director
_____________________________________________
Gary E. MacDougal
/s/ Joseph R. Moderow Senior Vice President, Secretary and
_____________________________________________ Director
Joseph R. Moderow
Director
_____________________________________________
Kent C. Nelson
Director
_____________________________________________
Victor A. Pelson
Director
_____________________________________________
John W. Rogers
/s/ Charles L. Schaffer Senior Vice President, Chief Operating
_____________________________________________ Officer and Director
Charles L. Schaffer
/s/ Lea N. Soupata Senior Vice President and Director
_____________________________________________
Lea N. Soupata
Director
_____________________________________________
Robert M. Teeter
/s/ Thomas H. Weidemeyer Senior Vice President and Director
_____________________________________________
Thomas H. Weidemeyer
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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1 --Form of Underwriting Agreement
4.1 --Form of Indenture
5.1 --Opinion of Hunton & Williams
12.1 --Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.3 --Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.4 --Consent of Hunton & Williams (included in Exhibit 5)
24.1 --Power of Attorney (included on the first signature page hereto)
25.1 --Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1
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EXHIBIT 1
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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DATED AS OF _____________, 1999
1. Introductory. United Parcel Service of America, Inc., a Delaware
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corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell from time to time
certain of its debt securities ("Debt Securities") in an aggregate principal
amount expressed in U.S. dollars or in such foreign currencies or currency units
as the Company shall designate at the time of offering. Such Debt Securities
registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a) are
hereinafter referred to as "Registered Securities". Registered Securities
involved in any underwritten offering referred to below are hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Underwritten Securities", and such Underwritten
Securities that are to be sold in such an underwriting are hereinafter referred
to as "Purchased Debt Securities". The Debt Securities will be issued under an
Indenture, dated as of _________, 1999 (the "Indenture"), between the Company
and Citibank, N.A,, as Trustee, specified in the Terms Agreement referred to in
Section 3, in one or more series or issues, which may vary as to interest rates,
maturities, redemption provisions, exercise prices, expiration dates, selling
prices, currency or currency units and other terms, with in each case all such
terms for any particular Registered Securities being determined at the time of
sale. Particular Purchased Debt Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms
Agreement and for resale in accordance with terms of offering determined at the
time of sale.
The firm or firms which agree to purchase the Purchased Debt Securities are
hereinafter referred to as the "Underwriters" of such Purchased Debt Securities,
and the representative or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified
in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the
"Representatives"; provided, however, that if the Terms Agreement does not
specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term "Representatives", as
used in this Agreement (other than in Sections 2(b), 5 and 6 and the second
sentence of Section 3), shall mean the Underwriters.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents
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and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(a) Registration Statement. A registration statement (No. 333-08369),
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including a prospectus, relating to the Registered Securities has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and
such amendments thereto as may have been required to the date hereof have
been filed and such registration statement has become effective. Such
registration statement, as amended at the time of any Terms Agreement
referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter referred to as the "Registration
Statement", and the prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as
supplemented as contemplated by Section 3 to reflect the terms of the
Registered Securities and the terms of offering thereof, including all
material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Prospectus". All financial statements
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and schedules included in material incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Prospectus.
(b) Compliance. On the effective date of the registration statement
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relating to the Registered Securities, such registration statement or, if
one or more post-effective amendments shall have been filed with respect to
such registration statement, on the most recent effective date of such
post-effective amendments, such registration statement, as so amended,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the
"Trust Indenture Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission (the
"Rules and Regulations") and did not include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, on
the date of each Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 and on each
Closing Date as defined in Section 3, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus will conform in all respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and
none of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the
foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from any of such
documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use
therein.
(c) Authorization of Underwriting Agreement and Terms Agreement. This
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Underwriting Agreement has been, and the applicable Terms Agreement as of
the date thereof will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company.
(d) Authorization of Debt Securities. Underwritten Securities issued
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and sold pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement, as of the date of such
Terms Agreement, will have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance
and sale pursuant to this Underwriting Agreement and such Terms Agreement.
Such Underwritten Securities, when issued and authenticated in the manner
provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the
consideration therefor specified in such Terms Agreement, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation,
all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except further as
enforcement thereof may be limited by requirements that a claim with
respect to any Debt Securities payable in a foreign or composite currency
(or a foreign or composite currency judgment in respect of such claim) be
converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date
determined pursuant to applicable law or by governmental authority to
limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States.
Such Underwritten Securities will be in the form contemplated by, and each
registered holder thereof is entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
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(e) Authorization of Indenture. The Indenture has been, and for each
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issuance of Underwritten Securities the Indenture will be, duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company, and upon such authorization,
execution and delivery by the Company, will constitute a valid and binding
agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by general
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
(f) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Company is not in violation
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of its charter or bylaws or in default in the performance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is subject
(collectively, "Agreements and Instruments"), except for such defaults that
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect (as defined below). The (A)
execution, delivery and performance of this Underwriting Agreement, the
Indenture and each applicable Terms Agreement and any other agreement or
instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or issued by the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
or in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (B) consummation
of the transactions contemplated therein (including the issuance and sale
of the Underwritten Securities) and compliance by the Company with its
obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without
the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or
constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below)
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any assets, properties or operations of the Company
pursuant to any Agreements and Instruments, nor will such action result in
any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or
any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or
decree of any government, government instrumentality or court (domestic or
foreign), having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets,
properties or operations, except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults
that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a
"Repayment Event" means any event or condition that gives the holder of any
note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on
such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company.
(g) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company
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included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with
the related schedules and notes thereto (the "Financial Statements"),
present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the periods
specified therein. Such Financial Statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied
on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The selected
financial data and summary unaudited financial information (if any)
included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and
have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited
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financial statements included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
[In addition, any pro forma financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus present fairly the information shown
therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and
guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been
properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used
in the preparations thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein
are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances
referred to therein.]
(h) No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as of
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which information is given in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course
of business (a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no
transactions entered into by the Company, other than those arising in the
ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for
regular dividends on the Company's common stock or preferred stock, in
amounts per share that are consistent with past practice and its charter
and bylaw documents (as amended), there has been no dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class
of its capital stock.
3. Purchase and Offering of Securities. The obligation of the
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Underwriters to purchase the Purchased Debt Securities will be evidenced by an
exchange of telegraphic or other written communications (the "Terms Agreement")
at the time the Company determines to sell the Purchased Debt Securities. The
Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement,
except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm or firms which
will be Underwriters, the names of any Representatives, the principal amount of
Purchased Debt Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter, the purchase
price to be paid by the Underwriters and the terms of the Purchased Debt
Securities not already specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited
to, interest rate, maturity, any redemption provisions and any sinking fund
requirements, and whether any of the Purchased Debt Securities may be sold to
institutional investors pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts (as defined
below). The Terms Agreement will also specify the time and date of delivery and
payment (such time and date, or such other time and date as the Representatives
and the Company agree as the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in
the Terms Agreement referred to as the "Closing Date"), the place of delivery
and payment and any details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in
the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Purchased Debt
Securities. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Purchased Debt
Securities will be several and not joint. It is understood that the Underwriters
propose to offer the Purchased Debt Securities for sale as set forth in the
Prospectus. The Purchased Debt Securities delivered to the Underwriters on the
Closing Date will be in fully registered or bearer form in such denominations
and numbers and registered in such names as the Underwriters may request.
If the Terms Agreement provides for sales of Purchased Debt Securities
pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, the Company authorizes the Underwriters
to solicit offers to purchase
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Purchased Debt Securities pursuant to delayed delivery contracts substantially
in the form of Annex I attached hereto ("Delayed Delivery Contracts") with such
changes therein as the Company may authorize or approve. Delayed Delivery
Contracts are to be with institutional investors, including commercial and
savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and
educational and charitable institutions. On the Closing Date the Company will
pay, as compensation, to the Representatives for the accounts of the
Underwriters, the fee set forth in such Terms Agreement in respect of the
principal amount of Purchased Debt Securities to be sold pursuant to Delayed
Delivery Contracts ("Contract Securities"). The Underwriters will not have any
responsibility in respect of the validity or the performance of Delayed Delivery
Contracts. If the Company executes and delivers Delayed Delivery Contracts, the
Contract Securities will be deducted from the Debt Securities to be purchased by
the several Underwriters and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased Debt
Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter will be reduced pro rata in
proportion to the principal amount of Purchased Debt Securities set forth
opposite each Underwriter's name in such Terms Agreement, except to the extent
that the Representatives determine that such reduction shall be otherwise than
pro rata and so advise the Company. The Company will advise the Representatives
not later than the business day prior to the Closing Date of the Purchased Debt
Securities that are the Contract Securities.
4. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
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Underwriters that it will furnish to the Representatives one signed copy of the
Registration Statement relating to the Registered Securities, including all
exhibits, in the form it became effective and of all amendments thereto and
that, in connection with each offering of Debt Securities:
(a) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any
proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (whether pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) and
will afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any
such proposed amendment or supplement during the offering period; and the
Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any
such amendment or supplement and of the institution by the Commission of
any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or of
any part thereof and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of
any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if
issued.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Debt Securities
is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event occurs 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 to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Securities
Act, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment which will effect such compliance, and will afford the
Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed
amendment or supplement during the offering period.
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(c) As soon as practicable, but not later than 18 months, after the
date of each Terms Agreement, the Company will make generally available to
its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12
months beginning after the later of (i) the most recent effective date of
the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities, (ii) the
effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of such Terms
Agreement and (iii) the date of the Company's most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of such Terms
Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 of the
Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act).
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the
Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any related preliminary
prospectus, any related preliminary prospectus supplement and all
amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as
available, and copies of the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements
to the Prospectus not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the day
following the date thereof or as soon thereafter as practicable. The
Company will furnish each of such documents in such quantities as are
reasonably requested.
(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Debt
Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as
the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in
effect so long as required for the distribution; provided that the Company
will not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it
is not now qualified or to take any action which would subject it to
general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not
now subject.
(f) During the period of five years after the date of any Terms
Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as
available, a copy of each Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed with the
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")
or mailed to stockholders, and (ii) from time to time, such other
information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably
request.
(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement and will reimburse the Underwriters
for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by
them in connection with qualification of the Registered Securities for sale
and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the printing of
memoranda relating thereto, for any fees charged by investment rating
agencies for the rating of the Debt Securities, for the filing fee of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to the Registered
Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing the Prospectus, any
preliminary prospectuses and any preliminary prospectus supplements to
Underwriters.
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(h) For a period beginning at the time of execution of the Terms
Agreement and ending on the Closing Date, without the prior consent of the
Representatives, the Company will not offer or contract to sell or, except
pursuant to a commitment entered into prior to the date of the Terms
Agreement, sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities denominated in
the currency or currency unit in which the Debt Securities are denominated
and issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than
one year from the date of issue.
5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
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the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Purchased Debt Securities
will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the
part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company
officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions
precedent:
(a) If required by the applicable Terms Agreement, on or prior to the
date of the Terms Agreement, the Representatives, or counsel for the
Underwriters, shall have received a letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP,
confirming that they are independent certified public accountants within
the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published Rules and
Regulations thereunder and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion, the financial statements and schedules of
the Company audited by them and included in the prospectus contained
in the registration statement relating to the Registered Securities,
as amended at the date of such letter, comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the related published Rules
and Regulations;
(ii) on the basis of performing the procedures specified by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of
interim financial information as described in Statement on Auditing
Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information ("SAS No. 71") on any
unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the
Company included in such prospectus, inquiries of officials of the
Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters
and other specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that (A) the unaudited interim condensed
consolidated financial statements, if any, of the Company included in
such prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange Act as it
applies to Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and the related published
Rules and Regulations, (B) any material modifications should be made
for them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles; (C) the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements of the Company, if any, included in the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the related
published Rules and Regulations or require any material modifications
to be made for them to be in
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conformity with generally accepted accounting principles; or (D) at
the date of the latest available consolidated financial statements of
the Company read by such accountants, and at a subsequent specified
date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Date, (i)
there was any change in capital stock, increase in the long-term debt
of the Company, (exclusive of any short-term borrowings reclassified
as long-term based upon the Company's ability and intention to
refinance these short-term borrowings on a long-term basis) or a
decrease in consolidated net current assets or stockholder's equity,
all as compared with amounts shown on or included in the latest
balance sheet of the Company included in the Prospectus or (ii) there
were any decreases in consolidated revenue or in the total or basic
per share amounts of net income, as compared with the corresponding
period in the preceding year.
(iii) on the basis of a reading of any unaudited pro forma
condensed combined financial statements of the Company included in
such prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters and other
specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial
statements included in such prospectus do not comply in form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Rule
11-02 of Regulation S-X and that the pro forma adjustments, if any,
have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the
compilation of those statements; and
(iv) they have compared specified dollar amounts (or percentages
derived from such dollar amounts) and other financial information
contained in such prospectus (in each case to the extent that such
dollar amounts, percentages and other financial information are
obtained from accounting records that are subject to the internal
control structure, policies and procedures of the Company's accounting
system or are derived directly from such accounting records by
analysis or computation) with the results obtained from procedures
specified in such letter and have found such dollar amounts,
percentages and other financial information to be in agreement with
such results, except as otherwise specified in such letter.
All financial statements and schedules included in material incorporated by
reference into such prospectus shall be deemed included in such prospectus for
purposes of this subsection.
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the
Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement, there shall
not have occurred (i) any change in the long-term debt of the Company or
any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the general affairs, financial
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position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect
of which is, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives exercised in
good faith, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Purchased Debt Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in
the Prospectus; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of the Company's debt
securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization"
(as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Securities Act), and no
such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
such debt securities; (iii) any banking moratorium declared by Federal or
New York authorities, or the authorities of any country in whose currency
any Purchased Debt Securities are denominated under the applicable Terms
Agreement; (iv) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which
the United States or any country in whose currency any Purchased Debt
Securities are denominated under the applicable Terms Agreement is
involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial
national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable
judgment of the Representatives exercised in good faith, the effect of any
such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it
impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the sale of and
payment for the Purchased Debt Securities; or (v) any action by any
governmental authority or any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, involving currency exchange rates or exchange controls,
which makes it impracticable or inadvisable in the reasonable judgment of
the Representatives to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the
Purchased Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Hunton & Williams, counsel for the Company, to the effect
that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in
all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial
properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such
qualification and in which the failure to so qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the Company;
(ii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company; the Indenture has been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act; the Purchased Debt Securities have been duly
authorized; the Purchased Debt Securities other than any Contract
Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered; the Indenture, and the Purchased Debt Securities and any
Contract Securities constitute, when executed, authenticated, issued
and delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture and any Contract
Securities, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the
manner provided in the Indenture and sold pursuant to Delayed Delivery
Contracts, will
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constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the effects of
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors'
rights generally, to general equity principles and any implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and the Purchased Debt
Securities and any Contract Securities conform, and any Contract
Securities, when so issued and delivered and sold, will conform, to
the description thereof contained in the Prospectus;
(iii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing
with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement) in connection with the
issuance or sale of the Purchased Debt Securities by the Company,
except such as have been obtained and made under the Securities Act
and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required under state
securities laws;
(iv) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture,
the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), and
any Delayed Delivery Contracts and the issuance and sale of the
Purchased Debt Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions
thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute a default under, the charter or by-
laws of the Company, any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any
governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its properties or any agreement or instrument to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to
which any of the properties of the Company is subject, and the Company
has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the
Purchased Debt Securities as contemplated by the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement);
(v) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Securities Act, and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Securities
Act, and the registration statement relating to the Registered
Securities, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, as of the date of the Terms Agreement, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date, complied as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act,
the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations; such counsel
have no reason to believe that such registration statement, as of its
effective date, or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its
date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to
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state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; the descriptions in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus of statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and
contracts and other documents are accurate and fairly present the
information required to be shown; and such counsel do not know of any
legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the
Prospectus which are not described as required or of any contracts or
documents of a character required to be described in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement which are not described and filed as required; it being
understood that such counsel need express no opinion as to the
financial statements or other financial data contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or
supplement; and
(vi) the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this
Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
In rendering such opinion, Hunton & Williams may state that in clause
(iii) with respect to the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, and the
Purchased Debt Securities, and in clause (iv) and in clause (v) with respect to
any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency, body or court
and the power and authority of the Company to authorize, issue and sell the
Purchased Debt Securities, such counsel has assumed that under the laws of any
country in whose currency (or whose currency is a component currency of a
currency unit in which) any Purchased Debt Securities are denominated or
payable, if other than in U.S. dollars, or of any other governmental authority
having jurisdiction over any such currency unit, that no consent, approval,
authorization, or order of, or filing with any governmental agency, body or
court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereunder in connection with the issuance and sale of the Purchased Debt
Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result
in any breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions in any statute,
rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court.
(e) The Representatives shall have received from Brown & Wood LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing
Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the
Purchased Debt Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
other related matters as they may require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(f) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to
the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state
that the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement
are true and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder
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at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof has been
issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are
contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of the most
recent financial statements in the Prospectus, there has been no material
adverse change in the financial position or results of operation of the
Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth in or contemplated by the
Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
Closing Date, of ______________________________, which reconfirms the
matters set forth in any letter delivered pursuant to subsection (a) of
this Section.
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(h) The Representatives shall have received, so long as financial
statements audited by any independent accountants for or with respect to
any entity acquired by the Company are included in the Prospectus, a
letter, dated the Closing Date, of such accountants confirming that as of a
specified date immediately prior to such acquisition and during the period
covered by the financial statements on which they reported, they were
independent accountants with respect to such entity within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the applicable published Rules and Regulations
thereunder and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion, the consolidated financial statements
audited by them and included in the Prospectus comply in form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the related published Rules
and Regulations, with respect to Registration Statements on Form S-3;
and
(ii) on the basis of performing the procedures specified by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for a review of
interim financial information as described in SAS No. 71, inquiries of
officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial and
accounting matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to
their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited
financial statements of such entity at any date and for any period
ending on or prior to the date of the latest unaudited balance sheet
of such entity included in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the Securities Act and the related published Rules and Regulations or
any material modifications should be made for them to be in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
All financial statements and schedules included in material incorporated by
reference into the Prospectus shall be deemed included in the Prospectus for
purposes of this subsection.
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(i) The Representatives shall have received from counsel,
satisfactory to the Representatives, such opinion or opinions, dated the
Closing Date, with respect to compliance with the laws of any country,
other than the United States, in whose currency Purchased Debt Securities
are denominated, the validity of the Purchased Debt Securities, the
Prospectus and other related matters as they may require, and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the
purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(j) If applicable to the offering of any Purchased Debt Securities,
the Representatives shall have received an opinion from Hunton & Williams,
special tax counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, confirming
their opinion as to United States tax matters set forth in the Prospectus.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such
opinions, certificates, letters and documents as they reasonably request.
6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and
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hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus
supplement, 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 loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred, provided, however, that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such
documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any,
specifically for use therein; and provided further, that as to any preliminary
prospectus this indemnity agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any
Underwriter or any person controlling that Underwriter on account of any loss,
claim, damage or liability arising from the sale of Purchased Debt Securities to
any person by that Underwriter if that Underwriter failed to send or give a copy
of the Prospectus, as the same may be amended or supplemented, to that person
within the time required by the Securities Act, and the untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact in such preliminary prospectus was corrected in the
Prospectus, unless such failure resulted from non-compliance by the Company with
Section 4(d). For purposes of the second proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, the term Prospectus shall not be deemed to include the documents
incorporated therein by reference, and no Underwriter shall be obligated to send
or give any supplement or amendment to any document incorporated by reference in
a preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus to any person other than a person to
whom such Underwriter has delivered such incorporated documents in response to a
written request therefor.
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(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 Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary
prospectus supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in 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 reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter
through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein, and will
reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against
any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to
the extent that it may 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 will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, if in the reasonable judgment of the indemnified party a conflict of
interest in the action exists between the indemnified and indemnifying parties,
the indemnified party nevertheless may select its own counsel and also defend
against the action, and in such case the indemnifying party shall pay all
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. No indemnifying party shall (i)
without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action,
suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be
sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified
party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment.
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(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Purchased
Debt Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities 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. 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 or the Underwriters and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
the first sentence of 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 action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). 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 Purchased Debt Securities underwritten by
it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount
of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of 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 Securities 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 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 Securities Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 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 director of the Company, to each officer of the Company
who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.
7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
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their obligations to purchase Purchased Debt Securities under the Terms
Agreement and the aggregate amount of the Purchased Debt Securities that such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not
exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of the Purchased Debt Securities, the
Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the
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purchase of such Purchased Debt Securities by other persons, including any of
the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments under this Agreement and the Terms Agreement, to purchase
the Purchased Debt Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the
aggregate amount of the Purchased Debt Securities with respect to which such
default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of the Purchased
Debt Securities and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the
Company for the purchase of such Purchased Debt Securities by other persons are
not made within 36 hours after such default, such Terms Agreement will terminate
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company,
except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the term
"Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section. As used in this Section only, the "aggregate amount" of Purchased Debt
Securities shall mean the aggregate principal amount of any Purchased Debt
Securities Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default. The respective commitments of the several Underwriters for the
purposes of this Section shall be determined without regard to reduction in the
respective Underwriters' obligations to purchase the amount of Purchased Debt
Securities set forth opposite their names in the Terms Agreement as a result of
Delayed Delivery Contracts entered into by the Company.
The foregoing obligations and agreements set forth in this Section will not
apply if the Terms Agreement specifies that such obligations and agreements will
not apply.
8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
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indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made
pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of
any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective representatives,
officers or directors or any controlling person and will survive delivery of and
payment for the Purchased Debt Securities. If the obligations of the
Underwriters with respect to any offering of Purchased Debt Securities are
terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if for any reason the purchase of the
Purchased Debt Securities by the Underwriters under a Terms Agreement is not
consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or
reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the
Company and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If
for any reason the purchase of the Purchased Debt Securities by the Underwriters
is not consummated other than because of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Section 7 or a failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Section 5(c), the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably
incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Purchased Debt
Securities.
9. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent
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to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to
them at their addresses furnished to the Company in writing for the purpose of
communications hereunder or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered
or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 55 Glenlake
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Parkway, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30328, Attention: Joseph R. Moderow, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary.
10. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
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binding upon the Company and such Underwriters as are identified in Terms
Agreements and their respective successors and the officers and directors and
controlling persons referred to in Section 5, and no other person will have any
right or obligation hereunder.
11. Applicable Law. This Agreement and the Terms Agreement shall be
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governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws of such state.
Each of the parties hereto waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any
right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any claim, demand, action or
cause of action based on, arising out of, under or in connection with this
Agreement.
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ANNEX I
(Three copies of this Delayed Delivery Contract should be signed and returned
to the address shown below so as to arrive not later than 9:00 A.M.,
Eastern Standard time, on ________________, 19__*.)
DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT
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[Insert date of initial public offering]
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
c/o [Insert name and address of lead Underwriter]
Attention:
Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from United Parcel Service of
America, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"), and the Company agrees to
sell to the undersigned, [If one delayed closing, insert--as of the date hereof,
for delivery on ______________ 19__ ("Delivery Date"),]
$_____________________
principal amount of the Company's [Insert title of debt securities] ("Debt
Securities") and
_____________________
offered by the Company's Prospectus dated , 19 and a Prospectus
Supplement dated , 19 relating thereto, receipt of copies of
which is hereby acknowledged, at % of the principal amount of the Debt
Securities plus accrued interest, if any, and on the further terms and
conditions set forth in this Delayed Delivery Contract ("Contract").
[If two or more delayed closings, insert the following:
The undersigned will purchase from the Company as of the date hereof, for
delivery on the dates set forth below, Debt Securities in the principal amounts
and number, respectively, set forth below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount
of Debt
Delivery Date Securities
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<S> <C>
______________________ ________________
______________________ ________________
</TABLE>
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* Insert date which is third full business day prior to Closing Date under
the Terms Agreement.
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Each of such delivery dates is hereinafter referred to as a Delivery Date.]
Payment for the Debt Securities that the undersigned has agreed to purchase
for delivery on [the] [each] Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its
order by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House (next day)
funds at the office of _______________________ at _____________ .M. on [the]
[such] Delivery Date upon delivery to the undersigned of the Debt Securities to
be purchased by the undersigned [for delivery on such Delivery Date] in
definitive fully registered form and in such denominations or numbers and
registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by written or
telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not less than five full
business days prior to [the] [such] Delivery Date.
It is expressly agreed that the provisions for delayed delivery and payment
are for the sole convenience of the undersigned; that the purchase hereunder of
Debt Securities is to be regarded in all respects as a purchase as of the date
of this Contract; that the obligation of the Company to make delivery of and
accept payment for, and the obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of
and make payment for, Debt Securities on [the] [each] Delivery Date shall be
subject only to the conditions that (1) investment in the Debt Securities shall
not at [the] [such] Delivery Date be prohibited under the laws of any
jurisdiction in the United States to which the undersigned is subject and (2)
the Company shall have sold to the Underwriters the total principal amount of
the Debt Securities less the principal amount thereof covered by this and other
similar Contracts. The undersigned represents that its investment in the Debt
Securities is not, as of the date hereof, prohibited under the laws of any
jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and which governs such
investment.
Promptly after completion of the sale to the Underwriters the Company will
mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to such
effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company
delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith.
This Contract will (a) inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by
either party hereto without the written consent of the other, and (b) shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws of such state.
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It is understood that the acceptance of any such Contract is in the
Company's sole discretion and, without limiting the foregoing, need not be on a
first-come, first-served basis. If this Contract is acceptable to the Company,
it is requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below and mail or
deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its address set
forth below. This will become a binding contract between the Company and the
undersigned when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.
Yours very truly,
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(Name of Purchaser)
By:
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(Title of Signatory)
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(Address of Purchaser)
Accepted, as of the above date.
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
By
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(Insert Title)
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UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
("COMPANY")
DEBT SECURITIES
TERMS AGREEMENT
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[Date]
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United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
55 Glenlake Parkway, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Attention: Robert J. Clanin,
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dear Sirs:
On behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto and for
their respective accounts, we offer to purchase, on and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Underwriting Agreement relating to Debt Securities dated as of
_______________ ("Underwriting Agreement"), the following securities
("Securities") on the following terms:
DEBT SECURITIES
Title:
Principal Amount: $
Interest Rate: _________% from ________________________, ___________, payable:
Maturity:
Currency of Denomination:
Currency of Payment:
Form and Denomination:
Overseas Paying Agents:
Optional Redemption:
Sinking Fund:
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Delayed Delivery Contracts: [authorized] [not authorized]
Delivery Date:
Minimum Contract
Maximum aggregate principal amount:
Fee: %
Purchase Price: _______%, plus accrued interest, or amortized original issue
discount, if any, from ________________
Expected Reoffering Price:
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Names and Addresses of Representatives:
The respective principal amounts of the Debt Securities to be purchased by
each of the Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A
hereto.
The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference.
The Closing will take place at ____ A.M., Eastern Standard time, on
_______________,____________ at the offices of ________________________________.
The Securities will be made available for checking and packaging at the
office of _____________________________________ at least 24 hours prior to the
Closing Date.
Please signify your acceptance by signing the enclosed response to us in
the space provided and returning it to us.
Very truly yours,
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SCHEDULE A
DEBT SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Underwriter Principal Amount
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<S> <C>
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 4.1
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
AND
CITIBANK, N.A.
(as Trustee)
____________________________
I N D E N T U R E
____________________________
Dated as of __________________________________, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 1.01. Definitions................................................. 6
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SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................15
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SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......................16
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SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders; Record Dates...............................16
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SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.......................18
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SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver...................................18
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SECTION 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...........................18
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SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....................18
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SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns......................................19
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SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause.........................................19
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SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.......................................19
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SECTION 1.12. Governing Law...............................................19
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SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays..............................................19
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally.............................................19
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SECTION 2.02. Form of Face of Security....................................20
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SECTION 2.03. Form of Reverse of Security.................................21
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SECTION 2.04. Form of Legend for Global Securities........................24
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SECTION 2.05. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............25
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................26
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SECTION 3.02. Denominations...............................................28
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SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..............28
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SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities........................................29
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SECTION 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.........................30
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SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............31
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SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved..............32
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SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................33
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SECTION 3.09. Cancellation................................................33
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SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest.....................................33
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SECTION 3.11. CUSIP Numbers...............................................33
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.....................................33
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SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money..................................................34
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 5.01. Event of Default............................................................34
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SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..........................35
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SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.............36
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SECTION 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................37
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SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.................37
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SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected..............................................37
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SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits.........................................................38
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SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holder To Receive Principal, Premium and
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Interest....................................................................38
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SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................................38
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SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..............................................38
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SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................................39
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SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders..........................................................39
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SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.....................................................39
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SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.......................................................39
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SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.....................................40
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SECTION 5.16. Undertaking for Costs.......................................................40
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.........................................40
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SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults..........................................................40
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SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................................40
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SECTION 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......................42
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SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities.........................................................42
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SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust.........................................................42
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SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................................42
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SECTION 6.08. Conflicting Interests.......................................................43
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SECTION 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.....................................43
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SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...........................43
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SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................................44
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SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.................45
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SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company...........................45
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SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.........................................45
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 7.01. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders...................47
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SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders......................47
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SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee..........................................................47
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SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company..........................................................47
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms..................................48
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SECTION 8.02. Successor Substituted................................................................48
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders...................................49
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SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders......................................50
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SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.................................................51
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SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures....................................................51
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SECTION 9.05. Conforming with Trust Indenture Act..................................................51
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SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures...................................51
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
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<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 10.01. Delivery or Payment of Maturity Consideration and Interest..........................51
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SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.....................................................51
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SECTION 10.03. Money or Other Consideration for Securities Payments To Be Held in Trust............52
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SECTION 10.04. Statement by Officers as to Default.................................................53
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SECTION 10.05. Existence...........................................................................53
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SECTION 10.06. Limitation on Secured Debt..........................................................53
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SECTION 10.07. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.......................................53
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SECTION 10.08. Calculation of Original Issue Discount..............................................54
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SECTION 10.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants.........................................................54
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 11.01. Applicability of Article............................................................54
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SECTION 11.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...............................................54
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SECTION 11.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed...................................54
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SECTION 11.04. Notice of Redemption................................................................55
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SECTION 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price.........................................................56
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SECTION 11.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date...............................................56
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SECTION 11.07. Securities Redeemed in Part.........................................................56
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 12.01. Applicability of Article............................................................56
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SECTION 12.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...............................57
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SECTION 12.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...........................................57
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</TABLE>
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ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 13.01. Company's Option To Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.................57
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SECTION 13.02. Defeasance and Discharge.....................................................57
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SECTION 13.03. Covenant Defeasance..........................................................58
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SECTION 13.04. Conditions To Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..............................58
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SECTION 13.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust;
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Miscellaneous Provisions.....................................................59
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SECTION 13.06. Reinstatement................................................................60
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE XIV
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
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<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 14.01. Applicability of Article.....................................................60
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE XV
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
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<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 15.01. Applicability of Article.....................................................61
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</TABLE>
ARTICLE XVI
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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<TABLE>
<C> <S> <C>
SECTION 16.01 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.....................................61
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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INDENTURE, dated as of ___________, 1999, between UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF
AMERICA, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal executive
office at 55 Glenlake Parkway N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30328 and CITIBANK, N.A., a
national banking association, duly incorporated and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee");
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided;
and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase
of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal
and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
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otherwise expressly provided:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of this instrument;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may
be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting
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securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and
"controlled" have meanings corresponding to the foregoing.
"Attributable Debt" means, as of the date of its determination, the present
value (discounted semiannually at an interest rate of 7.0% per annum) of the
obligation of a lessee for rental payments pursuant to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (reduced by the amount of the rental obligations of any sublessee of
all or part of the same property) during the remaining term of such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which the lease relating thereto
has been extended), such rental payments not to include amounts payable by the
lessee for maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments and similar
charges and for contingent rents (such as those based on sales). In the case of
any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in which the lease is terminable by the
lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such rental payments shall be considered
for purposes of this definition to be the lesser of (a) the rental payments to
be paid under such Sale and Leaseback Transaction until the first date (after
the date of such determination) upon which it may be so terminated plus the then
applicable penalty upon such termination and (b) the rental payments required to
be paid during the remaining term of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
(assuming such termination provision is not exercised).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
committee of that board duly authorized to act for it in respect hereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
commercial banks in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means any obligation to pay rent or other
amounts under a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property that is required to be classified and accounted for as a
capital lease obligation under generally accepted accounting principles, and,
for the purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligation at any date
shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such date, determined in accordance
with such principles.
"Capital Stock", as applied to the stock of any corporation, means the
capital stock of every class whether now or hereafter authorized, regardless of
whether such capital stock shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage with
respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in
the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of such corporation.
"Certificate" means a certificate signed by a duly authorized signatory of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under
the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
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"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means at any date, the total assets
appearing on the most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of a fiscal quarter of the Company,
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, less (a)
all current liabilities as shown on such balance sheet and (b) Intangible
Assets.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee at any
time where its corporate trust business is administered, which on the date
hereof is located at 111 Wall Street, New York, New York 10043, Attention:
Global Agency & Trust Services, or other such address as the Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address
as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company).
"Corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.03.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any applicable
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1.04.
"Funded Debt" means any indebtedness maturing by its terms more than one
year from the date of issuance thereof, including any indebtedness renewable or
extendible at the option of the obligor to a date later than one year from the
date of the original issuance thereof.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.04 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indebtedness" means (a) any liability of any Person (1) for borrowed
money, or under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit, or
(2) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument (including a
purchase money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any
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businesses, properties or assets of any kind or with services incurred in
connection with capital expenditures (other than a trade payable or a current
liability arising in the ordinary course of business), or (3) for the payment of
money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation, or (4) for Interest Rate
Protection Obligations; (b) any liability of others described in the preceding
clause (a) that the Person has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal
liability; and (c) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal,
extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a)
and (b) above.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for
all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
"Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Intangible Assets" means at any date the value (net of any applicable
reserves), as shown on or reflected in the most recently prepared consolidated
balance sheet of the Company, prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles of: (i) all trade names, trademarks, licenses, patents,
copyrights and goodwill; (ii) organizational and development costs; (iii)
deferred charges (other than prepaid items such as insurance, taxes, interest,
commissions, rents and similar items and tangible assets being amortized); and
(iv) unamortized debt discount and expense, less unamortized premium.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Interest Rate Protection Obligations" of any Person means the obligations
of such Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person whereby,
directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time
periodic payments calculated by applying a fixed rate of interest on a stated
notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person calculated
by applying a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Lien" means any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which
the Maturity Consideration of such Security or an installment of such Maturity
Consideration becomes due and payable or deliverable as therein or herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption or otherwise.
"Maturity Consideration" means the securities (whether or not issued by, or
the obligation of, the Company), the amount of cash (including payment of
principal and premium, if any), or a combination of cash, securities and/or
property, in either case payable or deliverable upon payment and discharge of
the Securities of a series when due or upon redemption as established in or
pursuant to, from time to time, a Board Resolution, and set forth in a
Certificate or established in one or more supplemental indentures.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in Section
5.01(4) or 5.01(5).
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.
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"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 13.02; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B)
above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that
the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay or deliver
the Maturity Consideration or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to any Security, means the place
or places where the Maturity Consideration and interest on that Security are
payable or deliverable as specified pursuant to this Indenture.
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"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means any land, land improvements, buildings and
associated factory, distribution, laboratory and office equipment (excluding any
products marketed by the Company or any Subsidiary) constituting a distribution
facility, operating facility, manufacturing facility, development facility,
warehouse facility, service facility or office facility (including any portion
thereof), which facility (a) is owned by or leased to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary, (b) is located within the United States and (c) has an
acquisition cost plus capitalized improvements in excess of 0.50% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of such determination, other
than (i) any such facility, or portion thereof, which has been financed by
obligations issued by or on behalf of a State, a Territory or a possession of
the United States, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or the
District of Columbia, the interest on which is excludable from gross income of
the holders thereof (other than a "substantial user" of such facility or a
"related Person" as those terms are used in Section 103 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) pursuant to the provisions of Section 103
of the Code (or any similar provision hereafter enacted) as in effect at the
time of issuance of such obligations, (ii) any such facility which the Board of
Directors may by Board Resolution declare is not of material importance to the
Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (iii) any such
facility, or portion thereof, owned or leased jointly or in common with one or
more Persons other than the Company and any Subsidiary and in which the interest
of the Company and all Subsidiaries does not exceed 50%.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Senior Trust Officer, trust officer or
any other officer associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such
person's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Restricted Securities" means any shares of the capital stock or
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means (a) any Subsidiary (i) which has
substantially all its property within the United States of America, (ii) which
owns or is a lessee of any Principal Property, and (iii) in which the investment
of the Company and all other Subsidiaries exceeds 0.50% of Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets as of the date of such determination; provided, however, that
the term "Restricted Subsidiary" shall not include (A) any Subsidiary (x)
primarily engaged in the business of purchasing, holding, collecting, servicing
or otherwise dealing in and with installment sales contracts, leases, trust
receipts, mortgages, commercial paper or other financing instruments, and any
collateral or agreements relating thereto, including in the business,
individually or through partnerships, of financing (whether through long- or
short-term borrowings, pledges, discounts or otherwise) the sales, leasing or
other operations of the
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Company and the Subsidiaries or any of them, or (y) engaged in the business of
financing the assets and operations of third parties, and (z) in any case, not,
except as incidental to such financing business, engaged in owning, leasing or
operating any property which but for this proviso would qualify as Principal
Property or (B) any Subsidiary acquired or organized after ______________, 1999,
for the purpose of acquiring the stock or business or assets of any Person other
than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether by merger, consolidation,
acquisition of stock or assets or similar transaction analogous in purpose or
effect, so long as such Subsidiary does not acquire by merger, consolidation,
acquisition of stock or assets or similar transaction analogous in purpose or
effect all or any substantial part of the business or assets of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary; and (b) any other Subsidiary which is hereafter
designated by the Board of Directors as a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any
Principal Property (whether such Principal Property is now owned or hereafter
acquired) that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, other than (a) temporary leases for a
term, including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three
years; (b) leases between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between
Restricted Subsidiaries; and (c) leases of Principal Property executed by the
time of, or within 180 days after the latest of, the acquisition, the completion
of construction or improvement (including any improvements on property which
will result in such property becoming Principal Property), or the commencement
of commercial operation of such Principal Property.
"Secured Indebtedness" means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary which is secured by any Lien upon any Principal Property
or Restricted Securities and (b) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary in respect of any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
covering Principal Property or Restricted Securities; but "Secured Indebtedness"
shall not include any of the following:
(i) Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries
outstanding on ________________, 1999, secured by then existing Liens upon,
or incurred in connection with conditional sales agreements or other title
retention agreements with respect to, Principal Property or Restricted
Securities;
(ii) Indebtedness which is secured by (A) purchase money Liens upon
Principal Property acquired after _________, 1999, or (B) Liens placed on
Principal Property after _________, 1999, during construction or
improvement thereof (including any improvements on property which will
result in such property becoming Principal Property) or placed thereon
within 180 days after the later of acquisition, completion of construction
or improvement or the commencement of commercial operation of such
Principal Property or improvement, or placed on Restricted Securities
acquired after _________, 1999, or (C) conditional sale agreements or other
title retention agreements with respect to any Principal Property or
Restricted Securities acquired after _________, 1999, if (in each case
referred to in this subparagraph (ii)) (x) such Lien or agreement secures
all or any part of the Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction of such
Principal Property or improvement or Restricted Securities and (y) such
Lien or agreement does not extend to any Principal Property or Restricted
Securities other than the Principal Property so acquired or the Principal
Property, or portion thereof, on which the property so constructed or such
improvement is located; provided, however, that the amount by which the
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aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such Lien or
agreement exceeds the cost to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of
the related acquisition, construction or improvement shall be considered to
be "Secured Indebtedness";
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(iii) Indebtedness which is secured by Liens on Principal Property or
Restricted Securities, which Liens exist at the time of acquisition (by any
manner whatsoever) of such Principal Property or Restricted Securities by
the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(iv) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries owing to the Company or
any other Restricted Subsidiary and Indebtedness of the Company owing to
any Restricted Subsidiary;
(v) In the case of any corporation which becomes (by any manner
whatsoever) a Restricted Subsidiary after _________, 1999, Indebtedness
which is secured by Liens upon, or conditional sale agreements or other
title retention agreements with respect to, its property which constitutes
Principal Property or Restricted Securities, which Liens exist at the time
such corporation becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) Guarantees by the Company of Secured Indebtedness and
Attributable Debt of any Restricted Subsidiaries and guarantees by a
Restricted Subsidiary of Secured Indebtedness and Attributable Debt of the
Company and any other Restricted Subsidiaries;
(vii) Indebtedness arising from any Sale and Leaseback Transaction;
(viii) Indebtedness secured by Liens on property of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the United States of America, any State,
Territory or possession thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the
United States of America or any State, Territory or possession thereof, or
the District of Columbia, or in favor of any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, if such Indebtedness was incurred for the purpose of
financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction
of the property subject to such Lien; provided, however, that the amount by
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which the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by any such
Lien exceeds the cost to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of the
related acquisition or construction shall be considered to be "Secured
Indebtedness";
(ix) Indebtedness secured by Liens on aircraft, airframes or aircraft
engines, aeronautic equipment or computers and electronic data processing
equipment; and
(x) The replacement, extension or renewal (or successive replacements,
extensions or renewals) of any Indebtedness (in whole or in part) excluded
from the definition of "Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs (i) through
(ix) above; provided, however, that no Lien securing, or conditional sale
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or title retention agreement with respect to, such Indebtedness shall
extend to or cover any Principal Property or any Restricted Securities,
other than such property which secured the Indebtedness so replaced,
extended or renewed (plus improvements on or to any such Principal
Property); provided further, however, that to the extent that such
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replacement, extension or renewal increases the principal amount of
Indebtedness secured by such Lien or is in a principal amount in excess of
the principal amount of Indebtedness excluded from the definition of
"Secured Indebtedness" by subparagraphs (i) through (ix) above, the amount
of such increase or excess shall be considered to be "Secured
Indebtedness".
In no event shall the foregoing provisions be interpreted to mean or their
operation to cause the same Indebtedness to be included more than once in the
calculation of "Secured Indebtedness" as that term is used in this Indenture.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
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"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.05.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of the Maturity Consideration or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the Maturity Consideration
of such Security or such installment of Maturity Consideration or interest is
due and payable or deliverable.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation of which, at the time of determination,
the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or
indirectly more than 50% of the shares of voting stock. "Wholly Owned", when
used with reference to a Subsidiary, means a Subsidiary of which all of the
outstanding capital stock is owned by the Company or by one or more wholly owned
Subsidiaries. "Voting Stock", when used with reference to a Subsidiary, means
stock of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers
or trustees of such corporation provided that, for the purposes of this
definition, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the
happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such
event shall have happened.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
and any applicable statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time
to time.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 13.04.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title "vice president".
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application
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or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates
and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such
certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of a Certificate, if to be
given by an authorized signatory of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to
be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in
Section 10.04) shall include:
(1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition;
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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or
she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where
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several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified
or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such
matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, provided,
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that such officer has no reason to believe and does not believe that such
Opinion of Counsel with respect to such matters is erroneous. Any such Opinion
of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Company, provided that such counsel, after reasonable
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inquiry, has no reason to believe and does not believe that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders; Record Dates. Any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued
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upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such
action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or
take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken
by Holders of Securities of such series; provided that the Company may not set a
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record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or
direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the
relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on
or prior to the applicable Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined) by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on
such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date
has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled
and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render
ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company,
at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 1.06.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the
giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
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action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with
no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite Securities of the relevant series on or after any record date
is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section
1.06.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
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proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the
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Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record
date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
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authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with:
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed, in
writing, to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Global Agency & Trust Services, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal executive office specified
in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides
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for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-
class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any),
and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of
such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such
notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 1.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof
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limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
may be so modified or excluded, the provision of this Indenture shall control.
SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and
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Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
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Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
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SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture
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or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
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Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be
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governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York
without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws of such state.
SECTION 1.13. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
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Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision
of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security
which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this
Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be
made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated
Maturity or Maturity, and, if such payment is made, no interest shall accrue on
such payment for the period from and after any such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 1.14. Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and
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Directors. No recourse shall be had for the payment or delivery of the
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principal, Maturity Consideration, premium, if any, or the interest, on any
Securities, or for any claim based thereon, or upon any obligation, covenant or
agreement of this Indenture, against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or
director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor
corporation, either directly or indirectly through the Company or any successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute, or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment of penalty or otherwise; it being expressly
agreed and understood that this Indenture and all the Securities are solely
corporate obligations, and that no personal liability whatever shall attach to,
or is incurred by, any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past,
present or future, of the corporation, because of the incurring of the
indebtedness hereby authorized or under or by reason of any of the obligations,
covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
or implied therefrom, or for any claim based thereon or in respect thereof, all
such liability and any and all such claims being hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution
of this Indenture and the issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
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SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in
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substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form or forms
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form
or forms of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
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The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Face of Security. [Insert any legend required by the
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Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
No. $
United Parcel Service of America, Inc., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to _____________________________, or
registered assigns, the principal sum of _____________________________ Dollars
on ____________________________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to
Maturity, insert ___ and to pay interest thereon from ___________________ or
from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semiannually on _______________ and ___________________ in each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing __________________________, at the rate of
___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment
[if applicable, insert ___; provided that any principal and premium, and any
such installment of interest which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of
__% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made
available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The
interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided in such 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 _________________ or ________________ (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, 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 set by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given
to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 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].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert ___ The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue
principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
of __% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest
shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so
demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest
shall be payable on demand.]
Delivery of the Maturity Consideration and [if applicable, insert ___
payment of interest on] this Security will be made at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, and payment of
interest on this Security (and, if the Company elects to deliver Maturity
Consideration in the form of cash at Maturity, the amount of cash payable at
Maturity) will be made in such
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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 [if applicable insert ___;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be
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made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
By
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SECTION 2.03. Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a
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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 ______________ (herein called the "Indenture", which term shall have
the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and
____________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture 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. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof [if applicable, insert ___ limited in aggregate principal amount
to $ _____________].
[If applicable, insert ___ The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert
___ (1) on _____________ in each year commencing with the year ________________
and ending with the year ______________ through operation of the sinking fund
for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2)] at any time [if applicable, insert ___ on or after _________________, ] as
a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption
Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if
applicable, insert ___ on or before ____________ , _____, _____% and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _____________ of the years
indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Redemption Price Year Redemption Price
---- ---------------- ---- ----------------
<C> <S> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert ___ (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor
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Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert ___ The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ___________ in
each year commencing with the year __________ ending with the year ____________
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices
for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages
of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if
applicable, insert ___ on or after ________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning of the years indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Price Redemption Price For
For Redemption Otherwise
Redemption Through Than Through
Operation of the Operation of the
Year Sinking Fund Sinking Fund
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<C> <S> <C>
</TABLE>
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert ___ Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to _______________ redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [if applicable, insert ___ Clause (2) of] the preceding
paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the
application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost
to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial
practice) of less than % per annum.]
[If applicable, insert ___ The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption (on ____________ each year commencing with the year
________________ and ending with the year __________ of [if applicable insert
___ not less than $ ____________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than
$____________ aggregate principal amount] of Securities of this series.
Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [if applicable, insert ___ mandatory] sinking fund payments may be
credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert ___ mandatory] sinking fund
payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert ___ , in the
inverse order in which they become due).]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert ___ In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire
indebtedness of this Security or 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.
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[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert ___ 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.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert ___ If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert ___ formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment of (i) the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case
to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
all of the Company's obligations in respect to the payment or delivery of the
Maturity Consideration of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of
this series shall terminate.]
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 issued
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent
of the Holders of a majority in aggregate 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 aggregate
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 herefor 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 a
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 any such
proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of
this Security for the enforcement of any payment or delivery of the Maturity
Consideration 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 affect or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the Maturity Consideration and interest on
this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the manner, herein
prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein and in this Security, the transfer of this Security is registrable 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 Maturity
Consideration 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, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
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The securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $[ ] and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor in 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 be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company may be discharged
from its obligations with respect to the Securities (subject to certain
exceptions) or (ii) the Company may be released from its obligation under
specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company
irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Securities of
this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided
in the Indenture.
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws
of such state.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
SECTION 2.04. Form of Legend for Global Securities. Unless otherwise
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specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby,
every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend
in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY (AS
DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY
PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE
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 WILL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING,
EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
SECTION 2.05. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
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Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to
in the Indenture.
CITIBANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
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By
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE III
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THE SECURITIES
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SECTION 3.01. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate
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principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental hereto,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for
any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a security of the series shall
be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of or any Maturity
Consideration on any Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, or any method by which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and
the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, or
Maturity Consideration and interest on any Securities of the series shall
be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other
than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company
to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof, and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation and any
provisions for the remarketing of any Securities;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
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(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or composite currencies in which the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable
and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 1.01;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities
of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or composite currencies other
than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or composite currencies in which the principal of or
any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is
made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable
(or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.02;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose
thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall
be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated
Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to
be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02 and that
certain covenants of the Company shall be defeasible pursuant to Section
13.03 and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any
election by the Company to defease such Securities or covenants shall be
evidenced;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
and, in such case, the respective Depositories for such Global Securities,
the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.04 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause
(2) of the last paragraph of Section 3.05 in which any such Global Security
may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in
the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof;
(17) whether, and the terms and conditions relating to when, the
Company may satisfy certain of its obligations with respect to such
Securities with regard to payment upon Maturity, or any redemption or
required repurchase or in connection with any exchange provisions by
delivering to the Holders thereof Maturity Consideration.
(18) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies
to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee
or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount
thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02;
(19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X
which applies to Securities of the series;
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(20) the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Securities may be
converted into or exchanged for other debt securities of the Company;
(21) terms with respect to book-entry procedures; and
(22) any other terms of the series, which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.01(5);
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as
to currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of interest
thereon, or method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and
the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise
be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in a
Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto. The terms of the
Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities
shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon original issuance from
time to time upon written order of persons designated in the Certificate or
supplemental indenture and that such persons are authorized to determine,
consistent with such Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such
terms and conditions of the Securities of such series. All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so
provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of
such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
SECTION 3.02. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be
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issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations
as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any
such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The
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Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities and the corporate seal attached thereto may be manual
or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at the time of execution the proper officers of the Company shall bind the
Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in
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relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating,
(1) that the form of such Securities has been established by a
supplemental indenture or by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of
Directors in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.02 and in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) that the terms of such Securities have been established in
accordance with Section 2.01 and in conformity with the other provisions of
this Indenture;
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles.
(4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and
delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the record of action, the Company
Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required thereby at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series, if such documents (with
appropriate modifications) are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any
Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good
faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal
liability to existing Holders.
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
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Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities
in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.
After the preparation of definitive Securities of such
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series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall
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cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the
register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as
the "Security Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it
may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and
of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar"
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer, or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or
for exchange, shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied, by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are
to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register
the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any
such Securities selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of
or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
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The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee
thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered,
in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for
such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) there shall
exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the
foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for
other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued
in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be
registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06, 9.06
or 11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of,
and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the
name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any
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mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all
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the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all
other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as
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otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid
on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of
money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name
and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to
be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set
forth in Section 1.06, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant
to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a
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Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
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whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of the Maturity Consideration in respect of, and
(subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security is overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.09. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
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redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any
sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee,
be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
canceled as provided in this Section except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in
accordance with the Trustee's customary practices unless otherwise directed by a
Company Order.
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise provided in or
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pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, interest on the Securities of
each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
SECTION 3.11. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may
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use "CUSIP" numbers (if then in general use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
"CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided
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that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained
in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall
not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the "CUSIP" numbers.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture
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shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for) upon the Trustee's receipt of a Company Request to that effect, and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either:
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 10.03) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
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(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice
of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of
the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust, money in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the Maturity
Consideration, and interest thereon, to the date of such deposit (in
the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or delivered or caused to be paid or
delivered all other amounts or consideration payable or deliverable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee a Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, which opinion may be given in all circumstances by an
employee of or counsel for the Company, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last
paragraph of Section 10.03 shall survive.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the
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last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and other consideration deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust (without
liability for the payment of interest thereon or the investment thereof) and
applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment or delivery of the Maturity Consideration and
interest, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, for whose payment or delivery such money or other
consideration has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
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SECTION 5.01. Event of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein
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with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted
or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture or Board Resolution
establishing the terms of such series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for
a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration
in respect of any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
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(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as
due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least
25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the
Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or (C)
appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial
part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its
affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any
such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of
any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing
by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief
under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in
furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
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Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or
5.01(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs
and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount or, if such Securities are not payable at
Maturity for a fixed principal amount, 25% of the aggregate issue price of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all
Securities of that series, or such other amount or property, as may be provided
for in the Securities of that series, (or, if any Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount or property (or
specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of
Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or 5.01(6) with respect to Securities of
any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the
Securities of that
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series, or such other amount or property, as may be provided for in the
Securities of that series, (or, if any Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such
Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and
without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the Maturity Consideration due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal
amount or, if such Securities are not payable at Maturity for a fixed principal
amount, the aggregate issue price of the Outstanding Securities of that series,
by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee:
(A) the Maturity Consideration relating to any Securities of that
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or
provided for in such Securities,
(B) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and all
amounts owing the Trustee under Section 6.07; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the Maturity Consideration with respect to
such series due solely by reason of such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
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Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
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(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of Maturity Consideration relating
to any Security when due,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, deliver or pay to it, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount and/or other
consideration then due and payable or deliverable on such Securities for
Maturity Consideration and interest thereon, and, to the extent that payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue Maturity
Consideration and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including all
amounts owing the Trustee under Section 6.07.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce
its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such
appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and
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enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of any judicial
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proceeding relative to the Company, its property or its creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under
Section 6.07.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however,
that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' or
other similar committee.
SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision
for the payment of all amounts owing the Trustee under Section 6.07, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected. Any money or other
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consideration collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied
in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case
of the distribution of such money or other consideration on account of the
Maturity Consideration or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 6.07; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
Maturity Consideration and interest on the Securities in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for Maturity Consideration
and interest, respectively.
SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series
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shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount or, if such
Securities are not payable at Maturity for a fixed principal amount, the
aggregate issue price of the Outstanding
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Securities of that series shall have made written request to a Responsible
Officer to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its
own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to
be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount or, if such Securities are not payable at Maturity for a
fixed principal amount, the aggregate issue price of the Outstanding
Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference
over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all of such Holders.
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holder To Receive Principal, Premium
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and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder
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of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration relating to, and
(subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such delivery
or payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
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Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this
Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason,
or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in
every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to
their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the
Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise
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provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the
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Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
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SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal
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amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture or with the Securities of such series;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) such direction shall not involve the Trustee in personal liability
or be unjustly prejudicial to Holders not joining therein (it being
understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine such
prejudice).
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a
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majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past
default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a
default:
(1) in the delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration or any
interest on any Security of such series; or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
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covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 5.15. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
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and each Holder of any Securities by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
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the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.15 shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder
for the enforcement of the payment of the Maturity Consideration or interest, if
any, with respect to any Securities on or after the respective Stated Maturity
expressed in such Securities (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date, and in the case of repayment, on or after the date for
repayment) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or exchange
any Securities into other securities in accordance with its terms.
ARTICLE VI
THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. The duties and
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responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by this Indenture and the
Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers. Whether or not therein
expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults. If a default occurs hereunder with
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respect to Securities of any series, upon receipt of written notice thereof by a
Responsible Officer, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such
series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by Section 315(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of
the character specified in Section 5.01(4) with respect to Securities of such
series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after
the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become,
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
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Section 6.01:
(1) the Trustee may rely conclusively and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Certificate, Company Request or Company Order,
and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon a Certificate;
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(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction
of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall
have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred
by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the
Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it
shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the
Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company
and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason
of such inquiry or investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it
by this Indenture;
(9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual
knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact
such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
and
(10) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be
indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in
each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other
Person employed to act hereunder.
SECTION 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The
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recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility
for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity
or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities except that the Trustee
represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,
authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the
statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the
Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.
Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent,
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any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or
the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or
pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may
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otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were
not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such
other agent.
SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust
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hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on or investment of
any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company,
and any interest on or investment of any money received by it shall be for the
exclusive benefit of the Company.
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees:
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(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time the compensation for all
services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an
express trust) as set forth in the Schedule of Fees agreed upon by the
Company and the Trustee;
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this
Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent that any
such expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee (which for purposes of this Section 6.07
shall include its directors, officers, employees and agents) for, and to
defend and hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims,
liability including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or
determined by the income of the Trustee) or expense arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts
hereunder or the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim, whether asserted by the
Company or any Holder or any other Person, or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder,
except to the extent any such loss, damage, claims, liability or expense
may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
To secure the Company's payment of obligations in this Section 6.07, the
Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held
or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay
principal of and interest and any premium on particular Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section 6.07 shall
survive the discharge of this Indenture and the resignation, removal or
replacement of the Trustee.
"Trustee" for purposes of this Section 6.07 includes the Trustee, every
predecessor Trustee, any Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent, Registrar or other
agent of the Company or the Trustee appointed hereunder, but the negligence or
bad faith of any such person shall not affect the rights of any other such
person under this Section 6.07.
SECTION 6.08. Conflicting Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire a
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conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed
to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture
with respect to Securities of more than one series, a trustee under the
Indenture for the Company's U.S. $200,000,000 5 1/2% Notes due 1999.
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SECTION 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all
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times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of
each series, which may be the Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more
other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by
the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall
be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to
the Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. No
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resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 6.11.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or
more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument
of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series, with or without cause, by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security of such
series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or any
such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged
a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property
shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of
the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (B)
subject to Section 5.15, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series and the
appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or
if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of
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Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
If any instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company,
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of
Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the
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appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed
or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee
is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the
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Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any
and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to
such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which
it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. If and
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when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company
(or any such other obligor).
SECTION 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint
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an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon
exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this
Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent; provided
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such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.06 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to
in the Indenture.
[NAME OF TRUSTEE],
As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY'
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SECTION 7.01. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semiannually, not later than March 31 and September 30 in each
year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the
preceding March 16 or September 15, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished; excluding from any such list names and
addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
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SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The
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Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to
the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders
received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a
new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with
the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any
agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of
information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee. The Trustee shall transmit to Holders
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such reports, if any, concerning the Trustee and its actions under this
Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange and
of any delisting thereof.
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company. The Company shall file with the Trustee
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and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and
other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports
required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so
required to be filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information
and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the
Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Company's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder
(as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers'
Certificates).
ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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SECTION 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms. The
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Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) either (a) the Company shall be the continuing corporation or (b)
the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance,
transfer, or lease, the properties and assets of the Company substantially
as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due
and punctual delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration and interest
on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating
any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any
Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of such transaction as having
been incurred at the time of such transaction), no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company or such Person has delivered to the Trustee a
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, as to which opinion counsel may rely
on the Certificate as to factual matters, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for or relating to such transaction have been
satisfied.
SECTION 8.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or
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any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the
successor Person to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under the Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. Without
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the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such
covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included
solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided that any
such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any
Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental
indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or
(B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section
10.06 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of
the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements
of Section 6.11; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture; provided that such action pursuant
to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect; or
(10) to add to or change or eliminate any provision of this Indenture
as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the
Trust Indenture Act, provided such action shall not adversely affect the
interest of Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
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(11) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any
supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall
materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities
then Outstanding.
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
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consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount or, if
such Securities are not payable at Maturity for a fixed principal amount, the
aggregate issue price of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by
such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and
the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the Maturity Consideration, or any
installment of Maturity Consideration or interest on, any Security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof or reduce the amount or change the type
of Maturity Consideration or reduce the rate of interest thereon or any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of
Maturity Consideration of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other
Security which would be due and deliverable or payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Maturity
Consideration or interest on any Security are deliverable or payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such delivery
or payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount or aggregate issue
price, as the case may be, of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture,
or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance
with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and
their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or
Section 10.08, except to increase any percentages set forth therein or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed
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to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 10.08 in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11 and
9.01(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
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accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating
that the execution of such supplemental
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indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of
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any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified
in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of
this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.05. Conforming with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental
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indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
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SECTION 10.01. Delivery or Payment of Maturity Consideration and Interest.
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The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series
of Securities that it will duly and punctually deliver or pay the Maturity
Consideration and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with
the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain
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in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee
with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices
or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
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any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
SECTION 10.03. Money or Other Consideration for Securities Payments To Be
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Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent
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with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the Maturity Consideration or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
consideration in an amount sufficient to deliver or pay the Maturity
Consideration or a sum sufficient to pay the interest so becoming
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due until such consideration shall be delivered or paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of
its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the Maturity Consideration or
interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent
consideration in an amount sufficient to deliver or pay the Maturity
Consideration or a sum sufficient to pay the interest so becoming due, such
consideration to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless
such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee
of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) give the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any delivery or payment of Maturity
Consideration or interest on the Securities of that series, and 3 during the
continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee,
forthwith deliver or pay to the Trustee all consideration so held in trust by
such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, deliver or pay, or by
Company Order direct any Paying Agent to deliver or pay, to the Trustee all
consideration held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such
consideration to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which
such consideration was held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such
delivery or payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall
be released from all further liability with respect to such consideration.
Any consideration deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the Maturity Consideration or
interest on or delivery or payment upon discharge of any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such consideration has become due
and deliverable or payable shall be paid to the Company upon a Company Request,
or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look
only to the Company for delivery or payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust consideration, and all
liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 10.04. Statement by Officers as to Default.
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(1) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a
Certificate stating whether or not, after a review under each signer's
supervision of the activities of the Company during such year and of the
Company's performance under this Indenture, to the best knowledge, based on
such review, of the signers thereof, the Company has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, and, if there has
been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each
default and the nature and status thereof.
(2) When any event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or if
the Trustee or any Holder or the trustee for or the holder of any other
evidence of Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary gives any notice
or takes any other action with respect to a claimed default, the Company
shall deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or facsimile
transmission a Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action
within five Business Days of its occurrence.
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SECTION 10.05. Existence. Subject to Article VIII, the Company shall do
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or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and
that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the
Holders.
SECTION 10.06. Limitation on Secured Debt. The Company shall not create,
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assume, incur or guarantee, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to
create, assume, incur or guarantee, any Secured Indebtedness without making
provision whereby all the Securities shall be secured equally and ratably with
(or prior to) such Secured Indebtedness (together with, if the Company shall so
determine, any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
then existing or thereafter created which is not subordinate to the Securities)
so long as such Secured Indebtedness shall be outstanding unless such Secured
Indebtedness, when added to (a) the aggregate amount of all Secured Indebtedness
then outstanding (not including in this computation Secured Indebtedness if the
Securities are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured
Indebtedness and further not including in this computation any Secured
Indebtedness which is concurrently being retired) and (b) the aggregate amount
of all Attributable Debt then outstanding pursuant to Sale and Leaseback
Transactions entered into by the Company after _________, 1999, or entered into
by a Restricted Subsidiary after _________, 1999 or, if later, the date on which
it became a Restricted Subsidiary (not including in this computation any
Attributable Debt which is concurrently being retired), would not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
SECTION 10.07. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company
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shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless (a) the sum of (i) the Attributable Debt
to be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (ii) all
Attributable Debt then outstanding pursuant to all other Sale and Leaseback
Transactions entered into by the Company after _________, 1999, or entered into
by a Restricted Subsidiary after _________, 1999 or, if later, the date on which
it became a Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) the aggregate of all Secured
Indebtedness then outstanding (not including in this computation Secured
Indebtedness if the Securities are secured equally and ratably with (or prior
to) such Secured Indebtedness) would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets or (b) an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds to the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiary of the sale of the Principal Property sold
and leased back pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the
amount of Attributable Debt to be outstanding pursuant to such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, is applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Funded Debt which is
subordinate to the Securities or which is owing to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiaries) within 180 days after the consummation of such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction.
SECTION 10.08. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall
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file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written
notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates
and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such
year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue
discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time.
SECTION 10.09. Waiver of Certain Covenants. Except as otherwise specified
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as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, the Company may,
with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided
pursuant to Section 3.01(18), 9.01(2) or 9.01(7) for the benefit of the Holders
of such series or Sections 10.06 and 10.07, if before the time for such
compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series 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
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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.
ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 11.01. Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which
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are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance
with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 11.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the
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Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in
another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of any
series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the
Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the
Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of
such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to
be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 11.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed. If less
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than all the Securities of any series with the same issue date, interest rate or
formula, Stated Maturity and other terms are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a
portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series
and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only
a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the
Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called
for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities
selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in the case of any Securities selected
for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect
to any redemption affecting a single Security, whether such Security is to be
redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the
unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
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SECTION 11.04. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given
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by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and any accrued interest;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if a single Security is to be partially redeemed, the
principal amount of such Security to be redeemed;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and any accrued
interest will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed
and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the
Redemption Price and accrued interest);
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
and
(7) the CUSIP number.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to any Redemption Date,
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the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date)
accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 11.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of
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redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.07.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear
interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the
Security.
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SECTION 11.07. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be
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redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with,
if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of
the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
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SECTION 12.01. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
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shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any
series except as otherwise specified in Section 3.01 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and
any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such
Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If
provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund
payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking
fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by
the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 12.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The
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Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities;
provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so
credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for
such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in the Securities
for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 12.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than
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60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company
will deliver to the Trustee a Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of
cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and
crediting Securities pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the
Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each
such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be
redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section
11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and
at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.
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ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 13.01. Company's Option To Effect Defeasance or Covenant
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Defeasance. The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section
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13.02 or Section 13.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as
the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible
pursuant to such Section 13.02 or 13.03, in accordance with any applicable
requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.01 and upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 for such Securities.
SECTION 13.02. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of
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its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series
of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have been
discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are
satisfied (hereinafter called "Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance
means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities
are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of
Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in
Section 13.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect
of the Maturity Consideration and interest on such Securities when payments are
due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (3) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to
compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to
have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option (if any) to have Section 13.03 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 13.03. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of its
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option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of
Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Section 8.01, Sections 10.05 through 10.07, inclusive, and any
covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18), 9.01(2) or 9.01(7) for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event
specified in Sections 5.01(4) (with respect to any of Section 8.01(3), Sections
10.06 and 10.07, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(18),
9.01(2) or 9.01(7)), 5.01(5) and 5.01(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in
an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are
satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such
Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent
so specified in the case of Section 5.01(4)), whether directly or indirectly by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any
reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other
document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 13.04. Conditions To Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
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following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 13.02 or Section
13.03 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 6.09 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day
before the due date of
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any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered
to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the
Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the
Maturity Consideration and interest on such Securities on the respective
Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such
Securities. As used herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means any security
which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the
payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America,
the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which in either case (i)
or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof,
and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any
U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for
the account of the holder of a depositary receipt, provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction
from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest with respect to
the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 13.02 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A)
the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there
has been a change in applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A)
or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm
that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and
discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and
discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 13.03 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at
the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance
were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an officer's
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Section 5.01(5) and
(6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied
until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee
to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture
Act.
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(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or exempt
from registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, which opinion may be given in all circumstances by
an employee of or counsel for the Company, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
SECTION 13.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held
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in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last
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paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including
the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.04 in
respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
Maturity Consideration and interest, but money so held in trust need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall
deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money
or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 13.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is
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unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any
Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then
the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company
has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be
revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this
Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section
13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided,
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however, that if the Company makes any payment of Maturity Consideration or
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interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such
Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
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ARTICLE XIV
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
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SECTION 14.01. Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are
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repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity
shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series.
The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of
the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for
purposes of Section 3.09, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or
satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until
the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee
with a directive that such Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Section 14.01, in connection with any repayment
of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an
agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase
such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the
close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment
price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation
of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied
and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE XV
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
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SECTION 15.01. Applicability of Article. Whenever this Indenture provides
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for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of Holders of
Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in
the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the
absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any
particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in
respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than U.S. dollars shall
be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of U.S. dollars
that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and
as of the record date with respect to Securities of such series (if any) for
such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no
applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such
action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a
written notice to the Trustee.
ARTICLE XVI
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 16.01 Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of
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Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to
time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided by this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 16.02 Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
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(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 16.01, to be
held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general
terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in
the manner provided in Section 1.06, not less than 21 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution) or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to
call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose
specified in Section 16.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable
detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee
shall not have mailed notice of such meeting with 21 days after receipt of
such request
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or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided
herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the
amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such meeting
and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as
provided in clause (1) of this Section.
SECTION 16.03 Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to
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vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be
(1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a
Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of
one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders.
The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 16.04 Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in
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principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a
quorum for any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence
of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the
meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such
series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a
period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any
reconvened meeting, such reconvened meeting may be further adjourned for a
period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting
prior to the adjournment of such reconvened meeting. Notice of the reconvening
of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 16.02(1), except
that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the
date on which the meeting is to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of
the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall
constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.02, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 9.02, any
resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act which this Indenture expressly provides may
be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less
than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series
may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which
a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such
specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series, whether or not such
Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
SECTION 16.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the
Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for
any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series in regard to proof of
the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies
and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the
submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of
the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the
meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or
required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved
in the manner specified in Section 1.04 and the appointment of any proxy
shall be proved in the manner
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specified in Section 1.04. Such regulations may provide that written
instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed
valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.04 or other
proof.
(2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a
temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been
called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section
16.02(2), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the
series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner
appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled
to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series represented at the meeting.
(3) At any meeting, each Holder of Security of such series or proxy
shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of
Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however,
that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any
Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the
meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no
right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 16.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned
from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the
meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further
notice.
SECTION 16.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote
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upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures
of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy
and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of
such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting
shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the
meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the
secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in triplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, of the proceedings
of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 16.02 and, if applicable, Section 16.04. Each copy shall be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto
the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be
conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
ARTICLE XVII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 17.01. Maturity Consideration. If the Securities of any
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series provide for the payment or delivery of any Maturity Consideration other
than money, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the Holder
of any such Security, the Maturity Consideration as provided therein. Whenever
in this Indenture there is mentioned the payment of money in respect of the
principal of (or premium, if any) any Security of any series, such mention shall
be deemed to include the payment or delivery of consideration other than money
to the extent that such payment or delivery is permitted or required by the
terms of the Securities of any series. Express mention of the payment or
delivery of Maturity
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Consideration in any provision herein shall not be construed as excluding
Maturity Consideration other than money where such express mention is not made.
If any of the Securities of any series are not payable at Maturity for
a fixed principal amount, all references herein to the principal amount of such
Securities shall be deemed to include mention of the aggregate issue price of
such Securities, as the context requires. Express reference to the issue price
or aggregate issue price of any Securities of any series in any provision herein
shall not be construed as excluding such references where such express reference
is not made.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
* * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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STATE OF )
) ss.:
)
COUNTY OF )
On the ___ day of ____________ before me personally came _________________
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is of
United Parcel Service of America, Inc. one of the corporations described in and
which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
____________________________________
STATE OF )
) ss.:
)
COUNTY OF )
On the __ day of _____________ before me personally came _________________
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is of
Citibank, N.A., one of the corporations described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his
name thereto by like authority.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
January 26, 1999
United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
55 Glenlake Parkway, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to United Parcel Service of America, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, of $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities (the
"Debt Securities") under a form of Indenture (the "Indenture"), between the
Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee").
In connection with the foregoing, we have examined originals, or copies
certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents,
corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary for the
purposes of this opinion, including: (a) the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, of the Company; (b) the Bylaws of the Company;
(c) the Indenture filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; (d) the
Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of the Debt Securities, (e) the form of Underwriting
Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and (f) resolutions
of the Company's Board of Directors authorizing the Indenture, the Registration
Statement and the filing thereof, the Underwriting Agreement and other documents
and actions related thereto. In this examination, except with respect to
documents executed by officers of the Company in our presence, we have assumed
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity
to original documents of all documents submitted to us as reproductions or
certified copies and the authenticity of the originals of such other documents.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the following opinions:
1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is a validly existing
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.
2. The Indenture has been duly authorized and assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, will constitute a
valid and legally binding instrument of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms; and the Debt Securities have been duly
authorized and, when the final terms thereof have been duly approved by all
necessary corporate action and when duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to
and paid for by the purchasers thereof, will be legally issued and valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
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United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
January 26, 1999
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We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption
"Validity of Offered Debt Securities" in the prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement.
The opinions set forth above are subject to the qualifications that (i)
enforcement of the Company's obligations under the Indenture and Debt Securities
may be subject to (a) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and (b) general
equity principles and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
(whether considered in a proceeding in law or in equity), and (ii) the remedy of
specific performance and injunctive and other relief may be subject to equitable
defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor
may be brought.
Very truly yours,
HUNTON & WILLIAMS
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EXHIBIT 12.1
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
STATEMENT SETTING FORTH THE COMPUTATION OF
THE RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
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Nine Months
Ended
Year Ended December 31, September 30,
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings available for fixed charges;
Income before income taxes $1,432 $1,575 $1,708 $1,910 $1,553 $2,106
Fixed charges 167 188 251 259 385 272
Less capitalized interest (28) (45) (49) (53) (43) (21)
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Total $1,571 $1,718 $1,910 $2,116 $1,895 $2,357
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Fixed charges:
Interest expense $ 34 $ 29 $ 77 $ 95 $ 252 $ 169
Capitalized interest 28 45 49 53 43 21
Interest component of rentals
Charged to income 105 114 125 111 90 82
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Total $ 167 $ 188 $ 251 $ 259 $ 385 $ 272
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 9.4 9.1 7.6 8.2 4.9 8.7
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EXHIBIT 23.3
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Pre-effective Amendment No.
1 to Registration Statement No. 333-08369 of United Parcel Service of America,
Inc. on Form S-3 of our report dated February 9, 1998, appearing in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of United Parcel Service of America, Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 1997, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the
Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
January 22, 1999
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EXHIBIT 25.1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
___________________________
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
Check if an application to determine eligibility of a Trustee
pursuant to Section 305 (b)(2)
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CITIBANK, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
13-5266470
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
399 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10043
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
________________________
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-1732075
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
55 Glenlake Parkway N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
_________________________
Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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Item 1. General Information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
it is subject.
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Name Address
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Comptroller of the Currency Washington, D.C.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York, NY
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C.
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(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of
Eligibility.
Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission,
are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits hereto.
Exhibit 1 - Copy of Articles of Association of the Trustee, as now in
effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-79983)
Exhibit 2 - Copy of certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence
business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-29577).
Exhibit 3 - Copy of authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate
trust powers. (Exhibit 3 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 2-
55519)
Exhibit 4 - Copy of existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to T-1
to Registration Statement No. 33-34988)
Exhibit 5 - Not applicable.
Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. (Exhibit 6 to T-1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-19227.)
Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of Citibank, N.A.
(as of September 30, 1998 - attached)
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Exhibit 8 - Not applicable.
Exhibit 9 - Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
Trustee, Citibank, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement
of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in The City of New York and State of New York, on the 10th day
of December, 1998.
CITIBANK, N.A.
By /s/ Nancy Forte
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Nancy Forte
Trust Officer
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