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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) October 20, 1998
Raychem Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware 2-15299 94-1369731
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
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300 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
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(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (650) 361-3333
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(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last Report)
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Item 5. Other Events.
On October 20, 1998, Raychem Corporation (the "Company") entered into an
underwriting agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Chase Securities
Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC for
an underwritten offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.20%
Notes due 2008 (the "Securities"), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1
hereto. The terms and conditions of the Securities and related matters are set
forth in the notes and the Indenture by and between the Company and Chase
Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee, copies of
the forms of which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 hereto.
Item 7. Financial Statement, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report:
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1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated as of October 20, 1998 among Raychem Corporation
and Morgan Stanley Co. Incorporated, Chase Securities Inc,
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC.
4.1 Form of Indenture between the Company and Chase Manhattan Bank and Trust
Company, National Association.
4.2 Form of 7.20% Note due 2008.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Dated: October 22, 1998
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
By: /s/ Raymond J. Sims
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Raymond J. Sims
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 1.1
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
STANDARD PROVISIONS
(DEBT SECURITIES)
October 20, 1998
From time to time, Raychem Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), may enter into one or more underwriting agreements that provide
for the sale of designated securities to the underwriter or the several
underwriters, as the case may be, named therein. The standard provisions set
forth herein may be incorporated by reference in any such underwriting agreement
(an "Underwriting Agreement"). The Underwriting Agreement, including the
provisions incorporated therein by reference, is herein sometimes referred to as
this "Agreement". Terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as
therein defined.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") a registration statement (Registration No. 333-31395),
including a prospectus, relating to the Offered Securities and has filed with,
or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit
for filing to, the Commission (i) a prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus
Supplement") specifically relating to the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and
(ii) a related prospectus dated September 24, 1998 (the "Basic Prospectus"). The
term "Registration Statement" means the registration statement, including the
exhibits thereto, as amended to the date of this Agreement. The term
"Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together with the Prospectus
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Supplement. The term "preliminary prospectus" means a preliminary prospectus
supplement specifically relating to the Offered Securities, together with the
Basic Prospectus. As used herein, the terms "Basic Prospectus," "Prospectus" and
"preliminary prospectus" shall include in each case the documents incorporated
by reference therein, and the term "Registration Statement" shall include the
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. The
terms "supplement," "amendment" and "amend" as used herein shall include all
documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus that are
filed subsequent to the date of the Basic Prospectus by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act").
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and
warrants to
and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in
effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.
(b)(i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus complied or
will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder,
(ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became
effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
(iii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iv) the Prospectus does
not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 1(b)
do not apply (A) to statements or omissions in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Manager expressly for use therein or (B) to that part of the
Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (a
"Form T-1") under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
"Trust Indenture Act"), of any trustee.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own its
property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and
is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent
that the failure to be so qualified or be in
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good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated, is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority
to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or
its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except
to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) The total assets of Raychem Limited, a United Kingdom
corporation, Raychem N.V., a Belgian corporation, K.K. Raychem, a
Japanese corporation, and Raychem GmbH, a German corporation, (each a
"Subsidiary" and together, the "Subsidiaries"), excluding their
subsidiaries, and the Company, determined on a consolidated basis, are
equal to at least 70% of the total consolidated assets of Raychem
Corporation.
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(g) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, has been duly authorized by the Company and, prior to the
issuance and sale of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters, will
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will be a valid
and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its
terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of
equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability.
(h) The Offered Securities have been duly authorized and, when
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the
terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will have been duly executed by the
Company, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their terms except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and (ii) rights of acceleration, if any, and the availability
of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability.
(i) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the
Indenture and the Offered Securities will not contravene any provision
of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the
Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or
any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its
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subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company
or any subsidiary, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of,
or qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for
the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement,
the Indenture or the Offered Securities, except such as may be required
by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection
with the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
(j) There has not occurred any material adverse change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business,
operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this
Agreement).
(k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not
so described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to
the Registration Statement that are not described, filed or incorporated
as required.
(l) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration
statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or
filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so
filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(m) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with
any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and
regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants ("Environmental Laws"), (ii) have received all permits,
licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable
Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are
in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license
or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or
failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits,
licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(o) In the ordinary course of its business, the Company conducts
a periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business,
operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the
course of which it identifies and evaluates
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associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any
capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of
properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license
or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties). On the basis of such review,
the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and
liabilities would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(p) The Company has complied, if applicable, with all provisions
of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes relating to doing business with the
Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(q) The Company is eligible to use Form S-3 under the Securities
Act pursuant to the standards for that Form as in effect immediately
prior to October 21, 1992.
2. TERMS OF PUBLIC OFFERING. The Company is advised by the
Manager that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their
respective portions of the Offered Securities as soon after this Agreement has
been entered into as in the Manager's judgment is advisable. The terms of the
public offering of the Offered Securities are set forth in the Prospectus.
3. PAYMENT AND DELIVERY. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 3, payment for the Offered Securities shall be made to the Company by
transfer of same day funds at the time set forth in the Underwriting Agreement,
upon delivery to the Manager for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters of the Offered Securities registered in such names and in such
denominations as the Manager shall request in writing not less than one full
business day prior to the date of delivery, with any transfer taxes payable in
connection with the transfer of the Offered Securities to the Underwriters duly
paid.
4. CONDITIONS TO THE UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The several
obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of the Underwriting
Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any
downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended
or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change
that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in
the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such
term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or
any development involving a prospective change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
from that set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of
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any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of
this Agreement) that, in the judgment of the Manager, is
material and adverse and that makes it, in the judgment of the
Manager, impracticable to market the Offered Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer
of the Company, to the effect set forth in clause (a)(i) above and to
the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date
and that the Company has complied in all material respects with all of
the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or
before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon
the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of the General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date,
to the effect that:
(i) the Company is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ii) each subsidiary of the Company (except for
subsidiaries organized and existing under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States of America, a state
thereof or the District of Columbia) has been duly incorporated,
is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate
power and authority to own its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in
which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole; each Subsidiary has been duly
incorporated under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation; Raychem Limited is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the United
Kingdom.
(iii) neither the execution nor the delivery by
the Company of, nor the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture or the Offered
Securities will (i) contravene any provision of the Company's
certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (ii) violate any law
applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (iii) to
the knowledge of such counsel, result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would become a default) under,
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(A) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company
or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (B) any order or decree
of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction
over the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
(iv) the statements (A) in "Item 3 - Legal
Proceedings" of Part I of the Company's most recent annual report
on Form 10-K incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, and (B)
in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 10,
1998, in each case insofar as such statements constitute
summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred
to therein, fairly present the information called for with
respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings and
fairly summarize the matters referred to therein;
(v) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know
of any legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to
which any of the properties of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described
or of any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents
that are required to be described in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or to be filed or incorporated by reference as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described,
filed or incorporated as required; and
(vi) each document filed pursuant to the Exchange
Act and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus (except for financial statements and schedules
and other financial data included therein, as to which such
counsel need not express any opinion) complied when so filed as
to form in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, outside counsel for the
Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing in the State of California;
(ii) the Company has all requisite corporate
power and corporate authority to own and operate its properties
and to carry on its business as described in the Prospectus;
(iii) this Agreement has been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company;
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(iv) the Indenture has been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act; the Indenture has been duly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and
has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming
the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Trustee) the Indenture is a valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, subject, as to enforcement, (i) to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, moratorium and other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights
and (ii) to general principles of equity, whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(v) the Offered Securities have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company, have been duly executed by the Company and, when
authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided for in the
Indenture (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of
the Indenture by the Trustee) and delivered to and paid for by
the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject, as
to enforcement, (i) to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, moratorium and other similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and (ii)
to general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and will be
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
(vi) No governmental consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations, declarations, qualifications or
filings are required in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Offered Securities or for the performance by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or
the Offered Securities, except such as have been made or obtained
under the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the
applicable rules and regulations of the Commission under the
Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act or such as may be
required under state securities laws for the offering and sale of
the Offered Securities;
(vii) the statements (A) in the Prospectus under
the captions "Description of Offered Securities" and "Description
of Debt Securities" and (B) in the Registration Statement under
Item 15, in each case insofar as such statements constitute
summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred
to therein, fairly present the information called for with
respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings and
fairly summarize the matters referred to therein in all material
respects;
(viii) the Company is not an "investment company"
or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company," as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended;
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(ix) if applicable, such counsel is of the
opinion ascribed to it in the Prospectus under the caption
"Taxation" (or other similar caption, as the case may be);
(x) the Registration Statement, at the time it
became effective, and the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, as of the date such opinion is delivered (in each
case other than the financial statements and schedules included
therein and the documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein and other than any Form T-1,
with respect to which such counsel need express no opinion)
complied as to form in all material respects with the Securities
Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and
(xi) no facts have come to the attention of such
counsel that have led them to believe that the Registration
Statement, at the time the Registration Statement became
effective or as of the date such opinion is delivered, contained
or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that
the Prospectus, as of the date of the Prospectus Supplement or as
of the date such opinion is delivered, contained or contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, except that such counsel may state that
they express no opinion, view or belief with respect to financial
statements and schedules and other financial data included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or with respect to any
Form T-1.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion of Brown & Wood LLP, special counsel for the Underwriters, dated
the Closing Date, covering the matters referred to in subparagraphs
(iii), (iv), (v), (vii) (but only as to the statements in the Prospectus
under "Description of Offered Securities" and "Description of Debt
Securities"), (x) and (xi) of paragraph (d) above.
In rendering their opinion pursuant to paragraph (d) above,
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe may state that the opinions set forth in
subparagraphs (iv) and (v) thereof regarding the execution, delivery,
validity, binding effect and enforceability of the Indenture and the
Offered Securities against the Company, the opinion set forth in
subparagraph (vii) thereof regarding the information in the Prospectus
under the captions "Description of Offered Securities" and "Description
of Debt Securities" and any other opinion that might be governed by the
laws of the State of New York, are rendered as if the Indenture and the
Offered Securities were governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California but without regard to California
conflict of law principles and that such counsel does not express any
opinion, view or belief with respect to the relationship of the laws of
the State of New York to those of the State of California. With respect
to the subparagraph (xi) of paragraph (d) above, Heller Ehrman White &
McAuliffe and Brown & Wood LLP may state that their belief is based upon
their
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participation in the preparation of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto (but not including
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference) and review and discussion of the contents thereof (including
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference), but is without independent check or verification, except as
specified.
The opinions of the General Counsel of the Company and of Heller
Ehrman White & McAuliffe described in paragraphs (c) and (d) above shall
be rendered to the Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall
so state therein.
(f) At the date of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have
received a letter, dated the date of this Agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, the Company's independent public accountants, containing statements
and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort
letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information contained in or incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter dated the Closing Date to the effect
that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant
to Section 4(f) above, except that the specified date referred to
therein shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the
Closing Date.
5. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. In further consideration of the
agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish the Manager, without charge, one signed copy (or
photocopy thereof) of the Registration Statement (including exhibits
thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of
the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, during the
period mentioned in paragraph (c) below, as many copies of the
Prospectus, any documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the
Registration Statement as the Manager may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus with respect to the Offered Securities, to furnish to
the Manager a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not
to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Manager
reasonably objects.
(c) If, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Offered Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur
or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to
comply
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with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and
furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers
(whose names and addresses the Manager will furnish to the Company) to
which Offered Securities may have been sold by the Manager on behalf of
the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in
the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of
the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be
misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will
comply with law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Offered Securities for offer and
sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Manager shall reasonably request and to maintain such qualification for
as long as the Manager shall reasonably request; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to file any general consent to service
of process or to qualify as foreign corporation or securities dealer in
any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security
holders and to the Manager as soon as practicable an earning statement
covering a twelve month period beginning on the first day of the first
full fiscal quarter after the date of this Agreement, which earning
statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder. If such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter of the
Company's fiscal year, such earning statement shall be made available
not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby and
in all other cases shall be made available not later than 45 days after
the close of the period covered thereby.
(f) During the period beginning on the date of the Underwriting
Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing Date, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt
securities of the Company or warrants to purchase debt securities of the
Company substantially similar to the Offered Securities (other than (i)
the Offered Securities and (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary
course of business), without the prior written consent of the Manager.
(g) To pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the preparation and
filing of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and all
amendments and supplements thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and
delivery of the Offered Securities; (iii) the fees and disbursements of
the Company's counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its
counsel; (iv) the qualification of the Offered Securities under state
securities or Blue Sky laws in accordance with the provisions of Section
5(d), including filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the
preparation of any Blue Sky or Legal Investment Memoranda; (v) the
printing and delivery to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove
stated of copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments
thereto and of any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto; (vi) the printing and delivery
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to the Underwriters of copies of any Blue Sky or Legal Investment
Memoranda; (vii) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of
the Offered Securities; (viii) the filing fees and expenses, if any,
incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. made in connection with the Offered Securities;
and (ix) any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with a "road
show" presentation to potential investors.
6. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within
the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages
and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by any Underwriter or any such controlling
person in connection with defending or investigating any such action or
claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment
thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Manager expressly for use
therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with
respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of
the Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities purchased Offered Securities, or any person
controlling such Underwriter, if a copy of the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any
amendments or supplements thereto but excluding documents incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) was not sent or given
by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if required by law
so to have been delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of
the sale of such Offered Securities to such person, and if the
Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect
giving rise to such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, unless such
failure is the result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 5(c)
hereof or unless the defect giving rise to such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities shall have been cured in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who
sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls
the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with
reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter
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through the Manager expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any
preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 6, such person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the
"indemnifying party") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon
request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party
and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding
and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the
right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed
to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such
proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both
parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the
indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any
indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and
expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be
designated in writing by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, in the case
of parties indemnified pursuant to paragraph (a) above, and by the
Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to paragraph (b)
above. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of
any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with
such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified
party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by
the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have
reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior
to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of
any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified
party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on
claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section 6 is unavailable to an indemnified party or
insufficient in respect of any losses,
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claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Offered
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 of the
Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or
omissions that 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 hand in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the
aggregate net proceeds from the offering of such Offered Securities
(before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total
underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus
Supplement, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Offered
Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether 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 by the
Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission. The Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to the respective
aggregate principal amounts of Offered Securities they have purchased
hereunder, and not joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated
as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to
in paragraph (d) of this Section 6. The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total price at which the Offered Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount
of any damages that 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 remedies provided for in this Section
6 are not exclusive and
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shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available
to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this
Section 6 and the representations, warranties and other statements of
the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in
full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this
Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or the Company,
its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and
(iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Offered Securities.
7. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by
notice given by the Manager to the Company, if (a) after the execution and
delivery of the Underwriting Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading
generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case
may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., the Chicago Board of Options
Exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade, (ii)
trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either
Federal or New York State authorities or (iv) there shall have occurred any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any
calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of the Manager, is material and adverse
and (b) in the case of any of the events specified in clauses (a)(i) through
(iv), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in the
judgment of the Manager, impracticable to market the Offered Securities on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
8. DEFAULTING UNDERWRITERS. If, on the Closing Date, any one or
more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Securities of
any Series that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date,
and the aggregate amount of Offered Securities of such Series which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase
is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate amount of the Offered Securities of
such Series to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be
obligated severally in the proportions that the amount of Offered Securities of
such Series set forth opposite their respective names in the Underwriting
Agreement bears to the aggregate amount of Offered Securities of such Series set
forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such
other proportions as the Manager may specify, to purchase the Offered Securities
of such Series which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the
amount of Offered Securities of any Series that any Underwriter has agreed to
purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 8 by
an amount in excess of one-ninth of such amount of Offered Securities of such
Series without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date,
any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered
Securities of any Series and the aggregate amount of Offered Securities of such
Series with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the
aggregate amount of Offered Securities of such Series to be purchased on such
date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Manager and the
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Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities are not made within 36 hours
after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either the
Manager or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in
no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any,
in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not
relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any
of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply
with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for
any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as
have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or
the offering contemplated hereunder.
9. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
10. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
11. HEADINGS. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part
of this Agreement.
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
October 20, 1998
Raychem Corporation
300 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
We (collectively, the "Manager") are acting on behalf of the
underwriter or underwriters (including ourselves) named below (such underwriter
or underwriters being herein called the "Underwriters"), and we understand that
Raychem Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue
and sell $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.20% Notes due 2008
(the "Offered Securities"). The Offered Securities will be issued pursuant to
the provisions of an Indenture dated as of October 23, 1998 (the "Indenture")
between the Company and Chase Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, National
Association, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by
reference herein, the Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters,
and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective principal amounts of Offered Securities set forth below
opposite their respective names at a purchase price of 99.024% of the principal
amount of the Offered Securities, plus accrued interest from October 15, 1998 to
the date of payment and delivery:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Principal Amount of
Name Offered Securities
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<S> <C>
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated $220,000,000
Chase Securities Inc. 60,000,000
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 60,000,000
NationsBanc Montogomery Securities LLC 60,000,000
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Total........................ $400,000,000
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</TABLE>
The Underwriters will pay for the Offered Securities upon
delivery thereof at the offices of Brown & Wood LLP, 555 California Street, San
Francisco, California 94104, at
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7:00 a.m. (San Francisco time) on October 23, 1998, or at such other time, not
later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on October 30, 1998, as shall be designated
by the Manager. The time and date of such payment and delivery are hereinafter
referred to as the "Closing Date".
The Offered Securities shall have the terms set forth in the
Prospectus dated September 24, 1998, and the Prospectus Supplement dated October
20, 1998, including the following:
<TABLE>
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Maturity Date: October 15, 2008
Interest Rate: 7.20% per annum (the "Original Interest Rate"); provided
that if, on any date (a "Step-up Date") during the
period (the "Four Year Period") beginning on October 23,
1998 (the "Original Issue Date") and ending on the date
which is the fourth anniversary of the Original Issue
Date, the rating on the Notes is decreased to below
Investment Grade (as defined) by either of the Rating
Agencies (as defined), then the interest rate on the
Notes shall be automatically increased, effective from
and including the Step-up Date, to a per annum rate (the
"Step-up Rate") equal to the sum of Original Interest
Rate plus 100 basis points; and provided, further, that
if, on any date (a "Step-down Date") (whether during or
after the Four Year Period) when the interest rate on
the Notes is the Step-up Rate, the rating on the Notes
shall be increased so that the Notes are rated as
Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies, then the
interest rate on the Notes shall be automatically
decreased, effective from and including the Step-down
Date, to the Original Interest Rate; it being understood
that the interest rate on the Notes may from time to
time be increased to the Step-up Rate (but only during
the Four Year Period) and, if so increased, thereafter
decreased to the Original Interest Rate (both during and
after the Four Year Period) as set forth in the provisos
to this sentence. For purposes of the preceding
sentence, a change in the rating on the Notes by any
Rating Agency shall be deemed to have occurred on such
date as such Rating Agency shall have publicly announced
such change.
Redemption Provisions: The Offered Securities are subject to redemption at the
option of the Company on the terms set forth in
the preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated
September 24, 1998; provided that the discount
rate used for purposes of calculating the
redemption price shall be the Treasury Rate (as
defined) plus 35 basis points.
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Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15, commencing April 15, 1999
Interest accrues from October 15, 1998
Form and Denomination: The Offered Securities will be issued in permanent
global form, without coupons, in denominations of $1000
and integral multiples thereof.
Price to Public: 99.674% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest.
</TABLE>
All provisions contained in the document entitled Raychem
Corporation Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities) dated
October 20, 1998, a copy of which is attached hereto, are herein incorporated by
reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement
to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein,
except that, if any term defined in such document is otherwise defined herein,
the definition set forth herein shall control.
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Please confirm your agreement by having an authorized officer
sign a copy of this Agreement in the space set forth below.
Very truly yours,
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
CHASE SECURITIES INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
NATIONSBANC MONTGOMERY SECURITIES LLC
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and
as representatives of the several
Underwriters named herein
By: MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Michael Fusco
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Name: Michael Fusco
Title: Vice President
Accepted:
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
By: /s/ Raymond J. Sims
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Name: Raymond J. Sims
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 4.1
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
TO
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
INDENTURE
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DATED AS OF
OCTOBER __, 1998
PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES IN SERIES
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Reconciliation and tie between Indenture, dated as of _________, and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 Section Indenture Section
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<S> <C>
310(a) 6.10(d)(2)
310(a)(1) 6.12
(a)(2) 6.12
(b) 6.3; 6.10(d)(1); 6.12
311 6.3
312(a) 6.8
313 1.1 ("Outstanding" definition)
313(a) 6.7
(c) 6.6; 6.7; 9.6(c)
(d) 6.7
314(a) 9.6; 9.7
(c)(1) 1.2
(c)(2) 1.2
(e) 1.2
(f) 9.7
315(a)-(d) 3.3
315(a) 6.1
(b) 6.6
(c) 6.1(b)
(d) 6.1
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 Section Indenture Section
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<S> <C>
(e) 6.10(d); 5.15
316(a)(last sentence) 1.1
(a)(1)(A) 5.2; 5.8
(a)(1)(B) 5.7
(b) 5.9; 5.10
317(a)(1) 5.3
(a)(2) 5.4
(b) 9.3
318(a) 1.11
(c) 1.11
</TABLE>
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This reconciliation and tie section does not constitute part of the Indenture.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Table of Contents
Page
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Recitals.....................................................................................1
ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application............................1
1.1 Definitions......................................................................1
1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions............................................11
1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee..........................................12
1.4 Acts of Holders.................................................................12
1.5 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company...........................................14
1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver.......................................................14
1.7 Headings and Table of Contents..................................................15
1.8 Successors and Assigns..........................................................15
1.9 Separability....................................................................15
1.10 Benefits of Indenture..........................................................15
1.11 Governing Law..................................................................15
1.12 Legal Holidays.................................................................16
ARTICLE 2 Security Forms...................................................................17
2.1 Forms Generally.................................................................17
2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.................................17
2.3 Securities in Global Form.......................................................18
2.4 Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form....................................19
ARTICLE 3 The Securities...................................................................19
3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series............................................19
3.2 Denominations...................................................................23
3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..................................23
3.4 Temporary Securities............................................................25
3.5 Registration, Transfer and Exchange.............................................26
3.6 Replacement Securities..........................................................30
3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved..................................31
3.8 Persons Deemed Owners...........................................................33
3.9 Cancellation....................................................................34
3.10 Computation of Interest........................................................34
3.11 CUSIP Numbers..................................................................34
3.12 Currency of Payment in Respect of Securities...................................34
ARTICLE 4 Satisfaction, Discharge and Defeasance...........................................35
4.1 Termination of Company's Obligations Under the Indenture........................35
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4.2 Application of Trust Funds......................................................36
4.3 Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...........................................36
4.4 Defeasance......................................................................37
4.5 Covenant Defeasance.............................................................37
4.6 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.................................38
4.7 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust..................40
4.8 Repayment to Company............................................................41
4.9 Indemnity for Government Obligations............................................41
4.10 Reinstatement..................................................................41
ARTICLE 5 Defaults and Remedies............................................................41
5.1 Events of Default...............................................................42
5.2 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment..........................................43
5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.................45
5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim................................................45
5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons..........46
5.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver....................................................46
5.7 Waiver of Past Defaults.........................................................47
5.8 Control by Majority.............................................................47
5.9 Limitation on Suits by Holders..................................................47
5.10 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment...........................................48
5.11 Application of Money Collected.................................................48
5.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.............................................49
5.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.................................................49
5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws...............................................49
5.15 Undertaking for Costs..........................................................49
ARTICLE 6 The Trustee......................................................................50
6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee..............................50
6.2 Rights of Trustee...............................................................50
6.3 Trustee May Hold Securities.....................................................52
6.4 Money Held in Trust.............................................................52
6.5 Trustee's Disclaimer............................................................52
6.6 Notice of Defaults..............................................................52
6.7 Reports by Trustee to Holders...................................................53
6.8 Securityholder Lists............................................................53
6.9 Compensation and Indemnity......................................................53
6.10 Replacement of Trustee.........................................................54
6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.........................................56
6.12 Eligibility; Disqualification..................................................57
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Page
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6.13 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business....................57
6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent............................................58
ARTICLE 7 Consolidation, Merger or Sale by the Company.....................................60
7.1 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted...............................60
7.2 Successor Person Substituted for Company........................................60
ARTICLE 8 Supplemental Indentures..........................................................60
8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders..............................60
8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.................................62
8.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.............................................63
8.4 Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................................63
8.5 Effect of Supplemental Indentures...............................................64
8.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..............................64
ARTICLE 9 Covenants........................................................................64
9.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.............................64
9.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................64
9.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed Money..............66
9.4 Corporate Existence.............................................................67
9.5 Insurance.......................................................................67
9.6 Reports by the Company..........................................................67
9.7 Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events of Default..............69
9.8 Limitation on Liens.............................................................69
9.9 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions...................................70
9.10 Books of Record and Account; Compliance with Law...............................71
9.11 Taxes..........................................................................72
9.12 Additional Amounts.............................................................72
ARTICLE 10 Redemption......................................................................74
10.1 Applicability of Article.......................................................74
10.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee..........................................74
10.3 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed.........................................74
10.4 Notice of Redemption...........................................................75
10.5 Deposit of Redemption Price....................................................76
10.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date..........................................76
10.7 Securities Redeemed in Part....................................................77
ARTICLE 11 Sinking Funds...................................................................77
11.1 Applicability of Article.......................................................78
11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities..........................78
11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund......................................78
</TABLE>
THIS TABLE OF CONTENTS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE PART OF THE INDENTURE.
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INDENTURE, dated as of ____________, from Raychem Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to Chase Manhattan Bank and Trust Company,
National Association (the "Trustee").
RECITALS
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 ("Securities") to be issued
in one or more series as herein provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(4) 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" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).
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"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which, pursuant to
Section 3.1(b)(18), are required by the terms of the Securities of any series,
under circumstances specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18), to be paid by the
Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges
imposed on certain Holders of the Securities of such series specified pursuant
to Section 3.1(b)(18).
"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 purposes of this definition, "control"
when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction
means, as of the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the
rate per annum equal to the rate of interest implicit in the lease involved in
such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as determined in good faith by the Company)
of the obligation of the lessee thereunder for rental payments (excluding,
however, any amounts required to be paid by such lessee, whether or not
designated as rent or additional rent, on account of maintenance and repairs,
insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates or similar charges or any amounts
required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount of
sales or similar contingent amounts) during the remaining term of such lease
(including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the
option of the lessor, be extended). In the case of any lease which is terminable
by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such rental payments shall also
include the amount of such penalty, but no rental payments shall be considered
as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which
it may be so terminated.
"Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper of general circulation, in the
official language of the country of publication or in the English language,
customarily published on each Business Day whether or not published on
Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever successive publications in an
Authorized Newspaper are required hereunder they may be made (unless otherwise
expressly provided herein) on the same or different days of the week and in the
same or different Authorized Newspapers.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
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"Bearer Security" means any Security issued hereunder which is payable
to bearer.
"Board" or "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors, 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 the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular
location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if
at any time after the execution of this Indenture 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.
"Company" means the party named as the Company in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such
successor.
"Company Order" and "Company Request" mean, respectively, a written
order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom
must be the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer,
the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or any Vice President of
the Company.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, with respect to the Company as
at any date, the total assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
determined in accordance with GAAP as they appear on the most recently prepared
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end of a fiscal quarter,
less (i) all liabilities shown on such consolidated balance sheet that are
classified and accounted for as current liabilities or that otherwise would be
considered current liabilities under GAAP; and (ii) all assets shown on such
consolidated balance sheet that are classified and accounted for as intangible
assets or that otherwise would be considered intangible assets under GAAP,
including, without limitation, franchises, patents and patent applications,
trademarks, brand names and goodwill.
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"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such
Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or
other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii)
the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of
transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any
currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for
which it was established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at 101 California Street, Suite 2725,
San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Currency" or "currency" means Dollars or any Foreign Currency.
"Custodian" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Debt" means indebtedness for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or other similar instruments.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time,
or both, would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(b).
"Depository" when used with respect to the Securities of or within any
series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, means the Person
designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 and its
successors in such capacity, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.
"Dollar" and "$" mean the currency of the United States as at the time
of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time
to time by the Council of the European Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System
established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Community.
"European Union" means the European Community, the European Coal and
Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
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"Excluded Debt" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(b).
"Excluded Transaction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.9.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of
one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any
recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"Funded Debt" means Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
which, under GAAP, would appear as indebtedness on the most recent consolidated
balance sheet of the Company, which matures by its terms more than 12 months
from the date of such consolidated balance sheet or which matures by its terms
in less than 12 months but by its terms is renewable or extendible beyond 12
months from the date of such consolidated balance sheet at the option of the
borrower.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States as in effect on the date of application thereof.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America or the other government or
governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on the relevant Security shall be
payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by
the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or
governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the
case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank
or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or
a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, with respect to a Bearer Security, a bearer thereof or
of a coupon appertaining thereto and, with respect to a Registered Security, a
person in whose name a Security is registered on the Register.
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"Indenture" means this Indenture as originally executed or as amended or
supplemented from time to time and shall include the forms and terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"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.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security interest,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other encumbrance of any
nature whatsoever.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase by the Company at
the option of the Holder or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer,
the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate", when used with respect to the Company, means a
certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller or a Vice President of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from the general counsel of
the Company or other legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
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(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, 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
and any coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provisions therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee have been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.4
and 4.5, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance
and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 4; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether
sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose, and for
the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount
Securities that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be)
due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, (b) the principal
amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination
and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless
otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, (c) the principal amount of
a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent,
determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar
equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount
determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (d) Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be
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disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, only Securities which the Trustee 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 other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the rate or
rates of interest thereon, if any, the Maturity thereof and the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company
upon the issuance of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, business trust, partnership,
joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company,
company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of or
within any series, means the place or places where the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Securities are payable as specified or contemplated by
Sections 3.1 and 9.2.
"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 3.6 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 amount", when used with respect to any Security, means the
amount of principal payable in respect thereof at Maturity; provided, however,
that when used with respect to an Indexed Security in any context other than the
making of payments at Maturity, "principal amount" means the principal face
amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance.
"Principal Property" means any manufacturing, processing, distribution,
research, research and development, warehousing or principal administration
facility (including, without limitation, land, fixtures and equipment) owned or
leased by the Company or any Subsidiary (including any of the foregoing acquired
or leased after the date of this
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Indenture) and located within the United States of America, other than any of
the foregoing which the Board of Directors of the Company by Board Resolution
and in good faith declares, together with all other manufacturing, processing,
distribution, research, research and development, warehousing and principal
administration facilities (including, without limitation, land, fixtures and
equipment) previously so declared, are not of material importance to the
business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as an entirety.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Register" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
"Registered Security" means any Security issued hereunder and registered
as to principal and interest in the Register.
"Registrar" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of or within any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean
the president, any senior vice president, any vice president, any assistant vice
president, any senior trust officer, any trust officer, or any officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the
persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity
with a particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Company (i) which
owns or leases a Principal Property and (ii) (A) substantially all of the
property of which is located, or substantially all of the business of which is
carried on, within the United States of America or (B) which is incorporated or
organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America or the
District of Columbia.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any direct or indirect
arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing
for the leasing to the Company or a Subsidiary of any Principal Property,
whether owned at the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, which has
been or is to be sold or transferred by the
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Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds
have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such Principal
Property.
"Secured Debt" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a).
"Security" or "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital
of this Indenture and more particularly means a Security or Securities of the
Company issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security or in a coupon representing such installment of interest as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means (i) any corporation, at least a majority of the total
voting power of whose outstanding Voting Stock is at the date of determination
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or one or more other
Subsidiaries of the Company, and (ii) any Person (other than a corporation) in
which the Company and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company own,
directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, at least a majority
ownership interest.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect
on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 8.3.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor Trustee replaces it pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor Trustee and
if, at any time, there is more than one Trustee, "Trustee" as used with respect
to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, the United States of
America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its
territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, means any Person who,
for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-
resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or
trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, a
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foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien
fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to the
Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, any citizen or resident
of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any estate the income of
which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its
source, or any trust whose administration is subject to the primary supervision
of a United States court and which has one or more United States fiduciaries who
have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
"Voting Stock" means, with respect to any corporation, securities of any
class or series of such corporation, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors of the
corporation.
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application
or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Sections 2.3
and 9.7 and the last paragraph of Section 3.3) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such condition or
covenant 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.
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Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of,
any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified
or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such
matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations as 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 1.4 Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the 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 conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness 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
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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.
(c) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production
of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any trust company,
bank, banker or other depository, wherever situated, if such certificate shall
be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein
mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depository, or exhibited to it,
the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the
certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such
certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The
Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security
continues until (i) another such certificate or affidavit bearing a later date
issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (ii) such Bearer
Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (iii) such Bearer
Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or (iv) such
Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(d) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the
Register.
(e) 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 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.
(f) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may,
at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record
date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company
shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be
given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the
close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record
date; provided that no such
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authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be
deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
Section 1.5 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and sent by overnight delivery service
or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, 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 sent by overnight delivery service
or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it
at Raychem Corporation, 300 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park, California
94025, Attention: Treasurer or at any other address previously furnished
in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for
notice to Holders of any event, (i) if any of the Securities affected by such
event are Registered Securities, such notice to the Holders thereof shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in the terms of such Registered
Security expressly provided) if in writing and sent by overnight delivery
service or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected by
such event, at his address as it appears in the Register, within the time
prescribed for the giving of such notice, and (ii) if any of the Securities
affected by such event are Bearer Securities, notice to the Holders thereof
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in the terms of such
Bearer Securities expressly provided) if published once in an Authorized
Newspaper in New York, New York, and in such other city or cities, if any, as
may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. 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 of Registered
Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities
given as provided herein. In any case where notice is given to Holders by
publication, neither the failure to publish such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders
of Registered Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder
in the
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manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by
such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice as provided above,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. If it is
impossible or, in the opinion of the Trustee, impracticable to give any notice
by publication in the manner herein required, then such publication in lieu
thereof as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient publication of such notice.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language,
except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country
of publication.
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 equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.7 Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.8 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successor and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
Section 1.9 Separability. In case any provision of this Indenture or the
Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.10 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, expressed 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 1.11 Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES AND ANY
COUPONS APPERTAINING THERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Indenture is subject to
the Trust Indenture Act and if any
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provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act,
the Trust Indenture Act shall control.
Section 1.12 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment 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 any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of
principal, premium, if any, or interest 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 such date;
provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period
from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment
date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series and the
coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be in substantially such form as
shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in 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 as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities
and coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities and
coupons, if any. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated in Section 3.1,
Securities will be issued only in registered form without coupons or in the form
of one or more global securities. If temporary Securities of any series are
issued as permitted by Section 3.4, the form thereof also shall be established
as provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities and coupons,
if any, of any series are established by, or by action taken pursuant to, a
Board Resolution, a copy of the Board Resolution together with an appropriate
record (which may be in the form of an Officers' Certificate) of any such action
taken pursuant thereto, including a copy of the approved form of Securities or
coupons, if any, 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 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, 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 and
coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons,
if any.
Section 2.2 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By___________________________________
Authorized Signatory
Section 2.3 Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a
series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, any such Security may
provide that it shall represent the aggregate or specified amount of Outstanding
Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global
form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or
changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby,
shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified
therein or pursuant to Section 3.1 or in the Company Order to be delivered to
the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section
3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by
the Person or Persons specified therein or pursuant to Section 3.1 or in the
applicable Company Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in
writing but need not comply with Section 1.2 hereof and need not be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.3 shall apply to any
Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the
Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form
together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.2 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the
written statement contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 3.3.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1 and 3.7, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the
Person or Persons specified therein.
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Section 2.4 Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form. Any Security
in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form and such other legends as may be approved by
the officers executing such Security, as evidenced by their execution thereof:
This Security is in global form within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a
nominee of a Depository. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part
for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except
as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of
the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the
Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such
successor Depository.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
(a) The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities
may be issued from time to time in one or more series.
(b) The following matters shall be established with respect to each
series of Securities issued hereunder (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which title shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of
Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (which limit shall not pertain to 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 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.6, or 10.7 or upon the Company's repurchase of
any Securities in part at the option of the Holders thereof);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if
any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of
determination thereof;
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(4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed, variable or zero) at
which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the
method of calculating such rate or rates of interest;
(5) the date or dates from which interest, if any, shall accrue
or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined;
(6) the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest, if
any, shall be payable and, with respect to Registered Securities, the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) each Place of Payment for the Securities of the series;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency (if other than Dollars) in which, and the other
terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than as provided in Section 10.3, the manner in which the
particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of
such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option
of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which,
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, if Registered Securities, and if other than the
denomination of $5,000, if Bearer Securities, the denominations in which
Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than Dollars, the currency for which the Securities
of the series may be purchased or in which the Securities of the series
shall be denominated and/or the currency in which the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series
shall be payable and the particular provisions applicable thereto in
accordance with, in addition to, or in lieu of the provisions of this
Indenture;
(12) if the amount of payments of principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which
index, formula or method may be based,
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without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit
or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are
denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other
method by which such amount shall be determined;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be determined
with reference to an index, formula or other method based on the prices
of securities or commodities, with reference to changes in the prices of
securities or commodities or otherwise by application of a formula, the
index, formula or other method by which such amount shall be determined;
(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(15) if other than as provided in Section 3.7, the Person to whom
any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable
and the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any
Bearer Securities of the series shall be payable;
(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders
of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(17) any addition to or modification or deletion of any Events of
Default or any covenants of the Company pertaining to the Securities of
the series;
(18) under what circumstances, if any, the Company will pay
Additional Amounts on the Securities of that series held by a Person who
is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes, assessments or similar
governmental charges withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the
Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay
such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(19) whether Securities of the series shall be issuable as
Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (with or without interest
coupons), or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offering, sale
or delivery of Bearer Securities and, if other than as provided in
Section 3.5, the terms upon which Bearer Securities of a series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series and vice versa;
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(20) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and
any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the
series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the
first Security of the series to be issued;
(21) the forms of the Securities and coupons, if any, of the
series;
(22) if either or both of Section 4.4 relating to defeasance or
Section 4.5 relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to
the Securities of such series, or, if such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, any
covenants in addition to those specified in Section 4.5 relating to the
Securities of such series which shall be subject to covenant defeasance
and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions
of Article 4 in respect of the Securities of such series or such other
means of defeasance or covenant defeasance as may be specified for the
Securities of such series;
(23) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and
any Paying Agent;
(24) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or
in part in global form, (i) the Depository for such global Securities,
(ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the
series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination, and (iii) if other than as provided in Section 3.5, the
circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; and
(25) any other terms of the Securities of such series and any
deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in
respect of such Securities.
(c) All Securities of any one series and coupons, if any, appertaining
to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except,
in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in
the manner provided, in the related Officers' Certificate or (iii) in an
indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be
reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.
(d) If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established
by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board Resolution
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or
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prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing
the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an
appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the
issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee
prior to the authentication and delivery thereof.
Section 3.2 Denominations. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1, any Registered Securities of a series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and any Bearer
Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000.
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers. The Company's seal
shall be reproduced on the Securities. The signatures of any of these Officers
on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. The coupons, if any, of Bearer
Securities shall bear the facsimile signature of two Officers.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper Officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time, the Company may deliver Securities,
together with any coupons appertaining thereto, 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; provided,
however, that in the case of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities from time to time in
accordance with such other procedures (including, without limitation, the
receipt by the Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or
its duly authorized agents, promptly confirmed in writing) acceptable to the
Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the
Trustee prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such
series.
If the form or terms of the Securities of a series have been established
by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and
3.1, in authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through
(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
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(1) if the forms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section
2.1, that such forms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section
3.1, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of a series
offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture, subject in the case of Securities
offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel; and
(3) that such Securities together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, 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 other similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and to general equity
principles.
Notwithstanding that such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to authenticate such Securities if, in the
written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of
the Trustee) reasonably acceptable to the Company, the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the Trustee's own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the two preceding
paragraphs, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs in connection with
the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents, with
appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, are delivered at or
prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such
series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such
Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series.
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If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in global form, then
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section
and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver one
or more Securities in global form that (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or
Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered, if a Registered Security,
in the name of the Depository for such Security or Securities in global form or
the nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instruction and (iv) shall bear the
legend contemplated by Section 2.4.
Each Depository designated pursuant to Section 3.1 for a Registered
Security in global form must, at the time of its designation and at all times
while it serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor thereto (if so required by
applicable law or regulation) and any other applicable statute or regulation.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depository is so
registered.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication
and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated
by Section 3.1.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any
benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
authenticated by the manual signature of one of the authorized signatories of
the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent and no coupon shall be valid until the
Security to which it appertains has been so authenticated. Such signature upon
any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 3.6
or 3.7, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security
unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
canceled.
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 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not comply
with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating
that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
Section 3.4 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute and, upon Company Order, the
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Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities of such series which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in
any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor and form, with or
without coupons, 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
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons, if
any. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be
in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of
such series.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, each of which
shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
preparation of definitive Securities of such 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 pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment for such series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like
tenor; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer
Security unless the Trustee shall have received from the Person entitled to
receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate substantially in the form
approved in or pursuant to the Board Resolutions relating thereto and such
delivery shall occur only outside the United States. 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 except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 3.5 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause
to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or
agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 9.2 in a Place
of Payment a register (the "Register") in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Registered Securities and the registration of transfers of Registered
Securities. The Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee is
hereby appointed "Registrar" for the purpose of registering Registered
Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security
of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 9.2 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 Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount containing
identical terms and provisions.
Bearer Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto shall be
transferable by delivery.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered
Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, at the option
of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities (if the Securities of such series are issuable in registered form) or
Bearer Securities (if Bearer Securities of such series are issuable in more than
one denomination and such exchanges are permitted by such series) of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any
such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in
default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to
produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in
default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied
by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal
to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security
shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which
such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive
the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise
provided in Section 9.2, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located
outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case any Bearer
Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange
for a Registered Security of the same series after the close of business at such
office or
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agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special
Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
related date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such coupon is so
surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon shall be returned to the
person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest,
as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered
Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only
to the Holder of such coupon, when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive certificated form,
a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a
series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such
series to a nominee of such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to
such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or
any such nominee to a successor Depository for such series or a nominee of such
successor Depository.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to the
Securities of any series, a Security in global form will be exchangeable for
certificated Securities of the same series in definitive form only if (i) the
Depository for the Global Securities of such series notifies the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for the global Securities of
such series or such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered as such
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto
if so required by applicable law or regulation and, in either case, a successor
Depository for such Securities shall not have been appointed by the Company
within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, as the case may be, (ii) the Company, in its sole discretion,
determines that such Securities in global form shall be exchangeable for
certificated Securities and executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order
to the effect that such global Securities shall be so exchangeable, or (iii)
there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of such series, whereupon the Company's election pursuant to
Section 3.1(b)(24) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities
of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of
such series of like tenor and terms, shall authenticate and deliver, without
charge, Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in certificated form,
in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor and
terms in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form.
Upon any such exchange, owners of beneficial
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interests in such Securities in global form will be entitled to physical
delivery of individual Securities in certificated form of like tenor and terms
equal in principal amount to such beneficial interests, and to have such
Securities in certificated form registered in the names of the beneficial
owners.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a
series of Securities, the Depository for such series may surrender a Security in
global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of
such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company
and such Depository. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to each Person specified by such Depository a new
certificated Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and
terms, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's
beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and
(ii) to such Depository a new Security in global form of like
tenor and terms in a denomination equal to the difference, if any,
between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form
and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered
to Holders thereof.
Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in
certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the
Trustee. Unless expressly provided with respect to the Securities of any series
that such Security may be exchanged for Bearer Securities, Securities in
certificated form issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to
this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depository for such Security in global form, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons
in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which
the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or upon any
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.
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Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Registrar or
the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee 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 for
any 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 or transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 8.6, or 10.7 or upon the Company's
repurchase of any Securities in part at the option of the Holder thereof not
involving any transfer.
The Company, the Registrar and the Trustee shall not be required (i) to
issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Securities for a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection for redemption
of Securities of like tenor and of the series of which such Security is a part
and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant
notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities
of like tenor and of such series to be redeemed; (ii) to register the transfer
of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption, in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part;
or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption, except that
such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series
and like tenor; provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously
surrendered for redemption.
Section 3.6 Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security or a
Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the
Trustee, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a
replacement Registered Security, if such surrendered Security was a Registered
Security, or a replacement Bearer Security with coupons corresponding to the
coupons appertaining to the surrendered Security, if such surrendered Security
was a Bearer Security, of the same series, terms and date of maturity, if the
Trustee's requirements are met.
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 or
Security with a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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 or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
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in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the
Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all
appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a replacement Registered
Security, if such Holder's claim appertains to a Registered Security, or a
replacement Bearer Security with coupons corresponding to the coupons
appertaining to the destroyed, lost or stolen Bearer Security or the Bearer
Security to which such lost, destroyed or stolen coupon appertains, if such
Holder's claim appertains to a Bearer Security, of the same series and principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to the destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security or coupon, pay such Security or coupon;
provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or interest on
Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2, be payable
only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on Bearer
Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued
pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or
in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its
coupon, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon, shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that
series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest,
if any, on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or
duly provided for,
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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 at the office or agency
maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 9.2; provided, however, that at
the option of the Company, interest on any series of Registered Securities that
bear interest may be paid (i) by check mailed to the address of the Persons
entitled thereto as they shall appear on the Register of Holders of Securities
of such series or (ii) by transfer to an account maintained by the Persons
entitled thereto.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 and except as
otherwise provided in Section 9.2, (i) interest, if any, on Bearer Securities
shall be paid only against presentation and surrender of the coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they mature and (ii) original
issue discount, if any, on Bearer Securities shall be paid only against
presentation and surrender of such Securities, in either case at the office of a
Paying Agent located outside the United States, unless the Company shall have
otherwise instructed the Trustee in writing, provided that any such instruction
for payment in the United States does not cause any Bearer Security to be
treated as a "registration-required obligation" under United States laws and
regulations. The interest, if any, on any temporary Bearer Security shall be
paid, as to any installment of interest evidenced by a coupon attached thereto
only upon presentation and surrender of such coupon and, as to other
installments of interest, only upon presentation of such Security for notation
thereon of the payment of such interest.
(b) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, any
interest on Registered Securities 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 Holders
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of their having been such Holders,
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 such Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company
shall 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 (1) 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
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than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than
10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of such Registered Securities at his address as it
appears in the Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such
Registered Securities (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 such Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a specified date in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Registered 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 (2), such manner
of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.5,
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 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of any
Registered 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 such
Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for
the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject
to Section 3.7) interest on such Registered Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the
absolute owner of such Bearer Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Bearer Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a
Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company or the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee,
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by any Depository (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such
Security in global form or impair, as between such Depository and owners of
beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary
practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depository (or its
nominee) as Holder of such Security in global form.
Section 3.9 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities
and coupons to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and any Paying Agent
shall forward to the Trustee any Securities and coupons surrendered to them for
replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange or payment. The
Trustee shall cancel all Securities and coupons surrendered for replacement, for
registration of transfer, or for exchange, payment, redemption or cancellation
and may, but shall not be required to, dispose of canceled Securities and
coupons and issue a certificate of destruction to the Company. The Company may
not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, 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
use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, in such case, the Trustee
shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained
in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall
not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. Neither the
Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the
CUSIP number that appears on any Security, check, advice of payment or
redemption notice.
Section 3.12 Currency of Payment in Respect of Securities. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 3.1,
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any
Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be made in Dollars.
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ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1 Termination of Company's Obligations Under the Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon a Company Request cease to be of further effect with
respect to Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto (except
as specified below) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
when
(1) either
(A) all such Securities previously authenticated and
delivered and all coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) such
coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered in exchange for
Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, surrender of
which is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 3.5,
(ii) such Securities and coupons which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6,
(iii) such coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, surrender of
which has been waived as provided in Section 10.6 and (iv) such
Securities and coupons 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 9.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of
(i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within
one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Company,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount in the currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of any series, the obligation of the Company to the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.9, the obligations of the Company 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 Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 9.2 and 9.3 and with respect to
the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as
contemplated by Section 3.1(b)(18) shall survive.
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Funds. Subject to the provisions of the
last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Company acting as
its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest for whose payment such
money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need
not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 4.3 Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless pursuant to Section 3.1 either
or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section
4.4 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under
Section 4.5 shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities of any
series, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be,
together with the provisions of Sections 4.6 through 4.10 inclusive, with such
modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect
to such Securities, shall be applicable to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at
any
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time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto,
elect to have Section 4.4 or Section 4.5 (unless such Section 4.4 or Section
4.5, as the case may be, shall not be applicable to the Securities of such
series) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the Company's right, if any,
to effect defeasance pursuant to Section 4.4 or covenant defeasance pursuant to
Section 4.5 may only be exercised with respect to all of the Outstanding
Securities of a series and any coupons appertaining thereto.
Section 4.4 Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the option
specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to the
Securities of a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from
its obligations with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto (except as specified below) on the date the conditions set forth in
Section 4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter "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 any coupons
appertaining thereto which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only
for the purposes of Section 4.7 and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in clause (ii) of this Section, and to have satisfied all its other
obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture insofar as such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall on Company
Order execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except the following
which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the
rights of Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to
receive, solely from the trust funds described in Section 4.6(a) and as more
fully set forth in such Section and in Section 4.7, payments in respect of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due; (ii) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.2
and 9.3 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, payable
with respect to such Securities as specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18);
(iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder
and (iv) this Article 4. Subject to compliance with this Article 4, the Company
may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding the prior exercise of
its option under Section 4.5 with respect to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto. Following a defeasance, payment of such Securities may not
be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 4.5 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the
option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under
Sections 7.1, 9.4 (other than the Company's obligation to maintain its corporate
existence), 9.5, 9.8, 9.9, 9.10, and 9.11 and, if specified pursuant to Section
3.1, its obligations under any other covenant,
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with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 4.6 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and
the consequences of any thereof) in connection with Sections 7.1, 9.4 (other
than the Company's obligation to maintain its corporate existence), 9.5, 9.8,
9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 and any such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed
"Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant
defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, 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
Section or any such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of
any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or any such other covenant or
by reason of reference in any such Section or any such other covenant to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 5.1(3) or
5.1(7) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 4.6 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 4.4 or Section 4.5
to any Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 6.12 who shall agree in writing to comply with, and shall be entitled to
the benefits of, the provisions of Sections 4.3 through 4.10 inclusive and the
last paragraph of Section 9.3 applicable to the Trustee; for purposes of such
Sections also a "Trustee") as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
payments referred to in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 4.6(a), specifically
pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, with irrevocable
instructions to the Trustee as to the application thereof, (A) money in an
amount (in such currency in which such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity or, if such defeasance
or covenant defeasance is to be effected in compliance with Section 4.6(g)
below, on the relevant Redemption Date, as the case may be), or (B) if
Securities of such series are not subject to repayment or repurchase at the
option of Holders, Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the currency in which
such Securities and coupons, if any, are then specified as payable at Stated
Maturity or the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be) which through
the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with
their terms will provide (without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal and interest), not later than one day
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before the due date of any payment referred to in clause (x) or (y) of this
Section 4.6(a), money in an amount or (C) a combination thereof in an amount, in
each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be
applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, (x) the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or
interest or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and (y) any
mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to such Securities on the day on
which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this
Indenture or result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
(c) In the case of an election under Section 4.4, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain
or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will
be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(d) In the case of an election under Section 4.5, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant
defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant
defeasance had not occurred.
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 4.4 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 4.5 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(f) No Event of Default or Default with respect to such Securities or
any coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such
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deposit, or, insofar as Defaults in Events of Default under Sections 5.1(5) and
5.1(6) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after
the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be
deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(g) If the monies or Government Obligations or combination thereof, as
the case may be, deposited under Section 4.6(a) above are sufficient to pay the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Securities and
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto provided such Securities are redeemed on a
particular Redemption Date, the Company shall have given the Trustee irrevocable
instructions to redeem such Securities on such date and to provide notice of
such redemption to Holders as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.
(h) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in
compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations
which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
Section 4.7 Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money
and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.6 in respect of any Securities of any series and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee,
in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (other than the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Securities, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 4.6(a) has been made, (a)
the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled
to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 3.1 or the terms of such Security to
receive payment in a currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to
Section 4.6(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion
Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the deposit pursuant to
Section 4.6(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and
any coupons appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be,
fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due
out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below
in the case of any such election) the monies or Government Obligations (or other
property and any proceeds therefrom) deposited in
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respect of such Security into the currency in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in the
case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect on the second Business Day
prior to each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the
applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly
as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
Section 4.8 Repayment to Company. Anything in this Article 4 to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from
time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other
property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 4.6(a)
with respect to the Securities of any series 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 a
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, of such Securities in
accordance with Section 4.6.
Section 4.9 Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay,
and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Article or
the principal and interest received on such Government Obligations.
Section 4.10 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable
to apply any monies or Government Obligations (or other property or any proceeds
therefrom) deposited pursuant to Section 4.6(a) in accordance with this
Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series by reason of any legal
proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental
authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then
the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such series
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
Section 4.6(a) until such time as the Trustee or a Paying Agent is permitted to
apply such monies or Government Obligations (or other property or any proceeds
therefrom) in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities of such series;
provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series following the
reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the cash and
Government Obligations(or other property or any proceeds therefrom) held by the
Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE 5
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 5.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein
with respect to Securities of any series, means any 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, Board Resolution or
Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section
3.1 of this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of
that series or any coupon appertaining thereto, or any Additional
Amounts payable with respect to any Security of that series, when the
same becomes due and payable and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of any principal of or premium, if
any, on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and
payable at its Maturity (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption,
repurchase at the option of the Holder or otherwise), or default in the
making of any mandatory sinking fund payment in respect of any
Securities of that series when and as due by the terms of the Securities
of that series; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture or any Security of such series
(other than a covenant or warranty for which the consequences of breach
or nonperformance are addressed elsewhere in this Section 5.1 or a
covenant or warranty which has expressly been included in this
Indenture, whether or not by means of a supplemental indenture, solely
for the benefit of Securities of a series other than such 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 aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring
it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(4) default under any bond, note, debenture or other evidence of
Debt of the Company (including a default with respect to any other
series of Securities), or under any mortgage, indenture or other
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any Debt of the Company, whether such Debt exists
on the date of this Indenture or shall hereafter be incurred or created,
which results in such Debt in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$20,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date
on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, and such
acceleration
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shall not be rescinded or annulled or such Debt shall not be paid in
full, or there has not been deposited into trust a sum of money
sufficient to pay in full such Debt, within a period of 30 days after
there shall have 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 aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series a written notice specifying such default and
requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or
annulled or to pay in full such Debt or to deposit into trust a sum of
money sufficient to pay in full such Debt and stating that such notice
is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding, (B)
consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case or proceeding or to the commencement of any bankruptcy
or insolvency case or proceeding against it, (C) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property; or (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company in
an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all
or substantially all of its property, (C) orders the winding up or
liquidation of the Company , (D) adjudges the Company a bankrupt or
insolvent or (E) approves as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
to the Company; and any such order or decree described in this clause
(6) remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of that series.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
Section 5.2 Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
by written notice to the Company (and, if given by the Holders, to the Trustee),
may declare the principal of (or, if the Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) and accrued interest, if
any, on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable and upon any
such declaration such principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities or Indexed
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Securities, such specified amount) and interest, if any, shall be immediately
due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of
money sufficient to pay
(2) all overdue installments of interest on any Securities of
such series and any coupons appertaining thereto which have become due
otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any Additional
Amounts with respect thereto,
(3) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, interest thereon at the rate or
rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(4) to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest upon
installments of interest, if any, which have become due otherwise than
by such declaration of acceleration and any Additional Amounts with
respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such
Securities, and
(5) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 6.9; and
(6) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, and interest on,
and any Additional Amounts with respect to, Securities of such series
which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration,
shall have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.7.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if
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(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security or coupon, if any, or any Additional Amounts with respect to
any Security when the same becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities or coupons, if any, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, interest and
Additional Amounts, if any, and, to the extent that payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal, premium, if
any, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or
prescribed therefor in such Securities or coupons, if any, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee
pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other
obligor upon such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, wherever
situated.
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 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 secure any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of
any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
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irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, interest or Additional
Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such
lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series,
of the principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts owing
and unpaid in respect of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents or counsel) and of the Holders of
Securities or any coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable
or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder of Securities or any coupons 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 of Securities or any coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount
due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee
under Section 6.9.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or any coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or any coupon in any such proceeding.
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
or Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a
Security or coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 5.6 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon an Event of Default shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
impair any such right or
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remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default.
Every right and remedy given by this Article 5 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 Trustees or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the
case may be.
Section 5.7 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series by
written notice to the Trustee may waive on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series any past Default or Event of Default with respect to
that series and its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, or Additional
Amounts, if any, with respect to, any Security of such series or any coupon
appertaining thereto or (ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
pursuant to Section 8.2 cannot be amended or modified 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.
Section 5.8 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it
with respect to Securities of that series; provided, however, that (i) the
Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this
Indenture, (ii) the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that is unduly
prejudicial to the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series not
consenting or that would in the good faith judgment of the Trustee have a
substantial likelihood of involving the Trustee in personal liability and (iii)
the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section 5.9 Limitation on Suits by Holders. No Holder of any Security of
any series or any coupons appertaining thereto 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) the Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of such series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series have made a written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
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(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to
be, or which may be, incurred by the Trustee in pursuing the remedy;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and the offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceedings; and
(5) during such 60 day period, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
have not given to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such written
request.
No one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by
virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other 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 5.10 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall
have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and, subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7,
interest on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Security and
such coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon
(or, in case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repurchase
by the Company at the option of such Holder, on any date such repurchase is due
to be made), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and
such right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.11 Application of Money Collected. If the Trustee collects any
money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the
distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or
interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.9;
Second: to Holders of Securities and coupons in respect of which or for
the benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and unpaid on
such Securities for principal, premium, if any, interest and Additional Amounts,
if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any,
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, respectively; and
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Third: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders pursuant to this Section 5.11. At least 15 days before such record date,
the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Company a notice that states the
record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 5.12 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any
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 5.13 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. To the extent permitted by
applicable law and except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or 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 5.14 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants
that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist
upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants (to the extent it
may lawfully do so) 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,
and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
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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 principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any Security
on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in
the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, or, in the case of
repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for
repurchase).
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's
duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section
315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and no implied duties shall be inferred
against the Trustee.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and
shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man
would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
Section 6.2 Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee need not
investigate any fact or matter stated in the document but the Trustee may, in
its discretion, 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.
(b) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than
delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 3.3, which shall be
sufficiently evidenced
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as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(c) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may consult with
counsel (who may be in-house counsel) or require an Officers' Certificate. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on a Board Resolution, the written advice of counsel, who may
be an attorney for the Company, an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel.
(d) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to
take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or
powers.
(f) The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(g) The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this
Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.
(h) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and without negligence in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.
(i) 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 of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant
to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction.
(j) The Trustee's rights to immunities and protection from liability
hereunder and its rights to payment of its fees and expenses shall survive its
resignation or removal.
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Section 6.3 Trustee May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent,
any Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject
to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with
the Company and an Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other
agent.
Section 6.4 Money Held in Trust Money held by the Trustee in trust
hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed upon in writing with the
Company.
Section 6.5 Trustee's Disclaimer. The recitals contained herein and in
the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, shall be
taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity, adequacy or priority of this Indenture or the Securities or any
coupon. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the
proceeds from the Securities or for monies paid over to the Company pursuant to
the Indenture.
Section 6.6 Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing
with respect to the Securities of any series and if it is known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs,
transmit by mail, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act, notice of all Defaults known to it unless such Default
shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that in the case of a
Default in payment on the Securities of any series, the Trustee may withhold the
notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a
committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding
such notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of that series; and
provided, further, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in
Section 5.1(3) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event
of Default unless (i) the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the
Company or any Holder or (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have
actual knowledge thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or
observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements herein, or
of any of the documents executed in connection with the Securities, or as to the
existence of a Default or an Event of Default thereunder.
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Section 6.7 Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each
November 15 of each year commencing with the first November 15 after the first
issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by
mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act a brief report dated as of such November 15 if required by and in
compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any such report
shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Securities, be filed with
each stock exchange upon which the Securities of any series are listed, and also
with the Commission.
Section 6.8 Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it
of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities of each series. If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
semiannually on or before the last day of June and December in each year, and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list, in such form and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the
information in the possession or control of the Registrar, the Company or any of
its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of
Holders of Securities of each such series. If there are Bearer Securities of any
series outstanding, even if the Trustee is the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such a list containing such information with respect to
Holders of such Bearer Securities only.
Section 6.9 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee such compensation as the
Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all
services rendered by it hereunder. The Trustee's compensation shall not be
limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company
shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by it in connection with the performance of its duties under
this Indenture, except any such expense as may be attributable to its negligence
or bad faith. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless
against, any loss or liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense including
taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the income of
the Trustee) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with its acceptance
or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall
cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company
shall
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pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay
for any settlement made without its consent.
(c) The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any
loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through negligence or willful
misconduct.
(d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company pursuant to this
Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series on
all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as
Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and
interest on and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with
an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture and the registration or removal of the Trustee. All indemnifications
and releases from liability granted in this Article 6 to the Trustee shall
extend to its directors, officers, employees and agents and to the Trustee and
to each Paying Agent and Registrar. Whether or not expressly provided for
herein, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting
the liability of the Trustee shall be subject to the provision of this Article
6.
Section 6.10 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) The resignation or removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
any 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.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to that
series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor
Trustee for such series with the Company's consent.
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(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six
months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 310(a)
of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(3) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged a
bankrupt or an insolvent or a receiver or public officer takes charge of
the Trustee or its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section
315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) if the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by or pursuant to Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it
being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect
to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time
there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 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.
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument
accepting such appointment. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the
retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee, without
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers
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.
(b) 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 such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an
indenture supplemental hereto wherein such successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or
desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such 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, (ii) 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 (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
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(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) 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 in the
manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6. 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 6.12 Eligibility; Disqualification. There shall at all times be
a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section
310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall have a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or, in the case of a Trustee which is a
subsidiary of a bank holding company, which Trustee shall have a combined
capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and whose ultimate parent bank
holding company shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000). If such corporation (or ultimate parent bank holding company, as
the case may be) publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to
law or the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation (or ultimate parent bank
holding company, as the case may be) 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 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 6.13 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all 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
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the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may
appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of
Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue, exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, 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. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall
be promptly furnished to the Company. 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, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1, shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation
organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America or of any state 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 the requirements of the
aforesaid 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. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act
on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating
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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
for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment to all
Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating
Agent will serve in the manner set forth in Section 1.6. 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 herein. 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 including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses 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 or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By_____________________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE 7
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY
Section 7.1 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted. The
Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, convey, assign,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets
to, any Person unless:
(1) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company), or which acquires the Company's
assets, is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company), or which acquires the Company's
assets, expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations
of the Company under the Securities (including any coupons appertaining
thereto) and this Indenture; and
(3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed
transaction an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that
the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this
Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the
transaction under this Indenture have been met.
Section 7.2 Successor Person Substituted for Company. Upon any
consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into any other Person
or any sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person in accordance
with Section 7.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, assignment,
transfer, lease or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named
as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under
this Indenture, the Securities and the coupons.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a
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Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee,
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 with respect to all
or any series of Securities; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
to such extent as shall be necessary to facilitate the issuance of
Bearer Securities (including, without limitation, to provide that Bearer
Securities may be registrable as to principal only) or to facilitate the
issuance of Securities in global form; or
(5) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in
any supplemental indenture (which amendment or supplement may apply to
one or more series of Securities or to one or more Securities within any
series as specified in such supplemental indenture), provided that such
amendment or supplement does not apply to any Outstanding Security
issued prior to the date of such supplemental indenture and entitled to
the benefits of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; 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) if allowed without penalty under applicable laws and
regulations, to permit payment in the United States of principal,
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Bearer Securities or coupons,
if any; or
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(10) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake or to correct
or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of Securities of
any series; or
(11) to make any change to comply with the Trust Indenture Act
or any amendment thereof, or any requirement of the Commission in
connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act or any amendment thereof.
Section 8.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. With the
written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount
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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee
may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to add any
provisions to or to change or eliminate any provisions of this Indenture or of
any other indenture supplemental hereto or to modify the rights and obligations
of the Company or the rights of the Holders of such Securities; provided,
however, that without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, an amendment under this Section may not:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or premium,
if any, on or of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or
interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to,
any Security, or reduce the principal amount of, or any installment of
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on, or any
Additional Amounts payable with respect to, any Security or the rate of
interest on any Security, or reduce the amount of premium, if any,
payable upon redemption of any Security or the repurchase by the Company
of any Security at the option of the Holder thereof, or change the
manner in which the amount of any principal thereof or premium, if any,
or interest thereon or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect thereto
is determined, or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original
Issue Discount Security or Indexed Security that would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2, or change the currency in which any Securities
or any premium or the interest thereon or Additional Amounts, if any,
with respect thereto, is payable, or change the index, securities or
commodities with reference to which or the formula by which the amount
of principal or any premium or interest thereon is determined, or impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on
or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of
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repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder, on or after the
date for repurchase);
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for
any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is
required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided
for in this Indenture;
(3) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office
or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 9.2;
or
(4) make any change in Section 5.7 or this 8.2 except to
increase any percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of
this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holders of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It is not necessary under this Section 8.2 for the Holders to consent to
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it is sufficient
if they consent to the substance thereof.
Section 8.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this
Indenture or the Securities of one or more series shall be set forth in a
supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as then in
effect.
Section 8.4 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully
protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of
such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and
that all conditions precedent to such execution have been satisfied. 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.
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Section 8.5 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any
supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in
accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or
thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining
thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 8.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities, including any coupons, 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 including any coupons 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 including any coupons of such series.
ARTICLE 9
COVENANTS
Section 9.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest. The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, the
Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such
series, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. An installment of
principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, shall be
considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on
that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment.
Section 9.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of a series
are issued as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of
Payment for such 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. If Securities of a series are
issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain, (i) subject to any
laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of
Payment for that series which is located outside the United States where
Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered
for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of that series are listed
on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange
shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of
that series in any other required city located
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outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that
series are listed on such exchange, and (ii) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series
which is located outside the United States, where Securities of that series may
be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company
in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency 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.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, no payment of
principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office
or agency of the Company in the United States, by check mailed to any address in
the United States, by transfer to an account located in the United States or
upon presentation or surrender in the United States of a Bearer Security or
coupon for payment, even if the payment would be credited to an account located
outside the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a
series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any
premium or interest on any such Bearer Security shall be made at the office of
the Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if
(but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium
or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United
States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this
Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities (including any coupons, if any) of one
or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and
may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for
Securities (including any coupons, if any) of any series for such purposes. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company
hereby designates the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Place
of Payment for each series of Securities and initially appoints the Trustee, at
its offices which on the date of this Indenture are located at c/o Chase
Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, National Association, Corporate Trust
Securities Window, 55 Water Street, Room 234, North
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Building, New York, New York 10041, as the Company's agency in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York for the foregoing purposes and as Registrar and
Paying Agent for each series of Securities. The Company may subsequently appoint
a different office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York
and a different Registrar and Paying Agent for the Securities of any series.
Section 9.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed
Money. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, or Additional Amounts, if any,
with respect to, any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay
the principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed
of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its
action or failure so to act.
The Company will 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) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on or Additional Amounts, if any, with
respect to the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons
or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on or Additional
Amounts, if any, with respect to the Securities; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon
the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of any principal, premium or interest
on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any series and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any,
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, have become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security and coupon, if
any, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the
Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as
trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or
such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in The City of New York, or cause to be mailed to such Holder,
notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication
or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to
the Company.
Section 9.4 Corporate Existence. Except as provided in Article 7, the
Company will at all times do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its
rights and franchises; provided that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent
the abandonment or termination of any right or franchise of the Company if, in
the opinion of the Company, such abandonment or termination is in the best
interests of the Company and not prejudicial in any material respect to the
Holders of the Securities.
Section 9.5 Insurance. The Company covenants and agrees that it will
maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with
responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts
and covering such risks as are consistent with sound business practice for
corporations engaged in the same or similar business similarly situated. In lieu
of the foregoing or in combination therewith, in case of itself or of any one or
more of its Subsidiaries, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained a
system or systems of self-insurance which will accord with the financially sound
and approved practices of companies owning or operating properties of a similar
character and maintaining such systems.
Section 9.6 Reports by the Company. The Company covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and
of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of
any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the
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Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or, if the
Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to
either of such Sections, then to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in
accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and
reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such
rules and regulations;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the
Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture, as may
be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) to transmit to all Holders of Securities, within 30 days after the
filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in
Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information,
documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 9.6, as may be required by the rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
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Section 9.7 Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events of
Default.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within
120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a certificate from
the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal
accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with
all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section
9.7, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace
or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within a
reasonable time after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default
or an Event of Default of the character specified in Section 5.1(4) hereof,
written notice of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default.
Section 9.8 Limitation on Liens.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur,
assume or guarantee any Debt secured by a Lien on any Principal Property or on
any Debt or shares of capital stock of, or other ownership interests in, any
Restricted Subsidiary ("Secured Debt") (whether such Principal Property, Debt,
capital stock or ownership interests are owned or outstanding at the date of
this Indenture or thereafter acquired or issued, as the case may be) if,
immediately after giving effect thereto, the sum, without duplication, of (a)
the aggregate principal amount of all Secured Debt (other than Excluded Debt)
and (b) the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and
Leaseback Transactions (other than Excluded Transactions) would exceed 15% of
the Company's Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, unless the Company provides,
concurrently with or prior to the incurrence, assumption or guarantee of such
Secured Debt, that the Securities shall be secured equally and ratably with (or,
at the option of the Company, prior to) such Secured Debt.
(b) The provisions set forth in Section 9.8(a) shall not apply to Debt
secured by the following Liens ("Excluded Debt"):
(i) (A) Liens existing as of the date of this Indenture or (B)
Liens relating to contracts entered into by the Company or any
Subsidiary prior to the date of this Indenture (including, but not
limited to, Liens to secure all or any part of the indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the lease financings initially entered into as of April 11,
1996);
(ii) Liens on any Principal Property, Debt, shares of capital
stock or other ownership interests existing at the time of acquisition
thereof (whether such acquisition is direct or by merger, acquisition of
stock or assets or otherwise) by
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the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided such Liens were not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition;
(iii) Liens upon or with respect to any Principal Property
acquired, constructed, refurbished or improved by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries after the date of this Indenture which (A) are created,
incurred or assumed contemporaneously with, or within 180 days after,
the latest to occur of the acquisition (whether by merger, acquisition
of stock or assets or otherwise), or the completion of construction,
refurbishment or improvement, or the commencement of commercial
operation, of such Principal Property and (B) secure or provide for the
payment of any part of the purchase price of such Principal Property or
the cost of such construction, refurbishment or improvement; provided,
however, that in the case of any such construction, refurbishment or
improvement, the Lien shall relate only to Debt reasonably incurred to
finance such construction, refurbishment or improvement;
(iv) Liens securing Debt owing by any Subsidiary to the Company
or to any other Subsidiary;
(v) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure advance,
progress or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute;
(vi) pledges or deposits in connection with workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements;
(vii) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested
by the Company in good faith; and
(viii) Liens for the sole purpose of extending, renewing or
replacing in whole or in part the Debt secured thereby referred to in
the foregoing clauses (i) to (vii), inclusive, or in this clause (viii);
provided, however, that the Debt excluded pursuant to this clause (viii)
shall be excluded only in an amount not to exceed the principal amount
of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or
replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be
limited to all or part of the Principal Property, Debt, shares of
capital stock or other ownership interests, as the case may be, subject
to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus refurbishment of or
improvements on or to such Principal Property).
Section 9.9 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. The Company
will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction involving
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any Principal Property (whether such Principal Property is owned at the date of
this Indenture or thereafter acquired), if, immediately after giving effect
thereto, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of
all Secured Debt (other than Excluded Debt) and (b) the aggregate amount of all
Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (other than
Excluded Transactions) would exceed 15% of the Company's Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets. The provisions set forth in the immediately preceding sentence
shall not apply to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (an "Excluded
Transaction") if (w) within 180 days from the effective date of such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, the Company or such Subsidiary applies an amount not less
than the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property
sold pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction or (ii) the fair value (as
determined by the Company) of such Principal Property to retire (other than
pursuant to any mandatory prepayment or retirement) Funded Debt of the Company
or any Subsidiary (other than Funded Debt held by the Company or any Subsidiary
of the Company), including, for this purpose, any currently maturing portion of
such Funded Debt, or to purchase other property having a fair value (as
determined by the Company) at least equal to the fair value (as determined by
the Company) of the Principal Property sold in such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, (x) such Sale and Leaseback Transaction occurs within 180 days
after the latest to occur of the date of acquisition by the Company or such
Subsidiary, completion of construction or commencement of commercial operations
of the Principal Property sold pursuant to such transaction, (y) such Sale and
Leaseback Transaction (A) is between the Company and any Subsidiary or between
any Subsidiaries, or (B) is entered into prior to the date of this Indenture
(including, but not limited to, the lease financings initially entered into as
of April 11, 1996), or (z) at the time such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is
entered into, the term of the related lease to the Company or such Subsidiary of
the Principal Property sold pursuant to such transaction is three years or less.
Section 9.10 Books of Record and Account; Compliance with Law.
(a) The Company will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep,
proper books of record and account, either on a consolidated or individual
basis. The Company shall cause its books of record and account to be examined by
one or more firms of independent public accountants not less frequently than
annually. The Company shall prepare its financial statements in accordance with
GAAP.
(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
comply with all statutes, laws, ordinances, or government rules and regulations
to which it is subject, non-compliance with which would materially adversely
affect the business, prospects, earnings, properties, assets or condition,
financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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Section 9.11 Taxes. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged prior to
delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies the non-payment of
which would materially adversely affect the business, prospects, earnings,
properties, assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole except those taxes, assessments and governmental
levies whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings.
Section 9.12 Additional Amounts. If any Securities of a series provide
for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18), the
Company agrees to pay to the Holder of each such Security or any coupon
appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in
any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or
in respect of, any Security of any series or any coupon appertaining thereto,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of any Additional
Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant
hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention
of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof
shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions
hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the
Securities of any series, if the Securities of a series provide for the payment
of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date
with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series
shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of
principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters
set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other
than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium,
if any, or interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of
Securities of such series or the coupons appertaining thereto who are United
States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or
similar governmental charge described in the terms of the Securities of such
series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers'
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld
on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons, and the Company
agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent, on or prior to the date such
payment is due, the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities.
The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to
hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred
without negligence or bad faith on their part
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arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in
reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
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ARTICLE 10
REDEMPTION
Section 10.1 Applicability of Article. Securities (including coupons, if
any) of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be
redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
Section 10.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the
Company to redeem any Securities, including coupons, if any, shall be evidenced
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption at the
election of the Company of less than all the Securities or coupons, if any, of
any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, 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 (i) prior
to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of
such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election
of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of such
Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
Section 10.3 Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if less than all the Securities
(including coupons, if any) of a series with the same terms are to be redeemed,
the Trustee, not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, shall select
the Securities of the series to be redeemed in such manner as the Trustee shall
deem fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities
of the series that are Outstanding and that have not previously been called for
redemption and may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal
to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any
integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series
of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities
of that series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected by the Trustee for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
For purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities (including coupons, if
any) shall relate, in the case of any Securities (including coupons, if any)
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount
of such Securities (including coupons, if any) which has been or is to be
redeemed.
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Section 10.4 Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner
provided in Section 1.6 not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of a series are
to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Security or
Securities to be redeemed;
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will
receive, without a charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized
denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities,
together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining
thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(6) that Securities of the series called for redemption and all
unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto must be surrendered to
the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(7) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price, together
with (except as otherwise set forth in Section 10.6 or as may otherwise
be specified with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 3.1)
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on and Additional Amounts, if any,
with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed,
will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion
thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date;
(8) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case;
(9) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date or
the amount of any such missing
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coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless
security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any
Paying Agent is furnished; and
(10) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company.
Section 10.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption
Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case
of a sinking fund payment under Article 11, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 9.3) an amount of money in the currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the
Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (unless the Redemption Date shall
be an Interest Payment Date) interest accrued to the Redemption Date on, all
Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment
obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
(including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the
Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such
sinking fund payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities
and this Indenture.
Section 10.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption
having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein
specified (together with (except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10.6 or
as may otherwise be specified with respect to such Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1) accrued interest, if any, thereon and Additional Amounts, if any,
with respect thereto to the Redemption Date), 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 and the coupons
for any such interest appertaining to any Bearer Security so to be redeemed,
except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Except as provided in the
next succeeding paragraph, upon surrender of any such Security, including
coupons, if any, for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security
shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest and Additional Amounts, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an
office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided
in
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Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1,
only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided,
further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1,
installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Bearer Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount
equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at
an office or agency located outside of the United States (except as otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by or
prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 10.7 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security
that is redeemed in part at any Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company
or the Trustee so required, 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), the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
that Security, without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same
series, having the same form, terms and Stated Maturity, in any authorized
denomination equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of
the principal amount of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE 11
SINKING FUNDS
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Section 11.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such
series.
Section 11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The
Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption) together, in the case of Bearer Securities of
such series, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and (ii) may apply
as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of
such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section 11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60
days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the
Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the
terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 11.2 and
will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less
than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select
the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner
specified in Section 10.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given
in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 10.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
10.6 and 10.7.
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This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
By:
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Raymond J. Sims
Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
[Seal]
Attest:
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Secretary
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[Seal]
Attest:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT 4.2
THIS NOTE IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A
DEPOSITORY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO
THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY.
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW)
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
No.:
CUSIP No.: 754603 AB 4 Principal Amount: $
RAYCHEM CORPORATION
7.20% Notes due 2008
Raychem Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ___________________________
($___________) on October 15, 2008, and to pay interest thereon from October 15,
1998 or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semiannually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each, an
"Interest Payment Date"), commencing April 15, 1999, and at Maturity, at the
rate of 7.20% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly made
available for payment; provided that if, on any date (a "Step-up Date") during
the period (the "Four Year Period") beginning on October 23, 1998 (the "Original
Issue Date") and ending on the date which is the fourth anniversary of the
Original Issue Date, the rating on the Notes is decreased to below Investment
Grade (as defined below) by either of the Rating Agencies (as defined below),
then the interest rate on this Note shall be automatically increased, effective
from and including the Step-up Date, to a per annum rate (the "Step-up Rate")
equal to the sum of Original Interest Rate (as defined below) plus 100 basis
points; and provided, further, that if, on any date (a "Step-down Date")
(whether during or after the Four Year Period) when the interest rate on this
Note is the Step-up Rate, the rating on the Notes shall be increased so that the
Notes are rated as Investment Grade by both Rating Agencies, then the interest
rate on this Note shall be automatically decreased, effective from and including
the Step-down Date, to the Original Interest Rate; it being understood that the
interest rate on this Note may from time to time be increased to the Step-up
Rate (but only during the Four Year Period) and, if so increased, thereafter
decreased to the Original Interest Rate (both during and after the Four Year
Period) as set forth in the provisos to this sentence. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, a change in the rating on the Notes by any Rating Agency
shall be deemed to have occurred on such date as such Rating Agency shall have
publicly announced such change. Interest on this Note shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 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
Note (or one or more Predecessor
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Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the April 1 or October 1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
registered Holder hereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.
The Company covenants and agrees that, as promptly as practicable after
any increase or decrease in the interest rate on this Note as described above,
it will (a) send written notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes in
the manner provided in the Indenture and (b) issue a press release, each of
which shall state (i) that a change in the interest rate on the Notes has
occurred and the reasons for such change in the interest rate, (ii) the interest
rate per annum before giving effect to such change, (iii) the interest rate per
annum after giving effect to such change, and (iv) the effective date of such
change.
"Investment Grade" means BBB- (or the equivalent) or higher by S&P or
Baa3 (or the equivalent) or higher by Moody's or the equivalent of such ratings
used by any other Rating Agency selected as provided in the definition of the
term "Rating Agencies."
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Rating Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investor Services, Inc. and its successors.
"Original Interest Rate" means 7.20% per annum.
"Rating Agencies" means (i) S&P and Moody's or (ii) if S&P or Moody's or
both shall not make a rating of the Notes publicly available, a nationally
recognized securities rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by
the Company by notice to the Trustee, which shall be substituted for S&P or
Moody's or both, as the case may be; and "Rating Agency" shall mean either of
the Rating Agencies. The Company covenants and agrees that it will use its best
efforts to cause two Rating Agencies to make publicly available a rating on the
Notes at all times during the Four Year Period and at all times thereafter when
the interest rate on the Notes is the Step-up Rate.
Payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and the interest on this
Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the
option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or by
transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Company
(herein called the "Notes") issued and to be issued in one or more series under
an Indenture dated as of October 23, 1998 (herein called, together with all
indentures supplemental thereto, the "Indenture") between the Company and Chase
Manhattan Bank and Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (herein
called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference
is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of
the Notes, and the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof,
limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture and subject to the
right of the Company to reopen such series for issuances of additional
Securities of such series) in aggregate principal amount to $400,000,000.
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The Notes are redeemable, in whole or from time to time in part, at the
option of the Company on any date (each, a "Redemption Date") at a redemption
price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to
be redeemed and (b) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled
payments of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to
such Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury
Rate plus 35 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on
the principal amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date; provided, however,
that installments of interest on Notes whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
the relevant Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business
on the relevant Regular Record Date, according to their terms and the provisions
of the Indenture.
"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any Redemption Date for the
Notes, (a) the yield, under the heading that represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical
release designated "H.15(519)" or any successor publication that is published
weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and that
establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted
to constant maturity under the caption "Treasury Constant Maturities," for the
maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is
within three months before or after the Final Maturity Date, yields for the two
published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue
shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated
from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (b)
if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per
annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable
Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated
on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date. As used in the
immediately preceding sentence and in the definition of "Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations" below, the term "Business Day" means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the Notes.
"Independent Investment Banker" means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
or, if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue,
an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any Redemption Date
for the Notes, (a) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for
such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference
Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means each of Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Chase Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and NationsBanc
Montgomery Securities LLC and their respective successors; provided, however,
that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company
will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each
Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by
the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in
writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. New York
City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
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"Final Maturity Date" means October 15, 2008.
Notice of any redemption by the Company will be given as provided in the
Indenture at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the relevant
Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed. If less than all the
Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall
deem fair and appropriate and as provided in the Indenture, the Notes to be
redeemed.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on the Notes may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
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 not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes
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
Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and, premium, if any, and
interest on this Note, at the time, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein and in the Indenture prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Register upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for the purpose in any place where the principal of and
interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar
duly executed by the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and
for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in the
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of authorized
denominations as requested by the Holders 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, other than in
certain cases provided in the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Note 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 Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note 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 Notes (subject to certain
exceptions) or (ii) the Company may be released from its obligations under
specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company
irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations sufficient
to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes, and satisfies certain
other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. In addition, the
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (subject to certain exceptions)
with respect to the Notes when (1) either (A) all Notes
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previously authenticated and delivered have been delivered (subject to certain
exceptions) to the Trustee for cancellation, or (B) all Notes (i) have become
due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year and the
Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited with
the Trustee money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, and (2) the Company 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.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
(except as otherwise provided herein with respect to the term "Business Day")
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or
on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of
its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: _______________
[Seal] RAYCHEM CORPORATION
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series described in
the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By: _________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-- ___ Custodian __
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
of survivorship and not as ________________________
tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
______________________________________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s)
and transfer(s) auto:
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________
the within security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing
_______________________________________________________________________ Attorney
to transfer said security on the books of the Company with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated: __________________________________________________________________
Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name
as it appears upon the face of the within security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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