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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 1995
REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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RAYTHEON COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 04-1760395
(State or other (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
141 SPRING STREET, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02173
(617) 862-6600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
THOMAS D. HYDE, VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
RAYTHEON COMPANY
141 SPRING STREET
LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02173
(617) 862-6600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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COPIES TO:
MICHAEL P. O'BRIEN, ESQ. KRIS F. HEINZELMAN, ESQ.
BINGHAM, DANA & GOULD CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE
150 FEDERAL STREET 825 EIGHTH AVENUE
BOSTON, MA 02110-1726 NEW YORK, NY 10019
APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: FROM TIME TO TIME
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. /x/
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
SECURITIES REGISTERED PER UNIT (1) OFFERING PRICE(1)(2) FEE
TO BE REGISTERED
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Debt Securities (3).............. (4) (4) (4) (4)
Preferred Stock, no par value.... (4) (4) (4) (4)
Common Stock, par value $1.00
per share (5)................. (4) (4) (4) (4)
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Total: $1,500,000,000(6)(7) 100% $1,500,000,000(6)(7) $517,245(7)
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(1) The proposed maximum per unit and aggregate offering prices per class of
security will be determined from time to time by the registrant in
connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities registered
hereunder.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
(3) Subject to note (6) below, there is being registered hereunder an
indeterminate principal amount of debt securities as may be sold, from time
to time, by the registrant. If any Debt Securities are issued at an
original issue discount, then the offering price shall be in such greater
principal amount as shall result in an aggregate initial offering price not
to exceed $1,500,000,000 less the dollar amount of any securities previously
issued hereunder.
(4) Not required to be included in accordance with General Instruction II(d) to
Form S-3 under the Act.
(5) Each share of Common Stock also includes one Right to purchase one
one-hundredth of a share of the registrant's Series A Junior Participating
Serial Preferred Shares, without par value. See "Description of the Common
Stock - Stockholder Rights Plan."
(6) In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of all securities
issued from time to time pursuant to this Registration Statement exceed
$1,500,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies,
foreign currency units, or composite currencies. The aggregate amount of
Common Stock registered hereunder is further limited to that which is
permissible under Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933. The
securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with
other securities registered hereunder.
(7) Does not include securities with an initial offering price of up to
$500,000,000 registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3
(No. 33-49045) referred to below, to which this Registration Statement
constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
PURSUANT TO RULE 429, THE PROSPECTUS CONTAINED HEREIN ALSO RELATES TO
SECURITIES ON A REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 (NO. 33-49045). THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ALSO CONSTITUTES POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 WITH
RESPECT TO THE REGISTRANT'S REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3 (FILE NO.
33-49045) AND CONVERTS SUCH REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO COVER DEBT SECURITIES,
PREFERRED STOCK, NO PAR VALUE, AND COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $1.00 PER SHARE, OF
THE REGISTRANT ON AN UNALLOCATED BASIS.
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RAYTHEON COMPANY
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
(Cross Reference Sheet Furnished Pursuant to Item 501(b) of Regulation S-K)
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ITEM NUMBER AND CAPTION IN FORM S-3 LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
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1. Forepart of the Registration Statement and Outside Forepart of Registration Statement and Outside
Front Cover Page of Prospectus............................ Front Cover Page of Prospectus
2. Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of Prospectus... Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
Prospectus; Available Information
3. Summary Information, Risk Factors, and Ratio of The Company; Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Earnings to Fixed Charges................................. Charges
4. Use of Proceeds........................................... Use of Proceeds
5. Determination of Offering Price........................... Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus; Plan
of Distribution
6. Dilution.................................................. Not Applicable
7. Selling Security Holders.................................. Not Applicable
8. Plan of Distribution...................................... Outside Front Cover Page of Prospectus; Plan
of Distribution
9. Description of Securities to be Registered................ Description of Preferred Stock; Description of
Common Stock; Description of Debt Securities
10. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel..................... Experts
11. Material Changes.......................................... Not Applicable
12. Incorporation of Certain Information by Incorporation of Certain Information by
Reference................................................. Reference
13. Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification
for Securities Act Liabilities............................ Not Applicable
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Subject to Completion, Dated May 11, 1995
PROSPECTUS
RAYTHEON COMPANY
DEBT SECURITIES
PREFERRED STOCK
COMMON STOCK
Raytheon Company (the "Company") may offer from time to time (i) in one or
more series, its unsecured debt securities consisting of notes, debentures or
other evidences of indebtedness (the "Debt Securities"), (ii) shares of serial
preferred stock, without par value, in one or more series ("Preferred Stock"),
or (iii) shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share ("Common Stock"), all
having an aggregate initial public offering price not to exceed $2,000,000,000
or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies, foreign currency
units, or composite currencies, including European Currency Units. The Debt
Securities, Preferred Stock and Common Stock are referred to herein collectively
as the "Offered Securities." The Offered Securities may be offered separately
or as units with other Offered Securities, in separate series in amounts, at
prices and on terms to be determined in light of market conditions at the time
of sale.
The specific terms of the Offered Securities with respect to which this
Prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in a supplement to this
Prospectus (a "Prospectus Supplement"), together with the terms of the offering
and sale of the Offered Securities and the initial offering price and the net
proceeds to the Company from the sale thereof. The Prospectus Supplement will
include, with regard to the particular Offered Securities, the following
information: (i) in the case of Debt Securities, the specific designation,
aggregate principal amount, ranking, authorized denomination, maturity, rate or
method of calculation of interest and dates for payment thereof, any terms for
optional or mandatory redemption or payment of additional amounts or any sinking
fund provisions, any index or formula for determining the amount of any
principal, premium, or interest fund provisions, the currency or currency unit
in which principal, premium, or interest is payable, whether the securities are
issuable in registered form or in the form of global securities and any
provisions for the conversion or exchange of such Debt Securities; (ii) in the
case of Preferred Stock, the designation, number of shares, liquidation
preference per share, dividend rate (or method of calculation thereof), dividend
payment dates and dates from which dividends shall accrue, any redemption or
sinking fund provisions, any conversion or exchange rights; (iii) in the case of
Common Stock, the
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number of shares; and (iv) in the case of all Offered Securities, whether such
Offered Securities will be offered separately or as a unit with other Offered
Securities. The Prospectus Supplement also will contain information, where
applicable, about material United States federal income tax considerations
relating to, and any listing on a securities exchange of, the Offered Securities
covered by such Prospectus Supplement.
The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the
Chicago Stock Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange. Any Common Stock offered
will be listed, subject to notice of issuance, on such exchanges.
The Debt Securities may be unsecured Senior Debt Securities or unsecured
Subordinated Debt Securities. The Senior Debt Securities, when issued, will
rank on a parity with all the unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the
Company, and the Subordinated Debt Securities, when issued, will be subordinated
in right of payment to all obligations of the Company to its other creditors,
except obligations ranking on a parity with or junior to the Subordinated Debt
Securities. See "Description of Debt Securities -- Subordination of
Subordinated Debt Securities."
The Offered Securities may be sold directly by the Company, through agents
designated from time to time or to or through underwriters or dealers. See
"Plan of Distribution." If any agents of the Company, underwriters or dealers
are involved in the sale of any Offered Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered, the names of such agents, underwriters or dealers
and any applicable commissions or discounts and the net proceeds to the Company
will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED
UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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The date of this Prospectus is May __, 1995.
[To be included along left side of first page of Prospectus:
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE
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SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE
TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL
THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER,
SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.]
No dealer, salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations not contained in this Prospectus or
any Prospectus Supplement, and, if given or made, such information or
representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company
or any underwriter, agent or dealer. Neither this Prospectus nor any Prospectus
Supplement constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any
of the securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such an offer in such jurisdiction. Neither the delivery of
this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement nor any sale made hereunder or
thereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of the Company since the date hereunder or
thereof.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the reporting requirement of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files periodic reports and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Reports, proxy statements and other
information concerning the Company may be inspected and copies may be obtained
(at prescribed rates) at the Commission's Public Reference Section, 450 5th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, as well as the following regional
offices: 7 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048 and 500 West Madison
Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. The Company's Common Stock is
listed on the New York, Chicago and Pacific Stock Exchanges, where reports,
proxy statements and other information concerning the Company can also be
inspected. The offices of the New York Stock Exchange are located at 20 Broad
Street, New York, New York 10005.
The Company has filed two Registration Statements on Form S-3 (together,
the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), with the Commission with respect to the Offered Securities.
As permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission, this Prospectus
omits certain of the information contained in the Registration Statement. For
further information with respect to the Company and the Offered Securities,
reference is hereby made to such Registration Statement, including the exhibits
filed as part thereof. Statements contained in this Prospectus concerning the
provisions of certain documents filed with, or incorporated by reference in, the
Registration Statement are not necessarily complete, each such statement being
qualified in all respects by such reference. Copies of all or any part of the
Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference
therein or
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exhibits thereto, may be obtained upon payment of the prescribed rates at the
offices of the Commission set forth above.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant
to the Exchange Act are incorporated herein by reference: Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994; Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 9, 1995.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to
the termination of the offering of the Offered Securities shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document,
all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document or portion thereof which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a Prospectus is delivered, on written or oral request
of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference
herein (other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are
incorporated by reference into such documents). Such written requests should be
addressed to: Secretary, Raytheon Company, 141 Spring Street, Lexington,
Massachusetts 02173. Telephone requests may be directed to the Secretary at
(617) 862-6600.
THE COMPANY
Raytheon is an international, high technology company which operates in
four businesses: commercial and defense electronics, engineering and
construction, aircraft and major appliances. Its principal business is the
design, manufacture and servicing of advanced electronic devices, equipment and
systems for government and commercial use. Through a diversification program
begun in 1964, Raytheon has expanded into aircraft products, engineering and
construction services, major appliances and textbook publishing. In recent
years, the Company has strengthened its business through consolidation,
operational improvement and acquisitions and diversified core defense
technologies into commercial markets while remaining a strong defense company.
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The address of the principal executive office of the Company is 141 Spring
Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173. The telephone number of the Company is
(617) 862-6600.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the net
proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities will be used by the Company to
refinance commercial paper borrowing and/or bank borrowings, with various
maturities and bearing interest at various rates, that were incurred to finance
acquisitions or other capital expenditures and working capital requirements and
for other general corporate purposes.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the Company's consolidated ratios of earnings
to fixed charges for each of the Company's fiscal years 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991
and 1990:
Fiscal Year ended December 31
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12.0 18.1 11.9 7.5 6.3
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For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings
consist of net earnings, taxes on income and fixed charges (less capitalized
interest) and fixed charges consist of interest expense, amortization of debt
discount and expense, the portion of rents representative of an interest factor
and capitalized interest.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Senior Debt Securities are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of
May 15, 1995 (the "Senior Indenture"), between the Company and The First
National Bank of Boston, as trustee. The Subordinated Debt Securities are to be
issued under a second Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1995 (the Subordinated
Indenture"), also between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, as
trustee. Copies of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture have been
filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. The Senior
Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture are sometimes referred to collectively
as the "Indentures." The First National
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Bank of Boston is hereinafter referred to as the "Senior Trustee" when referring
to it in its capacity as trustee under the Senior Indenture, as the
"Subordinated Trustee" when referring to it in its capacity as trustee under the
Subordinated Indenture, and as the "Trustee" when referring to it in its
capacity as trustee under both of the Indentures. The following summaries of
certain provisions of the Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Debt
Securities and the Indentures do not purport to be complete and are subject to
and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all the provisions of the
Indenture applicable to a particular series of Debt Securities (the "Applicable
Indenture"), including the definitions therein of certain terms. Wherever
particular Sections, Articles or defined terms of the Applicable Indenture are
referred to, it is intended that such Sections, Articles or defined terms shall
be incorporated herein by reference. Article and Section references used herein
are references to the Applicable Indenture. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning given in the Applicable Indenture.
The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt
Securities offered hereby. The particular terms of the Debt Securities offered
by any Prospectus Supplement (the "Offered Debt Securities") will be described
in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered Debt Securities (the
"Applicable Prospectus Supplement").
GENERAL
The Indentures do not limit the amount of Debt Securities that may be issued
thereunder and provide that Debt Securities may be issued thereunder from time
to time in one or more series. The Debt Securities will be unsecured obligations
of the Company.
Unless otherwise indicated in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement,
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities will be
payable, and the transfer of Debt Securities will be registrable, at the office
or agency of the Company in each Place of Payment maintained by the Company and
at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, except
that, at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by mailing a check to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears on the register for the
Debt Securities (Sections 301, 305, 307 and 1002). The Debt Securities will
be issued only in fully registered form without coupons and, unless otherwise
indicated in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement, in denominations of $1,000 or
integral multiples thereof (Section 302). No service charge will be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of the Debt Securities, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge imposed in connection therewith (Section 305).
The Applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the following terms of
the Offered Debt Securities: (i) the title of the Offered Debt Securities; (ii)
whether the
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Offered Debt Securities are Senior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt
Securities; (iii) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the Offered
Debt Securities; (iv) the Person to whom any interest on the Offered Debt
Securities is payable if other than the Person in whose name any such Offered
Debt Securities are registered; (v) the date or dates on which the principal of
the Offered Debt Securities will mature; (vi) the rate or rates per annum (which
may be fixed or variable) at which the Offered Debt Securities will bear
interest, if any, and the date or dates from which such interest, if any, will
accrue; (vii) the dates on which such interest, if any, on the Offered Debt
Securities will be payable and the Regular Record Dates for such Interest
Payment Dates; (viii) the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Offered Debt Securities shall be payable; (ix) any mandatory
or optional sinking funds or analogous provisions; (x) the date, if any, after
which and the price or prices at which the Offered Debt Securities may, pursuant
to any optional or mandatory redemption provisions, be redeemed and the other
detailed terms and provisions of any such optional or mandatory redemption
provision; (xi) the obligation of the Company, if any, to redeem or repurchase
the Offered Debt Securities at the option of the Holder; (xii) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in
which the Offered Debt Securities shall be issuable; (xiii) if other than the
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Offered
Debt Securities that will be payable upon the declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof; (xiv) the currency of payment of principal of and any premium
and interest on the Offered Debt Securities and, if other than United States
currency, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in United States
currency for any purpose; (xv) any index used to determine the amount of payment
of principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Offered Debt Securities;
(xvi) if the Offered Debt Securities will be issuable only in the form of a
Global Security, the Depositary or its nominee with respect to the Offered Debt
Securities and the circumstances under which the Global Security may be
registered for transfer or exchange in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary or its nominee; (xvii) the applicability, if any, of the provisions
described under "Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance"; (xviii) whether the Debt
Securities are convertible into any other securities and the terms and
conditions of such convertibility; (xix) any additional Event of Default, and in
the case of any Offered Debt Securities that are Subordinated Debt Securities,
any additional Event of Default that would result in the acceleration of the
maturity thereof; and (xx) any other terms of the Offered Debt Securities
(Section 301).
Both Senior Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued
as Original Issue Discount Debt Securities to be offered and sold at a
substantial discount below their stated principal amount. "Original Issue
Discount Debt Security" means any Debt Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon the
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default and the continuation thereof (Section 101).
The Applicable Prospectus Supplement will also describe any material United
States federal income tax consequences or other special considerations
applicable to the
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series of Debt Securities to which such Prospectus Supplement relates, including
those applicable to (i) Debt Securities with respect to which payments of
principal, premium, or interest are determined with reference to an index or
formula (including changes in prices of particular securities, currencies, or
commodities), (ii) Debt Securities with respect to which principal, premium, or
interest is payable in a foreign or composite currency, (iii) Original Issue
Discount Securities, and (iv) variable rate Debt Securities that are
exchangeable for fixed rate Debt Securities.
SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
Unless otherwise indicated in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
following provisions will apply to the Subordinated Debt Securities.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined below) (Section
1301). Upon any payment or distribution of assets to creditors upon any
liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, marshalling of assets or any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
proceedings of the Company, the holders of all Senior Indebtedness will be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due thereon
before the Holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities will be entitled to
receive any payment in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on the Subordinated Debt Securities (Section 1302). In the event of the
acceleration of the Maturity of any Subordinated Debt Securities of any series,
the holders of all Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in
full of all amounts due or to become due thereon before the Holders of the
Subordinated Debt Securities will be entitled to receive any payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Subordinated Debt Securities
of such series or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of
Subordinated Debt Securities of such series (Section 1303). Accordingly, in case
of such an acceleration, all Senior Indebtedness would have to be repaid before
any payment could be made in respect of the Subordinated Debt Securities. No
payments on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest in respect of the
Subordinated Debt Securities or on account of the purchase or other acquisition
of Subordinated Debt Securities may be made if there shall have occurred and be
continuing a default in any payment with respect to any Senior Indebtedness, or
an Event of Default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness permitting the
holders thereof to accelerate the maturity thereof, or if any judicial
proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default (Section 1304).
By reason of such subordination, in the event of the insolvency of the
Company, creditors of the Company who are not holders of Senior Indebtedness or
the Subordinated Debt Securities may recover less, ratably, than holders of
Senior Indebtedness and may recover more, ratably, than Holders of the
Subordinated Debt Securities.
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"Senior Indebtedness" is defined in the Subordinated Indenture to mean the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on (i) all indebtedness of the
Company for money borrowed, other than the Subordinated Debt Securities, and any
other indebtedness of the Company represented by a note, bond, debenture or
other similar evidence of indebtedness (including indebtedness of others
guaranteed by the Company), in each case whether outstanding on the date of
execution of the Subordinated Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or
assumed and (ii) any amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications and
refundings of any such indebtedness, unless in any case in the instrument
creating or evidencing any such indebtedness or pursuant to which it is
outstanding it is provided that such indebtedness is not superior in right of
payment to the Subordinated Debt Securities. For the purposes of this
definition, "indebtedness for money borrowed" is defined as (A) any obligation
of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the repayment of borrowed
money, whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other written
instruments, (B) any deferred payment obligation of, or any such obligation
guaranteed by, the Company for the payment of the purchase price of property or
assets evidenced by a note or similar instrument, and (C) any obligation of, or
any such obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the payment of rent or other
amounts under a lease of property or assets if such obligation is required to be
classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease on the balance sheet of the
Company under generally accepted accounting principles (Section 101).
The Subordinated Indenture will not limit the amount of other indebtedness,
including Senior Indebtedness, that may be issued by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The Senior Indenture (with respect to any series of Senior Debt Securities
then Outstanding) and, unless otherwise provided in the Applicable Prospectus
Supplement, the Subordinated Indenture (with respect to any series of
Subordinated Debt Securities then Outstanding), define an Event of Default as
any one of the following events: (i) default in the payment of any interest on
any Debt Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (in the case of the
Subordinated Indenture, whether or not payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions); (ii) default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, on any Debt Security of that series at its Maturity (in the
case of the Subordinated Indenture, whether or not payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions); (iii) failure to deposit any sinking fund payment
when and as due by the terms of a Debt Security of that series (in the case of
the Subordinated Indenture, whether or not payment is prohibited by the
subordination provisions); (iv) failure to perform any other covenants or
agreements of the Company in the Applicable Indenture (other than covenants or
agreements included in the Applicable Indenture solely for the benefit of a
series of Debt Securities thereunder other than that series) and continuance of
such
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default for a period of 60 days after either the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% of the principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that
series have given written notice specifying such failure as provided in the
Applicable Indenture; (v) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company; and (vi) any other Event of Default provided with
respect to Debt Securities of that series (Section 501). If an Event of Default
occurs with respect to Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the
Holders of Debt Securities of such series notice of such default, provided,
however, that in the case of a default described in (iv) above, no such notice
to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof
(Section 602).
If an Event of Default with respect to the Senior Debt Securities of any
series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, either the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Debt
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such
portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all
the Senior Debt Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately.
Payment of the principal of the Subordinated Debt Securities may be accelerated
only in the case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
of the Company. The Trustee and the Holders will not be entitled to accelerate
the maturity of the Subordinated Debt Securities upon the occurrence of any of
the Events of Default described above except for those described in subparagraph
(v) (i.e., certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company). Accordingly, there is no right of acceleration in the case of a
default in the performance of any other covenant with respect to the
Subordinated Debt Securities, including the payment of interest or principal. At
any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt Securities of
any series has been made, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration
has been obtained, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may, under certain circumstances,
rescind and annul such acceleration (Section 502).
The Indentures provide that, subject to the duty of the Trustee during
default to act with the required standard of care, the Trustee will be under no
obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have
offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity (Section 603). Subject
to such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee and to certain other
conditions, the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series will have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Debt Securities of that series (Section 512).
No Holder of any series of Debt Securities will have any right to institute
any proceeding with respect to the Applicable Indenture or for any remedy
thereunder, unless: (i) such Holder previously has given to the Trustee under
the Applicable
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Indenture written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to Debt
Securities of that series; (ii) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series have made
written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute
such proceeding as trustee; (iii) in the 60-day period following receipt of a
written notice from a Holder, the Trustee has not received from the Holders of a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
that series a direction inconsistent with such request; and (iv) the Trustee
shall have failed to institute such proceeding within such 60-day period
(Section 507). However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a
Holder of a Debt Security for enforcement of payment of the principal of and
premium, if any, or interest on such Debt Security on or after the respective
due dates expressed in such Debt Security (Section 508).
The Company is required to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as to
the performance by the Company of certain of its obligations under the Indenture
and as to any default in such performance (Section 1005).
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Indentures provide that, if such provision is made applicable to the
Debt Securities of any series pursuant to Section 301 of the Applicable
Indenture (which will be indicated in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement), the
Company may elect either (i) to defease and be discharged from any and all
obligations in respect of such Debt Securities then outstanding (including, in
the case of Subordinated Debt Securities, the provisions described under
"Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities" and except for certain
obligations to register the transfer of or exchange of such Debt Securities,
replace stolen, lost or mutilated Debt Securities, maintain paying agencies and
hold monies for payment in trust) ("defeasance") or (ii) to be released from its
obligations with respect to such Debt Securities concerning the subordination
provisions described under "Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities" and
any other covenants applicable to such Debt Securities which are determined
pursuant to Section 301 of the Applicable Indenture to be subject to covenant
defeasance ("covenant defeasance"), and the occurrence of an event described in
clause (iv) (insofar as with respect to covenants subject to covenant
defeasance) under "Events of Default" above shall no longer be an Event of
Default, in the case of either (i) or (ii) if the Company deposits, in trust,
with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations, which through the payment
of interest thereon and principal thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide money, in an amount sufficient, without reinvestment, to pay all the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Debt Securities on the
dates such payments are due (which may include one or more redemption dates
designated by the Company) and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments
thereon in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities. Such a trust may
only be established if, among other things (A) no Event of Default or event
which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event
of Default under the Applicable Indenture shall have occurred and be
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continuing on the date of such deposit, (B) such deposit will not cause the
Trustee to have any conflicting interest with respect to other securities of
the Company and (C) the Company shall have delivered an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit or defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax in the same manner as if such defeasance had not
occurred.
The Company may exercise its defeasance option with respect to such Debt
Securities notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its defeasance option, payment of such Debt Securities
may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises
its covenant defeasance option, payment of such Debt Securities may not be
accelerated by reference to the covenants noted under clause (ii) in the
preceding paragraph. In the event the Company omits to comply with its remaining
obligations with respect to such Debt Securities under the Applicable Indenture
after exercising its covenant defeasance option and such Debt Securities are
declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the
amount of money and U.S. Government Obligations on deposit with the Trustee may
be insufficient to pay amounts due on the Debt Securities of such series at the
time of the acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. However, the
Company will remain liable in respect of such payments (See Article Thirteen and
Article Fourteen of the Senior Indenture and the Subordinated Indenture,
respectively).
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
Modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of all series
issued under the Indenture and affected by the modification or amendments
(voting as a single class); provided, however, that no such modification or
amendment may, without the consent of the Holders of all Debt Securities
affected thereby (i) change the stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Debt Security; (ii) reduce the
principal amount of, or the premium, if any, or (except as otherwise provided in
the Applicable Prospectus Supplement) interest on, any Debt Security (including
in the case of an Original Issue Discount Debt Security the amount payable upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof); (iii) change the place or currency of
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Debt Security; (iv)
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on any
Debt Security on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); (v) in the case of the
Subordinated Indenture, modify the subordination provisions in a manner adverse
to the Holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities; or (vi) reduce the
percentage of the principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series,
the consent of whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the
Indenture or for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture
or for waiver of certain defaults (Section 902).
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The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior
Debt Securities or the Subordinated Debt Securities may, on behalf of all
Holders of the Senior Debt Securities or the Subordinated Debt Securities,
respectively, waive any past default under the Applicable Indenture, except a
default in the payment of principal, premium or interest or in the performance
of certain covenants (Section 513).
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE CORPORATION
LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Company may not, nor may it permit any Significant
Subsidiary (as defined below) to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Lien (as defined below) on any property or asset (including any stock or other
securities of any Person, including any Significant Subsidiary), or on any
income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, unless the Debt
Securities of any series then or thereafter Outstanding shall be equally and
ratably secured. This restriction does not apply, however, to (i) Liens on
property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries existing on May 15, 1995,
provided that such Liens shall secure only those obligations which they secure
as of May 15, 1995; (ii) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that (x) such
Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition
and (y) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary; (iii) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves, to the extent required by GAAP, have been set aside; (iv)
carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialsmen's, repairmen's or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that
are not due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves, to the
extent required by GAAP, have been set aside; (v) pledges and deposits made in
the ordinary course of business in compliance with workmen's compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; (vi)
deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
Indebtedness), leases (other than capital leases), statutory obligations, surety
and appeal bonds, advance payment bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (vii) zoning
restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and
other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in
the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and do not materially detract from
the value of the property subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct
of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (viii) Liens upon any
property acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any Subsidiary
which are created or incurred within 360 days of such acquisition, construction
or improvement to secure or provide for the payment of any part of the purchase
price of such property or the cost of such construction or improvement,
including carrying costs (but no other amounts), provided that any such Lien
shall not apply to any other property of the Company or any Subsidiary; (ix)
Liens on the property or assets of any Subsidiary in favor of the
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Company; (x) extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in
paragraphs (i) through (ix) above, provided that any such extension, renewal or
replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the Lien
extended, renewed or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such
extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be in an amount not greater than
the amount of the obligations secured by the Lien extended, renewed or
replaced; (xi) any Lien, of the type described in clause (iii) of the
definition below of the term "Lien", on securities imposed pursuant to an
agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of such securities pending
the closing of such sale or disposition; provided such sale or disposition is
otherwise permitted hereunder; (xii) Liens arising in connection with any
Permitted Receivables Program (to the extent the sale by the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary of its accounts receivable is deemed to give rise to a
Lien in favor of the purchaser thereof in such accounts receivable or the
proceeds thereof); (xiii) Liens on the capital stock or assets of any
Subsidiary that is not a Significant Subsidiary; and (xiv) Liens to secure
Indebtedness if, immediately after the grant thereof, the aggregate amount of
all Indebtedness secured by Liens that would not be permitted but for this
clause (xiv) does not exceed 15% of the Stockholders' Equity (as defined below)
as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company filed
with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
LIMITATION ON SALE LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS. Transactions involving any sale
and leaseback by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of any Principal
Property (as defined below) are prohibited, unless the Company or any such
Significant Subsidiary, within 120 days after the effective date of the lease,
applies to the retirement of any Funded Debt (as defined below) an amount equal
to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the property leased or
(ii) the fair market value of the property leased within 90 days prior to the
effective date of the lease. The amount to be so applied in respect of any such
transaction will be reduced, however, by the principal amount of any Debt
Securities surrendered to the Trustee by the Company for cancellation and by
the principal amount of Funded Debt other than Debt Securities, voluntarily
retired by the Company, within 120 days after the effective date of the lease,
provided that no retirement may be effected by payment on the final maturity
date or pursuant to mandatory sinking fund or prepayment provisions. This
restriction does not apply, however, to the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary: (i) entering into any transaction not involving a lease with a term
of more than three (3) years; (ii) entering into any transaction to the extent
the Lien on any such property subject to such sale and leaseback would be
permitted under the covenant described above under "Limitation on Liens" or
(iii) entering into any transaction for the sale and leaseback of any property
if such lease is entered into within 180 days after the later of the
acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of operation of such
property.
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APPLICABILITY OF COVENANTS. Any series of Securities may provide that
either or both of the covenants described above shall not be applicable to the
Securities of such series (Section 301).
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. Certain terms are defined in the Indenture and are used
in this Prospectus as follows:
"Funded Debt" means all Indebtedness that will mature, pursuant to a
mandatory sinking fund or prepayment provision or otherwise, and all
installments of Indebtedness that will fall due, more than one year from the
date of determination. In calculating the maturity of any Indebtedness, there
shall be included the term of any unexercised right of the debtor to renew or
extend such Indebtedness existing at the time of determination.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis.
"Indebtedness" of any Person shall mean, as at any date of determination,
all indebtedness (including capitalized lease obligations) of such Person and
its consolidated subsidiaries at such date that would be required to be included
as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto)
of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset of any Person, (i) any mortgage,
deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on
such asset, (ii) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating
to such asset and (iii) in the case of securities that constitute assets of such
Person, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect
to such securities.
"Permitted Receivables Program" means any receivables securitization program
pursuant to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries sells accounts
receivable to any non-Affiliate in a "true sale" transaction; provided, however,
that any related indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase of such accounts
receivable is not includible on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes
thereto) of the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP and
applicable regulations of the Commission.
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"Principal Property" means (i) the Company's principal office building and
(ii) any manufacturing plant or principal research facility of the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary which is located within the United States of America
or Canada, except any such principal office building, plant or facility which
the Board of Directors by resolution declares is not of material importance to
the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Subsidiary that would be a
"Significant Subsidiary" at such time, as such term is defined in Regulation S-X
promulgated by the Commission, as in effect on May 15, 1995.
"Stockholders' Equity" means, at any date of determination, the
stockholders' equity at such date of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or unincorporated organization more than 50% of
the outstanding voting interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or
more other Subsidiaries.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
The Company may not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
transfer or lease its assets as an entirety to any Person unless any successor
or purchaser is a corporation organized under the laws of the United States of
America, any State or the District of Columbia, and any such successor or
purchaser expressly assumes the Company's obligations on the Debt Securities
under a supplemental indenture. The Trustee may receive an Opinion of Counsel
as conclusive evidence of compliance with these provisions (Article
Eight).
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The terms, if any, on which Debt Securities of a series may be exchanged for
or converted into shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or any other security,
including the conversion price or exchange ratio (or the method of calculating
the same), the conversion or exchange period (or the method of determining the
same), whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory or at the option of the
holder or the Company, provisions for adjustment of the conversion price or the
exchange ratio and provisions affecting conversion or exchange in the event of
the redemption of such Debt Securities, will be set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in the form of one or more
Global Securities that will be deposited with a Depositary or its nominee
identified in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement. In such a case, one or more
Global Securities will
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be issued in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the portion of
the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of the series to
be represented by such Global Security or Securities. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities in definitive registered
form, a Global Security may not be registered for transfer or exchange except
as a whole by the Depositary for such Global Security to a nominee for such
Depositary and except in the circumstances described in the Applicable
Prospectus Supplement (Sections 204 and 305).
The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any portion
of a series of Debt Securities to be represented by a Global Security will be
described in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The First National Bank of Boston is Trustee under the Indentures. The
Trustee performs services for the Company in the ordinary course of business.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK
The following description of the terms of the Preferred Stock sets forth
general terms and provisions of the Preferred Stock to which any Prospectus
Supplement may relate (the "Applicable Prospectus Supplement"). Certain other
terms of any series of the Preferred Stock offered by the Applicable Prospectus
Supplement will be described in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement. The
description of certain provisions of the Preferred Stock set forth below and in
any Prospectus Supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and
qualified in its entirety be reference to the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation"), and the certificate
of designation (a "Certificate of Designation") relating to each series of the
Preferred Stock which will be filed with the Commission and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part at or
prior to the time of the issuance of such series of the Preferred Stock.
GENERAL
The Company has authorized 3,000,000 shares of Serial Preferred Stock,
without par value, of which no shares are currently outstanding. The Board of
Directors has been authorized, subject to certain limitations set forth in the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, to issue shares of Serial
Preferred Stock in one or more series, by resolution providing for the issuance
of such series, and to (i) fix the number of shares which will constitute such
series and the designation thereof, (ii) fix the stated value, if any, of such
series and the consideration for which shares of such series may be issued,
(iii) determine the voting rights of shares of such series, (iv) determine the
terms and conditions, if any, under which such series may be redeemable, (v)
determine
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whether shares of such series will be subject to the operation of a retirement
or sinking fund, (vi) determine the rate of any dividends payable with respect
to shares of such series and any preferences or relations to dividends payable
with respect to shares of other classes of the Company's capital stock, (vii)
determine the rights of shares of such series upon the dissolution of the
Company, (viii) determine if shares of such series are convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of another class or classes of capital stock of the
Company and the rates or prices at which shares of such series are convertible
or exchangeable, and (ix) determine such other preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications of shares of
such series as are not inconsistent with the terms of the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation. To the extent permitted by the resolutions of the Board of
Directors authorizing any such series of Preferred Stock, a duly authorized
committee of the Board of Directors may determine certain of the designations
described above which are made with respect to such series.
The Preferred Stock shall have the dividend, liquidation, redemption and
voting rights set forth below unless otherwise provided in the Applicable
Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular series of the Preferred Stock
offered thereby for the specific terms of such series.
The Preferred Stock will, when issued, be fully paid and nonassessable and
will have no preemptive rights. The rights of the holders of each series of the
Preferred Stock will be subordinate to those of the Company's general creditors.
In the event that the Company issues any Preferred Stock pursuant to the
Applicable Prospectus Supplement, unless otherwise noted in the Applicable
Prospectus Supplement, State Street Bank and Trust Company of Boston,
Massachusetts will be the registrar and transfer agent for such Preferred Stock.
DIVIDEND RIGHTS
Holders of the Preferred Stock of each series will be entitled to receive,
when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, out of funds of
the Company legally available therefor, cash dividends on such dates and at such
rates as are set forth in, or as are determined by the method described in, the
Applicable Prospectus Supplement. Each such dividend will be payable to the
holders of record as they appear on the stock books of the Company on such
record dates, fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company, as specified in
the Applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Such dividends may be cumulative or noncumulative, as provided in the
Applicable Prospectus Supplement. If the Board of Directors of the Company fails
to declare a dividend payable on a dividend payment date on any series of
Preferred Stock for which dividends are noncumulative, then the right to receive
a dividend in respect of the dividend period ending on such dividend payment
date will be lost, and
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the Company will have no obligation to pay any dividend for such period,
whether or not dividends on such series are declared payable on any future
dividend payment dates. Dividends on the shares of each series of Preferred
Stock for which dividends are cumulative will accrue from the date fixed by the
Board of Directors. Unless dividends on all outstanding shares of series of
Preferred Stock having cumulative dividend rights have been fully paid, no
dividend (other than stock dividends) may be paid on the Common Stock or any
other class of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock.
LIQUIDATION PREFERENCES
Unless otherwise specified in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement, in the
event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether
voluntary or involuntary, the holders of each series of the Preferred Stock will
be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company available for
distribution to stockholders, before any distribution of assets is made to the
holders of Common Stock or any other shares of stock of the Company ranking
junior as to such distribution to such series of the Preferred Stock, the amount
(if any) set forth in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement, together with any
unpaid cumulative dividends. If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, the amounts payable with respect to
the Preferred Stock of any series are not paid in full, the holders of the
Preferred Stock of such series and of any other series of equal preference will
share ratably in any such distribution of assets of the Company in proportion to
the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After
payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock of each series that has a
liquidation preference of the full preferential amounts of the liquidating
distribution to which they are entitled, the holders of each such series of the
Preferred Stock will be entitled to no further participation in any distribution
of assets by the Company. A consolidation, merger or sale of substantially all
of the assets of the Company would not be considered a "liquidation" within the
meaning of the foregoing provisions.
REDEMPTION
A series of the Preferred Stock may be redeemable, in whole or from time to
time in part, at the option of the Company, and may be subject to mandatory
redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, in each case upon terms, at
the time and at the redemption prices set forth in the Applicable Prospectus
Supplement. Shares of the Preferred Stock redeemed by the Company will be
restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of
the Company.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE RIGHTS
The terms, if any, on which shares of Preferred Stock of any series may be
exchanged for or converted into shares of Common Stock, or another series of
Preferred Stock, or any other security will be set forth in the Applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Such terms may include provisions for conversion, either
mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at the option of the Company, in
which case the number of shares of Common Stock, the shares of another series of
Preferred
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Stock or the amount of any other securities to be received by the holders of
Preferred Stock would be calculated as of a time and in the manner stated in
the Applicable Prospectus Supplement.
VOTING
So long as there are any shares of Preferred Stock outstanding, the Company
would be prohibited, without the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the
outstanding Preferred Stock, from (i) authorizing a new class of stock which
ranks senior in the payment of dividends or in liquidation preference to the
Preferred Stock, or (ii) altering materially the rights of the Preferred Stock,
unless in either case provision is made for the redemption of all shares of
Preferred Stock at the time outstanding. So long as there are any shares of
Preferred Stock outstanding, without the affirmative vote of at least a majority
of the outstanding Preferred Stock, the Company would be prohibited from
authorizing any class of stock which ranks on a parity as to payment of
dividends or liquidation preference with the Preferred Stock, unless provision
is made for the redemption of all shares of Preferred Stock at the time
outstanding.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMON STOCK
COMMON STOCK
The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance
of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share. As of April
30, 1995, there were 122,686,767 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Each
outstanding share of Common Stock includes a Right to purchase certain Preferred
Stock or other property, but these Rights will not be exercisable or evidenced
separately from the Common Stock prior to the occurrence of certain events, as
described below under "Description of the Common Stock -- Stockholder Rights
Plan."
Subject to the rights of the holders of any Preferred Stock, each holder of
Common Stock on the applicable record date is entitled to receive such dividends
as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available
therefor, and, in the event of liquidation, to share pro rata in any
distribution of the Company's assets after payment of liabilities. Each holder
of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on the
applicable record date on all matters presented to a vote of stockholders. The
outstanding Common Stock is fully paid and non-assessable.
State Street Bank and Trust Company of Boston, Massachusetts is the
registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.
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CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS
The following summary of certain provisions of the Company's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is
subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws which are incorporated by reference
as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
FAIR PRICE PROVISIONS. The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
requires approval by holders of at least 75% of the Company's outstanding voting
stock for mergers and certain other corporate transactions ("Business
Transactions") that involve a beneficial owner of (or person that has announced
an intention to acquire) 10% or more of the voting stock of the Company (a
"Related Person"), unless (i) the transaction has been approved by a majority of
certain directors ("Continuing Directors") who constitute a majority of the
entire Board of Directors of the Company at such time or (ii) certain fair price
criteria and procedural requirements are satisfied. These provisions of the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be amended or repealed only by the
vote of the holders of 75% or more of the voting stock of the Company, or by the
vote of holders of a simple majority of the voting stock of the Company if the
Board of Directors is composed entirely of Continuing Directors and unanimously
approves the amendment or repeal.
A "Continuing Director" is any member of the Board of Directors who is not
an affiliate or associate of the Related Person involved in a particular
Business Transaction and was or becomes a director prior to the time that the
Related Person became a Related Person, or is elected or recommended for
election by the stockholders by a majority of the then Continuing Directors.
The fair price criteria require that in the event of a Business Transaction
in which cash or other consideration would be paid to the Company's
stockholders, (i) the consideration to be received by the stockholders be either
cash or the same type of consideration used by the Related Person to acquire the
largest portion of such Related Person's shares, and (ii) the fair market value
of such consideration to be received per share of Common Stock be not less than
the highest per share price paid by the Related Person in acquiring any Common
Stock of the Company within two years before becoming and while a Related
Person, or if higher the per share price on the date of first public
announcement of the Business Transaction.
The fair price criteria also require that the aggregate amount of cash and
fair market value of other consideration to be received by holders of shares of
voting stock other than Common Stock shall be the higher of: (i) the highest per
share price paid by the Related Person in acquiring such voting stock within two
years before becoming and while a Related Person, or if higher the per share
price on the date of first public
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announcement of the Business Transaction and (ii) the highest preferential
liquidation amount per share to which such voting shares are entitled.
The procedural requirements would not be satisfied if, (i) after a Related
Person became a 10% voting stockholder, the Related Person acquired additional
shares of voting stock of the Company, other than pursuant to a pro rata stock
split or dividend, (ii) before consummation of the Business Transaction, the
Related Person shall have received the benefit of any financial assistance or
tax advantage provided by the Company not shared proportionately with all other
stockholders, (iii) before consummation of the Business Transaction, the Related
Person causes a material change in the Company's business, capital structure or
dividend rates or policy, or (iv) the proposed Business Transaction shall not
have been described in a proxy statement mailed to the Company's stockholders no
later than 30 days prior to the consummation of such transaction, which proxy
statement must prominently set forth any statements any of the Continuing
Directors choose to make with respect to the advisability (or inadvisability) of
the proposed Business Transaction and, if deemed advisable by a majority of the
Continuing Directors, the opinion of an investment bank selected by a majority
of the Continuing Directors as to the fairness (or not) to the Company's
stockholders of the proposed Business Transaction.
CLASSIFICATION OF DIRECTORS; ADVANCE NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS. The Company's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that its Board of
Directors shall be divided into three classes, each class being as nearly equal
in number as possible, and that at each annual meeting of the Company's
stockholders, the successors to the Directors whose terms expire that year shall
be elected for a term of three years. Within the limit of not less than five nor
more than 15 Directors, the number of Directors is fixed by the Board of
Directors. Newly created Directorships and any vacancies on the Board of
Directors are filled by a majority vote of the remaining Directors then in
office, even if less than a quorum. Directors may be removed by the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the
Company, but only for cause.
Any stockholder intending to nominate a person for election as Director at a
meeting of stockholders may do so only if written notice of the stockholder's
intent to make such nomination, including certain related information specified
in the Bylaws, is given to the Secretary of the Company not later than 90 days
or earlier than 120 days in advance of the annual meeting at which the
nomination is to be made (or in the case of a special meeting, not later than
the tenth day following the date on which notice of that meeting is first given
to stockholders).
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
On June 25, 1986 the Board of Directors of the Company adopted a stockholder
rights plan (which was amended with the approval of the Board of
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Directors as of June 22, 1988) providing for a dividend of one Preferred Stock
Purchase Right for each outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company (the
"Rights"). The dividend was distributed on July 8, 1986 to stockholders of
record on that date. Holders of shares of Common Stock issued subsequent to
that date receive the Rights with their shares. The Rights trade automatically
with shares of Common Stock and become exercisable only under certain
circumstances as described below. The Rights are designed to protect the
interests of the Company and its stockholders against coercive takeover
tactics. The purpose of the Rights is to encourage potential acquirers to
negotiate with the Company's Board of Directors prior to attempting a takeover
and to provide the Board with leverage in negotiating on behalf of all
stockholders the terms of any proposed takeover. The Rights may have certain
anti-takeover effects. The Rights should not, however, interfere with any
merger or other business combination approved by the Board of Directors.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder of a Right, as such, will have no
rights as a stockholder of the Company including, without limitation, the right
to vote or receive dividends. Upon becoming exercisable, each Right will entitle
the holder thereof to purchase from the Company one one-hundredth of a share of
Series A Junior Participating Serial Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $180
per Right, subject to adjustment. In general, the Rights will become exercisable
upon the earlier of (i) ten days following a public announcement that a person
or group has acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Company's
outstanding Common Stock (the "Stock Acquisition Date") or (ii) ten business
days (or such later date as the Board of Directors may determine) after the
commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a person
or group beneficially owning 25% or more of the Company's outstanding Common
Stock.
Generally, in the event that a person or group becomes the beneficial owner
of 25% or more of the Company's outstanding Common Stock (a "Flip-In Event"),
each Right, other than Rights owned by the acquirer, will thereafter entitle the
holder to receive, upon exercise of the Right, Common Stock having a value equal
to two times the exercise price of the Right. In the event that, at any time
after the Stock Acquisition Date, the Company is acquired in a merger or other
business combination transaction or more than 50% of the Company's assets or
earning power is sold or transferred (a "Flip-Over Event"), each Right, other
than Rights owned by the acquirer, will thereafter entitle the holder thereof to
receive, upon the exercise of the Right, common stock of the acquirer having a
value equal to two times the exercise price of the Right.
The Rights are redeemable by the Corporation at $.05 per Right (payable in
cash, shares of Common Stock or any other form of consideration, as deemed
appropriate by the Board of Directors) at any time prior to ten days after the
Stock Acquisition Date (or after that time if no Flip-In Event or Flip-Over
Event has occurred, the person or group that caused the Stock Acquisition Date
has reduced its
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ownership of Common Stock, in transactions not directly or indirectly involving
the Company, to 10% or less of the outstanding Common Stock and there is not
then any other person or group beneficially owning 20% or more of the
outstanding Common Stock). The Rights will expire at the close of business on
July 8, 1996, unless earlier redeemed.
The foregoing description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by the description of the Rights contained in the
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 1986, and amended as of June 22, 1988,
between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent,
which is incorporated herein by reference to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed on July 3, 1986 and amended on June 28, 1988.
CERTAIN ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW
The Company is a Delaware corporation and is subject to Section 203 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law. In general, Section 203 prevents an
"interested stockholder" (defined generally as a person owning 15% or more of
the Company's outstanding voting stock) from engaging in a "business
combination" (as defined in Section 203) with the Company (or its majority-owned
subsidiaries) for three years following the date such person became an
interested stockholder unless: (i) before such person became an interested
stockholder, the Company's Board of Directors approved the transaction in which
the interested stockholder became an interested stockholder or approved the
business combination; (ii) upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in
the interested stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested
stockholder owns at least 85% of the Company's voting stock outstanding at the
time the transaction commenced (excluding stock held by directors who are also
officers of the Company and by employee stock plans that do not provide
employees with the rights to determine confidentially whether shares held
subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer); or (iii)
following the transaction in which such person became an interested stockholder,
the business combination is approved by the Company's Board of Directors and
approved at a meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of
at least two-thirds of the Company's outstanding voting stock not owned by the
interested stockholder. Under Section 203, the restrictions described above also
do not apply to certain business combinations proposed by an interested
stockholder following the earlier of the announcement or notification of one of
certain extraordinary transactions involving the Company and a Person who had
not been an interested stockholder during the previous three years or who became
an interested stockholder with the approval of a majority of the Company's
directors, if such extraordinary transaction is approved or not opposed by a
majority of the directors who were directors prior to any person becoming an
interested stockholder during the previous three years or were recommended for
election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the Offered Securities in or outside the United States
through underwriters or dealers, directly to one or more purchasers, or through
agents. The Prospectus Supplement with respect to the Offered Securities will
set forth the terms of the offering of the Offered Securities, including the
name or names of any underwriters, dealers, or agents, the purchase price of the
Offered Securities and the proceeds to the Company from such sale, any delayed
delivery arrangements, any underwriting discounts and other items constituting
underwriters' compensation, the initial public offering price, any discounts or
concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers, and any securities
exchanges on which the Offered Securities may be listed.
If underwriters are used in the sale, the Offered Securities will be
acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time
to time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a
fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale.
The Offered Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting
syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one
or more firms acting as underwriters. The underwriter or underwriters with
respect to a particular underwritten offering of Offered Securities will be
named in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such offering, and if an
underwriting syndicate is used, the managing underwriter or underwriters will be
set forth on the cover of such Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise set forth
in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto, the obligations of the
underwriters or agents to purchase the Offered Securities will be subject to
conditions precedent, and the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the
Offered Securities if any are purchased. The initial public offering price and
any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be
changed from time to time.
If dealers are used in the sale of Offered Securities with respect to which
this Prospectus is delivered, the Company will sell such Offered Securities to
the dealers as principals. The dealers may then resell such Offered Securities
to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealers at the time of
resale. The names of the dealers and the terms of the transaction will be set
forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto.
Offered Securities may be sold directly by the Company or through agents
designated by the Company from time to time at fixed prices, which may be
changed, or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. Any agent involved
in the offer or sale of the Offered Securities with respect to which this
Prospectus is delivered will be named, and any commissions payable by the
Company to such agent will be set forth, in the
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Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Unless otherwise indicated in the
Prospectus Supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for
the period of its appointment.
Offered Securities may be sold directly by the Company to institutional
investors or others, who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of
the Securities Act with respect to any resale thereof. The terms of any such
sales will be described in the Applicable Prospectus Supplement.
In connection with the sale of the Offered Securities, underwriters or
agents may receive compensation from the Company or from purchasers of Offered
Securities for whom they may act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions
or commissions. Underwriters, agents and dealers participating in the
distribution of the Offered Securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any
discounts or commissions received by them from the Company and any profit on the
resale of the Offered Securities by them may be deemed to be underwriting
discounts or commissions under the Securities Act.
If so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, the Company will authorize
agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers from certain types of
institutions to purchase Offered Securities from the Company at the public
offering price set forth in the Prospectus Supplement pursuant to delayed
delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the
future. Such contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the
Prospectus Supplement, and the Prospectus Supplement will set forth the
commission payable for solicitation of such contracts.
Agents, dealers and underwriters may be entitled under agreements entered
into with the Company to indemnification by the Company against certain civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution
with respect to payments that such agents, dealers, or underwriters may be
required to make with respect thereto. Agents, dealers, and underwriters may be
customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for the Company
in the ordinary course of business.
Some or all of the Offered Securities may be new issues of securities with
no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom Offered Securities are
sold by the Company for public offering and sale may make a market in such
Offered Securities, but such underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may
discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be
given as to the liquidity of or the trading markets for any Offered Securities.
Certain of the underwriters, dealers or agents and their affiliates may be
customers of, engage in transactions with, and perform services for, the Company
in the ordinary course of business.
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VALIDITY OF OFFERED SECURITIES
The validity of the Offered Securities will be passed upon for the Company
by Sally F. Cloyd, Assistant General Counsel of the Company, and for any
underwriters by Cravath, Swaine & Moore of New York City. As of the date of
this Prospectus, Ms. Cloyd holds 100 shares and options to acquire 5,600 shares
of Common Stock of the Company.
EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets of Raytheon Company as of December 31, 1994
and 1993 and the related statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1994 and the
related financial statement schedules, incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus, have been incorporated herein in reliance on the reports of Coopers
& Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of that firm
as experts in accounting and auditing. The consolidated financial statements of
E-Systems, Inc. as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and for the three years ended
December 31, 1994, incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been
incorporated herein in reliance on the reports of Ernst & Young LLP,
independent auditors, given on the authority of that firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
The estimated expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of
the securities being registered, other than underwriting compensation, are:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
S.E.C Registration Fee $517,245
Legal Fees and Expenses 75,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses 30,000
Trustee's Fees and Expenses 12,000
Rating Agency Fees 160,000
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses 2,000
Printing and Engraving Fees 90,000
Miscellaneous 13,755
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$900,000
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</TABLE>
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware reads as
follows:
(a) A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
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equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that
his conduct was unlawful.
(b) A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment
in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him
in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication or liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
(c) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a
corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this
section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this
section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of
the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made
(1) by the board of directors by a majority vote of the directors who are
not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a
quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
stockholders.
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(e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or
director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount
if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so
paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the board of directors deems
appropriate.
(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification
or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action
in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office.
(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity,
or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify him against such liability under this section.
(h) For purposes of this section, references, to "the corporation"
shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued,
would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and
employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect
to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to
such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
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(i) For purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises"
shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include
any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit
plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall
include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director,
officer, employee or agent with respect to any employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to
in this section.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive
jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses
or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of
Chancery may summarily determine a corporation's obligations to advance
expenses (including attorneys' fees.)"
Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provides as follows:
Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation
(and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who is or was
made a party to, or is or was involved in, any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is
or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the
request or for the benefit of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, shall be held harmless and
indemnified by the Corporation against any expense, liability or loss
(including, without limitation, judgments, fines, settlement payments and
the expense of legal counsel) incurred by such person in any such capacity
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The right to
indemnification conferred in this Article shall also include the right to be
paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such
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proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law. The Corporation may provide indemnification
to other employees and agents of the Corporation as may be authorized from
time to time by the Board of Directors to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law.
The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or who is or was serving at the
request or for the benefit of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any expense, liability or
loss incurred by such person in any such capacity, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
expense, liability or loss under applicable law.
The rights and authority conferred in this Article shall not be
exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws
of the Corporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise.
Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article nor the adoption
of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or of any
statute inconsistent with this Article shall eliminate or reduce the effect
of this Article in respect of any acts or omissions occurring prior to such
amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
Subparagraph 11 of Article Ninth of Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides as follows:
No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such
director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director
shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for breach of
the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the Delaware
Corporation Law hereafter is amended to authorize, with the approval of the
Corporation's stockholders, further reductions in the liability of a
Corporation's directors for breach of fiduciary duty, then a director of the
Corporation shall not be liable for
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any such breach to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Corporation
Law as so amended. No amendment to alter or repeal this subparagraph 11
shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of
any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions
of such director occurring prior to such amendment.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
(1.1)(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Senior Debt Securities
and the Subordinated Debt Securities
(1.1)(b)* Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Preferred Stock and
Common Stock
(4.1)(a) Form of Indenture relating to Senior Debt Securities
(4.1)(b) Form of Indenture relating to Subordinated Debt Securities
(4.2)(a) Form of Debt Securities relating to Senior Debt Securities
(included in Exhibit 4.1(a))
(4.2)(b) Form of Debt Securities relating to Subordinated Debt
Securities (included in Exhibit 4.1(b))
(4.3) Raytheon Company Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended through July 1, 1987, heretofore filed as an Exhibit to
Registration Statement No. 33-15396, is hereby incorporated by
reference.
(4.4) Raytheon Company Bylaws, as amended through August 22, 1990,
heretofore filed as an Exhibit to Raytheon's Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1990, are hereby incorporated by
reference.
(4.5) On July 3, 1986, the Company filed a Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, which form was amended on June 28, 1988, describing
certain rights that may accrue to stockholders in the event
that a person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 20% or
more of the Company's outstanding capital stock or commences a
tender or exchange offer that would result in such person or
group owning 25% or more of such outstanding capital stock.
Said Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by
reference.
(5)* Opinion of Sally F. Cloyd, Esq.
(12) Statement re computation of ratios
(23.1)* Consent of Sally F. Cloyd, Esq. (to be included in Exhibit (5))
(23.2) Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
(23.3) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
(24) Power of Attorney (Filed herewith - see signature page)
(25) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Senior Trustee and the
Subordinated Trustee
*To be filed by amendment.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(A) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(l)(ii)
do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post- effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(B) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where
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applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement) shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(C) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Lexington, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the
11th day of May, 1995.
RAYTHEON COMPANY
By: /s/ Christoph L. Hoffmann
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Christoph L. Hoffmann
Executive Vice President, Law
and Corporate Administration
and Secretary
We, the undersigned officers and Directors of Raytheon Company, hereby
severally constitute and appoint Peter R. D'Angelo and Kenneth H. Colburn, and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said
Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on
our behalf in our capacities as officers and Directors to enable Raytheon
Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signature as then may be signed by our said attorneys or any of
them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below on May 11, 1995 by the following
persons in the capacities indicated.
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Signature Capacity
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<S> <C>
/s/ Dennis J. Picard Chairman of the Board of Directors and
- ----------------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Dennis J. Picard Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ Peter R. D'Angelo Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- ----------------------------------------------- and Controller (Principal Financial
Peter R. D'Angelo Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Francis H. Burr Director
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Francis H. Burr
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
/s/ Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. Director
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Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
/s/ Barbara B. Hauptfuhrer Director
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Barbara B. Hauptfuhrer
/s/ Richard D. Hill Director
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Richard D. Hill
/s/ James N. Land, Jr. Director
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James N. Land, Jr.
/s/ Thomas L. Phillips Director
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Thomas L. Phillips
/s/ Warren B. Rudman Director
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Warren B. Rudman
/s/ Joseph J. Sisco Director
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Joseph J. Sisco
/s/ Charles F. Adams Director
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Charles F. Adams
Director
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Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld
Director
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Alfred M. Zeien
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT INDEX TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-3
<TABLE>
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EXHIBIT NO. EXHIBIT
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<S> <C>
1.1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Senior Debt Securities
and the Subordinated Debt Securities.
4.1(a) Form of Indenture relating to Senior Debt Securities.
4.1(b) Form of Indenture relating to Subordinated Debt Securities.
4.2(a) Form of Debt Securities relating to Senior Debt Securities
(included in Exhibit 4.1(a)).
4.2(b) Form of Debt Securities relating to Subordinated Debt Securities
(included in Exhibit 4.1(b)).
12 Statement re computation of ratios.
23.2 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24 Power of Attorney (Filed herewith -- see signature page).
25 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Senior Trustee and the
Subordinated Trustee.
</TABLE>
2
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Exhibit 1.1(a)
RAYTHEON COMPANY
Debt Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
1. Introduction. Raytheon Company, a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
proposes to issue and sell from time to time certain of its debt securities
registered under the registration statement referred to in Section 2(a)
("Registered Securities"). The Registered Securities will be issued under an
indenture, dated as of May 15, 1995 ("Indenture"), between the Company and The
First National Bank of Boston, as Trustee, in one or more series, which series
may vary as to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling
prices and other terms, with such terms for any particular series of the
Registered Securities being determined at the time of sale. Particular series
of the Registered Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement
referred to in Section 3 for resale in accordance with terms of offering
determined at the time of sale.
The Registered Securities involved in any such offering are hereinafter
referred to as the "Securities." The firm or firms which agree to purchase
the Securities are hereinafter referred to as the "Underwriters" and the
representative or representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in a
Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the
"Representatives," provided, however, that if the Terms Agreement does not
specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term "Representatives," as
used in this Agreement (other than in Sections 2(b), 5(d) and 6 and the second
sentence of Section 3), shall mean the Underwriters.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents
and warrants to and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 33-______), including a
prospectus, relating to the Registered Securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") and has become
effective. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of any
Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter referred to as
the "Registration Statement," and the prospectus included in such
Registration Statement, as supplemented as contemplated by Section 3 to
reflect the terms of the Securities and the terms of offering thereof, as
first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"),
including all material incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter
referred to as the "Prospectus."
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(b) On the effective date, the Registration Statement conformed in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended ("Trust Indenture Act"), and the rules and
regulations of the Commission ("Rules and Regulations") and did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; and on the date of each Terms
Agreement referred to in Section 3, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and
neither of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the
foregoing does not apply to (i) statements in or omissions from any of
such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company by
any Underwriter through the Representatives, if any, specifically for use
therein or (ii) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes
the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust
Indenture Act.
3. Purchase and Offering of Securities. The obligation of the
Underwriters to purchase the Securities will be evidenced by an exchange of
telegraphic or other written communications ("Terms Agreement") at the time
the Company determines to sell the Securities. The Terms Agreement will
incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement, except as otherwise
provided therein, and will specify the firm or firms which will be
Underwriters, the names of any Representatives, the principal amount to be
purchased by each Underwriter, the purchase price to be paid by the
Underwriters and the terms of the Securities not already specified in the
Indenture, including, but not limited to, interest, maturity, any redemption
provision and any sinking fund requirements and whether any of the Securities
may be sold to institutional investors pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts
(as defined below). The Terms Agreement will also specify the time and date
of delivery and payment (such time and date, or such other time not later than
seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company
agree as the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in the Terms
Agreement referred to as the "Closing Date"), the place of delivery and
payment and any details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in
the prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Securities. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities will be several and
not joint. It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the
Securities for sale as set forth in the Prospectus. Unless the Terms
Agreement specifies that the Securities will be issued in the form of a global
security to be deposited with a depositary, as contemplated by the Indenture,
the securities delivered to the Underwriters on the Closing Date will be in
definitive fully registered form, in such denominations and registered in such
names as the Underwriters may request.
If the Terms Agreement provides for sales of Securities pursuant to
delayed delivery contracts, the Company authorizes the Underwriters to solicit
offers to purchase Securities
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pursuant to delayed delivery contracts substantially in the form of Annex I
attached hereto ("Delayed Delivery Contracts") with such changes therein as the
Company may authorize or approve. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with
institutional investors, including commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable
institutions. On the Closing Date the Company will pay, as compensation, to the
Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters, the fee set forth in such
Terms Agreement in respect of the principal amount of Securities to be sold
pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts ("Contract Securities"). The
Underwriters will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or the
performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. If the Company executes and delivers
Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Contract Securities will be deducted from the
Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter will be
reduced pro rata in proportion to the principal amount of Securities set forth
opposite each Underwriter's name in such Terms Agreement, except to the extent
that the Representatives determine that such reduction shall be otherwise than
pro rata and so advise the Company. The Company will advise the Representatives
not later than the business day prior to the Closing Date of the principal
amount of Contract Securities.
4. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the
several Underwriters that it will furnish to the Representatives one signed
copy of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, in the form in
which it became effective and of all amendments thereto, and that, in
connection with each offering of Securities:
(a) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any
proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and will afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity
to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement; and the Company
will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such
amendment or supplement and of the institution by the Commission of any
stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or of any
part thereof and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the
Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment
or supplement which will correct such statement or omissions or an
amendment which will effect such compliance.
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(c) As soon as practicable after the date of each Terms Agreement,
the Company will make generally available to its security holders an
earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning
after the latest of (i) the effective date of the Registration Statement,
(ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of such
Terms Agreement and (iii) the date of the Company's most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of such
Terms Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of
the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the
Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any related preliminary
prospectus, any related preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus
and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as
soon as available and in such quantities as are reasonably requested.
(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the
Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for
investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives
designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as
required for the distribution.
(f) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement and will reimburse the
Underwriters for any expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with
qualification of the Registered Securities for sale and determination of
their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives may designate and the printing of memoranda relating
thereto, and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the
rating of the Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing the
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectuses and any preliminary prospectus
supplements to underwriters.
(g) For a period beginning at the time of execution of the Terms
Agreement and ending 30 days after the Closing Date, without the prior
consent of the Representatives, the Company will not offer, sell,
contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any United States dollar-
denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and
having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue.
5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations
of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of
the Company herein, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
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(a) On or prior to the date of the Terms Agreement, the
Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery
thereof, of Coopers & Lybrand, covering such matters as are customary for
accountants' "comfort" letters for underwritten transactions of the type
contemplated by the Terms Agreement and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives.
(b) If, at the date of the Terms Agreement, the consolidated
financial statements of E-Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries, referred to in
the report of Ernst & Young LLP dated January 26, 1995, are incorporated
by reference into the Registration Statement, then on or prior to the
date of the Terms Agreement the Representatives shall have received a
letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, of Ernst & Young LLP,
covering such matters relating to such financial statements as are
customary for accountants' "comfort" letters for underwritten
transactions of the type contemplated by the Terms Agreement and in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the "Representatives.
(c) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the
Commission.
(d) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement (i) there
shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business or
properties of the Company or its subsidiaries which, in the judgment of a
majority in interest of the Underwriters, including any Representatives,
materially impairs the investment quality of the Securities or the
Registered Securities; (ii) trading generally shall not 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;
(iii) trading of any securities of the Company shall not have been
suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iv) there
shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been
given of any intended or potential downgrading, 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 Act; (v) no banking moratorium shall have been
declared by Federal or New York authorities; and (vi) there shall not
have occurred any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which
the United States is involved, any declaration of war by Congress or any
other substantial national or international calamity or emergency if, in
the judgment of a majority in interest of the Underwriters, including any
Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or
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emergency makes it impractical to proceed with completion of the sale of
and payment for the Securities.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the
Closing Date, of Sally F. Cloyd, Assistant General Counsel for the
Company, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus; and the Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing
in all other jurisdictions in which it owns or leases substantial
properties or in which the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company;
(ii) The Securities have been duly authorized; the Securities
other than any Contract Securities, when executed and authenticated
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and
paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement), and any Contract
Securities, when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in
the manner provided in the Indenture and sold pursuant to Delayed
Delivery Contracts, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture;
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the
Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this
Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts and the issuance and
sale of the Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions
thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
and provisions of or constitute a default under (A) any order known
to such counsel of any governmental agency having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its properties or any agreement or instrument
known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which
the Company is bound or to which any of the properties of the
Company is subject, which would cause a material adverse change in
the financial position, shareholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company or affect the validity of the Securities
or the legal authority of the Company to comply with the terms of
the Securities, the Indenture or this Agreement or (B) the charter
or by-laws of the Company, and the Company has full power and
authority to authorize, issue and sell the Securities as
contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of
this Agreement).
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(iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (A) as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating
to creditors' rights generally and (B) that the remedy of specific
performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may
be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding therefor may be brought;
(v) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this
Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company; and
(vi) No authorization, approval or consent of any governmental
authority or agency is necessary in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of
this Agreement) except such as may be required under the Act, the
Trust Indenture Act and state securities or Blue Sky laws.
In rendering the foregoing opinion, Ms. Cloyd shall be entitled to assume
that the laws of the State of New York, insofar as they are applicable,
are identical to the laws of the State of Illinois.
In addition, Ms Cloyd shall state that she or others working under her
supervision have participated in conferences with officers and other
representatives of the Company, outside counsel for the Company,
representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company,
and the Underwriters, at which the contents of the Registration Statement
and Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although she is not
passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for, the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, on the basis of the foregoing and on her ongoing
representation of the Company, no facts have come to her attention that
lead her to believe that (i) such registration statement, at the time
such registration statement became effective, or the Registration
Statement, as of the date of the Terms Agreement, or any amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, or (ii) that the Prospectus, as of its date and the
Closing Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the
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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that she
need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements,
schedules and other financial and statistical data included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or
with respect to the Form T-1.
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such
Closing Date, of Bingham, Dana & Gould, counsel for the Company, who may
rely as to the approval or consent of non-Federal governmental
authorities upon the opinion of Sally F. Cloyd, Esq. referred to above,
to the effect that:
(i) The Securities, other than any Contract Securities, and
the Indenture, conform, and any Contract Securities, when executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided in the
Indenture and sold pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, will
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act;
(iii) The Registration Statement has become effective under
the Act, and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
part thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or are pending or contemplated;
(iv) The registration statement relating to the Registered
Securities, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, as of the date of the Terms Agreement, and each
amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective effective or
mailing dates (but excluding the financial statements and schedules
and other financial and statistical data and the Form T-1 included
or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects
with the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations,
as applicable;
(v) Such counsel do not know of any legal or governmental
proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus which are not
described as required, nor of any contracts or documents of a
character required to be described in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
which are not described and filed as required; and
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(vi) No authorization, approval or consent of any governmental
authority or agency is necessary in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of
this Agreement) except such as may be required under the Act, the
Trust Indenture Act and state securities or Blue Sky laws.
In rendering the foregoing opinion, such counsel shall be entitled
to assume that the laws of the state of New York, insofar as they
are applicable, are identical to the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
(g) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine &
Moore, counsel for the Underwriters, to be named in the Terms Agreement,
such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the
validity of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and other related matters as they may require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose
of enabling them to pass upon such matters
(h) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated
the Closing Date, of any vice-president and a principal financial or
accounting officer of the Company in which such officers, to the best of
their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that the
representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true
and correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof
has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted
or are contemplated by the Commission and that, subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus, there has been no
material adverse change in the business, financial position or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set forth in or
contemplated by the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.
(i) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the
Closing Date, of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., which reconfirms the matters
set forth in their letter delivered pursuant to subsection (a) of this
Section and covering such matters as are customary for accountants'
"comfort" letters for underwritten transactions of the type contemplated
by the Terms Agreement and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Representatives. If Ernst & Young LLP shall have delivered a
letter to the Representatives pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section,
the Representatives shall have received a letter, dated the Closing Date,
of Ernst & Young LLP, which reconfirms the matters set forth in their
previous letter and is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Representatives.
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6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus
supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission
to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each
Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable (i) in any such case to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or
alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through
the Representatives, if any, specifically for use therein and (ii) to any
Underwriter (or anyone controlling such Underwriter), with respect to any
preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased
Securities, if a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if
the Company shall have furnished any amendment or supplements thereto) was not
delivered by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if required by
law to have been so delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of the Securities to such person, and if the Prospectus (as so amended or
supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss, claim,
damage or liability.
(b) Each Underwriter will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold
harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary
prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives, if any,
specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses
are incurred.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of
notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise
than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought
against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other
expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action 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 any claims that are the subject matter of such action.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages
or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of
the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the
Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this
subsection (d)
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shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any
action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding
the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at
which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of
the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability
which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon
the same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each
officer of the Company who has signed the Registration Statement and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default
in their obligations to purchase Securities under the Terms Agreement and the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities that such defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total
principal amount of the Securities, the Representatives may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other
persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are
made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated
severally, in proportion to their respective commitments under this Agreement
and the Terms Agreement, to purchase the Securities that such defaulting
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total
principal amount of the Securities and arrangements satisfactory to the
Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Securities by other
persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, such Terms Agreement
will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter
or the Company, except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement,
the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for an Underwriter
under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default. The respective commitments of the several
Underwriters for the purposes of this Section shall be determined without
regard to the reduction in the respective Underwriters' obligations to
purchase the principal amounts
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of the Securities set forth opposite their names in the Terms Agreement as a
result of Delayed Delivery Contracts entered into by the Company.
The foregoing obligations and agreements set forth in this Section will
not apply if the Terms Agreement specifies that such obligations and
agreements will not apply.
8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of
the Company or its officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or
made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made
by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company or any of their respective
representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If the Terms Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if for any reason the purchase of the
Securities by the Underwriters under the Terms Agreement is not consummated,
the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed
by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and
the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If the
purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated 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 (excluding the matters set
forth in Section 5(c)), or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection
with the offering of the Securities.
9. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if
sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed to them at their addresses furnished to the Company in writing for
the purpose of communications hereunder or, if sent to the Company, will be
mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 141 Spring Street,
Lexington, Massachusetts 02173, Attention: General Counsel.
10. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Company and such Underwriters as are identified in Terms
Agreements and their respective successors and the officers and directors and
controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person will have
any right or obligation hereunder.
11. Applicable Law. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Company and such Underwriters as are identified in Terms
Agreements and their respective successors and the officers and directors and
controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person will have
any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Applicable Law. This Agreement and the Terms Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
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_______________________________
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Exhibit 4.1(a)
RAYTHEON COMPANY
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
Trustee
___________________
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
___________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of May 5, 1995
___________________
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Raytheon Company
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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<S> ................................... <C>
Section 310 (a)(1) ................................... 609
(a)(2) ................................... 609
(a)(3) ................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ................................... Not Applicable
(b) ................................... 608
................................... 610
Section 311 (a) ................................... 613
(b) ................................... 613
...................................
Section 312 (a) ................................... 701
................................... 702(a)
(b) ................................... 702(b)
(c) ................................... 702(c)
Section 313 (a) ................................... 703(a)
(b) ................................... 703(a)
(c) ................................... 703(a)
(d) ................................... 703(b)
Section 314 (a) ................................... 704
(a)(4) ................................... 101
................................... 1005
(b) ................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1) ................................... 102
(c)(2) ................................... 102
(c)(3) ................................... Not Applicable
(d) ................................... Not Applicable
(e) ................................... 102
Section 315 (a) ................................... 601
(b) ................................... 602
(c) ................................... 601
(d) ................................... 601
(e) ................................... 514
Section 316 (a) ................................... 101
(a)(1)(A)................................... 502
................................... 512
(a)(2)(B)................................... 513
(a)(2) ................................... Not Applicable
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
(b) ................................... 508
(c) ................................... 104(c)
Section 317 (a)(1) ................................... 503
(a)(2) ................................... 504
(b) ................................... 1004
Section 318 (a) ................................... 107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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<S> <C>
PARTIES .............................................
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY .............................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 101. Definitions ............................
Act ....................................
Affiliate; control .....................
Authenticating Agent ...................
Board of Directors .....................
Board Resolution .......................
Business Day ...........................
Commission .............................
Company ...............................
Company Request; Company Order .........
Company Sale ...........................
Corporate Trust Office .................
Corporation ...........................
Defaulted Interest .....................
Defeasable Covenant ....................
Depositary .............................
Event of Default .......................
Exchange Act ...........................
Funded Debt ............................
GAAP ...................................
Global Security ........................
Holder .................................
Indebtedness ...........................
Indenture ..............................
Interest ...............................
Interest Payment Date ..................
Lien ...................................
Maturity ...............................
Officers' Certificate ..................
Opinion of Counsel .....................
Original Issue Discount Security .......
Outstanding ............................
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be a part of the Indenture.
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<TABLE>
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Paying Agent .....................................
Person ...........................................
Permitted Receivables Program ....................
Place of Payment .................................
Predecessor Security .............................
Principal property ...............................
Redemption Date ..................................
Redemption Price .................................
Regular Record Date ..............................
Responsible Officer ..............................
Securities .......................................
Security Register; Security Registrar ............
Significant Subsidiary ...........................
Special Record Date ..............................
Stated Maturity ..................................
Stockholders' Equity .............................
Subsidiary .......................................
Trustee ..........................................
Trust Indenture Act ..............................
Vice President ...................................
Yield to Maturity ................................
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .............
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee ...........
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates ....................
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company ............
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver ........................
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act ................
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .........
Section 109. Successors and Assigns ...........................
Section 110. Separability Clause ..............................
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture ............................
Section 112. Governing Law ....................................
Section 113. Legal Holidays ...................................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 201. Forms Generally ..................................
Section 202. Form of Face of Security .........................
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security ......................
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities .............
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication ..
</TABLE>
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part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..................
Section 302. Denominations.........................................
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating........
Section 304. Temporary Securities..................................
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange...
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities......
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved........
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.................................
Section 309. Cancellation..........................................
Section 310. Computation of Interest...............................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...............
Section 402. Application of Trust Money............................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 501. Events of Default.....................................
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment....
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee............................................
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim......................
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities......................
Section 506. Application of Money Collected........................
Section 507. Limitation on Suits...................................
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest..................................
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies....................
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative........................
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver..........................
Section 512. Control by Holders....................................
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults...............................
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.................................
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws......................
</TABLE>
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part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities..................
Section 602. Notice of Defaults...................................
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee............................
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities...............................
Section 605. May Hold Securities..................................
Section 606. Money Held in Trust..................................
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.......................
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests..............
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility..............
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor....
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...............
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business............................
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company....
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent..................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names
and Addresses of Holders.............................
Section 702. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders............................
Section 703. Reports by Trustee...................................
Section 704. Reports by Company...................................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms................................
Section 802. Successor Corporation to be Substituted..............
Section 803. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee...............
</TABLE>
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part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders....
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.......
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..................
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.....................
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...................
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures....
</TABLE>
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest............
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.......................
Section 1003. Vacancy in the Office of Trustee......................
Section 1004. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.....
Section 1005. Liens.................................................
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.........
Section 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default...................
Section 1008. Existence.............................................
</TABLE>
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 1101. Applicability of Article..............................
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.................
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.....
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption..................................
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...........................
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.................
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...........................
</TABLE>
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part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 1201. Applicability of Article................................
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...............
</TABLE>
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Section 1301. Applicability of Article; Company's Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge................................
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.....................................
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.........
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to be Held in Trust.....................................
Section 1306. Reinstatement...........................................
</TABLE>
TESTIMONIUM..............................................................
SIGNATURES AND SEALS.....................................................
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..........................................................
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NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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[FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE]
INDENTURE, dated as of May 15, 1995, between Raytheon Company, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the "Company"), having its principal offices at 141 Spring
Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173, and The First National Bank of Boston,
a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture
provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSTH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate
benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. 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;
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(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 generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
"generally accepted accounting principles" with respect to any computation
required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted at the date of such computation; 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", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies or such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the term "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of
one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or
any duly authorized committee of that board or any directors or officers of the
Company to whom such board of directors shall have delegated its authority to
act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board
of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment 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 Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
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"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean
such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President
or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Company Sale" has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasable Covenant" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable
or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the
Person designated as Depositary for such series by the Company pursuant to
Section 301, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Depositary", as used with respect to the Securities of any series, shall mean
the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as it may be
amended and any successor act thereto.
"Funded Debt" of any Person means all Indebtedness of such Person that will
mature, pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or prepayment provision or
otherwise, and all installments of Indebtedness that will fall due, more than
one year from the date of determination. In calculating the maturity of any
Indebtedness, there shall be included the
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term of any unexercised right of the debtor to renew or extend such
Indebtedness existing at the time of determination.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis.
"Global Security" means a Security bearing the legend prescribed in Section
204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities) evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, authenticated and
delivered to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in
the name of such Depositary or nominee.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indebtedness" of any Person shall mean, as at any date of determination,
all indebtedness (including capitalized lease obligations) of such Person and
its consolidated subsidiaries at such date that would be required to be
included as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including,
for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental indenture, the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and
govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The
term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular series of
Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset of any Person, (i) any mortgage,
deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest in or on
such asset, (ii) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
relating to such asset and (iii) in the case of securities that constitute
assets of such Person, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third
party with respect to such securities.
"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
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or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President or a Vice President, Chief Financial Officer or Controller
and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1005 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an
amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated
in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent)
for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to
be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities as to which defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 1302; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 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, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof
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that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the
principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301 on the date of original issuance of
such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance
of such security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such
Security, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities
which 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 or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Permitted Receivables Program" means any receivables securitization
program pursuant to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries sells accounts
receivable to any non-Affiliate in a "true sale" transaction; provided,
however, that any related indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase of such
accounts receivable is not includible on the balance sheet (excluding the
footnotes thereto) of the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP
and applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any series,
means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by
Section 301.
"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 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means, (i) the Company's principal office building and
(ii) any manufacturing plant or principal research facility of the Company or
any Significant Subsidiary which is located within the United States of America
or Canada, except any such principal office building, plant or facility which
the Board of Directors by resolution declares
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is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Company
and its Subsidiaries as an entirety.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any other officer of
the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Subsidiary that would be a
"Significant Subsidiary" at such time, as such term is defined in Regulation
S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as in effect on May
15, 1995.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Stockholders' Equity" means, at any date of determination, the
stockholders' equity at such date of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Subsidiary" means a Person (other than an individual or a government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof) more than 50% of the outstanding
voting interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by
one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries.
"Successor Company" has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
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"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this Instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of
that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president (but shall not include any assistant vice president),
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after
the title "vice president".
"Yield to Maturity", when used with respect to any Original Issue Discount
Security shall mean the yield to maturity, if any, set forth in the prospectus
supplement relating thereto, which shall be equal to the yield to maturity, if
any, set forth on the face of such Security.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of
an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
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(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(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 (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee
and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder,
including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make,
give or take, by a proxy,
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or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided or permitted in
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that
is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the
beneficial owners of interest in any such Global Security.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of
such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date
of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the
Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the
Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the
Trust Indenture Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or
take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act, or to vote on any action authorized or permitted to be given
or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the
Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such
series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of
any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or
vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list
of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 701) prior to such
first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record
date for action to be taken by the Holders of one or more series of
Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such series on such date (or
their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give or take, or vote
on, the relevant action.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
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) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled
hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any
particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the
principal amount of such Security or by one or more
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duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment
with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
Section 105. 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 if made, given, furnished or filed
in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in
the first paragraph of this instrument, marked "Attention: General
Counsel", or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the
Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for any notice to Holders, such notice shall
be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in
writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled to
receive such notice, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not
later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if
any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of
any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any
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provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or
to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or
Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section))
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided
that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form
set forth in this Article, or in such other 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, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]
RAYTHEON COMPANY
______________________________________
No._________ $__________
Raytheon Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal
sum of __________________ [Dollars] on _____________, ______ [if the Security is
to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- , and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, semi-annually on __________ and ___________ in each year,
commencing _________, at the rate of ___% per
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annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if
applicable, insert -- , and (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of __% per annum on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the ______ or ______ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as
more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
- -- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of
a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at
Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall
bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date
of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made
or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on
demand shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue
from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest
has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if
applicable, insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose [in ____________]
in such coin or currency of [the United States of America] [insert other
currency, if applicable] as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts [if applicable, insert -- ; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed
by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:_____________________________
Attest:
_____________________
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of
the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1995 (herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights,
limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is
one of the series designated on the face hereof[, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $ ________].
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject
to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert
- -- (1) on ___________ in any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with
the year ____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time on
or after _________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the
Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount): If redeemed [on or before ___________, __%, and if redeemed]
during the 12-month period beginning _________ of the years indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ---------- ---- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on _______
in any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with the year ____ through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or
after ____________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at
the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the
sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in
the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning ___________
of the years indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Price Redemption Price For
For Redemption Redemption Otherwise
Through Operation Than Through Operation
Year of the Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ------------------- ----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Date referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior
to________ redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2)
of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than ___% per annum.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption
on ________ in each year beginning with the year ____ and ending with the
year of____ [not less than $_________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more
than] $________ aggregate principal
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amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or
redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund
payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments
otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert -- in the inverse order in
which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption. insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert -- This Security is not subject to
redemption prior to maturity.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of [(a)] (the entire indebtedness evidenced by this
Security] [and (b)] [certain restrictive covenants,] [in each case] upon
compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which
provisions apply to this Security.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to [-- insert formula
for determining the amount]. Upon payment [if applicable, insert -- (i)] of
the amount of principal so declared due and payable [if applicable, insert --
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable)], all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of
the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall
terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as
a single class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders
of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and
of
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any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $ ______ and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Security.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
the Securities evidenced thereby, any Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
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"This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a
Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred
to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name
of, any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no
such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances
described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of,
this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing,
except in such limited circumstances."
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOSTON
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As Trustee
By:
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers'
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any
other series);
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(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or
1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of
the series shall be issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency
of the United States of America and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
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(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined
by reference to an index or formula, the manner in which such amounts
shall be determined;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities
of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and
the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) the application, if any, of either or both of Section
1302 and Section 1303 to the Securities of the series;
(15) whether the Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such
Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than
those set forth in Section 305 in which any such Global Security may
be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities
registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer
may be registered;
(16) if other than as specified in Section 501, the events
of default applicable with respect to the Securities of the series;
(17) if other than as specified in Section 502, the events
of default the occurrence of which would permit the declaration of the
acceleration of maturity pursuant to Section 502;
(18) any other covenant or warranty included for the
benefit of Securities of the series in addition to (and not
inconsistent with) those included in this Indenture for the benefit of
Securities of all series, or any other covenant or warranty included
for the benefit of Securities of the series in lieu of any covenant or
warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of
all series, or any provision that any covenant or warranty included in
this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series shall not
be for the benefit of Securities of such series, or any combination of
such covenants, warranties or provisions; and
(19) any other term of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901(5)).
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All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section
303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of a series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered
form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under
its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities 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. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have
been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted
by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that
such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
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(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that
such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the
preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an
Authorized Officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by
the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture
such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
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produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such
series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and
tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is
hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of
any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon
surrender of the securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee)
be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not
involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section
1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise
specified or contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 or Sections 304, 906 and 1107 for
Securities registered in the name of, and no transfer of a Global Security of
any series may be registered to, any Person other than the Depositary for such
Security or its nominee, unless (1) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or (B) ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act, (2) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that
such Global Security shall be so exchangeable and the transfer thereof so
registerable, or (3) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default, or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Default, with respect to the Securities evidenced by such Global
Security. Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security of any series
of any one or more of the conditions specified in clause (1), (2) or (3) of the
preceding sentence or such other conditions as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such series, such Global Security may be exchanged for
Securities registered in the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security
may be registered to, such Persons (including Persons other than the Depositary
with respect to such series and its nominees) as such Depositary shall direct.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, any Global Security shall also be a Global Security and
shall bear the legend specified in Section 204 except for any Security
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or upon registration of transfer
of, a Global Security pursuant to the preceding sentence.
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted
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Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant
Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided
in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security
of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close
of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a 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 Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of
as directed by a Company Order.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer
or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
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(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1004) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium 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 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614, and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B)
of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402
and the last paragraph of Section 1004, shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1004, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in
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accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company
acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any particular series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) default in the due and punctual payment of any
installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that series as
and when the same shall become due and payable and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that
series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at
Maturity, by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or
otherwise; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(d) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or
perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Company set forth in the Securities of that series or in this
Indenture (other than those set forth exclusively in the terms of
Securities of any series other than that series, or those which have
been included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of any
series other than that series) continued for a period of 60 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the
time Outstanding, a written notice specifying such failure and
requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the entry of a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises granting relief in respect of the Company
in an involuntary case under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law adjudging
the Company as being bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
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filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, custodian,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Company, or of any substantial part of its properties, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days; or
(f) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be
adjudicated as being bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the
Company to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against it, or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or
consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law,
or the consent by the Company to the filing of any such petition or to
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company, or
of any substantial part of its properties, or the making by the
Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the
Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
In case one or more of the Events of Default specified in
Section 501 shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any
particular series of Securities, then and in each and every such case, unless
the principal of all of the Securities of that series shall have already become
due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding
hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), may declare the principal or, in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities, such amount of principal as may be provided for in such Securities,
of all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and
upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due
and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series
contained to the contrary notwithstanding. This provision, however, is subject
to the condition that if, at any time after such principal or such amount of
principal, as the case may be, shall have been so declared due and payable, and
before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been
obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall
deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon all Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) any and all Securities of that series which shall have become due
otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of
interest (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) and on such principal (and premium, if any) at the rate of
interest prescribed therefor by such Securities, to the date of such payment or
deposit) and the expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees of its
counsel, and
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any and all defaults under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the
series, other than the nonpayment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
accrued interest on the Securities of that series which shall have become due
by acceleration shall have been remedied -- then and in every such case the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that
series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee,
may waive all defaults and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall affect any subsequent default, or shall impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon written demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to
the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest
on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate
or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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 rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the
Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding; provided, however, the Trustee may vote on behalf of the Holders
for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a
member of a creditors' or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be
for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal
or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607; and
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SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any
such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing 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 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity
or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption,
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on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
Section 509. 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 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time
to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to
such series and its consequences except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent
of the Holder of each Outstanding security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in
such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the
Company.
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
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ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, 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. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series
notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture
Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(d) with respect to Securities of such series, no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate, except that in the case of any such Officers' Certificate
which by
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any provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon, except that in the case of any such Opinion of Counsel which
by any provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may
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become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613,
may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or
such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such
and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and its
Corporate Trust Office in the United States or any State or Territory thereof
or the District of Columbia and subject to supervision or
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examination by Federal or State authority. If such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 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 Trustee may be removed at any time with respect
to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608
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
609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
be adjudged as being bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, 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.
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(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company,
by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood
that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only
one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall
comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. 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 611, 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 611, 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. 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 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one of more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute
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and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee
shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as
shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in,
each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring
Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any 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.
(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 this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate
trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
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Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 614. 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 and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery
of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication,
such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times
be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to act as 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 authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating
Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a
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termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may
appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to
which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear
in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers
and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally
named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to
the provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOSTON
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As Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee:
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(a) semi-annually, not later then June 30 and December 31
in each year, a list for each series of Securities, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding June 15 or
December 15, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 15 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than
10 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar, if it is acting as such.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar, if it is acting as such. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) The rights of the Holders to communicate with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall
be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason
of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant thereto. To the extent that any such report is required by the Trust
Indenture Act with respect to any 12-month period, such report shall cover the
12-month period ending May 15 and shall be transmitted by the next succeeding
July 15.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
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Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission,
and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and
such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act
at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any
such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company may Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
into any other Person, or successive consolidations or mergers in which the
Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall
prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the
Company as an entirety to any other Person authorized to acquire and operate
the same (with each of the foregoing transactions referred to as a "Company
Sale"); provided, however, (i) that the Person formed by such consolidation
or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by
conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety (the "Successor Company") shall be a
corporation, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii)
the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, as a condition precedent to any
such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all of the
Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by
the Seccessor Company and (iii) the Company shall not be permitted to effect
any Company Sale if the completion of such Company Sale would create an Event
of Default or an event under this Indenture which, with the passage of time or
the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.
Section 802. Successor Corporation to Be Substituted.
In case of any such Company Sale, such Successor Company shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it
had been named herein as the Company. Such Successor Company thereupon may
cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of
Raytheon Company or in the name of any corporation which previously shall have
become the Company in accordance with the
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provisions of this Article any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder,
which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to
the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the
Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, any
Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities
which such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered
to the Trustee for that purpose. All of the Securities of a particular series
so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this
Indenture as the Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter issued in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities
had been issued at the date or the execution hereof.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities shall prevent the Company from merging into itself any other Person
or acquiring by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any
other Person.
Section 803. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to Sections 601 and 603, may receive an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this
Article.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
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; or
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(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities,
provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall
neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of
such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such
Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective
only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to establish the terms upon which the Securities of
one or more series may be convertible into, or exchangeable for,
shares of common stock or preferred stock or other securities of the
Company; or
(9) 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 611(b); or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action
pursuant to this clause (10) shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as a single class), by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of each such
series under this Indenture; provided, however that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or
any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount
of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where,
or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or
interest thereon is payable or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or
Section 513, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, provided, however, that this Clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this
Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(9).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but
shall not 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 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each
series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series
in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Interest on
Securities shall be payable without presentment of such Securities, and only to
the registered Holders thereof determined as provided in Section 307. The
Company shall have the right to require a Holder, in connection with the
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on a Security, to
present at the office or agency of the Company at which such payment is made a
certificate, in such form as the Company may from time to time prescribe, to
enable the Company to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any
taxes, assessments or governmental charges which it may be required to deduct
or withhold therefrom under any present or future law of the United States of
America or of any State, County, municipality or taxing or withholding
authority therein, and the Company shall be entitled to determine its duties
and liabilities with respect to such deduction or withholding on the basis of
information contained in such certificate or, if no such certificate shall be
so presented, on the basis of any presumption created by any such law, and
shall be entitled to act in accordance with such determination.
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
So long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Company will
maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive
all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any
series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Vacancy in the Office of Trustee.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in
the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Article Six, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 1004. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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 any premium or interest on 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 and any premium and interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of
or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a
Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure
so to act.
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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 (i) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and
(ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of
the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee,
forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, 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.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable
shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security
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 Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1005. Liens.
Except as hereinafter provided in this Section 1005, so long as the
Securities of any series are Outstanding, the Company will not, and will not
permit any Significant Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist
any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any
person, including any Significant Subsidiary) now owned or hereafter acquired
by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, without
making effective provision, and the Company convenants that in any such case it
will make, or cause the applicable Significant Subsidiary to make, effective
provision, whereby the Securities of any series then or thereafter Outstanding
shall be secured by such
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Lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness
thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and indebtedness shall
be so secured.
Nothing in this Section 1005 shall be construed to prevent the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary from creating, incurring, assuming or permitting
to exist any Lien of the following character, to all of which the provisions of
the first paragraph of this Section 1005 shall not be applicable:
(a) Liens on property or assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof, provided that such Liens shall secure
only those obligations which they secure as of the date hereof;
(b) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that (i) such
Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition
and (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves, to the extent required by GAAP, have been set aside;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialsmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and
securing obligations that are not due and payable or which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves, to the extent required by GAAP, have been set aside;
(e) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business
in compliance with workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security laws or regulations;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than capital leases), statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, advance payment bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(g) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on
use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary
course of business which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and
do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(h) Liens upon any property acquired, constructed or improved by
the Company or any Subsidiary which are created or incurred within 360 days of
such acquisition, construction or improvement to secure or provide for the
payment of any part of the purchase price of such property or the cost of such
construction or improvement, including
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carrying costs (but no other amounts), provided that any such Lien shall not
apply to any other property of the Company or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens on the property or assets of any Subsidiary in favor of
the Company;
(j) extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in
paragraphs (a) through (i) of this Section 1005, provided that any such
extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or
assets covered by the Lien extended, renewed or replaced and that the
obligations secured by any such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be
in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the Lien
extended, renewed or replaced;
(k) any Lien, of the type described in clause (iii) of the
definition of the term "Lien", on securities imposed pursuant to an agreement
entered into for the sale or disposition of such securities pending the closing
of such sale or disposition; provided such sale or disposition is otherwise
permitted under this Indenture;
(l) Liens arising in connection with any Permitted Receivables
Program (to the extent the sale by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of
its accounts receivable is deemed to give rise to a Lien in favor of the
purchaser thereof in such accounts receivable or the proceeds thereof);
(m) Liens on the capital stock or assets of any Subsidiary that is
not a Significant Subsidiary; and
(n) Liens to secure Indebtedness if, immediately after the grant
thereof, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens that would
not be permitted but for this clause (n) does not exceed 15% of the
Stockholders' Equity as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet
of the Company and the Subsidiaries filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
So long as the Securities of any Series are Outstanding, the Company
will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or
transfer any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
thereafter rent back or lease such Principal Property; provided, however, that
this Section 1006 shall not prevent the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
from;
(a) entering into any transaction not involving a lease with a
term of more than three (3) years;
(b) entering into any transaction to the extent the Lien on any
such property subject to such sale and leaseback would be permitted under
Section 1005;
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(c) entering into any transaction for the sale and leaseback of
any property if such lease is entered into within 180 days after the later of
the acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of operation of
such property; and
(d) entering into any sale and leaseback transaction if the
Company or such Significant Subsidiary within 120 days after the effective date
of the lease, applies an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of
the sale of the property leased in such sale and leaseback transaction or (ii)
the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors)
of such property on any date within 90 days prior to the effective date of the
lease, to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement
of Funded Debt of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary shall be reduced by:
(1) the principal amount of any Securities surrendered to
the Trustee by the Company for cancellation within 120 days after the
effective date of the lease, and
(2) the principal amount of Funded Debt other than
Securities voluntarily retired by the Company within 120 days after
the effective date of the lease; and
provided further that no retirement referred to in this clause (d) may be
effected by payment on the final maturity date or pursuant to any mandatory
sinking fund or prepayment provision.
Section 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of
any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1008. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises to carry on its
business; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1008 shall prevent
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company, or any conveyance, transfer or
lease of its property and assets substantially as an entirety, permitted by
Article Eight, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company after such
conveyance, transfer or lease of its property and assets substantially as an
entirety permitted by Article Eight.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall,
at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of
such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to
be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed in accordance with this Article (unless all of the Securities of such
series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities
to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair
and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
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. If less than all of the Securities
of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series
and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the
preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities
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redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount
of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address
appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the
particular securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and
accrued interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such
Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest,
if any, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall
be irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1004) an
amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the
Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the
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payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall
cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in
accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, installments of interest 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, required as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the
Security Registrar so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing),
and the Company shall execute, and the Security Registrar shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. 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 301 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 1202. 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.
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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to 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 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 90 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 1202 and will also deliver to the
Security Registrar any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 60 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 1103 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 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1105, 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1301. Applicability of Article; Company's Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
If pursuant to Section 301 provision is made for either or
both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1302 or (b)
covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1303, then the
provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the
other provisions of this Article Thirteen, shall be applicable to the
Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board
Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect
to have either Section 1302 (if applicable) or Section 1303 (if applicable) be
applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article Thirteen.
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Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to
this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and
after the date the conditions precedent set forth below 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 the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company,
shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the
following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of such series
to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1305 as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002
and 1004 and such obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the
Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Thirteen. Subject to compliance with
this Article Thirteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section
1302 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1303 with
respect to the Securities of such series. Following a defeasance, payment of
the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of
Default.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to
this Section and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied,
the Company shall be released from its obligations under any additional or
substitute covenant established with respect to the Securities of any series
pursuant to Section 301(18) if the Securities of such series have been
determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision (with any
such additional or substitute covenant referred to herein as a "Defeasable
Covenant"), and the occurrence of an event specified in Section 501(d) with
respect to such Defeasable Covenant shall not be deemed to be an Event of
Default with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series (hereinafter,
"covenant defeasance"). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that,
with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series, 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 Defeasable Covenant whether directly or
indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Defeasable
Covenant or by reason of any reference in any such Defeasable Covenant to any
other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. Following a
covenant defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(e) or
Section 501(f) or by reference to Section 501(d) and such Defeasable Covenant.
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Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions precedent to application
of either Section 1302 or Section 1303 to the outstanding Securities of such
series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying
the requirements of Section 609 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article Thirteen applicable to it) as trust funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or
(B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment
of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient,
without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which
shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
the outstanding Securities of such series on the Maturity of such
principal, premium, if any, or interest and any mandatory sinking fund
payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding
Securities of such series on the due dates thereof. Before such a
deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee
for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in
accordance with Article Eleven, which shall be given effect in
applying the foregoing. For this purpose, "U.S. Government
Obligations" means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of such 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 U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing
(A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as subsections 501(e)
and (f) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the
91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the
day following the
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expiration of the longest preference period applicable to the Company
in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in
this Clause (B) shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of
such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (A)
cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 608 or for purposes of the
Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Company or
(B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute,
unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
cause any Securities of such series then listed on any registered
national securities exchange under the Exchange Act to be delisted.
(6) In the case of an election under Section 1302, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of Counsel
stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) 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 the
outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.
(7) In the case of an election under Section 1303, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject
to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance
had not occurred.
(8) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be
effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or
limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection
therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(9) The Company shall have paid, or provided for the
payment of, the fees and expenses of the Trustee payable pursuant to
Section 607.
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(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance
under Section 1302 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1303 (as
the case may be) have been complied with.
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1004, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee --
collectively, for purposes of this Section 1305, the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 1304 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be
held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of
such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums
due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304
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 an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance.
Section 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with Section 1305 by reason of any order or judgment or any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Company's obligations under the Securities of such
series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article Thirteen until such time as the Trustee or Paying
Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 1305;
provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any such Security 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 money held by the
Trustee or the Paying Agent.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOSTON
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
) ss.: Lexington
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX )
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On the _______day of May, 1995, before me personally came
______________, to me known, who, being by as duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is ______________ of Raytheon Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors
of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
) ss.: Canton
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
On the _________ day of May, 1995, before me personally came
_____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is a ______________________ of The First National Bank of Boston, a
national banking association described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that he knows the seal of said association; that the seal affixed
to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority
of the Board of Directors of said association, and that he signed his name
thereto by like authority.
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Exhibit 4.1(b)
RAYTHEON COMPANY
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
Trustee
_______________________
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
_______________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of May 15, 1995
_______________________
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Raytheon Company
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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Section 310 (a)(1).................................................. 609
(a)(2).................................................. 609
(a)(3).................................................. Not Applicable
(a)(4).................................................. Not Applicable
(b)..................................................... 608
....................................................... 610
Section 311 (a)..................................................... 613
(b)..................................................... 613
Section 312 (a)..................................................... 701
....................................................... 702(a)
(b)..................................................... 702(b)
(c)..................................................... 702(c)
Section 313 (a)..................................................... 703(a)
(b)..................................................... 703(a)
(c)..................................................... 703(a)
(d)..................................................... 703(b)
Section 314 (a)..................................................... 704
(a)(4).................................................. 101
....................................................... 1005
(b)..................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1).................................................. 102
(c)(2).................................................. 102
(c)(3).................................................. Not Applicable
(d)..................................................... Not Applicable
(e)..................................................... 102
Section 315 (a)..................................................... 601
(b)..................................................... 602
(c)..................................................... 601
(d)..................................................... 601
(e)..................................................... 514
Section 316 (a)..................................................... 101
(a)(1)(A)............................................... 502
....................................................... 512
(a)(2)(B)............................................... 513
(a)(2).................................................. Not Applicable
(b)..................................................... 508
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(c)..................................................... 104(c)
Section 317 (a)(1).................................................. 503
(a)(2).................................................. 504
(b)..................................................... 1004
Section 318 (a)..................................................... 107
</TABLE>
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 101. Definitions
Act
Affiliate; control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Authenticating Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Board Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Company Request; Company Order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Company Sale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporate Trust Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defaulted Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Defeasable Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depositary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Event of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exchange Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Funded Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GAAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Holder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indebtedness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maturity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Opinion of Counsel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Original Issue Discount Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Permitted Receivables Program . . . . . . . . . . . .
Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Place of Payment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Predecessor Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Principal Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redemption Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Security Register; Security . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Senior Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Significant Subsidiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stockholders' Equity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Subsidiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vice President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yield to Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. . . . . . . . .
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. . . . . . . .
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . .
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . .
Section 108. Effect of Headings and table of Contents. . . . . . .
Section 109. Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 110. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 112. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 113. Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 202. Form of Face of Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security of Authentication . . . .
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Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities. . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. . . . . . .
Section 304. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . . . .
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. . . . . .
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. . . . . . .
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 309. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 310. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . . . . .
Section 402. Application of Trust Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. . . . .
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Without Possession of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 506. Application of Money Collected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 507. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive . . . . . . . . .
Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.......................................
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.........................................
Section 512. Control by Holders...................................................
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults..............................................
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs................................................
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.....................................
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.................................
Section 602. Notice of Defaults..................................................
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee...........................................
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..............
Section 605. May Hold Securities.................................................
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.................................................
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement......................................
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.............................
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.............................
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...................
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..............................
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business..............................................
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company...................
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.................................
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names
and Addresses of Holders.............................................
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders...............
Section 703. Reports by Trustee...................................................
Section 704. Reports by Company...................................................
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms.........................................
Section 802. Successor Corporation to be Substituted.......................
Section 803. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee........................
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders............................................
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...............
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..........................
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures..............................
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act............................
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.............
Section 907. Subordination Unimpaired.......................................
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.....................
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................
Section 1003. Vacancy in the Office of Trustee...............................
Section 1004. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust..............
Section 1005. Liens..........................................................
Section 1006 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions..................
Section 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default............................
Section 1008. Existence......................................................
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.......................................
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee..........................
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed..............
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption...........................................
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price....................................
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date..........................
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.......................................
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities.......................................
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund......................
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1301. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness..................
Section 1302. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.................
Section 1303. Prior Payment to Senior Indebtedness Upon
Acceleration of Securities.....................................
Section 1304. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness In Default.................
Section 1304. Payment Permitted if No Default................................
Section 1306. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior
Indebtedness...................................................
Section 1307. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights....................
Section 1308. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination............................
Section 1309. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions..........................
Section 1310. Notice to Trustee..............................................
Section 1311. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate
of Liquidating Agent...........................................
Section 1312. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness............................................
Section 1313. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior
Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee's Rights.................
Section 1314. Article Applicable to Paying Agents............................
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1401. Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance..............................
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Section 1402. Defeasance and Discharge....................................
Section 1403. Covenant Defeasance.........................................
Section 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............
Section 1405. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to be Held in Trust;........................................
Section 1406. Reinstatement...............................................
TESTIMONIUM..................................................................
SIGNATURES AND SEALS.........................................................
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..............................................................
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[FORM OF SUBORDINATED INDENTURE]
INDENTURE, dated as of May 15, 1995, between Raytheon Company, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the "Company"), having its principal offices at 141 Spring
Street, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173, and The First National Bank of Boston,
a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein
called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of
the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSTH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. 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;
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(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 generally
accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein
expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation; 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", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies or such Person, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the term "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board or any directors or
officers of the Company to whom such board of directors shall have delegated
its authority to act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly
adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the
date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of
Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is
not a day on which
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banking institutions in that Place of Payment 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 Exchange Act, or, if at any
time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its
President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Company Sale" has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasable Covenant" has the meaning specified in Section
1403.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such series by the Company
pursuant to Section 301, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
"Depositary", as used with respect to the Securities of any series, shall mean
the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series.
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"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as it
may be amended and any successor act thereto.
"Funded Debt" of any Person means all Indebtedness of such
Person that will mature, pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund or prepayment
provision or otherwise, and all installments of Indebtedness that will fall
due, more than one year from the date of determination. In calculating the
maturity of any Indebtedness, there shall be included the term of any
unexercised right of the debtor to renew or extend such Indebtedness existing
at the time of determination.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a consistent basis.
"Global Security" means a Security bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities) evidencing all or part of a series of
Securities, authenticated and delivered to the Depositary for such series or
its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Indebtedness" of any Person shall mean, as at any date of
determination, all indebtedness (including capitalized lease obligations) of
such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries at such date that would be
required to be included as a liability on a consolidated balance sheet
(excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue
Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means
interest payable after Maturity.
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"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset of any Person, (i) any
mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge or security interest
in or on such asset, (ii) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing) relating to such asset and (iii) in the case of securities that
constitute assets of such Person, any purchase option, call or similar right of
a third party with respect to such securities.
"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 or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer or Controller and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant
to Section 1005 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee
or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that,
if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
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been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities as to which defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 1402; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section
306 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, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to
be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due
and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall
be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 301 on the date of original issuance of such Security,
of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such
security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security,
and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities
which 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 or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Company.
"Permitted Receivables Program" means any receivables
securitization program pursuant to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
sells accounts receivable to any non-Affiliate in a "true sale" transaction;
provided, however, that any related indebtedness incurred to finance the
purchase of such accounts receivable is not includible
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on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of the Company or any
Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP and applicable regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"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 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means, (i) the Company's principal office
building and (ii) any manufacturing plant or principal research facility of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary which is located within the United States
of America or Canada, except any such principal office building, plant or
facility which the Board of Directors by resolution declares is not of material
importance to the total business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries
as an entirety.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee,
means any officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect
to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
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"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on (a) all indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed
other than the Securities, and any other indebtedness of the Company
represented by a note, bond, debenture or other similar evidence of
indebtedness (including indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company), in
each case whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter
created, incurred or assumed and (b) amendments, renewals, extensions,
modifications and refundings of any such indebtedness, unless in any case in
the instrument creating or evidencing any such indebtedness or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding it is provided that such indebtedness is not
superior in right of payment to the Securities. For the purposes of this
definition, "indebtedness for money borrowed" when used with respect to the
Company means (i) any obligation of, or any obligation guaranteed by, the
Company for the repayment of borrowed money, whether or not evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other written instruments, (ii) any deferred payment
obligation of, or any such obligation guaranteed by, the Company for the
payment of the purchase price of property or assets evidenced by a note or
similar instrument, and (iii) any obligation of, or any such obligation
guaranteed by, the Company for the payment of rent or other amounts under a
lease of property or assets which obligation is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capitalized lease on the balance sheet of the Company under
generally accepted accounting principles.
"Significant Subsidiary" means, at any time, any Subsidiary
that would be a "Significant Subsidiary" at such time, as such term is defined
in Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as in
effect on May 15, 1995.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Stockholders' Equity" means, at any date of determination,
the stockholders' equity at such date of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Subsidiary" means a Person (other than an individual or a
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof) more than 50% of the
outstanding voting interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries.
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"Successor Company" has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this Instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder,
and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after
such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president (but shall not include any assistant vice
president), whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title "vice president".
"Yield to Maturity", when used with respect to any Original
Issue Discount Security shall mean the yield to maturity, if any, set forth in
the prospectus supplement relating thereto, which shall be equal to the yield
to maturity, if any, set forth on the face of such Security.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under
the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the
Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply
with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set
forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each
such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified
by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(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
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expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section
601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder,
including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or
take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided or
permitted in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or
proxies to the beneficial owners of interest in any such Global Security.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of
any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of
such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than
his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any
such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by
the Trust Indenture Act, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, or to vote on any action authorized or permitted to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the Company prior to the
first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by any Person
in respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such
vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if
later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided
pursuant to Section 701) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case
may be. With regard to any record date for action to be taken by the Holders
of one or more series of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such
series on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to
give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
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(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) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled
hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular
Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of
such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such
principal amount.
Section 105. 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 if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument,
marked "Attention: General Counsel", or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for any notice to Holders, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled
to receive such notice, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date
(if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders
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shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by
mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall
be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the
case may be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
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Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section))
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided
that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article, or in such other 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, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
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Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.]
RAYTHEON COMPANY
_________________________________________
No.______________
$________
Raytheon Company, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to __________________________
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________________________
[Dollars] on __________________________________________________ [the Security
is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- , and to pay interest thereon
from ______________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ______________
and ______________ in each year, commencing ____________, at the rate of _____%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if
applicable, insert -- , and (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of _____% per annum on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the _________ or ________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert -- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the
case of a default in payment of principal
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upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the
overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of ___ % per
annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to
the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for.
Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such
interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear
interest at the rate of ___ % per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of
such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or
duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if
applicable, insert --any such] interest on this Security will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose [in ___________ ]
in such coin or currency of [the United States of America] [insert other
currency, if applicable] as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts [if applicable, insert -- ; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:________________________
Attest:
________________________
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities
of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one
or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1995 (herein called the
"Indenture"), between the Company and The First National Bank of Boston, 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, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities
and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated
and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face
hereof[, limited in aggregate principal amount to $________].
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if
applicable, insert -- (1) on____________ in any year commencing with the year
______ and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)]
at any time on or after ____________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before ____________,
___%, and if redeemed] during the 12- month period beginning ___________of the
years indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
<S> <C> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on _______
in any year commencing with the
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year ____ and ending with the year ____ through operation of the sinking fund
for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of
the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth
in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after ____________], as a whole
or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for
redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed
during the 12-month period beginning ____________ of the years indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
<S> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Date referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
________ redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause (2)
of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than ___% per annum.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption
on__________ in each year beginning with the year and ending with the year
of [not less than $__________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than]
$_________ aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.
Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if
applicable, insert -- in the inverse order in which they become due].]
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[If the Security is subject to redemption. insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert -- This Security is not subject to
redemption prior to maturity.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of [(a)] (the entire indebtedness evidenced by this
Security] [and (b)] [certain restrictive covenants,] [in each case] upon
compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which
provisions apply to this Security.]
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is issued
subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder
of this Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by
such provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take
such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination
so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- The principal of this Security may not be declared due and payable
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, except an Event of Default relating
to certain events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
relating to certain events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- The principal of this Security may not be declared due and payable
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, except an Event of Default relating
to certain events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the
Company. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
relating to certain events involving the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company shall occur and be continuing, an amount of
principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be
equal to [-- insert formula for determining the amount]. Upon payment [if
applicable, insert - - (i)] of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable [if applicable, insert -- and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal
and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be
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legally enforceable)], all of the Company's obligations in respect of the
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series to be affected (voting as
a single class). The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders
of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.
Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive
and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and
of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $_______ and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
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Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Security.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
the Securities evidenced thereby, any Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
"This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a
Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred
to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name
of, any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no
such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances
described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in
lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the
foregoing, except in such limited circumstances."
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOSTON
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As Trustee
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By:
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers'
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any
other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or
1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
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(6) the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of
the series shall be issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency
of the United States of America and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(11) if the amount of payments of principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined
by reference to an index or formula, the manner in which such amounts
shall be determined;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which the Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities
of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and
the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) the application, if any, of either or both of Section
1402 and Section 1403 to the Securities of the series;
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(15) whether the Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such
Global Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than
those set forth in Section 305 in which any such Global Security may
be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities
registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such transfer
may be registered;
(16) if other than as specified in Section 501, the events
of default applicable with respect to the Securities of the series;
(17) if other than as specified in Section 502, the events
of default the occurrence of which would permit the declaration of the
acceleration of maturity pursuant to Section 502;
(18) any other covenant or warranty included for the
benefit of Securities of the series in addition to (and not
inconsistent with) those included in this Indenture for the benefit of
Securities of all series, or any other covenant or warranty included
for the benefit of Securities of the series in lieu of any covenant or
warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of
all series, or any provision that any covenant or warranty included in
this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series shall not
be for the benefit of Securities of such series, or any combination of
such covenants, warranties or provisions;
(19) if other than as specified in Article Thirteen, the
subordination provisions applicable with respect to the Securities of
the series; and
(20) any other term of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section
303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers'
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of a series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
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Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered
form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under
its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased
to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities 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. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have
been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted
by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that
such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established
by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that
such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
(c) that such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and
subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
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Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the
preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on
such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an
Authorized Officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by
the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture
such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu
of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such
series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for
that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and
tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust
Office a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is
hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of
any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon
surrender of the securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee)
be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not
involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section
1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise
specified or contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 or Sections 304, 906 and 1107 for
Securities registered in the name of, and no transfer of a Global Security of
any series may be registered to, any Person other than the Depositary for such
Security or its nominee, unless (1) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or (B) ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act, (2) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that
such Global Security shall be so exchangeable and the transfer thereof so
registerable, or (3) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default, or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an
Event of Default, with respect to the Securities evidenced by such Global
Security. Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security of any series
of any one or more of the conditions specified in clause (1), (2) or (3) of the
preceding sentence or such other conditions as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such series, such Global Security may be exchanged for
Securities registered in the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security
may be registered to, such Persons (including Persons other than the Depositary
with respect to such series and its nominees) as such Depositary shall direct.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange
for, or in lieu of, any Global Security shall also be a Global Security and
shall bear the legend specified in Section 204 except for any Security
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or upon registration of transfer
of, a Global Security pursuant to the preceding sentence.
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
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that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election
in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security
of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be
paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close
of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to
the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
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Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a 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 Security is registered as the owner of
such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be
delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of
as directed by a Company Order.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
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This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer
or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1004) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one
year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the
giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and
at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium 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 have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B)
of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402
and the last paragraph of Section 1004, shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1004, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be
held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with
the Trustee. Money deposited pursuant to this Section not in violation of this
Indenture shall not be subject to claims of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
under Article Thirteen.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any particular series, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
occasioned by the provisions of Article Thirteen or be voluntary or involuntary
or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order
of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(a) default in the due and punctual payment of any
installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that series as
and when the same shall become due and payable and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that
series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at
Maturity, by declaration as authorized by this Indenture, or
otherwise; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment,
when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
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(d) failure on the part of the Company duly to observe or
perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the
Company set forth in the Securities of that series or in this
Indenture (other than those set forth exclusively in the terms of
Securities of any series other than that series, or those which have
been included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of any
series other than that series) continued for a period of 60 days after
there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company
by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the
time Outstanding, a written notice specifying such failure and
requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the entry of a decree or order by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises granting relief in respect of the Company
in an involuntary case under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law adjudging
the Company as being bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable
Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, custodian,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the
Company, or of any substantial part of its properties, or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days; or
(f) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be
adjudicated as being bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the
Company to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against it, or the filing by the Company of a petition or answer or
consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law,
or the consent by the Company to the filing of any such petition or to
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company, or
of any substantial part of its properties, or the making by the
Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
admission by the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the
Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
In case one or more of the Events of Default specified in
Section 501(e) or 501(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
any particular series of
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Securities, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all
of the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare
the principal or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, such
amount of principal as may be provided for in such Securities, of all the
Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable,
anything in this Indenture or in the Securities of that series contained to the
contrary notwithstanding. This provision, however, is subject to the condition
that if, at any time after such principal or such amount of principal, as the
case may be, shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any
judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained
or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon
all Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on)
any and all Securities of that series which shall have become due otherwise
than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of interest (to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) and
on such principal (and premium, if any) at the rate of interest prescribed
therefor by such Securities, to the date of such payment or deposit) and the
expenses of the Trustee, including the reasonable fees of its counsel, and any
and all defaults under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the
series, other than the nonpayment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
accrued interest on the Securities of that series which shall have become due
by acceleration shall have been remedied -- then and in every such case the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that
series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee,
may waive all defaults and rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or
shall affect any subsequent default, or shall impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of
(or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon written demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities for
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principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and
premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor
in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
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 rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the
Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding; provided, however, the Trustee may vote on behalf of the Holders
for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a
member of a creditors' or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by
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the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust,
and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Subject to Article Thirteen, money collected by the Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date
or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to
the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any
such proceeding; and
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(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing 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 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity
or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. 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 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent
the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
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Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time
to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule
of law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper
by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to
such series and its consequences except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended with
out the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in
such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the
Company.
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the
execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been
enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, 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. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series
notice of such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture
Act; provided, however, that in the case of any
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default of the character specified in Section 501(d) with respect to Securities
of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days
after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term
"default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company
Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate, except that in the case of any such Officers' Certificate
which by any provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon, except that in the case of any such Opinion of Counsel which
by any provision hereof is specifically required to be furnished to
the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements of this
Indenture;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the
request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
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(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its
discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company,
personally or by agent or attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The
Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent,
Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
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Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such
and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and its
Corporate Trust Office in the United States or any State or Territory thereof
or the District of Columbia and subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or State authority. If such Person publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with
the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
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Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 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 Trustee may be removed at any time with respect
to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608
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
609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall
be adjudged as being bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the
Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer
shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or
affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in any such case (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, 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 shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company,
by a Board Resolution, shall promptly
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appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that
or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be
appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series
and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. 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 611, 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 611, 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. 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 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring
Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation
or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall,
upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee
all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one of more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee
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and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series
shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to,
and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the
retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain
such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not
retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add
to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more
than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such
supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same
trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor
Trustee, without any 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.
(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 this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all 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
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by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or
consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and
deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such
successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection
of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 614. 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 and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and
obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.
Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery
of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication,
such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf
of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication
executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times
be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized
under such laws to act as 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 authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports
of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to
be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such
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corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written
notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving
such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time
such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of
such appointment by first- class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will
serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to
the provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOSTON
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As Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Officer
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later then June 30 and December 31
in each year, a list for each series of Securities, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding June 15 or
December 15, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in
writing, within 15 days after the receipt by the Company of any such
request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than
10 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar, if it is acting as such.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as
is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar, if it is acting as such. The Trustee may destroy any list
furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(b) The rights of the Holders to communicate with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall
be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding
the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor
the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason
of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
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(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant thereto. To the extent that any such report is required by the Trust
Indenture Act with respect to any 12-month period, such report shall cover the
12-month period ending May 15 and shall be transmitted by the next succeeding
July 15.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission,
and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and
such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act
at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any
such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company may Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
into any other Person, or successive consolidations or mergers in which the
Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall
prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the
Company as an entirety to any other Person authorized to acquire and operate
the same (with each of the foregoing transactions referred to as a "Company
Sale") provided, however, (i) that the Person formed by such consolidation or
into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or
transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company
substantially as an entirety (the "Successor Company") shall be a corporation,
shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii), the Company
hereby covenants and agrees that, as a condition precedent to any such
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the
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(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all of the Securities, according
to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of
the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company
shall be expressly assumed by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to
the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the Successor Company
and (iii) the Company shall not be permitted to effect any Company Sale if the
completion of such Company Sale would create an Event of Default or an event
under this Indenture which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or
both, would become an Event of Default.
Section 802. Successor Corporation to Be Substituted.
In case of any such Company Sale, such Successor Company shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it
had been named herein as the Company. Such Successor Company thereupon may
cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of
Raytheon Company or in the name of any corporation which previously shall have
become the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Article any or all
of the Securities issuable hereunder, which theretofore shall not have been
signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such
Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms,
conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall
authenticate and shall deliver, any Securities which previously shall have been
signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, and any Securities which such Successor Company thereafter
shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All of
the Securities of a particular series so issued shall in all respects have the
same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities of such
series theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date or the
execution hereof.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Securities shall prevent the Company from merging into itself any other Person
or acquiring by purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any
other Person.
Section 803. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given Trustee.
The Trustee, subject to Sections 601 and 603, may receive an
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance and any such assumption complies with the provisions of this
Article.
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
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; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities,
provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall
neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit
of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such
Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective
only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any
series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
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(8) to establish the terms upon which the Securities of
one or more series may be convertible into, or exchangeable for,
shares of common stock or preferred stock or other securities of the
Company; or
(9) 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 611(b); or
(10) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action
pursuant to this clause (10) shall not adversely affect the interests
of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as a single class), by Act of said Holders
delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of each such
series under this Indenture; provided, however that no such supplemental
indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or
any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or
any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount
of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where,
or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or
interest thereon is payable or impair the right to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date) or modify the provisions of this Indenture with respect to the
subordination of the Securities of any series in a manner adverse to
the Holders, or
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(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or
Section 513, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, provided, however, that this Clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this
Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(9).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
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Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 907. Subordination Unimpaired.
No provision in any supplemental indenture that affects the
superior position of the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be effective
against holders of Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each
series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series
in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture. Interest on
Securities shall be payable without presentment of such Securities, and only to
the registered Holders thereof determined as provided in Section 307. The
Company shall have the right to require a Holder, in connection with the
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on a Security, to
present at the office or agency of the Company at which such payment is made a
certificate, in such form as the Company may from time to time prescribe, to
enable the Company to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any
taxes, assessments or governmental charges which it may be required to deduct
or withhold therefrom under any present or future law of the United States of
America or of any State, County, municipality or taxing or withholding
authority therein, and the Company shall be entitled to determine its duties
and liabilities with respect to such deduction or withholding on the basis of
information contained in such certificate or,
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if no such certificate shall be so presented, on the basis of any presumption
created by any such law, and shall be entitled to act in accordance with such
determination.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
So long as any Securities remain outstanding, the Company will
maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive
all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any
series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Vacancy in the Office of Trustee.
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in
the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Article Six, a
Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
Section 1004. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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 any premium or interest on 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 and any premium and interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
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Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of
or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a
Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure
so to act.
The Company 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 (i) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and
(ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of
the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee,
forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, 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.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable
shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security
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 Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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Section 1005. Liens.
Except as hereinafter provided in this Section 1005, so long as the
Securities of any series are Outstanding, the Company will not, and will not
permit any Significant Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist
any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any
person, including any Significant Subsidiary) now owned or hereafter acquired
by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, without
making effective provision, and the Company convenants that in any such case it
will make, or cause the applicable Significant Subsidiary to make, effective
provision, whereby the Securities of any series then or thereafter Outstanding
shall be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other
obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other
obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured.
Nothing in this Section 1005 shall be construed to prevent the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary from creating, incurring, assuming or permitting
to exist any Lien of the following character, to all of which the provisions of
the first paragraph of this Section 1005 shall not be applicable:
(a) Liens on property or assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof, provided that such Liens shall secure
only those obligations which they secure as of the date hereof;
(b) any Lien existing on any property or asset prior to the
acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that (i) such
Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition
and (ii) such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves, to the extent required by GAAP, have been set aside;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialsmen's,
repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and
securing obligations that are not due and payable or which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate
reserves, to the extent required by GAAP, have been set aside;
(e) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business
in compliance with workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security laws or regulations;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than capital leases), statutory
obligations, surety and appeal
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bonds, advance payment bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on
use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary
course of business which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and
do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(h) Liens upon any property acquired, constructed or improved by
the Company or any Subsidiary which are created or incurred within 360 days of
such acquisition, construction or improvement to secure or provide for the
payment of any part of the purchase price of such property or the cost of such
construction or improvement, including carrying costs (but no other amounts),
provided that any such Lien shall not apply to any other property of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
(i) Liens on the property or assets of any Subsidiary in favor of
the Company;
(j) extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in
paragraphs (a) through (i) of this Section 1005, provided that any such
extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or
assets covered by the Lien extended, renewed or replaced and that the
obligations secured by any such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be
in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the Lien
extended, renewed or replaced;
(k) any Lien, of the type described in clause (iii) of the
definition of the term "Lien", on securities imposed pursuant to an agreement
entered into for the sale or disposition of such securities pending the closing
of such sale or disposition; provided such sale or disposition is otherwise
permitted under this Indenture;
(l) Liens arising in connection with any Permitted Receivables
Program (to the extent the sale by the Company or the applicable Subsidiary of
its accounts receivable is deemed to give rise to a Lien in favor of the
purchaser thereof in such accounts receivable or the proceeds thereof);
(m) Liens on the capital stock or assets of any Subsidiary that is
not a Significant Subsidiary; and
(n) Liens to secure Indebtedness if, immediately after the grant
thereof, the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness secured by Liens that would
not be permitted but for this clause (n) does not exceed 15% of the
Stockholders' Equity as shown on
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the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
So long as the Securities of any Series are Outstanding, the Company
will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby it shall sell or
transfer any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
thereafter rent back or lease such Principal Property; provided, however, that
this Section 1006 shall not prevent the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
from;
(a) entering into any transaction not involving a lease with a
term of more than three (3) years;
(b) entering into any transaction to the extent the Lien on any
such property subject to such sale and leaseback would be permitted under
Section 1005;
(c) entering into any transaction for the sale and leaseback of
any property if such lease is entered into within 180 days after the later of
the acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of operation of
such property; and
(d) entering into any sale and leaseback transaction if the
Company or such Significant Subsidiary within 120 days after the effective date
of the lease, applies an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of
the sale of the property leased in such sale and leaseback transaction or (ii)
the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors)
of such property on any date within 90 days prior to the effective date of the
lease, to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement
of Funded Debt of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary shall be reduced by:
(1) the principal amount of any Securities surrendered to
the Trustee by the Company for cancellation within 120 days after the
effective date of the lease, and
(2) the principal amount of Funded Debt other than
Securities voluntarily retired by the Company within 120 days after
the effective date of the lease; and
provided further that no retirement referred to in this clause (d) may be
effected by payment on the final maturity date or pursuant to any mandatory
sinking fund or prepayment provision.
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Section 1007. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of
any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1008. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises to carry on its
business; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1008 shall prevent
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company, or any conveyance, transfer or
lease of its property and assets substantially as an entirety, permitted by
Article Eight, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Company after such
conveyance, transfer or lease of its property and assets substantially as an
entirety permitted by Article Eight.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any
series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall,
at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of
such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to
be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed.
In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the
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Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed in accordance with this Article (unless all of the Securities of such
series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed), the particular Securities
to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair
and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
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. If less than all of the Securities
of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding Securities of such series
and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the
preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address
appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption of any
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Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular securities to be
redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and
accrued interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such
Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest,
if any, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is
the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall
be irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1004) an
amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the
Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender
of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest
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, required
as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to
their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
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Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the
Security Registrar so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing),
and the Company shall execute, and the Security Registrar shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. 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 301 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 1202. 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 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to 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
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Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount
of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 90 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 1202 and will also deliver to the
Security Registrar any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 60 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 1103 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 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1105, 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Subordination of Securities
Section 1301. Securities Subordinate to Senior Indebtedness.
The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a
Security of any series, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and
agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this
Article, the indebtedness represented by the Securities of such series and the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on each of the
Securities of such series are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1302. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar
case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its
creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether
or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the
Company, then and in any such event the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or
in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such
payment in money or money's worth,
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before the Holders of the Securities of any series are entitled to receive any
payment on account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the
Securities of such series, and to that end the holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any
payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities of
any series in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other
winding up or event.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section, the Trustee or the holder of any Security of any series shall
have received any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind
or character, whether in cash, property or securities, before all Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full or payment thereof provided for, and if such fact
shall, at or prior to the time of such payment or distribution, have been made
known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such
event such payment or distribution shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to
the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee,
agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company
for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to
the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of
Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article only, the words "cash, property
or securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment which are
subordinated in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness which may at the
time be outstanding to the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the
Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation
of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article Eight shall
not be deemed a dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization,
assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshalling of assets and
liabilities of the Company for the purposes of this Section if the Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person
which acquires by sale, conveyance, transfer or lease such properties and
assets substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of
such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, comply with
the conditions set forth in Article Eight.
Section 1303. Prior Payment to Senior Indebtedness Upon Acceleration of
Securities.
In the event that any Securities of any series are declared
due and payable before their Stated Maturity, then and in such event the
holders of Senior Indebtedness shall
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be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on
or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness, or provision shall be made for such
payment in cash, before the Holders of the Securities of such series are
entitled to receive any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities of such series or on account of the purchase or
other acquisition of Securities of such series; provided, however, that, if as
specified as contemplated by Section 301, Article Twelve is applicable to any
series of Securities, nothing in this Section shall prevent the satisfaction of
any sinking fund payment in accordance with Article Twelve by delivering and
crediting pursuant to Section 1202 Securities of such series which have been
acquired (upon redemption or otherwise) prior to such declaration of
acceleration.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security of any
series prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact
shall, at or prior to the time of such payment, have been made known to the
Trustee or, as the case may be, such Holder, then and in such event such
payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment
with respect to which Section 1302 would be applicable.
Section 1304. No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default.
(a) In the event and during the continuation of any
default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Senior Indebtedness beyond any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or
in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such
Senior Indebtedness due and payable prior to the date on which it would
otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default
shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and such
acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or (b) in the event any
judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in
payment, or event of default, then no payment shall be made by the Company on
account of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of
any series or on account of the purchase or other acquisition of Securities of
any series; provided, however, that, if as specified as contemplated by Section
301 Article Twelve is applicable to any series of Securities, nothing in this
Section shall prevent the satisfaction of any sinking fund payment in
accordance with Article Twelve by delivering and crediting pursuant to Section
1202 Securities of such series which have been acquired (upon redemption or
otherwise) prior to such default in payment or event of default.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company
shall make any payment to the Trustee or the Holder of any Security of any
series prohibited by the
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foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to
the time of such payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case
may be, such Holder, then and in such event such payment shall be paid over and
delivered forthwith to the Company.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payment
with respect to which Section 1302 would be applicable.
Section 1305. Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in any of the Securities of any series shall prevent (a) the
Company, at any time except during the pendency of any case, proceeding,
dissolution, liquidation or other winding up, assignment for the benefit of
creditors or other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company
referred to in Section 1302 or under the conditions described in Section 1303
or 1304, from making payments at any time of principal of (and premium, if any)
or interest on the Securities of any series, or (b) the application by the
Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on
account of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities
of any series or the retention of such payment by the Holder, if, subject to
Section 1310, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have
knowledge that such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of
this Article.
Section 1306. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the
Holders of the Securities of a series shall be subrogated (equally and ratably
with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms
is subordinated to indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent
as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of
subrogation) to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the
rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and
distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior
Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities of such series shall be paid in full. For purposes of such
subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the
Securities of a series or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of
this Article to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities
of a series or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other
than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities of such
series, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Indebtedness.
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Section 1307. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for
the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities of
a series on the one hand and the holders of Senior Indebtedness on the other
hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in
the Securities of any series is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the
Holders of the Securities of any series, the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities of a
series the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of
such series as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance
with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the
Holders of the Securities of a series and creditors of the Company other than
the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of
any Security of any series from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if
any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash,
property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such
Holder.
Section 1308. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each holder of a Security of any series by his acceptance
thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in
this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
Section 1309. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of
the Company or by any failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by
any non-compliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of
this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or
be otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing
paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time and from time to
time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities of any series, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of
the Securities of any series and without impairing or releasing the
subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the
Holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or
more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or
extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner
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Senior Indebtedness or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement
under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or
otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing
Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the
collection of Senior Indebtedness; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising
any rights against the Company and any other Person.
Section 1310. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to
or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities of any series. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which
would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the
Securities of a series, unless and until the Trustee shall have received
written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or
from any trustee therefor or representative thereof; and, prior to the receipt
of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
601, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist;
provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice
provided for in this Section at least two Business Days prior to the date upon
which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose
(including, without limitation, the payment of the principal (and premium, if
any) or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to
receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money
was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may
be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601, the Trustee shall be
entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee
therefor or representative thereof) to establish that such notice has been
given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor or
representative thereof). In the event that the Trustee determines in good
faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person
as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to
furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount
of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts
pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence
is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending
judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
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Section 1311. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidation
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
601, and the Holders of the Securities of any series shall be entitled to rely
upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization,
dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee,
custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities of such series, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all
other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article.
Section 1312. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders
if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of
Securities of any series or to the Company or to any other Person cash,
property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise.
Section 1313. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to
all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any
other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall
deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments
to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
Section 1314. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any Payment Agent other than the Trustee
shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term
"Trustee" as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context
otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying
Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such
Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the
Trustee;
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provided, however, that Section 1313 shall not apply to the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Payment Agent.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1401. Applicability of Article; Company's Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
If pursuant to Section 301 provision is made for either or
both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1402 or (b)
covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 1403, then the
provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the
other provisions of this Article Thirteen, shall be applicable to the
Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board
Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect
to have either Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section 1403 (if applicable) be
applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article Fourteen.
Section 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to
this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and
after the date the conditions precedent set forth below 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 the outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied
all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture, including
the provisions of Article Thirteen hereof, insofar as such Securities are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of
Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the
trust fund described in Section 1405 as more fully set forth in such Section,
payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with
respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1004 and such
obligations as shall be ancillary thereto, (C) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties, immunities and other provisions in respect of the Trustee hereunder and
(D) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen,
the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the
prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to the Securities
of such series. Following a defeasance,
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payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an
Event of Default.
Section 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to
this Section and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied,
the Company shall be released from its obligations under any additional or
substitute covenant established with respect to the Securities of any series
pursuant to Section 301(18) if the Securities of such series have been
determined pursuant to Section 301 to be subject to this provision (with any
such additional or substitute covenant referred to herein as a "Defeasable
Covenant"), and the occurrence of an event specified in Section 501(d) with
respect to such Defeasable Covenant shall not be deemed to be an Event of
Default with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series (hereinafter,
"covenant defeasance"). For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that,
with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series, 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 Defeasable Covenant whether directly or
indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Defeasable
Covenant or by reason of any reference in any such Defeasable Covenant to any
other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby. Following a
covenant defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be
accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(e) or
Section 501(f) or by reference to Section 501(d) and such Defeasable Covenant.
Section 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions precedent to application
of either Section 1402 or Section 1403 to the outstanding Securities of such
series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying
the requirements of Section 609 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or
(B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment
of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient,
without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which
shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and
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interest on the outstanding Securities of such series on the Maturity
of such principal, premium, if any, or interest and any mandatory
sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the
Outstanding Securities of such series on the due dates thereof.
Before such a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or
dates in accordance with Article Eleven, which shall be given effect
in applying the foregoing. For this purpose, "U.S. Government
Obligations" means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the
United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,
which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended) as custodian with respect to any such U.S.
Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of such 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 U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt.
(2) No Event of Default or event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing
(A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as subsections 501(e)
and (f) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the
91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the
day following the expiration of the longest preference period
applicable to the Company in respect of such deposit (it being
understood that the condition in this Clause (B) shall not be deemed
satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not (A)
cause the Trustee for the Securities of such series to have a
conflicting interest as defined in Section 608 or for purposes of the
Trust Indenture Act with respect to any securities of the Company or
(B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute,
unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(4) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound.
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(5) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not
cause any Securities of such series then listed on any registered
national securities exchange under the Exchange Act to be delisted.
(6) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of Counsel
stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) 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 the
outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.
(7) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the
Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject
to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance
had not occurred.
(8) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be
effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or
limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection
therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(9) At the time of such deposit: (A) no default in the
payment of all or a portion of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be
continuing, and no event of default with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing and shall have
resulted in such Senior Indebtedness becoming or being declared due
and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become
due and payable and (B) no other event of default with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness shall have occurred and be continuing permitting
(after notice or the lapse of time, or both) the holders of such
Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of the holders thereof) to
declare such Senior Indebtedness due and payable prior to the date on
which it would otherwise have become due and payable, or, in the case
of either Clause (A) or Clause (B) above, each such default or Event
of Default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to
exist.
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(10) The Company shall have paid, or provided for the
payment of, the fees and expenses of the Trustee payable pursuant to
Section 607.
(11) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance
under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as
the case may be) have been complied with.
Section 1405. Deposited Money and U.S. Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1004, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee --
collectively, for purposes of this Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to
Section 1404 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be
held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of
such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through
any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums
due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any
tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S.
Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and
interest received in respect thereof.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1404
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 an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance.
Section 1406. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any
money in accordance with Section 1405 by reason of any order or judgment or any
court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, then the Company's obligations under the Securities of such
series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to this Article Fourteen until such time as the
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Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with
Section 1405; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any such Security 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 money
held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
RAYTHEON COMPANY
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BOSTON
By:
--------------------------
Name:
Title:
Attest:
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
) ss.: Lexington
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX )
On the________ day of May, 1995, before me personally came
_________________, to me known, who, being by as duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is ____________________ of Raytheon Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors
of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
_____________________________
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS )
) ss.: Canton
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK )
On the ______ day of May, 1995, before me personally came
____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
he is a _____________________ of The First National Bank of Boston, a national
banking association described in and which executed the foregoing instrument;
that he knows the seal of said association; that the seal affixed to said
instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said association, and that he signed his name thereto by
like authority.
____________________________
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EXHIBIT 12
RAYTHEON COMPANY
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
-----------------------------------------------------
Description 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
- ----------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Income before taxes per
statements of income ..... $899,939 $1,047,347 $ 935,967 $ 872,742 $836,912
Add:
Portion of rents
representative of the
interest factor ........ 31,955 27,948 37,691 38,784 34,893
Interest in indebtedness. 48,504 31,867 48,193 92,390 114,275
Amortization of debt
expense and premium..... 130 147 194 198 215
-------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------
Income as adjusted........ $980,528 $1,107,309 $1,042,045 $1,004,114 $986,295
======== ========== ========== ========== ========
Fixed Charges:
Portion of rents
representative of the
interest factor......... $ 31,955 $ 27,948 $ 37,691 $ 38,784 $ 34,893
Interest on indebtedness. 48,504 31,867 48,193 92,390 114,275
Capitalized interest.... 1,223 1,325 1,245 2,864 6,203
Amortization of debt
expense and premium.... 130 147 194 198 215
-------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------
Fixed charges............ $ 81,812 $ 61,287 $ 87,323 $ 134,236 $155,586
========= ========== ========== ========== ========
Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges........... 12.0 18.1 11.9 7.5 6.3
========= ========= ========= ========== ========
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration
statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated January 19, 1995, except as to the
information presented in Note R for which the date is February 22, 1995, on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
schedule of Raytheon Company and Subsidiaries Consolidated as of December 31,
1994 and 1993, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1994 which reports are incorporated by reference or included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Raytheon Company for the year ended December 31, 1994.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
May 10, 1995
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Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated January 26, 1995, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of E-Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-2) and related Prospectus of
Raytheon Company and Subsidiaries Consolidated for the registration of
$1.5 billion of Offered Securities, as defined in the Registration Statement.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Dallas, Texas
May 5, 1995
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Exhibit 25
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 FILE NO: (IF APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF TRUSTEE FOR DELAYED OFFERING PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_______________________
FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY
OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b) (2)______
______________________
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
04-2472499
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Gary A. Speiss, Cashier and General Counsel
100 Federal Street, 24th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (617) 434-2870
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
__________________________
RAYTHEON COMPANY
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 04-1760395
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
141 Spring Street
Lexington, MA 012173
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Debt Securities
(Title of indenture securities)
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1. General Information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which
it is subject.
Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Washington D.C.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
2. Affiliations with Obligor and Underwriters.
If the obligor or any underwriter for the obligor is an affiliate of the
trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None with respect to the Trustee.
(See Notes on page 2)
None with respect to Bank of Boston Corporation.
3. through 11. Not applicable.
12. Indebtedness of the Obligor to the Trustee
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COL. A COL. B COL. C
NATURE OF AMOUNT
INDEBTEDNESS OUTSTANDING DATE DUE
------------ ----------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
$90,000,000 Revolving Credit 0 4/30/2000
$35,000,000 360 Day 0 4/25/96
Revolving Credit
$47,200,000 Standby Letter 0 Annual
of Credit
</TABLE>
13. through 15. Not applicable.
16. List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility and
qualification.
1. A copy of the articles of association of the trustee as now in effect.
A certified copy of the Articles of Association of the trustee is filed as
Exhibit No. 1 to statement of eligibility and qualification No. 22-9514 and is
incorporated herein by reference thereto.
2. A copy of the certificate of authority of the trustee to commence
business, if not contained in the articles of association.
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A copy of the certificate of T. McLean Griffin, Cashier of the trustee,
dated February 3, 1978, as to corporate succession containing copies of the
Certificate of the Comptroller of the Currency that The Massachusetts Bank,
National Association, into which The First National Bank of Boston was merged
effective January 4, 1971, is authorized to commence the business of banking as
a national banking association, as well as a certificate as to such merger is
filed as Exhibit No. 2 to statement of eligibility and qualification No. 22-9514
and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
3. A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust
powers, if such authorization is not contained in the documents specified in
paragraph (1) or (2) above.
A copy of a certificate of the Office of the Currency dated February 6,
1978 is filed as Exhibit No. 3 to statement of eligibility and qualification No.
22-9514 and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
4. A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee, or instruments
corresponding thereto.
A certified copy of the existing By-Laws of the trustee dated December 23,
1993 is filed as Exhibit No. 4 to statement of eligibility and qualification No.
22-25754 and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
5. The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act is
annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
6. A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published
pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee published pursuant
to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority is annexed
hereto as Exhibit 7 and made a part hereof.
NOTES
In answering any item in this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification
which relates to matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor or any
underwriter for the obligor, the trustee has relied upon information furnished
to it by the obligor and the underwriters, and the trustee disclaims
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information.
The answer furnished to Item 2 of this statement will be amended, if
necessary, to reflect any facts which differ from those stated and which would
have been required to be stated if known at the date hereof.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the trustee,
The First National Bank of Boston, a national banking association organized and
existing under the laws of The United States of America, has duly caused this
statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the Town of Canton and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 5th day of May,1995.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, Trustee
By: /s/ SHAWN P. GEORGE
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Shawn P. George
Senior Account Administrator
EXHIBIT 6
CONSENT OF TRUSTEE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 in connection with the proposed issue by Raytheon Company Debt
Securities, we hereby consent that reports of examinations by Federal, State,
Territorial, or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON, Trustee
By: /s/ SHAWN P. GEORGE
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Shawn P. George
Senior Account Administrator
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EXHIBIT 7
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION, INCLUDING DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
SUBSIDIARIES, OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at the close of business on December
31, 1994. Published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency,
under Title 12, United States Code, Section 161. Charter number 200.
Comptroller of the Currency Northeastern District.
ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Dollar
Amounts in
Thousands
----------
<S> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin.............................. $ 1,862,093
Interest-bearing balances.................................................... 1,551,280
Securities........................................................................ 3,935,691
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements
to resell in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge
and Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's:
Federal funds sold........................................................... 758,937
Securities purchased under agreements to resell.............................. 0
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income...................... $25,796,462
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses..................... 534,630
LESS: Allocated transfer risk reserve......................... 0
Loans and leases, net of unearned income, allowance and reserve.............. 25,261,832
Assets held in trading accounts................................................... 840,348
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases).......................... 398,475
Other real estate owned........................................................... 48,504
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies............... 103,670
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding...................... 304,031
Intangible assets................................................................. 651,394
Other assets...................................................................... 1,170,251
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Total Assets................................................................ $36,886,506
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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices............................................................. $14,924,310
Noninterest-bearing.............................................. $ 4,035,673
Interest-bearing................................................. 10,888,637
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBF's.................... 9,998,764
Noninterest-bearing.............................................. 570,582
Interest-bearing................................................. 9,428,182
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to
repurchase in domestic offices of the bank and of its Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and in IBF's:
Federal funds purchased...................................................... 2,464,904
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase............................... 277,077
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury.......................................... 364,045
Trading Liabilities............................................................... 227,865
Other borrowed money.............................................................. 3,875,462
Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases.................... 14,007
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding.......................... 305,512
Subordinated notes and debentures................................................. 979,167
Other liabilities 1,022,105
Total Liabilities $34,453,218
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Limited-life preferred stock and equity capital 0
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus..................................... $ 0
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
Common stock......................................................... 82,264
Surplus.............................................................. 987,524
Undivided profits and capital reserves............................... 1,408,062
LESS: Net unrealized loss on marketable equity securities............ (39,027)
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.................. (5,535)
Total equity capital................................................. 2,433,288
----------
Total Liabilities, Limited-life preferred stock, and equity.... $36,866,506
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</TABLE>
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I, Robert T. Jefferson, Comptroller of the above-named bank, do hereby
declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Robert T. Jefferson
February 13, 1995
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement
of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and
to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with
the instructions and is true and correct.
Charles K. Gifford
Ira Stepanian
J. Donald Monan
Directors
February 13, 1995
