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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 10, 1997
SAFEWAY INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 1-00041 94-3019135
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation) Identification Number)
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5918 Stoneridge Mall Road, Pleasanton, California 94588
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(510) 467-3000
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(Registrants' telephone number, including area code)
N/A
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(former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On September 10, 1997, Safeway Inc. (the "Company") completed
an underwritten offering of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.85%
Senior Notes due 2004 (the "7-Year Notes"), $250,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its 7.00% Senior Notes due 2007 (the "10-Year Notes") and $150,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its 7.45% Senior Debentures due 2027 (together
with the 7-Year Notes and the 10-Year Notes, the "Securities") under its
Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 4, 1997 (File No. 333-32741), as amended by Amendment No. 1
filed with the Commission on August 22, 1997 (as amended, the "Registration
Statement") (which Registration Statement also constitutes, pursuant to Rule 429
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
Registration Statement No. 33-51552, as amended), a Prospectus, dated September
3, 1997, and the related Prospectus Supplement, dated September 4, 1997,
relating to the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities. The sale of the
Securities was underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc. pursuant to an
Underwriting Agreement, dated September 4, 1997, and the Safeway Inc.
Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions attached thereto and incorporated by
reference therein, attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. The terms and conditions of
the Securities and related matters are set forth in the Indenture, dated as of
September 10, 1997, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York, as
trustee (the "Indenture") filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and, pursuant to Sections
2.2 and 10.4 of the Indenture, the Officers' Certificate filed as Exhibit 4.2
hereto.
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ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(c) The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report:
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated September 4, 1997,
among Safeway Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman
Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc., and the
Safeway Inc. Underwriting Agreement Standard
Provisions attached thereto.
4.1 Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997, between
Safeway Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(the "Indenture").
4.2 Officers' Certificate, dated as of September 10,
1997, pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 10.4 of the
Indenture.
4.3 Form of 6.85% Senior Note due 2004.
4.4 Form of 7.00% Senior Note due 2007 ($200,000,000
aggregate principal amount).
4.5 Form of 7.00% Senior Note due 2007 ($50,000,000
aggregate principal amount).
4.6 Form of 7.45% Senior Debenture due 2027.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 10, 1997
SAFEWAY INC.
By: /s/ Julian C. Day
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Julian C. Day
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated September 4, 1997, among Safeway Inc. and
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon
Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc., and the Safeway Inc. Underwriting
Agreement Standard Provisions attached thereto.
4.1 Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997, between Safeway Inc. and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee (the "Indenture").
4.2 Officers' Certificate, dated as of September 10, 1997, pursuant to
Sections 2.2 and 10.4 of the Indenture.
4.3 Form of 6.85% Senior Note due 2004.
4.4 Form of 7.00% Senior Note due 2007 ($200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount).
4.5 Form of 7.00% Senior Note due 2007 ($50,000,000 aggregate principal
amount).
4.6 Form of 7.45% Senior Debenture due 2027.
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EXHIBIT 1.1
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
September 4, 1997
Safeway Inc.
5918 Stoneridge Mall Road
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
We (the "Manager") are acting on behalf of the underwriter or
underwriters (including ourselves) named below (such underwriter or
underwriters being herein called the "Underwriters"), and we understand that
Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Safeway" or the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of 6.85% Senior Notes Due 2004 (the "Notes Due 2004"), $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes Due 2007 (the "Notes Due
2007") and $150,00,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.45% Senior Debentures
Due 2027 (the "Debentures"). The Notes Due 2004, the Notes Due 2007 and the
Debentures are herein collectively referred to as the "Designated Securities."
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by
reference herein, the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to each of the
Underwriters and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company the principal amount of Designated Securities set
forth below opposite the name of such Underwriter at a purchase price of
99.258% of the principal amount of Notes Due 2004, 99.305% of the principal
amount of Notes Due 2007 and 99.099% of the principal amount of Debentures.
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Principal Principal Principal
Name Amount of Amount of Amount of
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Notes Due 2004 Notes Due 2007 Debentures
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Goldman, Sachs & Co. $ 92,000,000 $115,000,000 $ 69,000,000
Lehman Brothers Inc. 21,600,000 27,000,000 16,200,000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith 21,600,000 27,000,000 16,200,000
Incorporated
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 21,600,000 27,000,000 16,200,000
Salomon Brothers Inc 21,600,000 27,000,000 16,200,000
Smith Barney Inc. 21,600,000 27,000,000 16,200,000
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Total $200,000,000 $250,000,000 $150,000,000
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The Underwriters will pay for the Designated Securities upon delivery
thereof at the offices of Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, New York at 9:00
a.m., New York City time, on September 10, 1997, or at such other time and date
as the Manager and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of
such payment and delivery are hereinafter referred to as the Closing Date.
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The Designated Securities shall have the terms set forth in the
Prospectus dated September 3, 1997, and the Prospectus Supplement dated
September 4, 1997 (the "Prospectus Supplement"), including the following:
Terms of the Notes Due 2004:
Maturity Date: September 15, 2004
Interest Rate: 6.85% per annum
Redemption Provisions: The Notes Due 2004 are redeemable, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any
time at the redemption prices described in the
Prospectus Supplement plus accrued interest thereon
to the date of redemption.
Repurchase Provisions: The Notes Due 2004 may not be
repurchased at the option of the holders thereof
prior to their Maturity Date.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15, commencing
March 15, 1998 (Interest accrues from September 10,
1997).
Sinking Fund Provisions: None.
Terms of the Notes Due 2007:
Maturity Date: September 15, 2007
Interest Rate: 7.00% per annum
Redemption Provisions: The Notes Due 2007 are redeemable, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any
time at the redemption prices described in the
Prospectus Supplement plus accrued interest thereon
to the date of redemption.
Repurchase Provisions: The Notes Due 2007 may not be
repurchased at the option of the holders thereof
prior to their Maturity Date.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15, commencing
March 15, 1998 (Interest accrues from September 10,
1997).
Sinking Fund Provisions: None.
Terms of the Debentures:
Maturity Date: September 15, 2027
Interest Rate: 7.45% per annum
Redemption Provisions: The Debentures are redeemable, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any
time at the redemption prices described in the
Prospectus Supplement plus accrued interest thereon
to the date of redemption.
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Repurchase Provisions: The Debentures may not be repurchased
at the option of the holders thereof prior to their
Maturity Date.
Interest Payment Dates: March 15 and September 15, commencing
March 15, 1998 (Interest accrues from September 10,
1997).
Sinking Fund Provisions: None.
Current Ratings: Standard & Poor's Corporation: BBB
Moody's Investors Service: Baa2
Form and Denomination: The Designated Securities will be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof and will be evidenced by global certificates
registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its
nominee.
Ranking: The Designated Securities will be senior indebtedness of the
Company issued under the Indenture dated as of September 10,
1997 (the "Indenture") between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
Subject to the provisions of the next paragraph, all provisions
contained in the document entitled Safeway Inc. Underwriting Agreement Standard
Provisions (Debt Securities) (the "Standard Provisions"), a copy of which is
attached hereto, are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein, except that if any term defined
in such document is otherwise defined herein, the definition set forth herein
shall control. References in the Standard Provisions to the date of this
Agreement shall mean the date of this Underwriting Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail to the
Manager as the representative in care of Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration Department, and if to the
Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to
the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention:
General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to any Underwriter pursuant
to Section 6(c) of the Standard Provisions shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address, which
address will be supplied to the Company by the Manager upon request. Any such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt
thereof.
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Please confirm your agreement by having an authorized officer sign a
copy of this Agreement in the space set forth below. This Agreement may be
executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Very truly yours,
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
By: /s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
Accepted:
SAFEWAY INC.
By: /s/ Melissa C. Plaisance
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Melissa C. Plaisance
Senior Vice President -
Finance and
Public Affairs
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SAFEWAY INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
STANDARD PROVISIONS
(DEBT SECURITIES)
From time to time, Safeway Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Safeway" or
the "Company"), may enter into one or more underwriting agreements that provide
for the sale of securities specified therein (the "Designated Securities") to
the several underwriters named therein. The standard provisions set forth
herein may be incorporated by reference in any such underwriting agreement (an
"Underwriting Agreement"). The Underwriting Agreement, including the
provisions incorporated therein by reference, with such additions and deletions
as the parties thereto may determine, is herein referred to as this
"Agreement." Terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as
therein defined.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement
(Registration No. 333-32741) including a preliminary base prospectus
relating to $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's
Debt Securities (the Debt Securities are referred to herein as the
"Securities"), and a preliminary prospectus supplement specifically
relating to the Designated Securities to be offered thereby and shall
file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a final prospectus
(the "Basic Prospectus") relating to the Securities and a final
prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") specifically
relating to the Designated Securities to be offered thereby, pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") within the time period required by such rule. The
registration statement constitutes post-effective amendment no. 1 to
the Company's registration statement (Registration No. 33-51552), as
amended. The term "Registration Statement" means the registration
statement (Registration No. 333-32741) as amended to the date of this
Agreement. The term "Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together
with the Prospectus Supplement. The term "Preliminary Prospectus"
means a preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Designated Securities to be offered thereby together with the related
preliminary basic prospectus. As used herein, the terms "Basic
Prospectus," "Prospectus" and "Preliminary Prospectus" shall include
in each case the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein
and the term "Registration Statement" shall include (i) the documents,
if any, incorporated by reference therein and (ii) the information, if
any, contained in the Prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in accordance with Section 5(h)
hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Securities Act to
be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it was declared
effective. The terms "supplement," "amendment" and "amend" as used
herein shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus that are filed subsequent to the date of
the Basic Prospectus by Safeway with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b) The Registration Statement has been declared
effective by the Commission, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no
proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the
Commission;
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(c) The financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related
notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the
results of their operations for the periods specified, except as
otherwise disclosed therein; and except as otherwise stated therein or
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, said financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting
schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present
fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated
therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial
information included in the Prospectus present fairly the information
shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that
of the audited financial statements included in the Registration
Statement. The Company's ratios of earnings to fixed charges included
in the Prospectus have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d)
of Regulation S-K of the Commission;
(d) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and
is in good standing in the State of California and in each other
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries considered
as a whole; and each Significant Subsidiary (as used herein, the term
"Significant Subsidiary" shall have the meaning assigned to
"significant subsidiary" in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(e) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "TIA"), and has been duly
authorized by the Company, and as of the Closing Date for any such
Designated Securities will have been executed and delivered by the
Company and will be a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as (A) the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally and (B) rights of acceleration,
if any, and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by
equitable principles of general applicability;
(f) The Securities have been duly authorized by the
Company and, when Designated Securities are executed and authenticated
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to
and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of the
Underwriting Agreement, the Designated Securities will be entitled to
the benefits of the Indenture, and will be valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms
except as (i) the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating
to or affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) rights of
acceleration, if any, and the availability of equitable remedies may
be limited by equitable principles of general applicability;
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
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(h) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the
performance by the Company of its respective obligations under, this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Designated Securities will not result
in any violation of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding
upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is material to the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any governmental body, agency or court
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and
no consent, approval or authorization or order of, or qualification
with, any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the
Company is required for the performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Designated
Securities, except such as may be required under the Securities Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder, the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder, the TIA and the securities or Blue
Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale
of the Designated Securities;
(i) There has not occurred any material adverse change,
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from
that set forth in the Prospectus;
(j) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are
no other legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the
Company's knowledge, threatened, to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not
so described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other
documents that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required;
(k) The Company is not an "investment company" as such
term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(l) Each Preliminary Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act complied when so filed in all material
respects with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (except to the extent that any Preliminary
Prospectus did not so comply in a manner corrected in the Prospectus);
(m) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed
pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material
respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) the Registration
Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and such
Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, if applicable,
will not contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented,
if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the
Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and (iv) the Prospectus does not contain and, as
amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that
the representations and warranties set
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forth in this paragraph (m) do not apply to statements or omissions in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information
concerning any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such
Underwriter expressly for use therein.
2. Public Offering. Upon the execution of the Underwriting
Agreement applicable to any Designated Securities, the Underwriters propose to
make a public offering of their respective portions of the Designated
Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented.
3. Purchase and Delivery. Payment for the Designated Securities
shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account designated by the Company at the time and place set forth in the
Underwriting Agreement, upon delivery to the Manager for the respective
accounts of the several Underwriters of the Designated Securities, registered
in such names and in such denominations as the Manager shall request in writing
not less than one full business day prior to the date of delivery, with any
transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Designated
Securities to the Underwriters duly paid.
4. Conditions to Closing. The several obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the following conditions:
(a) (i) There shall not have occurred any change, or
any development involving a prospective change, in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries considered as a whole, from that set
forth in the Prospectus, that, in the reasonable judgment of the
Manager, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the reasonable
judgment of the Manager, impracticable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities being delivered
on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus;
(ii) The Manager shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer
of the Company, to the effect that the representations and warranties
of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of
the Closing Date and that the Company has complied in all material
respects with all of the agreements and satisfied in all material
respects all of its obligations hereunder to be performed or satisfied
on or before the Closing Date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely
upon his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(b) (i) Latham & Watkins, counsel for the Company,
shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Closing
Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you to the
effect that:
(A) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus;
(B) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
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(C) The Indenture has been (a) duly qualified
under the TIA and (b) duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and is a legally valid and binding agreement of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms; the Designated Securities have been duly authorized
and executed by the Company and, when duly authenticated by
the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and
delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, will be legally valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with their terms;
(D) The Registration Statement has become
effective under the Securities Act and, to such counsel's
knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities
Act and no proceedings therefor have been initiated by the
Commission; and the Prospectus has been filed in accordance
with Rule 424(b) and 430A under the Securities Act;
(E) The Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, in each case excluding the documents referred to
in (I) below, comply as to form in all material respects with
the requirements for registration statements on Form S-3 under
the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder; it being understood however, that
such counsel need express no opinion with respect to financial
statements, schedules and other financial data included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or
with respect to the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee on
Form T-1 (the "Form T-1"). In passing upon the compliance as
to form of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, such
counsel may assume that the statements made and incorporated
by reference therein are correct and complete;
(F) The statements set forth in the Prospectus
under the captions "Description of the Securities" and
"Description of Debt Securities", in each case insofar as such
statements constitute summaries of legal matters, are accurate
in all material respects; and the Designated Securities
conform in all material respects to the description thereof in
the Prospectus;
(G) The issue and the sale of the Designated
Securities being delivered on the Closing Date by the Company
and the compliance by the Company with the provisions of this
Agreement and the Indenture will not result in a violation by
the Company of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws or any federal, New York or California statute, rule
or regulation known to such counsel to be applicable to the
Company (other than federal securities laws, which are
specifically addressed elsewhere in such counsel's opinion, or
state securities laws as to which such counsel need not
express an opinion) or result in a material breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute
a default under, any of the indentures relating to the 9.30%
Senior Secured Debentures due 2007, 10% Senior Notes due 2002,
10% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2001, 9.875% Senior
Subordinated Debentures due 2007, 9.65% Senior Subordinated
Debentures due 2004 or 9.35% Senior Subordinated Notes due
1999, or the bank credit agreement between the Company and a
consortium of banks led by Bankers Trust Company;
(H) No consent, approval, authorization or order
of, or filing with any federal, New York or California court
or governmental agency or body is required for
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the issue and sale of the Designated Securities except such as
may have been obtained under the Securities Act and such as
may be required under state securities laws in connection with
the purchase and distribution of the Designated Securities by
the Underwriters as to which such counsel need not express an
opinion;
(I) Each document incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus (other than the financial statements, schedules
and other financial data included or incorporated by reference
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion),
when it was filed with the Commission, appeared on its face to
comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. In passing upon the
compliance as to form of each of such documents, such counsel
may assume that the statements made and incorporated by
reference therein are correct and complete.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in
conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company,
representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, and
representatives of the Underwriters, at which the contents of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although
such counsel 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 the Prospectus and such counsel has not made any
independent check or verification thereof (except as set forth in paragraph (F)
above), during the course of such participation (relying, as to materiality to
the extent such counsel deems appropriate upon statements of officers and other
representatives of the Company), no facts have come to such counsel's attention
that have caused such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement
(including the documents incorporated by reference therein), at the time it
became effective, 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 that the Prospectus (including the
documents incorporated by reference therein), as of the date of the Prospectus
Supplement or as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; it being understood that such counsel
need express no belief with respect to the financial statements, schedules and
other financial data included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or incorporated by reference therein or with respect to the Form T-1.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that they express an
opinion only as to federal securities laws, New York and California law and the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Such opinion may also be
subject to customary assumptions and limitations, including that opinions on
enforceability may be subject to the following exceptions, limitations and
qualifications: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general
principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or law, and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought; (iii) the unenforceability under certain circumstances
under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of
or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such
indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; (iv) such counsel
need not express an opinion concerning the enforceability of the waiver of
rights or defenses contained in Section 4.4 of the Indenture and (v) such
counsel need not express an opinion with respect to Sections 10.15 and 10.16 of
the Indenture.
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(ii) Michael C. Ross, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of the 1Company, shall have furnished to you his written
opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to
the effect that:
(A) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of
substantial properties or the conduct of its business require such
qualification, and in which failure to be so qualified and in good
standing would have a material adverse effect upon the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as a whole;
(B) Each Significant Subsidiary of the Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; has
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; to the best
of his knowledge has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
each other jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of substantial
properties or the conduct of its business require such qualification,
and in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing would
have a material adverse effect upon the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as a whole; and all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of each such Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable, and the capital
stock owned by the Company in such subsidiary is owned by the Company
free and clear of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity;
(C) To the best of such counsel's knowledge there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject, required to
be described in the Prospectus, which are not described as required;
(D) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities
being delivered at the Closing by the Company and the application of
the net proceeds therefrom as contemplated under "Use of Proceeds" in
the Prospectus, and the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, will not conflict with or
result in a material breach or violation of the terms or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument relating to
indebtedness in excess of $25 million to which the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject.
(c) The Manager shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion
of Brown & Wood LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Manager.
(d) The Manager shall have received on the date of this Agreement
and on the Closing Date a letter, dated such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Manager, to the effect set forth on Schedule II hereto,
from the Company's independent auditors.
(e) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any
of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities in New York or California declared by either
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Federal or New York or California State authorities; or (iii) the outbreak or
escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event
specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above in the Manager's reasonable
judgment makes it impracticable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Designated Securities being delivered on the Closing Date on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(f) On or after the date of the Underwriting Agreement relating to
the Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company's debt securities by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating organization," as that term is defined by the Commission for
purposes of Rule 436(g) (2) under the Securities Act and (ii) no such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or
review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company's
debt securities.
5. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of
the agreements of the Underwriters contained herein, the Company covenants as
follows:
(a) To furnish the Manager, without charge, a signed copy
of the Registration Statement (including exhibits and all amendments
thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a copy of the
Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto).
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus with respect to the Designated Securities,
whether by the filing of documents pursuant to the Exchange Act, the
Securities Act or otherwise, to furnish to the Manager a copy of each
such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such
proposed amendment or supplement to which the Manager or counsel for
the Underwriters reasonably objects.
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented in such quantities as the
Manager may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery
of a prospectus is required at any time prior to the expiration of
nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection
with the offering or sale of the Designated Securities and if at such
time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is
delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be
necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the
Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or the TIA, to notify the Manager and to prepare
and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in
securities as many copies as the Manager may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect
such compliance, and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a
prospectus in connection with sales of any of the Designated
Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of
the Prospectus, upon the Manager's request but at the expense of such
Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many copies
as the Manager may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus
complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
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(d) Promptly from time to time to take such action as
the Manager may reasonably request to qualify the Designated
Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws or Blue Sky
laws of such jurisdictions as the Manager may reasonably request and
to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and
dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary
to complete the distribution of the Designated Securities, provided
that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file general consent to service
of process in any jurisdiction.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security
holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries (which need not be audited)
complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder covering a twelve month
period beginning on the first day of the Company's first full fiscal
quarter next following the date of the Underwriting Agreement.
(f) During the period beginning on the date of the
Underwriting Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing
Date, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any
debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Designated
Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for any debt securities of the Company substantially
similar to the Designated Securities or any rights, warrants or
options to purchase any debt securities substantially similar to the
Designated Securities (other than (i) the Designated Securities, (ii)
commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business or (iii)
pursuant to arrangements of which the Manager and counsel for the
Underwriters have been advised by the Company prior to the time of
execution of the Underwriting Agreement, without the prior written
consent of the Manager, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(g) To pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to
the performance of its obligations under any Underwriting Agreement,
including the cost of all qualifications of the Designated Securities
under state securities laws (including reasonable fees of counsel to
the Underwriters in connection with such qualifications) and the cost
of printing this Agreement, any Underwriting Agreement, and any Blue
Sky memoranda.
(h) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
in relation to the Designated Securities in a form approved by the
Manager and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act not later than the Commission's close of business on
the second business day following the execution and delivery of the
Underwriting Agreement relating to the Designated Securities or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b); to
make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after the date of
the Underwriting Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and
prior to the Closing for such Designated Securities which shall be
disapproved by the Manager for such Designated Securities promptly
after reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Manager promptly of any
such amendment or supplement after such Closing and furnish the
Manager with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any
definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of such Designated
Securities, and during such same period to advise the Manager,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended
Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order or of any
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order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to
the Designated Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of
such Designated Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction,
of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such
purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such
stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of
any prospectus relating to the Designated Securities or suspending any
such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its
withdrawal.
6. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter
for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter expressly for use therein; and provided, however,
that the Company shall not be liable under the indemnity agreement in this
subsection (a) with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus to the
extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter results
from the fact such Underwriter sold Designated Securities (1) to a person to
whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the time of written
confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus or of the Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, or (2) in any case where such delivery is required by
the Securities Act if the Company has previously furnished copies thereof to
such Underwriter and the loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter
results from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in
the Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus which was corrected in the Prospectus
or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented at such time of written
confirmation.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity in paragraph 6 (a) above from the Company to
each Underwriter, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter expressly for use therein; and
will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim as such expenses are incurred.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action
(including any governmental investigation), such indemnified party shall, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any
indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses
of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnifying party shall not be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but
if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities. If,
however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not
permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the
notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but
also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on
the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in
connection with the offering of the Designated Securities shall be deemed to be
in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the
Designated Securities purchased under this Agreement (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Designated
Securities purchased under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the
table on the cover page of the Prospectus Supplement. The relative fault of
the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the
other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and
the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if
the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this
subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
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reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this
subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in
excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Designated
Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the
public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled
to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 6 shall be
in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act; and the
obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 6 shall be in addition to
any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the
Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Securities Act.
(f) The respective indemnities, agreements, representations and
warranties of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in this
Agreement or made by or on behalf of them in certificates of officers,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company or any officer or
director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of
and payment for any of the Designated Securities.
7. Defaulting Underwriters.
(a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder on the
Closing Date, the Manager may in its discretion arrange for itself or another
party or other parties to purchase such Designated Securities on the terms
contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any
Underwriter the Manager does not arrange for the purchase of such Designated
Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties
satisfactory to the Manager to purchase such Designated Securities on such
terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the
Manager notifies the Company that the Manager has so arranged for the purchase
of such Designated Securities, or the Company notifies the Manager that it has
so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, the Manager or the
Company shall have the right to postpone such Closing Date for a period of not
more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes, if any, may thereby
be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any
other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to file promptly any
amendments to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which may thereby be
made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include
any person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person
had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase
of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Manager and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
amount of such Designated Securities which remains unpurchased does not
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exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of the Designated Securities to be
purchased on the Closing Date, then the Company shall have the right to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the amount of Designated Securities
which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata
share (based on the amount of the Designated Securities which such Underwriter
agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Designated Securities of such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made, or
in such other proportions as the Manager may specify; but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase
of the Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Manager and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate
amount of such Designated Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds
one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of all the Designated Securities to be
purchased on the Closing Date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right
described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of
any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 6 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
8. Reimbursement. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant
to Section 7 hereof or as a result of the failure of any of the conditions set
forth in Section 4(e) hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability
to any Underwriter except as provided in Section 5(g) and Section 6 hereof;
but, if for any other reason any of the Designated Securities are not delivered
by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse
the Underwriters through the Manager for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in
writing by the Manager, including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the filing
of the Prospectus Supplement and the purchase, sale and delivery pursuant to
this Agreement of the Designated Securities not so delivered, but the Company
shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in respect of the
Designated Securities not so delivered except as provided in Section 5(g) and
Section 6 hereof.
9. Miscellaneous.
(a) The Underwriting Agreement may be executed by any one or more
of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the
benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in
Section 6 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of
the Designated Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or
assign by reason merely of such purchase.
(c) Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used
herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office
in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
(d) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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10. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have
been inserted for convenience or reference only and shall not be deemed a part
of this Agreement.
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Schedule II
Pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the
accountants shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants
with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of
the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the consolidated financial
statements and the consolidated supplementary financial information
and schedules audited by them and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related
published rules and regulations thereunder;
(iii) The selected financial information with respect to
the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the
Prospectus agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement
where applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for
such five fiscal years which were included or incorporated by
reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for such fiscal
year;
(iv) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting
an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the latest available interim consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection
of the minute books of the Company since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its
subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such
other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter,
nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) the interim consolidated financial statements
of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus did not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
(B) as of the date of the latest available
interim consolidated financial statements of the Company
subsequent to the date of the latest consolidated financial
statements incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there
has been any change in the consolidated capital stock (other
than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and
warrants, in each case which were outstanding on the date of
the latest financial statements incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus), any increase greater than $50 million in the
consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, any decrease in consolidated net current assets,
or any decrease in consolidated stockholders' equity, and for
the period from the date of the latest consolidated financial
statements incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the
date of the latest available interim consolidated financial
statements, there has been any decrease in consolidated
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net sales, operating profit or net income as compared with the
comparable period of the preceding year;
(C) as of a specified date not more than five
days prior to the date of such letter, there has been any
change in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuances
of capital stock upon exercise of options and warrants, in
each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest
audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus) or any increase greater than $50 million in the
consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, or decrease in stockholders' equity as compared
with amounts shown in the latest interim consolidated balance
sheet incorporated by reference in the Prospectus; and
(D) for the period from the date of the latest
interim consolidated financial statements incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus to the specified date referred to
in Clause (C) there was any decrease in consolidated net sales
or, to the extent that information as to decreases in net
income is available, net income, in each case as compared with
the comparable period of the preceding year; and
(v) They have carried out certain specified procedures, not
constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
with respect to certain amounts, percentages and financial information derived
from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear
in the Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part
II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by
the representatives, or in documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus specified by the representatives, which procedures consist
principally of comparing such amounts, percentages and financial information
with the corresponding amounts, percentages and financial information included
in or derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries
and have found such amounts, percentages and financial information to be in
agreement.
(vi) They have--
(A) Read the unaudited pro forma condensed
consolidated balance sheet as of December 28, 1996, and the
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of
income for the year ended December 28, 1996 incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(B) Inquired of certain officials of the Company
who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters
about--
(1) The basis for their determination of
the pro forma adjustments, and
(2) Whether the unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated financial statements referred
to in (vi)(A) comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S- X.
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(C) Proved the arithmetic accuracy of the
application of the pro forma adjustments to the historical
amounts in the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
financial statements.
The foregoing procedures are substantially less in scope than
an examination, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion
on management's assumptions, the pro forma adjustments, and the
application of those adjustments to historical financial information.
Accordingly, such accountants do not express such an opinion. The
foregoing procedures would not necessarily reveal matters of
significance with respect to the comments in the following paragraph.
Accordingly, such accountants make no representation about the
sufficiency of such procedures for your purposes.
(vii) Nothing came to such accountants' attention as a result of the
procedures specified in paragraph (vi), however, that caused such accountants
to believe that the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial
statements referred to in (vi)(A) included in the Registration Statement do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of Rule 11-02 of Regulation S-X and that the pro forma adjustments
have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of
those statements. Had such accountants performed additional procedures or had
such accountants made an examination of the pro forma condensed consolidated
financial statements, other matters might have come to such accountants'
attention that would have been reported to you.
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EXHIBIT 4.1
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SAFEWAY INC.
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 10, 1997
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE..........................1
Section 1.1. Definitions...............................................1
Section 1.2. Other Definitions.........................................5
Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.........5
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction.....................................6
ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES.....................................................6
Section 2.1. Issuable in Series........................................6
Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities............7
Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication..............................9
Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent...............................10
Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust......................10
Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists.....................................11
Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange....................................11
Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.........11
Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities...................................12
Section 2.10. Treasury Securities.....................................13
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities....................................13
Section 2.12. Cancellation............................................13
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest......................................13
Section 2.14. Global Securities.......................................14
Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers...........................................15
ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION.......................................................15
Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee........................................15
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed...................15
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.....................................16
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption...........................16
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price..............................17
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part..............................17
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS.........................................................17
Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest........................17
Section 4.2. SEC Reports..............................................17
Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate...................................17
Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws...........................18
Section 4.5. Corporate Existence......................................18
Section 4.6. Taxes....................................................18
ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS.........................................................18
Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc..............................18
Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted........................19
ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.............................................19
Section 6.1. Events of Default........................................19
Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.......21
Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee...............................................21
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Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.........................22
Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities...............................................23
Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected...........................23
Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits......................................23
Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal
and Interest.............................................24
Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................24
Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..........................24
Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................25
Section 6.12. Control by Holders......................................25
Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.................................25
Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs...................................25
ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE..........................................................26
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee........................................26
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee........................................27
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.............................28
Section 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer.....................................28
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults.......................................29
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders............................29
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity...............................29
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee...................................30
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.........................31
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification...........................31
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.......31
ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE..........................31
Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................31
Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification..............32
Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.............33
Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance......................................35
Section 8.5. Repayment to Company.....................................36
ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS............................................36
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders...............................36
Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders..................................37
Section 9.3. Limitations..............................................37
Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act......................38
Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents........................38
Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities....................38
Section 9.7. Trustee Protected........................................38
ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS......................................................39
Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls............................39
Section 10.2. Notices.................................................39
Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.............40
Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent......40
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Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion...........40
Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents.............................40
Section 10.7. Legal Holidays..........................................41
Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others..............................41
Section 10.9. Counterparts............................................41
Section 10.10. Governing Laws.........................................41
Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements..........41
Section 10.12. Successors.............................................41
Section 10.13. Severability...........................................41
Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.......................42
Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU.............42
Section 10.16. Judgment Currency......................................42
ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS.....................................................43
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article................................43
Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...43
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...............44
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SAFEWAY INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of September 10, 1997
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Section 310(a)(1) ........................................................................... 7.10
(a)(2) ........................................................................... 7.10
(a)(3) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
(a)(4) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
(a)(5) ........................................................................... 7.10
(b) ........................................................................... 7.10
Section 311(a) ........................................................................... 7.11
(b) ........................................................................... 7.11
(c) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
Section 312(a) ........................................................................... 2.6
(b) ........................................................................... 10.3
(c) ........................................................................... 10.3
Section 313(a) ........................................................................... 7.6
(b)(1) ........................................................................... 7.6
(b)(2) ........................................................................... 7.6
(c)(1) ........................................................................... 7.6
(d) ........................................................................... 7.6
Section 314(a) ........................................................................... 4.2, 10.5
(b) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
(c)(1) ........................................................................... 10.4
(c)(2) ........................................................................... 10.4
(c)(3) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
(d) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
(e) ........................................................................... 10.5
(f) ........................................................................... NOT APPLICABLE
Section 315(a) ........................................................................... 7.1
(b) ........................................................................... 7.5
(c) ........................................................................... 7.1
(d) ........................................................................... 7.1
(e) ........................................................................... 6.14
Section 316(a) ........................................................................... 2.10
(a)(1)(a) ........................................................................... 6.12
(a)(1)(b) ........................................................................... 6.13
(b) ........................................................................... 6.8
Section 317(a)(1) ........................................................................... 6.3
(a)(2) ........................................................................... 6.4
(b) ........................................................................... 2.5
Section 318(a) ........................................................................... 10.1
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
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Indenture dated as of September 10, 1997 between Safeway Inc.,
a Delaware corporation ("Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as trustee ("Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other
party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
issued under this Indenture.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1. Definitions.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are
required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or
therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on
Holders specified herein or therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"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" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper in an official
language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day
for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the
place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical in
the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby
in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that
is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of
such notice.
"Bearer" means anyone in possession from time to time of a
Bearer Security.
"Bearer Security" means any Security, including any interest
coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification of the
Holder thereof.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by
the Board of Directors or pursuant
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to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on
the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" means, unless otherwise provided by Board
Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a
particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The
City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock.
"Company" means the party named as such above until a
successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor.
"Company Order" means a written order signed in the name of
the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company's principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
"Company Request" means a written request signed in the name
of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice
President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage
of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depository" 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 Depository for such Series by the Company,
which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act;
and if at any time there is more than one such person, "Depository" as used with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect
to the Securities of such Series.
"Discount Security" means any Security that provides for an
amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
"Dollars" and "$" means the currency of The United States of
America.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as determined by the
Commission of the European Union.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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"Foreign Currency" means any currency or currency unit issued
by a government other than the government of The United States of America.
"Foreign Government Obligations" means, with respect to
Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct
obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency
for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or
(ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency
or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such
government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment
of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of the date of
determination.
"Global Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or
Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2
evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depository for
such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depository or
nominee.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a
Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended or supplemented,
from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of
Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"interest" with respect to any Discount Security which by its
terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or
installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such
Security or such 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.
"Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
Officers, one of whom must be the Company's principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel
who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel
to the Company.
"person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security
plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in
respect of, the Security.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer of the Trustee in its
Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities" means the debentures, notes or other debt
instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
"Series" or "Series of Securities" means each series of
debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to
Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any specified person means any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination
thereof.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code
Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "TIA" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act as so amended.
"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 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.
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"U.S. Government Obligations" means securities which are (i)
direct obligations of The United States of America for the payment of which its
full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) 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, and which in the case of (i)
and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt,
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S.
Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Section 1.2. Other Definitions.
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"Custodian" 6.1
"Event of Default" 6.1
"Journal" 10.15
"Judgment Currency" 10.16
"Legal Holiday" 10.7
"mandatory sinking fund payment" 11.1
"Market Exchange Rate" 10.15
"New York Banking Day" 10.16
"optional sinking fund payment" 11.1
"Paying Agent" 2.4
"Registrar" 2.4
"Required Currency" 10.16
"Service Agent" 2.4
"successor person" 5.1
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Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder.
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"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the
Trustee.
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company and
any successor obligor upon the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning
assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c) references to "generally accepted accounting principles"
and "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in
effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such
accounting principles are to be applied;
(d) "or" is not exclusive;
(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular; and
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1. Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities
may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be
identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided in a
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate detailing the
adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board
Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to
time, the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture
detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under
a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as
interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall
accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of
any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
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Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series,
the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of
Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the
Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.21) by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate:
2.2.1. the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);
2.2.2. the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
2.2.3. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
2.2.4. the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the Series is payable;
2.2.5. the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per
annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange
index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall
accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be
payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest
payment date;
2.2.6. the place or places where the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the
Securities of such 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 such Series and this Indenture may be served, and the method of
such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
2.2.7. if applicable, the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities
of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
2.2.8. the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase the 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;
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2.2.9. the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at
which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the
option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such
repurchase obligations;
2.2.10. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall
be issuable;
2.2.11. the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or
fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities
will be issuable as Global Securities);
2.2.12. if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.2;
2.2.13. the currency of denomination of the Securities of the
Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited
to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other
than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing
such composite currency;
2.2.14. the designation of the currency, currencies or
currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the Series will be made;
2.2.15. if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on
the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or
currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are
denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments
will be determined;
2.2.16. the manner in which the amounts of payment of
principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be
determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on
a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock
exchange index or financial index;
2.2.17. the provisions, if any, relating to any security
provided for the Securities of the Series;
2.2.18. any addition to or change in the Events of Default
which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal
amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;
2.2.19. any addition to or change in the covenants set forth
in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;
2.2.20. any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which
may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to
such Series); and
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2.2.21. any depositories, interest rate calculation agents,
exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein.
All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the
same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this
Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate referred to above, and the authorized
principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of
additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by
manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds
that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall
nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the
manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall
be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time,
authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in
the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate,
upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be
promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series
outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal
amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture
hereto or Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as
provided in Section 2.8.
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee
shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in
relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers'
Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of
Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or
of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers' Certificate complying with
Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate
and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the
Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees,
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executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents
shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability
to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to
the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of
Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series
pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may
be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent"), where Securities of
such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
("Registrar") and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served ("Service
Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of
Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the
name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and
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
co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents 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
obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each
place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 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 name or address of any such
co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term
"Registrar" includes any co-registrar; the term "Paying Agent" includes any
additional paying agent; and the term "Service Agent" includes any additional
service agent.
The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar,
Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time
Securities of that Series are first issued.
Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the
benefit of Securityholders of any Series
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of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the
payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify
the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any
such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall
have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money
held by it as Paying Agent.
Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise
comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date
and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such
form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities.
Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange.
Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or
a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an
equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall
register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such
transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as
otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable
in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or
9.6).
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to
issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the
period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding
the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for
redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected,
called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed
of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8. 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 make available for
delivery in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like
tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
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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 upon its request the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, 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 2.9. Outstanding Securities.
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to
it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security
effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those
described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases
to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the
replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity of Securities
of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then
on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and
interest on them ceases to accrue.
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A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal
amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a
Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall
be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Section 2.10. Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal
amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series
owned by the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon
a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive
Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary
Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights
under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.
Section 2.12. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee
for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and deliver such
canceled Securities to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs;
provided that the Trustee shall not be required to destroy Securities. The
Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series
of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent
permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons
who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The
Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the
record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of
the Series a
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notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount
of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other
lawful manner.
Section 2.14. Global Securities.
2.14.1. Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate shall establish
whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global
Security or Securities.
2.14.2. Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions
to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition
thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of
the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the
Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such
Global Security or if at any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to
appoint a successor Depository registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that such Global
Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to
the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be
continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the
Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to such
Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee of such Depository
to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the Depository or
any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository.
2.14.3. Legend. Any Global Security issued 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 the
Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is exchangeable for
Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its
nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may
not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the
Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee
of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository."
2.14.4. Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may
appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction,
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notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or
take under the Indenture.
2.14.5. Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of
the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to
the Holder thereof.
2.14.6. Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as
provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a
person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such
Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written
statement of the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes
of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be
given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice
may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of
identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee.
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities,
reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to
redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated
Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such
Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is
obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the
Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify
the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of
Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days
before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the
Trustee).
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board
Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate, if less than
all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the
Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems
fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities
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of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may
select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that
have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of
them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or,
with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations
pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series
and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities of that Series called for redemption.
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board
Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company
shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose
Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding,
publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.
The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be
redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must
be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for
redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(f) the CUSIP number, if any; and
(g) any other information as may be required by the terms of
the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at its expense.
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided
in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and
payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. A notice of
redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such
Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the
redemption date; provided that 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
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Securities) registered at the close of business on the relevant record date
therefor according to their terms and the terms of this Indenture.
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit
with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and
accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the
Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and
the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the
Security surrendered.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS
Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the
Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 4.2. SEC Reports.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after
it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing
as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required
to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The
Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or
determinable from information contained therein, including the Company's
compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is
entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers' Certificate).
Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers' Certificate
stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries
during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the
best of his/her knowledge the Company has
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kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default
of which he may have knowledge).
The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are
outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default, an Officers' Certificate specifying such Default or
Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto.
Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities and the Company
(to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such
law, 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 has been enacted.
Section 4.5. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the
Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve
any such right, license or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss
thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 4.6. Taxes.
The Company shall pay prior to delinquency all taxes,
assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings.
ARTICLE V.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into,
or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to, any person (a "successor person") unless:
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(a) the Company is the surviving corporation or the successor
person (if other than the Company) is a corporation organized and
validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and
expressly assumes the Company's obligations on the Securities and under
this Indenture and
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no
Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the
consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers' Certificate to the
foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction
and any supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.
Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be
substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named
as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the
case of a sale, conveyance or other disposition (other than a lease) shall be
released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.
ARTICLE VI.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the
establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate,
it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of
Default:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of
that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such
payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying
Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or
(b) default in the payment of principal of any Security of
that Series at its Maturity; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when
and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or
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(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty for which the consequences of nonperformance or breach are
addressed elsewhere in this Section 6.1 and other than a covenant or
warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the
benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default
continues uncured 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 not less than a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(e) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of
it or for all or substantially all of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of
its creditors, or
(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same
become due; or
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all
or substantially all of its property, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company,
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, in
accordance with Section 2.2.18.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian"
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
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Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of
Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)), then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if
any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to
be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall
become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section
6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso
facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other
act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with
respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment
of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article
provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all Events of Default
with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the
principal and interest, if any, of Securities of that Series which have become
due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in Section 6.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(a) 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
(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any
Security at the Maturity thereof, or
(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment
when and as due by the terms of a Security,
then, the Company will, upon 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 interest and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and 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
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and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such
demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may
institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and
unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities
and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided
by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such
Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any
Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or
other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or
otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on
the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders
allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(b) 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 7.7.
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Nothing herein contained 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.
Section 6.5. 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 6.6. 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 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 7.7; and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of 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 interest, respectively; and
Third: To the Company.
Section 6.7. 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
(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of that Series;
(b) the Holders of at least a majority 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;
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
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(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(e) 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 such
Holders.
Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal 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 interest, if any, on
such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.9. 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 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, 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, to the extent permitted by
law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
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Section 6.11. 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 6.12. 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
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture,
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee
shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the
Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee,
determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
Section 6.13. 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 (i) in the payment of the
principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any
related payment default that resulted from such acceleration) or (ii) in respect
of a covenant or provision hereof which 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 6.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, in
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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, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay
the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this
Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder
for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any
Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).
ARTICLE VII.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise
as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that
are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others.
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the
Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed
therein, upon Officers' Certificates or Opinions of Counsel
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers'
Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers' Certificates
and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they
conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of
paragraph (b) of this Section.
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(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless
it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with
respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
Series.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates
to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this
Section.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any
right or power at the request or direction of any Holder unless it
receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money
received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the
Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is
not reasonably assured to it.
(h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating
agent shall be entitled to the protections, immunities and standard of
care as are set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section
with respect to the Trustee.
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The
Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
require an Officers' Certificate. The Trustee shall not be liable for
any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such
Officers' Certificate.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be
responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed
with due care. No Depository shall be
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deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any act or omission by any Depository.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee's conduct does
not constitute negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder without negligence and in good faith and in
reliance thereon.
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders of Securities 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.
(g) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and
the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder without negligence and in good
faith and in reliance thereon.
(h) 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.
(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any
Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event
which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the
Securities generally or the Securities of a particular Series and this
Indenture.
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become
the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject
to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.4. Trustee's Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or
adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for
the Company's use of the proceeds
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from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the
Securities other than its authentication.
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with
respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the
Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish
on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of
Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the
case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on
any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long
as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in
good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of
Securityholders of that Series.
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall
transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on
the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are
outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of such
May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313.
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to
Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock
exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any
stock exchange.
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time
compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to
time agree upon in writing. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by
any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall
reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and
expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any loss,
liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by
or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set forth
in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as
Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for
which it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee
shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and
the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The
Company need not pay for any settlement made without
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its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This
indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and
agents of the Trustee.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify
against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer,
director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or
bad faith.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section,
the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money
or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay
principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an
Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination
of this Indenture.
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee's
acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one
or more Series by so notifying the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of
the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by
so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee
with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an
order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in
the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may
appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the
Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring
Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
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Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that,
the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the
successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the
successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee
with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee
under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession
to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are
outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper.
Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the
Company's obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of
the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it
prior to such replacement.
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or
transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another
corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the
successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its
most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
TIA Section 310(b).
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any
creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned
or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VIII.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further
effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(a) either
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(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed,
lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at
their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) 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 has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying
and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the
date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or
redemption date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) 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 7.7, and,
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of
this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5 shall
survive.
Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S.
Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by
the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
8.3 or 8.4, 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 (other than the
Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the persons
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entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such
money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make
mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated
by Sections 8.3 or 8.4.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against
U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received
in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf
of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time
to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3
or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of
the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited
for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign
Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This
provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S.
Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under
this Indenture.
Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.
Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to
Section 2.2.20, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the
outstanding Securities of any Series on the 91st day after the date of the
deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this
Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no
longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at
Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as
to:
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to
receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i)
payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and
interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated
Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and
(ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to
the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due
and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the
Securities of such Series;
(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3, and
8.5; and
(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder;
provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
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(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be
irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the
Trustee 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 (i) in the case of
Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars
and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities
of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a
composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which
through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in
accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and
assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later
than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in
cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment
of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund
payments in respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates
such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund
payments are due;
(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after
such date;
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i)
the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution
of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the
Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts
and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the
case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the
Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of
such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent
of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of
the Company; and
(i) 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 the defeasance
contemplated by this Section have been complied with.
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Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance.
Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 2.2.20 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the
91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof,
the Company may omit to comply with respect to the Securities of any Series with
any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6,
and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental
indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers'
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.20 (and the failure to comply with
any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with
respect to such Series under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event
specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board
Resolution or an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.18 and
designated as an Event of Default shall not constitute a Default or Event of
Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that
the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has
deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in
Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee 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 (i) in the case of Securities of such Series
denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government
Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series
denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency),
money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment
of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax
liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day
before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash,
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent certified public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge
each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any
mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Securities of such
Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such
sinking fund payments are due;
(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after
such date;
(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject
to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
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the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant
defeasance had not occurred; and
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the covenant
defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.
Section 8.5. Repayment to Company.
The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon
request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that
remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the
money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an
applicable abandoned property law designates another person.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any
Securityholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to comply with Article V;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Securities;
(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the
rights of any Securityholder;
(e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and
terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this
Indenture;
(f) 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; or
(g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.
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Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental
indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such
supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as
provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount
of the outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the
Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of
Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed
supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent
approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under
this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of
Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are
outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice
briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the
Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental
indenture or waiver.
Section 9.3. Limitations.
Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an
amendment or waiver may not:
(a) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent
to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of
interest (including default interest) on any Security;
(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any
Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the
payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable
upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission
of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
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Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that
resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security
payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, or 9.3 (this
sentence); or
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security.
Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or
more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies
with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents.
Until an amendment is set forth in a supplemental indenture or
a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a
continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or
portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's
Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However,
any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security
or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before
the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective.
Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every
Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is
of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that
case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has
consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security.
Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an
amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The
Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee
shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the
amendment or waiver.
Section 9.7. Trustee Protected.
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 7.1) 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 shall sign
all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee need not sign any
supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights.
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ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or
conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in
this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.
Section 10.2. Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to
the other, or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in
writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:
if to the Company:
Safeway Inc.
5918 Stoneridge Mall Road
Pleasanton, California 94588
Attention: Michael C. Ross
Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel
Telephone: (510) 467-3000
Facsimile: (510) 467-3231
if to the Trustee:
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West
New York, New York 10286
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telephone: (212) 815-5741
Facsimile: (212) 815-5915
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may
designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be
mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the
Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an
Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a
Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.
If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the
manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or
not the Securityholder receives it.
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If the Company mails a notice or communication to
Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same
time.
Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA
Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series
with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that
Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else
shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee:
(a) an Officers' Certificate stating that, in the opinion of
the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of
TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) 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;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, 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
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such
person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a
meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable
rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
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Section 10.7. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a "Legal
Holiday" is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal
Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next
succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the
Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under
the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a
Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part
of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 10.9. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 10.10. Governing Laws.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF.
Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture,
loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such
indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 10.12. Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the
Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this
Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 10.13. Severability.
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.
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Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of
the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU.
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities,
whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders
of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all
Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding
and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are
denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars (including ECUs), then the
principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of
Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at
such time. For purposes of this Section 10.15, "Market Exchange Rate" shall mean
the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that
currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided,
however, in the case of ECUs, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of
exchange determined by the Commission of the European Union (or any successor
thereto) as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (such
publication or any successor publication, the "Journal"). If such Market
Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the
Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part,
such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of ECUs,
the rate of exchange as published in the Journal, as of the most recent
available date, or quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from
one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of
the currency in question or, in the case of ECUs, in Luxembourg or such other
quotations or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee, upon
consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this
paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect
of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in
connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture.
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the
Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the
preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of
manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all purposes
and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.
Section 10.16. Judgment Currency.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the
principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the
"Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the
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"Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City
of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which
final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York
Banking Day, then the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City
of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York
Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered
and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required
Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery
pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection
(a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent
that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee,
of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect
of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional
cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the
amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount
of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be
affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture.
For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a
Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
ARTICLE XI.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as
otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued
pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment" and any other amount provided for by the terms of
Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such
Series.
Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any
sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of
such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of
such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2)
apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is
applicable and which have been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at
the
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election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities
(except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant
to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been
previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee,
together with an Officers' Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15
days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting
Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee
at the 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. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of
cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities
of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment
shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series
for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be
taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and
applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the
Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company
Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the
Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of
Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal
amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate in respect of a
particular Series of Securities) 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 mandatory 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 of
Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if
any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and
the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution,
Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular
Series of Securities) 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 3.2 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 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first
above written.
Attest: /s/ Meredith Parry Safeway Inc.
By: /s/ MELISSA C. PLAISANCE
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Name: Melissa C. Plaisance
Its: Senior Vice President --
Finance and Public Affairs
Attest: /s/ Steven D. Torgeson The Bank of New York
By: /s/ VIVIAN GEORGES
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Name: Vivian Georges
Its: Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT 4.2
SAFEWAY INC.
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
SECTIONS 2.2 AND 10.4 OF THE INDENTURE
Julian C. Day and Michael C. Ross do hereby certify that they are the
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel, respectively, of Safeway Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and do further certify, pursuant to resolutions of
the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on July 22, 1997 (the
"Resolutions"), and in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 10.4 of the Indenture
(the "Indenture") dated as of September 10, 1997 between the Company and The
Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as follows:
1. Attached hereto as Annex A is a true and correct copy of a specimen
note (the "Form of 7-Year Note") representing the Company's 6.85% Senior
Notes due 2004 (the "7-Year Notes"); attached hereto as Annex B is a true
and correct copy of a specimen note (the "Form of 10-Year Note")
representing the Company's 7.00% Senior Notes due 2007 (the "10-Year
Notes") and attached here to as Annex C is a true and correct copy of a
specimen debenture (the "Form of 30-Year Debenture") representing the
Company's 7.45% Senior Debentures due 2027 (the "30-Year Debentures"). The
Form of 7-Year Note, the Form of 10-Year Note and the Form of 30-Year
Debenture are herein collectively referred to as the "Forms of Notes." Each
of the 7-Year Notes, the 10-Year Notes and the 30-Year Debentures are a
separate series of Securities under the Indenture and are referred to
herein collectively as the "Notes."
2. The Forms of Notes set forth certain of the terms required to be set
forth in this certificate pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Indenture, and
said terms are incorporated herein by reference. The 7-Year Notes were
issued at the initial public offering price of 99.883% of principal amount,
the 10-Year Notes were issued at the initial public offering price of
99.955% of principal amount, and the 30-Year Debentures were issued at the
initial public offering price of 99.974% of principal amount.
3. In addition to the covenants set forth in Article IV of the
Indenture, each of the 7-Year Notes, the 10-Year Notes and the 30-Year
Debentures shall include the following additional covenants, and such
additional covenants shall be subject to covenant defeasance pursuant to
Section 8.4 of the Indenture:
"Section 4.7 Limitation on Liens.
The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, create, incur, or permit to exist, any Lien on any of their respective
properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon any
income or profits therefrom, in order to secure any Indebtedness of the
Company, without effectively
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providing that each series of Notes shall be equally and ratably secured
until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by such Lien,
except: (i) Liens existing as of September 10, 1997 (the "Closing Date");
(ii) Liens granted after the Closing Date on any assets or properties of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of the Company
created in favor of the Holders of Notes of such series; (iii) Liens
securing Indebtedness of the Company which is incurred to extend, renew or
refinance Indebtedness which is secured by Liens permitted to be incurred
under the Indenture; provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any
property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than the
property or assets securing the Indebtedness being refinanced and that the
principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount
of the Indebtedness being refinanced; (iv) Permitted Liens; and (v) Liens
created in substitution of or as replacements for any Liens permitted by
the preceding clauses (i) through (iv), provided that, based on a good
faith determination of an officer of the Company, the property or asset
encumbered under any such substitute or replacement Lien is substantially
similar in nature to the property or asset encumbered by the otherwise
permitted Lien which is being replaced.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any Subsidiary of the
Company may, without securing any series of Notes, create, incur or permit
to exist Liens which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set
forth in the preceding paragraph, if after giving effect thereto and at the
time of determination, Exempted Debt does not exceed the greater of (i) 10%
of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or (ii) $350,000,000.
Section 4.8 Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, enter into any sale and lease-back transaction for the sale and leasing
back of any property or asset, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except such transactions (i)
entered into prior to the Closing Date or (ii) for the sale and leasing
back of any property or asset by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company
or (iii) involving leases for less than three years or (iv) in which the
lease for the property or asset is entered into within 120 days after the
later of the date of acquisition, completion of construction or
commencement of full operations of such property or asset) unless (a) the
Company or such Subsidiary would be entitled under Section 4.7 to create,
incur or permit to exist a Lien on the assets to be leased in an amount at
least equal to the Attributable Liens in respect of such transaction
without equally and ratably securing the Notes of any series or (b) the
proceeds of the sale of the assets to be leased are at least equal to their
fair market value and the proceeds are applied to the purchase or
acquisition (or in the case of real property, the construction) of assets
or to the repayment of Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company which by its terms matures not earlier than one year after the date
of such repayment."
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4. In addition to the Events of Default set forth in Section 6.1 of
the Indenture, each of the 7-Year Notes, the 10-Year Notes, and the 30-Year
Debentures shall include the following additional Event of Default, which
shall be deemed an Event of Default under Section 6.1(g) of the Indenture:
"acceleration of $150,000,000 or more, individually or in the
aggregate, in principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company under the
terms of the instrument under which such Indebtedness is issued or secured,
except as a result of compliance with applicable laws, orders or decrees,
if such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged or such acceleration is
not annulled within 10 days after written notice."
5. In addition to the definitions set forth in Article I of the
Indenture, each of the 7-Year Notes, the 10-Year Notes, and the 30-Year
Debentures shall include the following additional definitions, which, in
the event of a conflict with the definition of terms in the Indenture,
shall control:
"Attributable Liens" means in connection with a sale and lease-back
transaction the lesser of (a) the fair market value of the assets subject
to such transaction and (b) the present value (discounted at a rate per
annum equal to the average interest borne by all outstanding Securities
issued under this Indenture determined on a weighted average basis and
compounded semi-annually) of the obligations of the lessee for rental
payments during the term of the related lease.
"Bank Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement dated as of April
8, 1997 among the Company, The Vons Companies, Inc. and Canada Safeway
Limited, as borrowers, Bankers Trust Company, as administrative agent, The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as syndication agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia and
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as documentation
agents, and the other lenders which are parties thereto, as such agreement
may be amended (including any amendment, restatement and successors
thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including
any increase in the principal amount of the obligations thereunder.
"Capital Lease" means any Indebtedness represented by a lease
obligation of a person incurred with respect to real property or equipment
acquired or leased by such person and used in its business that is required
to be recorded as a capital lease in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total amount of assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries (less applicable depreciation,
amortization and other valuation reserves) after deducting therefrom (i)
all current liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) all
goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and
expenses and other like intangibles, determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
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"Currency Agreement" means any foreign exchange contract, currency
swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to
protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in
currency values.
"Exempted Debt" means the sum of the following as of the date of
determination: (i) Indebtedness of the Company incurred after the Closing
Date and secured by Liens not otherwise permitted by the first sentence
under Section 4.7, and (ii) Attributable Liens of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in respect of sale and lease-back transactions entered into
after the Closing Date, other than sale and lease-back transactions
permitted by the limitation on sale and lease-back transactions set forth
under Section 4.8. For purposes of determining whether or not a sale and
lease-back transaction is "permitted" by Section 4.8, the last paragraph
under Section 4.7 (creating an exception for Exempted Debt) will be
disregarded.
"Indebtedness" of any person means, without duplication, any
indebtedness, whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or
evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit (or reimbursement agreements with respect thereto) or representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property
(including pursuant to Capital Leases), except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any
of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance
sheet of such person prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP (but does not include contingent liabilities which appear only in a
footnote to a balance sheet), and shall also include, to the extent not
otherwise included, the guaranty of items which would be included within
this definition.
"Interest Swap Obligations" means the obligations of any person
pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate collar
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect
such person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest
rates.
"Joint Venture" means a joint venture, partnership or other similar
arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form;
provided that, as to any such arrangement in corporate form, such
corporation shall not, as to any person of which such corporation is a
Subsidiary, be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such person is a
party.
"Lien" means any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance of
any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any
security interest).
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of the
Company under the Bank Credit Agreement and any initial or subsequent
renewal, extension, refinancing, replacement or refunding thereof; (ii)
Liens on accounts receivable,
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merchandise inventory, equipment, and patents, trademarks, trade names and
other intangibles, securing Indebtedness of the Company; (iii) Liens on any
asset of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Joint Venture
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, created solely
to secure obligations incurred to finance the refurbishment, improvement or
construction of such asset, which obligations are incurred no later than 24
months after completion of such refurbishment, improvement or construction,
and all renewals, extensions, refinancings, replacements or refundings of
such obligations; (iv)(a) Liens given to secure the payment of the purchase
price incurred in connection with the acquisition (including acquisition
through merger or consolidation) of property (including shares of stock),
including Capital Lease transactions in connection with any such
acquisition, and (b) Liens existing on property at the time of acquisition
thereof or at the time of acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company of any person then owning such property whether or not such
existing Liens were given to secure the payment of the purchase price of
the property to which they attach; provided that, with respect to clause
(a), the Liens shall be given within 24 months after such acquisition and
shall attach solely to the property acquired or purchased and any
improvements then or thereafter placed thereon; (v) Liens in favor of
customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; (vi)
Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any
person securing such person's obligations in respect of bankers'
acceptances issued or created for the account of such person to facilitate
the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; (vii)
Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit
that encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of
credit and the products and proceeds thereof; (viii) Liens on key-man life
insurance policies granted to secure Indebtedness of the Company against
the cash surrender value thereof; (ix) Liens encumbering customary initial
deposits and margin deposits and other Liens in the ordinary course of
business, in each case securing Indebtedness of the Company under Interest
Swap Obligations and Currency Agreements and forward contract, option,
futures contracts, futures options or similar agreements or arrangements
designed to protect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from
fluctuations in interest rates, currencies or the price of commodities; (x)
Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or
similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and (xi) Liens
in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
6. Each of the undersigned is authorized to approve the form, terms
and conditions of the Notes pursuant to the Resolutions.
7. Attached hereto as Annex D is a true and correct copy of the
Resolutions.
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8. The Notes shall be issued as Global Securities (subject to
exchange for definitive certificated Notes under the circumstances provided
in the Indenture) and The Depository Trust Company shall be Depository for
the Notes.
9. Attached hereto as Annex E are true and correct copies of the
letter addressed to the Trustee entitling the Trustee to rely on the
Opinion of Counsel attached thereto, which Opinion relates to the
Securities and complies with Section 10.4(b) of the Indenture.
10. Each of the undersigned has reviewed the provisions of the
Indenture, including the covenants and conditions precedent pertaining to
the issuance of the Notes.
11. In connection with this certificate each of the undersigned has
examined documents, corporate records and certificates and has spoken with
other officers of the Company.
12. Each of the undersigned has made such examination and
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion
as to whether or not the covenants and conditions precedent of the
Indenture pertaining to the issuance of the Notes have been satisfied.
13. In our opinion all of the covenants and conditions precedent
provided for in the Indenture for the issuance of the Notes have been
satisfied.
Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or the Notes, as the case
may be.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned officers has executed
this certificate this 10th day of September 1997.
/s/ Julian C. Day
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Name: Julian C. Day
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Michael C. Ross
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Name: Michael C. Ross
Title: Senior Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel
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EXHIBIT 4.3
FORM OF NOTE
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE "DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SAFEWAY INC.
6.85% Senior Note
Due 2004
No. R-1 $200,000,000
CUSIP No. 786514 AQ 2
SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received promises to pay to
CEDE & CO. , or registered assigns,
the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
on September 15, 2004 and to pay interest thereon from September 10, 1997, or
the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
provided for, as the case may be, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each
year, commencing March 15, 1998, at the rate of 6.85% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that
the payment of such interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate
per annum borne by this Security on any overdue principal and on any overdue
installment of interest until paid. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any interest payment date will be paid to the person in
whose name this Security (or one
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or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
regular record date for such interest, which shall be the September 1 or March 1
(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
Company, notice whereof shall be given to Trustee and the Holders not less than
10 days prior to such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, the transfer of the
Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange,
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and
the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services); provided that, unless all of the outstanding
Securities are Global Securities, the Company will at all times maintain an
office or agency for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York; and provided, further, that, except as provided in the next sentence,
payment of interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed
to the address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is a Global
Security, the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede & Co., the
nominee of the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of
this Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of the
applicable interest payment dates.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security 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 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 Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
Date: September 10, 1997
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE SAFEWAY INC.
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 6.85% Senior
Notes due September 15, 2004
described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY BY BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY SECRETARY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
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SAFEWAY INC.
6.85% Senior Note Due 2004
1. General.
This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the
Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10,
1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (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 (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$200,000,000 (herein called the "Securities"). All terms used but not defined in
this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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 principal of and interest on this Security
at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
2. Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Officers' Certificate dated September
10, 1997 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to
all such terms, and the Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said
Act for a statement of them.
3. Sinking Fund.
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund and the Securities
are not subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the
Holders.
4. Redemption.
The Securities are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the principal amount of the Securities then outstanding or (ii) as determined
by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including
any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption)
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date, plus 0.10%.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Securities. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of
the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.
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"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (a) each of Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc. and their
respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another
Primary Treasury Dealer, and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Securities to be
redeemed.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal principal
amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Registrar.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
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 Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof 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.
7. Unclaimed Money.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
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8. Defeasance Prior to Maturity.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Securities, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental
indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain
limitations described in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for the Securities) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
the Indenture or the Securities. 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.
10. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' ability to create or incur certain Liens on any of their
respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back
transactions and on the Company's ability to engage in mergers or consolidations
or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a
description thereof.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become)
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
12. Proceedings.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
13. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
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14. No Recourse Against Others.
A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or
incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration of issuance of the Securities.
15. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture
and the Securities.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(Please print or typewrite name and address including
postal zip code of assignee)
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this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________, Attorney,
to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of this
Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT 4.4
FORM OF NOTE
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE "DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SAFEWAY INC.
7.00% Senior Note
Due 2007
No. R-1 $200,000,000
CUSIP No. 786514 AR 0
SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received promises to pay to
CEDE & CO. , or registered assigns,
the principal sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
on September 15, 2007 and to pay interest thereon from September 10, 1997, or
the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
provided for, as the case may be, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each
year, commencing March 15, 1998, at the rate of 7.00% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that
the payment of such interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate
per annum borne by this Security on any overdue principal and on any overdue
installment of interest until paid. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly
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provided for, on any interest payment date will 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 September 1 or March 1 (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 Company, notice whereof shall be given to Trustee
and the Holders not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner. Interest on the Securities shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, the transfer of the
Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange,
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and
the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services); provided that, unless all of the outstanding
Securities are Global Securities, the Company will at all times maintain an
office or agency for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York; and provided, further, that, except as provided in the next sentence,
payment of interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed
to the address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is a Global
Security, the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede & Co., the
nominee of the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of
this Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of the
applicable interest payment dates.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security 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 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 Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
Date: September 10, 1997
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE SAFEWAY INC.
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 7.00% Senior
Notes due September 15, 2007
described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY BY BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY SECRETARY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
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SAFEWAY INC.
7.00% Senior Note Due 2007
1. General.
This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the
Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10,
1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (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 (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$250,000,000 (herein called the "Securities"). All terms used but not defined in
this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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 principal of and interest on this Security
at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
2. Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Officers' Certificate dated September
10, 1997 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to
all such terms, and the Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said
Act for a statement of them.
3. Sinking Fund.
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund and the Securities
are not subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the
Holders.
4. Redemption.
The Securities are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the principal amount of the Securities then outstanding or (ii) as determined
by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including
any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption)
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date, plus 0.10%.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Securities. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of
the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.
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"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (a) each of Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc. and their
respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another
Primary Treasury Dealer, and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Securities to be
redeemed.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal principal
amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Registrar.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
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 Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof 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.
7. Unclaimed Money.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
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8. Defeasance Prior to Maturity.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Securities, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental
indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain
limitations described in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for the Securities) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
the Indenture or the Securities. 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.
10. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' ability to create or incur certain Liens on any of their
respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back
transactions and on the Company's ability to engage in mergers or consolidations
or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a
description thereof.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become)
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
12. Proceedings.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
13. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
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14. No Recourse Against Others.
A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or
incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration of issuance of the Securities.
15. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture
and the Securities.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name and address including
postal zip code of assignee)
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this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________, Attorney,
to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of this
Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT 4.5
FORM OF NOTE
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE "DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SAFEWAY INC.
7.00% Senior Note
Due 2007
No. R-2 $50,000,000
CUSIP No. 786514 AR 0
SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received promises to pay to
CEDE & CO. , or registered assigns,
the principal sum of FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
on September 15, 2007 and to pay interest thereon from September 10, 1997, or
the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
provided for, as the case may be, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each
year, commencing March 15, 1998, at the rate of 7.00% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that
the payment of such interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate
per annum borne by this Security on any overdue principal and on any overdue
installment of interest until paid. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly
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provided for, on any interest payment date will 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 September 1 or March 1 (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 Company, notice whereof shall be given to Trustee
and the Holders not less than 10 days prior to such special record date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner. Interest on the Securities shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, the transfer of the
Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange,
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and
the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services); provided that, unless all of the outstanding
Securities are Global Securities, the Company will at all times maintain an
office or agency for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York; and provided, further, that, except as provided in the next sentence,
payment of interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed
to the address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is a Global
Security, the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede & Co., the
nominee of the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of
this Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of the
applicable interest payment dates.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security 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 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 Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
Date: September 10, 1997
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE SAFEWAY INC.
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 7.00% Senior
Notes due September 15, 2007
described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY BY BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY SECRETARY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
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SAFEWAY INC.
7.00% Senior Note Due 2007
1. General.
This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the
Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10,
1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (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 (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$250,000,000 (herein called the "Securities"). All terms used but not defined in
this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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 principal of and interest on this Security
at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
2. Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Officers' Certificate dated September
10, 1997 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to
all such terms, and the Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said
Act for a statement of them.
3. Sinking Fund.
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund and the Securities
are not subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the
Holders.
4. Redemption.
The Securities are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the principal amount of the Securities then outstanding or (ii) as determined
by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including
any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption)
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date, plus 0.10%.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Securities. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of
the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.
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"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (a) each of Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc. and their
respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another
Primary Treasury Dealer, and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Securities to be
redeemed.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal principal
amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Registrar.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
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 Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof 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.
7. Unclaimed Money.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
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8. Defeasance Prior to Maturity.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Securities, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental
indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain
limitations described in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for the Securities) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
the Indenture or the Securities. 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.
10. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' ability to create or incur certain Liens on any of their
respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back
transactions and on the Company's ability to engage in mergers or consolidations
or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a
description thereof.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become)
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
12. Proceedings.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
13. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
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14. No Recourse Against Others.
A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or
incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration of issuance of the Securities.
15. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture
and the Securities.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name and address including
postal zip code of assignee)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________, Attorney,
to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of this
Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT 4.6
FORM OF DEBENTURE
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE "DEPOSITARY"), OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS
SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED
IN THE INDENTURE, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY
TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
SAFEWAY INC.
7.45% Senior Debenture
Due 2027
No. R-1 $150,000,000
CUSIP No. 786514 AS 8
SAFEWAY INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received promises to pay to
CEDE & CO. , or registered assigns,
the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
on September 15, 2027 and to pay interest thereon from September 10, 1997, or
the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or
provided for, as the case may be, payable on March 15 and September 15 of each
year, commencing March 15, 1998, at the rate of 7.45% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, and (to the extent that
the payment of such interest is permitted by law) to pay interest at the rate
per annum borne by this Security on any overdue principal and
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on any overdue installment of interest until paid. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date will 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 September 1 or March 1 (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 Company, notice
whereof shall be given to Trustee and the Holders not less than 10 days prior to
such special record date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner.
Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
Principal of and interest on the Securities will be payable in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, the transfer of the
Securities will be registrable, the Securities may be presented for exchange,
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of this Security and
the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for such purpose (which initially will be the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services); provided that, unless all of the outstanding
Securities are Global Securities, the Company will at all times maintain an
office or agency for such purposes in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York; and provided, further, that, except as provided in the next sentence,
payment of interest may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed
to the address of the person entitled thereto. If this Security is a Global
Security, the interest payable on this Security will be paid to Cede & Co., the
nominee of the Depositary, or its registered assigns as the registered owner of
this Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on each of the
applicable interest payment dates.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security 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 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 Security to be
signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile
of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon.
Date: September 10, 1997
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE SAFEWAY INC.
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the 7.45% Senior
Debentures due September 15, 2027
described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
BY BY BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY SECRETARY EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
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SAFEWAY INC.
7.45% Senior Debenture Due 2027
1. General.
This Security is one of a duly authorized series of securities of the
Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of September 10,
1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (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 (except as
otherwise provided in the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$150,000,000 (herein called the "Securities"). All terms used but not defined in
this Security shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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 principal of and interest on this Security
at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
2. Indenture.
The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and
those made part of the Indenture by the Officers' Certificate dated September
10, 1997 delivered pursuant thereto and the TIA. The Securities are subject to
all such terms, and the Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and said
Act for a statement of them.
3. Sinking Fund.
The Securities are not subject to any sinking fund and the Securities
are not subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the
Holders.
4. Redemption.
The Securities are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100%
of the principal amount of the Securities then outstanding or (ii) as determined
by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including
any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption)
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
"Adjusted Treasury Rate" means, with respect to any redemption date,
the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the
Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable
Treasury Price for such redemption date, plus 0.10%.
"Comparable Treasury Issue" means the United States Treasury security
selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to
the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at
the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Securities. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of
the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with
the Company.
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"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date,
(i) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue
(expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third
Business Day preceding such redemption date, as set forth in the daily
statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and designated "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities" or (ii) if such release (or any successor release) is not
published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (A) the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding
the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (B) if the
Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all such Quotations. "Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations" means,
with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the
average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury
Dealer at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the third Business Day preceding
such redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means (a) each of Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Brothers Inc and Smith Barney Inc. and their
respective successors; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a
"Primary Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute therefor another
Primary Treasury Dealer, and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by
the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more
than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of the Securities to be
redeemed.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
This Security is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
and herein set forth, the transfer, or the exchange for an equal principal
amount, of this Security is registrable with the Registrar upon surrender of
this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the
Registrar.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may, subject to certain exceptions, require payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
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 Holder in whose name this Security is registered as the owner thereof 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.
7. Unclaimed Money.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request
any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains
unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must
look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable
abandoned property law designates another person.
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8. Defeasance Prior to Maturity.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Securities or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default
with respect to the Securities, in each case upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth therein.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the
Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental
indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including consents obtained in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities), for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders. Subject to certain
limitations described in the Indenture, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer
for the Securities) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of
the Indenture or the Securities. 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.
10. Restrictive Covenants.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the Company's and its
Subsidiaries' ability to create or incur certain Liens on any of their
respective properties or assets and to enter into certain sale and lease-back
transactions and on the Company's ability to engage in mergers or consolidations
or the conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its
properties and assets. These limitations are subject to a number of important
qualifications and exceptions and reference is made to the Indenture for a
description thereof.
11. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities may be declared (or, in certain cases, shall ipso facto become)
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
12. Proceedings.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a
receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless such
Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing
Event of Default with respect to the Securities and unless also the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
outstanding shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity,
to the Trustee to institute such proceedings as trustee, and the Trustee shall
not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities at the time outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute such proceeding, within 60 days. The
foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security
for the enforcement of any payment of the principal hereof or any interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
13. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other
capacity, may deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
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14. No Recourse Against Others.
A past, present or future director, officer, employee, shareholder or
incorporator, as such, of the Company or any successor corporation shall not
have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such
obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security
waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration of issuance of the Securities.
15. Governing Law.
The internal laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture
and the Securities.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Security, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
</TABLE>
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
----------------------------------
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Please print or typewrite name and address including
postal zip code of assignee)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
this Security and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________, Attorney,
to transfer this Security on the books of the Trustee, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of this
Security in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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