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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 13, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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DELAWARE 4213 36-3790696
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Classification Code Number) Identification No.)
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9700 HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 570, ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 60018, 847/696-0200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal Executive Offices)
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JOHN CAMPBELL CARRUTH
CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
9700 HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 570, ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 60018, 847/696-0200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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Copies to:
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WILLIAM N. WEAVER, JR. ROBERT F. WALL, ESQ.
SACHNOFF & WEAVER, LTD. WINSTON & STRAWN
30 SOUTH WACKER DR., 29TH FLOOR 35 WEST WACKER DR., SUITE 4200
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
TELEPHONE: (312) 207-1000 TELEPHONE: (312) 558-5600
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [
]
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ ]
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED OFFERING PRICE(1) REGISTRATION FEE
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Notes....................................................... $100,000,000 $27,800
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o).
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY
NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER
TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 13, 1999
PROSPECTUS
$100,000,000
USFREIGHTWAYS LOGO USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
% NOTES DUE 200
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We are offering and selling an aggregate of $100,000,000 of our %
Notes due 200 . We will receive the proceeds from the sale of the Notes.
Interest on the Notes is payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year,
beginning November 1, 1999. The Notes will mature on , 200 . We
may redeem some or all of the Notes at any time. We describe the redemption
price under the heading "Description of the Notes--Optional Redemption" on page
8 of this prospectus. We will also pay accrued interest to the date of any
redemption.
The Notes are unsecured and rank equally with all of our other unsecured
senior indebtedness. The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any
sinking fund.
THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES RISK. SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 5.
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PER NOTE TOTAL
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Public Offering Price............................... % $
Underwriting Discount............................... % $
Proceeds, before expenses, to USFreightways
Corporation....................................... % $
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Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
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Interest on the Notes will accrue from , 1999 to the date of
delivery.
The Notes will be ready for delivery through The Depository Trust Company
on or about , 1999.
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MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
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The date of this prospectus is , 1999.
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YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OR INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. WE HAVE NOT, AND THE UNDERWRITERS HAVE NOT,
AUTHORIZED ANY OTHER PERSON TO PROVIDE YOU WITH DIFFERENT INFORMATION. IF ANYONE
PROVIDES YOU WITH DIFFERENT OR INCONSISTENT INFORMATION, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON
IT. WE ARE NOT, AND THE UNDERWRITERS ARE NOT, MAKING AN OFFER TO SELL THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED. YOU
SHOULD ASSUME THAT THE INFORMATION APPEARING IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AS WELL AS
INFORMATION WE PREVIOUSLY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, IS ACCURATE AS OF THE DATE ON THE FRONT COVER OF THIS
PROSPECTUS ONLY. OUR BUSINESS, FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
PROSPECTS MAY HAVE CHANGED SINCE THAT DATE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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USFreightways Corporation................................... 3
Where to Find More Information.............................. 4
Risk Factors................................................ 5
Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges......................... 6
Use of Proceeds............................................. 6
Summary Consolidated Financial Data......................... 7
Description of the Notes.................................... 8
Underwriting................................................ 12
Legal Opinions.............................................. 13
Experts..................................................... 13
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USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
We are a leading full-service provider of transportation services and
innovative logistics solutions. We accomplish this through the following
decentralized business units:
- Regional less than truckload trucking
- Logistics
- Freight forwarding
- Truckload transportation
REGIONAL LESS THAN TRUCKLOAD ("LTL") TRUCKING
We own a group of five regional LTL companies which deliver freight
overnight and by the second day throughout the United States, Hawaii, Alaska and
parts of Canada. Over 70% of the freight we deliver for our regional customers
is delivered within one day and over 95% is delivered within two days. The
principal companies in our regional LTL group are USF Holland Inc., USF Bestway
Inc., USF Red Star Inc., USF Reddaway Inc. and USF Dugan Inc.
Typically, LTL carriers transport freight weighing 10,000 pounds or less
along scheduled routes from many customers to various destinations. These
carriers operate a network of terminals and fleets of line-haul and pick-up and
delivery tractors and trailers. Freight is picked up from customers by local
drivers and consolidated for shipment. The freight is then loaded into intercity
trailers and transferred by line-haul drivers to the terminal servicing the
delivery area. There, the freight is transferred to local trailers and delivered
to its destination by local drivers.
LTL carriers generally are categorized as regional, interregional or
long-haul carriers, depending on the distance freight travels from pick-up to
final delivery. Regional LTL carriers usually have average lengths of haul of
500 miles or less and tend to provide overnight or second-day service. Regional
LTL carriers usually can deliver the freight directly from the origin terminal
to the destination terminal. This avoids the costly and time-consuming use of
breakbulk terminals, which are terminals where the freight is rehandled and
reloaded to its ultimate destination. In contrast, long-haul LTL carriers
(average lengths of haul in excess of 1,000 miles) operate networks of breakbulk
and satellite terminals (hub and spoke systems) and rely heavily on the interim
handling of freight. Interregional carriers (500 to 1,000 miles per average
haul) also rely on breakbulk terminals but less so than long-haul carriers.
We believe that the regional LTL market is the most attractive segment of
the LTL trucking industry. Because the way customers manufacture and distribute
their products has changed, there is an increased demand for the direct shipment
and delivery of freight. Today, freight is moving over shorter distances to its
ultimate destination. Companies are making more use of regional distribution
centers and using the services of regional LTL carriers to deliver the products
from these centers to their customers. We also believe that the market for our
services may continue to grow because (1) substantial capital is required for
terminals and trucks and (2) a large number of skilled workers is needed, which
makes it difficult for new companies to compete against us in the regional LTL
market.
LOGISTICS
Our logistics companies provide logistics and distribution services in the
United States and Canada. The principal companies in the logistics group, USF
Logistics Inc. and USF Distribution Services Inc., provide integrated supply
chain solutions for their clients, including transportation, warehousing, cross
docking, product configuration and reverse logistics. Reverse logistics is the
process of handling unsaleable assets (for example, products that are damaged,
defective, returned-to-stock, discontinued or recalled). The companies primarily
serve clients in the automotive, consumer, food distribution, healthcare,
metals, retail, and technology industries. These companies are supply chain
partners to many Fortune 500 companies, including Proctor & Gamble, Fleming
Foods, Becton Dickinson, Ryerson and Microsoft.
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FREIGHT FORWARDING
Our freight forwarding companies provide domestic and international freight
forwarding services. The principal companies in the freight forwarding group are
USF Seko Worldwide Inc. and Golden Eagle Group Inc. Freight forwarding involves
the handling and management of the transportation of freight to domestic and
international destinations using third-party carriers, including pick up and
delivery carriers, commercial airlines and ocean vessels.
TRUCKLOAD
Truckload service involves the shipping of freight weighing 10,000 pounds
or more from a single shipper to a single destination along an irregular route.
The principal company in the truckload group is Glen Moore Transport Inc. We
deliver shipments from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast states to the West Coast
and into the Midwest states. The average length of our hauls is approximately
1,000 miles.
Our principal executive offices are located at 9700 Higgins Road, Suite
570, Rosemont, Illinois 60018; our telephone number is (847) 696-0200; and our
World Wide Web home site is http://www.usfreightways.com.
WHERE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our SEC filings are
available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's web site at
http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC
at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549 and at the SEC's regional offices located at Citicorp Center, 500 West
Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661 and Seven World Trade
Center, New York, New York 10048. You can call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the public reference rooms.
Our reports, proxy statements and other information may also be inspected
at the offices of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Reports
Section, 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file
with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
an important part of this prospectus and information that we file later with the
SEC will automatically update and supersede the information included or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the
document listed below and any future filings with the SEC under Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until we sell all of
the Notes:
- Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998.
You may request a free copy of this filing by writing or telephoning
Christopher L. Ellis, Senior Vice President, USFreightways Corporation, 9700
Higgins Road, Suite 570, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, telephone (847) 696-0200.
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RISK FACTORS
Before you invest in the Notes, you should be aware that there are various
risks, including those described below. You should carefully consider these risk
factors, together with all of the other information included in this prospectus,
before you decide whether to purchase the Notes.
Some of the information in this prospectus contains forward-looking
statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify
such statements by forward-looking words such as "may," "will," "expect,"
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," and "continue" or similar words. You should
read statements that contain these words carefully because they: (1) discuss our
future expectations, (2) contain projections of our future results of operations
or of our financial condition or (3) state other "forward-looking" information.
We believe it is important to communicate our expectations to our investors.
However, there may be events in the future which we are not able to accurately
predict or over which we have no control. The risk factors listed in this
section, as well as any cautionary language in this prospectus, provide examples
of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ
materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements.
Before you invest in the Notes, you should be aware that the occurrence of the
events described in these risk factors and documents incorporated by reference
could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and
financial condition.
INCREASES IN FUEL COSTS
We depend on diesel fuel to run our trucks. If the cost of fuel increases,
our results of operation will be affected even though we are able to charge our
customers for a portion of the fuel increase. We are only able to charge our
customers for increased fuel costs above a certain price level, so we must bear
any increase in fuel costs below that level.
RISKS OF ACQUISITION STRATEGY
Our growth has depended in part on our ability to acquire small- to
medium-sized trucking, logistics and freight forwarding companies throughout the
United States. We expect to continue to acquire companies as an element of our
growth strategy. However, acquisitions involve certain risks that could cause
our actual growth to differ from our expectations. For example:
- We compete with other companies to acquire transportation services
companies. We cannot predict whether this competition will increase. If
competition does increase, there may be fewer suitable transportation
services companies available to be acquired and the price for suitable
acquisitions may increase.
- We may not be able to continue to identify suitable acquisition
candidates or to acquire additional transportation services companies on
favorable terms. We may also be entering markets in which we have limited
direct experience.
- We may not be able to successfully integrate the operations of an
acquired business, particularly in the period immediately following an
acquisition. We may lose customers, key employees and drivers after we
acquire the business that could adversely affect the results of our
operations.
- The attention of our management may be diverted from the concerns of our
other businesses.
ADVERSE IMPACT OF YEAR 2000 COMPUTER SYSTEMS COMPLIANCE
Many older computer software programs refer to years in terms of final two
digits only. Such programs may incorrectly interpret the year 2000 to mean the
year 1900. If not corrected, such programs could cause date-related transaction
failures. Although we have corrected substantially all of the systems that we
believe are critical to our business, the year 2000 problem may, however,
adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operation by
affecting the business and operations of our suppliers and customers. For
example, if the year 2000 problem affects our customers, we may lose revenues
because our customers may not be able to ship freight or pay us for our
services. We cannot predict whether our suppliers and customers will suffer any
adverse impact because of the year 2000 problem or the effect they may have on
our business.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Our consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the years
in the five-year period ended December 31, 1998 is set forth below.
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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.......................... 4.3 4.4 3.8 6.7 8.0
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For the purpose of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges,
earnings consist of income before income taxes plus fixed charges, less interest
capitalized during the period and USFreightways Corporation's share of the
undistributed income in less-than-fifty-percent-owned affiliates. Fixed charges
consist of interest expense plus that portion of rental expense that is deemed
to represent interest.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The proceeds (after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated
expenses) to be received by us from the sale of the Notes are estimated to be
approximately $ . We will use the net proceeds to reduce the unsecured lines
of credit we have with various banks. The unsecured lines of credit have a
weighted average effective cost of approximately 5.1% per year. Until we apply
the net proceeds for specific purposes, we may invest them in marketable
securities.
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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
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FISCAL YEAR ENDED
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52 WEEKS 52 WEEKS 52 WEEKS 53 WEEKS DEC. 31,
DEC. 31, 1994 DEC. 30, 1995 DEC. 28, 1996 JAN. 3, 1998 1998(1)
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Operating Revenues.............. $1,016,464 $1,144,458 $1,330,972 $1,565,249 $1,834,893
Income from operations.......... 69,666 67,543 67,128(2) 105,010 129,433
Interest expense................ (9,081) (8,884) (12,144) (8,461) (8,784)
Interest income................. 664 707 649 1,038 757
Other non-operating expense..... (2,011) (878) (704) (92) 88
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Net income from operations
before income taxes.......... 59,238 58,488 54,929 97,495 121,494
Net income from operations...... 33,356 33,338 31,478 56,581 71,445
Extraordinary item-operating
rights....................... (1,291) -- -- -- --
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Net income...................... 32,065 33,338 31,478(2) 56,581 71,445
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Diluted Earnings Per Share:
Net income per share from
operations................... $ 1.51 $ 1.51 $ 1.40(2) $ 2.19 $ 2.70
Net income per share............ $ 1.45 $ 1.51 $ 1.40(2) $ 2.19 $ 2.70
Average shares outstanding...... 22,142 22,123 22,249 25,544 26,209
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(1) For fiscal year 1998, USFreightways Corporation began reporting on a
calendar year basis.
(2) Income from operations, net income and earnings per share include the USF
Red Star Inc. restructuring charge of $4,050, before income tax, equivalent
to $0.10 per share, net of tax.
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DEC. 31, DEC. 30, DEC. 28, JAN. 3, DEC. 31,
1994 1995 1996 1998 1998
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Working Capital......................... $ 26,168 $ 30,127 $ 59,229 $ 55,402 $ 50,972
Total assets............................ 501,002 578,194 688,508 799,535 974,673
Long-term obligations excluding current
portion.............................. 105,667 137,333 178,000 115,000 151,096
Stockholders' equity.................... 208,094 233,152 269,260 392,200 459,134
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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
GENERAL
The Notes will be issued under an indenture (we refer to the indenture, as
supplemented from time to time, as the "Indenture") between USFreightways
Corporation and NBD Bank, the Trustee, and will be limited to $100,000,000
aggregate principal amount. The Notes are unsecured obligations of USFreightways
Corporation. They will rank on a parity with all of our other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes will mature on , 200 . The
Notes will bear interest at the rate shown on the front cover of this Prospectus
from , 199 , payable semi-annually on each May 1 and November 1
to the persons in whose name they are registered at the close of business on
April 15 or October 15 preceding the interest payment date. The first interest
payment will be made on November 1, 1999. The Notes are subject to redemption
prior to maturity as described below, but are not entitled to the benefit of any
sinking fund. They will be issued in book-entry form only. See "Book-Entry
System."
The following summary of certain provisions of the Notes and the Indenture
is not complete and is subject to the detailed provisions of the Indenture. We
have filed a copy of the Indenture as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
Whenever particular provisions or defined terms in the Indenture are referred to
in this prospectus, such provisions or defined terms are incorporated by
reference in this prospectus. Article or Section references used in this
prospectus are references to the Indenture.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
Our Notes will be redeemable, as a whole or in part, at our option, at any
time or from time to time, on at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, prior
notice mailed to the registered address of each holder of our Notes. The
redemption price will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments (as defined below) discounted, on a semiannual
basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate
equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined below) and basis points.
In the case of each of clause (1) and (2), accrued interest will be payable
to the redemption date.
"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.
"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 Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the
time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in
pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of such Notes. "Independent Investment Banker" means one of the
Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by us.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, (1)
the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date
after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than five 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 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third
business day preceding such redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated and its successors. If the foregoing shall cease to be a primary
U.S. Government securities dealer (a "Primary Treasury Dealer"), we shall
substitute another nationally recognized investment banking firm that is a
Primary Treasury Dealer.
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"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to each Note to be
redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such
Note that would be due after the related redemption date but for such
redemption. If such redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect
to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on
such Note will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such Note to such
redemption date.
On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the
Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption (unless we default in
the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the
redemption date, we will deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to
be redeemed on such date. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the
Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM
The Notes initially will be represented by one or more global securities
deposited with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and registered in the name
of DTC's nominee. Except under the circumstances described below, we will not
issue the Notes in definitive form.
Upon the issuance of a global security, DTC will credit on its book-entry
registration and transfer system the accounts of persons designated by the
underwriters with the respective principal amounts of the Notes represented by
the global security. Ownership of beneficial interests in a global security is
limited to persons that have accounts with DTC or its nominee ("participants")
or persons that may hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial
interests in a global security will be shown on, and the transfer of that
ownership may be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee
(for interests of persons who are participants) and records maintained by
participants (for interests of persons who are not participants). The laws of
some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery
of the securities in definitive form. Such limits and laws may impair a
purchaser's ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.
DTC or its nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes
represented by the global security for all purposes under the Indenture. Except
as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not
be entitled to have Notes represented by the global security registered in their
names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in
definitive form, and will not be considered the owners of record or holders of
Notes under the Indenture.
We will make principal and interest payments on Notes registered in the
name of DTC or its nominee to DTC or its nominee as the registered holder of the
relevant global security. None of us, the Trustee, any paying agent nor the
registrar for the Notes will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records relating to, or payment made on account of, beneficial interests
in a global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial interests.
We expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal
or interest, will credit immediately participants' accounts with payments in
amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal
amount of the relevant global security as shown on the records of DTC or its
nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial
interests in a global security held through such participants will be governed
by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities
held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in "street
name," and will be the responsibility of such participants.
If DTC at any time is unwilling or unable to continue as a depository and
we do not appoint a successor depository within 90 days, we will issue Notes in
definitive form in exchange for the entire global security. In addition, we may
at any time and in our sole discretion determine not to have Notes represented
by a global security and, in such event, we will issue Notes in definitive form
in exchange for the entire global security. In any such instance, an owner of a
beneficial interest in a global security will be entitled to physical delivery
in definitive form of Notes represented by such global security equal in
principal amount to such beneficial
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interest and to have such Notes registered in the owner's name. Notes so issued
in definitive form will be issued as registered Notes in denominations of $1,000
and integral multiples thereof, unless we specify otherwise.
The information in this section concerning DTC and its book-entry system
has been obtained from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we do not
take responsibility for its accuracy.
LIMITATION ON LIENS OF STOCK OR INDEBTEDNESS OF SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES
We will not, nor will we permit any Significant Subsidiary (as defined
below) to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, security
interest, lien, pledge, charge or any other encumbrance (referred to in this
prospectus as a "lien") on any stock or indebtedness of any Significant
Subsidiary to secure any Obligation (as defined below) other than the Notes,
without in any such case effectively providing that all the Notes will be
directly secured equally and ratably with such Obligation. These restrictions do
not apply to debt secured by:
- liens on stock or indebtedness of a corporation existing at the time it
becomes a Significant Subsidiary;
- liens on stock or indebtedness of a Significant Subsidiary at the time of
the acquisition of such stock or indebtedness; and
- any extensions, renewals or replacements, in whole or in part, of any
lien referred to above. (Section 1008)
"Obligation" means every obligation for money borrowed and every obligation
evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other similar instrument.
"Significant Subsidiary" means (1) any subsidiary which had total assets
that constituted at least 10% of our total assets on a consolidated basis
determined as of the date of the most recent quarterly consolidated balance
sheet or (2) any subsidiary which had revenues for the three-month period ending
on the date of the most recent quarterly consolidated statement of operations
that constituted at least 10% of our total revenues on a consolidated basis.
CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER
We may consolidate or merge with, or sell all or substantially all of our
assets to, another corporation. The remaining or acquiring corporation must
assume all of our responsibilities and liabilities under the Indenture,
including the payment of all amounts due on the Notes and performance of the
covenants. Under these circumstances, if our properties or assets become subject
to a lien not permitted by the Indenture, we will equally and ratably secure the
Notes. (Section 801)
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes includes
the following:
- failure to pay interest on the Notes for 30 days;
- failure to pay principal on the Notes when due;
- failure to perform any of the other covenants or agreements in the
Indenture relating to the Notes that continues for 60 days after notice
to us by the Trustee or holders of at least 10% in principal amount of
the outstanding Notes;
- failure to pay when due any obligation of ours or any subsidiary having
an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $5,000,000 that
continues for 10 days after notice to us by the Trustee or holders of at
least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes; or
- certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization relating to us
or any Significant Subsidiary. (Section 501)
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The Indenture provides that the Trustee will, with certain exceptions,
notify the holders of the Notes of any event of default known to it within 90
days after the occurrence of such event. (Section 602)
If an event of default (other than with respect to certain events of
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization) occurs and is continuing for the
Notes, the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of
the Notes may declare the principal amount to be due and payable. In such a
case, subject to certain conditions, the holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding can rescind and annul such declaration and
its consequences. (Section 502)
We are required to file an annual officers' certificate with the Trustee
concerning our compliance with the Indenture. (Section 1004) Subject to the
provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the Trustee
is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers at the request or
direction of any of the holders unless they have offered the Trustee reasonable
security or indemnity. (Section 603) If the holders provide reasonable security
or indemnity, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Notes during an event of default may direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee under the
Indenture or exercising any of the Trustee's trusts or powers with respect to
the Notes. (Section 512)
MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENT OF THE INDENTURE
We may enter into supplemental indentures with the Trustee without the
consent of the holders of the Notes to, among other things:
- evidence the assumption by a successor corporation of our obligations;
- appoint additional, separate or successor trustees to act under the
Indenture;
- add covenants for the protection of the holders of the Notes;
- cure any ambiguity or correct any inconsistency in the Indenture; and
- establish the form or terms of the Notes. (Section 901)
With the consent of the holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes, we may execute supplemental indentures with the Trustee to
add provisions or change or eliminate any provision of the Indenture or any
supplemental indenture or to modify the rights of the holders of the Notes.
Without the consent of the holders of all the Notes, no such supplemental
indenture will, with respect to the Notes:
- change their stated maturity;
- reduce their principal amount or their interest rate;
- reduce the principal amount payable upon their acceleration;
- change the place or currency in which they are payable;
- impair the right to institute suit for their enforcement;
- reduce the percentage in principal amount of Notes, the consent of the
holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture;
- reduce the percentage in principal amount of Notes required for waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults;
or
- modify provisions with respect to modification and waiver. (Section 902)
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
At our option, we (1) will be discharged from all obligations under the
Indenture in respect of the Notes (except for certain obligations to exchange or
register the transfer of the Notes, replace stolen, lost or mutilated Notes,
maintain paying agencies and hold monies for payment in trust) or (2) need not
comply with certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture (including the
limitation on liens) with respect to the Notes, in
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each case if we deposit with the Trustee, in trust, money or U.S. government
obligations (or a combination thereof) sufficient to pay the principal of and
any premium or interest on the Notes when due. In order to select either option,
we must provide the Trustee with an opinion of counsel or a ruling from, or
published by, the Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that holders of the
Notes will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes, as if we
had not exercised either option. (Sections 1302 and 1304)
In the event we exercise our option under (2) above with respect to the
Notes and the Notes are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of
any event of default other than default with respect to such obligations, the
amount of money and U.S. government obligations on deposit with the Trustee will
be sufficient to pay amounts due on the Notes at the time of their stated
maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the Notes at the time
of the acceleration resulting from such event of default. We would remain
liable, however, for such amounts. (Sections 1303 and 1304)
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
We maintain lines of credit and have customary banking relationships with
NBD Bank, the Trustee under the Indenture.
UNDERWRITING
Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the underwriting
agreement, dated [April ,] 1999, among us and the several underwriters, for
whom Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and
are acting as representatives, we have agreed to
sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters have severally agreed to purchase
from us, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes set forth after their
respective names below. The obligations of the underwriters are subject to
certain conditions. The underwriters must purchase all of the Notes if they
purchase any.
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
UNDERWRITER OF NOTES
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<S> <C>
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated...................................
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Total.......................................... $100,000,000
============
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The underwriters have advised us that they propose initially to offer the
Notes to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of
this prospectus, and to certain dealers at such price less a concession not in
excess of % of the principal amount of the Notes. The underwriters may allow,
and such dealers may reallow, a discount not in excess of % of the principal
amount of the Notes to certain other dealers. After the initial public offering,
the public offering price, concession and discount may be changed.
The Notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market.
We do not intend to apply for listing of the Notes on a national securities
exchange. We have been advised by the representatives that they intend to make a
market in the Notes, but they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue
market-making at any time without notice. We can provide no assurance as to the
liquidity of, or any trading market for, the Notes.
In connection with the offering, the underwriters are permitted to engage
in certain transactions that stabilize the price of the Notes in accordance with
Regulation M under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. Such transactions
consist of bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining
the price of the Notes. If the underwriters create a short position in the Notes
in connection with the offering, i.e., if they sell a greater aggregate
principal amount of Notes than is set forth on the cover of this prospectus, the
underwriters may reduce that short position by purchasing Notes in the open
market. In general, purchases of a security for the purpose of stabilization or
to reduce a short position could cause the price of the security to be higher
than it might be in the absence of such purchases. Such activities, if
commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
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Neither we nor any underwriter makes any representation or prediction as to
the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above
may have on the price of the Notes. In addition, neither we nor any underwriter
makes any representation that the underwriters will engage in such transactions
or that such transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without
notice.
We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or if
indemnification is not allowed, to contribute to payments the underwriters may
be required to make because of those liabilities.
In the ordinary course of business, Merrill Lynch & Co. has from time to
time provided investment banking and financial advisory services to us and has
also acted as representative of various other underwriters in connection with
public offerings of our common stock in February 1997 and debt securities in May
1993.
We estimate that we will spend $ for fees and expenses
associated with the offering of the Notes.
LEGAL OPINIONS
Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois, will pass on the validity of
the Notes for us. Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Illinois, will pass on the validity
of the Notes for the underwriters.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and schedules appearing in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998 incorporated by
reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have
been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as
indicated in their reports with respect thereto, and are incorporated by
reference herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing in giving said reports.
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$100,000,000
USFREIGHTWAYS LOGO
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
% NOTES DUE 200
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PROSPECTUS
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MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
, 1999
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The expenses relating to the registration of debt will be borne by
USFreightways Corporation ("USF"). Except for the Securities and Exchange
Commission registration fee and the rating agency fees, the following expenses
are estimates:
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<S> <C>
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee......... $27,800
Legal fees and expenses.....................................
Accountants' fees...........................................
Printing fees...............................................
Trustee's fees and expenses.................................
Rating Agency fees..........................................
Miscellaneous...............................................
-------
Total..................................................
-------
</TABLE>
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") permits a
Delaware corporation to indemnify directors and officers under certain
circumstances. USF's restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws provide
that USF shall, subject to certain limitations, indemnify its directors and
officers against expenses (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and
certain settlements) actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with
any suit or proceeding to which they are a party so long as they acted in good
faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and, with respect to a criminal action or
proceeding, so long as they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct to
have been unlawful.
Section 102 of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include in its
certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting a director's
liability to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches
of fiduciary duty. DGCL Section 102 provides, however, that liability for
breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or
involving intentional misconduct, or knowing violation of the law, and the
unlawful purchase or redemption of stock or payment of unlawful dividends or the
receipt of improper personal benefits cannot be eliminated or limited in this
manner. USF's restated certificate of incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted, director liability for monetary
damages for breaches of fiduciary duty.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to
Exhibits.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such
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indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
(c)(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of
prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration
Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Rosemont, State of Illinois, on the day of
, 1999.
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
By: /s/ JOHN CAMPBELL CARRUTH
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John Campbell Carruth
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints John Campbell Carruth and Christopher L. Ellis,
or each of them as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (including his or her capacity as a director or
officer of USFreightways Corporation) to sign any and all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement (including registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
all amendments thereto) and to file the same, with all exhibits hereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<C> <S> <C>
/s/ JOHN CAMPBELL CARRUTH Chairman of the Board, Chief , 1999
- --------------------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director
John Campbell Carruth (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ CHRISTOPHER L. ELLIS Senior Vice President and Chief , 1999
- --------------------------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal
Christopher L. Ellis Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ ROBERT V. DELANEY Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
Robert V. Delaney
/s/ MORLEY KOFFMAN Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
Morley Koffman
/s/ ROBERT P. NEUSCHEL Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
Robert P. Neuschel
/s/ ANTHONY J. PAONI Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
Anthony J. Paoni
/s/ JOHN W. PUTH Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
John W. Puth
/s/ NEIL A. SPRINGER Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
Neil A. Springer
/s/ WILLIAM N. WEAVER, JR. Director , 1999
- ---------------------------------------------
William N. Weaver, Jr.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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<C> <S>
1.1 Form of Purchase Agreement
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
USFreightways Corporation (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3.1 to USFreightways Corporation's Transition Report
on Form 10-K, from June 29, 1991 to December 28, 1991);
Certificate of Designation for Series A Junior Participating
Cumulative Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3(a) to USFreightways Corporation's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 1994); Certificate
of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
USFreightways Corporation (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3(i) to USFreightways Corporation's Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 1996).
3.2 Bylaws of USFreightways Corporation, as restated January 23,
1998 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3(b) to
USFreightways Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended January 3, 1998).
4.4 Form of Indenture, dated as of April , 1999 between
USFreightways Corporation and NBD Bank, as Trustee
4.5 Form of USFreightways Corporation Officers' Certificate
setting forth the terms of the Notes as delivered to NBD
Bank as Trustee, pursuant to the Indenture.
5.1 Opinion and Consent of Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.
12.1 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2 Consent of Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
25.1 Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of NBD Bank
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EXHIBIT 1.1
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
Notes due 200__
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated: , 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<S> <C>
PURCHASE AGREEMENT..........................................................................................1
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties..............................................................3
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company...............................................3
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements..........................................3
(ii) Incorporated Documents.............................................................4
(iii) Independent Accountants............................................................4
(iv) Financial Statements...............................................................4
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business.............................................4
(vi) Good Standing of the Company.......................................................5
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries......................................................5
(viii) Capitalization.....................................................................5
(ix) Authorization of Agreement.........................................................5
(x) Authorization of the Indenture.....................................................5
(xi) Authorization of the Securities....................................................6
(xii) Description of the Securities and the Indenture....................................6
(xiii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts..................................................6
(xiv) Absence of Labor Dispute...........................................................7
(xv) Absence of Proceedings.............................................................7
(xvi) Accuracy of Exhibits...............................................................7
(xvii) Possession of Intellectual Property................................................7
(xviii) Absence of Further Requirements....................................................8
(xix) Possession of Licenses and Permits.................................................8
(xx) Title to Property..................................................................8
(xxi) Compliance with Cuba Act...........................................................9
(xxii) Investment Company Act.............................................................9
(xxiii) Environmental Laws.................................................................9
(b) Officer's Certificates......................................................................9
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.................................................10
(a) Securities.................................................................................10
(b) Payment....................................................................................10
(c) Denominations; Registration................................................................10
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company...................................................................11
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests.............................11
(b) Filing of Amendments.......................................................................11
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements........................................................11
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses...................................................................12
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws..................................................12
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications....................................................................12
(g) Rule 158...................................................................................13
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<S> <C>
(h) Use of Proceeds............................................................................13
(i) Reporting Requirements.....................................................................13
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses........................................................................13
(a) Expenses...................................................................................13
(b) Termination of Agreement...................................................................13
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations....................................................13
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement....................................................14
(b) Opinions of Counsel for Company............................................................14
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters........................................................14
(d) Officers' Certificate......................................................................14
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter................................................................15
(f) Bringdown Comfort Letter...................................................................15
(g) Maintenance of Rating......................................................................15
(h) Additional Documents.......................................................................15
(i) Termination of Agreement...................................................................16
SECTION 6. Indemnification............................................................................16
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters............................................................16
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers.........................................17
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification......................................................17
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse.........................................17
SECTION 7. Contribution...............................................................................18
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.............................19
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement...................................................................19
(a) Termination; General.......................................................................19
(b) Liabilities................................................................................20
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters.................................................20
SECTION 11. Notices....................................................................................20
SECTION 12. Parties....................................................................................21
SECTION 13. Governing Law and Time.....................................................................21
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings.........................................................................21
SCHEDULES
Schedule A - List of Underwriters.................................................Sch A-1
Schedule B - Pricing Information..................................................Sch B-1
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<S> <C>
Schedule C - List of Subsidiaries.................................................Sch C-1
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Opinion of Company's Counsel
and Form of Opinion of Company's
Vice President and General Counsel.......................................A-1
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USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
$100,000,000
Notes due 200__
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
[April ___], 1999
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
[Name(s) of Co-Representative(s)]
as Representative(s) of the several Underwriters
c/o Merrill Lynch & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
North Tower
World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281-1209
Ladies and Gentlemen:
USFreightways Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") and each of the other Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters", which term shall also
include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10
hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch [and [insert name(s) of other lead manager(s),
if any] are] [is] acting as representative(s) (in such capacity, the
"Representative(s)"), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the
purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the
respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule A of [$100,000,000]
aggregate principal amount of the Company's Notes due 200__ (the "Securities").
The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of [May 1,
1993] (the "Indenture") between the Company and NBD Bank, as trustee (the
"Trustee"). [The term "Indenture," as used herein, includes the Officers'
Certificate (as defined in the Indenture) establishing the form and terms of the
Securities pursuant to Sections 102 and 301 of the Indenture].
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public
offering of the
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Securities as soon as the Representative(s) deem(s) advisable after this
Agreement has been executed and delivered and the Indenture has been qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act").
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-__________) covering
the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"), including the related preliminary prospectus or prospectuses.
Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will either
(i) prepare and file a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A
("Rule 430A") of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act
(the "1933 Act Regulations") and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 ("Rule 424(b)") of
the 1933 Act Regulations or (ii) if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
434 ("Rule 434") of the 1933 Act Regulations, prepare and file a term sheet (a
"Term Sheet") in accordance with the provisions of Rule 434 and Rule 424(b). The
information included in such prospectus or in such Term Sheet, as the case may
be, that was omitted from such registration statement at the time it became
effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the
time it became effective (a) pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A is referred
to as "Rule 430A Information" or (b) pursuant to paragraph (d) of Rule 434 is
referred to as "Rule 434 Information." Each prospectus used before such
registration statement became effective, and any prospectus that omitted, as
applicable, the Rule 430A Information or the Rule 434 Information, that was used
after such effectiveness and prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, is herein called a "preliminary prospectus." Such registration
statement, including the exhibits thereto, schedules thereto, if any, and the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the 1933 Act, at the time it became effective and including the Rule 430A
Information and the Rule 434 Information, as applicable, is herein called the
"Registration Statement." Any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement," and after such filing the term "Registration Statement"
shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The final prospectus,
including the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of
Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for
use in connection with the offering of the Securities is herein called the
"Prospectus." If Rule 434 is relied on, the term "Prospectus" shall refer to the
preliminary prospectus dated [April __], 1999 together with the Term Sheet and
all references in this Agreement to the date of the Prospectus shall mean the
date of the Term Sheet. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any Term
Sheet or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to
include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR").
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated" in the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or other
references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of
any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") which is
incorporated by
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reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus, as the case may be.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the
Closing Time referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each
Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company
meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of
the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and
any request on the part of the Commission for additional information
has been complied with.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto
became effective and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement,
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and
supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and
the 1939 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the
1939 Act (the "1939 Act Regulations"), and did not and will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendments or
supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any such amendment
or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time, included or will
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit
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. If Rule 434 is used, the Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 434. The representations and warranties in this
subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any
Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and the prospectus filed as part
of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any
amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act
Regulations and each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus
delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering
was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed
with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted
by Regulation S-T.
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(ii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with
the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with
the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read
together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, at the time the Prospectus was
issued and at the Closing Time, did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(iii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified
the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required
by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iv) Financial Statements. The financial statements included
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the
related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated
and the statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods
specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles ("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.
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A)
there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business
(a "Material Adverse Effect"), (B) there have been no transactions
entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than
those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with
respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly dividends on the
common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the "Common
Stock") in amounts per share that are consistent with past practice,
there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid
or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform
its obligations under
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this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason
of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business,
except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would
not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the
Company listed on Schedule C hereto (each a "Subsidiary" and,
collectively, the "Subsidiaries") has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is
owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear
of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any
subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights
of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the
Company are (a) the subsidiaries listed on Schedule C hereto and (b)
certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a
single Subsidiary, do not constitute a "significant subsidiary" as
defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(viii) Capitalization. The shares of issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the
preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the
Company.
(ix) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(x) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been
duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act
and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee,
will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as
the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent
transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement
thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(xi) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have
been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly
executed by the Company and, when
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authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the
Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor
as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all
laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors' rights generally and
except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and
entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
(xii) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The
Securities and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to
the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus
and will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated
by reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration
Statement.
(xiii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws
or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject
(collectively, "Agreements and Instruments") except for such defaults
that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the
Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of
the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of
Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder
and under the Indenture and the Securities have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with
or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined
below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such
conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any Subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government,
government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, including,
without limitation, the Federal Highway Administration ("FHA"), the
United States Department of Transportation ("DOT") or any applicable
state highway and transportation agency, having jurisdiction over the
Company or any Subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or
operations. As used herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or
condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf)
the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or
a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any Subsidiary.
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(xiv) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the
employees of the Company or any Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any
existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its
or any Subsidiary's principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or
contractors, which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xv) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency
or body, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the FHA,
the DOT or any applicable state highway and transportation agency, now
pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or
affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, that is required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement (other than as disclosed
therein), or that might reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, or that might reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance
by the Company of its obligations hereunder; the aggregate of all
pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or
assets is the subject that are not described in the Registration
Statement, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the
business, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xvi) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or
documents that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference
therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto that have not been so
described and filed as required.
(xvii) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and
its Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms,
adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights,
know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or
unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or
procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other
intellectual property (collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary
to carry on the business now operated by them, and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise
aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others
with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or
circumstances that would render any Intellectual Property invalid or
inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the
subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity
or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or for
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the due execution, delivery or performance of the Indenture by the
Company, except such as have been already obtained or as may be
required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state
securities laws and except for the qualification of the Indenture under
the 1939 Act.
(xix) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued by
the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies, including, without limitation, the FHA, the DOT and any
applicable state highway and transportation agencies, that are
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and
its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would
not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of
the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect,
except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure
of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not
have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses that
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any
law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation or
court decree applicable to it, including, without limitation, the FHA,
the DOT and any applicable state highway and transportation agency,
that singly or in the aggregate would result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(xx) Title to Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and
its Subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them,
in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such
as (a) are described in the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the leases
and subleases material to the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries holds properties described in the
Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that
has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any
Subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or
affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such Subsidiary
to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under
any such lease or sublease.
(xxi) Compliance with Cuba Act. The Company has complied with,
and is and will be in compliance with, the provisions of that certain
Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba,
codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Cuba Act") or is exempt
therefrom.
(xxii) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon
the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the
application of the net proceeds
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therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be, an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company" as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "1940 Act").
(xxiii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the
Registration Statement or except as would not, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state,
local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order,
consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of
human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or
wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating
to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum
or petroleum products (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
"Environmental Laws"), (B) the Company and its Subsidiaries have all
permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements,
(C) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or
judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens,
notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings
relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that might
reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or
remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or
governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental
Laws.
(b) Officer's Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries delivered to the Representative(s) or to
counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by
the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each
Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at
the price set forth in Schedule B, the aggregate principal amount of Securities
set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any
additional principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter may become
obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of Sachnoff &
Weaver, Ltd., 30 S. Wacker Dr., 29th Floor, Chicago, Illinois, or at such other
place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative(s) and the
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Company, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs
after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time) on any given day) business day after the date
hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or
such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be
agreed upon by the Representative(s) and the Company (such time and date of
payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time").
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to
the Representative(s) for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of
certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that
each Underwriter has authorized the Representative(s), for its account, to
accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the
Securities that it has agreed to purchase. Merrill Lynch, individually and not
as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make
payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be purchased by any
Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time, but such
payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(c) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Securities shall
be in such denominations ($1,000 or integral multiples thereof) and registered
in such names as the Representative(s) may request in writing at least one full
business day before the Closing Time. The certificates for the Securities, if
any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the
Representative(s) in The City of New York not later than 10:00 A.M. (Eastern
time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission
Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the
requirements of Rule 430A or Rule 434, as applicable, and will notify
the Representative(s) immediately, and confirm the notice in writing,
(i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
shall become effective, or any supplement to the Prospectus or any
amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any
comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission
for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iv) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of the
suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect
the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps
as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of
prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for
filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will
promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order
is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible
moment.
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(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the
Representative(s) notice of its intention to file or prepare any
amendment to the Registration Statement (including any filing under
Rule 462(b)), any Term Sheet or any amendment, supplement or revision
to either the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the
time it became effective or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the
1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representative(s)
with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to
such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or
use any such document to which the Representative(s) or counsel for the
Underwriters shall object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has
furnished or will deliver to the Representative(s) and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including
exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and
documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts,
and will also deliver to the Representative(s), without charge, a
conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of
each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters.
The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR,
except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to
each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company
hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the
1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge,
during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under
the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably
request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto
furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically
transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR,
except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company
will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934
Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act
Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the
Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If
at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be
delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall
occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in
the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to
amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus
in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or
if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such
time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the
Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or
the 1933 Act
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Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as
may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements,
and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies
of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably
request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best
efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the
Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws
of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the
Representative(s) may designate and to maintain such qualifications in
effect for a period of not less than one year from the later of the
effective date of the Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to
qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to
taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it
is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the
Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such
statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such
jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of
not less than one year from the effective date of the Registration
Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. The Company will
also supply the Underwriters with such information as is necessary for
the determination of the legality of the Securities for investment
under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may request.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports
pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally
available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings
statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated
by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds
received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified
in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
(i) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period
when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or
the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by
the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment
thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this
Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters, the Indenture and such other
documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and
delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the
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fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors,
(v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith
and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement
thereto, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each
preliminary prospectus, any Term Sheets and of the Prospectus and any amendments
or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii)
the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities and
(ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Representative(s) in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section
9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations of
the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1 hereof or
in certificates of any officer of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company
of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further
conditions:
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become
effective and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued
under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by
the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for
additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing
the Rule 430A Information shall have been filed with the Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) (or a post-effective amendment providing
such information shall have been filed and declared effective in
accordance with the requirements of Rule 430A) or, if the Company has
elected to rely upon Rule 434, a Term Sheet shall have been filed with
the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b).
(b) Opinions of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, the
Representative(s) shall have received the favorable opinions, dated as
of Closing Time, of (i) Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., counsel for the
Company, and (ii) Richard C. Pagano, Vice President and General Counsel
for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter
for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A
hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may
reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the
Representative(s) shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as
of Closing Time, of Winston & Strawn, counsel for the Underwriters,
together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for
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each of the other Underwriters with respect to the matters set forth in
clauses (i), (ii), (vi) through (xii), inclusive, and the penultimate
paragraph of Exhibit A hereto. In giving such opinion such counsel may
rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other
than the law of the State of New York, and the federal law of the
United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representative(s).
Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves
factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon
certificates of officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers' Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not
have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse
change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings,
business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in
the ordinary course of business, and the Representative(s) shall have
received a certificate of the President or a Vice President of the
Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the
Company, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has
been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and
warranties in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same
force and effect as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time,
(iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
Closing Time, and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the
Commission.
(e) Accountant's Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution
of this Agreement, the Representative(s) shall have received from
Arthur Andersen LLP a letter dated such date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representative(s), together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included
in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the
Representative(s) shall have received from Arthur Andersen LLP a
letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the
statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of
this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a
date not more than three business days prior to Closing Time.
(g) Maintenance of Rating. At Closing Time, the Securities
shall be rated at least ____ by Moody's Investor's Service Inc. and
____ by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill,
Inc., and the Company shall have delivered to the Representative(s) a
letter dated the Closing Time, from each such rating agency, or other
evidence satisfactory to the Representative(s), confirming that the
Securities have such ratings; and since the date of this Agreement,
there shall not have occurred a downgrading in the rating assigned to
the Securities or any of the Company's other debt securities by any
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"nationally recognized statistical rating agency", as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933
Act, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has
under surveillance or review its rating of the Securities or any of the
Company's other debt securities.
(h) Additional Documents. At Closing Time, counsel for the
Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions
as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order
to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties,
or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all
proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and
sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in
form and substance to the Representative(s) and counsel for the
Underwriters.
(i) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in
this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative(s) by
notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule
430A Information and the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus or
the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount
paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or
proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened,
or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or
omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided
that (subject to Section 6(d) below) any such settlement is effected
with the written consent of the Company; and
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(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Merrill
Lynch), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such
expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;
provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and
the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each
Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a)
of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or
omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430A Information and
the Rule 434 Information, if applicable, or any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter
through Merrill Lynch expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any
amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall
give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of
any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought
hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not
materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it
from any liability that it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above,
counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Merrill Lynch, and, in
the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel to the
indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided,
however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the
consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In
no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more
than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own
counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or
separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall,
without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or
compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any
litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental
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agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of
which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or
Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by
Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the
aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of
the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being
entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section
6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or
expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses
incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the
other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, in each case
as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, or, if Rule 434 is used, the
corresponding location on the Term Sheet, bear to the aggregate initial public
offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
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The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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 Section 7. The aggregate
amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an
indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any 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 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and
each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the
Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company. The Underwriters'
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in
proportion to the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their
respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Representative(s) may terminate this
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i)
if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the
ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any
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material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States, any
outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any
change or development involving a prospective change in national or
international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the
effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative(s),
impracticable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of
the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been
suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the Nasdaq National Market,
or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock
Exchange or in the Nasdaq National Market has been suspended or materially
limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum
ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system
or by order of the Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. or any other governmental authority, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has
been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other
party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections
1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more
of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the Securities that
it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the "Defaulted
Securities"), the Representative(s) shall have the right, within 24 hours
thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting
Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all,
of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the
terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative(s) shall not have
completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10%
of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased
hereunder, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated,
severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the
proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder
bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting
Underwriters, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased hereunder,
this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination
of this Agreement, either the Representative(s) or the Company shall have the
right to postpone Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to
effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in
any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term "Underwriter"
includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.
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SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or
transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the
Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative(s) at North Tower, World
Financial Center, New York, New York 10281-1201 and notices to the Company shall
be directed to it at 9700 Higgins Road, Suite 570, Rosemont, Illinois 60018,
attention of John Campbell Carruth.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective
successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or
shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the
Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors and the controlling
persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their
heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This
Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the
sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their
respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors
and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other
person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter
shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED
TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
By
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Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
[NAME(S) OF CO-REPRESENTATIVE(S)]
By: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
By
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Authorized Signatory
For [itself] [themselves] and as Representative(s) of the other Underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto.
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SCHEDULE A
Principal
Amount of
Name of Underwriter Securities
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
[Name(s) of Co-Representative(s)]
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Total [$100,000,000]
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SCHEDULE B
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
$100,000,000 Notes due 200__
1. The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be __% of
the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of
issuance.
2. The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the Securities
shall be __% of the principal amount thereof.
3. The interest rate on the Securities shall be __% per annum.
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SCHEDULE C
List of Subsidiaries
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Glen Moore Transport Inc.
Golden Eagle Group Inc.
USF Bestway Inc.
USF Caribbean Services Inc.
USF Coast Consolidators Inc.
USF Distribution Services Inc.
USF Dugan Inc.
USF Holland Inc.
USF Logistics Inc.
USF Red Star Inc.
USF Reddaway Inc.
USF Sales Corporation
USF Seko Worldwide Inc.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY'S COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(b)
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in
good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company is as set forth in the Prospectus in the column entitled "Actual" under
the caption "Capitalization" (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee
benefit plans referred to in the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of
convertible securities or options referred to in the Prospectus); the shares of
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of
the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(v) Each Subsidiary (as such term is defined in the Purchase
Agreement) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except where the failure
so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement); all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and
validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of our
knowledge, is owned by the Company, directly or through Subsidiaries, free and
clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or
equity.
(vi) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(vii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof
by the Trustee) constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in
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accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to
fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is
subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(viii) The Securities are in the form contemplated by the Indenture,
have been duly authorized by the Company and, assuming that the Securities have
been duly authenticated by the Trustee in the manner described in its
certificate delivered to you today (which fact such counsel need not determine
by an inspection of the Securities), the Securities have been duly executed,
issued and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
(including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors'
rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law), and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
(ix) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the 1939 Act.
(x) The Securities and the Indenture conform as to legal matters in
all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus.
(xi) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, has been declared effective under the 1933 Act; any
required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); and, to the best of
our knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has been issued under the
1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending
or threatened by the Commission.
(xii) The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, the Rule 430A Information and the Rule 434 Information,
as applicable, the Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference
therein, and each amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, as of
their respective effective or issue dates (other than the financial statements
and supporting schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, and the
Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 (the "Form T-1"), as to which we
need express no opinion) complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other
than the financial statements and supporting schedules included therein or
omitted therefrom, as to which we need express no opinion), when they were filed
with the Commission complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
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(xiv) To the best of our knowledge, except as disclosed in the
Prospectus, there is not pending or threatened any action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation, to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or
to which the property of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject, before or
brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, that
might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that
might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties
or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the
Purchase Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations
thereunder.
(xv) The information in "Description of Debt Securities" and in the
Registration Statement under Item 15, to the extent that it constitutes matters
of law, summaries of legal matters, the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, has been
reviewed by us and is correct in all material respects
(xvi) To the best of our knowledge, there are no statutes or
regulations that are required to be described in the Prospectus that are not
described as required.
(xvii) All descriptions in the Registration Statement of contracts and
other documents to which the Company or its Subsidiaries are a party are
accurate in all material respects; to the best of our knowledge, there are no
franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or
other instruments required to be described or referred to in the Registration
Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other than those described or
referred to therein or filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto,
and the descriptions thereof or references thereto are correct in all material
respects.
(xviii) To the best of our knowledge, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is in violation of its charter, certificate or articles of
incorporation or by-laws and no default by the Company or any Subsidiary exists
in the due performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument that is described or
referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or filed or
incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(xix) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license,
order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental
authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than under the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states and except for the
qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, or other than the Federal
Highway Administration ("FHA"), the Department of Transportation ("DOT") or any
applicable state highway and transportation agency, as to which we need express
no opinion) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization,
execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement or the due execution, delivery
or performance of the Indenture by the Company or for the offering, issuance,
sale or delivery of the Securities.
(xx) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase
Agreement, the
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Indenture and the Securities and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in the Purchase Agreement and in the Registration Statement
(including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds
from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption
"Use Of Proceeds") and compliance by the Company with its obligations under the
Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities do not and will not,
whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict
with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined in
Section 1(a)(xiii) of the Purchase Agreement) under or result in the creation or
imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or
instrument, known to us, to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches
or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material
Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions
of the charter, certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws of the
Company or any Subsidiary, or any applicable Illinois law, United States Federal
law or regulation or Delaware corporate law (except we do not opine on highway
or transportation laws relating to the regulation of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or their businesses by the FHA, the DOT or any applicable state
highway and transportation agency), having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties.
(xxi) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company," as such terms are defined in the 1940
Act.
Nothing has come to our attention that would lead us to believe that
the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, including the Rule 430A
Information and Rule 434 Information (if applicable), (except for financial
statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by
reference therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which we need
make no statement), at the time such Registration Statement or any such
amendment 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 or any
amendment or supplement thereto (except for financial statements and schedules
and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or
omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which we need make no statement), at
the time the Prospectus was issued, at the time any such amended or supplemented
prospectus was issued or at the Closing Time, included or includes 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.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of fact
(but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. Such
opinion shall not state that it is to be governed or qualified by, or that it is
otherwise subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating to
legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion Accord of the
ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
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FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY'S
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5(B)
(i) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of the FHA, the DOT or any applicable state highway and
transportation agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is required with respect to the due authorization, execution and
delivery of the Purchase Agreement or for the offering, issuance, sale or
delivery of the Securities (such counsel may rely on the opinions of local
counsel).
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement
and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as
described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use Of Proceeds") and compliance
by the Company with its obligations under the Purchase Agreement do not and will
not result in a violation of any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental
rule or regulation or court decree applicable to it of the FHA, the DOT or any
applicable state highway and transportation agency.
(iii) Each Subsidiary of the Company to the best of my knowledge holds
all licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, approvals and orders of and
from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies, including the FHA, the
DOT or any applicable state highway and transportation agencies, that are
necessary to own or lease their properties and conduct their businesses as
described in the Prospectus and are material to the consolidated financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(iv) To the best of my knowledge and other than as set forth in the
Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of
any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation or court
decree applicable to it of the FHA, the DOT or any applicable state highway and
transportation agency, or is not in compliance with any term or condition of, or
has failed to obtain, any license, permit, franchise or other administrative or
governmental authorization of the FHA, the DOT or any applicable state highway
and transportation agency, which violation, non-compliance or failure to obtain
would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial position, shareholder's equity or results or operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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Annex A
FORM OF ACCOUNTANTS' COMFORT LETTER PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(e)
We are independent public accountants with respect to the Company within the
meaning of the 1933 Act and the applicable published 1933 Act Regulations
(i) in our opinion, the audited financial statements and the
related financial statement schedules included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the 1933 Act and the published rules and regulations
thereunder;
(ii) on the basis of procedures (but not an examination in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards) consisting a
reading of the latest available unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements of the Company, a reading of the minutes of all
meetings of the stockholders and directors of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and the committees of the Company's Board of Directors
since January 1, 1999, inquiries of certain officials of the Company
responsible for financial and accounting matters, a review of interim
financial information in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 71, Interim Financial Information ("SAS 71"),
with respect to the [three month periods ended March 31, 1998 and March
31, 1999] and such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified
in such letter, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe
that:
(A) at [March 31, 1999] there was any change in the
capital stock, increase in consolidated long-term debt, or any
decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholder's
equity of the Company as compared with amounts shown in the
latest balance sheet included in the Registration Statement,
except in each case for changes, decreases or increases that
the Registration Statement discloses have occurred or may
occur; or
(B) for the period from December 31, 1998 to March
31, 1999, there were any decreases in consolidated net sales
or operating profit, or in the total or per share amounts of
consolidated net income, in each case as compared with the
comparable period in the preceding year, except in each case
for any decreases that the Registration Statement discloses
have occurred or may occur and except as disclosed herein;
(iii) based upon the procedures set forth in clause (ii) above
and a reading of the Selected Consolidated Financial Data incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and a reading of the
financial statements from which such data were derived, nothing came to
our attention that caused us to believe that the Selected Consolidated
Financial Data incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
do not comply as to form in all material respects with the disclosure
requirements of Item 301 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, that the
amounts included in the Selected Consolidated Financial Data are not in
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agreement with the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements for the respective periods or that the financial
statements not included in the Registration Statement from which
certain of such data were derived are not in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles;
(iv) we have compared the information in the Registration
Statement under selected captions with the disclosure requirements of
Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act and on the basis of limited procedures
specified herein, nothing came to our attention that caused us to
believe that this information does not comply as to form in all
material respects with the disclosure requirements of Items 302, 402
and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(v) based upon the procedures set forth in clause (ii) above,
a reading of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the
Company for the period ended March 31, 1999 that have not been included
in the Registration Statement and a review of such financial statements
in accordance with SAS 71, nothing came to our attention that caused us
to believe that the unaudited amounts for consolidated net sales or
operating profit, or in the total or per share amounts of consolidated
net income for the period ended March 31, 1999 do not agree with the
amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated financial statements
for those periods or that such unaudited amounts were not determined on
a basis substantially consistent with that of the corresponding amounts
in the audited consolidated financial statements; and
(vi) in addition to the procedures referred to in clause (ii)
above, we have performed other procedures, not constituting an audit,
with respect to certain amounts, percentages, numerical data and
financial information appearing in the Registration Statement, which
are specified herein, and have compared certain of such items with, and
have found such items to be in agreement with, the accounting and
financial records of the Company.
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EXHIBIT 4.4
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USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
TO
NBD BANK
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of April ___, 1999
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY...........................................................................................1
1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION......................................................1
1.1 Definitions..............................................................................................1
Act .....................................................................................................2
Affiliate................................................................................................2
Authenticating Agent.....................................................................................2
Board of Directors.......................................................................................2
Board Resolution.........................................................................................2
Business Day.............................................................................................2
Commission...............................................................................................2
Company .................................................................................................2
Company Request..........................................................................................2
Corporate Trust Office...................................................................................3
corporation..............................................................................................3
Covenant Defeasance......................................................................................3
Defaulted Interest.......................................................................................3
Defeasance...............................................................................................3
Depositary...............................................................................................3
Event of Default.........................................................................................3
Exchange Act.............................................................................................3
Expiration Date..........................................................................................3
Global Security..........................................................................................3
Holder ..................................................................................................3
Indenture................................................................................................3
interest ................................................................................................3
Interest Payment Date....................................................................................4
Investment Company Act...................................................................................4
Lien ....................................................................................................4
Maturity ................................................................................................4
Notice of Default........................................................................................4
Obligation...............................................................................................4
Officers' Certificate....................................................................................4
Opinion of Counsel.......................................................................................4
Original Issue Discount Security.........................................................................4
Outstanding..............................................................................................4
Paying Agent.............................................................................................5
Person ..................................................................................................5
Place of Payment.........................................................................................5
Predecessor Security.....................................................................................5
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Redemption Date..........................................................................................6
Redemption Price.........................................................................................6
Regular Record Date......................................................................................6
Responsible Officer......................................................................................6
Securities...............................................................................................6
Securities Act...........................................................................................6
Security Register........................................................................................6
Significant Subsidiary...................................................................................6
Special Record Date......................................................................................6
Stated Maturity..........................................................................................7
Subsidiary...............................................................................................7
Trust Indenture Act......................................................................................7
Trustee .................................................................................................7
Government Obligation....................................................................................7
Vice President...........................................................................................7
1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.....................................................................7
1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................................................................8
1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates............................................................................8
1.5 Notices, Etc............................................................................................10
1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver...............................................................................11
1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.......................................................................11
1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................................................................11
1.9 Successors and Assigns..................................................................................11
1.10 Separability Clause.....................................................................................12
1.11 Benefits of Indenture...................................................................................12
1.12 Governing Law...........................................................................................12
1.13 Legal Holidays..........................................................................................12
2 SECURITY FORMS................................................................................................12
2.1 Forms Generally.........................................................................................12
2.2 Form of Face of Security................................................................................13
2.3 Form of Reverse of Security.............................................................................14
2.4 Form of Legend for Global Securities....................................................................18
2.5 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.........................................................19
3 THE SECURITIES................................................................................................19
3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series....................................................................19
3.2 Denominations...........................................................................................22
3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..........................................................22
3.4 Temporary Securities....................................................................................23
3.5 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.....................................................24
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3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed Lost and Stolen Securities.........................................................26
3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved..........................................................26
3.8 Persons Deemed Owners...................................................................................27
3.9 Cancellation............................................................................................28
3.10 Computation of Interest.................................................................................28
4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE...................................................................................28
4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.................................................................28
4.2 Application of Trust Money..............................................................................29
5 REMEDIES.....................................................................................................30
5.1 Events of Default.......................................................................................30
5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment......................................................32
5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.........................................33
5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................................................................33
5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.............................................34
5.6 Application of Money Collected..........................................................................34
5.7 Limitation on Suits.....................................................................................35
5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal Premium and Interest................................35
5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies......................................................................35
5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative..........................................................................36
5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................................................................36
5.12 Control by Holders......................................................................................36
5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.................................................................................36
5.14 Undertaking for Costs...................................................................................37
5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.................................................................37
6 THE TRUSTEE..................................................................................................37
6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.....................................................................37
6.2 Notice of Defaults......................................................................................38
6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee...............................................................................39
6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..................................................40
6.5 May Hold Securities.....................................................................................40
6.6 Money Held in Trust.....................................................................................40
6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement..........................................................................40
6.8 Conflicting Interests...................................................................................41
6.9 Corporate Trustee Required, Eligibility.................................................................41
6.10 Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor.......................................................41
6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..................................................................43
6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.............................................44
6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.......................................................44
6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.....................................................................44
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7 HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY............................................................46
7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders...............................................46
7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders..................................................46
7.3 Reports by Trustee......................................................................................47
7.4 Reports by Company......................................................................................47
8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE.........................................................47
8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc............................................................................47
8.2 Successor Substituted...................................................................................48
9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES......................................................................................48
9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders......................................................48
9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.........................................................49
9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures....................................................................50
9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.......................................................................51
9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.....................................................................51
9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures......................................................51
10 COVENANTS....................................................................................................51
10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest..............................................................51
10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................................................................51
10.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.......................................................52
10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default.....................................................................53
10.5 Existence...............................................................................................53
10.6 Maintenance of Properties...............................................................................53
10.7 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.......................................................................54
10.8 Limitation on Liens on Stock or Indebtedness of Significant Subsidiary..................................54
10.9 Waiver of Certain Covenants.............................................................................54
11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES.....................................................................................55
11.1 Applicability of Article................................................................................55
11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...................................................................55
11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.......................................................55
11.4 Notice of Redemption....................................................................................56
11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.............................................................................56
11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date...................................................................57
11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part.............................................................................57
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12 SINKING FUNDS................................................................................................57
12.1 Applicability of Article................................................................................57
12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...................................................58
12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...............................................................58
13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE...........................................................................58
13.1 Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance............................................58
13.2 Defeasance and Discharge................................................................................59
13.3 Covenant Defeasance.....................................................................................59
13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.........................................................59
13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions...........61
13.6 Reinstatement...........................................................................................62
TESTIMONIUM......................................................................................................58
SIGNATURES AND SEALS.............................................................................................58
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................58
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USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture
Act Section
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ss.310(a)(1) ..................................... 609
(a)(2) ..................................... 609
(a)(3) ..................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4) ..................................... Not Applicable
(b) ..................................... 608
610
ss.311(a) ..................................... 613
(b) ..................................... 613
ss.312(a) ..................................... 701
702
(b) ..................................... 702
(c) ..................................... 702
ss.313(a) ..................................... 703
(b) ..................................... 703
(c) ..................................... 703
(d) ..................................... 703
ss.314(a) ..................................... 704
(a)(4) ..................................... 101
1004
(b) ..................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1) ..................................... 102
(c)(2) ..................................... 102
(c)(3) ..................................... Not Applicable
(d) ..................................... Not Applicable
(e) ..................................... 102
ss.315(a) ..................................... 601
(b) ..................................... 602
(c) ..................................... 601
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(d) ..................................... 601
(e) ..................................... 514
ss. 316(a) ..................................... 101
(a)(1)(A) ..................................... 502
512
(a)(1)(B) ..................................... 513
(a)(2) ..................................... Not Applicable
(b) ..................................... 508
(c) ..................................... 104
ss.317(a)(1) ..................................... 503
(a)(2) ..................................... 504
(b) ..................................... 1003
ss.318(a) ..................................... 107
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INDENTURE, dated as of April ____, 1999 between USFreightways
Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
9700 Higgins Road, Suite 570, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, and NBD Bank, a bank
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee"), having its principal office at NBD Bank,
Corporate Trust Office, MI1-8110, 611 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan, 48226.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned
to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
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principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words
of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in either (a) that Place of Payment or (b) Detroit,
Michigan are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and ----- thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its
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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 principal office of the Trustee in
Detroit, Michigan (currently at 611 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48226) at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary
for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
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"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or
security interest of any kind.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4) or 501(5).
"Obligation" means every obligation for money borrowed and every
obligation evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or other similar instrument.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and
by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may but
does not have to be counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled and delivered to the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
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(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant
to Section 1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of
the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B)
if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a
Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as
contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated
in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B)
above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustee knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. The Trustee shall be protected in
relying on an officer's Certificate or other evidence satisfactory to it in
determining ownership. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of
the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and,
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for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered
under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman
of the trust committee, the president, any Vice President, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller
or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Significant Subsidiary" means (A) any Subsidiary which at the time of
determination had total assets which, as of the date of the Company's most
recent quarterly consolidated balance sheet, constituted at least 10% of the
Company's total assets on a consolidated basis as of such date or (B) any
Subsidiary which at the time of determination had revenues for the three-month
period ending on the date of the Company's most recent quarterly consolidated
statement of operations which constituted at least 10% of the Company's total
revenues on a consolidated basis for such period.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
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"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" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding
voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock
which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by
reason of any contingency.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act, and as are necessary to demonstrate that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such action have
been satisfied. Each such certificate and opinion shall be given in the form of
an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, and an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
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(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
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for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person
be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
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institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such
series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that
no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to
this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders
of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant
series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause
notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the then existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration
Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have
initially designated the 180th day following such record date as the Expiration
Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date
shall be later than the 180th day following the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Indenture Trust Division, or
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(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act or with another provision hereof which is required
under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
latter provisions shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or
excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
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Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or
Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
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of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
USFreightways Corporation
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No $______
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USFreightways Corporation, a corporation duly organized and to existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the Company which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to ____________________, or registered
assigns, the principal sum of ____________________ Dollars on [if the Security
is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert - , and to pay interest thereon
from __________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on __________ and __________ in
each year, commencing __________ at the rate of ___% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, provided that any
principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue
shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such
amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such
interest shall be payable on demand. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will as provided in such
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest, which shall be the __________ or __________
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date
and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series
not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided
in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert - The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such
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interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue
principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate
of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest
shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so
demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest
shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert - any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in __________ in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert - ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
In Witness Whereof the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
By:
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Attest:
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of __________ (herein called the
"Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and __________, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and
reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security
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is one of the series designated on the face hereof (if applicable, insert - ,
limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________].
[If applicable, insert - The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert
(1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price
equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable,
insert - on or after __________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at the election
of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert - on or before
__________, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
__________ of the years indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
- ---- ----- ---- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to __% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert - (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert - The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on __________ in any
year commencing with the year ___ and ending with the year through operation of
the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert - on or
after __________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table
below: If redeemed during the 12 month period beginning __________ of the years
indicated,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
- ---- ----------------- ----------------------
<S> <C> <C>
</TABLE>
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert - Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated
by [if applicable, insert - Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of
or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or
indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less
than _____% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert - The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year __________ and
ending with the year __________ of [if applicable, insert - not less than
$__________ ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $__________ aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable,
insert - mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if
applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be
made [if applicable, insert - , in the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert - In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
(If applicable, insert - The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or]
[certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the
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Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with
the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert - If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to - insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional to pay
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the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times,
place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $__________ and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested in writing by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer
and notice to the Trustee thereof the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is
registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
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Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
---------------------------
As Trustee
By
------------------------
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities 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 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
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(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of
the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which
any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof the denominations in which any Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on
any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall
be determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America,
the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or
any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be
payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the
currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the
Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to
be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which
such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the
amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
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(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to
be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated
Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date
prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which
such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(15) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or
any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or
Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease
such Securities shall be evidenced;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be
borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of
those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in
which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons
other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(17) 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 502;
(18) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted
by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
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If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of
its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this
Indenture provided and not otherwise. If the form or terms of the Securities of
the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions
as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to,
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such
form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such
terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
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(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel win constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture in accordance with the Board Resolutions will affect
the Trustee's own rights, duties, obligations, responsibilities or immunities
under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary, unless the Trustee reasonably determines
otherwise, for the Company to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office or
other designated office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in
such office being herein sometimes collectively, referred to as the "Security
Register") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities entitled to registration or transfer as provided herein. The Trustee
is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
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No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall
be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security
shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such
Depositary has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to
be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to
such Global Security or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if
any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified
for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security
for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such
Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or
any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304,
306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in
the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
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Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall
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forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date
by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by
the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2)
below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities
of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such
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Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent
of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any
other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold,
and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as
directed by a Company Order.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein
expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore
been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from
such trust, as
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provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
cancelled or for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee cancelled or for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at
the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient
to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee cancelled
or for cancellation, for principal and any premium and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of
Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
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determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of
that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on
any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and
as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is
specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section or which has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of
series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given,
by registered or certified mail to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) a default under any Obligation by the Company or any
Subsidiary (including a default with respect to Securities of any
series other than that series) having an aggregate principal amount
outstanding of at least $5,000,000, or under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument (including this Indenture) under which there may be issued
or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Obligation by the
Company or any Subsidiary having an aggregate principal amount
outstanding of at least $5,000,000, whether such Obligation now exists
or shall hereafter be created, which default (A) shall constitute a
failure to pay any portion of such Obligation when due and payable
after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect
thereto or (B) shall have resulted in
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such Obligation becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without,
in the case of Clause (A), such Obligation having been discharged or
without, in the case of Clause (B), such Obligation having been
discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, in
each such case, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been
given, by registered or certified mail to the Company by the Trustee or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written
notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such
Obligation to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded
or annulled, as the case may be, and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the
provisions of Sections 601 and 602, the Trustee shall not be deemed to
have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) the
Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company,
from any Holder, from the holder of any such Obligation or from the
trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of
(A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of or in respect of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or
other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or
of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any
other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary under any applicable Federal or State
law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part
of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, or
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the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities
of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(6) or 501(7)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that
series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be
specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice
in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(6)
or 501 (7) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding
occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms
thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the
part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the 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
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay all
(A) overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder
and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
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and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security
when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues
for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If 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, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee
(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 for overdue principal or
interest)
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shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors'
or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery shall after provision for the
payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607; and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively.
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Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been
given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal Premium
and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights
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and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such
proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law
or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest
on any Security of such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(1) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(A) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(B) 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 certificates
or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such
certificates or
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opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required
to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty
to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to
the requirements of this Indenture.
(2) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee shall exercise such of 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 under the circumstances in
the conduct of his own affairs.
(3) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve
the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(A) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Subsection (1) of this Section;
(B) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(C) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities 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; and
(D) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee
to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
Liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights and powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(4) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of
or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder
known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities or in the
payment of any sinking or purchase fund installment, the Trustee shall be
protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
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board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities; and
provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in
Section 501(4) no such notice to Holders of Securities shall be given until at
least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the
term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and
any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence
of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further
inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
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examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or
by agent or attorney; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents
or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any
provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
negligence or bad faith; and
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(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against,
any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith
on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs
and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or
duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Holders upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as
such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of more than one series.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required, Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of
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competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or
by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities of which such Trustee acts as trustee, or
(B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of which such Trustee acts as
trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months or the Trustee may, on behalf of
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himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges and reimbursement of its expenses (including reasonable
fees and-expenses of counsel and agents), if any, to which such retiring Trustee
is otherwise legally entitled, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to
such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee
and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates;
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but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities
of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger,
conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such
authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of and subject to the direction of the Trustee to authenticate and deliver
Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section
306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated
by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent
and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a corporation
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organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any
State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital
and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further
act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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As Trustee
By
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As Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than and __________ in each year, a
list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of the
preceding __________ or __________, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be
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held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and
addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into
another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a
corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly
existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of
the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and
the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an Obligation of the Company or
any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred
by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be
continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company
would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted by this
Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be,
shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the
Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness
secured thereby; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the
Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of,
the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are
to be for the benefit of less than
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all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly
being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender
any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional
Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance
of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to
principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or
facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that
any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision
nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with
respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there
is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of
Section 1008 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one
or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action
pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders of Securities of any series.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
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purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the
principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security
which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of
Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any
premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for
any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is
required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1009, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 1009, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
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authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplements indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served
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at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints
the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from an further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security
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of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal,
premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on
Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
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Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to
be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section 1008. Limitation on Liens on Stock or Indebtedness of Significant
Subsidiary.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Significant Subsidiary
to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any stock or
indebtedness, whether owned on the date of this Indenture or hereafter acquired,
of any Significant Subsidiary (other than a Significant Subsidiary, the stock or
indebtedness of which at the date of the issuance of any series of Securities is
subject to a Lien or is required to be subject to a Lien) to secure any
Obligation (other than the Securities) of the Company, any Subsidiary or any
other Person without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of
the Outstanding Securities shall be directly secured equally and ratably with
such Obligation, excluding, however, from the operation of the foregoing
provisions of this Section 1008 any Lien upon stock or indebtedness of any
corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Significant
Subsidiary or existing or created upon stock or indebtedness of a Significant
Subsidiary at the time of acquisition of such stock or indebtedness and any
extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements) in whole or in part of any such Lien; provided, however, that the
principal amount of the Obligation secured thereby shall not exceed the
principal amount of the Obligation so secured at the time of such extension,
renewal or replacement; and provided, further, that such Lien shall be limited
to all or such part of the stock or indebtedness which secured the Lien so
extended, renewed or replaced.
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(18),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section
1008, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least 66 2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of
such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall
extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations
of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term,
provision or condition shall remain in fall force and effect.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the
Company of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such
redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60
days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption
Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and,
if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any
redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not
previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
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The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal
amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
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Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
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The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund
payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any
sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as
provided for by the terms of such Securities.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by
the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited
have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price,
as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 90 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to
Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 60 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302
or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to
such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any
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applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance
with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities.
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with
respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called
"Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities
and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002
and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the
Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3),
Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1006 through 1008, inclusive,
and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7)),
501(5) and 501(8) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in
each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to
comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified
in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in
any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
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Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section
1302 or Section 1303 to- any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust
for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged
as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders
of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government
Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will
provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment,
money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall
be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such
Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, "U.S.
Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a direct
obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either
case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with
respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause
(x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of
principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so
specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation
or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such
depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income
tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities
will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with
respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on
the same amount, in the same
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manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit,
Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant
Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities
exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or
any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time
of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections
501(6) and (7), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date
of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be
deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the
Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the
meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a
breach -or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust
shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration
thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have
been complied with.
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this
Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such
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other trustee are referred to collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section
1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums, due and to become due
thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held
in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
Section 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such
Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply
all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities
in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated
to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment
from the money so held in trust.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
In Witness Whereof the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
By
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NBD BANK
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State of Illinois )
) ss.:
County of Cook )
On the ___ day of April, 1999, before me personally came J.C. Carruth,
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
President & CEO of USFreightways Corporation, one of the corporations described
in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
By
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State of Illinois )
) ss.:
County of Cook )
On the ___ day of May, 1999, before me personally came __________ to me
known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Vice President
of NBD Bank, one of the corporations described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal
affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by
authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his
name thereto by like authority.
By
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EXHIBIT 4.5
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
Pursuant to Sections 102 and 301 of the Indenture, dated as of April
___, 1999 (the "Indenture"), between USFreightways Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and NBD Bank, the undersigned Chief Executive
Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance / Chief Financial Officer of the
Company each hereby certifies as follows:
1. He has read all provisions in the Indenture relating to conditions
precedent to the authentication and delivery of $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Company's ___% Notes due ____, 200_ (the "Notes")
and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto and has made such
investigation as he considered necessary in connection with the delivery
hereof.
2. In his opinion, he has made such examination or investigation as
is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not provisions in the Indenture relating to conditions precedent to the
authentication and delivery of the Notes under the Indenture have been
complied with.
3. In his opinion, such provisions have been complied with.
4. Pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors by
unanimous written consent on _____, 1999, and by the Special Committee of
the Board of Directors by unanimous written consent on ______, 1999, the
terms of the Notes to be issued under the Indenture shall be as follows:
(i) The title of the Notes is "___% Notes due 200_."
(ii) The Notes are to be issued in, and limited to, an aggregate
principal amount of $100,000,000 (except for Notes authenticated and
delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture).
(iii) The unpaid principal of the Notes is payable on _____, 200_,
subject to the provisions of the Indenture respecting acceleration.
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(iv) The Notes shall bear interest at a rate of ___% per annum
from ______, 1999 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semi-annually in
arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1,
1999, to the Person in whose name and Note (or any predecessor Note) is
registered at the close of business on the April 15 or October 15, as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
(v) Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the
office of the Trustee under the Indenture: NBD Bank; 611 Woodward Ave.;
Detroit, Michigan 48226; Attn: Corporate Trust Office, provided that at
the option of the Company payment may be made by check mailed to the
address of the holder of the Notes as such address may appear on the
Security Register.
(vi) The Notes are redeemable, as a whole or in part, at the
option of the Company, at any time or from time to time, on at least 30
days, but not more than 60 days, prior notice mailed to the registered
address of each holder of the Notes. The redemption price will be equal
to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the Remaining
Scheduled Payments (as defined below) discounted, on a semiannual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate
equal to the sum of the Treasury Rate (as defined below) and ____ basis
points.
In the case of each of clause (1) and (2), accrued interest
will be payable to the redemption date.
"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.
"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 Notes to be redeemed
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
"Independent Investment Banker" means one of the Reference Treasury
Dealers appointed by the Company.
"Comparable Treasury Price" means, with respect to any
redemption date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
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Quotations for such redemption date after excluding the
highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2)
if the Trustee obtains fewer than five 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 3:30
p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such
redemption date.
"Reference Treasury Dealer" means Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its successors. If the foregoing shall
cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer (a "Primary
Treasury Dealer"), the Company shall substitute another nationally
recognized investment banking firm that is a Primary Treasury Dealer.
"Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to each
Note to be redeemed, the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on such Note that would be due after the related redemption
date but for such redemption. If such redemption date is not an
interest payment date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next
succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Note will be reduced by
the amount of interest accrued on such Note to such redemption date.
On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to
accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption
(unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price and
accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, the Company will
deposit with a paying agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay
the redemption price of and accrued interest on the Notes to be
redeemed on such date. If less than all of the Notes are to be
redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
(vii) The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any
sinking fund.
(viii) The Notes shall be subject to defeasance as provided in
Sections 1302 and 1303 of the Indenture.
(ix) The Notes shall be issuable in the form of Global
Securities, and the Depositary for the Global Securities shall be The
Depository Trust Company.
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(x) The Events of Default specified in Section 501 shall apply to
the Notes.
(xi) The Notes shall have the benefit of the covenants in Article
Ten.
(xii) Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings specified in the Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have here unto signed our names the ___ day of
_____, 1999.
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Name: John Campbell Carruth
Title: Chief Executive Officer
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Name: Christopher L. Ellis
Title: Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 5.1
SACHNOFF & WEAVER, LTD.
30 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 29TH FLOOR
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
April 13, 1999
USFreightways Corporation
9700 Higgins Road, Suite 570
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to USFreightways Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), filed by the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), relating to the proposed sale of $100,000,000
principal amount of notes (the "Notes") of the Company. We have examined the
Registration Statement, and we have reviewed such other documents and have made
such further investigations as we have deemed necessary to enable us to express
the opinion hereinafter set forth.
We hereby advise you that in our opinion, when the Registration
Statement becomes effective under the Act, the indenture relating to the Notes
(the "Indenture") has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and the Notes
have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and
issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Notes will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general
equity principles.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption "Legal
Opinions" in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not
hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.
SACHNOFF & WEAVER, LTD.
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EXHIBIT 12.1
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES(1)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings before taxes(2) 59,238 58,488 58,979 97,495 121,494
Plus interest expense 9,081 8,884 12,144 8,461 8,784
Less capitalized interest 0 0 0 0 0
Less undistributed income 0 0 0 0 0
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Adjusted earnings income before taxes 68,319 67,372 71,123 105,956 130,278
Fixed charges:
Interest expense 9,081 8,884 12,144 8,461 8,784
Capitalized interest expense 0 0 0 0 0
Rental expense 6,900 6,601 6,799 7,288 7,532
Total fixed charges 15,981 15,485 18,943 15,749 16,316
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 4.3 4.4 3.8 6.7 8.0
</TABLE>
(1) For the purpose of calculating the ratio, earnings have been calculated by
adding fixed charges to income before income taxes, and by deducting therefrom
interest capitalized during the period and USFreightways Corporation's share of
the undistributed income in less-than-fifty-percent-owned affiliates; and fixed
charges comprise total interest, including capitalized interest, and the portion
of rental expense representative of the interest factor.
(2) Before a one-time restructuring of $4,050 in 1996.
(3) Rental expense is one-third of total expense or the proportion deemed
representative of the interest factor.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our report dated January 19, 1999
included in USFreightways Corporation's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1998 and to all references to our Firm included in this registration
statement.
/s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
April 12, 1999
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EXHIBIT 25.1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
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STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY AND QUALIFICATION
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED,
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A
TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)
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NBD BANK
(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)
611 WOODWARD AVENUE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226 38-0864715
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
NBD BANK
611 WOODWARD AVENUE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226
CORPORATE TRUST ADMINISTRATION
ATTN: NAN L. PACKARD, VICE PRESIDENT
TELEPHONE: (313) 225-3189
(Name, Address and Telephone number of agent for service)
USFREIGHTWAYS CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 36-3790696
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
9700 HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 570
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS 60018
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of Indenture Securities)
1
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ITEM 1 GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to
the Trustee:
(A) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR
SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT:
State of Michigan Financial Institutions Bureau,
Lansing, MI Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Washington, D.C.
(B) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE
TRUST POWERS. The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers.
ITEM 2 AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE,
DESCRIBE EACH SUCH AFFILIATION. The obligor is not an
affiliate of the Trustee.
ITEM 3 VOTING SECURITIES OF THE TRUSTEE.
The following information is furnished as to each class of
voting securities of the Trustee:
As of December 9, 1999
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Column A Column B
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Title of Class Amount Outstanding
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Common Stock, par value 8,948,648 shares
$12.50 per share
ITEM 4 TRUSTEESHIPS UNDER OTHER INDENTURES
None.
ITEM 5 THROUGH ITEM 15 Not applicable
ITEM 16 LIST OF EXHIBITS:
EXHIBIT (1) A COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
TRUSTEE NOW IN EFFECT
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1) to Item 16 of
Form T-1 filed as Exhibit 25 to Registration Statement
Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration No.
33-51775.*
EXHIBIT (2) CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEE
TO COMMENCE BUSINESS
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (2) to
Item 16 of Form T-1 filed with Amendment No. 1, Securities
and Exchange Commission, Registration No. 22-4501.*
EXHIBIT (3) AUTHORIZATION OF THE TRUSTEE TO EXERCISE
CORPORATE
2
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TRUST POWERS Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (3) to Item
16 of Form T-1 filed with Amendment No. 1, Securities and
Exchange Commission, Registration No. 22-4501.*
EXHIBIT (4) BY-LAWS OF THE TRUSTEE, AS PRESENTLY IN EFFECT
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (4) to Item 16
of Form T-1 filed as Exhibit 25 to Registration Statement,
Securities and Exchange Commission, Registration No.
33-51775.*
EXHIBIT (5) Not Applicable.
EXHIBIT (6) CONSENT BY THE TRUSTEE REQUIRED BY SECTION 321
(B) OF THE ACT.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit (6) to Item 16
of Form T-1, filed with Amendment No.1, Securities and
Exchange Commission, Registration No. 22-4501.*
EXHIBIT (7) A COPY OF THE LATEST REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
TRUSTEE PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO LAW OR THE REQUIREMENTS OF ITS
SUPERVISING OR EXAMINING AUTHORITY.
EXHIBIT (8) Not applicable.
EXHIBIT (9) Not applicable.
* Exhibits thus designated are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits
bearing identical numbers in Item 16 of the Form T-1 filed by the Trustee with
the Securities and Exchange Commission with the specific references noted.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the
Trustee, NBD Bank, a Michigan banking corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Michigan, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility
and Qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, all in the City of Detroit, State of Michigan on this 9th day of
April, 1999.
NBD BANK, Trustee
By: /S Nan L. Packard
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Nan L. Packard
Vice President
3
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Charter No. 13671 Comptroller of the Currency District
REPORT OF CONDITION CONSOLIDATING
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE
NBD BANK
in the State of Michigan, at the close of business on December 31,
1999 published in response to call made by Comptroller of the
Currency, under title 12, United States Code, Section 161.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSETS
Thousands
of dollars
<S> <C>
Cash and balances due from depository institutions
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency
and coin....................................................................... 2,346,187
Interest-bearing balances...................................................... 2,094
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities.................................................... -
Available-for-sale securities.................................................. 1,537,804
Federal funds sold and securities purchased
under agreements to resell..................................................... 112,720
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned income 18,010,826
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses 282,638
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and
allowance....................................................................... 17,728,188
Assets held in trading accounts.................................................... 117,472
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)............................................................ 327,994
Other real estate owned............................................................ 6,011
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and
associated companies........................................................... -
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances
outstanding.................................................................... 7,559
Intangible assets.................................................................. 131,815
Other assets....................................................................... 636,938
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Total assets....................................................................... 22,954,782
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<CAPTION>
LIABILITIES
<S> <C>
Deposits:
In domestic offices............................................................ 17,890,219
Noninterest-bearing.......................................... 5,202,278
Interest-bearing............................................. 12,687,941
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement
subsidiaries, and IBFs......................................................... 154,692
Noninterest-bearing........................................................ -
Interest-bearing............................................. 154,692
Federal funds purchased and securities sold
under agreements to repurchase................................................. 1,556,060
Demand notes issued to the U.S. Treasury........................................... 225,528
Trading liabilities................................................................ 94,960
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year or less................................... 337,378
With remaining maturity of more than one year through three years............. 2,626
With remaining maturity of more than three years.............................. 2,993
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and
outstanding................................................ 7,559
Notes and debentures subordinated to
deposits.................................................... 610,000
Other liabilities............................................... 464,789
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Total liabilities............................................... 21,346,804
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock.................................................... 111,858
Surplus......................................................... 687,356
Undivided profits and capital reserves.......................... 795,579
Net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-s........ 13,185
Cumulative foreign currency translation
adjustments................................................. -
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Total equity capital............................................ 1,607,978
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Total liabilities and equity capital............................ 22,954,782
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</TABLE>
I, Jason N. Hansen, Vice President of the above-named bank do
hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JASON N. HANSEN
April 9, 1999
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of
this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it
has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and
belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and
is true and correct.
DANIEL T. LIS
WALTER C. WATKINS
VERNE G. ISTOCK
Directors
