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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 1998
Registration No. 333-_____
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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CHATEAU COMMUNITIES, INC. CP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND MARYLAND
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
38-3132038 38-3140664
(IRS Employer Identification No.) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
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6430 SOUTH QUEBEC STREET
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80111
(303) 741-3707
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrants' principal executive offices)
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GARY P. MCDANIEL
6430 SOUTH QUEBEC STREET
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80111
(303) 741-3707
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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Copies to:
JAY L. BERNSTEIN, ESQ.
ROGERS & WELLS
200 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10166
(212) 878-8000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: From time
to time after the effective date of the Registration Statement as determined by
market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]
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TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED(1) PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE(2) AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE(3)
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Guarantees (4).................................. $125,000,000
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Debt Securities (5).............................. $125,000,000 $36,875
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Total.................................... $250,000,000
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(1) Pursuant to this Registration Statement, CP Limited Partnership may
issue Debt Securities and Chateau Communities, Inc. may issue
Guarantees.
(2) The aggregate maximum public offering price of (i) all Debt Securities
issued by CP Limited Partnership pursuant to this Registration Statement
will not exceed $125,000,000 and (ii) all Guarantees issued by Chateau
Communities, Inc. pursuant to this Registration Statement will not
exceed $125,000,000.
(3) Registration fee for the Debt Securities only, pursuant to Rule 457(n)
of the rules and regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o).
(4) To the extent that any Debt Securities issued by CP Limited Partnership
are not deemed to be investment grade at the time of issuance, such Debt
Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by, and will be
accompanied by Guarantees of, Chateau Communities, Inc. None of the
proceeds from such Debt Securities will be received by Chateau
Communities, Inc. in connection with the issuance of the Guarantees.
(5) Such indeterminate amount of Debt Securities, as may from time to time
be issued by CP Limited Partnership, which will either be
non-convertible investment grade debt securities at the time of issuance
or other non-convertible debt securities that are fully and
unconditionally guaranteed by Chateau Communities, Inc.
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES
EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES
IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
Subject to Completion
Preliminary Prospectus Dated January 9, 1998
PROSPECTUS
$125,000,000
CHATEAU COMMUNITIES, INC.
GUARANTEES
$125,000,000
CP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
DEBT SECURITIES
CP Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (the "Operating
Partnership") and a majority-owned subsidiary of Chateau Communities, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company"), may from time to time offer in one or more
series unsecured non-convertible investment grade debt securities or other
non-convertible debt securities with an aggregate public offering price of up to
$125,000,000 (the "Debt Securities"). The Company may from time to time offer
guarantees (the "Guarantees") fully and unconditionally guaranteeing the Debt
Securities. The Debt Securities, which may or may not be issued with the
Guarantees (collectively, the "Offered Securities"), may be offered in separate
series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of
offering and set forth in one or more supplements to this Prospectus (each, a
"Prospectus Supplement").
The specific terms of the Offered Securities in respect of which this
Prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement and will include the title, aggregate principal amount,
denominations, maturity, rate, if any (which may be fixed or variable), or
method of calculation thereof, time of payment of any interest, any terms for
redemption at the option of the Operating Partnership or the holder, any terms
for sinking fund payments, rank, any conversion or exchange rights, any
Guarantees, and the initial public offering price and any other terms in
connection with the offering and sale of such Debt Securities.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will also contain information,
where applicable, about all material federal income tax considerations relating
to, and any listing on a securities exchange of, the Offered Securities covered
by such Prospectus Supplement.
The Offered Securities may be offered directly, through agents
designated from time to time by the Company or the Operating Partnership, or to
or through underwriters or dealers. If any agents or underwriters are involved
in the sale of any of the Offered Securities, their names, and any applicable
purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between or among them,
will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. See "Plan of Distribution." No Offered
Securities may be sold without delivery of the applicable Prospectus Supplement
describing the method and terms of the offering of such series of Offered
Securities.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is January 9, 1998
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF
GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS
HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY UNDERWRITERS, AGENTS OR DEALERS.
THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER
TO BUY SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO
MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY
SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT
THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY OR THE OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED
BY REFERENCE HEREIN IS CORRECT AT ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company and the Operating Partnership are subject to the
informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance therewith, file reports, proxy
statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy statements and other information filed
by the Company and the Operating Partnership may be inspected and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Regional Offices
at Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois
60661, and Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048.
Copies of such material also can be obtained from the Public Reference Section
of the Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. The Company and
the Operating Partnership file their reports, proxy statements and other
information with the Commission electronically. The Commission maintains a Web
site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information
statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically
with the Commission. The Common Stock of the Company is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and similar information concerning the Company can be
inspected and copied at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New
York, 10005.
The Company and the Operating Partnership have filed with the Commission
a registration statement (of which this Prospectus is a part) on Form S-3
(together with all amendments and exhibits thereto, the "Registration
Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the Offered Securities. This Prospectus does not contain all the
information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain portions of which
have been omitted as permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission,
and in the exhibits thereto. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the
content of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete, and in
each instance reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, each such statement being
qualified in all respects by such reference and the exhibits and schedules
thereto. For further information regarding the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Offered Securities, reference is hereby made to the
Registration Statement and such exhibits and schedules, which may be examined
without charge at, or copies obtained upon payment of prescribed fees from, the
Commission and its regional offices listed below.
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain information both included and incorporated by reference herein
may contain forward-
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looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and
Section 21E of the Exchange Act, and as such may involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which are based on
certain assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of
the Company, are generally identifiable by use of the words "may," "will,"
"should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "intend" or "project"
or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology.
Factors which could have a material adverse effect on the operations and future
prospects of the Company include, but are not limited to, changes in: economic
conditions generally and the real estate market specifically,
legislative/regulatory changes (including changes to laws governing the taxation
of a real estate investment trust ("REIT")), availability of capital, interest
rates, competition, supply and demand for properties in the Company's current
and proposed market areas and general accounting principles, policies and
guidelines applicable to REITs. These risks and uncertainties should be
considered in evaluating any forward-looking statements contained herein.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Chateau Communities, Inc. and CP
Limited Partnership with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act are
incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1996.
2. The Operating Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.
3. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 1997.
4. The Operating Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 1997.
5. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 1997.
6. The Operating Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1997.
7. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended September 30, 1997.
8. The Operating Partnership's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1997.
9. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 11,
1997, filed with the Commission on February 26, 1997 pursuant to
the Exchange Act.
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10. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 22, 1997,
filed with the Commission on May 30, 1997 pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
11. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 16, 1997,
filed with the Commission on June 24, 1997 pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
12. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 18,
1997, filed with the Commission on December 18, 1997 pursuant to
the Exchange Act.
13. The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed for
the purchase of updating such description.
14. The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 6, 1998,
filed with the Commission on January 6, 1998 pursuant to the
Exchange Act.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Operating
Partnership pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
and prior to the termination of the offering of all Offered Securities shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such document.
Any statement or information contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or
superseded for the purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company and the Operating Partnership will provide without charge to
each person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request
of such person, a copy of any and all of the information incorporated by
reference into this Prospectus (not including exhibits to the information that
is incorporated by reference unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference to the information that this Prospectus incorporates). Written
requests for the information described in this paragraph shall be directed to:
Chateau Communities, Inc., 6430 South Quebec Street, Englewood, Colorado 80111.
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THE COMPANY AND THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
The Offered Securities are being issued by CP Limited Partnership (the
"Operating Partnership"), which is the operating partnership of Chateau
Communities, Inc. (the "Company"). The Company, a self-administered and
self-managed equity real estate investment trust ("REIT"), is the largest
owner/manager of manufactured home communities in the United States, based both
on the number of communities and the number of residential homesites owned. At
November 30, 1997, the Operating Partnership owned and operated 131 manufactured
home communities (the "Properties") located in 28 states, with an aggregate of
43,751 homesites. As of that date, the Operating Partnership owned undeveloped
land adjacent to existing communities containing approximately 5,000 expansion
sites zoned for manufactured housing. At September 30, 1997, the total occupancy
rate for the Operating Partnership's homesites, including properties under
development, was approximately 91.8%, and the occupancy rate for the Operating
Partnership's stabilized property portfolio was approximately 94.2%. The
Operating Partnership's portfolio is geographically diversified, with
significant concentrations in the southeastern and midwestern United States,
permitting economies of scale in property management operations. The Operating
Partnership's portfolio is also diversified by resident orientation, with
approximately 28% of the residential homesites in adult-oriented communities and
72% of residential homesites in family-oriented communities. The Operating
Partnership also currently fee manages 6,700 residential homesites in 32
communities, and conducts manufactured home sales and brokerage activities
through its taxable subsidiary, Community Sales, Inc. ("CSI"). In 1997, the
National Manufactured Housing Congress presented the Company with the "National
Operator of the Year" award for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year,
confirming the Company's outstanding reputation for excellence in property
management and operations.
On February 11, 1997, the Company completed a strategic merger of
equals (the "Merger") with ROC Communities, Inc. ("ROC"), in which ROC merged
with a special-purpose merger subsidiary of the Company. As a result of the
Merger, the businesses of the Company and ROC were combined under a single
unified organization.
The Company conducts substantially all of its activities through the
Operating Partnership in which, as of September 30, 1997, it owned, directly and
through ROC (the other general partner of the Operating Partnership), an
approximate 90% general partner interest. As general partners of the Operating
Partnership, the Company and ROC have unilateral control and complete
responsibility for the management of the Operating Partnership and over each of
the Properties. The Company's Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the Symbol "CPJ."
The Company's and the Operating Partnership's executive and principal
property management offices are located at 6430 South Quebec Street, Englewood,
Colorado 80111 and their telephone number is (303) 741-3707. The Company and the
Operating Partnership have regional property management offices in Clinton
Township, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; Tampa, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the Company and the Operating Partnership intend to use the net proceeds from
any sale of the Offered Securities for working capital and for general corporate
purposes, which may include the repayment of indebtedness, the financing of
capital commitments and possible future acquisitions, expansions and development
of manufactured housing communities.
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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
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Ratio of earnings
to fixed charges......... 1.91 2.24 2.12 3.47 1.31 1.20
Ratio of funds from operations
to fixed charges......... 3.16 3.11 2.99 4.65 1.82 1.65
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges represents income before
extraordinary item plus fixed charges to fixed charges (principally interest and
amortization of deferred financing costs). Ratio of funds from operations to
fixed charges represents the ratio of funds from operations plus fixed charges
to fixed charges. Funds from operations, as used in the above table and as
defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, means net
income excluding gains (or losses) from debt restructuring and sales of
property, plus certain depreciation and amortization. Management believes that
funds from operations is an important and widely used measure of the operating
performance of REITs which provides a relevant basis for comparison among REITs.
Funds from operations (i) does not represent cash flow from operations as
defined by generally accepted accounting principles), (ii) should not be
considered an alternative to net income as a measure of operating performance or
to cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities and (iii) is
not an alternative to cash flows as a measure of liquidity. The ratios for 1993
include the ratio for certain predecessors of the Company and the Operating
Partnership. The ratios for 1992 represent the ratios of the same predecessors.
To date, the Company has not issued any Preferred Stock. Consequently, the
ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends would
not be any different from the ratios of earnings to fixed charges shown above.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following sets forth certain general term and provisions of the
Indenture under which the Debt Securities are to be issued by the Operating
Partnership. The particular terms of the Debt Securities will be set forth in a
Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt Securities.
The Debt Securities may be issued by the Operating Partnership, and will
be either (i) non-convertible investment grade Debt Securities or (ii)
non-convertible Debt Securities that are fully and unconditionally guaranteed
by, and are accompanied by Guarantees of, the Company. The Debt Securities will
be issued pursuant to indentures (each an "Indenture") between the Operating
Partnership and First National Bank of Chicago (the "Trustee"). The form of each
Indenture has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus is a part, subject to such amendments or supplements as may be
adopted from time to time and is available for inspection as described above
under "Available Information." Each Indenture will be dated as of a date on or
prior to the issuance of the Debt Securities to which it relates. The Indentures
are subject to, and governed by, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "TIA"). The statements made hereunder relating to the Indentures and the
Debt Securities to be issued thereunder are summaries of certain provisions
thereof, do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in
their entirety by reference to, all provisions of the Indentures and the Debt
Securities.
GENERAL
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The Debt Securities will be direct, unsecured obligations of the
Operating Partnership. Except for any series of Debt Securities which is
specifically subordinated to other indebtedness of the Operating Partnership,
the Debt Securities will rank equally with all other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Operating Partnership.
Section 301 of the Indenture provides that the Debt Securities may be
issued without limit as to aggregate principal amount, in one or more series, in
each case as established from time to time in or pursuant to authority granted
by the Company and ROC, as general partners of the Operating Partnership, or
indentures supplemental to the Indenture. Prior to the issuance of Debt
Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of
which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (13) below), if
so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Operating Partnership
with respect to unissued Debt Securities of or within the series when issued
from time to time) and will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating
to the series of Debt Securities:
(1) the title of the Debt Securities of or within the series (which
shall distinguish the Debt Securities of such series from all other series in
Debt Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities
of or within the series that may be authenticated and delivered under the
Indenture;
(3) the percentage of the principal amount at which the Debt Securities
of the series will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof,
the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of
acceleration of maturity thereof.
(4) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be
determined, on which the principal of the Debt Securities of or within the
series shall be payable and the amount of principal payable thereon;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Debt Securities of or within the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates
shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or
the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment
Dates on which such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if
any, for the interest payable on any Debt Security on any Interest Payment Date,
or the method by which such date shall be determined, and the basis upon which
interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months;
(6) the place or places, if any other than or in addition to the Borough
of Manhattan, the City of New York or the City of Chicago, where the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on Debt
Securities of or within the series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Operating Partnership
in respect of the Debt Securities of or within the series and the Indenture may
be served;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices (including
the premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) at which, and other terms and
conditions upon which Debt Securities of or within the series may be redeemed in
whole or in part, at the option of the Operating Partnership, if the Operating
Partnership is to have the option;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Operating Partnership to redeem,
repay or purchase Debt Securities of or within the series pursuant to any
sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and
the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or
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prices at which, and other terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of or
within the series shall be redeemed, repaid 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 Debt Securities of or within the series
shall be issuable;
(10) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar
and/or Paying Agent;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Debt Securities of or within the series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 of the Indenture or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(12) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of or
within the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other
method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one
or more currencies, currency units, composite currencies, commodities, equity
indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(13) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holder of Debt
Securities of or within the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(14) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default or covenants of the Operating Partnership with respect to Debt
Securities of or within the series, whether or not such Events of Default or
covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth in
the Indenture;
(15) whether any Debt Securities of or within the series are to be
issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Debt Securities of
or within the series are to be issuable in permanent global form and, if so,
whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Debt
Security may exchange such interests for Debt Securities of such series and of
like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under
which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 305 of the Indenture, and, if Debt Securities of or within the series
are to be issuable as a global Debt Security, the identity of the depositary for
such series;
(16) the date as of which any temporary global Debt Security
representing Outstanding Securities of or within the series shall be dated if
other than the date of original issuance of the first Debt Security of the
series to be issued;
(17) the Person to whom any interest on any Debt Security of the series
shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Debt Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Debt Security on an
Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 304 of the Indenture;
(18) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 of the
Indenture to the Debt Securities of or within the series and any provisions in
modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article
Fourteen;
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(19) if the Debt Securities of such series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Debt Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of
such certificates, documents or conditions;
(20) if the Debt Securities of or within the series are to be issued
upon the exercise of debt warrants, the time, manner and place for such Debt
Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(21) the extent to which the Debt Securities of or within the series are
subordinated to other indebtedness; and
(22) any other terms of the Debt Securities of or within the series or
of any Guarantees issued concurrently with such Debt Securities not inconsistent
with the provisions of the applicable Indenture.
All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical,
except, in the case of Debt Securities issued in global form, as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the
Board of Directors or in any indenture supplemental to the Indenture. All Debt
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the
Holders, for issuances of additional Debt Securities of such series.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
The Operating Partnership may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey
all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other
entity, provided that in any such case, (i) either the Operating Partnership
shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if any other than the
Operating Partnership) shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws
of the United States of America or a State thereof and such successor entity
shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any
interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any) on all of the Debt
Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and
observance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be
performed by the Operating Partnership by supplemental indenture, satisfactory
to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee by such entity and (ii)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Operating Partnership or any
Subsidiary as a result thereof as having been incurred by the Operating
Partnership or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing and (iii) an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel covering such conditions shall
be delivered to the Trustee.
CERTAIN COVENANTS
Existence. Except as permitted under "Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Lease
or Conveyance," the Operating Partnership will do or cause to be done all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights
and franchises; provided, however, that Operating Partnership shall not be
required to preserve any right or franchise if it determines that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Operating Partnership, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in
any material respect to the Holders.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Operating Partnership, will pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and
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governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Operating Partnership or any
Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Operating Partnership
or any Subsidiary, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Operating
Partnership or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Operating Partnership
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.
Additional Covenants. Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus
Supplement for information with respect to any additional covenants specific to
a particular series of Debt Securities.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, NOTICE AND WAIVER
Each Indenture provides that the following events are "Events of
Default" with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder: (i)
default for 30 days in the payment of any installment of interest or Additional
Amounts on any Debt Security of such series; (ii) default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Debt Security of such series at its
maturity; (iii) default in making any sinking fund payment as required for any
Debt Security of such series; (iv) default in the performance of any other
covenant or warranty of the Issuer contained in the applicable Indenture (other
than a covenant added to such Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of
Debt Securities issued thereunder other than such series), such default having
continued for 60 days after written notice as provided in such Indenture; (v)
default in the payment of an aggregate principal amount exceeding a specified
dollar amount of any evidence of indebtedness (including a default with respect
to Debt Securities of any series other than that series) of the Issuer (or by
any Subsidiary, the repayment of which the Issuer has guaranteed or for which
the Issuer is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor) or any
mortgage, indenture or other instrument under which such indebtedness is issued
or by which such indebtedness is secured, such default having occurred after the
expiration of any applicable grace period and having resulted in the
acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness, but only if such indebtedness
is not discharged or such acceleration is not rescinded or annulled; (vi)
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment
of a receiver, liquidator or trustee of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary
(as hereinafter defined) or any of their respective property; and (vii) any
other event of default provided with respect to a particular series of Debt
Securities. The term "Significant Subsidiary" means each significant subsidiary
(as defined in Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act) of the
Issuer.
If an event of default under the Indentures with respect to Debt
Securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, then
in every such case the applicable Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series may declare
the principal amount (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original
Issue Discount Securities or indexed securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Debt Securities
of that series to be due and payable immediately by written notice thereof to
the Issuer (and to the applicable Trustee if given by the holders). However, at
any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Debt
Securities of such series (or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under the
applicable Indenture, as the case may be) has been made, but before a judgment
or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the applicable
Trustee, the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities of such series (or of all Debt Securities then
outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as the case may be) may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Issuer shall have
deposited with the applicable Trustee all required payments of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of such
series (or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under the applicable
Indenture, as the case may be), plus certain fees, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the applicable Trustee and (ii) all events of default,
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other than the non-payment of accelerated principal (or specified portion
thereof), or premium (if any) or interest on the Debt Securities of such series
(or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as
the case may be) have been cured or waived as provided in the applicable
Indenture. Each Indenture also provides that the holders of not less than a
majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series
(or of all Debt Securities then outstanding under the applicable Indenture, as
the case may be) may waive any past default with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default (i) in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Debt Security of such series or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision contained in the applicable Indenture
that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each
outstanding Debt Security affected thereby.
The Trustee is required to give notice to the Holders of the Debt
Securities within 90 days of a default under the Indenture; provided, however,
that the Trustee may withhold such notice (except a default in the payment of
the principal of (or the Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Debt
Securities of any series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with
respect to Debt Securities of such series if the Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith consider such withholding to be in the interest of such
Holders of the Debt Securities; and provided further that in the case of any
default or breach of the character specified in Section 501(iv) of the Indenture
with respect to the Debt Securities, no such notice to Holders shall be given
until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof.
The Indenture provides that no Holders of the Debt Securities may
institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture
or for any remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder has previously given
written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of that series; (ii) 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; (iii) such Holder or Holders
have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with
such request; (iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) 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
whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing to, any provision of the Indenture to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, to obtain
or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to
enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
Modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Debt Securities which are affected by such modification or
amendment; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment may,
without the consent of the Holder of each such Note affected thereby, (a) change
the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or the Make-Whole Amount, if any), or
any interest on, any such Debt Security; (b) reduce the principal amount of, or
the rate or amount of interest on, or any Make-Whole Amount payable on
redemption of, any such Debt Security; (c) change the Place of Payment, or the
coin or currency, for payment of principal of (or the Make-Whole Amount, if any)
or interest on, any such Debt Security; (d) impair the right to institute suit
for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any such Debt Security
on or after the Stated Maturity thereof; (e) reduce the percentage of
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series necessary to modify or amend the
Indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions
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thereof or certain defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce the quorum
or voting requirements set forth in the Indenture; or (f) modify any of the
foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of certain
past defaults or certain covenants, except to increase the required percentage
to effect such action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of such Note.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
Outstanding Debt Securities have the right to waive compliance by the Operating
Partnership with certain covenants in the Indenture.
The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Operating
Partnership and the Trustee, without the consent of any Holders of the Debt
Securities, to enter into supplemental indentures, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (i) to evidence the succession of
another Person to the Operating Partnership and the assumption by any such
successor of the covenants of the Operating Partnership contained in the
Indenture and in the Debt Securities; (ii) to add to the covenants of the
Operating Partnership for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of
Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than
all series of Debt 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 Operating Partnership; (iii) to add any
additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series
of Debt Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of
less than all series of Debt Securities, stating that such Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such
supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after
default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of
other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or
may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such default or may limit
the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or
those series of Debt Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply
to waive such default; (iv) to add to or change any of the provisions of the
Indenture to provide that Bearer Debt Securities may be registrable as to
principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal
of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities
to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities
to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations
or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities in uncertificated
form; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any related coupons in any
material respect; (v) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of the
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective
only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of
such provision; (vi) to secure the Debt Securities; (vii) to establish the form
or terms of Debt Securities of any series as permitted by the Indenture; (viii)
to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture by
a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series
and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee; (ix) 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 the Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with
the provisions of the Indenture; provided such provisions shall not adversely
affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities of any series or any
related coupons in any material respect; or (x) to supplement any of the
provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Debt Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403 of the Indenture; provided that any such
action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt
Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Debt
Securities in any material respect.
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DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus Supplement, the Operating
Partnership may discharge certain obligations to Holders of Debt Securities that
have not already been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and that either
have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year (or
scheduled for redemption within one year) by irrevocably depositing with the
Trustee, in trust, funds in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness
on such Debt Securities in respect of principal and interest to the date of such
deposit (if such Debt Securities have become due and payable) or to the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be.
The Indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided in the Prospectus
Supplement, the Operating Partnership may elect either (a) to defease and be
discharged from any and all obligations with respect to the Debt Securities
(except for the obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Debt
Securities, to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of the Debt Securities
and to hold moneys for payment in trust ("Defeasance") or (b) to be released
from its obligations with respect to the Debt Securities under provisions of the
Indenture described under "Certain Covenants," and its obligations with respect
to any other covenant, and any omission to comply with such obligations shall
not constitute a default or an Event or Default with respect to the Debt
Securities ("Covenant Defeasance"), in either case upon the irrevocable deposit
by the Operating Partnership with the Trustee, in trust, of cash or Government
Obligations (as deemed below), or both, which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an
amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Debt Securities on
the scheduled due dates therefor.
Such a trust may only be established if, among other things, the
Operating Partnership has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel (as
specified in the Indenture) to the effect that the Holders of the Debt
Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and
will be subject to United States Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance
or covenant defeasance had not occurred, and such Opinion of Counsel, in the
case of defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal
Revenue Service (the "IRS") or a change in applicable United States Federal
income tax laws occurring after the date of the Indenture.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are
not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required
by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such
depository receipt.
In the event the Operating Partnership effects covenant defeasance and
the Debt Securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of
any Event of Default other than an Event of Default with respect to provisions
of the Indenture which as a result of such covenant defeasance would
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no longer be applicable to the Debt Securities, the cash and Government
Obligations on deposit with the Trustee will be sufficient to pay amounts due on
the Debt Securities at the time of their Stated Maturity but may not be
sufficient to pay amounts due on the Debt Securities at the time of the
acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. However, the Operating
Partnership would remain liable to make payment of such amounts due at the time
of acceleration.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the
provisions, if any, permitting such defeasance or covenant defeasance, including
any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the Debt
Securities of a particular series.
GUARANTEES
If the Operating Partnership issues any Debt Securities that are rated
below investment grade at the time of issuance, the Company will fully and
unconditionally guarantee, on a senior or subordinated basis, the due and
punctual payment of principal of or premium, if any, and interest on such Debt
Securities, and the due and punctual payment of any sinking fund payments
thereon, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at a
maturity date, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
The applicability and terms of any such Guarantees relating to a series of Debt
Securities will be set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Debt
Securities.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Operating Partnership may issue the Debt Securities, which may or
may not be guaranteed by the Company, through underwriters or dealers, directly
to one or more purchasers (including executive officers of the Company,
Operating Partnership or other persons that may be deemed affiliates of the
Company, Operating Partnership), through agents or through a combination of any
such methods of sale.
The distribution of the Offered Securities may be effected from time to
time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be
changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of the sale, at prices related
to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
In connection with the sale of the Offered Securities, underwriters or
agents may receive compensation from the Company or the Operating Partnership or
from purchasers of the Offered Securities, for whom they may act as agents in
the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell the
Offered Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive
compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the
underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as
agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of
the Offered Securities may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities
Act, and any discounts or commissions they receive from the Company or the
Operating Partnership and any profit on the resale of the Offered Securities
they realize may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under
the Securities Act. Any such underwriter or agent will be identified, and any
such compensation received from the Company or the Operating Partnership will be
described, in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, each
series of the Offered Securities will be a new issue with no established trading
market. The Operating Partnership may elect to list any series of Debt
Securities on an exchange, but is not obligated to do so. It is possible that
one or more underwriters may make a market in a series of the Offered
Securities, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market
making at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to
the liquidity of, or the trading market for, the Offered Securities.
Under agreements into which the Company or the Operating Partnership may
enter, underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of
the Offered Securities may be entitled to indemnification by the Company or the
Operating Partnership, as the case may be, against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with, or
perform services for, or be tenants of, the Company or the Operating Partnership
in the ordinary course of business.
In order to comply with the securities laws of certain states, if
applicable, the Offered Securities will be sold in such jurisdictions only
through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in certain
states the Offered Securities may not be sold unless they have been registered
or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the
registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the Offered Securities will be passed upon for the
Company by Rogers & Wells, New York, New York. Rogers & Wells will rely on Piper
& Marbury L.L.P., Baltimore, Maryland, as to matters of Maryland law.
EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and
the consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996, incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement, have been incorporated herein in
reliance on the reports of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants,
given the authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in
connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being
registered.
Registration Fee.............................................$ 36,875
Printing or Copying Expenses................................. 50,000
Legal Fees and Expenses...................................... 75,000
Accounting Fees and Expenses................................. 25,000
Miscellaneous................................................ 10,000
Total....................................................... $196,875
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Company's Charter limits the liability of the Company's directors
and officers to the Company and its stockholders to the fullest extent permitted
from time to time by Maryland law. Maryland law presently permits the liability
of directors and officers to a corporation or its stockholders for money damages
to be limited, except to the extent that (i) it is proved that the director or
officer actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or
services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services
actually received, or (ii) a judgment or other final adjudication is entered in
a proceeding based on a finding that the director's or officer's action, or
failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was
material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding. This provision
does not limit the ability of the Company or its stockholders to obtain other
relief, such as an injunction or rescission.
The Charter and By-Laws require (or permit, as the case may be) the
Company to indemnify its directors, officers and certain other parties to the
fullest extent permitted from time to time by Maryland law. The Maryland General
Corporation Law ("MGCL") permits a corporation to indemnify its directors,
officers and certain other parties against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with
any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service to
or at the request of the corporation, unless it is established that (i) the act
or omission of the indemnified party was material to the matter giving rise to
the proceeding and (x) was committed in bad faith or (y) was the result of
active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) the indemnified party actually received
an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (iii) in the case
of any criminal proceeding, the indemnified party had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Indemnification may be made
against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
actually incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding;
provided, however,that if the proceeding is one by or in the right of the
corporation, indemnification may not be made with respect to any proceeding in
which the director or officer has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation.
In addition, a director or officer may not be indemnified with respect to any
proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director or officer in
which the director or officer was adjudged to be liable on the basis that
personal benefit was improperly received. The termination of any proceeding by
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of
any order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that
the director or officer did not meet
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the requisite standard of conduct required for indemnification to be permitted.
It is the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission that
indemnification of directors and officers for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act is against public policy and is unenforceable pursuant to Section
14 of the Securities Act.
The partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership also provides for
indemnification of the Company and its officers and directors and for the
reimbursement of the Company to the extent it is required to provide
indemnification of its directors to the extent provided in the partnership
agreement. The partnership agreement also limits the liability of the Company
and its officers and directors to the Operating Partnership and its partners to
the extent provided.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors and officers of the Operating Partnership
pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Operating Partnership has
been advised that, although the validity and scope of the governing statute have
not been tested in court, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In addition, indemnification
may be limited by state securities laws.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Description
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1* Form of Underwriting Agreement (for Debt Securities)
3.1+ Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (1993)
3.2+++++ Articles of Amendment of the Company (1995)
3.3++ Articles of Amendment of the Company (1997)
3.4+++ Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
3.5++++ Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the
Operating Partnership
4.1 Form of Indenture of the Operating Partnership
4.2* Form of Guaranty Agreement
5.1* Opinion of Rogers & Wells
5.2* Opinion of Piper & Marbury L.L.P.
12* Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1* Consent of Rogers & Wells with regard to Opinion included as
Exhibit 5.1 (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
23.2* Consent of Piper & Marbury L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit
5.2)
23.3* Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.4* Consent of Deloitte & Touche L.L.P.
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24 Power of Attorney (included on Page II-6)
25+++++++ Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1
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* To be filed by post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement or pursuant to a Form 8-K to be filed after
effectiveness by the Company
+ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June 30, 1995 filed with the Commission on August 10, 1995
++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on May 30, 1997
+++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 1997, filed with the Commission on May 15,
1997
++++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Form S-4, filed with the Commission on December 24,
1996
+++++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Form S-8, filed with the Commission on June 5, 1997
++++++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on June 24, 1997
+++++++ Filed by the Operating Partnership on December 9, 1997, under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and incorporated here
by reference.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) If the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial
statements required by Rule 3-19 of this chapter at the start of any delayed
offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and
information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be
furnished, provided, that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of
a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this
paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other
information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those
financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to
registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be
filed to include financial statements and information required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such financial statements
and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form
F-3.
(b) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrants' annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) 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 the time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrants 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 registrants 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
(d) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under
subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of
the Act.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet
all of the requirements for a filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on their respective behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Englewood, State of
Colorado, on this 9th day of January, 1998.
CHATEAU COMMUNITIES, INC.
By: /s/ Tamara D. Fischer
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Tamara D. Fischer
Chief Financial Officer
CP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Chateau Communities, Inc. as
general partner
By: /s/ Tamara D. Fischer
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Tamara D. Fischer
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and
appoints Gary P. McDaniel, C.G. Kellogg and Tamara D. Fischer, or any of them,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any or all
further amendments, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments,
thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and any and all other
documents filed as part of or in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto each of such 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 connection with such matters, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of such attorneys-in-fact and agents or their
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ John A. Boll Chairman of the Board of Directors January 9, 1998
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John A. Boll
/s/ Gary P. McDaniel Director and Chief Executive Officer January 9, 1998
- ------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer)
Gary P. McDaniel
/s/ C.G. Kellogg Director and President January 9, 1998
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C.G. Kellogg
/s/ Tamara D. Fischer Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial January 9, 1998
- ------------------------ Accounting Officer)
Tamara D. Fischer
/s/ Edward R. Allen Director January 9, 1998
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Edward R. Allen
/s/ Gebran S. Anton, Jr. Director January 9, 1998
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Gebran S. Anton, Jr.
/s/ James l. Clayton Director January 9, 1998
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James L. Clayton
/s/ Steven G. Davis Director January 9, 1998
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Steven G. Davis
/s/ James M. Hankins Director January 9, 1998
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James M. Hankins
/s/ James M. Lane Director January 9, 1998
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James M. Lane
/s/ Donald E. Miller Director January 9, 1998
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Donald E. Miller
/s/ Rhonda G. Hogan Director January 9, 1998
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Rhonda G. Hogan
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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1.* Form of Underwriting Agreement (for Debt Securities)
3.1+ Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company (1993)
3.2+++++ Articles of Amendment of the Company (1995)
3.3++ Articles of Amendment of the Company (1997)
3.4+++ Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company
3.5++++ Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the
Operating Partnership
4.1 Form of Indenture of the Operating Partnership
4.2* Form of Guaranty Agreement
5.1* Opinion of Rogers & Wells
5.2* Opinion of Piper & Marbury L.L.P.
12* Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
23.1* Consent of Rogers & Wells with regard to Opinion included as
Exhibit 5.1 (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
23.2* Consent of Piper & Marbury L.L.P. (included as part of Exhibit
5.2)
23.3* Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.4* Consent of Deloitte & Touche L.L.P.
24 Power of Attorney (included on Page II-6)
25+++++++ Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1
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* To be filed by post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement or pursuant to a Form 8-K to be filed after
effectiveness by the Company
+ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended June 30, 1995 filed with the Commission on August 10, 1995
++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on May 30, 1997
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+++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 1997, filed with the Commission on May 15,
1997
++++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Form S-4, filed with the Commission on December 24,
1996
+++++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Form S-8, filed with the Commission on June 5, 1997
++++++ Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits filed with the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission
on June 24, 1997
+++++++ Filed by the Operating Partnership on December 9, 1997, under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and incorporated here
by reference.
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Exhibit 4.1
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CP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Issuer
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of December 19, 1997
Debt Securities
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PARTIES.................................................................... 1
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER..................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions................................................. 1
Act................................................................. 2
Additional Amounts.................................................. 2
Affiliate........................................................... 2
Annual Service Charge............................................... 2
Authenticating Agent................................................ 2
Authorized Newspaper................................................ 2
Bankruptcy Law...................................................... 2
Bearer Security..................................................... 2
Board of Directors.................................................. 2
Board Resolution.................................................... 2
Business Day........................................................ 2
CEDEL............................................................... 3
Commission.......................................................... 3
Conversion Event.................................................... 3
Corporate Trust Office.............................................. 3
corporation......................................................... 3
coupon.............................................................. 3
Custodian........................................................... 3
Debt................................................................ 3
Defaulted Interest.................................................. 4
Dollar or $......................................................... 4
DTC................................................................. 4
ECU................................................................. 4
Euroclear........................................................... 4
European Communities................................................ 4
European Monetary System............................................ 4
Event of Default.................................................... 4
Foreign Currency.................................................... 4
GAAP................................................................ 4
General Partner..................................................... 4
Government Obligations.............................................. 4
Holder.............................................................. 5
Indenture........................................................... 5
Indexed Security.................................................... 5
Interest............................................................ 5
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Interest Payment Date............................................... 5
Issuer.............................................................. 5
Issuer Request and Issuer Order..................................... 5
Maturity............................................................ 6
Officers' Certificate............................................... 6
Opinion of Counsel.................................................. 6
Original Issue Discount Security.................................... 6
Outstanding......................................................... 6
Paying Agent........................................................ 7
Person.............................................................. 7
Place of Payment.................................................... 7
Predecessor Security................................................ 7
Redemption Date..................................................... 8
Redemption Price.................................................... 8
Registered Security................................................. 8
Regular Record Date................................................. 8
Repayment Date...................................................... 8
Repayment Price..................................................... 8
Responsible Officer................................................. 8
Security............................................................ 8
Security Register and Security Registrar............................ 8
Significant Subsidiary.............................................. 8
Special Record Date................................................. 9
Stated Maturity..................................................... 9
Subsidiary.......................................................... 9
Trust Indenture Act or TIA.......................................... 9
Trustee............................................................. 9
United States....................................................... 9
Unsecured Debt...................................................... 9
Yield to Maturity................................................... 9
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................ 9
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................... 10
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders............................................. 11
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Issuer........................ 12
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................... 12
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................... 13
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns...................................... 14
SECTION 109. Separability Clause......................................... 14
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture....................................... 14
SECTION 111. Governing Law............................................... 14
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.............................................. 14
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities......................................... 14
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication............. 15
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form.......................... 15
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................ 16
SECTION 302. Denominations............................................... 20
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.............. 20
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities........................................ 22
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange......... 24
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............ 28
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.............. 29
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners....................................... 31
SECTION 309. Cancellation................................................ 31
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest..................................... 32
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture..................... 32
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds.................................. 33
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default........................................... 34
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.......... 35
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee..................................................... 36
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................ 37
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities or Coupons....................................... 38
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.............................. 38
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits......................................... 39
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium, if any, Interest and Additional Amounts............ 39
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.......................... 39
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.............................. 40
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................ 40
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities............................ 40
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults..................................... 40
SECTION 514. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws..................... 41
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs....................................... 41
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.......................................... 41
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee................................... 42
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities...... 43
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities......................................... 43
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust......................................... 44
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.............................. 44
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting
Interests................................................... 44
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........... 45
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...................... 46
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. 47
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent......................... 47
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders................ 49
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.......................................... 49
SECTION 703. Reports by Issuer........................................... 49
SECTION 704. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.... 50
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers of Issuer and Sales, Leases and
Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions......... 51
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation.................. 51
SECTION 803. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel................ 52
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.......... 52
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders............. 53
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................ 54
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures........................... 55
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act......................... 55
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.......... 55
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, Interest and
Additional Amounts......................................... 55
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency............................ 56
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SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.......... 57
SECTION 1004. Existence.................................................. 58
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.......................... 59
SECTION 1006. Provision of Financial Information......................... 59
SECTION 1007. Statement as to Compliance................................. 59
SECTION 1008. Additional Amounts......................................... 59
SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants................................ 60
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article................................... 61
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...................... 61
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.......... 61
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption....................................... 61
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price................................ 63
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date...................... 63
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part................................ 64
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article................................... 64
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...... 64
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.................. 65
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article................................... 65
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.................................... 65
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option......................................... 66
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and
Payable.................................................... 66
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.................................. 67
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article; Issuer's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.......................... 68
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge................................... 68
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance........................................ 68
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance............ 69
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust;
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Other Miscellaneous Provisions............................. 70
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.................. 71
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings......................... 72
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings....................... 72
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action............................................. 72
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings................................................... 73
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings............ 74
EXHIBIT
Forms of Certificates EXHIBITS............................. A-1
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CP Limited Partnership
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "TIA") and
Indenture, dated as of December 19, 1997
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section
Sec. 310(a)(1)....................................... 607
(a)(2).......................................... 607
(b)............................................. 607, 608
Sec. 312(a).......................................... 704
Sec.312(c)........................................... 701
Sec. 313(a).......................................... 702
(c)............................................. 702
Sec. 314(a).......................................... 1006
(a)(4).......................................... 1007
(c)(1).......................................... 102
(c)(2).......................................... 102
(e)............................................. 102
Sec. 315(b).......................................... 601
Sec. 316(a) (last sentence).......................... 101 ("Outstanding")
(a)(1)(A)....................................... 502, 512
(a)(1)(B)....................................... 513
(b)............................................. 508
Sec. 317(a)(1)....................................... 503
(a)(2).......................................... 504
Sec. 318(a).......................................... 111
(c)............................................. 111
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the TIA, which
provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the TIA are
a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically
contained therein.
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INDENTURE, dated as of December 19, 1997, between CP Limited
Partnership, a Maryland limited partnership (the "Issuer"), having its principal
offices at 6430 South Quebec Street, Englewood, Colorado 80111 and The First
National Bank of Chicago, a national banking association organized under the
laws of the United States, as Trustee hereunder (the "Trustee"), having its
Corporate Trust Office at One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, IL.
60670-0126.
RECITALS OF THE ISSUER
The Issuer deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its lawful
purposes debt securities (hereinafter called the "Securities") evidencing its
unsecured indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of
this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities,
unlimited as to principal amount, to bear interest at the rates or formulas, to
mature at such times and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as
hereinafter provided.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, that are deemed to be incorporated into this Indenture and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Issuer, 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 covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, 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:
(i) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(ii) all other terms used herein which are defined in the TIA,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein;
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(iii) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; and
(iv) 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.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required by a
Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified
therein, to be paid by the Issuer in respect of certain taxes imposed on certain
Holders and which are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" 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.
"Annual Service Charge" as of any date means the amount which is expensed
in any 12- month period for interest on Debt.
"Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent appointed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 611.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, printed in the English language
or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published
on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or
holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the
term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever
successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the
successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized
Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case
on any Business Day.
"Bankruptcy Law" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Bearer Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section 201
which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the General Partner
or any committee of such board of directors duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner 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.
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"Business Day," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal
holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or
particular location are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive
order to close.
"CEDEL" means CEDEL Bank, S.A., or its successor.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at
anytime after execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the TIA, then the body performing
such duties on such date.
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency
both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the
settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or
within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the
European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the European Communities or (iii) any currency unit
(or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was
established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which, at any
particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at One First National Plaza, Suite
0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, partnerships, companies
and business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Custodian" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Debt" of the Issuer or any Subsidiary means any indebtedness of the
Issuer or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of (i) borrowed
money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii)
indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any
security interest existing on property owned by the Issuer or any Subsidiary,
(iii) the reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with
any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance
deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such
balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable or (iv) any lease
of property by the Issuer or any Subsidiary as lessee which is reflected on the
Issuer's consolidated balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with
GAAP, in the case of items of indebtedness under (i) through (iii) above to the
extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a
liability on the Issuer's consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP,
and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the
Issuer or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of
business), indebtedness of another person (other than the Issuer or any
Subsidiary) (it being understood that
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Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis whenever the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect
thereof).
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to
time by the Council of the European Communities.
"Euroclear" means Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Brussels
Office, or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.
"European Communities" means the European Economic Community, the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established
by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European
Communities.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite
currency, including, without limitation, the ECU issued by the government of one
or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized
confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from
time to time, as used in the United States applied on a consistent basis.
"General Partner" means Chateau Communities, Inc., or its successors, as
general partner, and each other as general partner from time to time of the
Issuer, collectively, acting on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with the
Partnership Agreement of the Issuer.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations
of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a
Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States of America or such government which issued the foreign
currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the timely payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States of America or such other government, which, in either case,
are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall
also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company
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as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific
payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by
such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or
the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose
name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a
Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon,
shall mean the bearer thereof.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated
by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is
acting as Trustee under this instrument, "Indenture" shall mean, with respect to
any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of those
particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms
which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not
Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive
of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such
Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the
principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest
payable after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which provides
for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1008, includes such
Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Issuer" means the Person named as the "Issuer" in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Issuer" shall mean such
successor.
"Issuer Request" and "Issuer Order" mean, respectively, a written request
or order signed in the name of the Issuer by the General Partner's Chairman of
the Board, the President or a
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Vice President, and by the General Partner's Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"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, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect
repayment or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the General
Partner's Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President
and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Issuer or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the
Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Issuer) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and
1403, with respect to which the Issuer has effected defeasance and/or
covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities
in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer;
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at
a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by Section 313 of the TIA, (i) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such
purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such
determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or
calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 301 as of the date such
Security is originally issued by the Issuer, of the principal amount (or, in the
case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such
date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i)
above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that
may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be
deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount
of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with
respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by
the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Issuer 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 making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such
other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities or
coupons on behalf of the Issuer.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of or within
any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or
the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains.
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"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
in whole or in part, 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.
"Registered Security" shall mean any Security which is registered in the
Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, whether or not a
Business Day.
"Repayment Date" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Repayment Price" means, when used with respect to any Security to be
repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or
vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the
president, any vice president (whether or not designated by a number or a word
or words added before or after the title "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 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 such officer's knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Security" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture
and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is
more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities" with
respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more
particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not
Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is a "significant
subsidiary" (as defined in Article I, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933) of the Issuer.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation, partnership or limited liability company
a majority of the outstanding voting stock, partnership interests or membership
interests, as the case may be, of which is owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the Issuer or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Issuer.
For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock having voting
power for the election of directors, or trustees, as the case may be, 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" or "TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed,
except as provided in Section 905.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this Indenture 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; provided, however, that,
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect
to Securities of that series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"Unsecured Debt" means Debt of the Issuer or any Subsidiary which is not
secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest of any kind
upon any of the properties owned by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of
issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of
interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with
generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or
request by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of
this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or
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request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by
any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or
request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates delivered
pursuant to Section 1007) shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(iv) 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 as 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 General Partner may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a
certificate or representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or
representations 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
General Partner stating that the information as to such factual matters is in
the possession of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or
opinion or representations as to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
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SECTION 104. Acts of Holders. (A) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one
or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or
more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person
or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable
as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor
thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in
accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such
instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record
or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required,
to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to
as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting
at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing
appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
(B) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(C) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(D) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the production of
such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be
proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Issuer may assume that such ownership of any
Bearer Security continues until (i) another certificate or affidavit bearing a
later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (ii) such
Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (iii) such
Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or (iv)
such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer
Securities may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
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(E) If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act, the Issuer may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in
advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act,
but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding Section 316(c)
of the TIA, such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30
days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection
therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but
only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be
computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than eleven months after the record date.
(F) 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, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Issuer in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Issuer. 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:
(i) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago,
Illinois 60670-0126; Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division and
(ii) the Issuer 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 Issuer
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Issuer.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture provides for
notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Issuer or the
Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest
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date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer
Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such
Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail
service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such
notice by mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered Securities as
shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides
for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in New York City and
in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a
Business Day, such publication to be not later than the latest date, and not
earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any
such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication
or, if published more than once, on the date of the first such publication.
If by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper
or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided
above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such
Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by
publication to any particular Holder of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor
any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be
waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before
or after the event, and such waiver shall be 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.
SECTION 107. 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.
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SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture
or in any Security or coupon 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 110. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating
Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities and coupons
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are
required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security or
coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of interest or
any Additional Amounts or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund
payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest
shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment
date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities. The Registered Securities, if any, of
each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related
coupons, and the form of any guarantee shall be in substantially the forms as
shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or approved
from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with
Section 301, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any
indenture supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as the Issuer may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law
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or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to
conform to usage.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer
Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved
border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by
their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. Subject to
Section 611, the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
The First National Bank of Chicago
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form. If Securities of or
within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (x) of Section 301 and the provisions
of Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it
shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be increased
or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form
to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and
upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein
or in the Issuer Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or
304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304,
the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in
the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified
therein or in the applicable Issuer Order. If an Issuer Order pursuant to
Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions
by the Issuer with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a
Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never
issued and sold by the Issuer and the Issuer delivers to the Trustee the
Security in global form together with written instructions
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(which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of
Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated
by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium and
interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or
Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in
the preceding paragraph, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer and
the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i) in the case of a
permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent
global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global
Security in bearer form, Euroclear or CEDEL.
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. Any Securities issued hereunder may be unconditionally
guaranteed by a guarantor to be named in an indenture supplemental hereto as to
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by
one or more Board Resolutions 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, any or all of the following, as applicable, each of
which, if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Issuer with
respect to unissued Securities of the series when issued from time to time:
(i) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of
Securities);
(ii) the aggregate principal amount and any limit upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306,
906, 1107 or 1305);
(iii) the percentage of the principal amount at which the Securities
of the series will be issued and, if other than the principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount thereof payable upon
declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof;
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(iv) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates
will be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of the series
shall be payable;
(v) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be
determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the
method or methods by which such date or dates shall be determined, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable and the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method or methods by which
such date shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be
calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(vi) the Place of Payment, if any, other than or in addition to the
Borough of Manhattan, New York City, where the principal of (and premium,
if any), interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, payable in
respect of, Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered
Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer,
or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(vii) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Issuer, if the Issuer is to have the option;
(viii) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, repay or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period
or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices
at which, the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which, and other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(ix) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the
series shall be issuable and, if other than denominations of $5,000 and
any integral multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in which
any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(x) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security
Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(xi) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
502 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
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(xii) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in
which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of the series shall
be payable or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated;
(xiii) whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods
(which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without
limitation, on one or more currencies, currency units, composite
currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices) and the manner
in which such amounts shall be determined;
(xiv) whether the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities of the series are to
be payable, at the election of the Issuer or a Holder thereof, in a
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies other than that in which such Securities are denominated or
stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms
and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and
manner of, and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility
for, determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which such
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which such Securities are to be so payable;
(xv) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(xvi) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the
Events of Default or covenants of the Issuer with respect to Securities of
the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(xvii) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as
Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or
both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer
Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the series and vice versa (if
permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of
the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and
whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent
global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners
of interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange such
interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any
such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section
305, and, if Registered Securities of the series are to be issuable as a
global Security, the identity of the depositary for such series;
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(xviii) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and
any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the
series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the
first Security of the series to be issued;
(xix) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered 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, the manner
in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of
the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and
surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature,
and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a
temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if
other than in the manner provided in Section 304;
(xx) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the
Securities of the series and any provisions in modification of, in
addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen;
(xxi) if the Securities of the series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a
temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain
certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then
the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(xxii) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the
exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be
authenticated and delivered;
(xxiii) if the Securities of the series are subordinated in right of
payment to any other class or classes of Debt of the Issuer, the terms and
conditions of such subordination;
(xxiv) if the Securities of the series are to be guaranteed, the
terms and conditions of such guarantee;
(xxv) whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1008 on the Securities of
the series to any Holder who is not a United States person (including any
modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax,
assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Issuer will have
the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts (and the terms of any such option); and
(xxvi) any other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any
Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the
case of Registered Securities, as to
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denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such
Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and set forth in such Officers'
Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a
series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of
additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by
action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the General Partner and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities
of such series.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section
301. With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued in
global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer
Securities of such series, other than Bearer Securities issued in global form
(which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000
and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of
the Issuer by the General Partner's Chairman of the Board, its President or one
of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, and
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of
any of these officers on the Securities and coupons may be manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be
imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the General Partner
shall bind the Issuer, 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 or
coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series, together with any
coupon appertaining thereto, executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for
authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Issuer Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, in
connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or
otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further
that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with
its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer
Security shall have furnished a certificate to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case
may be, in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture or such other
certificate as may be specified with respect to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier of
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the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any
temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in
accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any
Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for
purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner's
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a
portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in
connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner's interest in
such permanent global Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant
coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time and
if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall
so permit, such Issuer Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee
for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular
Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity date, date
of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. 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 315(a) through 315(d) of the TIA) shall be fully protected
in relying upon;
(i) an Opinion of Counsel stating that:
(a) the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(c) such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication in
accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Issuer
in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to
general equitable principles; and
(ii) an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the
Securities have been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge
of the signers of such certificate, no Event of Default with respect to
any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's
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own rights, duties, obligations 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 the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers' Certificate otherwise required
pursuant to Section 301 or an Issuer Order, or an Opinion of Counsel or an
Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at
the time of issuance of each Security of such series, but such order, opinion
and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances,
shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of
such series.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and
each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by
Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security or Security to which such coupon appertains a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by
the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold
by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which
need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the
Issuer, 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. (A) Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Issuer may execute, and upon Issuer
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, in registered form, or, if authorized, in
bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by
their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series,
such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be
exchanged in accordance with Section 304(B) or as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution), if temporary Securities of any series are
issued, the Issuer 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 Issuer 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
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(accompanied by any nonmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be
delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further
that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303.
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.
(B) Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, this
Section 304(B) shall govern the exchange of temporary Securities issued in
global form other than through the facilities of DTC. If any such temporary
Security is issued in global form, then such temporary global Security shall,
unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office of a
depositary or common depositary (the "Common Depositary"), for the benefit of
Euroclear and CEDEL, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial
owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay, but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global
Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Issuer. On or after
the Exchange Date, such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Issuer's agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities
without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations
and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be
exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such
temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent
global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination
thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security,
upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security
is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and
signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a
subsequent date and signed by CEDEL as to the portion of such temporary global
Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth
in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established
pursuant to Section 301; and provided further that definitive Bearer Securities
shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only
in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest
of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security
shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like
tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear or
CEDEL, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his
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behalf and delivers to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate in
the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as
may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior
to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available from the
offices of Euroclear and CEDEL, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed
for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified
in such temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of
charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a
Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of such definitive
Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or CEDEL. Definitive Securities
in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global
Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities
of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the
applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and CEDEL on such
Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and CEDEL to the Trustee of a
certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this
Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section
301), for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date
to the respective accounts of Persons who are the beneficial owners of such
temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each
delivered to Euroclear or CEDEL, as the case may be, a certificate dated no
earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such
Exchange Date in the form set forth as Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to
this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two
paragraphs of this Section 304(B) and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of
this Indenture and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of
the temporary global Security with respect to which such certification was made
will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor
on the Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the
Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as
otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing
with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will be
made unless and until such interest in such temporary global Security shall have
been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security. Any interest so
received by Euroclear and CEDEL and not paid as herein provided shall be
returned to the Trustee prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest
Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Issuer.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The
Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in
any office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment a register for each
series of Securities (the registers maintained in such office or in any such
office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
referred to collectively as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the
registration of
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Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security
Register shall be in written form or any other form capable of being converted
into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust
Office, is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities on such Security
Register as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall cease to be
Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register at
all reasonable times.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office
or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and
containing identical terms and provisions.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305, at the option of the
Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination or
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any such Registered Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
series of Securities as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not
be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) permitted by the applicable Board Resolution and (subject
to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers' Certificate, or in any
indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the
option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer
Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured
coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder
of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons
or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be
effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable
to the Issuer in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or
coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Issuer and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity
as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made,
such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a
Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of
business
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at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening
of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office
or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such
Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable
only as provided in this paragraph. If the depositary for any permanent global
Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such global Security expressly permit
such global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive
Securities, a global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only
to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for
such global Security selected or approved by the Issuer or to a nominee of such
successor to DTC. If at any time DTC notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as depositary for the applicable global Security or
Securities or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act if so required by applicable law or regulation, the Issuer
shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to such global Security or
Securities. If (i) a successor depositary for such global Security or Securities
is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such
notice or becomes aware of such unwillingness, inability or ineligibility, (ii)
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the beneficial owners
representing a majority in principal amount of the applicable series of
Securities represented by such global Security or Securities advise DTC to cease
acting as depositary for such global Security or Securities or (iii) the Issuer,
in its sole discretion, determines at any time that all Outstanding Securities
(but not less than all) of any series issued or issuable in the form of one or
more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such global Security or
Securities, then the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of such global Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner of an interest in
a permanent global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such interest for
Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301
and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global
Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event
not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive
Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
beneficial owner's interest in such permanent global Security. On or after the
earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global
Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such other depositary as
shall be specified in the Issuer Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as
the Issuer's agent for such purpose; provided, however, that no such exchanges
may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
any selection of
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Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the
Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected for
redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange
for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered Security is
issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security (i) after the
close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on any
Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency
on the relevant Interest Payment Date or (ii) after the close of business at the
office or agency where such exchange occurs on any Special Record Date and the
opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may
be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case
may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such
permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, 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 Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Issuer or
the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Issuer 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, 1107 or 1305 not involving any transfer.
The Issuer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall not be required (i) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be
among those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under Section
1103 and ending at the close of business on (a) if such Securities are issuable
only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption and (b) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day
of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such
Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no
publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, (ii) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, (iii) to exchange any
Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security
may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor;
provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously
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surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of
the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any
mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is
surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer, together with, in proper cases, such
security or indemnity as may be required by the Issuer or the Trustee to hold
each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Issuer shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new
Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Issuer and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or
coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Issuer or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and upon its request
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost
or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or
stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or
stolen), a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing
identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of
issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to
which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or
coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium, if any),
any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, Bearer Securities
shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an
office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Issuer may
require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in
exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains,
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer,
whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons,
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if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their
coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as
otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with
the provisions of Section 301, interest on any Registered Security that 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 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained
for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each
installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the Issuer's option be
paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written
order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of
such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer to an
account maintained by the payee located inside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to
the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a
Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank
located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent
global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest
Payment Date will be paid to DTC, Euroclear and/or CEDEL, as the case may be,
with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its
account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depositary, as the case may be, for the
purpose of permitting such party to credit the interest received by it in
respect of such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial
owners thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a
Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or
agency where such exchange occurs) on any Regular Record Date and before the
opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon
relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange
for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon
when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on any Registered
Security of any series that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest")
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
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(i) the Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Registered 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 Issuer shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the
proposed payment (which shall not be less than 20 days after such notice
is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) 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 on
or 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 provided in this clause. 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 Issuer of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its
discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, cause a similar
notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in each
Place of Payment, but such publications shall not be a condition precedent
to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor
having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose names the Registered 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 (ii). In case a Bearer Security of any
series is surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for
such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the
close of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related
proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such proposed date of
payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date
of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for
such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such
coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; or
(ii) the Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered 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 Issuer to the Trustee
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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 and Section 305, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of, 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
Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and
any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose
of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to
Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on, such Registered Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue,
and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
pass by delivery. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee may treat the Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of any coupon
as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving
payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not such Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the
Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
None of the Issuer, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security,
nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer
or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such
global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial
interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as
Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 309. Cancellation. All Securities and coupons surrendered for
payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, 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 any such Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered
directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly cancelled by it;
provided, however, where the Place of Payment is located outside of the United
States, the Paying Agent at such Place of Payment may cancel the Securities
surrendered to it for such purposes prior to delivering the Securities to the
Trustee. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may
have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee
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(or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any
Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Issuer has not issued
and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Trustee. If the Issuer shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. 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. Cancelled
Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee and
the Trustee shall deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Issuer,
unless by an Issuer Order the Issuer directs their return to it.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, interest
on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of 12 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall
upon Issuer Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of
Securities specified in such Issuer Request (except as to any surviving rights
of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series herein
expressly provided for and any right to receive Additional Amounts, as provided
in Section 1008), and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, and at the
expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(i) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated
and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other
than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for
exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange,
whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in
Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have
been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities
called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption
Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106,
and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (1) or
(2) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable,
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year, or
(3) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, 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 Issuer,
and the Issuer, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as
trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable,
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any, and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, 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;
(ii) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer; and
(iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Issuer to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under
Section 606, the obligations of the Issuer to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with and held by the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (i) 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 Funds. 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, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment,
either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto,
of the principal (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the
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Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default," wherever used herein
with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or
not 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):
(i) default in the payment of any interest on or any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of any Security of that series or of any coupon
appertaining thereto, when such interest, Additional Amounts or coupon
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of
30 days;
(ii) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its
Maturity;
(iii) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and
as due by the terms of any Security of that series;
(iv) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Issuer in this Indenture with respect to any Security of
that series (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with), 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
Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder;
(v) default under any evidence of recourse indebtedness of the
Issuer, or under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument of the Issuer
(including a default with respect to Securities of any series other than
that series) under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured any recourse indebtedness of the Issuer (or by any Subsidiary, the
repayment of which the Issuer has guaranteed or for which the Issuer is
directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor), whether such
indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall
constitute a failure to pay an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$10,000,000 of such indebtedness when due and payable after the expiration
of any applicable grace period with respect thereto and shall have
resulted in such indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding
$10,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date
on which it
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would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness
having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or
annulled, within a period of 10 days after there shall have been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the
Issuer 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 Issuer to cause such indebtedness to be
discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
(vi) the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within
the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences a voluntary case,
(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in
an involuntary case,
(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for
all or substantially all of its property, or
(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors;
(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree
under any Bankruptcy Law that remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days,
and:
(a) is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant
Subsidiary in an involuntary case,
(b) appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant
Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of either of its
property, or
(c) orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant
Subsidiary; or
(viii) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
As used in this Section 501, the term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11 of the
United States Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors
and the term "Custodian" means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and 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 (or, if any
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Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such
portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the
Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall 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 Issuer and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Issuer has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay in the currency or currency unit or composite currency
in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series):
(a) all overdue installments of interest on and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of all Outstanding Securities of that
series and any related coupons,
(b) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or
rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue installments of interest and any Additional
Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for 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; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium, if any)
or interest, if any, on 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 Issuer covenants that if:
(i) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest or
Additional Amounts, if any, on any Security of any series and any related
coupon when such
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interest or Additional Amount becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(ii) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium,
if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity,
then the Issuer will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series and coupons, the whole
amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, with interest
upon any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of
interest or Additional Amounts, if any, at the rate or rates borne by or
provided for 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 Issuer 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 Issuer or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by
law out of the property of the Issuer or any other obligor upon such Securities
of such series, 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 and any
related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effective 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 the pendency of
any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to
the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Issuer or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of
whether the principal of the Securities of any series shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer for the payment of
overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any) shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such
lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and Additional
Amounts, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file
such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order
to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
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for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding, and
(ii) 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 of Securities of such series and coupons to make such payments to
the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of
such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to
it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security
or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a
Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
or Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and
coupons 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 premium, if any) or interest, if any, and any
Additional Amounts, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as
the case may be, 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 and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
if any, and any Additional Amounts payable, 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 aggregate amounts due
and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if
any), interest and Additional Amounts, respectively; and
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THIRD: to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series
or any related coupon 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:
(i) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
(ii) 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;
(iii) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(v) 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 whatsoever by virtue of, or by availing to, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any
other of such Holders, to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference
over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all such Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium,
if any, Interest and Additional Amounts. Notwithstanding any other provision in
this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right which
is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on, and
any Additional Amounts in respect of, such Security or payment of such coupon on
the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (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 of a Security or coupon 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, the Issuer, the Trustee and the
Holders of Securities and coupons shall, subject to any determination in such
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proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders
shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities or coupons 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 Security or coupon 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 of Securities or coupons, as the
case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities. The Holders of not less
than 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:
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture;
(ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(iii) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in
personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities
of such series not joining therein.
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 and any related
coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default:
(i) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on, or Additional Amounts payable in respect of, any Security of
such series or any related coupons; or
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(ii) 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. The Issuer 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 Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as
though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree,
and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to
have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against
the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any
party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit,
and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due
regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of
Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed
in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption
Date).
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of
any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee
shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the
TIA, 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,
if any, on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such
series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to the
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such
notice if and so long as Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
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Holders of the Securities and coupons of such series; and provided further that
in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section
501(iv) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence
thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of such series.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
Section 315(a) through 315(d) of the TIA:
(i) 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, coupon or other paper or document believed by it to
be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(ii) any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order (other than
delivery of any Security, together with any coupons appertaining thereto,
to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303
which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any
resolution of the Board of Trustees may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(iii) 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;
(iv) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(v) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related
coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(vi) 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, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee,
in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine
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the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or
attorney following reasonable notice to the Issuer. The reasonable
expenses of every such examination shall be paid by the Issuer or, if paid
by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon demand;
(vii) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a default
or an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(i), (ii) or (iii), unless and until it receives written
notification of such Event of Default form the Issuer or by holders of not
less than 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding;
(viii) 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; and
(ix) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it
by this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee
undertakes to perform 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. During the continuance of an Event of Default
(which has not been cured or waived), 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 person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's
certificate of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the
statements of the Issuer, 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 or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly
authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities
and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the
Issuer of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security
Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Issuer, in its
individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities
and coupons and, subject to Sections
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310(b) and 311 of the TIA, may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar,
Authenticating Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 605. 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 Issuer.
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Issuer agrees:
(i) 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);
(ii) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse
each of the Trustee and any predecessor 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
(iii) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense
incurred without negligence or bad faith on its own 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.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(vi) or Section 501(vii), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Issuer under
this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on particular Securities or any coupons.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting
Interests. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the TIA and shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least
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$50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of Federal, State, Territorial or
District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be
deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent
report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (A) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 609.
(B) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer. If an
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to
the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee.
(C) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the
Issuer.
(D) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section
310(b) of the TIA after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any
Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at
least six months, or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by
any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for
at least six months, or
(iii) 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, (i) the Issuer by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the TIA, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
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(E) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer, by or pursuant to 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). 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 Issuer and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Issuer. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders of Securities and
accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at
least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to Securities of such series.
(F) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner
provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 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 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (A) In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Issuer 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 request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee,
such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section
606.
(B) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, 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,
pursuant to Article Nine hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept
such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be
necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, 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, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is
not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed
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necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of
this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustee's co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(C) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in
paragraph (A) or (B) of this Section, as the case may be.
(D) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time
of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided that 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 or coupons 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 or coupons so authenticated with
the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been
authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may
authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its own name or
that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this
Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of
the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating
Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or
repayment thereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
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the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment
shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the
Issuer. 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 Issuer and shall at all
times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and
in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any State
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authorities. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority,
then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent; provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible
under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act
on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at any time
resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series
and to the Issuer. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any time
terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such
a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee for such series may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in
Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an
Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for
its services under this Section.
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If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to
this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
The First National Bank of Chicago
as Trustee
By: ,
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as Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders. Every Holder of
Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer
and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be held accountable
by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of
the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312 of the TIA, regardless
of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee
shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a
request made under Section 312(b) of the TIA.
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year
commencing with the first May 15 after the first issuance of Securities pursuant
to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of
Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the TIA a brief report dated as of
such May 15 if required by Section 313(a) of the TIA.
SECTION 703. Reports by Issuer. The Issuer will:
(i) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance
by the Issuer with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may
be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
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(ii) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities, within 30 days
after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 313(c) of the TIA, such summaries of any information,
documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 1006 and paragraph (i) of this Section as may be required by rules
and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
SECTION 704. Issuer to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The
Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(i) semiannually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for
interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the
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names and addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities of such series as of
such Regular Record Date, or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for
such series of Securities, semiannually, upon such dates as are set forth in the
Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and
(ii) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30
days after the receipt by the Issuer 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;
provided, however, that, so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no
such list shall be required to be furnished.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers of Issuer and Sales, Leases and
Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. The Issuer may consolidate
with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or
merge with or into any other corporation; provided that in any such case, (i)
either the Issuer shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor
corporation shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
United States or a State thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly
assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and any interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to
Section 1008) on all of the Securities, according to their tenor, and the due
and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions
of this Indenture to be performed by the Issuer by supplemental indenture,
complying with Article Nine hereof, satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and
delivered to the Trustee by such corporation and (ii) immediately after giving
effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an
obligation of the Issuer or any Subsidiary as a result thereof as having been
incurred by the Issuer or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no
Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or
both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation. In case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance and upon any such
assumption by the successor corporation, such successor corporation shall
succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer, with the same effect as if it had
been named herein as the party of the first part, and the predecessor
corporation, except in the event of a lease, shall be relieved of any further
obligation under this Indenture and the Securities. Such successor corporation
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the
name of the Issuer, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which
theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the
Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead of the
Issuer, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any
Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers
of the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities which
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such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to
the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution
hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 803. Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel. Any
consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance permitted under Section 801 is
also subject to the condition that the Trustee receive an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any such consolidation, merger,
sale, lease or conveyance, and the assumption by any successor corporation,
complies with the provisions of this Article and that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. Without
the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Issuer, when authorized
by or pursuant to 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:
(i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer herein
and in the Securities contained;
(ii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Issuer;
(iii) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default
are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating
that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of any such
additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a
particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or
longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for
an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such default or may
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limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of
Default apply to waive such default;
(iv) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to
change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any
premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to
be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer
Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other
authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in uncertificated form; provided that any such action shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series
or any related coupons in any material respect;
(v) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture;
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision;
(vi) to secure the Securities;
(vii) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and
any related coupons as permitted by Sections 201 and 301;
(viii) 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;
(ix) 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 which shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture; provided such provisions shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series
or any related coupons in any material respect; or
(x) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and
discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and
1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related
coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustee, the Issuer, when authorized by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
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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 and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security,
or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest
thereon or any Additional Amounts payable in respect thereof, or any
premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of
the Issuer to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1008 (except as
contemplated by Section 801(i) and permitted by Section 901(i)), or reduce
the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that
would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in
bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of
repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place
of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which, any Security or any premium or
the 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 or repayment at the option of the
Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case
may be);
(ii) 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 with respect to such series (or compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements
of Section 1504 for quorum or voting; or
(iii) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1009, except to increase the required percentage to effect such
action 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.
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.
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.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or
accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted
by this Article or the
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modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion
of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. 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 and of any coupon appertaining
thereto 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 TIA as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by
the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter
provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer shall so determine,
new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and
executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, Interest and
Additional Amounts. The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of the
Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of the Securities of that series in accordance with
the terms of such series of Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and
this Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on and any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of Bearer Securities on or before Maturity, other
than Additional Amounts, if any, payable as provided in Section 1008 in respect
of principal of (or premium, if any, on) such a Security, shall be payable only
upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest
installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. Unless otherwise
specified with respect to Securities of any series pursuant to Section 301, at
the option of the Issuer, all payments of principal may be paid by check to the
registered Holder of the Registered Security or other person entitled thereto
against surrender of such Security.
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SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of a series
are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Issuer shall 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 Issuer in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a
series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Issuer will maintain: (i) in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York City, an office or agency where any Registered
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any
Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of that
series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that
series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the
circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (ii)
subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for
that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency
where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and
surrendered for payment (including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1008); provided, however, that if
the Securities of that series are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any
other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange
shall so require, the Issuer will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of
that series in Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United
States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed
on such exchange; and (iii) subject to any laws or regulations applicable
thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States
an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The
Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons
may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any
Additional Amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1008) at the offices specified in the Security, in London, England, and
the Issuer hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands, and the Issuer hereby appoints
the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on or Additional
Amounts in respect of Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of
the Issuer in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United
States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United
States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in
Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any Bearer
Security (including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 1008) shall be made at the office of the designated agent of
the Issuer's Paying Agent in the
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Borough of Manhattan, New York City, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the
full amount of such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts, as the
case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for
the purpose by the Issuer in accordance with this Indenture, is illegal or
effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Issuer may 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 of 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 Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location
of any such other office or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to
any Securities pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities,
the Issuer hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities
the office or agency of the Issuer in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City,
and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent
in such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Issuer
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required,
at least one exchange rate agent.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the
Issuer shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series
of any Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on or Additional Amounts
in respect of, any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts 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 Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of
Securities and any related coupons, it will, before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any), or interest on or Additional Amounts in
respect of, any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in
the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or
currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, so becoming due, such
sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
principal, premium or interest or Additional Amounts and (unless such Paying
Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
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The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying
Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on Securities or Additional Amounts in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be
paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Issuer (or any
other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any such payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default upon
the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums
so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Issuer 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 Issuer or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as otherwise provided in the Securities of any series, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in
trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on, or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security of any series and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any),
interest or Additional Amounts has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Issuer upon Issuer Request or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged
from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an
unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment of such
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on, or any Additional
Amounts in respect of, any Security, without interest thereon, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all
liability of the Issuer 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 Issuer cause to be published once,
in an Authorized Newspaper, 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 Issuer.
SECTION 1004. Existence. Subject to Article Eight, the Issuer will do or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its existence, rights and franchises; provided, however, that the Issuer
shall not be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of
Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
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desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and that the loss thereof
is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1005. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Issuer will pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become
delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or
imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the
Issuer or any Subsidiary, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and
supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the
Issuer or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuer 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 1006. Provision of Financial Information. Whether or not the
Issuer is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and for so long as
any Securities are outstanding, the Issuer will, to the extent permitted under
the Exchange Act, file with the Commission the annual reports, quarterly reports
and other documents which the Issuer would have been required to file with the
Commission pursuant to such Section 13 or 15(d) (the "Financial Statements") if
the Issuer were so subject, such documents to be filed with the Commission on or
prior to the respective dates (the "Required Filing Dates") by which the Issuer
would have been required so to file such documents if the Issuer were so
subject.
The Issuer will also in any event (i) within 15 days of each Required
Filing Date (a) transmit by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses
appear in the Security Register, without cost to such Holders copies of the
annual reports and quarterly reports which the Issuer would have been required
to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
if the Issuer were subject to such Sections and (b) file with the Trustee copies
of the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Issuer
would have been required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act if the Issuer were subject to such Sections and (ii)
if filing such documents by the Issuer with the Commission is not permitted
under the Exchange Act, promptly upon written request and payment of the
reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of such documents to
any prospective Holder.
SECTION 1007. Statement as to Compliance. The Issuer will deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate
from the General Partner's principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the
Issuer's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and,
in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature
and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 1007, such compliance shall be
determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under
this Indenture.
SECTION 1008. Additional Amounts. If any Securities of a series provide
for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Issuer will pay to the Holder of any
Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as
may be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture
there is mentioned, in any context except in the case of Section 502(i), the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect
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of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon or the net
proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such
mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts
provided by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301 to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least
10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of
Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is
made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any
premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set
forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Issuer will furnish the
Trustee and the Issuer's principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than
the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any
premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of
Securities of that series or any related coupons who are not United States
persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge described in the Securities of the series. If any such
withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by
country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such
Holders of Securities of that series or related coupons and the Issuer will pay
to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms
of such Securities. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as the case may be,
shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such withholding or
deduction is required with respect to any payment of principal or interest with
respect to any Securities of a series or related coupons until it shall have
received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of
principal and interest with respect to the Securities of a series or related
coupons without withholding or deductions until otherwise advised. The Issuer
covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without
negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with
actions taken or omitted by any of them or in reliance on any Officers'
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in reliance on the Issuer's
not furnishing such an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Issuer may omit in any
particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in
Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, if before or after the time for such
compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all
outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Issuer and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full 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 Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the
Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer of less than
all of the Securities of any series, the Issuer shall, at least 45 days prior to
the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104 (unless a shorter notice
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption
Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series 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 Issuer 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 issued on the same day with the same terms
are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that
series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer and the Security Registrar
(if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and,
in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the
case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of
the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given in
the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms
of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities
to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to
the Holder of any Security designated for redemption
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as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other such
Security or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Registered Securities in the
manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price, accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1106, if any, and Additional Amounts, if
any,
(iii) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to
be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption,
the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be
redeemed,
(iv) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice
which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will receive,
without a charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations
for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued
interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if
any, will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion
thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(vi) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together
in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if
any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment
of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,
(vii) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case,
(viii) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for
redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be
deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity
satisfactory to the Issuer, the Trustee for such series and any Paying
Agent is furnished,
(ix) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any
Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such
Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject
to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or
otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Issuer, on which such
exchanges may be made, and
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(x) the CUSIP number of such Security, if any.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed shall be given by the
Issuer or, at the Issuer's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Issuer.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. At least one Business Day prior
to any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, which it may
not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and
hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or
currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or
portions thereof 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 in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date),
and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of
the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall, if the same
were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be
paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if
any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on
Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons
for such interest; and provided further that installments of interest on
Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption
Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face
amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Issuer and the Trustee if there be furnished to
them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any
Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender
to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a
deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be
entitled to
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receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United
States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender
of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Registered Security which
is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of
Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if
the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing) and
the Issuer 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, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a
series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional
sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any
series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The
Issuer may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to the Securities of a series, (i) deliver Outstanding
Securities of such series (other than any previously called for redemption)
together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured
coupons appertaining thereto and (ii) apply as a credit Securities of such
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Issuer pursuant to
the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, as provided for
by the terms of such Securities, or which have otherwise been acquired by the
Issuer; provided that such Securities so delivered or applied as
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a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received
and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price
specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 60
days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of any series, the
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the
amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that series
pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to
be satisfied by payment of cash in the currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to
Section 1202, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next
ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officers' Certificate shall
specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, the Issuer shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount
therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment
date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of
the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the
Issuer 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
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article. Repayment of Securities of any
series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be
made in accordance with the terms of such Securities, if any, and (except as
otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section
301) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities. Securities of any series subject to
repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless
otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal
to the principal amount thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon accrued
to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities.
The Issuer covenants that at least one Business Day prior to the Repayment Date
it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or
units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided
by the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of,
and
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(except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be
repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option. Securities of any series subject to
repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an "Option to Elect
Repayment" form on the reverse of such Securities. In order for any Security to
be repaid at the option of the Holder, the Trustee must receive at the Place of
Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place
or places of which the Issuer shall from time to time notify the Holders of such
Securities) not earlier than 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to the
Repayment Date (i) the Security so providing for such repayment together with
the "Option to Elect Repayment" form on the reverse thereof duly completed by
the Holder (or by the Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing) or (ii) a
telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or a letter from a member of a national
securities exchange, or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or
a commercial bank or trust company in the United States setting forth the name
of the Holder of the Security, the principal amount of the Security, the
principal amount of the Security to be repaid, the CUSIP number, if any, or a
description of the tenor and terms of the Security, a statement that the option
to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Security
to be repaid, together with the duly completed form entitled "Option to Elect
Repayment" on the reverse of the Security, will be received by the Trustee not
later than the fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter; provided, however, that such telegram, telex,
facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if such Security and
form duly completed are received by the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. If
less than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be repaid in
accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such
Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities
of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or
Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of
such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified. The
principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the
Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the
unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum
authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be
repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any
Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise
of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the
Issuer.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and
Payable. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and
as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or
the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and
payable and shall be paid by the Issuer on the Repayment Date therein specified,
and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the
same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such
interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the
extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for
repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any,
appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the principal amount of
such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Issuer, together with accrued
interest, if
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any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office
or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon
presentation and surrender of such coupons; and provided further that, in the
case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without
interest thereon, unless the Issuer shall default in the payment thereof) 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 Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied
by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may
be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section
1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Issuer and the
Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the
Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made as
provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the
amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall
not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with
interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to
Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such
Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part. Upon surrender of any Registered
Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without
service charge and at the expense of the Issuer, a new Registered Security or
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination specified by the
Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be
repaid.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article; Issuer's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If, pursuant to Section 301, provision is
made for either or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under Section 1402 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under Section 1403, then the provisions of such Section or
Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article
(with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 301
with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, and the Issuer may at its option by Board
Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section 1403
(if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer's exercise of the
above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or
within a series, the Issuer shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only
for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture
referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its
other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and
this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto when such payments are due, (ii) the Issuer's obligations with respect
to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to
the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by
Section 1008, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article
Fourteen, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer's exercise of the above
option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a
series, the Issuer shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1004 to
1009, inclusive, and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations
under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such
Securities
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and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not
"Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration
or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, or such other covenant, but shall continue to
be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such
covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall
have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in
any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by
reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other
covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to
any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply
shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(iv) or
501(viii) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The
following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1402 or Section 1403
to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining
thereto:
(i) The Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited
with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607
who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen
applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto, (i) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit in which
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as
payable at Stated Maturity, (ii) Government Obligations applicable to such
Securities and coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the
currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities and coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) 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 of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or
(iii) a combination thereof, in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without
consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and interest, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge,
and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
on such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the
Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and
(ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to
such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the day on
which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
(ii) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other
material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it
is bound.
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(iii) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or
both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date
of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 501(vi) and 501(vii) are concerned, at
any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(iv) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Issuer has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a
change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such
defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance
had not occurred.
(v) In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of
such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(vi) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (a) as a result of a deposit pursuant to
subsection (i) above and the related exercise of the Issuer's option under
Section 1402 or Section 1403 (as the case may be), registration is not required
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Issuer, with
respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for such
trust funds or (b) all necessary registrations under said Act have been
effected.
(vii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed
on the Issuer in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last
paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other
property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively
for purposes of this Section 1405, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1404 in
respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
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through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but
such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to
Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(i) has been made,
(i) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in
which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(i) has been made in respect of such
Security or (ii) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency or
currency unit in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(i) has been made,
the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining
thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and
satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and
interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds
yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any
such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such
Security into the currency or currency unit in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable
market exchange rate for such currency or currency unit in effect on the second
Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion
Event, for such currency or currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at
the time of the Conversion Event.
The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited
pursuant to Section 1404 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 such Outstanding Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to
Section 606, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time
upon Issuer Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and
any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to
effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with
this Article.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. A meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to
time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent,
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waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by
Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings. (A) The Trustee may at
any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose
specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or in London as the Trustee shall
determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series,
setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the
action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner
provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the
date fixed for the meeting.
(B) In case at any time the Issuer, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the
Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of
Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by written
request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at
the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the
notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not
thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the
Issuer or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above
specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the
Borough of Manhattan, New York City, or in London for such meeting and may call
such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in
subsection A. of this Section.
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. To be entitled to vote
at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (i) a
Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or (ii) a Person
appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or
more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only
Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of
Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at
such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its
counsel and any representatives of the Issuer and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action. The Persons entitled to vote a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a
quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however,
that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or
waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of
not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time
appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of
Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the
meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the
absence of a quorum at the reconvening of any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be
given as provided in Section 1502(A), except that such notice
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need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the
meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of
the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall
constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented
to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the persons entitled to
vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
represented at such meeting; provided, however, that, except as limited by the
proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned
meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the
affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be
binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons,
whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any
action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with
respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and
one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such
meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into
account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or
taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings. (A) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may
make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of
Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of
Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of
proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other
matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding
of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the
appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner
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specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the Person executing the
proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by
Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may
provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may
be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or
other proof.
(B) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary
chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer
or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(B), in which case the
Issuer or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the
case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent
chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of
the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(C) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall
be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no
vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security
challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not
Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as
a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(D) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called
pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time
to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the
meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. The vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures
of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy
and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of
such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting
shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the
meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the
secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings
of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any Series shall be prepared by the
secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original
reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and
affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact, setting forth a
copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as
provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504. Each copy shall be
signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of
the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and another to
the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto
the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be
conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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This Indenture 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 Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
CP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: Chateau Communities, Inc.,
one of its general partners
By:
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Name:
Title:
By: ROC Communities, Inc., its
other general partner
By:
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Name:
Title:
The First National Bank of Chicago
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that, as of the date hereof, and except as set forth
below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned
by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic
partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source
("United States person(s)"), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that are
(a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial
institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
2.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing
for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired
the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions
and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on
the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States
financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent,
that you may advise CP Limited Partnership or its agent that such financial
institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or
(C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign
financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)),
and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial
institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in
clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution
has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to
a United States person or to a person within the United States or its
possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the
date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the
above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your
Operating Procedures if any applicable statement herein is not
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correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be
assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S.$ _______________ of
such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not
able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a
Permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive
Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we
do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: __________________, 19__
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior
to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the relevant
Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the
Exchange Date, as applicable]
[Name of Person Making Certification]
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(Authorized Signatory)
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CEDEL S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF
A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO
OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities to be delivered]
This is to certify that, based solely on written certifications that we
have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from
each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of
the principal amount set forth below (our "Member Organizations") substantially
in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$] _______________
principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by person(s)
that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships,
domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to
United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source ("United States
person(s)"), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign
branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as
defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein
referred to as "financial institutions") purchasing for their own account or for
resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through
foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the
Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof
(and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on
its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise CP Limited Partnership
or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements
of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or
foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted
period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section
1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or
(ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of
resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within
the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, "United States" means the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia); and its "possessions"
include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island
and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for
exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the
temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted
in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the
date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member
Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations
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with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if
relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied
upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required in connection with
certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal
proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this
certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce
this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated: _____________ 19__
[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date
or the relevant Interest Payment
Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[ ]
as Operator of the Euroclear System [CEDEL S.A.]
By:
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