Exhibit 4.11
LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION,
[ ],
AS DEPOSITARY
AND
THE HOLDERS FROM TIME TO TIME OF
THE DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS DESCRIBED HEREIN
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of
[ ],
[ ]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
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ARTICLE 2 FORM OF RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK, EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY, TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF
RECEIPTS
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Form and
Transfer of Receipts
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Deposit of
Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect
Thereof
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Registration of
Transfer of Receipts
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Split-Ups and
Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and Withdrawal of
Stock
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Limitations on
Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and Exchange of
Receipts
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Lost Receipts,
Etc
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Cancellation
and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts
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Redemption of
Stock
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ARTICLE
3 CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE
CORPORATION
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Filing Proofs,
Certificates and Other Information
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Payment of
Taxes or Other Governmental Charges
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Warranty as to
Stock
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ARTICLE
4 THE DEPOSITED SECURITIES; NOTICES
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Cash
Distributions
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Distributions
Other Than Cash, Rights, Preferences or Privileges
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Subscription
Rights, Preferences or Privileges
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Notice of
Dividends, Etc.; Fixing Record Date for Holders of
Receipts
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Voting
Rights
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Changes
Affecting Deposited Securities and Reclassifications,
Recapitalizations, Etc
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Delivery of
Reports
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List of Receipt
Holders
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ARTICLE
5 THE DEPOSITARY, THE DEPOSITARY’S AGENTS, THE
REGISTRAR AND THE
CORPORATION
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Maintenance of
Offices, Agencies and Transfer Books by the Depositary;
Registrar
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Prevention of
or Delay in Performance by the Depositary, the Depositary’s
Agents, the Registrar or the Corporation
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Obligation of
the Depositary, the Depositary’s Agents, the Registrar and
the Corporation
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Resignation and
Removal of the Depositary; Appointment of Successor
Depositary
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Corporate
Notices and Reports
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Indemnification
by the Corporation
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Charges and
Expenses
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Tax
Compliance
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ARTICLE
6 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
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Amendment
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Termination
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ARTICLE
7 MISCELLANEOUS
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Counterparts
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Exclusive
Benefit of Parties
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Invalidity of
Provisions
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Notices
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Appointment of
Registrar
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Holders of
Receipts are Parties
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Governing
Law
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Inspection of
Deposit Agreement
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Headings
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DEPOSIT AGREEMENT,
dated as of
[ ],
[ ],
among LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the “Corporation”),
[ ]
, a
[ ]
(the “Depositary”), and the holders from time to time
of the Receipts described herein.
WHEREAS, it is
desired to provide, as hereinafter set forth in this Deposit
Agreement, for the deposit of shares of [ % Preferred Stock], par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation with the Depositary for
the purposes set forth in this Deposit Agreement and for the
issuance hereunder of Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares in
respect of the Stock so deposited; and
WHEREAS, the
Receipts are to be substantially in the form of Annex A annexed
hereto, with appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions,
as hereinafter provided in this Deposit Agreement;
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein, the
parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1 —
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01.
Definitions. The following definitions shall, for all purposes,
unless otherwise indicated, apply to the respective terms used in
this Deposit Agreement:
“Certificate
of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of the
Corporation establishing the Stock as a series of preferred stock
of the Corporation.
“Deposit
Agreement” means this Deposit Agreement, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“Depositary”
means
[ ],
and any successor as Depositary hereunder.
“Depositary
Shares” means Depositary Shares, each representing
[ ] of a
share of Stock and evidenced by a Receipt.
“Depositary’s
Agent” means an agent appointed by the Depositary pursuant to
Section 5.01 and includes the Registrar if such Registrar is
not the Depositary.
“Depositary’s
Office” means the principal office of the Depositary, at
which at any particular time its depositary receipt business is
administered.
“Receipt”
means one of the Depositary Receipts, substantially in the form set
forth as Annex A hereto, issued hereunder, whether in definitive or
temporary form and evidencing the number of Depositary Shares held
of record by the record holder of such Depositary
Shares.
“Record
holder” or “holder” as applied to a Receipt means
the person in whose name a Receipt is registered on the books of
the Depositary maintained for such purpose.
“Registrar”
means the Depositary or such other bank or trust company appointed
to register ownership and transfers of Receipts as herein
provided.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Stock”
means shares of the Corporation’s [ % Preferred Stock], $.01
par value per share.
ARTICLE 2 — FORM OF
RECEIPTS, DEPOSIT OF STOCK, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY,
TRANSFER, SURRENDER AND REDEMPTION OF RECEIPTS
Section 2.01.
Form and Transfer of Receipts. Definitive Receipts shall be
engraved or printed or lithographed on steel-engraved borders, with
appropriate insertions, modifications and omissions, as hereinafter
provided, if required by any securities exchange on which the
Receipts are listed. Pending the preparation of definitive Receipts
or if definitive Receipts are not required by any securities
exchange on which the Receipts are listed, the Depositary, upon the
written order of the Corporation or any holder of Stock, as the
case may be, delivered in compliance with Section 2.02, shall
execute and deliver temporary Receipts which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Receipts in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the persons executing such
Receipts may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Receipts. If temporary Receipts are issued, the Corporation and the
Depositary shall cause definitive Receipts to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Receipts,
the temporary Receipts will be exchangeable for definitive Receipts
upon surrender of the temporary Receipts at the Depositary’s
Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary may
determine, without charge to the holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Receipts, the Depositary
shall execute and deliver in exchange therefor definitive Receipts
representing the same number of Depositary Shares as represented by
the surrendered temporary Receipt or Receipts. Such exchange will
be made at the Corporation’s expense and without any charge
to the holder therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Receipts
will be entitled in all respects to the same benefits under this
Deposit Agreement, and with respect to the Stock, as definitive
Receipts.
The
Depositary shall execute the Receipts by the manual signature of a
duly authorized officer of the Depositary, provided that such
signature may be a facsimile if a Registrar for the Receipts (other
than the Depositary) has been appointed and such Receipts are
countersigned by a manual signature of a duly authorized officer of
the Registrar. No Receipt will be entitled to any benefits under
this Deposit Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose
unless it has been executed manually by a duly authorized officer
of the Depositary or, if a Registrar for the Receipts (other than
the Depositary) has been appointed, by manual or facsimile
signature of a duly authorized officer of the Depositary and
countersigned, manually, by a duly authorized officer of such
Registrar. The Depositary shall record on its books each Receipt so
signed and delivered as hereinafter provided.
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Receipts will be
in denominations of any number of whole Depositary Shares. The
Corporation shall deliver to the Depositary from time to time such
quantities of Receipts as the Depositary may request to enable the
Depositary to perform its obligations under this Deposit
Agreement.
Receipts may be
endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends
or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Deposit Agreement as may be required by the Depositary or required
to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or
with the rules and regulations or any securities exchange upon
which the Stock, the Depositary Shares or the Receipts may be
listed or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to
indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any
particular Receipts are subject.
Title to
Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt, which is properly
endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed instrument of
transfer, are transferable by delivery with the same effect as in
the case of a negotiable instrument; provided, however, that until
transfer of a Receipt has been registered on the books of the
Depositary as provided in Section 2.03, the Depositary may,
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, treat the record holder
thereof at such time as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose
of determining the person entitled to distributions of dividends or
other distributions or to any notice provided for in this Deposit
Agreement and for all other purposes.
Section 2.02.
Deposit of Stock; Execution and Delivery of Receipts in Respect
Thereof. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Deposit
Agreement, the Corporation or any holder of Stock may from time to
time deposit shares of the Stock under this Deposit Agreement by
delivery to the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for the
Stock to be deposited, properly endorsed or accompanied, if
required by the Depositary, by a duly executed instrument of
transfer or endorsement, in form satisfactory to the Depositary,
together with all such certifications as may be required by the
Depositary in accordance with the provisions of this Deposit
Agreement, and together with a written order of the Corporation or
the holder, as the case may be, directing the Depositary to execute
and deliver to, or upon the written order to, the person or persons
stated in such order a Receipt or Receipts for the number of
Depositary Shares representing such deposited Stock.
The
Depositary shall hold the Deposited Stock at the Depositary’s
Office or at such other place or places as the Depositary may
determine.
Upon receipt by
the Depositary of a certificate or certificates for Stock deposited
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.02,
together with the other documents required as above specified, and
upon recordation of the Stock on the books of the Corporation in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee, the Depositary, subject
to the terms and conditions of this Deposit Agreement, shall
execute and deliver, to or upon the order of the person or persons
named in the written order delivered to the Depositary referred to
in the first paragraph of this Section 2.02, a Receipt or
Receipts for the whole number of Depositary Shares representing the
Stock so deposited and registered in such name or names as may be
requested by such person or persons. The Depositary shall execute
and deliver such Receipt or Receipts at the
Depositary’s
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Office or such other offices, if
any, as the Depositary may designate. Delivery at other offices
will be at the risk and expense of the person requesting such
delivery.
Section 2.03.
Registration of Transfer of Receipts. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall register
on its books from time to time transfers of Receipts upon any
surrender thereof by the holder in person or by duly authorized
attorney, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly executed
instrument of transfer. Thereupon, the Depositary shall execute a
new Receipt or Receipts evidencing the same aggregate number of
Depositary Shares as those evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts
surrendered and deliver such new Receipts or Receipts to or upon
the order of the person entitled thereto.
Section 2.04.
Split-Ups and Combinations of Receipts; Surrender of Receipts and
Withdrawal of Stock. Upon surrender of a Receipt or Receipts at the
Depositary’s Office or at such other offices as it may
designate for the purpose of effecting a split-up or combination of
such Receipts or Receipts, and subject to the terms and conditions
of this Deposit Agreement, the Depositary shall execute and deliver
a new Receipt or Receipts in the authorized denomination or
denominations requested, evidencing the aggregate number of
Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipt or Receipts surrendered;
provided, however, that the Depositary shall not issue any Receipt
evidencing a fractional Depositary Share.
Any
holder of a Receipt or Receipts representing any number of whole
shares of Stock may (unless the related Depositary Shares have
previously been called for redemption) withdraw the Stock and all
money and other property, if any, represented thereby by
surrendering such Receipt or Receipts, at the Depositary’s
Office or at such other offices as the Depositary may designate for
such withdrawals. Thereafter, without unreasonable delay, the
Depositary shall deliver to such holder or to the person or persons
designated by such holder as hereinafter provided, the number of
whole shares of Stock and all money and other property, if any,
represented by the Receipt or Receipts so surrendered for
withdrawal, but holders of such whole shares of Stock will not
thereafter be entitled to deposit such Stock hereunder or to
receive Depositary Shares therefor. If a Receipt delivered by the
holder to the Depositary in connection with such withdrawal
evidences a number of Depositary Shares representing the number of
whole shares of Stock to be so withdrawn, the Depositary shall at
the same time, in addition to such number of whole shares of Stock
and such money and other property, if any, to be so withdrawn,
deliver to such holder, or upon the holder’s order, a new
Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depositary Shares;
provided, however, that the Depositary shall not issue any Receipt
evidencing a fractional Depositary Share. Delivery of the Stock and
money and other property being withdrawn may be made by the
delivery of such certificates, documents of title and other
instruments as the Depositary may deem appropriate which, if
required by the Depositary, must be properly endorsed or
accompanied by proper instruments of transfer.
If
any of the Stock, the money or other property being withdrawn is to
be delivered to a person or persons other than the record holder of
the Receipt or Receipts being surrendered for withdrawal of Stock,
the holders shall execute and deliver to the Depositary a written
order so directing the Depositary and the Depositary may require
that the Receipt or Receipts surrendered by the holder for
withdrawal of such shares of Stock be properly endorsed in blank or
accompanied by a properly executed instrument of transfer in
blank.
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The
Depositary shall deliver the Stock, the money or other property, if
any, represented by Receipts surrendered for withdrawal at the
Depositary’s Office, except that, at the request, risk and
expense of the holder surrendering such Receipt or Receipts and for
the account of the holder thereof, the delivery may be made at such
other place as the holder may designate.
Section 2.05.
Limitations on Execution and Delivery, Transfer, Surrender and
Exchange of Receipts. As a condition precedent to the execution and
delivery, registration of transfer, split-up, combination,
surrender or exchange of any Receipt, the Depositary, any of the
Depositary’s Agents or the Corporation may require
(i) payment to it of a sum sufficient for the payment (or, in
the event that the Depositary or the Corporation have made such
payment, the reimbursement to it) of any charges or expenses
payable by the holder of a Receipt pursuant to Sections 3.02
and 5.07, (ii) the production of evidence satisfactory to it
as to the identity and genuineness of any signature, and
(iii) compliance with such regulations, if any, as the
Depositary or the Corporation may establish consistent with the
provisions of this Deposit Agreement.
The
deposit of Stock may be refused, the delivery of Receipts against
Stock may be suspended, the registration of transfer of Receipts
may be refused and the registration of transfer, surrender or
exchange of outstanding Receipts may be suspended (i) during
any period when the register of stockholders of the Corporation is
closed, (ii) if any such action is deemed necessary or
advisable by the Depositary, any of the Depositary’s Agents
or the Corporation, at any time because of any requirement of law
or of any government or governmental body or commission or under
any provision of this Deposit Agreement, or (iii) with the approval
of the Corporation, for any other reason.
Section 2.06.
Lost Receipts, Etc. In case any Receipt has been mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Depositary in its discretion may
execute and deliver a Receipt of like form and tenor in exchange
and substitution for the mutilated Receipt, or in lieu of and in
substitution for the destroyed, lost or stolen Receipt, upon
(i) the filing by the holder thereof with the Depositary of
evidence satisfactory to the Depositary of such destruction or loss
or theft of the Receipt, of the authenticity thereof and of the
holder’s ownership thereof, (ii) the furnishing of the
Depositary with reasonable indemnification satisfactory to it and
(iii) the payment of any expense (including fees, charges and
expenses of the Depositary) in connection with such execution and
delivery.
Section 2.07.
Cancellation and Destruction of Surrendered Receipts. The
Depositary shall cancel all Receipts surrendered to the Depositary
or any Depositary’s Agent. Except as prohibited by applicable
law or regulation, the Corporation is authorized to destroy all
Receipts so canceled.
Section 2.08.
Redemption of Stock. Whenever the Corporation is permitted and
elects to redeem shares of Stock in accordance with the provisions
of the Certificate of Designation, the Corporation shall (unless
otherwise agreed to in writing with the Depositary) give or cause
to be given to the Depositary not less than 30 days’ and
not more than 60 days’ notice of the date of the
proposed redemption of Stock and of the number of the shares held
by the Depositary to be so redeemed and the applicable redemption
price, as set forth in the Certificate of Designation, which notice
must be accompanied by Certificate of Designation from the
Corporation stating that the redemption of Stock is in
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accordance with the provisions of
the Certificate of Designation. On the date of the redemption,
provided that the Corporation has then paid or caused to be paid in
full to the Depositary the redemption price of the Stock to be
redeemed, plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon to the date fixed for redemption, in accordance with the
provisions of the Certificate of Designation, the Depositary shall
redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing such Stock. The
Depositary shall mail notice of the Corporation’s redemption
of Stock and the proposed simultaneous redemption of the number of
Depositary Shares representing the Stock to be redeemed by first
class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 20 and not more than
50 days prior to the date fixed for redemption of the Stock
and Depositary Shares (the “Redemption Date”) to the
record holders of the Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares to
be so redeemed, at the addresses of such holders as they appear on
the records of the Depositary. Neither a failure to mail notice of
redemption of Depositary Shares to one or more holders nor any
defect in a notice of redemption of Depositary Shares to one or
more holders will affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for
redemption as to the other holders. The Corporation shall provide
the Depositary with the information necessary for the Depositary to
prepare a redemption notice and each such notice must state: (i)
the Redemption Date; (ii) the number of Depositary Shares to
be redeemed and, if less than all the Depositary Shares held by any
such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such Depositary
Shares held by such holder to be so redeemed; (iii) the
redemption price; (iv) the place or places where Receipts
evidencing Depositary Shares are to be surrendered for payment of
the redemption price; and (v) that dividends in respect of the
Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will
cease to accrue on such Redemption Date. In case less than all the
outstanding Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary
shall select the Depositary Shares to be so redeemed by lot or pro
rata (as nearly as may be) or by any other method, in each case, as
determined by the Depositary in its sole discretion to be
equitable.
Notice having been
mailed by the Depositary as aforesaid, from and after the
Redemption Date (unless the Corporation has failed to provide the
funds necessary to redeem the Stock evidenced by the Depositary
Shares called for redemption) (i) dividends on the shares of
Stock so called for redemption will cease to accrue from and after
such date, (ii) the Depositary Shares being redeemed from such
proceeds will be deemed no longer to be outstanding, (iii) all
rights of the holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares
(except the right to receive the redemption price) will, to the
extent of such Depositary Shares, cease and terminate, and
(iv) upon surrender in accordance with the redemption notice
of the Receipts evidencing any Depositary Shares called for
redemption (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the
Depositary or applicable law so requires), the Depositary shall
redeem the Depositary Shares at a redemption price per Depositary
Share equal to one-[ ] of the redemption price per share paid with
respect to the shares of Stock plus all money and other property,
if any, represented by such Depositary Shares, including all
amounts paid by the Corporation in respect of dividends which on
the Redemption Date have accumulated on the shares of Stock to be
so redeemed and have not theretofore been paid.
If
fewer than all of the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Receipt are
called for redemption, the Depositary shall deliver to the holder
of such Receipt upon its surrender to the Depositary, together with
the redemption payment, a new Receipt evidencing the Depositary
Shares evidenced by such prior Receipt and not called for
redemption.
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ARTICLE 3 — CERTAIN
OBLIGATIONS OF HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE
CORPORATION
Section 3.01.
Filing Proofs, Certificates and Other Information. Any holder of a
Receipt may be required from time to time to file such proof of
residence, or other matters or other information, to execute such
certificates and to make such representations and warranties as the
Depositary or the Corporation may reasonably deem necessary or
proper. The Depositary or the Corporation may withhold the
delivery, or delay the registration of transfer, redemption or
exchange, of any Receipt or the withdrawal or conversion of the
Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by any Receipt
or the distribution of any dividend or other distribution or the
sale of any rights or of the proceeds thereof until such proof or
other information is filed or such certificates are executed or
such representations and warranties are made.
Section 3.02.
Payment of Taxes or Other Governmental Charges. Holders of Receipts
shall pay the Depositary certain charges and expenses, as provided
in Section 5.07. Registration of transfer of any Receipt or
any withdrawal of Stock and all money or other property, if any,
represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt may
be refused until any such payment due is made, and any dividends,
interest payments or other distributions may be withheld or any
part of or all the Stock or other property represented by the
Depositary Shares evidenced by such Receipt and not theretofore
sold may be sold for the account of the holder thereof (after
attempting by reasonable means to notify such holder prior to such
sale), and the dividends, interest payments or other distributions
or the proceeds of such sale may be applied to any payment of such
charges or expenses, the holder of such Receipt remaining liable
for any deficiency.
Section 3.03.
Warranty as to Stock. The Corporation hereby represents and
warrants that the Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Such representation
and warranty survives the deposit of the Stock and the issuance of
the Receipts.
ARTICLE 4 — THE DEPOSITED
SECURITIES; NOTICES
Section 4.01.
Cash Distributions. Whenever the Depositary receives any cash
dividend or other cash distribution on Stock, the Depositary shall,
subject to Sections 3.01 and 3.02, distribute to record
holders of Receipts on the record date fixed pursuant to
Section 4.04 such amounts of the dividend or distribution as
are, as nearly as practicable, in proportion to the respective
numbers of Depositary Shares evidenced by the Receipts held by such
holders; provided, however, that if the Corporation or the
Depositary is required to withhold and withholds from any cash
dividend or other cash distribution in respect of the Stock an
amount on account of taxes or as otherwise required by law,
regulation or court process, the amount made available for
distribution or distributed in respect of Depositary Shares will be
reduced accordingly. In the event that the calculation of any such
cash dividen