EXHIBIT 4(b)
ONE HUNDRED FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Providing among other things for
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,
2007-1 Collateral Series (Interest Bearing)
Dated as of March 30, 2007
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
TO
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
TRUSTEE
Counterpart 77 of 80
THIS ONE HUNDRED FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE, dated as of March 30, 2007 (herein sometimes
referred to as “this Supplemental Indenture”), made and
entered into by and between CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan,
with its principal executive office and place of business at One
Energy Plaza, in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan 49201, formerly
known as Consumers Power Company (hereinafter sometimes referred to
as the “Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York
banking corporation, with its corporate trust offices at 101
Barclay St., New York, New York 10286 (hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the “Trustee”), as Trustee under the
Indenture dated as of September 1, 1945 between Consumers
Power Company, a Maine corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred
to as the “Maine corporation”), and City Bank Farmers
Trust Company (Citibank, N.A., successor, hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the “Predecessor Trustee”), securing
bonds issued and to be issued as provided therein (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “Indenture”),
WHEREAS at the close of business on
January 30, 1959, City Bank Farmers Trust Company was
converted into a national banking association under the title
“First National City Trust Company”; and
WHEREAS at the close of business on
January 15, 1963, First National City Trust Company was merged
into First National City Bank; and
WHEREAS at the close of business on
October 31, 1968, First National City Bank was merged into The
City Bank of New York, National Association, the name of which was
thereupon changed to First National City Bank; and
WHEREAS effective March 1, 1976,
the name of First National City Bank was changed to Citibank, N.A.;
and
WHEREAS effective July 16, 1984,
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company succeeded Citibank, N.A. as
Trustee under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS effective June 19, 1992,
Chemical Bank succeeded by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company as Trustee under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS effective July 15, 1996,
The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association), merged with and
into Chemical Bank which thereafter was renamed The Chase Manhattan
Bank; and
WHEREAS effective November 11,
2001, The Chase Manhattan Bank merged with Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company of New York and the surviving corporation was renamed
JPMorgan Chase Bank; and
WHEREAS, effective November 13,
2004, the name of JPMorgan Chase Bank was changed to JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A.; and
WHEREAS, effective October 2,
2006, The Bank of New York assumed the rights and obligations of
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS the Indenture was executed
and delivered for the purpose of securing such bonds as may from
time to time be issued under and in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture, the aggregate principal amount of bonds to be
secured thereby being limited to $5,000,000,000 at any one time
outstanding (except as provided in Section 2.01 of the
Indenture), and the Indenture describes and sets forth the property
conveyed thereby and is filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Michigan and is of record in the Office of
the Register of Deeds of each county in the State of Michigan in
which this Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and
WHEREAS the Indenture has been
supplemented and amended by various indentures supplemental
thereto, each of which is filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Michigan and is of record in the Office of
the Register of Deeds of each county in the State of Michigan in
which this Supplemental Indenture is to be recorded; and
WHEREAS the Company and the Maine
corporation entered into an Agreement of Merger and Consolidation,
dated as of February 14, 1968, which provided for the Maine
corporation to merge into the Company; and
WHEREAS the effective date of such
Agreement of Merger and Consolidation was June 6, 1968, upon
which date the Maine corporation was merged into the Company and
the name of the Company was changed from “Consumers Power
Company of Michigan” to “Consumers Power
Company”; and
WHEREAS the Company and the
Predecessor Trustee entered into a Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of June 4, 1968, which provided, among
other things, for the assumption of the Indenture by the Company;
and
WHEREAS said Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture became effective on the effective date of such Agreement
of Merger and Consolidation; and
WHEREAS the Company has succeeded to
and has been substituted for the Maine corporation under the
Indenture with the same effect as if it had been named therein as
the mortgagor corporation; and
WHEREAS effective March 11,
1997, the name of Consumers Power Company was changed to Consumers
Energy Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into
a Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
March 30,2007 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”) with various financial
institutions and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
(in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Banks (as such
term is defined in the Credit Agreement), providing for the making
of certain financial accommodations thereunder, and pursuant to
such Credit Agreement the Company has agreed to issue to the Agent,
as evidence of and security for the Obligations (as such term is
defined in the Credit Agreement), a new series of bonds under the
Indenture; and
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WHEREAS, for such purposes the
Company desires to issue a new series of bonds, to be designated
First Mortgage Bonds, 2007-1 Collateral Series (Interest Bearing),
each of which bonds shall also bear the descriptive title
“First Mortgage Bond” (hereinafter provided for and
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “2007-1 Collateral
Bonds”), the bonds of which series are to be issued as
registered bonds without coupons and are to bear interest at the
rate per annum specified herein and are to mature on the
Termination Date (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement);
and
WHEREAS, each of the registered bonds
without coupons of the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds and the
Trustee’s Authentication Certificate thereon are to be
substantially in the following form, to wit:
[FORM OF REGISTERED BOND
OF
THE 2007-1 COLLATERAL BONDS]
[FACE]
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
FIRST MORTGAGE BOND
2007-1 COLLATERAL SERIES (INTEREST BEARING)
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY, a Michigan
corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Agent”) for the Banks under and as defined in the
Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
March 30, 2007 among the Company, the Banks and the Agent (as
amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five
Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) or such lesser principal
amount as shall be equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Reimbursement
Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) included in the
Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) outstanding on the
Termination Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the
“Maturity Date”), but not in excess, however, of the
principal amount of this bond, and to pay interest thereon at the
Interest Rate (as defined below) until the principal hereof is paid
or duly made available for payment on the Maturity Date, or, in the
event of redemption of this bond, until the redemption date, or, in
the event of default in the payment of the principal hereof, until
the Company’s obligations with respect to the payment of such
principal shall be discharged as provided in the Indenture (as
defined on the reverse hereof). Interest on this bond shall be
payable on each Interest Payment Date (as defined below),
commencing on the first Interest Payment Date next succeeding
March 30, 2007. If the Maturity Date falls on a day which is
not a Business Day, as defined below, principal and any interest
and/or fees payable with respect to the Maturity Date will be paid
on the immediately preceding Business Day. The interest payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, subject to certain exceptions, be paid to the person in
whose name this bond (or one or more predecessor
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bonds)
is registered at the close of business on the Record Date (as
defined below); provided, however, that interest payable on
the Maturity Date will be payable to the person to whom the
principal hereof shall be payable. Should the Company default in
the payment of interest (“Defaulted Interest”), the
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the person in whose name this
bond (or one or more predecessor bonds) is registered on a
subsequent record date fixed by the Company, which subsequent
record date shall be fifteen (15) days prior to the payment of
such Defaulted Interest. As used herein, (A) “Business
Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on
which banks generally are open in New York, New York for the
conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities
and on which interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire
system; (B) “Interest Payment Date” shall mean each
date on which Obligations constituting interest and/or fees are due
and payable from time to time pursuant to the Credit Agreement; (C)
“Interest Rate” shall mean a rate of interest per
annum, adjusted as necessary, to result in an interest payment
equal to the aggregate amount of Obligations constituting interest
and fees due under the Credit Agreement on the applicable Interest
Payment Date; and (D) “Record Date” with respect to any
Interest Payment Date shall mean the day (whether or not a Business
Day) immediately next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Payment of the principal of and
interest on this bond will be made in immediately available funds
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
in the City of Jackson, Michigan, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts.
The provisions of this bond are
continued on the reverse hereof and such continued provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at
this place.
This bond shall not be valid or
become obligatory for any purpose unless and until it shall have
been authenticated by the execution by the Trustee or its successor
in trust under the Indenture of the certificate hereon.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Consumers Energy Company has caused this bond to
be executed in its name by its Chairman of the Board, its President
or one of its Vice Presidents by his or her signature or a
facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal or a facsimile thereof to
be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon and attested by its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries by his or her signature or a
facsimile thereof. CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
Dated:
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TRUSTEE’S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
This is one of the bonds, of the
series designated therein, described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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[REVERSE]
CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY
FIRST
MORTGAGE BOND
2007-1 COLLATERAL SERIES (INTEREST BEARING)
This bond is one of the bonds of a
series designated as First Mortgage Bonds, 2007-1 Collateral Series
(Interest Bearing) (sometimes herein referred to as the
“2007-1 Collateral Bonds”) issued under and in
accordance with and secured by an Indenture dated as of
September 1, 1945, given by the Company (or its predecessor,
Consumers Power Company, a Maine corporation) to City Bank Farmers
Trust Company (The Bank of New York, successor) (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “Trustee”), together with
indentures supplemental thereto, heretofore or hereafter executed,
to which indenture and indentures supplemental thereto (hereinafter
referred to collectively as the “Indenture”) reference
is hereby made for a description of the property mortgaged and
pledged, the nature and extent of the security and the rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee and the rights of
the holders of said bonds and of the Trustee and of the Company in
respect of such security, and the limitations on such rights. By
the terms of the Indenture, the bonds to be secured thereby are
issuable in series which may vary as to date, amount, date of
maturity, rate of interest and in other respects as provided in the
Indenture.
The 2007-1 Collateral Bonds are to be
issued and delivered to the Agent in order to evidence and secure
the obligation of the Company under the Credit Agreement to make
payments to the Banks under the Credit Agreement and to provide the
Banks the benefit of the lien of the Indenture with respect to the
2007-1 Collateral Bonds.
The obligation of the Company to make
payments with respect to the principal of 2007-1 Collateral Bonds
shall be fully or partially, as the case may be, satisfied and
discharged to the extent that, at the time that any such payment
shall be due, the then due principal of the Loans and/or the
Reimbursement Obligations included in the Obligations shall have
been fully or partially paid. Satisfaction of any obligation to the
extent that payment is made with respect to
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the
Loans and/or the Reimbursement Obligations means that if any
payment is made on the principal of the Loans and/or the
Reimbursement Obligations, a corresponding payment obligation with
respect to the principal of the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds shall be
deemed discharged in the same amount as the payment with respect to
the Loans and/or the Reimbursement Obligations discharges the
outstanding obligation with respect to such Loans and/or
Reimbursement Obligations. No such payment of principal shall
reduce the principal amount of the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds.
The obligation of the Company to make
payments with respect to the interest on 2007-1 Collateral Bonds
shall be fully or partially, as the case may be, satisfied and
discharged to the extent that, at the time that any such payment
shall be due, the then due interest and/or fees under the Credit
Agreement shall have been fully or partially paid. Satisfaction of
any obligation to the extent that payment is made with respect to
the interest and/or fees under the Credit Agreement means that if
any payment is made on the interest and/or fees under the Credit
Agreement, a corresponding payment obligation with respect to the
interest on the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds shall be deemed discharged
in the same amount as the payment with respect to the Loans and/or
the Reimbursement Obligations discharges the outstanding obligation
with respect to such Loans and/or Reimbursement Obligations.
The Trustee may at any time and all
times conclusively assume that the obligation of the Company to
make payments with respect to the principal of and interest on this
bond, so far as such payments at the time have become due, has been
fully satisfied and discharged unless and until the Trustee shall
have received a written notice from the Agent stating (i) that
timely payment of principal and interest on the 2007-1 Collateral
Bonds has not been made, (ii) that the Company is in arrears
as to the payments required to be made by it to the Agent in
connection with the Obligations pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
and (iii) the amount of the arrearage.
If an Event of Default (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) with respect to the payment of the principal
of the Loans and/or the Reimbursement Obligations shall have
occurred, it shall be deemed to be a default for purposes of
Section 11.01 of the Indenture in the payment of the principal
of the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds equal to the amount of such unpaid
principal or Reimbursement Obligations (but in no event in excess
of the principal amount of the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds). If an
Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) with respect
to the payment of interest on the Loans and/or the Reimbursement
Obligations or any fees shall have occurred, it shall be deemed to
be a default for purposes of Section 11.01 of the Indenture in
the payment of the interest on the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds equal to
the amount of such unpaid interest or fees.
This bond is not redeemable except
upon written demand of the Agent following the occurrence of an
Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and the acceleration of
the Obligations, as provided in Section 9.2 of the Credit
Agreement. This bond is not redeemable by the operation of the
improvement fund or the maintenance and replacement provisions of
the Indenture or with the proceeds of released property.
In case of certain defaults as
specified in the Indenture, the principal of this bond may be
declared or may become due and payable on the conditions, at the
time, in the manner and with
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the
effect provided in the Indenture. The holders of certain specified
percentages of the bonds at the time outstanding, including in
certain cases specified percentages of bonds of particular series,
may in certain cases, to the extent and as provided in the
Indenture, waive certain defaults thereunder and the consequences
of such defaults.
The Indenture contains provisions
permitting the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the
holders of not less than seventy-five per centum in principal
amount of the bonds (exclusive of bonds disqualified by reason of
the Company’s interest therein) at the time outstanding,
including, if more than one series of bonds shall be at the time
outstanding, not less than sixty per centum in principal amount of
each series affected, to effect, by an indenture supplemental to
the Indenture, modifications or alterations of the Indenture and of
the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the
holders of the bonds and coupons; provided, however, that no such
modification or alteration shall be made without the written
approval or consent of the holder hereof which will (a) extend
the maturity of this bond or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest hereon or reduce the amount of the principal
hereof, or (b) permit the creation of any lien, not otherwise
permitted, prior to or on a parity with the lien of the Indenture,
or (c) reduce the percentage of the principal amount of the
bonds the holders of which are required to approve any such
supplemental indenture.
The Company reserves the right,
without any consent, vote or other action by holders of the 2007-1
Collateral Bonds or any other series created after the Sixty-eighth
Supplemental Indenture, to amend the Indenture to reduce the
percentage of the principal amount of bonds the holders of which
are required to approve any supplemental indenture (other than any
supplemental indenture which is subject to the proviso contained in
the immediately preceding sentence) (a) from not less than
seventy-five per centum (including sixty per centum of each series
affected) to not less than a majority in principal amount of the
bonds at the time outstanding or (b) in case fewer than all
series are affected, not less than a majority in principal amount
of the bonds of all affected series, voting together.
No recourse shall be had for the
payment of the principal of or interest on this bond, or for any
claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof or of the
Indenture, to or against any incorporator, stockholder, director or
officer, past, present or future, as such, of the Company, or of
any predecessor or successor company, either directly or through
the Company, or such predecessor or successor company, or
otherwise, under any constitution or statute or rule of law, or by
the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or otherwise, all
such liability of incorporators, stockholders, directors and
officers, as such, being waived and released by the holder and
owner hereof by the acceptance of this bond and being likewise
waived and released by the terms of the Indenture.
This bond shall be exchangeable for
other registered bonds of the same series, in the manner and upon
the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, upon the surrender of
such bonds at the Investor Services Department of the Company, as
transfer agent. However, notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 2.05 of the Indenture, no charge shall be made upon
any registration of transfer or exchange of bonds of said series
other than for any tax or taxes or other governmental charge
required to be paid by the Company.
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The Agent shall surrender this bond
to the Trustee when all of the principal of and interest on the
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations arising under the Credit
Agreement, and all of the fees payable pursuant to the Credit
Agreement with respect to the Obligations shall have been duly
paid, and the Credit Agreement shall have been terminated.
[END
OF FORM OF REGISTERED BOND
OF THE
2007-1 COLLATERAL BONDS]
AND WHEREAS all acts and things
necessary to make the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds (the
“Collateral Bonds”), when duly executed by the Company
and authenticated by the Trustee or its agent and issued as
prescribed in the Indenture, as heretofore supplemented and
amended, and this Supplemental Indenture provided, the valid,
binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute the
Indenture, as supplemented and amended as aforesaid, as well as by
this Supplemental Indenture, a valid, binding and legal instrument
for the security thereof, have been done and performed, and the
creation, execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and
the creation, execution and issuance of bonds subject to the terms
hereof and of the Indenture, as so supplemented and amended, have
in all respects been duly authorized;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, of the acceptance and purchase by the holders thereof
of the bonds issued and to be issued under the Indenture, as
supplemented and amended as above set forth, and of the sum of One
Dollar duly paid by the Trustee to the Company, and of other good
and valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby
acknowledged, and for the purpose of securing the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
all bonds now outstanding under the Indenture and the $500,000,000
principal amount of the Collateral Bonds and all other bonds which
shall be issued under the Indenture, as supplemented and amended
from time to time, and for the purpose of securing the faithful
performance and observance of all covenants and conditions therein,
and in any indenture supplemental thereto, set forth, the Company
has given, granted, bargained, sold, released, transferred,
assigned, hypothecated, pledged, mortgaged, confirmed, set over,
warranted, alienated and conveyed and by these presents does give,
grant, bargain, sell, release, transfer, assign, hypothecate,
pledge, mortgage, confirm, set over, warrant, alien and convey unto
The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as provided in the Indenture, and
its successor or successors in the trust thereby and hereby created
and to its or their assigns forever, all the right, title and
interest of the Company in and to all the property, described in
Section 11 hereof, together (subject to the provisions of
Article X of the Indenture) with the tolls, rents, revenues,
issues, earnings, income, products and profits thereof, excepting,
however, the property, interests and rights specifically excepted
from the lien of the Indenture as set forth in the Indenture.
TOGETHER WITH all and singular the
tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances belonging or in any wise
appertaining to the premises, property, franchises and rights, or
any thereof, referred to in the foregoing granting clause, with the
reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders and (subject to
the provisions of Article X of the Indenture) the tolls,
rents, revenues, issues, earnings, income, products and profits
thereof, and all the estate, right, title and
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interest
and claim whatsoever, at law as well as in equity, which the
Company now has or may hereafter acquire in and to the aforesaid
premises, property, franchises and rights and every part and parcel
thereof.
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, with respect to
such premises, property, franchises and rights, to excepted
encumbrances as said term is defined in Section 1.02 of the
Indenture, and subject also to all defects and limitations of title
and to all encumbrances existing at the time of acquisition. TO
HAVE AND TO HOLD all said premises, property, franchises and rights
hereby conveyed, assigned, pledged or mortgaged, or intended so to
be, unto the Trustee, its successor or successors in trust and
their assigns forever;
BUT IN TRUST, NEVERTHELESS, with
power of sale for the equal and proportionate benefit and security
of the holders of all bonds now or hereafter authenticated and
delivered under and secured by the Indenture and interest coupons
appurtenant thereto, pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture
and of any supplemental indenture, and for the enforcement of the
payment of said bonds and coupons when payable and the performance
of and compliance with the covenants and conditions of the
Indenture and of any supplemental indenture, without any
preference, distinction or priority as to lien or otherwise of any
bond or bonds over others by reason of the difference in time of
the actual authentication, delivery, issue, sale or negotiation
thereof or for any other reason whatsoever, except as otherwise
expressly provided in the Indenture; and so that each and every
bond now or hereafter authenticated and delivered thereunder shall
have the same lien, and so that the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on every such bond shall, subject to the terms
thereof, be equally and proportionately secured, as if it had been
made, executed, authenticated, delivered, sold and negotiated
simultaneously with the execution and delivery thereof.
AND IT IS EXPRESSLY DECLARED by the
Company that all bonds authenticated and delivered under and
secured by the Indenture, as supplemented and amended as above set
forth, are to be issued, authenticated and delivered, and all said
premises, property, franchises and rights hereby and by the
Indenture and indentures supplemental thereto conveyed, assigned,
pledged or mortgaged, or intended so to be, are to be dealt with
and disposed of under, upon and subject to the terms, conditions,
stipulations, covenants, agreements, trusts, uses and purposes
expressed in the Indenture, as supplemented and amended as above
set forth, and the parties hereto mutually agree as follows:
SECTION 1. There is hereby created a
series of bonds (the “2007-1 Collateral Bonds”)
designated as hereinabove provided, which shall also bear the
descriptive title “First Mortgage Bond”, and the forms
thereof shall be substantially as hereinbefore set forth
(collectively, the “Sample Bond”). The 2007-1
Collateral Bonds shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount
of $500,000,000, shall mature on the Termination Date (as such term
is defined in the Credit Agreement) and shall be issued only as
registered bonds without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any
multiple thereof. The serial numbers of the Collateral Bonds shall
be such as may be approved by any officer of the Company, the
execution thereof by any such officer either manually or by
facsimile signature to be conclusive evidence of such approval. The
Collateral Bonds are to be issued to and registered in the name of
the Agent under the Credit Agreement (as
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such
terms are defined in the Sample Bonds) to evidence and secure any
and all Obligations (as such term is defined in the Credit
Agreement) of the Company under the Credit Agreement.
The 2007-1 Collateral Bonds shall
bear interest as set forth in the Sample Bond. The principal of and
the interest on said bonds shall be payable as set forth in the
Sample Bond.
The obligation of the Company to make
payments with respect to the principal of 2007-1 Collateral Bonds
shall be fully or partially, as the case may be, satisfied and
discharged to the extent that, at the time that any such payment
shall be due, the then due principal of the Loans and/or the
Reimbursement Obligations included in the Obligations shall have
been fully or partially paid. Satisfaction of any obligation to the
extent that payment is made with respect to the Loans and/or the
Reimbursement Obligations means that if any payment is made on the
principal of the Loans and/or the Reimbursement Obligations, a
corresponding payment obligation with respect to the principal of
the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds shall be deemed discharged in the same
amount as the payment with respect to the Loans and/or the
Reimbursement Obligations discharges the outstanding obligation
with respect to such Loans and/or Reimbursement Obligations. No
such payment of principal shall reduce the principal amount of the
2007-1 Collateral Bonds.
The obligation of the Company to make
payments with respect to interest on 2007-1 Collateral Bonds shall
be fully or partially, as the case may be, satisfied and discharged
to the extent that, at the time that any such payment shall be due,
the then due interest and/or fees under the Credit Agreement shall
have been fully or partially paid. Satisfaction of any obligation
to the extent that payment is made with respect to the interest
and/or fees under the Credit Agreement means that if any payment is
made on the interest and/or fees under the Credit Agreement, a
corresponding payment obligation with respect to the interest on
the 2007-1 Collateral Bonds shall be deemed discharged in the same
amount as the payment with respect to the interest and/or fees
discharges the outstanding obligation with respect to such interest
and/or fees.
The Trustee may at any time and all
times conclusively assume that the obligation of the Company to
make payments with respect to the principal of and interest on the
Collateral Bonds, so far as such payments at the time have become
due, has been fully satisfied and discharged unless and until the
Trustee shall have received a written notice from the Agent stating
(i) that timely payment of principal and interest on the
2007-1 Collateral Bonds has not been made, (ii) that the
Company is in arrears as to the payments required to be made by it
to the Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and (iii) the
amount of the arrearage.
The Collateral Bonds shall be
exchangeable for other registered bonds of the same series, in the
manner and upon the conditions prescribed in the Indenture, upon
the surrender of such bonds at the Investor Services Department of
the Company, as transfer agent. However, notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 2.05 of the Indenture, no charge shall
be made upon any registration of transfer or exchange of bonds of
said series other than for any tax or taxes or other governmental
charge required to be paid by the Company.
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SECTION 2. The Collateral Bonds are
not redeemable by the operation of the maintenance and replacement
provisions of this Indenture or with the proceeds of released
property.
SECTION 3. Upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default under the Credit Agreement and the acceleration of
the Obligations, the Collateral Bonds shall be redeemable in whole
upon receipt by the Trustee of a written demand from the Agent
stating that there has occurred under the Credit Agreement both an
Event of Default and a declaration of acceleration of the
Obligations and demanding redemption of the Collateral Bonds
(including a description of the amount of principal, interest and
fees which comprise such Obligations). The Company waives any right
it may have to prior notice of such redemption under the Indenture.
Upon surrender of the Collateral Bonds by the Agent to the Trustee,
the Collateral Bonds shall be redeemed at a redemption price equal
to the aggregate amount of the Obligations.
SECTION 4. The Company reserves the
right, without any consent, vote or other action by the holder of
the Collateral Bonds or of any subsequent series of bonds issued
under the Indenture, to make such amendments to the Indenture, as
supplemented, as shall be necessary in order to amend
Section 17.02 to read as follows:
SECTION 17.02. With the consent of
the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
bonds at the time outstanding or their attorneys-in-fact duly
authorized, or, if fewer than all series are affected, not less
than a majority in principal amount of the bonds at the time
outstanding of each series the rights of the holders of which are
affected, voting together, the Company, when authorized by a
resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any
supplemental indenture or modifying the rights and obligations of
the Company and the rights of the holders of any of the bonds and
coupons; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture
shall (1) extend the maturity of any of the bonds or reduce
the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or
reduce the amount of the principal thereof, or reduce any premium
payable on the redemption thereof, without the consent of the
holder of each bond so affected, or (2) permit the creation of
any lien, not otherwise permitted, prior to or on a parity with the
lien of this Indenture, without the consent of the holders of all
the bonds then outstanding, or (3) reduce the aforesaid
percentage of the principal amount of bonds the holders of which
are required to approve any such supplemental indenture, without
the consent of the holders of all the bonds then outstanding. For
the purposes of this Section, bonds shall be deemed to be affected
by a supplemental indenture if such supplemental indenture
adversely affects or diminishes the rights of holders thereof
against the Company or against its property. The Trustee may in its
discretion determine whether or not, in accordance with the
foregoing, bonds of any particular series would be affected by
any
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supplemental
indenture and any such determination shall be conclusive upon the
holders of bonds of such series and all other series. Subject to
the provisions of Sections 16.02 and 16.03 hereof, the Trustee
shall not be liable for any determination made in good faith in
connection herewith.
Upon the written request of the
Company, accompanied by a resolution authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of bondholders as aforesaid (the
instrument or instruments evidencing such consent to be dated
within one year of such request), the Trustee shall join with the
Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights,
duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which
case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated
to enter into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the
consent of the bondholders under this Section to approve the
particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance
thereof.
The Company and the Trustee, if they
so elect, and either before or after such consent has been
obtained, may require the holder of any bond consenting to the
execution of any such supplemental indenture to submit his bond to
the Trustee or to ask such bank, banker or trust co
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