WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE
CORPORATION
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of November 20,
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Section 1.1. Definition of Terms
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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
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Section 2.1. Designation and Principal
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Section 2.3. Further Issues
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Section 2.4. Form of Payment
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Section 2.5. Global Securities and
Denomination of Notes
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Section 2.8. Limitations on
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Section 2.9. Limitations on Sale and
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Section 2.10. Merger, Consolidation and
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Section 2.11. Additional Amounts
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Section 2.12. Events of Default
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Section 2.13. Appointment of
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Section 2.14. Defeasance upon Deposit of
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Section 2.15. SEC Reports
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Section 2.16. Interest Rate
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Section 2.17. Purchase of Notes Upon a
Change of Control
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Section 3.1. Form of Notes
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Section 4.1. Original Issue of
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Section 5.1. Ratification of
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Section 5.2. Trustee Not Responsible for
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Section 5.3. Governing Law
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Section 5.4. Separability
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Section 5.5. Counterparts
Originals
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EXHIBIT A — Form of Notes
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE , dated as of May 18, 2009
(this “Supplemental Indenture”), between Wyndham
Worldwide Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal
office at 22 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (the
“Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association, organized and in good standing under
the laws of the United States, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).
WHEREAS , the Company executed and delivered the indenture,
dated as of November 20, 2008, to the Trustee (the “Base
Indenture,” and as hereby supplemented, the
“Indenture”), to provide for the issuance of the
Company’s debt Securities to be issued in one or more
series;
WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the
Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of
its notes under the Base Indenture to be known as its “9.875%
Notes due 2014” (the “Notes”), the form and
substance and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be
set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors and the Pricing Committee
thereof, pursuant to resolutions duly adopted on November 20,
2008, May 4, 2009 and May 13, 2009, have duly authorized
the issuance of the Notes, and have authorized the proper officers
of the Company to execute any and all appropriate documents
necessary or appropriate to effect each such issuance;
WHEREAS , this Supplemental Indenture is being entered into
pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.01 of the Base
Indenture;
WHEREAS , the Company has requested that the Trustee execute
and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS , all things necessary to make this Supplemental
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its
terms, and to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations
of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery
of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all
respects;
NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof, and
for the purpose of setting forth, as provided in the Base
Indenture, the forms and terms of the Notes, the Company covenants
and agrees, with the Trustee, as follows:
Section 1.1.
Definition of Terms . Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) each
term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used
in this Supplemental Indenture;
(b) the
singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(c) headings
are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(d) a
reference to a Section or Article is to a Section or Article of
this Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise indicated;
and
(e) the
following terms have the meanings given to them in this
Section 1.1(e) :
(i)
“Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 2.11 .
(ii)
“Attributable Debt” means, with regard to a sale and
leaseback arrangement of a Principal Property, an amount equal to
the lesser of: (a) the fair market value of the Principal
Property (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors);
or (b) the present value of the total net amount of rent
payments to be made under the lease during its remaining term
(including any period for which such lease has been extended and
excluding any unexercised renewal or other extension options
exercisable by the lessee, and excluding amounts on account of
maintenance and repairs, services, taxes and similar charges and
contingent rents), discounted at the rate of interest set forth or
implicit in the terms of the lease (or, if not practicable to
determine such rate, the weighted average interest rate per annum
borne by the Notes then outstanding), compounded
semi-annually.
(iii)
“Change in Domicile” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 2.11 .
(iv)
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the
following: (i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition (other than by way
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of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all
or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)
other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (ii) the
adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company; (iii) the consummation of any transaction
(including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the
result of which is that any “person” (as defined in
this paragraph) becomes the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of all shares
of the Company’s capital stock entitled to vote generally in
elections of directors; or (iv) the first day on which a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors are not
Continuing Directors.
(v)
“Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.17 .
(vi)
“Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.17 .
(vii)
“Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.17 .
(viii)
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date of
determination, all items which in conformity with GAAP would be
included under stockholders’ equity on a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date.
(ix)
“Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors who
(i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
this Supplemental Indenture; or (ii) was nominated for
election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of
a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such
Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or
election.
(x)
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
(xi)
“EDGAR” means the SEC’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system or any successor
thereto.
(xii)
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 2.12 .
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(xiii)
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, for purposes of
this Supplemental Indenture only, without duplication, (i) any
obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) any
obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments and (iii) any reimbursement
obligation of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other
similar instruments which support financial obligations which would
otherwise become Indebtedness.
(xiv)
“Lien” means any pledge, mortgage, lien, encumbrance or
other security interest.
(xv)
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc., and its successors.
(xvi)
“Permitted Liens” means: (a) Liens existing on the
date the Notes are issued; (b) Liens on any property or any
Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time the Person becomes a
Subsidiary (whether by acquisition, merger or consolidation) which
were not incurred in anticipation thereof; (c) Liens in favor
of the Company or its Subsidiaries; (d) Liens existing at the time
of acquisition of the assets encumbered thereby which were not
incurred in anticipation of such acquisition; (e) purchase
money Liens which secure Indebtedness that does not exceed the cost
of the purchased property; (f) Liens on real property acquired
after the date on which the Notes are first issued which secure
Indebtedness incurred to acquire such real property or improve such
real property so long as (i) such Indebtedness is incurred on
the date of acquisition of such real property or within
180 days of the acquisition of such real property;
(ii) such Liens secure Indebtedness in an amount no greater
than the purchase price or improvement price, as the case may be,
of such real property so acquired; and (iii) such Liens do not
extend to or cover any property of ours or any Restricted
Subsidiary other than the real property so acquired; and (g)
extensions, renewals or replacements of any Indebtedness secured by
the foregoing types of Permitted Liens, so long as the principal
amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the amount
of Indebtedness existing at the time of such extension, renewal or
replacement.
(xvii)
“Principal Property” means an asset or assets owned by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary having a gross book value
in excess of $50,000,000.
(xviii)
“Ratings Adjustment” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 2.16(e) .
(xix)
“Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.11 .
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(xx)
“Restricted Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the
Company (other than a Securitization Entity) that (i) is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more of
the Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and by one or
more of the Subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) is incorporated
under the laws of the United States or a state thereof and
(iii) owns a Principal Property.
(xxi)
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its
successors.
(xxii)
“Securitization Entity” means any Subsidiary or other
Person that is engaged solely in the business of effecting asset
securitization transactions and related activities.
(xxiii)
“Significant Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of
the Company (other than a Securitization Entity) that is a
“significant subsidiary” of the Company within the
meaning given to such term in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X.
(xxiv)
“Substitute Rating Agency” means, in the
Company’s discretion, Fitch, Inc. or any other
“nationally recognized statistical rating organization”
within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the
Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or
S&P, or either of them, as the case may be.
(xxv)
“Taxes” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 2.11 .
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1.
Designation and Principal Amount . There is hereby
authorized and established a new series of Securities under the
Base Indenture designated as the “9.875% Notes due
2014,” which is not limited in aggregate principal amount.
The initial aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be issued
under this Supplemental Indenture shall be $250,000,000. The Notes
shall be Original Discount Securities that are issued to the public
at a price of 95.801%. Any additional amounts of Notes to be issued
shall be set forth in a Company Order.
Section 2.2.
Maturity . The stated maturity of principal for the Notes
shall be May 1, 2014.
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Section 2.3.
Further Issues . The Company may from time to time, without
the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes, but
only if such additional Notes are issued as part of a
“qualified reopening” for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. Any such additional Notes shall have the same ranking,
interest rate, maturity date and other terms as the Notes. Any such
additional Notes, together with the Notes herein provided for,
shall constitute a single series of Securities under the
Indenture.
Section 2.4.
Form of Payment . Principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes shall be payable in U.S. dollars.
Section 2.5.
Global Securities and Denomination of Notes . Upon the
original issuance, the Notes shall be represented by one or more
Global Securities. The Company shall issue the Notes in minimum
denominations of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof and shall deposit the Global Securities with the
Trustee as custodian for DTC in New York, New York, and register
the Global Securities in the name of DTC or its nominee.
Section 2.6.
Interest . The Notes shall bear interest (computed on the
basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) from
May 18, 2009 at the rate of 9.875% per annum payable
semiannually in arrears; interest payable on each Interest Payment
Date shall include interest accrued from May 18, 2009, or from
the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for; the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest shall be payable are May 1 and November 1, commencing
on November 1, 2009; and the record date for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date is the close of business on
April 15 or October 15, as the case may be, next
preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date.
Section 2.7.
Redemption . The Notes are subject to redemption at the
option of the Company as set forth in the form of Note attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 2.8.
Limitations on Liens .
(a) The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur, assume or guarantee
any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any of its or any of its
Subsidiaries’ capital stock, properties or assets, other than
Permitted Liens, unless it has made or shall make effective
provision whereby the Notes shall be secured by such Lien equally
and ratably with (or prior to) the Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary secured by such Lien for so long as such
Indebtedness is secured. Any such Lien created pursuant to this
Section 2.8 shall be automatically and unconditionally
released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Lien
to which it relates.
(b) Notwithstanding
paragraph (a) of this Section 2.8 , the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries may, without securing the Notes,
directly or indirectly, incur, assume or guarantee Indebtedness
that would otherwise be subject to paragraph (a) if the sum of
(i) the aggregate of all Indebtedness secured by such Liens
and (ii) any Attributable Debt related to any permitted sale
and leaseback arrangement does not at any one time exceed the
greater of (i) 25%
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of Consolidated
Net Worth calculated as of the date of the creation or incurrence
of the Lien and (ii) $300,000,000.
Section 2.9.
Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions . The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to, enter into any arrangement with any Person to lease a Principal
Property (except for any arrangements that exist on the date the
Notes are issued or that exist at the time any Person that owns a
Principal Property becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been
or is to be sold by the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary to
such Person unless:
(a) the
sale and leaseback arrangement involves a lease for a term of not
more than three years;
(b) the
sale and leaseback arrangement is entered into between the Company
and a Subsidiary of the Company or between Subsidiaries of the
Company;
(c) the
Company or the Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to incur
Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Principal Property at least
equal in amount to the Attributable Debt associated with such
Principal Property without having to secure equally and ratably the
Notes pursuant to Section 2.8(a) hereof;
(d) the
proceeds of the sale and leaseback arrangement are at least equal
to the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors
in good faith) of the Principal Property and the Company applies
within 180 days after the sale an amount equal to the greater
of the net proceeds of the sale or the Attributable Debt associated
with the Principal Property to (i) the retirement of long-term
debt for borrowed money that is not subordinated to the Notes and
that is not debt to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, or
(ii) the purchase or development of other comparable property;
or
(e) the
sale and leaseback arrangement is entered into within 180 days
after the initial acquisition of the Principal Property subject to
the sale and leaseback arrangement.
Section 2.10.
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets .
Section 6.04 of the Base Indenture shall be revised in
its entirety to read:
(a) The
Company shall not consolidate with any other entity or accept a
merger of any other entity into the Company or permit the Company
to be merged into any other entity, or sell other than for cash or
lease all or substantially all its assets to another entity, unless
(i) either the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the
successor, transferee or lessee entity (if other than the Company)
shall expressly assume, by indenture supplemental hereto, executed
and delivered by such entity prior to or simultaneously with such
consolidation, merger, sale or
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lease, the due
and punctual payment of the principal of and interest and premium,
if any, on all the Notes, according to their tenor, and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all other obligations to the
Holders of Notes and the Trustee under this Indenture or under the
Notes to be performed or observed by the Company;
(ii) immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, lease
or purchase, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and (iii) the successor, transferee or lessee
entity (if other than the Company) is a corporation or a limited
liability company organized and validly existing under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction thereof, Canada, Mexico,
Switzerland or any other country that is a member country of the
European Union on the date hereof.
Section 2.11.
Additional Amounts .
(a) All
payments made by the Company, including any successor thereto, on
the Notes shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on
account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or
governmental charges of whatever nature (“Taxes”)
unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required
by law.
(b) If,
pursuant to Section 2.10 , as a result of or following
a merger or consolidation of the Company with, or a sale by the
Company of all or substantially all of its assets to, an entity
that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the
United States (a “Change in Domicile”), any deduction
or withholding is at any time required for, or on account of, any
Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of:
(i)
any jurisdiction (other than the United States) from or through
which the Company makes (or, as a result of the Company’s
connection with such jurisdiction, is deemed to make) a payment or
delivery on the Notes, or any political subdivision or governmental
authority thereof or therein having the power to tax; or
(ii)
any other jurisdiction (other than the United States) in which
Company is organized or otherwise considered to be a resident or
doing business for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or
governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax
(each of clauses (i) and (ii), a “Relevant Taxing
Jurisdiction”);
to be made in
respect of any payment or delivery under the Notes, the Company
shall pay (together with such payment or delivery) such additional
amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary
in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payment
or delivery by each beneficial owner of the Notes after such
withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or
withholding from such Additional Amounts), shall equal the amount
that would have been received in respect of such payment or
delivery in the absence of such withholding or deduction;
provided , however, that Additional Amounts shall be payable
only to the extent necessary so that the net amount received by the
holder, after taking into account such withholding or deduction,
equals the amount that would have been received by the holder in
the
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absence of a
Change in Domicile; provided , further, that no such
Additional Amounts shall be payable with respect to:
(1)
any Taxes that would have been imposed absent a Change in
Domicile;
(2)
any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence
of any present or former connection between the beneficial owner
(or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or
shareholder of, or possessor of power over the relevant beneficial
owner, if the relevant beneficial owner is an estate, nominee,
trust or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction
(including the beneficial owner being a citizen or resident or
national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent
establishment in, or being physically present in, the Relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction) other than by the mere ownership or holding of
such Note or enforcement of rights thereunder or the receipt of
payments in respect thereof;
(3)
any Taxes that would not have been so imposed if the beneficial
owner had made a declaration of non-residence or any other claim or
filing for exemption to which it is entitled (provided that
(x) such declaration of non-residence or other claim or filing
for exemption is required by the applicable law of the Relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from the
requirement to deduct or withhold such Taxes and (y) at least
30 days prior to the first payment date with respect to which
such declaration of non-residence or other claim or filing for
exemption is required under the applicable law of the Relevant
Taxing Jurisdiction, the relevant beneficial owner at that time has
been notified by mail to the addresses of such Holders of Notes as
they appear in the Register by the Company or any other person
through whom payment may be made that a declaration of
non-residence or other claim or filing for exemption is required to
be made);
(4)
any Note presented for payment (where presentation is required)
more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made
available for payment to the beneficial owner (except to the extent
that the beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional
Amounts had the Note been presented during such 30 day
period);
(5)
any Taxes that are payable otherwise than by withholding from a
payment or delivery on the Notes;
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(6)
any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or
similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(7)
any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual
that is required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive
2003/48/ EC on the taxation of savings or any other directive
implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of 26-27
November, 2000 or any law implementing or complying with, or
introduced in order to conform to, such directive;
(8)
any Taxes that could have been avoided by the presentation (where
presentation is required) of the relevant Note to another Paying
Agent in a member state of the European Union; and
(9)
where, had the beneficial owner of the Note been the holder of the
Note, it would not have been entitled to payment of Additional
Amounts by reason of any of clauses (1) to (8) inclusive
of this Section 2.11(b) .
(c) The
Company shall (i) make any required withholding or deduction
and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the
Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. The
Company shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain certified copies
of tax receipts evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or
withheld from each Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction imposing such Taxes
and shall provide such certified copies to each holder. The Company
shall attach to each certified copy a certificate stating
(x) that the amount of withholding Taxes evidenced by the
certified copy was paid in connection with payments in respect of
the principal amount of Notes then outstanding and (y) the
amount of such withholding Taxes paid per $1,000 principal amount
of the Notes. Copies of such documentation shall be available for
inspection during ordinary business hours at the office of the
Trustee by the Holders of Notes upon request and shall be made
available at the offices of the Paying Agent.
(d) At
least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or
with respect to the Notes is due and payable (unless such
obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises shortly before or after
the 30th day prior to such date, in which case it shall be promptly
thereafter), if the Company shall be obligated to pay Additional
Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that
such Additional Amounts shall be payable, the amounts so payable
and shall set forth such other information necessary to enable the
Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders of Notes on the
payment date. Each such Officer’s Certificate may be
conclusively relied upon by the Trustee until receipt of a further
Officer’s Certificate addressing such matters.
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