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Title: FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 5/19/2009
Industry: Hotels and Motels     Sector: Services

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, Parties: wyndham worldwide corp , global security shall be limited , us bank national association , wyndham worldwide corporation
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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION

as Issuer

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of May 18, 2009

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of November 20, 2008

 

9.875% Notes due 2014

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE 1.

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1. Definition of Terms

 

 

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ARTICLE 2.

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1. Designation and Principal Amount

 

 

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Section 2.2. Maturity

 

 

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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 2.6. Interest

 

 

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Section 2.7. Redemption

 

 

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Section 2.8. Limitations on Liens

 

 

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Section 2.9. Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 

 

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Section 2.10. Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets

 

 

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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 Agents

 

 

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Section 2.14. Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations

 

 

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Section 2.15. SEC Reports

 

 

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Section 2.16. Interest Rate Adjustment

 

 

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Section 2.17. Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control

 

 

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ARTICLE 3.

 

 

 

 

 

FORM OF NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1. Form of Notes

 

 

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ARTICLE 4.

 

 

 

 

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1. Original Issue of Notes

 

 

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ARTICLE 5.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Ratification of Indenture

 

 

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Section 5.2. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals

 

 

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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

 

 

A-1

 

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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:

 


 

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS

          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 .

ARTICLE 2.

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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