SYMETRA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
as Issuer
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
as Fiscal Agent
Dated as of March 30,
2006
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions
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Section 1.03. Rules of
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Section 2.01. Form and Dating
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Section 2.02. Execution and
Authentication
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Section 2.03. Fiscal Agent, Registrar and
Paying Agent
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Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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Section 2.05. Holder Lists
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Section 2.06. Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 2.07. Replacement
Securities
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Section 2.08. Outstanding
Securities
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Section 2.09. Treasury
Securities
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Section 2.10. Temporary
Securities
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Section 2.11. Cancellation
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Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest
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Section 2.13. Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers
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Section 2.15. Issuance of Additional
Securities
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Section 2.16. Legal Holidays
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Section 3.01. Notice to Fiscal Agent of
Election to Redeem
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Section 3.02. Selection of Securities to be
Redeemed
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Section 3.03. Notice of
Redemption
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Section 3.04. Payment of Securities Called
for Redemption
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Section 3.05. Exclusion of Certain
Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption
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Section 3.06. Optional
Redemption
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Section 4.01. Certain
Definitions
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Section 4.02. Payment of
Securities
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Section 4.03. Limitation on Liens of
Capital Stock
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Section 4.04. Limitation on Disposition of
Stock
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Section 4.05. Compliance
Certificate
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Section 4.06. Certain Financial Information
of the Company
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Section 5.01. When the Company May Merge,
etc.
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Section 6.01. Events of Default
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Section 6.02. Acceleration
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Section 6.03. Other Remedies
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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 6.05. Control by
Majority
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Section 6.06. Limitation on
Suits
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Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment
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Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Fiscal
Agent
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Section 6.09. Fiscal Agent May File Proofs
of Claim
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Section 6.11. Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 6.12. Notice to Holders by Fiscal
Agent
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Section 7.01. Duties of Fiscal
Agent
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Section 7.02. Rights of Fiscal
Agent
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Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Fiscal
Agent
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Section 7.04. Fiscal Agent’s
Disclaimer
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Section 7.05. Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 7.06. Replacement of Fiscal
Agent
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Section 7.07. Successor Fiscal Agent by
Merger, etc.
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Section 8.01. Option to Effect Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 8.02. Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 8.03. Conditions to Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 8.05. Deposited Money and
Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 8.06. Repayment to
Company
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Section 8.07. Reinstatement
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AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
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Section 9.01. Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.02. With Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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Section 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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Section 9.05. Fiscal Agent to Sign
Amendments, etc.
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Section 10.02. Certificate and Opinion as
to Conditions Precedent
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Section 10.03. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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Section 10.04. Rules by Fiscal Agent,
Paying Agent, Registrar
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Section 10.05. Governing Law
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Section 10.06. No Recourse Against
Others
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Section 10.07. Successors
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Section 10.08. Execution in
Counterparts
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EXHIBIT A — FORM OF SECURITY
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EXHIBIT B — FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF
TRANSFER
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EXHIBIT C — FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE
DELIVERED UPON TERMINATION OF RESTRICTED PERIOD
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iii
FISCAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT dated as of March 30, 2006 (the
“Agreement” ), between SYMETRA FINANCIAL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company” ) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”
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Each party agrees
as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s
Securities:
Section 1.01.
Definitions.
“Additional Securities” means 6.125% Senior
Notes due 2016 of the Company issued under this Agreement after the
Issuance Date in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 2.15
hereof, and having identical terms and conditions to the
Securities.
“Affiliate ” means any person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company.
“Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent. See
Section 2.03.
“Agreement” means this Fiscal Agency Agreement
as amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to
any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any
Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depositary,
Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or
exchange.
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company
or any committee of the Board of Directors duly authorized to act
for it hereunder.
“Board
Resolution” means a resolution of the Board of Directors,
which may be evidenced by a certificate of the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company stating that such resolution has
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and is in full force
and effect.
“Capital
Stock” shall mean (i) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock; (ii) in the case of an association or
business entity that is not a corporation, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock; (iii) in the case of a limited
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(iv) any other interest of participation that confers on a
person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, the issuing person, but excluding
from the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital
Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of
participation in Capital Stock.
“Company” means the party named as such in this
Agreement until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Agreement
and thereafter means the successor.
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“Default” means any event which is, or after
notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of
Default.
“Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the
Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary
by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act.
“Distribution Compliance Period” shall mean the
period that begins on the closing of any offering of Securities
(including any Additional Securities) and ends 40 days
later.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
“Fiscal
Agent” means the party named as such in this Agreement
until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Agreement and
thereafter means the successor.
“Global
Security” or “Global
Securities’” means a Security or Securities, as the
case may be, in the form prescribed in Section 2.01 of this
Agreement evidencing all or part of the Securities, issued to the
Depositary or its nominee and registered in the name of such
Depositary or nominee.
“guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any
indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or
indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising
by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to
keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in
any other manner the obligee of such indebtedness of the payment
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof
(in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term
“guarantee” will not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term
“guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Holder” or “Securityholder”
or “Holder of Securities” or
“Noteholder” means a person in whose name a
Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds
a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a
Participant.
“Issuance Date” means March 30, 2006.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the
Secretary or the Controller of the Company.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a
certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and an
Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Assistant Controller of
the Company.
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“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel
who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or who may be
other counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Fiscal
Agent.
“Participant” means, with respect to the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account
with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and,
with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and
Clearstream).
“Person” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Place
of Payment” means, when used with respect to Securities,
the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities are payable.
“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a
“qualifed institutional buyer” as defined in Rule
144A.
“Responsible Officer” means any officer in the
Corporate Trust Division of the Fiscal Agent or any other officer
of the Fiscal Agent assigned by the Fiscal Agent to administer its
corporate trust matters.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated
the Securities Act.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Securities” means the 6.125% Senior Notes due
2016 of the Company (including, without limitation, any Additional
Securities) issued under this Agreement.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended from time to time.
“Securities Custodian” means the Fiscal Agent,
as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any
successor entity thereto.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means direct obligations of the
United States for the payment of which the full faith and credit of
the United States is pledged.
Section 1.02. Other
Definitions.
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6.01
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8.03
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“Comparable Treasury
Issue”
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3.06
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“Comparable Treasury
Price”
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3.06
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8.03
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6.01
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2.01
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2.01
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2.01
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6.01
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4.04
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4.01
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4.01
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2.16
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4.01
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3.06
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6.01
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11.01
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2.08
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2.01
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2.03
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4.02
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“Private Placement
Legend”
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3.06
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3.06
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“Reference Treasury
Dealer”
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3.06
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“Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations”
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3.06
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2.03
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2.03
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“Regulation S Global
Security”
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2.01
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4.01
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5.01
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4.01
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4.02
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“Temporary Regulation S Global
Security”
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2.01
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3.06
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4.01
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All other terms
used in this Agreement that are defined by SEC rule have the
meanings assigned to them.
Section 1.03. Rules of
Construction.
Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
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(2) an accounting
term, not otherwise defined, has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(3)
“or” is not exclusive; and
(4) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular.
Section 2.01. Form and
Dating.
(a)
General Form of Securities. The Securities and the Fiscal
Agent’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which Exhibit is part of this
Agreement. The Securities may have notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Securities shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000. The terms and provisions contained in the
Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part
of this Agreement and the Company and the Fiscal Agent, by their
execution and delivery of this Agreement, expressly agree to such
terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Securities
offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on
Rule 144A under the Securities Act will initially be issued
only in the form of one or more global Securities in definitive,
fully registered form without interest coupons (each a
“144A Global Security” ). The 144A Global
Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto, with such applicable legends as are provided for
herein.
Securities
offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act will initially be issued in
the form of one or more temporary global Securities (the
“Temporary Regulation S Global Security” ),
without interest coupons. Temporary Regulation S Global
Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto, with such applicable legends as are provided for
herein. The Temporary Regulation S Global Securities, which
will be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities
represented thereby with the Fiscal Agent, as custodian for DTC,
and registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC for the
accounts of Euroclear and Clearstream, shall be duly executed by
the Company and authenticated by the Fiscal Agent as hereinafter
provided. Beneficial interests in the Temporary Regulation S
Global Security will be exchanged for beneficial interests in one
or more corresponding permanent global Securities, in definitive,
fully registered form without interest coupons (each a
“Regulation S Global Security” ;
collectively with 144A Global Securities, the “Global
Securities” ), substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto, with such applicable legends as are
provided for herein within a reasonable period after the expiration
of the Distribution Compliance Period (as defined below) upon
delivery of a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto.
Prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period,
interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Security may
only be
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transferred to
non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S, unless exchanged
for interests in a Global Security in accordance with the transfer
and certification requirements described herein.
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Form of Global
Securities.
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Each Global Security (A) shall
represent such portion of the outstanding Securities as shall be
specified therein, (B) shall provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of outstanding Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or
increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions,
(C) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the
Fiscal Agent as provided herein, for credit to the respective
accounts of the Holders (or such accounts as they may direct) at
the Depositary, (D) shall be delivered by the Fiscal Agent or
its Agent to the Depositary or a Securities Custodian pursuant to
the Depositary’s instructions and (E) shall bear the
applicable legends required by Section 2.06(d) hereof.
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Members of, or participants in, the
Depositary (“DTC Participants” ) shall have no
rights under this Agreement with respect to any Global Security
held on their behalf by the Depositary, and the Depositary may be
treated by the Company, the Fiscal Agent, and any agent of the
Company or the Fiscal Agent as the absolute owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Fiscal
Agent, or any agent of the Company or the Fiscal Agent from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished to the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary
and its agent members, the operation of customary practices
governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any
Security.
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endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Fiscal Agent or the
Securities Custodian, at the direction of the Fiscal Agent, in
accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as
required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Form of Definitive Securities. Subject to the
provisions of Section 2.06 hereof, Definitive Securities may
be produced in any manner determined by the Officers of the Company
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. The Fiscal Agent must register Definitive Securities so
issued in the name of, and cause the same to be delivered to, such
Person (or its nominee).
(d) Provisions Applicable to Forms of Securities. The
Securities may also have such additional provisions, omissions,
variations or substitutions as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with this Agreement,
any applicable law or with any rules made pursuant there to or with
the
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rules of any
securities exchange or governmental agency or as may be determined
consistently herewith by the Officer of the Company executing such
Securities, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. All Securities shall be otherwise substantially
identical except as provided herein.
Subject
to the provisions of this Article 2, a registered Holder in a
Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under
this Agreement or the Securities.
Section 2.02. Execution and
Authentication.
An
Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature. The Company’s seal may be reproduced on
the Securities and may be in facsimile form.
If
an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time a Security is authenticated, the Security shall
nevertheless be valid.
A
Security shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose or
entitled to the benefits of this Agreement until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Fiscal Agent or its authenticating
agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security
has been authenticated under this Agreement.
The
Fiscal Agent shall authenticate Securities for original issue up to
an initial maximum aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 on
the Issuance Date. Any Additional Securities issued by the Company
in accordance with Section 2.15 hereof shall be authenticated
by the Fiscal Agent on the date of their issuance in an aggregate
principal amount specified in a Board Resolution and an
Officers’ Certificate provided pursuant to
Section 2.15.
The
Fiscal Agent may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An
authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Fiscal Agent may do so. Each reference in this Agreement to
authentication by the Fiscal Agent includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. Fiscal Agent, Registrar
and Paying Agent.
The
Company hereby appoints U.S. Bank National Association, at its
principal office in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the Fiscal Agent hereunder
and U.S. Bank National Association hereby accepts such appointment.
The Fiscal Agent shall have the powers and authority granted to and
conferred upon it in the Securities and hereby and such further
powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Fiscal Agent, and the
Fiscal Agent shall keep a copy of this Agreement available for
inspection during normal business hours at its principal office in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The
Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(“Registrar”) and an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for payment (“Paying
Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register
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(“Register”) of the Securities and of their transfer and
exchange. The Company may also from time to time appoint one or
more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The
term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and
the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional
paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
upon notice to the Holders. The Company shall notify the Fiscal
Agent in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party
to this Agreement. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain
another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Fiscal Agent shall
act, subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Section 2.03, as
such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying
Agent or Registrar; provided, however, that none of the
Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliates of the foregoing shall
act as Paying Agent or Registrar if a Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing.
The
Company initially appoints the Fiscal Agent to act as the Registrar
and Paying Agent and to act as Securities Custodian with respect to
the Global Securities.
All
of the terms and provisions with respect to such powers and
authority contained in the Securities are subject to and governed
by the terms and provisions hereof.
The
Fiscal Agent may resign as Registrar or Paying Agent upon
30 days prior written notice to the Company.
The
Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to
the Global Securities.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money
in Trust.
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Fiscal Agent
to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for
the benefit of Holders or the Fiscal Agent all money and Cash
Equivalents held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities, and shall
notify the Fiscal Agent of any default by the Company in making any
such payment. While any such default continues, the Fiscal Agent
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money and Cash Equivalents
held by it to the Fiscal Agent. The Company at any time may require
a Paying Agent to pay all money and Cash Equivalents held by it to
the Fiscal Agent. Upon payment of all such money and Cash
Equivalents over to the Fiscal Agent, the Paying Agent (if other
than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability
for the money and Cash Equivalents. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate
trust fund for the benefit of the Holders, all money and Cash
Equivalents held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or
reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Fiscal
Agent shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.
Section 2.05. Holder
Lists.
The
Fiscal Agent shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders. If the Fiscal Agent is not the Registrar,
the Company shall furnish to the Fiscal Agent at least seven
business days before each interest payment date, and at such other
times as the Fiscal Agent may request in
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writing, a list
in such form and as of such date as the Fiscal Agent may reasonably
require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Securities.
Section 2.06. Transfer and
Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities. A
Global Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Global
Securities may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as
provided in this Section 2.06 and Section 2.07 hereof. Every
Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu
of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, pursuant to this
Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security. A Global Security may not be exchanged for another
Security other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a) and
Section 2.06(c) hereof; however, beneficial interests in a
Global Security may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.06(b) hereof.
(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the
Global Securities. The transfer and exchange of beneficial
interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the
Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and
the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Global
Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable
to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities
Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities
also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or
(ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other
following subparagraphs, as applicable:
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Transfer of Beneficial Interests in
the Same Global Security. Beneficial interests in any Global
Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Security in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private
Placement Legend. No written orders or instructions shall be
required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers
described in this Section 2.06(b).
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(ii)
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All Other Transfers and Exchanges of
Beneficial Interests in Global Securities. In connection with all transfers and
exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to
Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferer of such beneficial interest
must deliver to the Registrar (A) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary
to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another
Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (B) instructions given in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information
regarding the Participant account to be credited with such
increase. In addition, the Registrar must receive the
following:
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(A)
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if
the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the 144A Global Security, then the transferer
must
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deliver a
certificate in the forai of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof; and
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(B)
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if
the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the Regulation S Global Security, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof;
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provided that, after any
Distribution Compliance Period, the Registrar need not receive such
certificate in respect of a transfer of a beneficial interest in
the Regulation S Global Security. Upon satisfaction of all of
the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests
in Global Securities contained in this Agreement and the Securities
or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Fiscal Agent
shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global
Security(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(e) hereof.
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(c)
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Exchange for Definitive
Securities.
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(i)
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Except as provided below, owners of
beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to
receive Definitive Securities. Definitive Securities shall be
transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their
beneficial interests in a Global Security if (A) DTC notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
depositary for such Global Security or DTC ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when DTC is
required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and in
each case a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company
within 90 days of such notice, (B) the Company executes
and delivers to the Fiscal Agent and Registrar an Officers’
Certificate stating that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable; provided that in no event shall the Temporary
Regulation S Global Security be exchanged by the Company for
Definitive Securities prior to the expiration of the Distribution
Compliance Period or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from
DTC.
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(ii)
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In
connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security to
beneficial owners pursuant to this Section 2.06(c), such
Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Fiscal
Agent for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the
Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial
owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial interest in
such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
Definitive Securities of authorized denominations. Any Definitive
Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall bear the Private
Placement Legend.
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(d)
Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of
all Securities issued under this Agreement unless specifically
stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this
Agreement.
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(i)
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Private Placement Legend.
Each Security (and all
Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall bear the legend in substantially the following form (the
“Private Placement Legend”).
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“THE
NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY
INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION UNLESS THE TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM,
OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
(1) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO (X) THE DATE WHICH
IS TWO YEARS (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE
144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION
THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR
OF ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) OR THE LAST DAY ON WHICH THE
ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE
(OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF
ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (THE “RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”), OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ONE OF ITS
AFFILIATES, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS
BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO
LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, TO
A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
AND SALES TO NON U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(E) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND (2) AGREES
THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A
NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND; PROVIDED THAT
THE ISSUER, THE FISCAL AGENT AND THE REGISTRAR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (I) PURSUANT TO
CLAUSE (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM, AND (II) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO
REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE
TRANSFEROR TO THE FISCAL AGENT. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON
THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION
DATE. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “UNITED
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AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY
REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”
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(ii)
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Global Security Legend.
Each Global Security
shall bear legends in substantially the following form:
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“UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND
ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
“THIS
GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE FISCAL
AGENCY AGREEMENT GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT
(I) THE FISCAL AGENT MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(b)(ii) AND SECTION 2.06(e) OF THE
FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF
THE FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
DELIVERED TO THE FISCAL AGENT FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION
2.11 OF THE FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE
MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.”
(e)
Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Securities. At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security
have been exchanged for Definitive Securities or a particular
Global Security has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole
and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or
retained and canceled by the Fiscal Agent in accordance with
Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation,
if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or exchanged
for Definitive Securities pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof,
the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global
Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be
made on such Global Security by the Fiscal Agent or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Fiscal Agent to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other
Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement
shall be made on such other Global Security by the Fiscal Agent or
by the Depositary at the direction of the Fiscal Agent to reflect
such increase.
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General Provisions Relating to
Transfers and Exchanges.
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(i)
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To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate Global Securities
and Definitive Securities upon the Company’s order or at the
Registrar’s request.
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(ii)
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No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes
or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange by or transfer
to the same Holder pursuant to Sections 2.06 or 9.04
hereof).
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(iii)
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The
Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.
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(iv)
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All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
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(v)
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The
Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the
transfer of or to exchange any Securities during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any
selection of Securities for redemption under Section 3.02
hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection
or (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Security
so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.
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(vi)
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Prior to due presentment for the
registration of a transfer of any Security, the Fiscal Agent, any
Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name
any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on such Securities and for ail other purposes,
and none of the Fiscal Agent, any Agent or the Company shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
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(vii)
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The
Fiscal Agent shall authenticate Securities in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
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(viii)
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All
certifications, certifîcates and Opinions of Counsel required
to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06
to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted
by facsimile.
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(ix)
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The
Fiscal Agent shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine
or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer
imposed under this Agreement or under applicable law with respect
to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any
transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of
interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of
such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are
expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required
by the terms of, this Agreement, and to examine the same to
determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
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Section 2.07. Replacement
Securities.
If
any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Fiscal Agent, or the
Company and the Fiscal Agent receive evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company
shall, upon the written request of the Holder thereof, issue and
the Fiscal Agent, upon the written order of the Company signed by
two Officers of the Company, shall authenticate a replacement
Security if the Fiscal Agent’s requirements are met. If
required by the Fiscal Agent or the Company, an indemnity bond must
be supplied by such Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of
the Fiscal Agent and the Company to protect the Company, the Fiscal
Agent, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that
any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may
charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a
Security.
Every
replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement equally
and proportionately with all other Securities duly issued
hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with
respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 2.08. Outstanding
Securities.
The
Securities outstanding at any time (the “Outstanding
Securities”) are all the Securities authenticated by the
Fiscal Agent except for those cancelled by it (or its agent), those
delivered to it (or its agent) for cancellation, those reductions
in the beneficial interest in a Global Security effected by the
Fiscal Agent in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those
described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as
set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Security does not cease to
be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
holds the Security.
If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding unless the Fiscal Agent receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a
“protected purchaser” (as such term is defined in
Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the State of New York).
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If
the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under
Section 4.02 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest
on it ceases to accrue.
If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity
date, money or Cash Equivalents sufficient to pay all of the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on Securities payable
on that date, then on and after that date such Securities shall be
deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue
interest.
Section 2.09. Treasury
Securities.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Securities owned by the Company, or by any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company, shall be considered as though not
outstanding and shall be disregarded, except that for th
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