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EXHIBIT 4.1 BLUEGREEN CORPORATION
INDENTURE Dated as of ________, _____ U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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1
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Section 1.1
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DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.2
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OTHER DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.3
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE
ACT
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Section 1.4
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RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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ARTICLE II.
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THE SECURITIES
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Section 2.1
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ISSUABLE IN SERIES
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Section 2.2
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ESTABLISHMENT OF TERMS OF SERIES OF SECURITIES
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Section 2.3
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EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION
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Section 2.4
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REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT
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Section 2.5
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PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST
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Section 2.6
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SECURITYHOLDER LISTS
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Section 2.7
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TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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Section 2.8
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MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN
SECURITIES
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Section 2.9
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OUTSTANDING SECURITIES
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Section 2.10
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TREASURY SECURITIES
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Section 2.11
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TEMPORARY SECURITIES
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Section 2.12
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CANCELLATION
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10
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Section 2.13
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DEFAULTED INTEREST
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Section 2.14
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GLOBAL SECURITIES
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Section 2.15
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CUSIP NUMBERS
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ARTICLE III.
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REDEMPTION
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Section 3.1
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NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
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Section 3.2
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SELECTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED
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Section 3.3
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NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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Section 3.4
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EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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Section 3.5
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DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE
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Section 3.6
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SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART
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ARTICLE IV.
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COVENANTS
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Section 4.1
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PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
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Section 4.2
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SEC REPORTS
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Section 4.3
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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Section 4.4
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STAY, EXTENSION AND USURY LAWS
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ARTICLE V.
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SUCCESSOR ENTITY
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Section 5.1
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COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC.
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Section 5.2
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SUCCESSOR ENTITY SUBSTITUTED
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Section 5.3
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EVIDENCE OF CONSOLIDATION, ETC. TO TRUSTEE
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ARTICLE VI.
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.1
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 6.2
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ACCELERATION OF MATURITY; RESCISSION AND
ANNULMENT
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Section 6.3
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COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR
ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE
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Section 6.4
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TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM
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Section 6.5
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TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 6.6
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APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED
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Section 6.7
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LIMITATION ON SUITS
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Section 6.8
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UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST
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Section 6.9
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RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.10
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RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE
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Section 6.11
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DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER
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Section 6.12
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CONTROL BY HOLDERS
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Section 6.13
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WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS
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Section 6.14
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UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
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ARTICLE VII.
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TRUSTEE
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Section 7.1
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DUTIES OF TRUSTEE
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Section 7.2
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RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
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Section 7.3
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INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
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Section 7.4
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TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER
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Section 7.5
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NOTICE OF DEFAULTS
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Section 7.6
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REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS
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Section 7.7
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COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY
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Section 7.8
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REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE
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Section 7.9
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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
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Section 7.10
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ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION
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Section 7.11
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PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST
COMPANY
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ARTICLE VIII.
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.1
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Section 8.2
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APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 8.3
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE OF SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES
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Section 8.4
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COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.5
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REPAYMENT TO COMPANY
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ARTICLE IX.
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AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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Section 9.1
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WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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Section 9.2
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WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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Section 9.3
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LIMITATIONS
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Section 9.4
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COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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Section 9.5
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REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS
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Section 9.6
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NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
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Section 9.7
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TRUSTEE PROTECTED
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ARTICLE X.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.1
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS
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Section 10.2
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NOTICES
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Section 10.3
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COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS
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Section 10.4
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CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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Section 10.5
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STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION
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Section 10.6
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RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS
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Section 10.7
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LEGAL HOLIDAYS
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Section 10.8
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NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS
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Section 10.9
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COUNTERPARTS
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Section 10.10
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GOVERNING LAWS
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Section 10.11
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NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS
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Section 10.12
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SUCCESSORS
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Section 10.13
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SEVERABILITY
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Section 10.14
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TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
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Section 10.15
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SECURITIES IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY
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Section 10.16
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JUDGMENT CURRENCY
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ARTICLE XI.
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SINKING FUNDS
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Section 11.1
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APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
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Section 11.2
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APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
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Section 11.3
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SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES
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Section 11.4
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND
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BLUEGREEN CORPORATION Reconciliation and tie between
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of __________, ____
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SECTION 310
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(A)(1)
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7.10
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(A)(2)
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7.10
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(A)(3)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(A)(4)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(A)(5)
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7.10
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(B)
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7.10
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SECTION 311
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(A)
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7.11
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(B)
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7.11
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NOT APPLICABLE
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SECTION 312
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(A)
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2.6
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10.3
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(C)
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10.3
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SECTION 313
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(A)
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7.6
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(B)(1)
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7.6
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(B)(2)
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7.6
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(C)(1)
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7.6
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(D)
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7.6
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SECTION 314
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(A)
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4.2, 10.5
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(B)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(C)(1)
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10.4
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10.4
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(C)(3)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(D)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(E)
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10.5
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(F)
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NOT APPLICABLE
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SECTION 315
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(A)
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7.1
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(B)
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7.5
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(C)
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7.1
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(D)
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7.1
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(E)
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6.14
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SECTION 316
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(A)
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2.10
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(A)(1)(A)
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6.12
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(A)(1)(B)
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6.13
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(B)
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6.8
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SECTION 317
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(A)(1)
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6.3
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(A)(2)
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6.4
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(B)
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2.5
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SECTION 318
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(A)
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10.1
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Note: This reconciliation and tie
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the
Indenture.
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INDENTURE Indenture
dated as of ____________, ___ between Bluegreen Corporation, a
Massachusetts corporation ("Company"), and U.S. Bank Trust National
Association, as trustee ("Trustee").
Each party agrees as follows for the
benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1 DEFINITIONS.
"Additional
Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required hereby or
by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein,
to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on
Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"Affiliate"
of any specified person means any other person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used
with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.
"Agent"
means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
"Authorized
Newspaper" means a newspaper in an official language of the country
of publication customarily published at least once a day for at
least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in
the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be
impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication
of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any
publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given
by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such
notice.
"Bearer"
means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.
"Bearer
Security" means any Security, including any interest coupon
appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification
of the Holder thereof.
"Board
of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee thereof.
"Board
Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by
the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the
certificate and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business
Day" means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution,
Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a
particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal
holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are
authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
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"Company"
means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it
and thereafter means the successor.
"Company
Order" means a written order signed in the name of the Company by
two Officers.
"Company
Request" means a written request signed in the name of the Company
by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or
any Vice President, and by its Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,
Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate
Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.
"Debt"
of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all
indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including
all interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or
not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of
such person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or similar instruments.
"Default"
means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time would
be, an Event of Default.
"Depository"
means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or
issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the person designated as Depository for such Series by
the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one
such person, "Depository" as used with respect to the Securities of
any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities
of such Series.
"Discount
Security" means any Security that provides for an amount less than
the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.2.
"Dollars"
means the currency of the United States of America.
"Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Foreign
Currency" means any currency or currency unit issued by a
government other than the government of the United States of
America.
"Foreign
Government Obligations" means with respect to Securities of any
Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct
obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued
such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith
and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person
controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or
instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
such government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or
(ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof.
"Global
Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or Securities, as
the case may be, in the form established pursuant to
Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities,
issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and
registered in the name of such Depository or nominee.
"Holder"
or "Securityholder" means a person in whose name a Security is
registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.
"Indenture"
means this Indenture as amended from time to time and shall include
the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established
as contemplated hereunder.
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"interest"
with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears
interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
"Maturity,"
when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal
thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect
repayment or otherwise.
"Officer"
means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, any
President, any Vice-President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
"Officers’
Certificate" means a certificate signed by two Officers.
"Opinion
of Counsel" means a written opinion of legal counsel, which counsel
may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
"person"
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"principal"
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when
appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in
respect of, the Security.
"Responsible
Officer" means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust
Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is
referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a
particular subject.
"SEC"
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities"
means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the
Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
"Series"
or "Series of Securities" means each series of debentures, notes or
other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to
Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.
"Stated
Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any installment
of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and
payable.
"Subsidiary"
of any specified person means any corporation of which an amount of
outstanding stock representing by the terms thereof at least a
majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors
of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time
stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such
person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and
one or more other Subsidiaries.
"TIA"
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section
(Section 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this
Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "TIA" means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so
amended.
"Trustee"
means the person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each person who is then
a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any
Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
Series.
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"U.S.
Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of
which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, and which in the case
of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository
receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of
interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Section 1.2 OTHER
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Section 1.3 INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
"Commission"
means the SEC.
"indenture
securities" means the Securities.
"indenture
security holder" means a Securityholder.
"indenture
to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture
trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor"
on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor
obligor upon the Securities.
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All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as
so defined. Section 1.4 RULES OF
CONSTRUCTION.
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) a
term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) references
to "generally accepted accounting principles" shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and
for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be
applied;
(d)
"or" is not exclusive;
(e) words
in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular; and
(f) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions. ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may
be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall
be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing
the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted
under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to
be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by
which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record
date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be
determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any
matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally
and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Section 2.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF
TERMS OF SERIES OF SECURITIES.
At or
prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the
following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the
case of Subsection 2.2.1, and, either as to such Securities within
the Series or as to the Series generally, in the case of
Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.21) by a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant
to authority granted under a Board Resolution:
2.2.1
the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);
2.2.2
the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal
amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be
issued;
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2.2.3
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8,
2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
2.2.4
the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
Series is payable;
2.2.5
the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if
applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index,
stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of
the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from
which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on
which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any
regular record date for the interest payable on any interest
payment date;
2.2.6
the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on
the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of
such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
2.2.7
if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company;
2.2.8
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the
Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
2.2.9
the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the
Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the
option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and
provisions of such repurchase obligations;
2.2.10
if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series
shall be issuable;
2.2.11
the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully
registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the
Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);
2.2.12
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.2;
2.2.13
the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which
may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency;
2.2.14
the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in
which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the Series will be made;
2.2.15
if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities
of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are
denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to
such payments will be determined;
2.2.16
the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be
determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an
index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a
commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial
index;
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2.2.17
the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the
Securities of the Series;
2.2.18
any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 6.2;
2.2.19
any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV
or V which applies to Securities of the Series;
2.2.20
any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except
as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete
any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such
Series); and
2.2.21
any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate
calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein.
2.2.22
All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same
time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms
of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate
referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any
Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional
Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.
Section 2.3 EXECUTION AND
AUTHENTICATION.
Two
Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or
facsimile signature.
If an
Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security
shall nevertheless be valid.
A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate
Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in
the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or
Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a
Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize authentication and
delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise
provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or
an Officers’ Certificate.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding
at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal
amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in
Section 2.8.
Prior
to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have
received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected
in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the
form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that
Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of
Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’
Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an
Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
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The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may
authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate. Section 2.4 REGISTRAR
AND PAYING AGENT.
The
Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities,
at the place or places specified with respect to such Series
pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities
of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying
Agent"), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange ("Registrar") and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served
("Service Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect
to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each
Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee
as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more
co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service
agents and may from time to time rescind such designations;
provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a
Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so
specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series
for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying
agent or additional service agent. The term "Registrar" includes
any co-registrar; the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional
paying agent; and the term "Service Agent" includes any additional
service agent.
The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying
Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar,
Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed
prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.
Section 2.5 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD
MONEY IN TRUST.
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the
benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the
Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require
a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have
no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate
trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of
Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.
Section 2.6 SECURITYHOLDER
LISTS.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall
otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is
not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at
least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of
Securities.
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Section 2.7 TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE.
Where
Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange
them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same
Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), 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 tax or similar governmental
charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6
or 9.6).
Neither
the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue,
register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for
the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days
immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of
Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to
register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series
selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the
portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or
being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8 MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If
there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee
(i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of
either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in
lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case
any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become
or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such
Security.
Upon
the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
Every
new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section 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 2.9
OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.
The
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest
on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not
outstanding.
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If a
Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be
outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the
Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate
of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series
money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then
on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be
outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
A
Security shall cease to be outstanding if the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries holds the Security.
In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Section 2.10 TREASURY
SECURITIES.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a
Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee
shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities
of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded. Section 2.11
TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Until
definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities
upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially
in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon
request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series
and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so
exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under
this Indenture as the definitive Securities.
Section 2.12 CANCELLATION.
The
Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to
the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement
or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities (subject
to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and
deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless
the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13 DEFAULTED INTEREST.
If the
Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a
subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record
date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record
date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each
Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date,
the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company
may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
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Section 2.14 GLOBAL
SECURITIES.
2.14.1
TERMS OF SECURITIES. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture
hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether
the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for
such Global Security or Securities.
2.14.2
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding any provisions to the
contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in
addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities
registered in the names of Holders other than the Depository for
such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depository for such Global Security or if at any time such
Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a
successor Depository within 90 days of such event, (ii) the
Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the
Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened
and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for
Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct
in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except
as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not
be transferred except as a whole by the Depository with respect to
such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by a nominee
of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such
Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor
Depository or a nominee of such a successor Depository.
2.14.3
LEGEND. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
"This
Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the
Depository or a nominee of the Depository. This Security is
exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person
other than the Depository or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the
Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or
another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such
nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository."
2.14.4
ACTS OF HOLDERS. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents
and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the
Indenture.
2.14.5
PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2,
payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global
Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.
2.14.6
CONSENTS, DECLARATION AND DIRECTIONS. Except as provided in
Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall
treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of
outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global
Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the
Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of
obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions
required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
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Section 2.15 CUSIP NUMBERS.
The
Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP"
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. ARTICLE
III. REDEMPTION
Section 3.1 NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The
Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the
right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to
redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior
to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as
provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is
redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to
the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities
pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series
of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at
least 30 days before the redemption date (or such shorter
notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).
Section 3.2 SELECTION OF
SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less
than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any
manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee
shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding
not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for
redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series
that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the
Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of
$1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities
of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to
Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each
Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also
apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for
redemption. Section 3.3 NOTICE
OF REDEMPTION.
Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a
redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by
first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed
and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one
occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.
The
notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed
and shall state:
(a) the
redemption date;
(b) the
redemption price;
(c) the
name and address of the Paying Agent;
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(d) that
Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) that
interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases
to accrue on and after the redemption date; and
(f) any
other information as may be required by the terms of the particular
Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
At the
Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.
Section 3.4 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF
REDEMPTION.
Once
notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in
Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption
become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption
price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the
redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.5 DEPOSIT OF
REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or
before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and
accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that
date. Section 3.6 SECURITIES
REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon
surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and
the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed
portion of the Security surrendered. ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS Section 4.1
PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.
The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series
in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 4.2 SEC REPORTS.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 45 days after it
files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the
information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such
portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and
regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with
the SEC pursuant to Section&
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