EXHIBIT 4.1
FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE
AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.
as Issuer
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of _____ __, 2005
Debt Securities
AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES,
INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture
Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of ________ __, 2005
______________________________
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Section of
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Trust
Indenture
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Section(s) of
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Act
of 1939
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Indenture
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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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(a)(4)
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.08,
7.10
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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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(c)
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(a)
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2.07
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(b)
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10.03
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(c)
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10.03
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(a)
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7.06
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(b)
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7.06
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(c)
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7.06
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(d)
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7.06
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(a)
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4.03,
4.04
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(b)
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(c)(1)
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10.04
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(c)(2)
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10.04
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(c)(3)
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(d)
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(e)
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10.05
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(a)
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7.01(b)
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(b)
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7.05
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(c)
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7.01(a)
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(d)
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7.01(c)
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(d)(1)
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7.01(c)(1)
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(d)(2)
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7.01(c)(2)
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(d)(3)
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7.01(c)(3)
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(e)
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6.11
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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Not
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(a)(last
sentence)
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2.11
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(b)
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6.07
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(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.06
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(a)
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10.01
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Note: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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Definitions
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1
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Other
Definitions
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5
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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6
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Rules of
Construction
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ARTICLE II
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THE SECURITIES
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Denominations
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Forms
Generally
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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Holder
Lists
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Transfer and
Exchange
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Replacement
Securities
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Outstanding
Securities
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Original Issue
Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury
Securities
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Temporary
Securities
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Cancellation
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Payments;
Defaulted Interest
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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Computation of
Interest
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Global
Securities; Book-Entry Provisions
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ARTICLE III
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REDEMPTION
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Applicability
of Article
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Notice to the
Trustee
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Selection of
Securities To Be Redeemed
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Notice of
Redemption
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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Securities
Redeemed or Purchased in Part
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Purchase of
Securities
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Mandatory and
Optional Sinking Funds
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS
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Payment of
Securities
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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SEC Reports;
Financial Statements
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Compliance
Certificate
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Existence
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Waiver of Stay,
Extension or Usury Laws
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Additional
Amounts
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ARTICLE V
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SUCCESSORS
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Limitations on
Mergers, Consolidations and Other Transactions
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Successor
Person Substituted
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ARTICLE VI
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration
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Other
Remedies
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Waiver of
Defaults
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Control by
Majority
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Limitations on
Suits
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Rights of
Holders to Receive Payment
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Priorities
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Undertaking for
Costs
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ARTICLE VII
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TRUSTEE
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Duties of
Trustee
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Rights of
Trustee
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May Hold
Securities
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Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Notice of
Defaults
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Reports by
Trustee to Holders
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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Replacement of
Trustee
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, etc
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE VIII
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DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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Termination of
Company’s Obligations
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Application of
Trust Money
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Repayment to
Company
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND
AMENDMENTS
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Without Consent
of Holders
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With Consent of
Holders
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents
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Notation on or
Exchange of Securities
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, etc
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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Notices
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Communication
by Holders with Other Holders
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Rules by
Trustee and Agents
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Legal
Holidays
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No Recourse
Against Others
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Governing
Law
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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Successors
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Severability
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Counterpart
Originals
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Table of
Contents, Headings, etc
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iii
INDENTURE
dated as of ______ ___, 2005 between Affiliated Computer Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and The
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
“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 Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the
“Securities”) to be issued from time to time in one or
more series as provided in this Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01 Definitions
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“Additional
Amounts” means any additional amounts required by the express
terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under
circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by
the Company with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that are owing
to those 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, that specified Person. For purposes
of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean
the power to direct the management and policies of that Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent”
means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar
federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any committee thereof duly authorized, with respect to any
particular matter, to act by or on behalf of the Board of Directors
of the Company.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of that certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business
Day” means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
“Capital
Stock” means, with respect to any corporation, any and all
shares, interests, rights to purchase (other than convertible or
exchangeable Debt), warrants, options, participations or other
equivalents of or interests (however designated) in stock issued by
that corporation.
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“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean that
successor corporation; provided, however, that for purposes of any
provision contained herein which is required by the TIA,
“Company” shall also mean each other obligor (if any)
on the Securities of a series.
“Company
Order” and “Company Request” mean, respectively,
a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two
Officers of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” of the Trustee means the office of the Trustee
located at 600 North Pearl Street, Suite 420, Dallas, Texas
75201, and as may be located at such other address as the Trustee
may give notice to the Company.
“Debt”
of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness
of that Person for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of
the lender is to the whole of the assets of that Person or only to
a portion thereof), (ii) all obligations of that Person
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) all obligations of that Person in respect of letters of
credit or other similar instruments (or reimbursement obligations
with respect thereto), other than standby letters of credit, bid or
performance bonds and other similar obligations issued by or for
the account of that Person in the ordinary course of business, to
the extent not drawn or, to the extent drawn, if that drawing is
reimbursed not later than 30 Business Days following demand for
reimbursement, (iv) all obligations of that Person to pay the
deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or services, except
trade payables, advances on contracts and accrued expenses arising
in the ordinary course of business, (v) all capitalized lease
obligations of that Person, (vi) all Debt of others secured by
a lien (as defined in the indenture supplement relating to a series
of Securities) on any asset of that Person, whether or not that
Debt is assumed by that Person (provided that if the obligations so
secured have not been assumed in full by that Person or are not
otherwise that Person’s legal liability in full, then those
obligations shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the greater
of (a) the lesser of (1) the full amount of those
obligations and (2) the fair market value of those assets, as
determined in good faith by the board of directors or other
managing body of that Person and (b) the amount of obligations
as have been assumed by that Person or which are otherwise that
Person’s legal liability), and (vii) all guarantees by
that Person of or with respect to Debt of others (other than
endorsements in the ordinary course of business), in each case to
the extent of the Debt guaranteed.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with
respect to the Securities of that series, until a successor shall
have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable
provision of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Depositary” shall mean or include that
successor.
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“Dollar”
or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such
coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debt.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any successor statute.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession of the United
States, which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of
determination.
“Global
Security” of any series means a Security of that Series that
is issued in global form in the name of the Depositary with respect
thereto or its nominee.
“Government
Obligations” means, with respect to a series of Securities,
direct obligations of the government that issues the currency in
which the Securities of the series are payable for the payment of
which the full faith and credit of that government is pledged, or
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
an agency or instrumentality of that government, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by that government.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.
“Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time
pursuant to the provisions hereof, and includes the terms of a
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 2.01.
“interest”
means, with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by
its terms bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, shall
have the meaning assigned to that term in the Security as
contemplated by Section 2.01.
“Issue
Date” means, with respect to Securities of a series, the date
on which the Securities of that series are originally issued under
this Indenture.
“Legal
Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in any of The City of New York, New York, Dallas,
Texas or a Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“Maturity”
means, with respect to any Security, the date on which the
principal of that Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity thereof, or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption or otherwise.
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“Officer”
means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman
of the Board, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary of a Person.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of a
Person.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. That counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable on a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.02.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or
other entity of any kind.
“Place
of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 4.02, the principal of, premium (if any) on and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified
in accordance with Section 2.01.
“principal”
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when
appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.
“Redemption
Date” means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the
date fixed for that redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price” means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Rule 144A
Securities” means Securities of a series designated pursuant
to Section 2.01 as entitled to the benefits of
Section 4.03(b).
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the preamble of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Security
Custodian” means, with respect to Securities of a series
issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of that series,
as custodian with respect to the Securities of that series, or any
successor entity thereto.
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“Stated
Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date
specified in that Security as the fixed date on which the principal
of that Security or that installment of principal or interest is
due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority
of the outstanding stock or other beneficial interests having by
the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
full board of directors or other governing body of such corporation
or other entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock
or other beneficial interests 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 owned by the Company,
or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
Subsidiaries.
“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date
hereof.
“Trust
Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as such above until a successor replaces it
in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” means 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 means the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“United
States” means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia) and its territories and
possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands).
“United
States Alien” means any Person who, for United States federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien
individual, a nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate
or trust, or a foreign partnership.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means Government Obligations with
respect to Securities payable in Dollars.
SECTION 1.02 Other
Definitions.
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SECTION 1.03 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 Holder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor
on the Securities.
All
terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by a TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule
under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
SECTION 1.04 Rules of
Construction .
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(3)
“or” is not exclusive;
(4) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(5) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
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(6) all references
in this instrument to Articles and Sections are references to the
corresponding Articles and Sections in and of this
instrument.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Amount Unlimited;
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. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth, or
determined in a manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate
or in a Company Order, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series:
(1) the title of
the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from the Securities of all other
series);
(2) if there is to
be a limit, the limit on the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered on registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 and except for
any Securities that, pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
provided, however, that unless otherwise provided in the terms of
the series, the authorized aggregate principal amount of that
series may be increased before or after the issuance of any
Securities of the series by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant
to a Board Resolution) to that effect;
(3) whether any
Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary
global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable in permanent global form, as Global Securities or
otherwise, and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in
any such Global Security may exchange those interests for
Securities of that series and of like tenor of any authorized form
and denomination and the circumstances under which those exchanges
may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 2.17, and the initial Depositary and Security
Custodian, if any, for any Global Security or Securities of that
series;
(4) (i) if
other than provided herein, the Person to whom any interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable, and (ii) the manner
in which any interest payable on a temporary Global Security on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner
provided in Section 2.14;
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(5) the date or
dates on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the
Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination
thereof;
(6) the rate or
rates, or the method of determination thereof, at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, whether and
under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to those
Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from which that
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which that
interest shall be payable and the record date for the interest
payable on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or
places where, subject to the provisions of Section 4.02, the
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series shall be
payable;
(8) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices (whether denominated in
cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and
conditions on which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in
whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is
to have that option, and the manner in which the Company may
exercise any such option, if different from those set forth
herein;
(9) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay
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 (whether denominated in
cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and
conditions on which Securities of the series shall be redeemed,
purchased or repaid in whole or in part pursuant to that
obligation;
(10) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denomination in which any Securities of that series shall be
issuable;
(11) if other than
Dollars, the currency or currencies (including composite
currencies) or the form, including equity securities, other debt
securities (including Securities), warrants or any other securities
or property of the Company or any other Person, in which payment of
the principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series
shall be payable;
(12) if the
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on or any Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other than
that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency
or currencies (including composite currencies) in which payment of
the principal, premium (if any), interest and any Additional
Amounts with respect to Securities of that series as to which that
election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and
the terms and conditions on which that election is to be
made;
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(13) if the amount
of payments of principal, premium (if any), interest and any
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series may
be determined with reference to any commodities, currencies or
indices, values, rates or prices or any other index or formula, the
manner in which those amounts shall be determined;
(14) if other than
the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable on
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.02;
(15) any
additional means of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
and any additional conditions or limitations to discharge with
respect to Securities of the series pursuant to Article VIII
or any modifications of or deletions from those conditions or
limitations;
(16) any deletions
or modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth
in Section 6.01 or covenants of the Company set forth in
Article IV pertaining to the Securities of the
series;
(17) any
restrictions or other provisions with respect to the transfer or
exchange of Securities of the series, which may amend, supplement,
modify or supersede those contained in this
Article II;
(18) if the
Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable
for Capital Stock, other debt securities (including Securities),
warrants, other equity securities or any other securities or
property of the Company or any other Person, at the option of the
Company or the Holder or on the occurrence of any condition or
event, the terms and conditions for that conversion or
exchange;
(19) if the
Securities of the series are to be entitled to the benefit of
Section 4.03(b) (and accordingly constitute Rule 144A
Securities); and
(20) any other
terms of the series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the
provisions of this Indenture).
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and
(subject to Section 2.03) set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate or Company
Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If
any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
that action together with that Board Resolution shall be set forth
in an Officers’ Certificate or certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or
Company Order setting forth the terms of the series.
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SECTION 2.02 Denominations
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The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations
as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Securities of that series denominated in Dollars
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiples thereof.
SECTION 2.03 Forms
Generally .
The
Securities of each series shall be in fully registered form and in
substantially the form or forms (including temporary or permanent
global form) established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, securities
exchange rule, the Company’s certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other similar governing documents, agreements to which
the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such
notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the
Company). A copy of the Board Resolution establishing the form or
forms of Securities of any series shall be delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery of those
Securities.
The
definitive Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed
or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any
other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing those
Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
“This
is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 2.04 Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
Two
Officers of the Company shall sign the Securities of each series on
behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The
Company’s seal, if any, shall be impressed, affixed,
imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and may be in facsimile
form.
If
an Officer of the Company whose signature is on a Security no
longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated,
the Security shall be valid nevertheless.
A
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by
the manual signature of an authorized signatory
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of the Trustee, which signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if any Security has been authenticated and delivered hereunder but
never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company delivers that
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 2.13 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 10.05 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been
issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture
that Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver those Securities for
original issue on a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of those Securities or pursuant to such procedures
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time
to time by Company Order. That order shall specify the amount of
the Securities to be authenticated, the date on which the original
issue of Securities is to be authenticated, the name or names of
the initial Holder or Holders and any other terms of the Securities
of that series not otherwise determined. If provided for in those
procedures, that Company Order may authorize
(1) authentication and delivery of Securities of that series
for original issue from time to time, with certain terms
(including, without limitation, the Maturity date or dates,
original issue date or dates and interest rate or rates) that
differ from Security to Security and (2) may authorize
authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic
instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing.
If
the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as
permitted by Section 2.01, in authenticating those Securities,
and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture
in relation to those Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive (in addition to the Company Order referred to above and the
other documents required by Section 10.04), and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
on,
(a) an
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Board Resolution and,
if applicable, an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant
thereto, as contemplated by the last paragraph of
Section 2.01; and
(b) an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
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the form of those Securities has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution, as is permitted by Section 2.01, that such
form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
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the terms of those Securities have been established by or pursuant
to Board Resolution, as is permitted by Section 2.01,
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and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the
manner and subject to any conditions specified in that Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws in effect from time to
time affecting the rights of creditors generally, and the
application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
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all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each such
Security, but that Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the
first Security of the series to be issued.
The
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate those Securities if
the issuance of those Securities pursuant to this Indenture would
affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the terms of
that appointment, 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 that agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an
Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company.
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION 2.05 Registrar and
Paying Agent .
The
Company shall maintain an office or agency for each series of
Securities where Securities of that series may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and
an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities of that series and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company may 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 shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to that Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee
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the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. The Company may change any Paying
Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. If the Company
fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent.
SECTION 2.06 Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust .
With
respect to each series of Securities, 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 Holders of
Securities of that series or the Trustee all money held by the
Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of
that series 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 and to account for any funds disbursed.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed.
Upon payment over to the Trustee and upon accounting for any funds
disbursed, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying
Agent with respect to a series of Securities, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of that series all money held by it as Paying Agent.
Each Paying Agent shall otherwise comply with TIA §
317(b).
SECTION 2.07 Holder Lists
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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 Holders of each series of Securities and shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each
Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities,
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 Holders of the Securities of
that series, and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §
312(a).
SECTION 2.08 Transfer and
Exchange .
Except
as set forth in Section 2.17 or as may be provided pursuant to
Section 2.01, when Securities of any series are presented to
the Registrar with the request to register the transfer of those
Securities or to exchange those Securities for an equal principal
amount of Securities of the same series of like tenor and of other
authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer
or make the exchange as requested if its requirements and the
requirements of this Indenture for those transactions are met;
provided, however, that the Securities presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form reasonably
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the Registrar duly executed by
the Holder thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing,
on which instruction the Registrar can rely.
To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar’s written request and submission of the Securities
(other than Global Securities). No service charge shall be made to
a Holder 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
such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable on
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.12, 3.07 or 9.05). The Trustee
shall authenticate Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.04. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Indenture to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to
register the transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected
for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III,
except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part or (b) any Security during the period beginning 15
Business Days before the mailing of notice of any offer to
repurchase Securities of the series required pursuant to the terms
thereof or of redemption of Securities of a series to be redeemed
and ending at the close of business on the date of
mailing.
SECTION 2.09 Replacement
Securities .
If
any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or if the
Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been destroyed,
lost or stolen and the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of that
Security, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the
Trustee’s requirements are met. If 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 that Security. If required by the
Trustee or the Company, the Holder must furnish an indemnity bond
that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company
to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any
authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a
Security is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge the
Holder for their expenses in replacing a Security.
Every
replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company.
SECTION 2.10 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
in a Global Security effected by the Trustee hereunder and those
described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.
If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to
be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
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If
the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under
Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it
ceases to accrue.
A
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
SECTION 2.11 Original Issue
Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities
.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement,
waiver or consent, (a) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of that determination upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02,
(b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a
foreign currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, as determined by
the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New
York for cable transfers for that currency, as that rate is
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York (the “Exchange Rate”) on the date of original
issuance of that Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case
of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent, as
determined by the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate on the
date of original issuance of that Security, of the amount
determined as provided in (a) above), of that Security and
(c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of that other
obligor shall be disregarded, except that, for the purpose of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on
any such direction, amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only
Securities that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
SECTION 2.12 Temporary
Securities .
Until
definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities. 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 shall
authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary
Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities.
SECTION 2.13 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, payment or redemption or for credit against any
sinking fund payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment,
redemption, replacement or cancellation or for credit against any
sinking fund. Unless the Company shall direct in writing that
canceled Securities be returned to it, after written notice to the
Company all canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be
disposed of in accordance with the usual disposal procedures of the
Trustee, and the Trustee
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shall maintain a record of their
disposal. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities that have been paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.14 Payments;
Defaulted Interest .
Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01 with
respect to the Securities of any series, interest (except defaulted
interest) on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to
the Persons who are registered Holders of that Security at the
close of business on the record date next preceding that Interest
Payment Date, even if those Securities are canceled after that
record date and on or before that Interest Payment Date. Unless
otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Company will pay the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities in Dollars. Those amounts shall be payable at the
offices of the Trustee, provided that at the option of the Company,
the Company may pay those amounts (1) by wire transfer with respect
to Global Securities or (2) by check payable in that money
mailed to a Holder’s registered address with respect to any
Securities.
If
the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of
any series, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful
manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest on the defaulted
interest, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities of
that series and in Section 4.01. The Company may pay the
defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent
special record date. At least 15 days before any special
record date selected by the Company, the Company (or the Trustee,
in the name of and at the expense of the Company upon
20 days’ prior written notice from the Company setting
forth that record date and the interest amount to be paid) shall
mail to Holders of any such series of Securities a notice that
states the special record date, the related payment date and the
amount of that interest to be paid.
SECTION 2.15 Persons Deemed
Owners .
The
Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent may
treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the
owner of that Security for the purpose of receiving payments of
principal of, premium (if any) or interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to that Security and for all other purposes.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating
agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 2.16 Computation of
Interest .
Except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a year comprising twelve 30-day
months.
SECTION 2.17 Global
Securities; Book-Entry Provisions .
If
Securities of a series are issuable in global form as a Global
Security, as contemplated by Section 2.01, then,
notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 2.01 and the
provisions of Section 2.02, any such Global Security shall
represent those of the outstanding
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Securities of that series as
shall be specified therein and may 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 or redemptions. Any
endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any
increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee (i) in such
manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as
shall be specified in that Security or in a Company Order to be
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04 or
(ii) otherwise in accordance with written instructions or such
other written form of instructions as is customary for the
Depositary for that Security, from that Depositary or its nominee
on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in that Global
Security. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 and, if
applicable, Section 2.12, the Trustee shall deliver and
redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified in that
Security or in the applicable Company Order. With respect to the
Securities of any series that are represented by a Global Security,
the Company authorizes the execution and delivery by the Trustee of
a letter of representations or other similar agreement or
instrument in the form customarily provided for by the Depositary
appointed with respect to that Global Security. Any Global Security
may be deposited with the Depositary or its nominee, or may remain
in the custody of the Trustee or the Security Custodian therefor
pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate Agreement or similar
agreement between the Trustee and the Depositary. If a Company
Order has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions
by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or
redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but
need not comply with Section 10.05 and need not be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel.
Members
of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent
Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the
Depositary, or the Trustee or the Security Custodian as its
custodian, or under that Global Security, and the Depositary may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Custodian and
any agent of the Company, the Trustee or the Security Custodian as
the absolute owner of that Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered
holder of a Global Security of any series may grant proxies and
otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons
that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action
that a Holder of Securities of that series is entitled to take
under this Indenture or the Securities of that series and
(ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or
the Security Custodian or any agent of the Company, the Trustee, or
the Security Custodian from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any
Security.
Notwithstanding
Section 2.08, and except as otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 2.01, transfers of a Global Security shall be limited
to transfers of that Global Security in whole, but not in part, to
the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees.
Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be
transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
Depositary. Securities of any series shall be transferred to all
beneficial owners of a Global Security of that series in exchange
for their beneficial interests in that Global
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Security if, and only if, either
(1) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for that Global Security and a
successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days of that notice, (2) an Event of Default has
occurred with respect to that series and is continuing and the
Registrar has received a request from the Depositary to issue
Securities of that series in lieu of all or a portion of that
Global Security (in which case the Company shall deliver Securities
of that series within 30 days of that request) or (3) the
Company determines not to have the Securities of that series
represented by a Global Security.
In
connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to
this Section 2.17, the Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the
Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee on receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities shall
authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same series
of like tenor and amount.
In
connection with the transfer of all the beneficial interests in a
Global Security of any series to beneficial owners pursuant to this
Section 2.17, the Global Security shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interest in the Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Securities of that series of authorized
denominations.
Neither
the Company nor the Trustee will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments
made on account of, Securities by the Depositary, or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary
relating to those Securities. Neither the Company nor the Trustee
shall be liable for any delay by the related Global Security Holder
or the Depositary in identifying the beneficial owners, and each
such Person may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in
relying on, instructions from that Global Security Holder or the
Depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the
registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of
the Securities to be issued).
The
provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph of
Section 2.04 shall apply to any Global Security if that Global
Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company
delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with written
instructions (which need not comply with Section 10.05 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to
the cancellation or reduction in the principal amount of Securities
represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of the third paragraph of
Section 2.04.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.14, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 with respect to
Securities of any series, payment of principal of and premium (if
any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Global Security shall be made to the Person or Persons specified
therein.
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01 Applicability of
Article .
Securities
of any series that are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article III.
SECTION 3.02 Notice to the
Trustee .
If
the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series pursuant to
this Indenture, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date
and principal amount of Securities of that series to be redeemed.
The Company shall so notify the Trustee at least 45 days
before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee) by delivering to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate stating that the redemption will comply
with the provisions of this Indenture and of the Securities of that
series. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to the
mailing of that notice of redemption to any Holder of the
Securities of that series and shall thereupon be void and of no
effect.
SECTION 3.03 Selection of
Securities To Be Redeemed .
If
less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all of the Securities of that series of a specified tenor
are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
by the Trustee, from the outstanding Securities of that series (and
tenor) not previously called for redemption, either pro rata, by
lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate. That redemption may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of that series of a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series or of the principal amount of Global
Securities of that series.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Registrar in
writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case
of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
For
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to redemption of Securities of any series
shall relate, in the case of any of the Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only i