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Title: FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE
Date: 5/31/2005
Industry: Computer Services     Sector: Technology

FORM OF SENIOR INDENTURE, Parties: affiliated computer services  inc , the bank of new york trust company  n.a
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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

______________________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Section of

 

 

Trust Indenture

 

Section(s) of

  Act of 1939

 

Indenture

§ 310

 

(a)(1)

 

7.10

 

 

(a)(2)

 

7.10

 

 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(5)

 

7.10

 

 

(b)

 

7.08, 7.10

§ 311

 

(a)

 

7.11

 

 

(b)

 

7.11

 

 

(c)

 

Not Applicable

§ 312

 

(a)

 

2.07

 

 

(b)

 

10.03

 

 

(c)

 

10.03

§ 313

 

(a)

 

7.06

 

 

(b)

 

7.06

 

 

(c)

 

7.06

 

 

(d)

 

7.06

§ 314

 

(a)

 

4.03, 4.04

 

 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(c)(1)

 

10.04

 

 

(c)(2)

 

10.04

 

 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(d)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(e)

 

10.05

§ 315

 

(a)

 

7.01(b)

 

 

(b)

 

7.05

 

 

(c)

 

7.01(a)

 

 

(d)

 

7.01(c)

 

 

(d)(1)

 

7.01(c)(1)

 

 

(d)(2)

 

7.01(c)(2)

 

 

(d)(3)

 

7.01(c)(3)

 

 

(e)

 

6.11

§ 316

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.05

 

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.04

 

 

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

 

 

(a)(last sentence)

 

2.11

 

 

(b)

 

6.07

§ 317

 

(a)(1)

 

6.08

 

 

(a)(2)

 

6.09

 

 

(b)

 

2.06

§ 318

 

(a)

 

10.01


Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02

 

Other Definitions

 

 

5

 

SECTION 1.03

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

6

 

SECTION 1.04

 

Rules of Construction

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01

 

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

 

 

7

 

SECTION 2.02

 

Denominations

 

 

10

 

SECTION 2.03

 

Forms Generally

 

 

10

 

SECTION 2.04

 

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating

 

 

10

 

SECTION 2.05

 

Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

12

 

SECTION 2.06

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

 

13

 

SECTION 2.07

 

Holder Lists

 

 

13

 

SECTION 2.08

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

 

13

 

SECTION 2.09

 

Replacement Securities

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.10

 

Outstanding Securities

 

 

14

 

SECTION 2.11

 

Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury Securities

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.12

 

Temporary Securities

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.13

 

Cancellation

 

 

15

 

SECTION 2.14

 

Payments; Defaulted Interest

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.15

 

Persons Deemed Owners

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.16

 

Computation of Interest

 

 

16

 

SECTION 2.17

 

Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01

 

Applicability of Article

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.02

 

Notice to the Trustee

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.03

 

Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.04

 

Notice of Redemption

 

 

19

 

SECTION 3.05

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

 

20

 

SECTION 3.06

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

20

 

SECTION 3.07

 

Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part

 

 

21

 

SECTION 3.08

 

Purchase of Securities

 

 

21

 

SECTION 3.09

 

Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds

 

 

21

 

SECTION 3.10

 

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

 

 

22

 

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Page

SECTION 3.11

 

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01

 

Payment of Securities

 

 

23

 

SECTION 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

23

 

SECTION 4.03

 

SEC Reports; Financial Statements

 

 

24

 

SECTION 4.04

 

Compliance Certificate

 

 

24

 

SECTION 4.05

 

Existence

 

 

24

 

SECTION 4.06

 

Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

 

 

25

 

SECTION 4.07

 

Additional Amounts

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

SUCCESSORS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01

 

Limitations on Mergers, Consolidations and Other Transactions

 

 

26

 

SECTION 5.02

 

Successor Person Substituted

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01

 

Events of Default

 

 

26

 

SECTION 6.02

 

Acceleration

 

 

29

 

SECTION 6.03

 

Other Remedies

 

 

29

 

SECTION 6.04

 

Waiver of Defaults

 

 

29

 

SECTION 6.05

 

Control by Majority

 

 

30

 

SECTION 6.06

 

Limitations on Suits

 

 

30

 

SECTION 6.07

 

Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

 

 

31

 

SECTION 6.08

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

31

 

SECTION 6.09

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

31

 

SECTION 6.10

 

Priorities

 

 

32

 

SECTION 6.11

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01

 

Duties of Trustee

 

 

33

 

SECTION 7.02

 

Rights of Trustee

 

 

34

 

SECTION 7.03

 

May Hold Securities

 

 

34

 

SECTION 7.04

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

35

 

SECTION 7.05

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

35

 

SECTION 7.06

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders

 

 

35

 

SECTION 7.07

 

Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

35

 

SECTION 7.08

 

Replacement of Trustee

 

 

36

 

SECTION 7.09

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc

 

 

38

 

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Page

SECTION 7.10

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

38

 

SECTION 7.11

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01

 

Termination of Company’s Obligations

 

 

39

 

SECTION 8.02

 

Application of Trust Money

 

 

43

 

SECTION 8.03

 

Repayment to Company

 

 

43

 

SECTION 8.04

 

Reinstatement

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 9.01

 

Without Consent of Holders

 

 

43

 

SECTION 9.02

 

With Consent of Holders

 

 

45

 

SECTION 9.03

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

47

 

SECTION 9.04

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

 

47

 

SECTION 9.05

 

Notation on or Exchange of Securities

 

 

47

 

SECTION 9.06

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 10.01

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

 

48

 

SECTION 10.02

 

Notices

 

 

48

 

SECTION 10.03

 

Communication by Holders with Other Holders

 

 

49

 

SECTION 10.04

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

49

 

SECTION 10.05

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.06

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.07

 

Legal Holidays

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.08

 

No Recourse Against Others

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.09

 

Governing Law

 

 

50

 

SECTION 10.10

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

 

 

51

 

SECTION 10.11

 

Successors

 

 

51

 

SECTION 10.12

 

Severability

 

 

51

 

SECTION 10.13

 

Counterpart Originals

 

 

51

 

SECTION 10.14

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc

 

 

51

 

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          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 .

          “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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defined

                Term

 

in Section

“Bankruptcy Custodian”

 

 

6.01

 

“Conversion Event”

 

 

6.01

 

“covenant defeasance”

 

 

8.01

 

“Event of Default”

 

 

6.01

 

“Exchange Rate”

 

 

2.11

 

“Judgment Currency”

 

 

6.10

 

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Defined

                Term

 

in Section

“legal defeasance”

 

 

8.01

 

“mandatory sinking fund payment”

 

 

3.09

 

“optional sinking fund payment”

 

 

3.09

 

“Paying Agent”

 

 

2.05

 

“Registrar”

 

 

2.05

 

“Required Currency”

 

 

6.10

 

“Successor”

 

 

5.01

 

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 .

          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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer ”.

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:

 

(i)  

if 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;

 

 

(ii)  

if the terms of those Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution, as is permitted by Section 2.01, that

 

 

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such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

 

(iii)  

those Securities, when authenticated 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).

 

 

          If 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 of

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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 .

          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 satisfactory to

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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


 
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